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[AJUMP23]

98% Metacritic......that is a pass from me. Got to get that 99 to get my money.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

What a year already with Horizon Forbidden West. 2 GOAT in the same week

 

[Captain Toad]

B…b..but I thought the graphics supposed to make it unplayable!?

No one ever said that.

The graphics aren't on par with something like Horizon, or Forza Horizon 5, but I haven't heard anyone saying they were a deal breaker

 

[WoodyStare]

 

[Nikana]

According to this video:



performance mode is really bad on series x, it goes from 43-48 fps on average while on ps5 it goes from 55-60.
I hope day one patch fixes this issue, cause I only have xbox.

UGHHHH

Hopefully a patch then.

 

[Fbh]

Man I don't know what to do....I want this soooooooo badly I've only got a Ps4 Pro.

Do i wait possibly months until I can't get a Ps5 that isn't $1000.....or do I get it on pro.

 

[MikeM]

Oh. This actually might make me interested in this. I’m not into Souls games but loved Returnal. Hmmmm…

 

[Swift_Star]

Was waiting for the reviews to drop before pre purchasing the digital edition (everyone should do this btw).
Was not disappointed.

 

[Draugoth]

UGHHHH

Hopefully a patch then.

Updating the thread with info.

 

[Leyasu]

Ok, I will see after I have finished Cyberpunk

 

[MistBreeze]

Wow

Im a huge souls fan played all of them

I never doubted Meyazaki

But HOLY SHIT

Possibly best game of all time?

They are creating history now

 

[Banjo64]

I love that this game, Miyazaki’s most ambitious and daring, has ended up being his critical Magnum Opus.

 

[Wesleyalucard]

Not a 10 from easy allies, that's a surprise

 

[Captain Toad]

98% Metacritic......that is a pass from me. Got to get that 99 to get my money.

That requires like having only 20 review scores like the games atop of metacritic

 

[Flabagast]

What a year already with Horizon Forbidden West. 2 GOAT in the same week

yeaaaah....

I am not sure the two games are on the same level to be honest

 

[AJUMP23]

That requires like having only 20 review scores like the games atop of metacritic

Im harsh but fair.

 

[AJUMP23]

What a year already with Horizon Forbidden West. 2 GOAT in the same week

 

[TidusYuna]

 

[Solarstrike]

 

[Moonjt9]

Hot damn I guess my 97 prediction was too low. This is insane!

 

[Javthusiast]

Is Javthusiast gonna have to chok... buy this game?

 

[SeraphJan]

Really nice, its about time Fromsoftware had a game more than 95, they absolutely deserves it.

 

[jorgejjvr]

when is the DF performance video coming? need to know if PS5 or series X for this

 

[jaysius]

According to this video:



performance mode is really bad on series x, it goes from 43-48 fps on average while on ps5 it goes from 55-60.
I hope day one patch fixes this issue, cause I only have xbox.

I dunno, one guy didn't even know you could get a torch in the Xbox version... I'll wait for another 'tuber to come out with this before I start worrying about performance.

 

[VFXVeteran]

Wow. The reviews are off the chain!!!

This may be the best FROM game ever made which would put it in legendary category for top games of all time.

 

[Javthusiast]

 

[kikkis]

Bit worried about the fact that skill up said he could pretty much one shot even bosses by taking time to explore and level up in the process.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Some of the vistas are insane.

 

[Caio]

Holy fooking crap 97 on Meta, looks like we have got the GOTY already I'm seriously excited, yessssssssssss

 

[Boneless]

He is on a 1080. IGN confirms a couple of stutters, but the IGN 10 is still based on PC, so I expect the performance to be good.

 

[Bragr]

With this, Miyazaki is entering the video game legend hall of fame.

Demon Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, Elden Ring. Wow.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

I feel like I'm in the Matrix, and the only person that's actually unplugged, but this game quite literally looks nowhere as good as what these scores suggest. I've watched hours and hours of footage trying to see what the fuss is all about, and I'm just not seeing it.

From the moment this game was shown everything about it seemed heavily manufactured even though I found the art style and visual direction to be great.

But yea, I'm not buying in at all. I await to see if someone can show me what makes this game so special because usually I'm quite good at feeling out games, and so far those instincts have come back with nothing.

 

[Kuranghi]

Imagine you were stuck on a desert island and all you had to play were the Top 2 rated games of all time according to opencritic, just no inbetween of pure joy and pure despair.

You end up becoming a sort of desert island Harvey Dent and you make one half of the island all colourful and joyous with bright garlands made out of dried plants and the other one you've strung up pierced animal carcasses and you've attached sharpened flint "blades" to the legs of the biggest bird on the island which attacks you furiously whenever it sees you, exhausted and disgruntled from flying around with its dropping blade legs all day.

 

[blakdecaf]

Christ.

 

[ANDS]

lmao
Its quotes like this that just rub me the wrong way.

Not: "Unfathomably large and fathoms deep. . ." Like I'm sure this game deserves the praise and more but boy oh boy these superlatives are something off from some of these "high falutin" reviewers.

 

[TidusYuna]

 

[nemiroff]

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!

 

[Lokaum D+]

UGHHHH

Hopefully a patch then.

Lets hope, thats y they locked DF review before day one patch.

 

[Flutta]

Best dev in the biz?

 

[Juza]

97?

To be honest I expected it to be 90 at most! but damn.. obviously, the game will be one of the highest rated in history! Congrats to FromSoftware.

The pre-load is about to complete. So excited!

 

[01011001]

sounds very good. there hasn't been an actually great open world game since BotW, so it's time for another one!

 

[Interfectum]

Best dev in the biz?

Been so for awhile.

 

[Fake]

GOTY

 

[Bragr]

If Schreier and Ryckert think it's one of the best games ever, it's probably not.

 

[captainnapalm]

Down to 97 on Metacritic. What a piece of shit.

But seriously, great to see a master of his craft actually knock it out of the park. The scores are insane. The game must have a bit of magic about it.

 

[VFXVeteran]

Bit worried about the fact that skill up said he could pretty much one shot even bosses by taking time to explore and level up in the process.

Why not? The game has always been a grind fest. I know how tough those damn bosses are. I will definitely grind the game so I can get to beat them.

 

[Punished Miku]

If Schreier and Ryckert think it's one of the best games ever, it's probably not.

Probably the first time a lot of these journalists got through a Souls game. Seems a lot more accessible.

 

[Wesleyalucard]

I bought botw because reviewers said it was one of the best games ever, but I found the game boring and repetitive, let's see if this happens with this one.

 

[Fbh]

Bit worried about the fact that skill up said he could pretty much one shot even bosses by taking time to explore and level up in the process.

That's awesome IMO, means there's no stupid level scaling

 

[DeepEnigma]

I feel like I'm in the Matrix, and the only person that's actually unplugged, but this game quite literally looks nowhere as good as what these scores suggest. I've watched hours and hours of footage trying to see what the fuss is all about, and I'm just not seeing it.

From the moment this game was shown everything about it seemed heavily manufactured even though I found the art style and visual direction to be great.

But yea, I'm not buying in at all. I await to see if someone can show me what makes this game so special because usually I'm quite good at feeling out games, and so far those instincts have come back with nothing.