https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stW ae6r7Blw >dat soundtrack Oh Baby

>>324043452
le dark choir """""music"""""

>>324043580
>>>9gag

>>324043452
God damn DS3 is looking solid. Can't wait for the finished product.

>>324044625
>Can't wait for the downgrade.

fixed

>>324045252
But the Beta was good bro

Help me bruh, playing through DaS2, just killed the Old Iron King and I have no idea where to go next.

>>324045793
Go back to Majula and pick any direction besides Heides.

>>324045493
So was DS2, it had the not shit lighting and it still let me down when it came out.

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>>324043452
I love how rekt everything looks

>>324045493
das2 had a pre-downgrade graphics in the beta m8

>>324045936
I also killed the Lost Sinner.

After looking throgh a guide, because fuck DaS2's nonexistent level design, I guess I'll go down now.

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>>324046289

>>324046341
>After looking throgh a guide, because fuck DaS2's nonexistent level design, I guess I'll go down now.
Das2 has some pretty lacking levels but don't be a retard. You can either go down into the huge obvious pit or go up the path in the woods and unfreeze the statue. Two super obvious paths.

Save your complains in level design for Brightstone.

So are the weapons going to be like DaS or Bloodbourne?

Bloodbournes system is nice but I have a feeling I'll miss the visual variety over limited yet unique weapons.

>>324046579
Its going to be like DaS but with weapon arts that you can equip for special moves.

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>>324046413

thanks mister

>>324046034
>>324046301

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWu_6o0XpK0

If those are pre-downgrade then the game looked like shit day 0

>>324046341
Seriously, if you found how to get to the Old Iron King you can figure out the rest.
The only bad place imo was figuring out you had to use the cleric girl to open a new path

>>324043452
>>324046413
>>324046706
this iteration is very skinny

i like it

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>wallpapers intensify

>>324046664
They're not equippable, they're special for each weapon.
Also not all of them are attack moves.
Mace weapon art gives you a poise body buff.
Axe weapon art is a dragon shout that pushes away enemies like Force and gives you a short-lasting 20% damage buff.

>>324046802
Well I guess I was wrong. I'm pretty sure I had read somewhere that the beta had the original graphics. Better not believe everything I read.

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>>324047013
This fucker was pretty based in the network test.

>>324046034
>So was DS2

no it wasn't lmao

>>324047458
>read it online

When it comes to videogames you should definitely speak from experience otherwise you're just shitposting.

>>324045493
>>324045252

On the graphics department, the demo really wasnt that impressive. Also, the same exact sounds from the first game.

You cant downgrade it, unless you change the engine back to the one of the first game.

Everything we get will be better.

>>324046034

No, I played the beta, it looked just as shitty as the final game.

>>324043452
Generic choir chanting shit, nothing we haven't seen a thousand times in the series already. Thankfully this is the last game and they'll be putting this to rest.

>>324043452

Already have the Collectors Edition pre-ordered.

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>There are people on /v/ right now, in this very thread, that don't believe Dark Souls 3 will save gaming

Forgive them Miyazaki, they know not what they do.

>>324046802
>>324046034

The original had much deeper light system, but even SotFS dont have (they just put a very dark unnatural filter that fades in when you enter some specifc places, and fades out when you leave)

With some work you can still make it look better.

Here, from yesterday reshade / ENB / sweetFX thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mv5fUWOxrU


Another thing is: Unlike DaS2, they havent promissed anything big with lighting, so dont be surprised at basic effects.

>>324043452
Oh, God no. I'm getting flashbacks. First month of 2014. Many new people playing Dark Souls 1 after hype around 2. Threads on /v/ increase. A promising Beta has everyone hyped a few months before. Main Menu theme shows up on youtube. Everyone loves it.

Then release

>>324048272
That only works in vanilla DaS2, SOTFS uses dx11 which means no ENB, and using things like reshade gets you banned from online.

>>324048446
>A promising Beta
>DS2 beta
>promising

u wot? I knew it was gonna be inferior to DS1 right from then. DS3's hasn't given me that feeling.

Sounds awesome, I hope it can comepete with the BB OST

>>324048812

The composer penned some of the best tracks on that ost. We're in good hands.

>>324043452

I gotta be honest, I liked Bloodborne's main menu theme more, but this is still good.

>>324048812
BB isn't even the best so I'm not worried in the slightest.

>>324048570

I used that specific configuration, didnt get banned or anything like that. I think the original used to have Vac, but due conflicts, they removed it (which also result in some cheat engine cheaters)

It doesnt have Reshade so i am not sure about if it is allowed, but i dont think it would do anything.

Dont have SotFS, so i dont know how its online anti cheater works.

All i know is that it looks better than SOTFS

I remember DS2 having way too much "epic" music. The clip posted by OP isn't exactly soothing the worry of a repeat.
Just listen to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6JH0EfTIKw

>>324048619
Maybe I was thinking about the demo which was something like the DaS3 demo at all the game cons last year.

>>324048272

So wait can I make SotFS look like this or are these mods strictly for vanilla DaS2?

Sounds WAY to much like something from LOTR.

>>324049005
I said SOTFS bans you, not vanilla das2.

Anyway, in SOTFS they basicly softban you if they detect you are using a program that injects into the game (which is what things like reshade and enb do).
What it means is that it just puts you into a pool where you can only play online with other people that got softbanned.

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DARKNESS

IMPRISONING ME

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The best music in these games is always the downplayed sort of shit that you hear in places like Majula.

Max comfy.

>>324049227

That specific mod is strictly for vanilla DaS2, as ENB doenst work on dx11

I think you can achieve somewhat similar with reshade (but good look, you would have to do it from the ground up), but anon claimed it triggers the anti cheater. im not sure about it.

>>324049174

Souls games (even BB) always have this sort of "calm before the storm" feeling for the character creation themes, though I'll agree that they never topped this one.

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Boo.

>>324049537
>"TURN OFF THE FUCKING LIGHT, DUDE"

>>324049817
>that guy in DaS2 that gets hostile if you approach with the torch
>if the non-hostile torch hollow follows you into that room the guy also gets hostile towards you
???

>>324049537
Surely this will be a covenant leader

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FEAR THE SUN'S TEMPTATIONS
AND THE WINGED EXECUTIONER

>>324050571

Souls series is cool in that you can go to most places you see in the scenic locations.

>>324050571
I absolutely love that this is going full apocalypse mode. It's the only way they could justify making a third one from a story standpoint but I wasn't so sure they'd actually do it.

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>>324051058
It will probably be phased like Bloodborne's transition into full nightmare shit.
Lothric's gonna fucking fall apart.

>>324051215
>It will probably be phased like Bloodborne's transition into full nightmare shit.

You're probably right from the looks of it but I hope it does something to differentiate itself.

>>324050571
Bloodeborne = moon
Dark Souls = sun

What does it mean?

>>324051058

Same here, it's perfect considering Miyazaki said it's going to be the last Souls game.

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>>324051308
Only time will tell.
We sure are getting some quality boss battles though, judging from the trailer this guy looks surprisingly fun for a "huge fat guy in armour".

april cannot come any faster

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>>324050571
>fear the suns temptations
>solaire was obsessed with the sun
>eventually drove him mad

I know you can prevent this and it was a maggot thing but I want to believe.

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Sooo pumped for Das3. I'm going to be a busy gamer juggling das3, Dragon's Dogma, Tomb Raider, and Resident Evil 0.

>yes I have them all paid for and pre-loaded (where available)
>I have paid vacation days in reserve just for game releases I'm looking forward to.Im using them to stay home in my boxers and drink while playing

Going to be maximum comfy

>>324051826
Wish I had your enthusiasm about games.

Only game I'm looking forward to is DaS3 and I'll probably just play it when I have time.

>>324043452

You forgot this theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3xQga-2LX4

Dancer of the Frigid Valley looks fucking intense.

>>324051382
Dark Souls 2 and 3 take place following the link the fire ending.
Bloodborne takes place following the dark lord ending.
Demon's Souls is a prequel.

Duh.

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>>324043452
>HEEEE HOOOO HEEEEEE

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>>324051382
They might go full Nier/Drakengard and try to tie both of the universes together in one way or the other.

>>324048902

Which composer is doing Dark Souls 3? I'm interested in going back to hear some of the works he did in Bloodborne.

Please tell me it's the guy that did The One Reborn.

>>324051826
>tfw preloaded dragons dogma
>game is out
>oh shit gotta unpack the game first
>2 hours later
>it's still unpacking
>HDD is very slow for the whole duration
Why the fuck do I keep preloading steam games when I know that downloading them is quicker than preloading anyway...

>>324052097
>They might go full Nier/Drakengard and try to tie both of the universes together in one way or the other.

Nope. Will never happen, at least not in any official capacity. They might leave small hints that they could be connected but it can't be anything big. It has been that way since Demons Souls.

>>324051382

Bloodborne takes place in Carim when the flame has been extinguished

DSIII takes place in Drangleic when the flame is about to be consumed and humanity is threatened by chaos.

>>324051598

There is a possibility that Solaire IS in fact the firstborn and the final boss of DSIII. Canonically he is a Lord of Cinder, maybe the first one after Gwyn.

It makes sense that Solaire would like to ammend his past errors and defend his father's heritage.

So we might see Solaire again, maybe not by that name

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>>324051935
>Dancer of the Frigid Valley

>>324052097
If they did that they would get raped by sony

>>324052339
You're saying all of this as if it's confirmed that he's Gwyns first born, which absolutely isn't confirmed. It's only conjecture and it will never go beyond that.

>>324052339
>Canonically he is a Lord of Cinder, maybe the first one after Gwyn.

And where is this stated?

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>being excited for Dark Souls 2-2.0
>being excited for a game made by the Q team
>being excited for LITERALLY the WORST game in the CURRENT YEAR of 2016

I shiggery diggery hope you don't dogery doo this.

>>324046341
The only tough one is going through the foggy area in Shaded Woods

>bartholomew
>all saints day
>locomotive breath
>cut you down
DaS3 music trailer when
shit always gets me hyped

>>324052110
Yuka Kitamura, the girl behind Sir Alonne's theme.
Maybe Sakuraba as well.

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>>324052564
>people will reply to this shit tier bait
>he will actually reply saying it's not bait

>>324046289
>Inside the Mad Mind of Miyazaki
he did it, he's now a know name. He's come far.

>>324052454
Not to mention originally they planned Andre to be Gwyn's first born.

>>324052564
You forgot to call us all cucks.

>>324052364
Her ass is divine.

>>324052454

Well it's probable that FROM will in fact make Solaire the firstborn, even though it was purposefully left vague in DSI due to time constraints.

>>324052561

If you complete all the npc quests and all the story, even if you (the player) become a dark lord by not linking the flame, Solaire is implied to kindle it regardless. That would make him a Lord of Cinder according to the recent info we got from DS3

>>324052564
I am replying to this bait

>>324052564
Miyazaki's name is on the box and he's basically the Japanese Kubrick.

GotYAY confirmed.

>>324052723
>If you complete all the npc quests and all the story, even if you (the player) become a dark lord by not linking the flame, Solaire is implied to kindle it regardless. That would make him a Lord of Cinder according to the recent info we got from DS3


That's assuming you help him. Pretty sure by default the game wants him to become insane by the sunlight maggot.

>>324043452
This sounds incredibly generic.

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>>324043452
post yfw you realize dark souls is just a bunch of QTE

>>324052626
>Yuka Kitamura, the girl behind Sir Alonne's theme.

Sir Alonne, Ebrietas and Lady Maria?

What else did she do in Bloodborne? I mean the three tracks above are all stellar but I'd like to hear a bit of bulk on top of the quality.

>>324052909
QTs for E

>>324052895

See >>324051935

>>324052830
>>324052676
I'm not a Souls detractor and I love the games but you're really naive if you don't think this is anything but a marketing ploy after fan outcry that he was barely part of 2 development.

They're emphasizing that he's director now to win browny points with skeptical fans.

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>>324051906
I work long weeks. And I just finished my AA degree so no class, but when I start my BA I have 3-4 classes to huggle into my 6 0 hour work week. When time is open for me to play games, I make a mini holiday out of it.
>dat warehouse worker life
As far as the games themselves, learn to detach a bit. Be the normie. Become the normie temporarily and enjoy all the games the pique your interest even a little.
>>324052132
I may work a lot but I make sure my PC is up to par and loads as fast as possible. Have 3 ssds dedicated just to game installs. I feel for you though anon. Im at work right now and will be for the next 12 hours. Then I have a 3 day weekend to go crazy. Probably should have started the unpacking before I left today. oh well

>>324052837

Well I take that the "canon" storylines are the ones that happen the furthest into the game.

So for example Siegmeyer can die heroically "defending" you from the Chaos Eaters but I consider the canon ending to be the one that takes place at Ash Lake.

In the same way, I take that Solaire made it to the kiln, left his summon sign there to help you out, and won against Gwyn and kindled the flame

It will be extremely neat if the final boss of DS3 is called "The Firstborn"

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>>324052909
>press button
>something happens
the fucking hacks
THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

>>324052671
>>324052782

Has anyone notices how the word "bait" has just straight up replaced the world "troll"? Like, there is absolutely no difference in the way they are used anymore.

Why? Just so that we aren't using a word that caught on in the mainstream? Seems kind of dumb, especially since the word "troll" is so old at this point.

>>324053061
everything is a marketing ploy in video game news.

>>324053204
Gee, its almost like language evolves over time or something

>>324046413
>armor set has a sheath

Oh god, please tell me they're bringing back sheaths. I fucking love me some sheaths. It just makes your character's get up look more complete.

>>324053204
>Why? Just so that we aren't using a word that caught on in the mainstream?

You answered your own question.

That's how memes and internet langauge (and actual langauge) works.

>>324053204
Trolling has lost all meaning and bait implies lazy fucking shitposting.

>>324043452
does it have similarities to this Witcher 2 melody or am i crazy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paqSsVNafVo

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>>324053204
Because everyone is a troll now, so troll is a superfluous term. Now we differentiate posts by their bait-status instead.

>>324053204
pls sir i can't pay the toll stop trolling me

>>324053326
No. They dont need one.

There's only one thing that makes me concerned over Souls 3, and that's the fact that Cinematics, Beta, and Screenshots so far, have all shown the game to be castles, castles, and more castles.

I'm really hoping there will be some variety to environments.

I want my lava, forest, mountain/cave, lake, etc... areas.

I'd also say snow but that's probably too much to hope for.

>>324053631
>lava

Yeah, nah. Unless they truly make a lava area this time that isn't the worst area in the game.

The rest will most definitely be in, if you've seen the game map there is a ton of land in-between the main structures that you most certainly will be traveling through.

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>>324053631
There will be at least one swamp area rest assured.

>>324053749
>Yeah, nah.
Well fuck you and the anti-fun dick you rode in on.

>>324053869
Read the rest of my post.

I was being somewhat cheeky but also truthful. I genuinely think the lava areas have been the consistently worse areas in the souls series and if they make it better I'll be okay with it.

>Play the final game
>Find out the castle area is just Lordran but the part we haven't been to yet, that's just become overgrown and decrepyt after hundreds of centuries of atrophy.

>>324053981
Eh I liked Demon's and Dark 2's but they can't make it any worse than Dark 1's.

>>324053981
>Read the rest of my post.
I make it a habbit of not reading posts that start with "Yeah, nah."

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>No character creation video
Hopefully it's BB copy paste

>>324053061
He wasn't involved at all with 2 and that's one of the problems.

He already assured us that there is interconnected level design and no SM. That's called GOOD MARKETING, nothing wrong with saying stuff like that.

>>324053204
There actually is a difference.

Back when "trolling" was a thing people used to be a lot more subtle about it. As much as I'm going to sound like a complete faggot there was a methodology around it. It's devolved into stock responses that have literally zero thought put into them just to get easy replies, aka throwing a plain hook in the water hoping to get easy bites instead of using a proper lure.

I think dark souls 3 will be the last video game I buy and play

>>324054160
I hope it's something similar, BB let you create some qts and cool old guys. I also hope for a voice option.

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>>324054283
so soon?

>>324052909
nah the souls series is just a beat em up with some level up mechanics thrown to fool dumb people into thinking they are playing an rpg

post yfw Sunlight Blade

>>324054341
How cute are these qts

>>324054351
nah, video games just suck now and its the last souls game

>>324054283
Until Sci-fi Souls, you mean.

>>324054283
>tfw this

The Souls games are the only videogames I care about and can get into these days

>>324043452
>that violin

orgasm inducing

>>324052909
>not a fucking rhythm game

>>324054439
>and its the last souls game

Have to be a literal retard to actually believe this, regardless of what Miyazaki said.

>>324054414
I haven't created some myself, but there's plenty of sliders floating around.
A real farcry from the potato faces in DS1.

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I don't know what meaning the glowing swords will have in the final game, and I'm pretty sure these are different but similar areas, on the account of one having arches and the other one just pillar in the architecture, and both screenshots emerging at the same time.

But that being said, the blob thing clearly has the legs of the knight on the left, and we've already seen enemies grow into blob.

Dancer of the frigid Valley was a light example of the mechanic, but what if every boss mutates and changes depending on how much of their health you strip.

Come on, I know you faggots wanna reference berserk.

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>weapon will break more easily for variety in builds
>in co op, bosses will have allies to help in battle to counter the squad
>coop there will be more enemies
>consumables will matter this time and need to be used accordingly to the areas
>boss rush mode will be in rewarding players who win each tier a prize

>>324054513

It'll probably be the last Souls game by Miyazaki if Bamco wants to make more at least. Miyazaki is the president of Fromsoft so what he says, goes.

>>324054160
Because the game isn't out yet, twat.

Betas don't have character creation menu.

>>324054556
>I don't know what meaning the glowing swords will have in the final game, and I'm pretty sure these are different but similar areas, on the account of one having arches and the other one just pillar in the architecture, and both screenshots emerging at the same time.

Guarantee they're going to just signify player deaths, and there's just a ton of them in the screenshots for visual effect.

>>324054513
idk, I'd believe them now since Miyazaki is in charge.

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>>324054414
they look like shit during character creation but in game they look completely different

>>324054513
>You have to be a retard to believe things that were said by the person that said them.

Are you generally this autistic or just online?

>>324043580
Actually, it's decent and professional polyphonic music, unlike movie shit playing Skyrim et al.

>>324054643
>Miyazaki is the president of Fromsoft so what he says, goes.

Yeah people always bring this up as an argument to say it will be. You don't get it, once they make a few games that don't sell well (or perhaps do, it doesn't matter) he'll eventually go back to their main cash cow and announce another one.

It's a guaranteed way to make people excited and to increase sales when its thought that the series is done only to announce a new one. Not to mention it's just a simple fact that it's their main source of cash and he will never be rid of it until it stops selling. This is simple business.

To simplify it for you he's outright lying.

Should I do Dex/Faith or Dex/Int for first play-through?

I always do quality second.

>>324054660
YEEEES!! now say mean things about my penis

>>324054786
See >>324054880

Also you are still a literal retard for believing everything someone says to you, especially in a fucking PR interview.

>>324054880
Yeah, because his working relationship with Namco has just been peachy.

I'm sure there will be a DaS4 eventually but they're putting the series to rest for a while. What we'll get will be spinoff stuff like Bloodborne.

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>>324054781
>tfw suck at character creation so just plagiarize other people's characters

>>324054556
I think they'll signify other player's bonfires. If you see a lot of them, there's a boss nearby.

>No Greataxes in the demo
Please Please PLEASE don't suck this time! They were great in DeS, why they fuck are they so mediocre in all of the Dark Souls games?

>>324054781
saved for inspiration for future character creations. one of the best ive ever seen. this one yours?

>>324054880

Who knows, maybe they'll hit gold again with a new series or they'll go back to Armored Core or do more Lost Kingdoms. Souls isn't From's ONLY IP you know.

>>324054556
>But that being said, the blob thing clearly has the legs of the knight on the left, and we've already seen enemies grow into blob.
Let me guess. This is a NG+ change on a regular enemy.

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>>324054781
This. If you want to practice just take a good looking template and fuck around with it and check at the start. Besides the shitty hair BB has a good character creator.

>>324053631
>lava
as long as it doesnt suck as much as Izalith did, im all for it.

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>>324055103
yes she's my flame my muse

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I really hope there's a proper tutorial boss that nets you good early stuff if you defeat it.

>>324054685
>Guarantee they're going to just signify player deaths
You can guarantee it, but you're wrong. Blood stains have signified player death since Demon's, We've also had a network stress test, and blood stains are still the same.

>>324055330
I honestly think Miyzaki is done with the tutorial boss that shits on you gimmick. Not because it's necessarily bad but I think he just doesn't want to be so predictable.

>>324055330
Godamn demon souls is such a bad game compared to dark souls 2.

>>324054973
>See
>Literally cannot come up with a reply
Okay boy, time for you to piss off now.

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>>324044625
DS II looked solid before its release as well, not getting memed on by fromsoft again.

>>324053326
They brought them back, I saw one in the last demo shown at psx

>>324054883
Faith has more versatility beyond soul arrow spam.

>>324055057
Define "suck".
Things like DKGA were beasts in pvp.

>>324055380
You think I'm dumb enough not to recognize blood stains signifiy player death? You also forgot that there have always been unique things that signify player deaths in souls games like petrified statues. The phantom swords could be unique to bosses.

>>324055454
>engineered bait

>>324055454
Too obvious.

>>324055483
That was literally my post I pointed you to you fucking idiot.

>>324055492
No >>324046802

>>324055531
DKGA and BKGA are good precisely because they don't have the shitty range most of them do.

>>324055648
Sure sure, here's a (you)

>>324055735
You can believe what you want but it still completely shits on your retarded posts regardless of whether it's mine or not. Keep trying though.

>>324055548
>>324055602
>less variety in enemies
>less bosses
>less variety in equipment
>world tendies
>no true memorable boss aside from tower knight and old monk

>>324051215
>>324051308
>It will probably be phased like Bloodborne's transition into full nightmare shit.
I really hope so. I just got Bloodborne and it starts so different from where it ends, it's crazy. You start as a hunter slaying beasts in Yharnam and I was so intrigued by these 'Hunters' that I didn't know anything about and how the people in Yharnam reacted to me. I was thinking I'd learn so much about theworl through NPCs and etc. But then you cause the birth of an anti-christ and get sucked into nightmares and fight alien things and everyone dies, like what the fuck. Shit was insane., on my third playthrough right now and I plan on awakening from this horrid dream.

I hope I can reverse grip with the daggers. I don't know, I just want to go full dickass assassin.

>>324055653
I am not talking about the graphics.

>>324055821
Groovy dude, hug a rainbow.

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>yfw the last boss will be the chosen undead

>>324055852
>prequel has less mechanics than later games
>world tendency is bad

>>324056094
It's mature of you to concede to me in this argument.

Glad there are still some decent posters on /v/.

>>324055653
I'm pretty sure he was talking about this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_JFDPCtXFY

>>324056230
Far out!

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What build should I roll in both Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2? (Doing a playthru of both before the release of ds3)

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>>324056230
If you say so buddy.

Will Dark Souls III have an OST as atmospheric as this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaM9YRUsDXs

>>324056334
Estoc is life, no shield is hometown

>>324056342
>>324056260
You can stop samefagging, you're embarassing yourself.

>>324056425
Whoa man! Out of sight!

>>324055852
>only memorable bosses are old monk and tower knight

O i am laffin

>>324056417
Anything else you'd like to add to the build?

>>324056172

Well apparently major bosses are "Lords of Cinder" so that wouldn't surprise me. Also it would be cool if they like redid Gwyn's fight.

>>324056425
I'd say at least as much.

>>324054883
Since Demon's Souls the STR is better for Faith builds and INT for DEX builds

>>324056334
Pick Bandit in 1, become Berenike Knight.
Pick Knight in 2, become Ironclad Turtle.

>>324056578
wear beatrice's hat

>>324056578
Full Darkmoon Knightess. Brass set and git gud at parrying with the parrying dagger. Since she uses darkmoon blade, you can get some miracle action in there as well.

>>324049537
Go away Nito, you already died like three times.

>HEIR OF FIRE DESTROYED

What did he mean by this?

>>324056634

I've used the magic weapon buffs on STR weapons, sort of a heavy "magic knight" type of character in DaS1.

But I agree with what you say.

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>>324043452

It's all Two Steps From Hell again. I'm not saying it's bad, but I've just heard this same track thousands of times before already.

I've fantasized I could have a Souls game with a soundtrack similar to Thief series (originals).

>>324056728
>>324056665
>>324056640
>>324056417
Thank you

pretty generic t.bh

>>324049452
you already know anon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY-CEFD8X1Q

>chosen undead final boss fight
>solaire "firstborn" bossfight

you anons are getting my hopes up really fucking high

>>324057232
Are you implying that garbage would be good?

If they aren't original characters it will be shit.

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>>324052564
oh you

>>324043452
Is that anor londo in the background?
Does this mean we'll be exploring locations from DaS1?

>>324057308
>based on literally nothing except my own opinion

the entire point of this game is to wrap up the series and hopefully fix any of the lore shitting on that ds2 did. fighting the chosen undead or lord of cinder solaire would be a great idea to wrap the entire series both up and together

I'm not intelligent enough to judge whether an orchestral arrangement for a video game is good or not.

>>324056627
Is that the mecca?

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>>324057065
show me track similar to the one in the OP

>>324057476
>based on literally nothing except my own opinion

Oh, and you know, the established tone and lore of the series.

There is absolutely no fucking reason Solaire or the Chosen Undead should still be alive especially with one of the main theme being cycles. Neck yourself with your fan-fiction tier bullshit.

>>324057547
same, don't worry, if you like the sound of it its good fuck anyone else

>>324057616
The DaS team already showed they are welcome to shoving meme characters back into the game for no reason with DaS2.

>>324052339
>So we might see Solaire again, maybe not by that name

Oh no...

>Solaire, Artorias-style broken, in a bossfight, similar to DS2 Old Dragonslayer.
>you have no option but to kill him

Calling it now.

>>324046341
go jump in a well you dolt

>>324057616
>heir of cinder destroyed
>you go throughout the entire game killing heirs of the first flame
>in the first game the chosen undead or possibly solaire may have reignited the first flame
>gwyn survived thousands of years AFTER rekindling the first flame, and we dont know how long he lived before that
>no reason solaire or the chosen undead should still be alive

alright familia

>>324057547
>Dark Souls 3 so hard, it even takes skill to figure out if the music is good

>>324057807
>no reason solaire or the chosen undead should still be alive

You heard me right.

>>324057807
Of course Gwyn was still alive. He was a fucking God

>>324057890
They linked the flame. You kill people that did or will do that also the time and space distortion cop-out.

DeS will always have the best theme it seems

>>324057616
>There is absolutely no fucking reason Solaire or the Chosen Undead should still be alive
Except that the fact that the confirmed plot of the game is the Lord of Cinders coming back ?

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>>324057736
If I have to kill Solaire I'm going to be very sad

>>324058129
Lord of Cinders is a title, not a specific character.

Until the game flat-out confirms it's Gwyn it's fan-fiction.

Where my /holyknights/

>>324054803
Come on, man, don't be hating on Jeremy Soule over a fucking troll.

>>324058176
It's just a title with there being several Lord of Cinders and Gwyn's already dead.

>>324058268
Yes, it's just a title with several lord of cinders.

That means it could be literally anyone including a new character.

It's not the chosen undead or solaire. Get over it.

>>324058176
>mfw it's so far into the future that every single significant character is a lord of cinder and you're special because you're not

>>324058181
flamberge holy knight here

>>324056627
Imagine this being a puzzle boss.

Watch them drop the fucking Nashandra plot

>>324058405
There's literally nothing wrong with the fragments of Manus plot. That's one of the few things in 2 that isn't shit.

>>324058339
Or it could be several new characters and one being either the CU or Solaire to get the DaS1 fags to suck the game's dick. Most likely case is they're all new characters but one will have a reference in it's weapon/soul/armour to CU/Solaire.

I want the abyss to return

>>324043452
this sounds pretty epic, as it should be for the last chapter of the saga.
But of course, we will still get 0 answers on anything

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>>324056597
>Lord Soul boss is Gwyn in his prime

>>324058176
I thought it was a title given to whoever rekindled the first flame when it was dying ? Which include Gwyn, the Giant from the trailer, and depending on your choices from the previous games, the Chosen Undead, Solaire, and the Bearer of the Curse.

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I swear to god if they include something like Soul memory again that completely destroys any sort of PVP I will fly to Japan and assfuck Miyazaki with a cactus.

Alright, gonna start my pre-ds3 release build now, feel free to invade me on PC.

I might beat the game today and move onto DS2 on PS4.

>>324058462

I had a problem with the way they handled the "main story" in DaS2, but the side stories are all well done.

Stuff like Alonne and the Iron Kin gand all that.

It just seems that the DaS1 references were there because at some point maybe there was gonna be some time travel or some shit.

>>324058640
Soul memory is confirmed out.

>>324058462
What if one of them bitches is your new lvl up chick?

>>324058732
The only thing I didn't like about the main story was allowing you to go back through the memories. I think everything with Vendrick, Nashandra and Aldia was good though.

>>324058640
Matchmaking is back to purely SL, already confirmed.

>>324058746
>>324058879

Cheatengine, HERE I GOOOO!!!!

>>324058857

They did a good job with Aldia once they patched him into the game. He's interesting enough to belong in the main story.

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>>324058462
>>324058732
>guy so macho he out-seduced a shard of Manus
Literally Chad Blizzardcock

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6lNThxUP94

>>324058747
She better let me level up while she blabbers on about nothing instead of making me mash through pointless dialogue first.

>>324058946
You could change your Soul Memory with cheat engine too, anon. Stop being dumb.

>>324043452
>>324046706
so why is he doing a thumbs up

what does it mean

>>324058732
You're right about DaS2 having a bunch of hamfisted DaS1 references that don't make sense but my point is that the fragments of manus isn't one of them. I think it's the one element from DaS1 that thematically fits and should be in the game.

>>324059024
Bear seek seek lest

>>324059071

I wouldnt know that, I refuse to play the turd that is DS2 and to me it is not canon

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>>324059078

>People think shit from DS1 is still around
Guys, it's been centuries. Not even out buildings in modern times are predicted to last that much.

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>>324058987
>mfw trying to do his boss fight without freeing the other knights first

>>324059202
>and to me it is not canon
>being so pathetic that he still has headcanon

Still canon no matter what can't change it :^).

>>324059078
Terminator 2 reference

>>324059218
why? That would make the fight luckbased as you hope the knights just fuck around.

>>324059202
No one cares about your headcanon.
The overall story wasn't so bad, at least with the DLC and SOTFS

>>324043452
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2hhqWzIwU8

Why are we not undead in this game?
What's the deal with embers?
Will we get some answer regarding stuff like Ariamis, Priscilla, the Giants, Aldia, Manus, Gwyn's first born and shit like that?

>>324047013


I can't be the only one that dislikes the charred effect

Not that it matters since thematically the game will be shit like DaS 2, the same bullshit everyone is a meter taller than you for no reason and you're a midget in a land of giants.

>>324052564
(you)

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I was playing the sunken king DLC earlier and found this armor set.

Looks a lot like the DS3 trailer armor.

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I just got all 3 crowns and talked to vendrick. What was all that about? I got a weird cutscene and then left?

>>324059208
time itself is convoluted

>>324059371
I didn't know about them when I first tried, after getting my ass handed to me I decided to explore more abd found them.

>>324056334
that is one qt doll right there

Anyone got some more?

>>324059574
wearing any crown prevents you to go hollow now

>>324059574

Thanks goy for the money

>>324059574
Now you can wear the crown and never hollow out

>>324059481
>I can't be the only one that dislikes the charred effect
I think it looks pretty cool. A lot less obvious than hollowing, even if you dislike it.

>a midget in a land of giants.
What makes you think that?

>>324059505
This is one set I wish they would shoehorn.

>>324059574
>>324059635
>>324059649

Doesn't that mean he beat the curse?

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>>324059505
No, it really doesn't.

>>324059425

Maybe because we have overcome undeath.

Embers are the new humanity. Either you are "off" or "on", meaning you light up on fire / burn.

It's probable that we get a lot of subtle hints that expand or outright answer mysteries of DaS. Dont expect direct references though.

The only clues we have is that the Dancer of the Frigid Valley shares a lot of similarities with Ciaran (and kinda looks like Artorias) and that Artorias's Greatsword is in the altar of the chapel where you fight her.

>>324059425
basically the previous protagonists of the dark souls series were selfish assholes and did nothing to try and end the cycle

so now in ds3 we're going to be ending the cycle for good

>>324059729
Yes but he loses the crowns like a retard anyway

>>324059481
Bosses where hueg because of gameplay reasons. they seem to be steering away from that if BB is any indication.

>>324059505
>>324059730
Only similarity is a red cape.

That's it.

>>324059729
only if you're wearing the crowns

it's not a permanent solution

>>324059729
yes and no.
it's not really beaten since you need the crown.
but the lore in ds2 is a mess and guess what? no answers will be in ds3.

>>324059770
>Ending the cycle for good
You can do that in DS1. Just don't link the fire.

>>324059770
DS2 guy tries if you choose Aldia's ending

>>324059789
Given enough time, you would eventually lose any object that makes you immortal. Probability is a bitch.

pls tell me that the thing where your max hp decreases when you die is gone

>>324059656
>>324059856


Everyone is inexplicably taller than you, even normal enemies.

In the DaS3 stress test there is not a single normal sized enemy, even the human undeads are giants compared to you.

>>324059887
>>324059893
Someone else comes along and lights the Flame if you walk away.

>>324059856
>they seem to be steering away from that if BB is any indication.

L I T E R A L L Y every boss in the game is far bigger than you, and the two that aren't FAR bigger are still bigger.

>>324059882
DS3's main character does not hollow. Beating the curse is definitely going to be a central plot point.

>>324059887
>he got tricked by the serpents.

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>>324059202
>and to me it is not canon
Drangleic Shield, Benharts Parma, Sacred Oath, Soul Greatsword - all were in the network test. And the whole nature of Lords of Cinder confirms DaS2's concept of cyclic nature of the Souls universe.

>>324059957
Who is dumb enough to even try that

>>324059905
>Arguing probability in an alternate reality where magic is real and laws of physics are different.

Why do these pseudo-intellectual faggots always try to shove science into fiction discussion.

>>324059938
Except for the red knights, all the enemies were pretty much the same size as you.

>>324059926
When you use an ember you get a boost to HP but this could be your normal max HP and when you're dull/hollow you have a penalty. We just don't know for sure yet.

>>324060104

Please show me a normal sized enemy, go ahead.

>>324059926
I think now you gain extra health when you're in cinder mode, but if you die you revert back to human mode

>>324059926
It wasn't in the network test, but using embers (the new humanity) gives you a big health boost. Without being embered you have less health so when you die and loes your ember you have less health, but it doesn't keep going down the more you die.

Also what is the ring of binding

>>324060090
A central theme of all the souls games is futility. Finding the means to stop the hollowing process but remain immortal, and then losing it would fit perfectly.

>>324060161
Not him but why the actual fuck do you even care about this.

Literally a non-issue.

>>324060084
Literally every player and undead in the Dark Souls universe.

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>>324049537

>>324060084
In the Age of Ancients the world was unformed, shrouded by fog. A land of gray crags, Archtrees and Everlasting Dragons. But then there was Fire and with fire came disparity. Heat and cold, life and death, and of course, light and dark. Then from the dark, They came, and found the Souls of Lords within the flame. Nito, the First of the Dead, The Witch of Izalith and her Daughters of Chaos, Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, and his faithful knights. And the Furtive Pygmy, so easily forgotten.

With the strength of Lords, they challenged the Dragons. Gwyn's mighty bolts peeled apart their stone scales. The Witches weaved great firestorms. Nito unleashed a miasma of death and disease. And Seath the Scaleless betrayed his own, and the Dragons were no more.

Thus began the Age of Fire. But soon the flames will fade and only Dark will remain. Even now there are only embers, and man sees not light, but only endless nights. And amongst the living are seen, carriers of the accursed Darksign.

Yes, indeed. The Darksign brands the Undead. And in this land, the Undead are corralled and led to the north, where they are locked away, to await the end of the world... This is your fate.

Only, in the ancient legends it is stated, that one day an undead shall be chosen to leave the undead asylum, in pilgrimage, to the land of ancient lords, Lordran.

There are literally countless undead, and if you don't do it, you simply weren't the one.

>>324055492
So did Bloodborne and that turned out great.

>>324059624
ooooooooooh I thought you were trying to make it hard for yourself for the extra challenge. Carry on

>>324060268
You can see his right hand on the pic though.

>>324059202
A lot of things introduced in DS2 are in the test, like the Soul Greatsword and Sacred Oath.
Soul Greatsword looks rad, I hope there's a miracle equivalent.

>>324060084
Someone who believed in the prophecy. Remember you're not the first Chosen Undead to try you're just the first one to get it right. And Frampt is going around telling people that Linking the Fire will rid the Curse of Undeath. Something that everyone would like very very much. And even though it's the course of nature, the Age of Dark is a horrifying, exceedingly violent and hopeless state of affairs. So a hollow who's lost all hope of returning to his life could be convinced to do such a thing.

>>324060246

It's an issue for me, it breaks my immersion when my character is for no reason a midget, actually scratch that, when everyone is a giant when everything is human sized, you have literally a human undead that can't fit in the door right next to it

Why? Who the fuck knows, it started with DaS II, even Balder knights were your size in DaS, and the only humanoids bigger than you were the ones connected to the race of Gwyn

>>324060446
>it started with DaS II

No it didn't you meme-loving fucking retard.

All NPC's are your size. All hallowed knights are your size. All dragon knights are your size.

Kill yourself.

>>324060446
Which was (partially) accounted for since there are two sets of stairs in Anor Londo: one meant for giants and the other meant for pygmies. They didn't see it through since the rooms inside Gwyn's keep seem to be meant for pygmies but it was still a nice touch.

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I feel like that's too much, sounds like it should be a boss song. The minimal ones were nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Xv0mJkHpw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6JH0EfTIKw

>>324060446
Balders were taller than you by a little bit and the vast majority of hollows are your size.

>>324060261
>>324060297
>>324060412

>Bearer of the Curse kills everyone and everything
>walks away
>literal who shows up and giggles as he becomes the next Big Dick OG

what a cruel world

>>324060358
It is literally impissible without the to block the portals. You end up with 10 normal enemies on you at once, several of them throwing piromancey at you and several of them chasing you with great axes and hammers.

All that happens at the same time the Ivory King is beating on you.

>>324060645

Yep, it fit perfectly in DaS, DaS II started the retarded everyone is oversized, like they couldn't fit the Drangleic castle door if they wanted to, so fucking retarded.

>>324060745
But everyone isn't oversized in DaS2.

You are factually wrong.

>>324060697
agreed, I wouldn't even mind songs like this for bosses

I'm kind of tired of the bombastic choirs

>>324060863

Hahaha you have literally sentinels inside the castle, fuck off already

>>324060915
Your post has no meaning to this argument.

>>324060446
Pretty sure Syan Knights, Royal Swordsmen, Heide Knights, Archdrake Clerics and Amana Priestess where your size.

So why aren't we undead in DS3?

>>324061031
Because the mechanic was done enough and they wanted something a little different

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>Forcefully continue the Age of Fire
>You know full well that it's a lie but for a short while you can live in peace

>Allow the Age of Dark to come
>Live in a world of dark where everyone is either dead, hollow, mutated by the Abyss, or an interdimensional axe murderer on the hunt for Humanity

Well /v/?

>>324055852
The only thing memorable about DaSII is the taste of shit it left in my mouth.

>>324060915
Why would the sentinels would want to go outside? they are practically automatons.

>>324060713
Are you seriously meeming or did you not play the game and don't know?

In lordran time is convoluted and folds in on itself, there are countless timelines converging in this one point, every timeline has a chosen undead, some light the fire, some walk away, but it doesn't matter, both endings are canon, fire WILL fade, if the chosen undead rekindles it, it will only burn for a short time, couple decades, centuries maybe, then it will start fading, if the chosen undead walks away, the fire will only fade sooner, the outcome is the same. games simply play far enough from one another chronologically that fading of the flame has played itself out regardless of the action taken by chosen undead.

>>324061106
The only thing I'll be pissed about is if the serpents don't show up in 3.

They're primordial fucking serpents they are the one thing that seemed like they should have been consistent from the beginning.

>>324061031
We don't know yet, could be that someone found a way to use the crowns to cure it over the years since DS2.

Guess we will have to wait and see.

>>324061106
>setting yourself on fire
>peaceful

>>324061106
The Age of Dark is the age of man and the age of Bloodborne eventually.

>>324056210
look I love demon souls. And I think its clearly the more enjoyable game over ds2. But world tendency is an absolutely enormous blunder.

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Good chosen undead

Keep rekindling that flame

>>324060892

True. Actually the Gwyn music was pretty nice like that, since it wasn't trying to be all epic, instead just a subdued piano. And the Maiden fight too in a way

>>324060446
Anon, http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Enemies
Literally everything that isn't a beast is your size or smaller.

>>324061106
i want to hang out with the sneks so age of dark

>>324059202
I haven't played DAS2 since 2014, never touched it again so I forget it all. It simply does not exist to me and I don't know what is being brought over from 2, so Miyazaki gets all the credit.

>>324061106
Aldia hints that there might be another path though.

>there are people in this very thread that actually sided with Kaathe

did you learn nothing from the entire DLC?

>>324061214
>The Age of Dark is the age of man and the age of Bloodborne eventually.
That is not what it is at all.

The age of dark is what the name implies, an age of darkness with no fire left burning.