>the game of the year will turn out to be a small niche game

>>385835459
Game looks good but I doubt it'll be GOTY.

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>>385835585
I just hope it can gain some traction on steam so it won't be dead 1 month after release

Does this have complicated combos I have to memorize? It looks interesting but I just don't have that much of an interest in fighting games.

>>385836629
It's got enough preorders to have a good chance of a decent community, at least nothing indicating "death on arrival"

>>385835459
Isn't Devolver just the publisher?

when is it coming out?

>>385836819
That's the case with every fighting game ever, though. Look at SFV or MKX as the most recent exmaples.
Good sales - completely dead a year from release.

>>385836752
It's not a fighting game, more of a 3d brawler

You only have two attack buttons and most of the complexity stems from you designing the combos before the fights

>>385835459
>MMO shit
Fuck that shit, For honor with martial arts

>>385836907
Sure but a year is more than enough time for you to experience the game, wouldnt you say?

>>385837024
Is dark souls an MMO, faggot?

>>385836629
This looks awful.

>>385837047
For a pure fighting game? Perhaps. If it goes for an MMO structure where you have to collect moves, gear, etc? Not really.

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>>385836865
August 29

>>385837163
But you can collect all your moves from NPCs

Not as easy a saying "hey asshole teach me the axe kick" to a human being, but still possible

>>385837352
can you even say things? I don't think there's a chat box

>>385837454
Nope, would have to do it outside through steam or whatever, the emotes were pretty limited too

>>385837142
That's what the doctor said about you when you were conceived.

who /using nothing but kicks/ here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NqJyDqQzaE

>>385837621
Woah dude this is a Christian imageboard

>>385837847
You might find that slightly difficult since a majority of top stance moves are punches, but it wouldn't be impossible

so its basically Fantasy MMO Fist of the North Star?

>>385838085
Not an MMO is any sense of the phrase

A MO at best

>>385837295
This also looks awful.

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>>385838013
it definitely seems like a quirky thing that's only viable in the end game when you have all the moves learned, but I look forward to starting a Kick School and teaching only kicks to my disciples.

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Is it pvp only or can I grind some pve too?

>>385835459
is there a story for this game or is it just some boring for honor clone?

>>385838401
Its dark souls in progression

I spent a large chunk of the beta dropping swords to NPCs to see what sword moves they can teach me

Already got it pre ordered

>>385838524
You learn new moves by getting your ass handed?
Just like one of my dragon ball mangas.

>>385838524
I wish there was another beta. I wonder if they have too much to fix from the first beta.

>>385838479
the story is Journey tier.

>In the ruins of the fallen Adal Empire, you awaken with a mysterious mask on your face, and faint recollections of an esoteric ceremony. Freeing you from hunger, thirst, and even death, the mask is the creation of the Guides, the rulers of these lands, who have placed you here to determine whether you are worthy of becoming part of the elite corps of Absolvers. As you wander these forsaken lands, encountering other Prospects like you, you will learn new combat styles, acquire weapons, gear and armor, and build a team of warriors with whom to fight side by side in Arenas of combat.

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>>385838321
>kick moves only
My nigger

>>385836961

So its kinda like Remember Me but with multiplayer?

>>385838753
Not exactly handed

You learn moves by blocking or evading them using your defensive ability, and then killing the guy

So it's more like "I've mastered your every move" instead of "ah fuck I was stabbed 50 times now I know how to stab people"

>>385838813
Probably the more accurate comparison, sure

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What style do you like most?
>Forsaken, a style focused on parrying and cancelling attacks
>Kahlt, a tank class that absorbs attacks and deals punish damage
>Windfall, an agility-centered class made for evasion
>Stagger, a drunken master class

>>385838813
Is remember me worth a play? Dirt cheap by now but never heard much about it.

>>385837142

People with shit taste are not allowed in this thread

>>385839165
Windfall, won't even let the enemy touch me. That's how I play dark souls anyway, never got into shields.

Why take a hit if you can just evade it completely?

>>385839165
Khalt because who doesn't love having braindamage from taking hits with your face

>>385836830
yes

OP is a retard as usual

>>385839290
It's okay anon, I understand you enjoy watching shitty animations with no real weight.

>>385839256
if you don't mind the basic shallow combat it has fantastic art direction and a pretty decent story.

Are staves going to be added later or something? I've seen screenshots of staves, but nothing in gameplay.

>>385839608
They announced it's coming after launch

>>385839465
It's pretty simple math

If you dodge a hit, the time it takes you to dodge is the time you need to wait before counter attacking. You absorb a punch to the face, and you can start punching right back

>>385836629
Why are they flipping around and trying to hit each other with huge movements when they're at grappling distance?

>>385839465
people from the beta are saying evading takes up stamina pretty fast for some reason.

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I'm glad a game is coming out that at least has decent martial arts.

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>remember playing bamham city
>nice free flow combat and combos
>each enemy takes at least 5-6 hits to go down
>get to the final boss
>batman picks up a sword
>one hit kill mode unlocked

Why doesn't he use any melee weapons in the comic world? Would be much more efficient.

>>385837295
>>385836629
These do look awful.

>>385839742
because there are no grapple moves

>>385836629

what in the fuck? this combat looks like ass

>>385835459
On PC it is that dead

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>>385839896
He can already give them brain damage and break bones with his fist, he isn't trying to kill people.

>>385839841
Only if you miss

On a successful evade you get it back

>haha hey guys look we made for honor except worse in every way
>ok pajeet we paid you $1.30 per hour, go on /v/ and reddit and post nice threads for us okay? :)

Nobody wants your shit game poojeet

>>385838787
>>385839165
>Headshot was disappointing compared to the raid movies

The next raid should come soon enough.

>>385839851
It's a shame the only Avatar game was just half-assed Platinum trash.

>>385837913
You're doing it wrong.

>>385839896
Batman Rule. No killing. No maiming, either. He shouldn't even be using a sword in the first place.

>>385840101
*sniff sniff*
Do I smell people LOOKING FORWARD TO A GAME?
Not on my watch

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>>385840113
I haven't seen it yet but it isn't directed by Gareth Evans, right?

>>385840131
Coulda been something good if platinum took it seriously

Shit was the most calculated mediocre licenced job

>>385840101

see >>385840001 leave us alone we have nothing to play on PC and I'm tired of playing chivalry

>>385840131
>the only Avatar game
jesus fucking christ, how new are you?

there was a handful of small kid games, the platinum one was just the most prominent.

>>385840441
Nope, it was directed by 2 people for some reason.

What is this? Open world God Hand?

doesnt look good at all though
dont know what you're smoking

I'd rather play a regular fighting game

>>385839165
Are these the only styles going to be in the game before updates? Or are they just the ones we know of already? But im definitly going to be trying out stagger when i get my hands on it, looks ___fun

>>385840838
Woah that's a quality opinion that leaves a lot to argue against, thank you for the input

>>385840923
They are the only defensive styles, yeah

All they determine is your defensive ability and starting moves, don't really stop you playing as whatever you want

>>385839165
those descriptions really aren't all that informing. from what i saw, all 3 styles have a defensive move that somehow negates an incoming attack. what's the difference?

i typically win in brawlers by overwhelming my opponents and reading their playstyles to determine when they will attack me. it usually leads me to either 100-0ing people 90% of the time or getting smashed by a player who is hard to read. so i guess i'd play the style that works the best with that strategy

are you supposed to block by reaction or intuition in this game? im way better at te latter

>>385842192
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgOVrCEoIao

>>385840954
dont shill garbage here again astroturfer, thank you for your understanding

>>385842357
>don't talk about video games on /v/ again, thank you for your understanding

this shit always happens. like the average person being excited for a game and wanting to talk about it is too big a concept for /v/tards to understand

>>385842192
Most of the attacks don't get faster than 0.2 seconds, so reaction very much seems like the reliable default

Plus since you have to learn the opponents combos every time, it makes prediction a lot more difficult since everyone is making shit up as they go, unless there is some weird meta combo deck everyone uses.

The description of the abilities is as follows.
>absorb
Basically "poise on demand", ignore an attack and leave the opponent in recovery, and then counter attack. It's the easiest but also still makes you lose health.
>avoid
4 directional dodge, requires the most knowledge but has the most payoff since it leaves the opponent most vulnerable.
>parry
2 directional, left and right, interrupts the opponents combo and leaves room for a small followup. Bad for learning moves since it halts the string of attacks unlike the other two

>>385842846
so absorb is for retards who just spam, avoid is for edgelord autistic "competitive" players who will complain about feinting if it exists in the game, and parry is for normal people??

i mean i don't know but that's how i'm guessing the demographics will settle

>>385843406
Something like that

Windfall will also be for the people that just want to be really really cool and get blown out by how specific it is

>>385843406
absorb is for /fit/ 6'5" gods who want to show sissy fighters who their boipussies belong to, avoid is for intellectual /lit/ 150+IQ gods who have incredible reaction time and live off enemy salt and rage, and parry is for 4'10" /v/ brainlets who are too dumb to play the game

>>385837295
>>385836629
this game doesn't look very good - is there something I'm missing? why all the hype?

>>385843707
what hype?

>>385843707
It's just a 3d brawler with cool hitboxes and a lot of moves

What's there not to get retard

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>>385839256
Really mediocre, but it's dumb fun for like 6 hours

>>385843867
it doesn't look like any fun to play, at all - i was just wondering what people were most excited about but everyone here is defensive as fuck for whatever reason

>>385842846
>It's the easiest but also still makes you lose health.
If you counterattack quickly enough after using Absorb, you regain that lost health.

>>385844221
Fun is a very subjective thing anon, boil it down into more objective criticisms or just accept people are into different things

>>385836629
That looks really boring.

>>385844440
Yeah I was low on word count tried to be brief, its still a "net loss" of health since you can't attack immediately

Also very easy to play around

>>385843827
see
>>385835459

>>385844638
just a /v/ tactic. either praise a game to high heaven or call it shit, people will come in and defend it. call it average and you get page 10 pretty quickly.

>>385840763
More or less, yeah. PvE consists of wandering around a Dark Souls-esque quiet overworld and beating up on AI enemies while occasionally running into other players you can either team up with, leave alone or gank. You can use the bonfires - excuse me, altars, to queue for PvP modes as well.

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>>385836629

I'm interested, but I'm not paying $30 bucks for it.

Very interesting concept, but the combat needs to be a bit faster & smoother. Juuuust a bit...

>>385845220
I dunno how it will work but supposedly the GOG version can play online with steam, so maybe its pirate friendly

>>385845145
*parries ur move*
Heh, now I know everything about you
*teleports behind u*
Goodbye
*roundhouses you into a wall*

Would this game be any fun played offline?

>>385846128
Endgame is PVP, PVE is just for more moves and clothing

>>385835459
>still thinking GOTY actually means something
>2017
Oh, OP.

>>385845493
Guaranteed if its on GOG and has online capabilities then it will have some 'login' requirement bound to a CDkey.

>>385845441
yeah that's actually how i feel about it. it's slow because it's made for reactions, kinda like for honor and chivalry. but those games have you swinging swords around instead of fists so it looks dumber in this game

i think this game might be very fun to play but the presentation makes it look lame

>>385835459
>>385836629
>>385837295
>For Honor clone
>game of the year
pick one.

>>385846128
There is some long term merit as a "collectathon" of sorts where you gather every NPC move you can find

But beyond the 12 dark souls esque areas it's all really suppose to be PvP with the combos you polished along the way

>>385846328
>>385846523
Bummer

>OP is obviously a shill
>Gameplay looks janky
>Open world MMO-lite exploration indy game
>At least its a full game and not early access shit

Still I'm a bit interested but I'm probably going to wait until it releases to see whether its shit or not

>>385847254
>Anyone human being even remotely excited for a video game is a paid advertiser from that company who wastes their time trying to convince racist retards like you that you should buy their game
Don't think too highly of yourself

>>385847363
It's just the general /v/ machine

You start hating so many games most positive things start seeming like shilling

>>385847363
fun died years ago, so if you're excited for a game what else are you other than a shill my friend?

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>>385847996
>I graduated high school and I don't have a job so fun is dead

>>385835459
>Made by some faggot frenchies with no experience under their belt
FTFY. I've been burned by too many newbies

>>385848531
Most of them are ex ubi developers who had the mind to jump when the takeover was rumored

>>385848531
smart man. hold out for absolver 2 where they'll iron out any kinks and deliver a truly great experience.

cept there won't be a second when the first one sells 100 copies because PCfags are too busy with overwatch and PUBG

>>385839851
true AAA avatar MMO when?!?!

>>385844847
Goddamn shame we have to resort to this shit for videogame discussion. E-celeb threads easily hit 500 though.

>>385835459
Zelda will be goty.

>>385849396
Zelda will be ""goty""

>>385837139

wait, are you saying it's not focused on multiplayer? every clip and advertisement i've seen made it seem like that's the absolute most important aspect of the game

>>385850424
It's hard to say without having access to the game, but the singleplayer seems lengthy enough to be considered an important aspect of the game.

It's probably easier to showcase moves and interactions using the multiplayer components

>>385850723
I wonder if you'll be able to go back to earlier areas to get disciples or just generally troll beginners

>>385850828
I dunno how the multiplayer matches people but in the beta there were definetely people with fancy clothes and moves walking around occasionally