PlayStation 5 - Now with FAQ in OP.

Two very different games.
Apart from the shared universe I don’t really think they’re that similar.

Quiksilver wrote: »

To Be honest, i'm more pissed off that the save games don't transfer over to PS5, i never got the DLC for the original Spiderman so it seemed like the best choice to get ultimate version of MM. But as much as i liked the original Spiderman i don't know if i can sit through the whole start of the game again. I was hoping to just jump straight into the DLC that i missed. Maybe someone will work on a converter for the save file but i doubt it. Even though i would have taught that it would be a relatively easy thing to do.

Yeah I think they've made a bit of a shambles of the PS5 Spider-Man situation. I did play the original (platinumed) and the DLC, but even though I might not have played the original again I would have gotten the Ultimate Edition if the save carried over just in case I did get the hankering to play it again. Now I think I'll just get the standard edition.

From a 25 year long gamer Bloodbourne is hands down the best game ever made IMO. Its a tough learning curve but an absolute masterpiece.

I Loved Bloodborne but not as much as the Souls games. I had a much more 'fun' time beating DS 1, 2 & 3 and I think that was down to my preferred style of greatshield and sword. I only played through BB once and never tried the DLC so looking forward to giving it another go, hopefully with boosted performance as mentioned above.

CastorTroy wrote: »

With Demon's Souls released at launch and Bloodborne on the PS Plus, is Bloodborne good practice for Demon's Souls or is it the other way around?

Bloodborne is one of the best games of all time and easily the best game of last gen (BotW can **** right off back where it came from).

If you haven't played BB I would forget about Demon's Souls, and every other game for that matter, and just play it.

dingledosser wrote: »

I've avoided Bloodborne because of how hard it's alleged to be. I play most games on easy/story setting, simply because I have very little available gaming time (3 kids under 4). You guys have me tempted though...

People say "You will die a lot" about these types of games (and I imagine it'll be the same with Demon's Souls). But I think there's a bit missing off the end of that sentence. It should be "You will die a lot.... at the beginning". It's the game training you about the mechanics, getting you used to the gameplay loop, training you how to approach enemies (separate them, lure them etc).

After that, you die far less in the later stages, usually just to new enemies or bosses until you learn their patterns/attacks. The games are hard, but not insurmountably so. They can just be frustrating early on.

That's the only way Bloodborne could be practice for Demon's Souls or vice versa. It's just about getting used to that type of gameplay loop and mechanics.

SomeSayKos wrote: »

The difficulty of the souls games has been blown way out of proportion IMO. They're challenging games for sure but there's so much more to them than that

Maybe a bit yea, but that was one of their major selling points early on. Sure Namco are probably most at fault with their whole 'Prepare to Die' marketing and what not. Also mainstream games had gotten particularly easy around the time they released, the difficulty made them stand out, especially with all the other dark fantasy games coming out back then.

Taltos wrote: »

Looking forwards to seeing Demon Souls on the PS5, trying to avoid the videos as I want to experience it first hand. Also keen to seeing what’s different in there. Only replayed it recently on the PS3 before I knew it was a 5 release and still really loved it - aged really well.

You don't have much to fear about Demon's Souls, the videos only show the flamelurker and tutorial boss with a small snippet of the level leading up to them.

Penn wrote: »

People say "You will die a lot" about these types of games (and I imagine it'll be the same with Demon's Souls). But I think there's a bit missing off the end of that sentence. It should be "You will die a lot.... at the beginning". It's the game training you about the mechanics, getting you used to the gameplay loop, training you how to approach enemies (separate them, lure them etc).

I'd second this, the starting section leading to the 1st boss is by far the hardest part of the game. Overall the game isn't actually that difficult, it can just be really unforgiving if you don't take the time to learn the mechanics of it. The only real sticking points are the bosses and they are very manageable when you learn their attacks. Even if you can't manage this, you can always just summon help.

AdamD wrote: »

Bit confused by this. The combat is brilliant but surely the complete lack of any story leaves it short of being a masterpiece?

Whilst I am not personally a fan of From's methods of conveying story, it does have one, and it is quite intricate. Even if it didn't, that doesn't hold it back from masterpiece status. The environmental storytelling in the game is top shelf.

Seeing all the werewolves burning at the stake when you enter Old Yharnam was incredible.

AdamD wrote: »

Should I change that to comprehensible story?

Maybe you could change it to 'overt'. It has a detailed but subtle backstory, too subtle in my opinion but **** it, game is still amazing.

I really like the way the souls games deliver their stories. Rather than having explicit cut scenes to tell the story they leave it vague, relying on the environments and item descriptions for the player to piece the story together.
It's the main reason I love these games to be honest.
I love how the community pieces it together also, another big part of the fun for me.

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

No official word on expandable storage yet I take it?

Kinda hoping there be few options to compete with price.

As in the NVME drive? They said PCIE 4.0 is supported yeah. That was in the teardown video.


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sabrent-Internal-Maximum-Performance-SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-1TB/dp/B07TLYWMYW/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=sabrent&qid=1604324663&sr=8-2


This could be a good option, but I'm waiting until some tests are run after launch.

I just started playing Bloodborne in the last month or so. I'd never played any Souls game before but had Bloodborne from PS Plus a while back, though I didn't really give it a proper go at the time. So I decided to start it up again ahead of Demons Souls, to get an idea if I'd like that kind of game - as all I've heard is how brutal they are.

After a shaky start(to put it mildly), I'm really enjoying Bloodborne now. It was very satisfying to get the hang of the combat after initially struggling. As I'm still playing through it and discovering new aspects, I'm just learning bit by bit as I go about the story and trying to figure out whats going on exactly!

Wing126 wrote: »

As in the NVME drive? They said PCIE 4.0 is supported yeah. That was in the teardown video.


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sabrent-Internal-Maximum-Performance-SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-1TB/dp/B07TLYWMYW/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=sabrent&qid=1604324663&sr=8-2


This could be a good option, but I'm waiting until some tests are run after launch.

That's not fast enough.l, it's only 4400 write speed and says up to 5000 read so don't think it maintains that speed consistently.