this going to be the next elden ring
>>728521127Lords of the Sleepen
it looks sick
>>728521127eldanz rang?
Artstyle looks homosexual and tryhard, western devs can't into tasteful fantasy
>>728521127The last game was a solid 6.5/10, hopefully this next one will be less jank.
>>728521127I feel like the fantasy genre is a dead meme. No one under the age of 24 cares about dragonshit anymore.
Not so fast
>>728521127I heard that the dev is le based and redpilled which means I should just eat this soulslop up.
>>728521127Is this AI-generated?
>>728521127>Lord of the FallenAren't there like two of those already?
>>728521751I'm over 40 and I care about fantasy.
>>728521127Hopefully it won't be as boring as the previous one.
>>728521127>Epic exclusive will be forgotten in a week just like the other 2.
>>728521127>100 tonne dinosaur with wings lunges at 85kg swordsman>*parry*
>>728521813Because its a millennial obsession just like capeshit, people still can't let go of their LOTR childhood from 25 years ago
>>728521127in all the wrong ways maybe, the recent one was great on release and then people cried how it was too difficult and they nerfed the fuck out of everything bringing it down to elden ring difficulty, at least the armor sets look dope though unlike the goofy shit from elden ring.
>>728521804The first was bad and very janky. The second one was pretty good, but still a little janky and overall undercooked.If they manage to improve to the same degree with the third as they did between the first two, it'll be a damn good game.
>>728521896goddamn you are stupid, holy fuck
>>728521813Based irl wizard.
Isn't Duskbloods (only on Nintendo Switch 2™) the next Elden Ring?
>>728521751It's not a dead genre, it's just overdone high fantasy crap with big spiky shoulder pads.Personally I have big boss fights fatigue, it doesn't appeal to me at all.>do some platforming puzzle exploration>reach a room to fight le big meanie boss>repeatI want some intrigue, some interesting characters, some drama but I DO NOT WANT a movie game.
>>728521896Fantasy is timeless.
>>728521751What's "in" now?
>>728521973Not stuck on a shitty tablet, it isn't.
>>728522004just play some sony games, kid, and never come back here
>>728522006This is EXACTLY what capeshit fans said when Spielberg claimed superheroes will go "the way of the western" btw
>>728521127IT'S A SIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ciNlCsDrEs
>>728521813Yeah, I'm basically saying dragonshit exists for oldfags. I feel like Lunarpunk will totally replace medieval fantasy in 20 years.
>>728522061Except it's true for fantasy.
>>728521896I'm a zoomer and I love fantasy
>>728522048scifi and/or cyberpunk
>>728521127Epic exclusive killed this.I liked both previous games too.
lol
>>728522129It really is a shameless dark souls ripoff lol
I fear that they are gonna overextend their ambition and that this sequel is gonna lose some of its charm, but we'll see. With all its issues LotF is one of the very few soulslikes that wanted to be like Dark Souls rather than like Dark Souls 3, and I really appreciated that
>>728522061Anyone with a brain knew that the comic book dominated era wasn't going to last more than 20 years. Batman and Batman Returns were the exception, not the rule.
>Epic exclusiveWill wait for it to come out of open beta
>>728522296Apparently its a lifetime contract. It won't be coming to Steam at all.
>>728522247>Dark Souls invented the dark fantasy aestheticThat obvious bait aside, they're aesthetically very different. The first game was still pretty generic looking, aping the general "epic fantasy" aesthetic that was popular at the time, while the second one went a lot more for a sort of "heavy metal magazine fantasy" aesthetic, which this one seems to follow.
>>728522410why do people keep doing this
>>728522247Dark souls was inspired from berserk
>>728521127I'm bored of this type of game. I want dark fantasy romance now.
>>728522410Hope they enjoy no sales then
>>728522206That's just because of your autism induced rigidity. Every well adjusted young person I know thinks about moonshit more often than medieval fantasy.
>>728522587console kiddies will save them
>>728521127lollmao
>>728522602frieren is the most popular anime among zoomies and that is just your average fantasymost of shounenslop are also fantasy
>>728522509>>728522587Yep, genuinely dumb. I can't imagine the brand damage is worth the investment from Epic. I've bought both previous games but I'll be pirating this one.
>>728521127doubt it, the previous 2 games blew untold amounts of ass
>>728522602>moonshitwhat even is that, do you mean sci-fi?
>>728522731Plus the tens of thousands of isekai slop stories, all of which take place in some sort of fantasy setting.
>>728522689Will absolutely not make up for the sales they lose from stabbing the majority of PC gamers in the back
>>728522208lol
>>728522602I'm not retarded. It's just that I find space a bit scary
>>728522252Bullshit, maybe it wanted to be but what it ended up being was the absolute worst of Scholar of the First Sin. Completely mindless mob spam, doesn't matter if the level design itself is good if around every corner you get fucking mobbed like you you aggro'd every corpse at once around that one tree in FotFG
>>728521127Why is this so slow?
>>728521846Oh, yeah. Forgot about that. Dead on arrival.
>>728521127The one from a couple of years ago is a solid $10-$15 game, but nothing more. The one from a decade ago isn't even worth mentioning. There is no chance this series ever actually reaches parity with Elden Ring or the Souls games.
Heavy Metal Souls is a cool idea and LOTF 2023 played perfectly wellHope they expand on the variety of the Umbral Realm
>>728522602You don't know any well-adjusted people, you liar, you.
>>728521127Ok but how pretty can I make my female character?
>>728521897>they nerfed the fuck out of everything bringing it down to elden ring difficultyYou can quite literally re-enable the old spawns from the new game modifiers screen, and Veteran mode looks like it will be even harder
>>728521804Yes.>LotF (201X)Abysmal dog shit that was blatantly made to cash in on the rising popularity of Dark Souls.>LotF (2023)Same publisher, different developer. The team was actually assembled specifically to create LotF2, and it's clearly a project that they're passionate about despite its lack of originality. They're honest about that lack, openly referring to it as their "Dark Souls 3: 2". Still, it's a very solidly-designed game that's more reminiscent of Demon's Souls' dungeon-crawling than it is Dark Souls 3.I hope that LotF2, 2 (2026), not to be confused with LotF2, 1 (2023) is good. The trailer looked good, but I would have liked to see more of the levels, rather than the bosses.
>>728522061He meant superhero films you clown, not superhero content in general.
>>728523061>hope that LotF2, 2 (2026), not to be confused with LotF2, 1 (2023)please stop, you're giving me a fucking aneurysm
>>728522976The original is straight up one of the worst games I have ever had the displeasure of playing. Horrible feeling combat, horrible story and lore, horrible level design, just altogether a dismal package. That's not even including the DLC which is one of the biggest pieces of shit ever put on God's green earth with a final gimmick boss so bad that its design should have been a federal crime.
>>728521846Seriously? lmao
>>728521127I think the idea of combining Dark Souls with God of War is actually a good one.
>>728521127BROWN AND BLOOM IS BACK BABY
>>728523127Superhero comics are doing even worse than Superhero films
>>728521846Steamies raped in every thread.
>>728521127I have souls fatigue
>>728523262DC's Absolute line is doing pretty well mostly because it abandons mainline continuity
I liked the art direction of 2023, and the one shot of Umbral we see in the trailer suggests that they cleaned it up so that it's not quite as visually noisy. It looks like there's more gore in it, rather than the white goop.
What are the best Souls clones?
>>728523398Lies of P and LotF2 for me. I haven't played Nioh.
>>728521127Bought the previous game on sale and it was okayI assume I'll do the same for this one
>>728523351>it abandons mainline continuitywhy are manga series that have 1 continuous story for 30+ years doing so well? why can't capeshit compete
>>728523398Dollmen is the only good one. Lies of P is the worst.
If nothing else, the Lord of the Fallen games deserve recognition for improving by leaps and bounds between games. The first one has the only camera I've ever encountered that actually made me motion sick if I played for more than an hour or so at a time. The second one was a solid 7/10 game held back by extremely low enemy variety.
>>728522862the pc sales will be pitiful, I'd love to know them but obviously they'll never ever disclose that figure>>728522918well I didn't say that they succeeded lol, the SotFS comparison is pretty apt.A thing I found funny in LotF were completely useless shortcuts back to the main hub that still take longer than the always available teleport.But slow soulslikes that don't focus on hard bosses are few and far between so I can't complain too much
>>728523398Nioh 2
>>728521127if they have a balance between dread and relief.the last game was just too dismal, in music and atmosphere.ds/das/das2/ds3/er all had the hub which felt like a ambient relief space. in lords of the fallen the dreadful music robbed it of any comfort.second, they need to fix the pvp and have dedicated servers or it'll be a fucking joke.third, weapons need different movesets, not copy pasted between things.
>>728522208No one gives a shit about either. Cyberpunk has been a dead genre since the 00s. 2077 sold itself as just being a new GTA game (it wasn't), at a time where GTA 6 was still in dev hell. That is what let it blow up. Otherwise almost no scifi games actually do well these days.
>>728523612cyberslop sold billions even though it's dogshitpragmata is scifi and will sell trillionstranny fantasy 14 latest expac is cyberpunk scifi
>>728522586>I want dark fantasy romance now.Here, try this and fuck off to rollaids land a.k.a San Francisco.
Was the first (really second) game any good?
>>728521846I guess the devs don't care because they're getting paid anyhow. But Epic has to realize this is a losing battle, right?
>>728522004Kingdom Come 2.
>>728522004is this the dark souls 2 majula pit?either way, great image
>>728523589IM TRIGGERED
>>728523668>>728523061
Previous game was decent. My problems with it is that the devs went for quantity over quality. Game had many areas but most of them had recycled enemies and very little worthwhile loot. Umbral plane was implemented in a poor way. The main path and all the loot is on the other side. No reason to play in the normal world. You will play with a blue filter for 95% of the game.
>>728523468Because they have a single author rather than 5 and when you pick up volume 1, you know that is all you need to start the series. If you aren't reading collected trades for sagas in any given comic book franchise, it is far more annoying to start reading. Even with those, there can be weirdness as authors or artists swap out half-way through your collection. The format for American super hero comics was just retarded.
>>728523668It was okay, a bit jankIf you like these kind of games it'll probably entertain you, get it on sale
>>728523858thanks. I don't read capeshit but that makes a lot of sense
>>728523840>No reason to play in the normal worldExcept that you're not constantly being accosted by cum monsters while the clock slowly ticks down on the grim reaper spawning.
>>728522918There are only two ways to make a Soulslike in the vein of LOTF hard. Either a lot of enemies, or a ton of minibosses. DS2 went with a lot of weaker enemies and a few minibosses, DS3 and Elden Ring went with strong minibosses.LOTF Redux chose one over the other.
>>728523669Don't underestimate the obliviousness of a spiteful billionnaire.
game needs built in fat fucking knight milkers and i will shill the game for free
>>728521846Will be on Steam just in time for it to normally be 75% off then kek. No way was I ever going to buy this for anything more than $25 anyway.
>>728524178It's a perma exclusive like Alan Wake 2. Never on Steam.
>>728522208scifi has been popular alongside fantasy for many decades, it's not some "hot new thing" and the two genres aren't at odds with each other at all
>>728523669they never made enough money from either one, and the only reason we're getting this one is because of Epic.
>>728523008Me too. I really like that they're one of, if not the only, devs who actually listen to players and change/add things due to community demand.
>>728521127I hope not. I want LofF2 to be good.>>728522230It's a sin what they did with that cover. Just nuke Sweden already.
>>728521127GIVE ME THAT LAMPPPPPP!
>>728521127shill thread
>>728521127> muh bossfightsI hate that people think souls games are all about this.
>>728524745I don't think that's true, the 2023 game had up to over 40k concurrent players on steam which surely is enough to grant a sequel, but I remember the director going full chud on social media so maybe he burned a few bridges
>>728524978LotF is the one soulslike where the levels are harder than the bossfights
>>728522918There's nothing wrong with enemy groups asking you to strategize and crowd control, scrub
>>728524978LotF2 was good because of the level design, not the boss fight
>>728521127I had more fun with this game vs elden ring. open world was a mistake.
>>728523306Cope jeet shitskin, EGS is poopoo store for turd world poorfags
>>728525204Have you experienced the true and unbridled joy of using great hammers? They 'feel' heavy and make a satisfying *bonk* noise..God, I want to play Lords now.
>>728521127No, it won't. First one was fine, I hope they will add better movesets and enemy variety. Hope that composers will be the same. Velasco and Haugen did a spectacular job.
>>728521127>Gay ass "cinematic" side camera that messes with your cone of vision>Still has that awful Umbral/Lamp mechanic to constantly distrupt your exploration>Still forces to enter that stupid aiming stance to cast spellsYeah, no thanks
>>728524978Trailers are trailers, and the clip in the OP shows some mob fights, some walking around and coop. Only a full gameplay preview is going to show off the adventuring part of any video game.
>>728525015Company's director told that they haven't broke even when sequel was announced. Maybe they did now.
>>728521127I hope the weapons are going to be more interesting in the second game.My biggest issue with the previous LotF was that all weapon within the same category had exactly the same movesets and no unique quirks. And the only exceptions were boss weapons, and even then — unlocking those unique attacks for the boss weapon is retardedly convoluted.
>>728522061dont compare your muttslop to fantasy, begging you
>>728525448I'm surprised, 40k concurrent players isn't a few, even Nioh 2 barely reached that figure on Steam, not breaking even with those numbers is kinda crazy for a AA game
>>728523949Not that anon, but I will give you a specific example:See, there was Spider-man Spencer run. It was meh, but Spencer autistically tried to retcon sins past (a story about Gwen cucking Pete with Osborn, everyone ignored it) and get MJ and Peter together. He set things up, his time with the book was over, so another author just needed to make a few last steps. Then Wells comes and creates a story that places MJ and his OC jew Paul into a time buble, gives them kids (that weren't real) and makes them into a family. He then proceeds to dogwalk Peter when he tries to figure out what the fuck happened and why MJ is with some random guy. Kelly doesn't do anything with it, Erwing just makes MJ dump Paul, but that's about it. Technically, MJ and Paul have been toghere for almost 6 years in the comic book world. It's one of the worst character assassinations and nobody does anything about it. It's probably worse than OMD.
>>728524890Make me bitch
>>728523589The core of a soulslike is basic bitch combat.if you need to know combos and perform more than 2 different attacks for your dps to not be 1/2 of those who do, it's not a soulslike.
>>728525448Well they sure as fuck won't break even (legitimately) now after fucking over most of the potential PC market
>>728523398Ai Limit, Lies of P and Wuchang
the entire trailer consists of "press x to awesome" animation locks
>>728526324Im out of the loop. How did they fuck over PC?
>>728521127The original sucks
>>728523398The Surge and The Surge 2 were good.The Surge 1 was so broken, I loved it. There was a rune/gem/upgrade token thing you could get that made you attack faster every time you attacked and one that made you do more dmg with each attack. I killed the final boss in like .2 seconds because I just stacked these. In 3 clicks I'd attack faster than I could click my mouse and I can click pretty fucking fast.
>>728526324they won't need to thanks to daddy Tim's money, but if it won't do well enough then he's not gonna finance another game of theirs>>728526401game will be a permanent EGS exlcusive
>>728526564Ahhhhhh I gotchyu. Im still going to get it.
>>728526484lmao
>>728526564>permanent EGS exlcusiveHuh, I've assumed it's a timed one as usual.
>>728525940Maybe the budget was big. First sales were good, then they've dropped. They've increased since then, but the game was often on sales. >200k units flying definitely off in 10 days since v2.0 dropped!650k+ moved since Oct 23, 2023.1M total (preorders, digital + physical) by Oct 23, 2023!Momentum’s building fast — 2M is in sight, and it’s coming soon.Massive love to everyone — amazing to see our flagship IP storming back after all the grind!CEO wrote it in april, he mentioned earlier same month that the game haven't broke even. At this point it probably did. heard that the game mostly sold on consoles, probably that's why they've decided to go with Epic.
>>728521127Looks like that game I had on my ipod when I was 13
>>728526674Nope, similar deal to Alan Wake 2Epic funds the game but it can never leave EGS, shutting out a huge portion of the PC market because they loathe exclusivity and they will not follow you to an inferior storefront no matter how much they were looking forward to it
>>728525254nope, I used dual swords first run and big 2h sword second run. might go back for a 3rd run since they've added a new difficulty mode or something will try the big bonks.
>>728526721>instead of getting a good chunk of PC sales, we will now get barely any PC sales!>this is a good business move, thanks Timmy!Absolute retardation
>>728526727It really does now that you mention it. Visuals might be a bit better, but the gameplay looks identical.
>>728521207I was about to say. Looks like a bad version of souls. Meanwhile we had that Chinese game that had no intro and went straight to a boss battle.
>>728526829I used Melted Dark Crusader Sword and Ravager's Greatshield for my all-modifier run and it was comfy as shit. The 1h straight sword moveset is incredible with the running heavy and light attack coverage. Also, greatshields get a red "perfect" block mechanic that drains extra enemy stamina, it's really rewarding to play the game like Sekiro.
>>728521127I hope not because elden ring was dogshit.
>>728526848Timmy gave them monies. They've probably thought, that they couldn't make them game without them. And potential sales on steam probably weren't enough,On unrelated note he wrote an interesting thing on twitter:>DEI is part of ESG. Companies get investor brownie points for ticking ESG boxes, even if it backfires long term. That said, a lot of DEI isn’t even leadership-driven. Often it’s a reaction to pressure from activist employees.That was his response to a question: "DEI is introduced from the top?"
>>728526848Well. If Timmy's offering enough money to fund the development and leave a little bit on top then it would make sense to take the deal. The question is — can he really pay that much for a mere exclusivity deal. And for the comparison LotF 2023 apparently cost $66M — there is no way Timmy would hand over a similar sum for the LotF 2, would he?
>>728524745they've been dropping free updates for the the most recent one this entire timeits literally just now is getting its final patchit must be making them decent money or why would they bother?
>>728526721>but the game was often on salestrue that, I don't remember how much I paid for it but it wasn't much. Given the situation I appreciate that they kept updating the game for a couple of years, they added quite a lot over time. I might even buy a game on Epic for the first time, when it'll go on sale, because outside of this exclusivity deal I like how these devs operate
>>728527127>LotF 2023 apparently cost $66Mwtf, did they give the programmers escorts sucking them off under the desks and an unlimited supply of cocaine?
>>728523398Salt & SanctuaryLast Hero of Nostalgaia
>>728527127That's six million per enemy type.
>>728521127>artstation core
>>728527479tl;dr the publisher blew tens of millions of dollars on marketing because they thought they were going to capitalize on FromSoft's success>>728527406>I like how these devs operateIt's the publisher that's retarded, the developers have been nothing but good in my experience. I was pretty impressed with LotF2; not just the game itself, but the post-release support, although it never brought me back to the game for another full playthrough.
>>728524978Even Demon's Souls was all about boss fights, this cope needs to end.
>>728523216The only opinion I have respect so far here that actually played the game.
>>728526558>The Surge and The Surge 2 were good.No they weren't >>728523589Barely above Code Vein
>>728521127So it's going to be shit?
>>728527614Yes they were.Name one game with souls combat where I can go running around as a pissed off spaceman. Go ahead, ill wait.Also, dismembering enemys was fun.
I have boss fight fatigue, and I also dislike games that force you to explore and alternate between two worlds to do an epicly boring puzzle.
This scene looks like an ai generated video of e33 or forspoken kek
>>728527528>Last Hero of Nostalgaianow that's niche, I had never heard of it. Is it actually good or was this a meme reply?>>728527605recently they even added a feature that lets you coop with someone that doesn't even own the game, two friends of mine were playing it like that (although from what they told me the game becomes excessively easy in coop).There's also a randomizer mode, if you care about that kind of stuff>>728527607they were important but often they weren't the most intersting part of a level nor the most difficult, but thanks to the speedtranny mentality of running past everything that isn't a roadblock devs started making the bosses more "epic" and harder because it's the one part that ADHD retards can't ignore
>>728521127Will this one need 37 patches too?
>>728521127>this going to be the next elden ringso, shit? we already knew that, viralmarketing shill-くん
>>728521782They are awesome. Game took like 2.5years to make and part 1 got meaningful updates for years.
focusing improving on boss is fine. The boss fight and enemy variety aspect always the weakest parts of their previous games. Their world/level design is decent
>>728524370Then, just like AW2 and Blades of Fire, it will never have players :^)
>>728527736>Also, dismembering enemys was fun.It's shit. It's a gay loot system with no combat depth forces you to use lock on and punishes for not using it, because the game was designed by people that don't understand Souls games
>>728521846Can't believe there's still devs doing this in 2025 or whenever this releases. I'm sure there will be an interview after the Steam release where they claim they never expected the Steam sales to be as huge as they are and they will take that on board for future games.
>>728522509these games likely won't get made unless epic completely pays for it, that's why.
>>728528404Just build around it, anon. You can farm gear and upgrades that make it so you dont even have to lock on unless you want to specifically want to farm a cool set of gear.
>>728528708In this case, I think a LotF2 was always in the works since CI Games really believes in the IP for some reason. It's just that Epic stepped in and injected even more money into the game.
>>728529048you're probably right, they have been pushing this hard for whatever reason. i'd like to say i hope it works out for them but i know it won't.
>>728529048Correct. They've started to work one sequel before the first game was released, CEO told that.I like this game. The world is good, story is nice and simple, lore is fine, I even bothered reading item descriptions, which is something I didn't do for Blasphemous. I just wish there would be more RPG elements in those games. ER was a huge let down in this department.
>>728528835There's no building around it, the first game doesn't even have limb damage as a mechanic (I don't remember if the second does, I think it did), it just needs to select a specific limb to play the specific animation. It looks like trash (especially on sloped terrain or staircases or near walls, where the canned animations completely fuck themselves) and is completely unnecessary, because it assumes the player will engage with every enemy and weapon using lock on. What's good about dismemberment? It chooses which canned animation plays when the enemy is at a near death state and you hold the button. It's never used in interesting ways or tactical in the slightest
>>728521127It will suck like the original
>>728529603Anon, youre an insane murder man surrounded by brain fried zombies. Hack those niggas to bits and steal their shit.
>>728523668No
>>728529554>I even bothered reading item descriptionsI just want to say that locking item descriptions behind your faith / infernal levels was retarded, even though it was genuinely an interesting idea.
>>728522129You know he picked that song because Naughty Dog used it for Intergalactic, and the thought the trailer would be well received and dunk on the baldie game.
>>728529325It's probably selling well enough. Or at the very least the reboot game did. This second game is going to be fucked even if it ends up being the better game.
>>728529603>What's good about dismemberment? It chooses which canned animation plays when the enemy is at a near death state and you hold the button. It's never used in interesting ways or tactical in the slightestIt's cool, nerd.
>>728521127If they learn from LOTF 1 and fix all the bad design and choices.It can be solid souls like. But if they didn't learn anything than it will be medicore at best.
It does look a LOT better... Almost like the brutal lovechild of ER and Remnant, which is a heck of a combo if they can pull if off. It just needs proper class designations, not just attribute stats, and seamless co-operative functionality.Epic (((exclusivity))) will likely cap short term sales... But, if its sequestered only for a year, and if their dogged persistence with the current game is any measure, it will probably be a stayer.
>>728525221>jeet shitskinBut enough about steamjeet subhumans lolSeethe harder, RAPED platform ape.
Pretty easy to tell when there's a swineyjeet about. You smell them before you see them.
>>728526484skill issue
>>728530574Wait? it's Epic exclusive?Hahahaha, to garbage it goes.
>>728530574>ChapGPT, write the most fucking obnoxious false flag post possible
>>728522048K-Pop. If Atlus is smart the next Persona will be about a teen idol group fighting producers.
>>728521127I hope it'll be good, I need an edgelord game to be good for oncehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWAUJhInH0
>>728521127>member crumbling farum azula?This will get us best art direction, right? It worked for Expedition 33.
>>728530996I love how the trailer had so many people intrigued in it, asking "Is Mortal Shell 1 good? Should I play it?" all to be met with a resounding no. I sure hope this second game is better but man that first game was a complete shitshow.
>>728528083>now that's niche, I had never heard of it. Is it actually good or was this a meme reply?It's the most dark souls souls-like with basic combat and enemies and some decent level design, but it all hinged on the reddit-tier humor, if you can't stand nonstop quips and le heckin epic meta references you'll hate playing it
>>728531162Come to think of it, that could have been another LotF case where they memoryhole the first game and just reboot it because now perhaps they know what they're doing and nobody needs to play the first game.
>>728531173It stops humor half an hour in, so you didn't play it
>>728530937Somebody... Anybody... Hire this man juseyo
>>728529048Lotf was like 10 years in dev hell. Ci games is a thoroughly lead company and they realised that there's still no definite arpg ip.
>>728531335The narrator chimes in to say some stupid shit about muh game mechanics or references every 3 minute, it's so grating it ruins a decent game
>>728531397Qrd picrel and there are already kpop power rangers. Kids are into it.
>>728521127Is this another reboot? They've been trying and failing
>>728531397When I see k-pop stans on 4fags I imagine it's some 40 year old man ala male taylor swift fansImagine caring about 3dpd roasties
>>728531504This time it's a sequel.
>>728528083>Is it actually good or was this a meme reply?It's basically Abobo's Big Adventure: Souls Edition and shockingly competent and creative for what should've been just a shitpost game.Combat is a bit janky and the humor can be hit and miss but it got some surprising verticality, interconnectiveness and creative mechanics.Best one being the "item remembering" mechanic where you at first find a poorly pixelated weapon or armor with only a hint attached to it like, I dunno, "my former owner spent too much time chasing the ladies". So now you search the game world for a night club or something where you can make the item remember its true form and purpose, turning it into a proper model, adding stats, lore and even weapon arts. It motivating as fuck and gives you a reason to revisit old areas.
>>728531397She looks like half of her face would melt if she stood too long next to an oven.
>>728531515What I find scary is how they're everywhere. It's like they have notifications for K-pop mentions. Either that or there's a lot of them on the side, in every conversation.
>>728531439You flat out kill the guy later on
>>728521127Why does every souls-like have to be a fucking dark fantasy with grotesque enemies and depressing worlds? Why can't we have some more lord of the rings-esque high fantasy games? Not just souls-likes, any medieval fantasy games nowadays.
How is the first (second?) one? It's dirt cheap right now.
>>728522129>end of the trailer is literally "zanzibart, forgive me"kek
>>728528083>often they weren't the most intersting part of a levelWrong, they always were. The absolute highlights of the game. >nor the most difficultThat's true, and it's fine. I don't mind easier bosses, i think Elden Ring lost the fucking plot, and i actually think that LotF23 making its bosses harder in the new update is a bad idea.
>>728531695because these games are inspired by dark souls...? And it's a dark fantasy game?aesthetic does matterthere is good chunk of lighthearted medieval fantasy games but they are mostly jrpg
>>728521127will this be a case of, they got lucky with their first title and>...use all that goodwill they received to refine the janky gameplay>...make the exact same game again on a different map>>728522230>>728521846nvm
>>728521127>small player character with a tiny sword fighting huge giant armored enemies>floaty rocks>castles>post apocalyptic medieval setting>zombie skeleton cannon fodder enemies>vague lorethis is something i've never seen before. going to be revolutionary.
>>728531695Type of vidya relates to the time we live in, people are depressed and suicidal right now, so that's the kind of games being made, just like all the brown poopy doodoo edge bromances of the 2000's because nickelback and limp biskit where popular and the crash happened and how fantasy games from the 90s are all super colorful and cheery because shit was good back then
I liked lotf 2023 despite obviosuly being more janky and less inspired, but the artstyle is very generic "blood and metal and skulls" everywhere. And when i heard a new interview about the new game saying "we heard the feedback about gore from players saying to go as far as possible with it we are excited to go all in with it to make a mature game created for adults" i had to laugh, i don't mind overly gory games and if that's what they wanna do it's fine since i don't even mind the generic metal look, but that's a teenagers idea of being adult and cool (which i can still appreciate)
>>728529325tim has had more than enough time to make egs worth using but instead he just rather bitch about steam
>>728531730It's good- sincere and quite exploration heavy, with a lot of cool gear and spells if that's a motivating factor.
>>728528497Epic funded this sequel. Steamcels weren't profitable anyway.
>>728531916but why can't they take any creative liberties? it has to follow everything to a t. dark fantasy with lots of blood and gore, stamina meters and limited healing with iframe dodge combat, and some death mechanic that involves having to go pick up your experience or losing a benefit. They could just borrow the combat style and exploration aspects, but they insist on making them all the exact same shit.
>>728532153You're stinking up the place; BEGONE.
>>728521127I, for one, think that Lords of the Fallen 2023 are a good game, after all the patches.
>>728532053The floaty rocks got a rise out of me. nothing can be more grounded anymore.
>>728532265>areI mean is*My only issue is that I can't check if I started a new playthrough on Veteran mode in-game. I was drunk while making a new character and now I'm wondering because everything is still piss-easy.
>>728532215>NO NO NO HOW DARE Y-lmao, corporate cuckold steamjeeto and his console-tier platform wars. Pray to vishnu for that rare CS dagger texture, shitblood
>>728521127>over the shoulder camera in a soulslike>epic games exclusive it's dead on arrival
>>728532193There are games like Kena, Asterigos, Another Crab's Treasure, En Garde, Nostalgaia and supposedly Ashen, but people don't talk about them because they aren't exactly like Dark Souls.
>>728532470We have a term "Soulslike" for games like Dark Souls but taking their own liberties or lack the polish.
>>728532394Letting you subcontinental niggers have internet was history's greatest mistake.
>>728532193Because most people prefer comfort and familiarity, introducing something new every month can be intimidating. AA and AAA developers can’t afford to take big risks just to appeal to a small minority. It’s a recurring pattern.That said I do believe there will eventually be a point where this genre becomes stagnant. When even noramalfags get bored, developers will start experimenting with new ideas. But it will take quite some time before we reach that stage
>Have to install the fortnite launcher to play the gameShan't be playing this.
>>728532568Stop projecting, raped inbred.
>>728532470Literally all of those are very stylized and/or a female protagonist. I wanted Lord of the Rings esque.
>>728521127Can I play through these with a friend or is the co-op just tacked on shit like side mission only?
>>728522048skibbidi toilet and that thing with the baseball bat
>>728531695They're easy to make. The setting is basically zombie apocalipse: medieval edition. In orded to make something like LOTR you need a proper world with NPCs and a good scope.
>>728531695because the entire genre basically boils down to a murder hobo simulator, and it's hard to translate that into a typical high fantasy setting
>>728532687A poojeet and a shartynig at the same time? What a wretched existence you lead.
>>728531651It's the latter. They're everywhere. I overhear them irl daily.
>>728532858>raped platform cuckold still projecting Grim. Slit your shit pumping tubes vertically not horizontally btw.
>>728532936Now why would I or anyone else do that?
>>728532814>murder hobo simulator>high fantasy settingTES Pelinal soulslike when
>>728532795I'm not asking for an amazing story and lore, just mainly aesthetics. Traditional fantastical enemies like goblins, ogres, or lizard warriors or something, rather than zombie bullshit and grotesque monstrosities. An established heroic protagonist rather than some silent custom character that just came out of a coffin wearing rags yet is the "chosen ashy one" or some bullshit.
>>728533454>An established heroic protagonist rather than some silent custom characterWell, aside from that - Dragon's Dogma games. They're not soulslikes, but they're still action rpgs.
>>728533454'Fatekeeper' might be what you're looking for, in regards to the enemies, at least.
