Sekiro is definitely not a souls game or a souls-like. The pace of combat makes Bloodborne look slow by comparison. its as if someone took Bloodborne, Assassin's Creed Origins, and the Arkham series and mashed them together. The stamina meter is no where to be seen, there are stealth kills, corner kills, Assassin's Creed like detection indicators over enemy heads, and the estus flask is sticking around. I've never played it, but comments are comparing the game to Tenchu.Commanderfantasy said:
To which I say this: what's the problem? Even if someone is engaging in fanboyism it's kind of pointless to complain about it because it doesn't affect you. It's like complaining about someone saying that their movie of the year is going to be Deadpool 2.Commanderfantasy said:
Yeah, VaatiVidya is a big SoulsBorne fan and his first impressions [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xrd8R86CwPk] are pretty glowing, especially for the game being seven months out.Captain Marvelous said:
It's kinda souls-like -- there's and estus flask-like health mechanic and a little statue where you sit to create a checkpoint. But it definitely seems to be going for a straight-up action experience, as opposed to trying to be an RPG. Something Bloodborne should've done, in stead of trying to emulate Dark Souls with the most rudimentary RPG mechanics.Captain Marvelous said:
Apart from the giant monsters it's pretty reminiscent of Tenchu, with the hookshot getting onto rooftops.
In a forum in which we all share our opinions on the games we play, it becomes disingenuous to rave about a game that wont be released for months yet. Yoshi claimed Xenoblade would be his game of the year, months before the game was released. Not in a joking way (as the motorcycle comment obviously was) but in legit praise for a title that he only had previous games and preview footage experience with. Thus he was called out about it and an argument ensued. Be hyped for any game you want, but when we are all discussion games for GOTY, common sense suggests that the game should be out before you can confirm a GOTY award to a game.Aiddon said:
Exactly this. It was like November of last year and it was a thread asking what your REAL GOTY was at that point.Commanderfantasy said:
The game could have only been releaseing on December 31st at 11:59pm for all i care.Phoenixmgs said:
It wasn't about excitement. It was about what you thought was the best game that year. You clearly have no ability to tell the difference between the two things.Yoshi178 said:
Okay you're not actually addressing how that bugs you except in a vague, roundabout manner. What bothers you so much about that that? It was in a GOTY thread, it didn't matter if it was released or not, especially since it was going to be released THE NEXT MONTH. And you know what, Yoshi is right: YOU DON'T GET TO DICTATE WHAT HE DECLARES AS HIS GOTY. It's actually really frivolous to get mad over it when you get down to it. Unless he was bashing you from the outset (which he wasn't, I remember that thread) then it's really just you getting angry over nothing. It's silly. And the fact that you still fume about it is even sillier.Commanderfantasy said:
Ace combat story was never very realistic (you always end up fighting some sort of super weapon straight out of anime) but at the same time it avoided many of the more anime wish tropes (compared to say tales of ). The story have mostly focused on being empowerment fantasy for your main character. All of them feature your character pretty much single handily turning an entire war. 4 Was about you taking out a legendary squadron. 5 about saving both the "US" and "Russia" from a nazi conspiracy. 0 was about a journalist interviewing all the ace your character took out, each of which would lavish praise on you (in live action cutscene), here's a few to give you an idea. (Oh and 6 was shit)Elijin said:
Double down on that attitude, escapist as a new owner now and it sounds like anything political will be heavily frowned upon. I'd avoid any word staring with "G" too. XDCritialGaming said:
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GAME!? We can't even say game now? Dude there are like 12 people left on this forum, how many more words and opinions are gonna be off-limits? Well kuys, how about all those cool kames coming out in the next few months. The beginning of the year was trash, but the ending might be pretty damn neat.Meiam said:
I don't understand your logic. That's like saying Oscar for best picture this year goes to Season 3 of Big bang theory. It's completely off the table as a valid choice. Not saying that Xenoblade COULDN'T end up being a favorite game of the year....but the topic took place before it came out. It simply wasn't a game choice that should have even been on the table.Aiddon said:
