Dark Souls 3 Gameplay Footage - PSX 2015

@douma: That damn thing is some hot shit!

@thatguy2001: Sucks to be a casul.

@slappy54: You'd be right if we were talking about just Dark Souls 2. Demons Souls to Dark Souls was a pretty significant transition, introducing lots of new mechanics. Then Bloodborne introduced new visuals and improved animations. It's also much faster paced. Any vet can tell you that it's significantly different.

@slappy54: To be fair, this is the first time Dark Souls will actually have decent graphics, that was the only thing missing from the earlier games.

@slappy54: I think games in a series should be mostly the same. If you want something different, get a different game.

@slappy54: Honestly, if you look deeper, they change core fundamentals each time.

The depth of covenants change every time. The online rules for PvE and PvP change. Stats and their functions change. Weapon types and movesets change. Magic changes. The rules and methods of survival change. The secrets change. The feel of movement changes. The pace of combat changes.

If you merely watch the game, you might not notice all of these things. Oh look, another big and scary boss, another bonfire, another sword, another dark fantasy world, another death. Put a controller in your hand, and you'll know.

Let's just hope Dark Souls 3 delivers in terms of quantity -- the quality is there. Part of that quality is in its quantity; the number of weapons, covenants, stats, spells, types of PvP all lend themselves to the overall sense of scale.

@slappy54:What's wrong with a game that uses a good formula and end up being so successful?

Dark Souls 1/2, Deamon's Souls, Bloodborne - All games sold a handful amount of copies, enough to justify sequels and spinoffs, why is that a problem if people still keep buying From Software's products?

You sound too bitter, you probably one of those people who didnt finish a single game in the serie.

@Fernin-Ker: I prefer the faster paced style of combat too.

@pa_amb_tomaquet: My vote is no lol. But that may just be me. It makes it more intense with no pause button.

@pa_amb_tomaquet: Or you could just backtrack in a previous area where you already cleared the mobs and wait there??

@pa_amb_tomaquet: That's not possible when you can be invaded at any time, and it shows what you're doing in other people's games. Maybe they could do it for offline. But I don't mind it.

@pa_amb_tomaquet: lol... a pause button. that's a good one

@pa_amb_tomaquet: Not gonna happen.

@consolehaven: The Souls games are deeply strategic, everything from the gameplay, to the mechanics to the story, nothing is hand fed to you, you have to piece it together for yourself. It's kind of like playing a David Lynch movie, and that's the appeal fans have with the game. It just may not be for you.

@consolehaven: Nope, it's just not the type of game for you. It's like people who prefer Gran Turismo or Forza to Need For Speed or Burnout, it's just a matter of taste. Bloodborne and the Souls games are loved for their insane difficulty, which requires a LOT of patience and adaptability. Players also seem to enjoy that the storylines in the games aren't actually spelled out plainly, and that you have to both explore and think about what's going on because the game won't just tell you.

Personally I disliked Demon's Souls because of it's focus on turtling, but kinda liked Bloodborne's more aggressive style. I ended up giving up because the Souls/BB fanbase can be incredibly toxic, but I'm going to give it another shot soon because I shouldn't really blame a game because some of it's fanbase rotted out.