Posted on 06/30/2018 at 04:33 AM
| Filed Under Blogs
I didnt finish it and I stopped caring about it. The demo was a lot harder than the full release, and the main enemies seem A lot easier. Which is probably why it feels so weird. I rarely die outside of bosses unless I fall to my death, and then I die 30 times to a boss. I feel like mobs could stand to be a bit tougher or have more variety because you learn what they can do and there's very few enemies added after the first few hours. The bosses are such a a mixed bag. Some are really cool and it felt great learning how to conquer them, and others are so tedious that it's a chore to get through them.
Dark Souls 3 is a mixed bag for me, as it strips away a lot of what I loved about the original. There are so few surprises or moments of beauty. Theres nothing that matches the majesty of sif, or the fear inducing design of the gaping dragon. There's nothing that I stopped and Wentworth "oh shit that's cool". With Dark and Demons it felt like they threw out the video game rule book. It felt like the stuff your friends would make up inschool. There's bosses that can level you down, or kill a seemingly innocent Npc, or fight an actual player as the boss. There were secrets that could blot out the sun, save doomed friends, or open up entirely new areas.
Dark Souls 3 feels safe. It feels like a studio just cashing in a cheque before their next big thing. That said, I still like it. Lorewise, its interesting if super fan servicey. I like a lot of the implication. And gameplay is technically the best the series has ever been. But there's so little variety. Strength builds don't work as well because every enemy moves with the speed of a Bloodborne enemy now, so it basically forces you to roll a Dex build and two hand. Magic is useless because the lock on breaks if their not close enough to sneeze on, and the game is so linear that you really can't sequence break at all.
Also, I haven't played Monster Hunter World yet. Just don't have the money now, and I'd rather spend it on the new god of war, just because I grew up with the series.