Using it opens you up to attack, thanks to your defences being down. Hop into the fray, spin your blades, and hop back out again. For some reason, this reminded me of the spinning Tasmanian devil Taz of Looney Tunes fame (except, you know, with more giant swords).Įssentially it’s an area-of-effect attack that’s well suited to dealing with tight groups of enemies. Equip dual scimitars, for instance, and you can spin in a tight circle for a couple of complete revolutions with blades outstretched and damage dealt to all foes in range (pictured in the gallery below). While I only handled a few of the game's tools at Gamescom-and there’s no guarantee that they won’t be altered before launch-there’s definitely more focus on being ballsier during combat. Weapons and certain attacks have been modified to fit that increased sense of alacrity too. Extra speed doesn’t equate to reduced challenge. It also reduces the quantity of excuses you can use for when you die. In Bloodborne, the faster speed replaced Dark Souls’ shield: why block when you can dodge? While Dark Souls 3 won’t be doing away with shields, the raised tempo does encourage you to use it less and instead wield a second weapon in your off hand or equip a single, larger weapon that requires the use of both hands. The most obvious is that movement speed has been slightly increased, providing more scope for dodging attacks. The commercial and critical success of that PS4 exclusive has led to some interesting developments in Dark Souls 3, many of which fundamentally change the way the game plays. But here’s the thing: Dark Souls 3, unlike other games, doesn’t want to be more like Dark Souls-it wants to be more like Bloodborne.
With Miyazaki back in the hot seat, Dark Souls 3 looks like a fantastic return to form. The result was a game, in Dark Souls 2, that many dedicated Dark Souls fans perceived as the runt of the litter Miyazaki’s absence lead to a dilution of the game's core pillars. Well, there is one exception: Hidetaka Miyazaki, director of Dark Souls, removed himself from the second game’s development team, instead choosing to direct the astonishingly good Bloodborne. Despite the rampant mimicry, nothing else has managed to nail that balance of difficulty, sharp combat, and ludicrous boss battles in the way that Dark Souls did.
Difficulty levels rose, tutorials were removed, and checkpoint systems were crushed. This Dark Souls 3 gameplay trailer debuted just a few days ago at Gamescom.ĬOLOGNE, Germany-There was a time, not so long ago, where video games were obsessed with being more like the seminal third-person action-RPG Dark Souls.
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