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[Darkmakaimura]

Why does it have the exact same name as the other game? Wouldn't that be a bit confusing? If it's a much better game you wouldn't wanted it tainted by the reputation of the other game.

That's what I'm confused about. I saw the title and I'm thinking to myself this game already exists and it's on sale on GOG in fact.

 

[j0hnnix]

I'll wait for game play videos. Lords of the fallen bamboozled me.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Pessimistically optometrist about this one.

 

[tusharngf]

I'm waiting for gameplay impressions. The gameplay felt bad in the first game, and it also felt bad in The Surge 1 (I haven't yet tried Surge 2). Regardless of how good the game looks, for me it all comes down to the feel of combat and movement. Witcher 3 is another example of a game firing on all cylinders except combat. I put a priority on gameplay in my action games.

surge combat was good. Movesets were pretty similar to bloodborne style play.

 

[Piggoro]

Screenshots, sure!
Bullshots/arts. Not screenshots.

 

[phaedrus]

The best part of LotF was angry Tom Selleck cover art.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I stand corrected on my previous post. It is no longer on sale on GOG but it is available there.

DRM free rules.

 

[RoboFu]

Screenshots?! Into my veins , this art direction is amazing.

yes because its bloodborne's art direction. .

It has to play drastically different from the first game for me to take notice.

 

[abstract alien]

Please tell me this has been confirmed to have a performance mode on console.

 

[Kusarigama]

Looks really good, need footage to better assess the game though.

FromSoftware badly needs to up its graphics technology. Being such a high profile studio it is shame that they get away with such bad graphics all due to the amazing artistical direction.

 

[jonnyXx]

These are the most obvious bullshots I've seen in a long time.
Don't know how anyone can believe these are actual gameplay capture.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Can't say I've huge expectations from this game. The first one was cool art-wise, but everything esle was shit and mediocre, and I mean literally everything else.

 

[Hot5pur]

These are likely very high res renders, but already kinda looks like that from trailers, just a bit more washed out.
The key is the art direction, very impressive, From Software should take notes.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

It's a shame we've become so jaded when things like this come out. For good reason these days, and I've included myself in that. This looks so damn amazing I wish I could give in and feel hype, but I feel way more cautious than anything.

That said, if this WAS accurate and the gameplay was good then God damn what a blast this could be. This art style is so much more in line with DS and what I like compared to Elden Ring.

 

[OsirisBlack]

Looks amazing.

 

[GigaBowser]

People talk so big about From games but I'm sorry my friends they're not evolving enough and soon somebody is going to surpass them.

Okay, I get it, Lords of the Fallen 1 sucked big time crudola but how hard is it really going to be copy the Souls combat loop on their second attempt?

If they can get graphics half as good as those bullshots with similar combat they could just have could something here.

 

[SJRB]

Going full Bloodborne, it seems.

Looks fucking sick.

 

[Cyborg]

Bloodborne is that you?

 

[OZ9000]

This is how Elden Ring should have looked.

 

[GymWolf]

It looks fucking great.

 

[GymWolf]

The original was gash. The two Surge games were also gash.

This may look pretty, but I'm not holding out any hope this is going to be a decent game.

Surge games are good, some of the best souls clones actually.

 

[leizzra]

Nice bullshots, but they are only bullshots. Some of them should be named concept arts even - you can see brush strokes, inconsistency in quality of assets (huge beast is the best example - blood, saliva, body), the smoothness that only artworks have. Also they are clearly posed to look great. Most of what they show was in the so called trailer (clever montage) and you can compare it by yourself.

In the end people need to remember - it's CI Games, company that makes most of their stuff for stock market gains. They already closed their game development studios (the rest of what they had in Poland) and now are only a publisher. This won't launch in 2023. They will be hyping it for stock gains until they announce that the team needs more time and postpone it for 2024. Then they can do it again. The studio was founded in 2020. Also they are doing second project. How?

One thing that this proves (if anyone needed that) is that Spanish artists are great (I'm looking at you Lords of Shadow ).

 

[StueyDuck]

People talk so big about From games but I'm sorry my friends they're not evolving enough and soon somebody is going to surpass them.

Okay, I get it, Lords of the Fallen 1 sucked big time crudola but how hard is it really going to be copy the Souls combat loop on their second attempt?

If they can get graphics half as good as those bullshots with similar combat they could just have could something here.

The problem (at least for me personally) is that while clones are competent. They seem to lack the brilliant level design...

Now if you get the designer of talos 1 from prey to design the map for a souls clone i think we'd be In business

 

[Rhazkul]

Man, it must be so easy to fool gamers who have attention spans of a gold fish. They will have forgotten all the downgrades, they will have forgotten how bland Lords of the Fallen was...and they keep falling for the hype *rubs hands*.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Man, it must be so easy to fool gamers who have attention spans of a gold fish. They will have forgotten all the downgrades, they will have forgotten how bland Lords of the Fallen was...and they keep falling for the hype *rubs hands*.

Pretty much. Just look at some replies above. How are we still in 2023 and people still fall for the marketing gimmicks. If this was made by From Software, sure, I'd get hyped as well a bit, they'd still be bullshots, they've done as well but CI Games? Lmfao. Cmon. Has anyone even looked at what they developed in the past 10 years?

• Sniper: Ghost Warrior
• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
• Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
• Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
• Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
• Sushi Academy
• Tank Combat
• The Chickenator
• The Hell in Vietnam
• The Royal Marines Commando
• Terrorist Takedown
• Terrorist Takedown: Covert Operations
• Terrorist Takedown: Payback
• Terrorist Takedown: War in Colombia
• Terrorist Takedown 2
• Terrorist Takedown 3
• Vampire Moon: The Mystery of the Hidden Sun
• Wings of Honour
• Wings of Honour: Battles of the Red Baron
• Wolfschanze II
• WWII: Pacific Heroes

inb4 obligatory naive reply: "but but, that does not guarantee this will suck as well". Cmon..

 

[GymWolf]

Pretty much. Just look at some replies above. How are we still in 2023 and people still fall for the marketing gimmicks. If this was made by From Software, sure, I'd get hyped as well a bit, they'd still be bullshots, they've done as well but CI Games? Lmfao. Cmon. Has anyone even looked at what they developed in the past 10 years?





inb4 obligatory naive reply: "but but, that does not guarantee this will suck as well". Cmon..

Yeah dude but if we have to be serious and not excited for anything we can just close the forum...

There is nothing wrong in liking the artstyle and hope for the better, nobody is preordering without seeing at least a long gameplay video (i hope)

 

[The Cockatrice]

Yeah dude but if we have to be serious and not excited for anything we can just close the forum...

No we dont have to close the forum just because we cant get hyped. You can still talk about it, just be realistic about it.

 

[GymWolf]

No we dont have to close the forum just because we cant get hyped. You can still talk about it, just be realistic about it.

I mostly see people excited for the artstyle, even if the graphic is not on par, the artstyle could still be great.