There are revenants that aren't using a +6 fortified QSGS

Me too. I wanted to play it for over a year now. Though considering how much they improved it during the delay, thank god we didn't get it sooner.

I wonder what they did change, though. The improvements in gameplay from the Network Test to the demo was quite the jump

I moved out twice since this game was announced.

People in the Surge 2 thread are bullying us...

>Surge 2-tards
>BUT CV
>DID I MENTION HOW MUCH CV SUCKS

n-no we're the Sonic Racing to their Crash Team Racing...

I don’t think I can get this on release, should have come out last year.

Too busy going through monster hunter and ac odyssey right now

>tfw so many people dismissing Code Vein because it's anime

what Surge 2 thread?

I dismissed asscreed and uncharted because its photorealistic.

For some reason I recognize this drawing.

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>people are saying that the enemies attack patterns are too basic
What?

The jump from before the 1 year delay to the network test was enormous. Used to be that drain attacks were the only way to get ichor, thus making gifts all but worthless. Now gifts are a lot more useful. And they changed the blood veils to look slightly less like God Eaters.

>be The Surge 1
>be steaming pile of broken garbage
>whenever someone bitches about my game-breaking bugs my devs just reply with "git gud"
>be The Surge 2
>be ever-so-slightly less trash mechanically
>be now set in the most boring near-future dystopia ever created
I think I can take their criticisms and wear them like a badge of honour.

I don't see this Surge 2 thread.

The combat does look interesting from the footage, so I wouldn't completely dismiss it. Disappointing that they think the only thing CV has going is the character creator and Io

...

It’s probably for the best.

do I need to play a male character if I want to get closer to Io

Probably not. Might just be some Maiden in Black sort of deal.

What veils are good with the bayonet? I'm afraid I'm really shitty at reading the stats beyond 'bigger number better'.

No reason to hide from the opinions of others, as uninformed and dumb they may be

Night Claw if you wanna a dash dodge. Other than that, you'll want to use veils that are beneficial to the Blood Code youre using.

>The combat does look interesting from the footage
It's Dark Souls but with the pod from Nier: Automata.

Probably the veils that scale with Dex, so Night Claw and GXH Assault

Pod was shit though and gifts aren't shit.

I liked the pods, though.
I agree that Gifts are better, though

>even the Surge 2 thread shits on The Surge 2 in favor of Code Vein
Shouldn't have bashed a better game in the OP, idiot!

Night Claw's the one with the little side cape right? I've been using that one, with Louis' Blood Code since it has that vanish dash attack for light weapons it seems the most appropriate.
Game's fun, currently at the first Depths map. Two fatties causing me stress.

>tfw Io will suck your blood and give you a copy of the game
I don't want to fucking drive to San Diego though.

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Can I play with the loli?

>Two fatties causing me stress.
Just summon.

>Loli
user, I...

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Neat! If they did this in the UK it might be the first time I'd be interested in giving blood.

Because someone had to pay for the marketing. If you don't block ads on YouTube, it is constantly after videos related to vidya

How am I supposed to use the bayonet?

Sorry...can I play with the loli (male)?

Well, fuck me sideways with a Queenslayer Bayonet, this is the first time in years that I've been jealous of Americans.

Which one?

Like the straightsword for 99% of the time and like the gun whenever enemies clump together enough for it to be valuable to shoot instead.

Crowd control

Questions for the anons who have played the demo: Can you rebind the controls freely? I've gotten real bad at control schemes that aren't From's "use shoulder buttons to attack".

Is there a way to use a one handed sword while being able to dash instead of rolling? I dont like the bayonet

Let's go over there and beat their fucking asses.

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Pipe
Or just use the Hasten gift or Louis's communal gift. You can do a better fast dodge with any weapon with Louis's communal gift
You can change most of the controls, but R2 is the definite "Gift" button. I'd recommend just learning how to use the square and triangle buttons to attack. Makes things less awkward for when you want to mix in combo drains and the like.

homu?

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You can rebind, but FS's control scheme is just not good to begin with.

Ah shame. Okay, thanks. Better get used to it.

Trust me, user, it's for the better

FUcking Califags actually making me jealous. Shame my own blood is too shit to donate

I had been thinking R1 light attack, R2 heavy attack, L1 block, L2 gift shortcuts, but oh well.

How so? HIV or AB type?

And run as circle?

Could be useful if you wanted to forgo parrying and special attacks

>if you wanted to forgo parrying
Please don't tell me block and parry are on different buttons?

CV and S2 are both trash but who gives a shit anyway waste your money how you want

Some version of thalassemia that's pretty close to anemia.

>youtube.com/watch?v=bOuFU4JhDBw
For the user who wanted all of the weapon movesets in the demo.

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So is the online aspect going to be worthwhile? I've lost any drive to buy games ever since Steam ate the market.

It's a Souls-like co-op

>upgrading weapons in a PvE game

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Well that sucks, mate. Sorry to hear.

I wanted to play a loli with big guns, I guess I'll have to wait modders for it...

so how do you co-op. the same says i should try it but i dunno how.

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It's all right. At least it isn't the kind to kill you before you're 30

Go to the menu and click the icon that looks like two people facing each other

>I didn't preorder the game
Did I fuck it up Yea Forumsros?

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okay cool. that was grayed out for me for some reason and then i realized i was playing offline.

CPY or Codex?

Nah

did they fix the frame drops?

Yep, runs pretty smoothly now, even with online on

nice. Now i will buy Io's game

I like the Zweihander.

It's fun, isn't it? I've recently taken a liking to the Lost version

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Silly user

I like big numbers, user

Do not ever feed the "SL1 or gtfo" crowd.

BL4 is where its at.

Am I the only fag that prefers to use one-handed swords like the Queenslayer Blade?
Yeah, the damage output is less than the others but I prefer the faster style of combat

CV its a lot easier to stagger with hueg weapojs. I was using bayo until BB since tbe damage is pretty meh and you cant use a lot of the offensive gifts

Io is disappointed.

Can't play the demo but I can already tell I'll like straight swords and bayonets the most. The only reason I enjoy Ultra Greatswords in Dark Souls is because you can fling enemies halfway across the map with them. But the lower hitstun and the larger number of enemies make this not a viable option in Code Vein.

I like the Lost Bardiche and Sunset Halberd. Feels more satisfying, and they have access to a lot of one-handed sword gifts

If you wanted to, you'd still have time. The game releases Thursday/Friday. But you didn't yet so I'm assuming you don't want to, so do whatever you want.

I went yersterday actually but the local store said that I can't do it anymore, that's is better to just wait for the friday release, I just want to get the Day One steelbook
I could preorder it from Amazon but it isn't sure that I will get it if I preordered just now

Hound > Claw > Thorn > Assault

i'm just a dumb boomer like my character

The greatswords are fantastic, especially with Gifts. The game also has poise, so you can take a few hits

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I only wish there were actual greatswords, as in something between the basic toothpicks and those sharpened airbus wings the game calls greatswords.

Finna coom bruhs....

How is sunset bayonet

TOOOOOOOODD

The broadsword looks like it would be a greatsword in Souls

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Nice. That looks just about perfect.

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Best bayonet purely for its light attacks

>Being the best turd in a heap of turds.

Just wait for Queenslayer Bayo -King of Turds

how the fuck do I play with other people?

How's the game Yea Forumsirgins?
Worth downloading the demo?

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>Menu
>Multiplayer Icon
>Send distress signal/respond to distress signal

Go to the basement in home base and press X when the prompt shows up on one of the boxes.

I find it fun, but it depends on what you enjoy in a Souls game

What sort of builds can I make in this game? Is there anything that's strongly range-focused (almost no melee at all) or a melee option that's very fast? It looks interesting but I dislike the slow and methodical melee combat Souls games have, so if possible I'd like to play a ranged build or a very fast melee build.

There are very fast melee builds and range focused builds, but you need to melee in order to restore Ichor.

Sounds good. How fast is fast? Is it more of a Bloodborne kind of fast, or fast like DMC, Bayonetta and maybe even Nier Automata?

I like coop and invading.
I'm not into anime/manga tho but I might be able to deal with it

>Typical Blood Dragon mealtime.webm

Depends on your build, but typically around Bloodborne fast

I see, can't say I really liked that style too much either. I'll give it a try and try to fuck around with a ranged build I suppose.

>could make it to this
>would be a 3.5+ hour drive both ways
>cost of gas alone would be more than the free game
>also it’s in downtown San Diego so parking would be like $15

Shame

The demo is free. Try it up to the Depths dungeons to see if you enjoy it

So are you guys gonna be on ps4 or pc?

I don't think there's a demo on PC, I would've given it a try myself otherwise.

Oh, RIP. I'd say watch this video to see the movesets of the demo weapons, but it doesn't really show the full extent of gameplay.

I'll have a look, thanks user

trying demo on ps4 but i'll be on pc

>sunset hammer
>lost heavy axe
Where the fug

Dropped by the fatties, and the dreg in the corner of the first section on the path to the cerberus dudes

I wish that one Lost dropped his gun instead of the Sunset Bayonet. It does fucking absurd damage

Exactly
>5 hour round trip
>con time
>I have to work that day
Fucking sucks.

Well made it to lv90. Tried to reach lv100 or max level but kinda bored of the game now.

They really need to re-do how they handle the lost invasion thing, getting stunned locked everytime you go for a meleee attack is really cancer.

Favorite Gift so far?

So don't go for melee attacks and blast them with gifts until you've thinned them out? You know, basic soulslike crowd control 101?

Glad to see that this still works.

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Yeah but that shit's gay, if I wanted to play this like a soulslike I'd play an actual dark souls game. Either way there are still way better options in soulslike games for melee CC than Code Vein.

Which is a shame.

Doing a lv1 run?

Use the launch attack to as a sort of CC. You can use it multiple times per Focus meter. Don't forget to use gifts

Gifts are the worst part of this game though.

Take your gay thoughts somewhere else

I'm gonna be sad if there isn't an Aset equivalent in the full game. Heavy weapons have massive drain ratings for casting big spells, and the melee gifts are even stronger.

If there was a caster oriented hound veil I'd be all set.

>This is your brain on weebtiddies.

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But the Gifts have nothing to do with Io's fat tits

Thats pretty silky smooth but
>blocking

are blade bearer's fire hitboxes shit or is it just me

Probably just you

Shifting Hollow is such a good Gift.

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This Davis guy has a tiny head.

The armor just has huge shoulders

It's mostly just the cerberus uniform that gives that impression

Stand next to him. PC's head is the standard in CV

Based devs. I wonder if there will be anymore tiddy bosses

>he doesn't know

W-what

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Man, those are some lickable legs and back

>864hp
So like pretty early game

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>hatsune migu

I love the boss design, but hell, the couldn't have chose some better sound effects for the head?

It was probably just part of whatever sound library they bought the license to

It's easy enough to just modulate some intern's groaning into zombi noises but proper roars and screeches probably take more effort

It's still the most generic dinosaur noises, and it's rather distracting

Fug I don't have the webm

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>Small child is a shota and not a loli
fuck this game, at least Mosin-chan is hot

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Jesus hentai christ are all the boss arenas fucking circles?

>have donated like 9 times
>have a blood fetish
>get a free game copy

damn this would be awesome if I wasn't a canuck

Do all the bosses have big anime tiddies jesus

You say that like it's a bad thing

Variety in boss arenas is important.

cant wait for the ymfah videos about this game

Who?

youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-Wraw2-As

Too bad her voice is fucking atrocious

Her voice is comfy

>tower knight
>storm king
>adjudicator
>doragon god
>Lady Astrea
>Kalameet
>gascoigne
>one reborn
>ancient wyvern

And then the pretty/kino stages like
>tower knight
>HMPH
>true HMPH
>storm king
>gwyn
>lady maria
>bastard of kos
>gehrman
>Ah kos man
>lady friede
>pontiff
>gael
Makes the boss more interesting for what and where they are.

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It's going to be agressively mediocre if not bad but it'll sell because "waifus lmao". Shame, they could have put more effort into making it great but they'll meet their sales targets regardless.
Oh well

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There are quite a few bad games that are only popular because of charas or story.

They put a lot of effort into it, though. Say what you will about the final product, but the devs put a lot of heart and care into the game.

> the devs put a lot of heart and care into the game.
I already bought the game and am excited for it but cmon dude until the game comes out we don't know shit

Don't waste your time trying to convince people who have already decided to hate something

Io's voice suits her very well.

I'm just judging based on their actions. They listen to feedback frequently, and they even updated the demo just so people could try it out more and upload their characters to the full game.

by the way... there's a sign up to get a golden mouth breather thingy. Tho I bet 95% of you won't even use it.

bandainamcoent.com/landing/code-vein-golden-respirator#more-info

Even just going from the network test to the demo it seems better optimized

>try it out more and upload their characters to the full game.
>upload their characters to the full game.
damn maybe I should download the demo

It's a bit disheartening to see the amount of disinformation about the game there is. Can't believe people still think the character creator got censored.

I'm on the list, thanks user

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I am no mouthbreather you fucking faggot but thanks

>Signing up does NOT guarantee a code
Why are they doing this exactly

they did the same thing with the beta but everyone got in even after it started

Oh, I thought the beta was pre-order only or something.

Just tried the demo and it's incredibly low quality shit. Also, not being able to cancel attacks into a dodge roll is dog shit. Sucks that Io is stuck in such a crap game, it really is a shame.

but you can. Did you not get past the tutorial stage?

>whining that you need to commit to attacks

If I'm not instantly rolling the moment I tap the roll button, no matter when I press it, it's ass.

Mate, not everything is low quality Platinum shit. God damn N:A is not a good game.

But I just said the game IS low quality shit. This is lower quality than Inafune's mighty no. 9. The only thing above average is Io.

478990550
Low tier bait

>waah waah why do I have to commit
first souls game?

>If I'm not instantly rolling the moment I tap the roll button, no matter when I press it, it's ass.

git gud. It's not a game made to hold your hands.

Any game that lets you cancel everything you do without any consequences to press a invincibility button is low quality easy mode trash. This game wasn't trying to be easy mode trash. It's trying to be animu dark souls.

This game only has itself to blame for looking like chuuni shit for the DMC/Platinum audience but playing like a Souls game.

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But it was always advertised as a Chunni Dark Souls

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what the fuck is the point of blocking if you still take damage

In case anyone is curious, you can find the base game as cheap as $41 for pre-order (PC) and $51 for the deluxe edition
Deluxe includes the season pass so it seems like a pretty good deal

...And what's the problem exactly?

You take less damage.
Bulwark on the greatswords makes your damage reduction 100%

With a lot of those fights though, the arena is as much of part of the encounter as the boss itself, sometimes to the point of being a glorified puzzle like storm king or dragon god. The encounter with Micolash wouldn’t work without obfuscating hallways for him to run around in, and still ultimately ends in a direct confrontation in a square arena.

You can still make an aesthetically interesting boss arena that’s just a broad, vaguely squarish or round shape when boiled down. It’s generally better that way, because when you try to put a combat skill test in a nonstandard arena you get shit like the maneaters, centipede demon, and capra demon. I haven’t played DS3, but I think the only time it really worked out was Gascoigne.

Same in desdasbb

its reduced damage while saving you some stamina rather than just doing a simple dodge

pc player here, no demo
can you make alucard in the character creator?
how much variety in the classes is there? is it at least on the level of DaS1/2?

Classes don't matter, you can pretty much just pick whatever you want. Always Always go for gifts, especially long ranged gifts.

It's a sort of "build a class". Lots of variety with Gifts and stuff.

Her hitboxes on all her attacks are impressive, if not downright bullshit. You have to play very, very cautiously against her solo. Blocking can help but isn't ideal. Shifting Hollow is never a bad idea. She's just an extremely punishing boss but she is beatable solo without overleveling, you just gotta be real patient. I saw this guy do a pretty good job, even if he does just use projectiles.
youtu.be/Pqqhs9q_frU

youtube.com/watch?v=8FRawQdzxZc

i beat her twice when i posted that. i was just farming her for steel and noticed some of her shit just felt stupid. like that fire snake move has no flame around her besides in front of her but you really can't touch her when she is casting it because you get hit even if you're right behind her.

What was "this guys'' build?

I didn't know that Phantom move could dodge through attacks. That's really good.

Dragon Lunge, Shifting Hollow, and Phantom Assault can all be used to dodge attacks. It's pretty great

What does it taste like?

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like an unwashed Iofag

Is that code vein? It doesn't look very good graphically

My first character is going to be a strength build. Big weapons you know the drill. What I want to know is if there's going to be a veil that suits that playstyle.

Is it just claw, tail, hounds, or spike tentacles?

Two of them are bullshit; the rest are just fine. The bullshit ones are the one that chases (not because it chases, but because it brings up a hitbox behind her for no reason), and the fat AoE because it's just fuck-you huge. Neither are unavoidable though, so keep at it

I hope the multiplayer rewards list is more fleshed out in the full release. I like the idea of getting gifts in exchange for succeeding at bosses. Hopefully it encourages more people to play together.

Her voice is adorable in both languages. Sniff my taint.

Sweet. Thanks for the heads-up user-san-kun-chan-sama-senpai-sensei.

Having a high wont make her sound any better.

>this game only has itself to blame for two good things

And this is why I stopped the demo after the first boss. They made the demo way too fucking big without letting us carry save data over

How does level scaling work in co-op? Do you only go down to the host's level, or do you scale upwards too?

Scale up as well

Interesting. Seems like the best way to farm medals would be to overlevel the fuck out of yourself and then call up some guy to steamroll bosses with.

So do medals buy anything other than a silly MMO-style title next to your character's name?

Cognitive Zeal is obtained at 10 medals. Self buff gift for mind and willpower.

Ah, sweet. That's a good sign.

That's pretty much how the Depths in the demo panned out. Two moderately leveled players with +6 greatswords can pretty much just stun every boss into oblivion.

Only one gift can be gained in the demo from them, hopefully more in the full release.

You can save characters, at least. It's understandable that they didn't want you to be too overlevelled, though

i wonder why didn't they work on the level design, movement, visuals, over all feeling of combat, etc

I've noticed in other non Yea Forums places I visit that the people bitching about this game feeling fLoAtY are the same people who defend RDR2's controls.
So yeah. Don't listen to internet faggots. Try the game yourself if you can, or find a reviewer you tend to agree with. Before You Buy by Gameranx hasn't lead me astray, just as an example.

They did, though. It's still not as weighty as Souls, but it's not floaty.
We've only seen the demo and the demo dungeons, but I am also concerned about level design

Other boss footage is putting me off a little bit. Seems like every arena is just recolored glowy spikes in a circle.

It's extremely floaty and inconsistent feeling. I can't understand any of the praise.

It's floaty though and i hate "realistic" RDR2 control, there's nothing in common
Anyway the floaty can be explained with it's anime, soul is more realistic in how weight work.
At least it's not Surge 2 where everything is on air and no gravity.

>fLoAtY
>>>/reddit/

I disagree. The weapons feel good enough to use, and it is consistent for the most part.

How do you feel about TES combat? This feels like a sidestep from that.
>At least it's not Surge 2 where everything is on air and no gravity.
You've played The Surge 2 already?

Come on, user. This combat is nowhere near Elder Scrolls in likeness. It's far closer to a DaS2 version of Bloodborne, at worst

You have a weird definition of floaty user.
This game can be STIFF at times, but it isn't floaty.

I played Surge 1 and watch the gameplay for 2
It's the same shit, they didn't even change the teleport dodge
youtube.com/watch?v=lX36lHEiI10

I played the demo for Surge 2, it's on steam listed as "The Surge".

That might be the dumbest thing to ever be posted on Yea Forums. Congrats.

>watch the gameplay
>th-that means i know how it feels

I don't know how to describe it, in Soul it's a line that go up and down slowly where as CV it's go up and down very sharply at end points.
Don't misunderstand me, it's not bad but just different.
I taste is very varies for games like this so i will buy CV and Nioh 2 too

Because Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2 feel exactly the same, right?
Because Zelda and Zelda 2 feel exactly the same right?
Because Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2 feel exactly the same right?

Did I have a stroke reading this or did you have several while typing it

>T-The gameplay doesn't reflect the "real" gameplay
Are you okay retard? Are we pretending 2 is not the same shit as 1?

Maybe a little bit of both

>the gameplay doesn't reflect the real gameplay
This unironically.
You can't know how a game FEELS by WATCHING it. You don't know how the game responds to your input. How tight it is or how stiff it is or how "floaty" it is.

>Because Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2 feel exactly the same, right?
Yeah pretty much if you talk about how the combat flow
We're talking about The Surge here, why are you seething and try to drag other games into this?

You're the retard if you think otherwise. Deck13 is only notable for their consistency of providing mostly functional but completely mediocre games. Every gameplay video of the Surge 2 showcases the same game but now with more gimmicks taken from other games, like Bloodborne's trick weapons. Most people are able to realize this, hence the trouble shills have had keeping Surge threads up despite being so near to release, leading to them shitting up other threads instead.

>shitting up other threads
Guess that explains floatyfags.

Ah so that's why Surgefags is here, i was wondering what the hell does this game have to do with Surge.

Is that why there was the Surge thread shitting on CV earlier today?

>i've git gud-ed enough to kill blade bearer just for shits n giggles
>but i still bring yakumo so he can eat sword while i regain myself
I'm content with my level of gud. How about you Yea Forums?

Thanks for confirming your sub room temperature IQ. Deck13 improved greatly from LotF -> The Surge, and showed they were actually capable of making a good (no qualifier needed) boss with Firebug. Also the 'last game was bad so next game is bad too' argument is one of the most brain dead criticisms you can make.

Not a Surge fan, but Code Vein indeed feels floaty to me. There's something about the character's running animation that feels off. Also the combats have interesting mechanics but the feeling just isn't there. It's like ennemies just absorb the hits instead of suffering from them. Like weapons have no weight at all, even the bigger ones. After Sekiro and other FromSoft games, it really doesn't shine on that part. But maybe people used to God Eater will be less triggered.

Is there a PC demo?

They're both soulslikes
No, consoles only.

Basically, yes. That thread was posted concurrently with two CV threads and was tanking in the catalog while both CV threads outlived it.

Deck13 created a dilemma for themselves by having a release date so close to another soulsclone. Code Vein had a lot to prove between being a new IP and suffering so many delayed release dates. Releasing a demo did a lot to show the finished product as well as displaying confidence that people will put $60 down on it on release. The Surge 2 on the other hand benefits from not having a demo, because if they had one then people will realize they haven't actually made a substantially different or better game, and have instead opted to invest in a billion flashy gameplay trailers on YT and the same marketer threads they wasted money on for LotF and Surge. However at the end of the day having a demo looks a hell of a lot better than not. This is typical Deck13 and hopefully people have finally woken up to their junk.

>Deck13 is getting better
Fuck off, 18 years of garbage and nothing to show for it.

I always think I'm hot shit until I try actually going solo

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I never understood the complaint about enemies not reacting to hits. They feel like they stagger way too easily for me, even with just the pipe. The only ones who don't react to every single hit are the big guys, but it's understandable for them.

Yeah coming from Sekiro it's going to take a time to adjust.
Not sure if ironically or unironically free shilling

>Like weapons have no weight at all, even the bigger ones
You haven't even tried the demo have you?
Regular non-giant enemies are easily stunlocked, but their attacks are usually tough to interrupt. That's not weightless.

>It's like ennemies just absorb the hits instead of suffering from them.

I disagree. Tho I use that big ass Zweihander so more enemies stagger than other weapons.

> Like weapons have no weight at all, even the bigger ones.

I also disagree, also this is such a bullshit argument that I hear often for many games. Always found it the most bullshit of all arguments. Something they use when they just wanna badmouth anything without providing actual evidence or proof.

Zweihander is clearly slower than other weapons, but bigger range. You can easily see it's slower and does less hits in the same time frame. Also uses more stamina per swing. Does more damage each hit tho.

NO!
I-IT'S FLOATY!
AND... AND JANKY!
FUCK YOU!
RRRRRRRRRRRRGH!
STOP LIKING THINGS!

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Just improve the fucking gun, it hit and feel like a wet noodle
I want something like Toukiden 2 gun, every bullet blast my ears off

Yes I did. It's not that much about the stagger, but more likely a mix of stuff animations, lack of freeze frames, not good sound design, etc. It doesn't play bad, it just feels off.

Autism.
I can like CV floaty but The Surge 2 is just an absolute shit

Careful, don't drop the goal post. It's not meant to be moved like that.

Fair enough. I personally thought the animations were all right, but I can understand how the weapons aren't as satisfying as in Souls.
I personally do like the special weapon Gifts, though

Real talk Yea Forums, will Io's game get decent sales or it will be a flop?

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Hey user, I liked the demo and am probably going to buy the game, I just point out something that I think feels off in the combats.

Meh sales. Like the original release of Dragon's Dogma.
It'd have more if normies weren't scared shitless of anime.

Meh sales, Nioh was way better better and it didn't sale much.
Nioh 2 will do a little bit better than 1 because there's more PR this time

It's a animu game with tits. Journalist aren't going to like that. They'll be the first to bash it and call it sexist.

It should at least match GE3 sales. It has the stigma of being a new animu IP working against it , but should benefit from the soulslike tag.

I seriously doubt they will even give it that much bandwidth to bash it. Just throw a 7/10 at it without playing and move on.

Kotaku has already called it trash just for being anime.
Kotaku.
KOTAKU.
HATES IT BECAUSE IT'S ANIME.
LOOK AT THE FUCKING NAME OF THAT PLATFORM
K O T A K U
HATES ANIME

>Io's game
Sorry but its Mia's game

First time on internet?

It's (You)r MC's game user.

Still need to play the demo

I enjoy fights that aren't just wailing on the boss. Having variety break the monotony of the game which is one of the reasons why I hate DaS1-2. Bed of Chaos was puzzle but implemented in the worst way; if you need to have save points for a boss during a game like this, then you're doing it wrong. Enviornments aren't just a place to fight but a backdrop to a climax. It should be memorable. All the areas in the demo were very bland, even for Oliver. I couldn't tell you what the Blade Bearer's setting looked like and I've already played that boss several times more than Mergo or Old Hero.

>tfw was in basic training when the first teaser trailer came out
>if I'd applied myself I could've been an E5 before it actually dropped

I hope that we have something as cool as Sulyvahn's church or something

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>couldn't tell you what the Blade Bearer's setting looked like and I've already played that boss several times more than Mergo or Old Hero.
But that's an extremely unfair comparison to make as the Depths have been shown to be more akin to Chalice Dungeons than a main story area. I get you're only making assumptions from what you've seen but at least make sense.

So is code vein and god eater related?

Got the DE do what should I expect with the GE weapons?

We can also go on what we've seen in trailers and stuff.
The boss arenas all seem to be square rooms with big glowing spikes, just with different skyboxes and color pallets.
Not looking too good in that department.
But I've preordered and I'm still stoked for the game.

Just made by the same company

So did they greatly increase the difficulty of the demo or does your partner's buffs increase your stats ten fold? I'm going through with a new character but not using a partner this time, and even with a similar build as last time, what once took out half the final boss's hp now takes about 10% of his health, he doesn't stagger as easy, and it seems like I die twice as fast.

Partners like buffing you, but the Town of Sacrifice should be the same level as last time

I must be underestimating buffs then because I'm getting stun lock 2 shotted by Queen's Knight for attacks that I used to not even notice the damage from...

Which Partner do you usually use against QK?

I used Yakumo. He seemed like the only one that didn't die against the duo within the first 10 seconds of the match

Yeah, that's probably why. Yakumo has a buff that drastically reduces the damage of one hit.

Ahh shit, considering how little I got hit it was probably on me for most hits then.

I know there won't be romancing in this game but if there was I would 100% lead Mia on until I can finally cuck her with Io.
as FeMC

Yeah. He's very useful in that regard.
Also, has anyone tried the Communal Gifts? I used Louis's to blitz around with a greatsword

No romance bullshit, right?

>No romance
Dropped

Io is already the MC's wife

It makes perfect sense. Even reducing down to Chalice Dungeons, there is a good variety of arenas. The final boss's arena is memorable even though it's just a small detail because you've been in that room quite a few times by then.

>trying to help people
>they keep on getting parried by QK
Are people just this stupid?

unga bunga me use all stamstam me tank with face

The other day I helped a girl beating up the Boob Bearer but, well, it seems that she didn't even need my help, she used a purple spell but took out like 1/4 of the boss health, does anyone know what power was that?

Was is a single purple spell or 4 of them?

There's Plasma Roar, Indra Coil, Blast Bolt and Fourfold Verdict. Chances are they used one of the first two and the orbs from the second landed at the same time.

Indra Coil doesn't actually seem that strong for the cost and cast time, at least not on the training dummy. Plasma Roar and Blast Bolt beat it in both damage and speed.

Honestly I don't quite remember, but I'm almost sure it was just one

Indra's Coil is has a large AoE, so it's good against large groups of enemies

Do you remember what the girl looked like?

Bib bobies and had a +10 pyromancy hand

Gray short hair using a gray outfit, pale skin

What weapon was she using?

Just you wait, once the full game comes out, it will soon be revealed that a fully upgraded pipe is THE ULTIMATE weapon in the game.

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I don't remember that much honestly, I think a one-handed sword

I like how you can create a bondage slut as the MC.

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Bros...
I don't want Io to die...

>sunset pipe
>queenslayer pipe

t. Light

Soulsfag here.
I don't give a fuck about customization or anime titties.

Sell me on this game.

I find Boobie Bearer easier than Queen's Knight. No spinny shit, easier to stagger even in her 2nd form, plus her forward thrust is much easier to anticipate. The only thing that gets me is her fire pillars but the game literally gifts you a fire resistance skill.

Game is shit. You love to eat shit. Lap it up, dog.

Lots of build variety and cool spells. Heavy emphasis on using said spells since mana is restored by attacking.

It has soulslike combat with some unique mechanics that I think are worth checking out. It is also an ARPG like souls, but it tips the scales between A and RPG a little more to the latter than souls does with how skills ("gifts") are equipped and executed.

Imagine you could play as a mage but you weren't locked to having to press up to cycle through spells, you didn't have to claw, it feels like DS2, Levels only give you HP and stamina, imagine rally from BB but it fuels your FP/magic and you rally with every attack, and no PvP.

>tfw everyone says to use the resistance gifts
>tfw trying to use more than one buff just invites her to stunlock you to death
>tfw just learned to avoid all her fire attacks
i guess that's one way to git gud

Never mind, shit's full already

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Make sure its legit before you actually register

It's already full.

Fire res is maybe all you need. First phase is pretty straight forward.

>watch gameplay last year
>game seems ok
>delay for 1 year
>play it myself during the test
>looks exactly the same as it did last year
>they improved more things during the test-demo period than during the 1 year delay
I still don't understand why they delayed it.

Maybe they added more to the story?

Nah I meant I've only ever beaten her when I didn't panic and try to apply more than one buff. I can avoid her fire attacks fairly consistently.

If only there was an Iwata Asks or some transparency

>consolefags burning themselves out playing the limited demo instead of waiting for release

I only played it until I got gud user. I'm now starving myself of it intentionally so the full release will make me scream and cream.

But are the nurses going to be cosplaying?
Clever way of getting people to donate and receive marketing and charity tax write-offs though.

Bros soon....

>long range
Disgusting.

I can't deal with queens knight or those invasions with 5 enemies in a shoe carton sized room pls help

I miss the days Kotaku was simply made fun of for being slow.

Cheese the invasion by going back to the Mistle

Wait this is put already? I'm on PC. Currently waiting for The Surge 2 coming out in like 8 hours. I thought Code Vein didn't come out until the 26th.

I don't have a controller for my pc, I really hope m+kb isn't going to be complete garbage.

How's your wait been user? Mine's been slow as fuck. I wanna just sleep for four days straight and wake up with the game installed and ready to go. Mourning sucks.

Read literally any of the thread user

Skills are hold button + press another button so if you played Dragon's Dogma on m+kb I think it'll be fine.

Please spoon feed me. I'm busy doing other shit trying to make time for The Surge 2. I promise to be whatever spoon you want me to and I'll top/bottom for you I swear

I just switched dash and light attack

I've been waiting since the beginning

Code vein isn't out until Thursday. The console plebs got a fairly good demo that people are talking about.

The beginning bro, It's been too long..

So I've been going heavy weapon on 2 runs. Any opinions on using spells/guns over heavy?

Why not spells and heavy together? Make the Blade Bearer your absolute BITCH

ASET
S
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T

Ah I see OK. I'll hold out then

>Why not spells and heavy together?
Because heavy on its own already has some heavy Ichor usage, and its not like I can properly prioritize heavy AND magic at the same time. I'm used to this kinda split always resulting in mediocre weapon attacks and absolute shit magic that just eats up your "MP" for no real return. Are you saying that this is different?

Yes

Day one cracked?

>tfw you had a blood transfusion three years ago
Too bad this is at the other side of the country

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Yes.
You can use big dick blast spells whilst wielding a heavy weapon.
As for ichor usage... Just recover ichor. Get used to that mechanic. Use melee attacks and parries to keep it up.

You've got to be really fucking aggressive, user

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Blocking and parrying also recovers ichor. Blade Bearer basically hands you ichor once you learn a specific method of parrying her.
>ogre-type blood veil
>heavy weapon + steady bulwark buff
>bait her to do her three-swing combo
>block the first swing
>instantly hit the parry button
Perfect parry timing every time. Interrupts her combo and gives you some delicious ichor for you to instantly use with a hard-hitting gift. I like Bolt Blast and Swallow Cutter. If you're particularly low on ichor you can just get a regular swing in.

Superior game coming through

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I love the Ichor system so much. Encourages you to be aggressive, enables you to use spells as often as you want, rewards parrying and shit. It's great.

user, we can enjoy both
I hope I can still cheese everything with sloth talismans though

They're nice enough if you want less commitment to attacks. The only weapons that don't feel good are the polearms. They're in the worst possible middleground of feeling too slow compared to lighter weapons, but not fast or strong enough to be worth using over a heavy one. They don't even get any cheesy pokes and thrusts or room clearing sweeps, their range seems gimped as hell. I hope the two in the demo are just bad first impressions.

Rate my toon.

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Sorry i just want to shitpost, i'm bored

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beat the demo and then spent ~2 hours messing around with all the weapons and gifts to experiment. definitely don't wanna burn myself out on it. gonna play it on PC anyway, was able to get deluxe edition for $51

The polearms are great, though. They stagger enemies like there's no tomorrow, and the Lost Bardiche's stab is extremely quick

It's pretty fucking tasty. Overlooked by everyone who just wants to shit on a soulslike that isn't by Fromsoft, desperately clinging to the idea that only Fromsoft is allowed to make ARPGs; that every ARPG after DaS is a ripoff.
which is true in the case of Lords of the Fallen

Feel free to elaborate on how.

>big dick blast spells
Being able to use them, and being worth using are two different things. How much potency do they lose by not focusing on magic?

Other than that, how does the trade-off for ichor feel on guns and magic? For 16 ichor, going into the Queen's Knight fight, I will have him down to half health pretty much from my first combo using the zweihander.

Judging from the Amazon JP rankings, CV right now is top 10.
By comparison, Astral Chain was in the top 5 for a few weeks and ended up selling 40k or so.
I guess it's safe to say Code Vein will sell roughly 30k on the first week in Japan.
That's a massive drop compared to God Eater though that regularly sells at least 100k units

>How much potency do they lose by not focusing on magic?
None.
Stats come from your blood code and blood veil.
Using the right combo of those and you can use heavy weapons and magic very effectively.

>spent like ten minutes talking to Coco and Murasame trying to trigger whatever so I could forward the story with Louis
Am I retarded?

Talk to both of them once and then go talk to him.

It seems like they're at least trying to promote it, I don't know how well GE3 did but even the switch port went almost completely unannounced

So uh not a fujo or anything but can Yakumo be your party member? Just asking for a friend, lol!

No

?????????
user the only way you even know his name is by seeing him in the partner selection.
The demo's story halts before you learn his name so chatting with him just shows him as "Louis's Friend."

>Stats come from your blood code and blood veil
Right, but you would need a glass cannon blood code that sacrifices defense type stats for attack and magic, but even then I doubt it will have the best magic and attack. Unless I missed something, we don't really know what future options will hold so until then we have to assume you become mediocre at both if you don't focus on one. So back to the question, how mediocre does magic become if you don't specialize in it?

I said rate.

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3 days more PCbros...

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>user the only way you even know him name is by seeing him in the partner selection.
Wrong.

Do you guys know if it is possible to run and dodge using the same button?

Not really a fan of the hair, or lips, or eyes

Good on you though for actually using some of the damage options

God Eater afaik sold 150k on the PS4 by its 3rd week.
I'm not sure how CV will do, but I hope they break even considering how long this game was in development.

>glass cannon
Have... Have you ever played a soulslike?
Anyway. You can offset the "glass" part with Steady Bulwark if you don't feel like you can dodge well enough; I certainly can't.

But to answer your question, my setup currently using a greatsword and two heavy hiting magic spells does some real tasty damage on both physical and magical sides of the coin. So far the differences between going full focus on one or the other has shown to be pretty negligible.

Seems like a pretty low estimate considering that unlike Astral Chain this is multiplat

I tried to make her bandages look like duct tape and her lipstick is my fetish I made it by doubling up and adjusting the beauty mark texture.

I ignored you because you said "toon" nigga go to discord

3/10 anyway points for originality but she is just gross. Not because of the scarring and stuff. But because she emanates deviantArt.

>Have... Have you ever played a soulslike?
Yes, and Souls games are the reason I bring this up in the first place. For example, if you want to go magic, you should focus completely on magic. In certain games, if you don't put 90% of your levels into magic then it just feels like a waste of time. You have to become a glass cannon for it to have the proper impact.

>You can offset the "glass" part with Steady Bulwark
No, I'm completely fine with going glass cannon. In fact, I love knowing that when I face down a boss, one of us will die quickly no matter who that happens to be. Being a tank is fun sometimes though but not as often.

Jokes on you I wrote toon to bait you.

2 questions for anyone who owns the demo:
1 - What does "Focused" state do? The glowing blue bar when you i-frame something or take a lot of damage
2 - What do the "Awake xxx" items do?

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>1 - What does "Focused" state do? The glowing blue bar when you i-frame something or take a lot of damage
gives you a boost in damage and lets you do R1 + triangle to launch enemies and drain them for heaps of damage
>2 - What do the "Awake xxx" items do?
unlock abilities

Well one thing you can do is just try out a setup and if you think it's too weak, switch to another one. The beauty of this game is you don't have to commit to a build; you just swap out your code and veil any time you want.
Aset + Night Hawk is great for heavy weapons and magic. Both hit nice and hard. Not the "best" of either but like I said the differences are negligible.
This game is different from souls in the magic department; it's actually worth using.
1. Boosts some stats, there are some passive skills that boost them even more when focused, and enables a "launch" move that throws mobs in the air for a drain and staggers bosses.
2. Enable you to "inherit" skills from different blood codes (classes) without mastering them naturally.

Oh no Murasame is wearing really tight & short short shorts.

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*Night Claw

Shit. I keep doing that.
Blame Vindictus. One of the coolest looking sets in that game is called Night Hawk and I clocked almost 1000 hours before I quit.

Bayonet seems like the most fun from the trial, and damn that's an exceptional amount of content for a demo.

Her voice is cute, her tummy's cute, her petite little ass is cute...
Cunny Vein, anyone?

The game supposedly requires 40 hours to finish. I hope there's a lot more content that we haven't seen yet.

You can use one of the face buttons like X as the gift modifier and then move your gifts to the shoulder buttons along with attack
that way you can use X+Dpad aswell
first DxM now this, I hope this shit becomes the new standart

smt4a/10

Thank you anons

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can you zoom out the camera? I run into the issue in literally every game lately where locking onto an enemy would move 3/4 of said enemy out of the frame, making it difficult to dodge attacks

Unfortunately not. My biggest complaints for this game are the camera, sound design, and lock-on distance.

its like dark souls in that regard that you parry their attack with your own attack

how are you even supposed to deal with that knight fucker's 360 spin move? it's like you just have to be lucky you aren't near him when he does it. can't back away, he's coming towards you, can't move to the side, the attack is too fucking big. and then when he gets low on health he decides to just fill your view with red particles so you can't see shit as he starts teleporting around like a fuck. any time i beat him i just feel lucky he didn't sperg out with those two moves so much.

The blue wolf jacket looks fucking cool.

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ugly like every character with that shitty skunk haircut

I just block.

Shifting Hollow for the spinning move.
And his teleporting is the easiest dodge in the whole fight. The AOE he does in his second phase is a bit tougher.

What does Cognitive Zeal exactly do?
I helped and get helped to get it but I don't even know its purpose

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Those are just boyshorts she's actually not even wearing pants

so that's why I can suddendly beat bosses

The safe spot is behind him, the direction of the attack is fixed once he begins his windup.

I ended up fighting them in the hallway and alternating between big dick spells and parries
I suck shit at the game but it feels great when some asshole hulk hogans you and you just suck his dick for more spells

Why are devs so afraid of copying the invasion mechanic?

>afraid of copying
I'm guessing that's not the reason. I'm thinking balance is the reason. The game has loads of stuff that would be busted in souls pvp.

why are games trying to have the camera behind your character all the time regardless of the game you're actually developing. If an enemies lock on spot is above my character and the camera focuses behind me I just end up looking up my own asshole. Why do so many games struggle with this. Why do cameras still get pushed inside your model when you're close to a wall, fucking god hand figured to make it transparent so you can actually see the game instead of spazzing out
Im goddamn upset

maybe because there are million pvp games released each die while the last game that cared about co-op was snipperclips or whatever the fuck that was called

Io's dress is a little too north of the knee don't you think?

whats the replayability look like for this game? I havent played the demo

So how do movesets work in CV? Do all weapons in a class share the same moveset or do some weapons have a unique animation?

You can customize the shit out of your build. Replayability looks pretty nice. DLC will probably make it better with more varied content.

Invasions are different from your typical PvP game and rarer than coop.

What's the price in your region bro?
code vein is somehow cheaper than most vidya where I live, it's about 45usd or so.

Literally quite the same as Souls where weapons of each weapontype have slightly different movesets

Thank fuck.

each weapon has a slightly different moveset, the only thing that's shared that I remember is the knockup attack (r1+triangle) that's shared between weapon types

you can get the deluxe edition off wingamestore for $50 btw

Thats usable during focus, right
Also what the fuck is combo drain and how does it work
I appreciate the menu tutorial but what am I supposed to make of "press buttons during attack"

Combo drain is when you're in focused state aka the blue bar is full and flashing, and you can launch the enemy up in the air. You can then perform a drain attack while they're in the air which usually kills enemies instantly.

no combo drain is R1 + X and you can use it any time in the middle of a combo to do a quick drain attack

So focus leads into launch into combo drain?

>€37
ouf that's not too bad for the regular version

youtube.com/watch?v=29bJ4s43qyo
Y I K E S

Nobody cares about Mia and her dumb hat.

It wasn't a big issue during the demo since I was only playing with a friend, but I can see it being frustrating if matching up with randoms.

I see what you did there

Any word on if the PC version is any good?

Will it be good though?

The fact that you can't do anything while searching pisses me off more, I think you could in the network test but I'm not sure

2/10

Well, Framerate is unlocked at least.

Nvm guys, I get it now

its suppose to boost your willpower and mind aka your gift attacks

>demo requires ps+ in europe
>not in NA
>all you need is a zip code to create a burger account
Why does sony even bother paywalling their shit if they just halfass it

>demo requires ps+ in europe
Only in Germany apparently

I AM GOING TO MARRY IO

>but user that's not a function of the
MARRY AND IMPREGNATE
>but vampires can't do th
MARRY
AND
IMPREGNATE
LOVINGLY

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based

But what if Io doesn't chant children user

Lmao they didn't even quarterass it

So can you refight bosses or something that isn't the same 3 hallways in depth because hard kicks your ass

Because DS3 has shown quite clearly that nobody liked Invaders and Invaders despise the gank squads that always await them. So instead of figuring out a way to fix something that even From couldn't get right, they just put that shit in the bin entirely. I wouldn't be surprised if we get a PvP arena DLC though. Hopefully called the Blood-dome.

High. The character creator has too many options to just make one character and be done. Also multiple endings.

>send more distress beacons
>search for less distress beacons
Wow, much problem solving, very co-op, wow.

Can you say that again only coherent?

>no direct way to increase your stats
What the fuck is even the point of leveling up? For a whole 3 points of stamina and 40 health?

No, however keep in mind they designed the game around a male MC like GE, female MC is just female(male)

As I understand, all your stats level but by how much is determined by your current code.

Good. I'm all for devs who write the story around a male MC but give you the option to play a girl, pretty much makes the dyke route inevitable.

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Can you reset maps, such as depth, so I can fight the bosses again. The map is kinda 2 hallways and one invasion which isn't exciting to grind, but I need to grind since hard mode is kicking my ass

>mfw I could literally ride the bus for forty minutes to visit a buddy, plug my PS4 into his TV and internet and download the demo no problem

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or you create a second profile, chose anything but germany as your location and download it at home

Well that's even more fucking retarded. Eh, whatever, with my garbage internet if I started downloading now I could play it for about three hours before the full game arrives at my doorstep.

>Well that's even more fucking retarded.
how so

I thought the 40 hours was for the story. I might be wrong though

What's the point in region-locking something behind a paywall when a literal menu option is all you need to disable the region lock? If I didn't have a whopping seven bucks on my PSN profile I'd make a new profile and pretend to be American just so Soiny can't dick me over anymore.

>AOE
you mean the 3 lines he does when he teleports to the middle? You can just walk a few steps to left or right

what do you think the post about halfassed paywalls was
I remember playing let it die that way without a subscribtion tooi

>I'd make a new profile and pretend to be American just so Soiny can't dick me over anymore.
what's stopping you you can have multiple profiles on the same console

DaS3 has the best invasions though.

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Hi Faggot.PL. I know you're seething that DS3 finally died so now you have to make PvE videos and pray to god someone invades you, but please don't ruin Code Vein.

Literally who?

Shifting Hollow will dodge it 100% of the time

>go on YouTube
>see category "Final Fantasy - Topic"
>includes "Code Vein Walkthrough Part 1"

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40 hours for the story and if you're good at the game, iirc

The main reason DS3's PvP is on life support right now. An e-celeb who alternates between invading people and using Chameleon + Force to knock them off ledges and "supporting" players by tricking them into following him on lethal jumps or opening mimic chests.

Or maybe because the player base is naturally dying. It's still the most populated souls game.

it's on life support because it released 3 fucking years ago

Doesn't stop Bloodborne's community from being way too alive for its own good.

not like they have anything else to play

How can one person who isn't even that popular be the main reason a popular game is dying?

Because it's three years old so the player base should naturally have shrunk. But it shrunk even faster because there are two perma-invading e-celebs who need to put out a video a day to keep their subscribers happy. Pretty much everyone else who's left is tryhard gank squads who will sit in a defensible area with three people and wait for an invader to be stupid enough to attack them. And when all the invaders are cunts and all the summoners are cunts, naturally the game's online environment is slowly dying.

Exactly. Why do you think I want to play Code Vein already?

Doesnt sound too different from when the game was new.