C2B Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) Post things you genuinly liked about the demo From me: Enjoyed story and dialouge. Especially the lorebooks (Always found the Empire of the Stars and Ehbs founding interesting. Yes, even for "generic" fantasy). And I'm glad they still kept the Causeway (And hopefully use it. Last we saw of it was in 2010). A fast travel system that is accomplished by wandering thorugh a different dimension/world sounds very cool) Can't tell much beyond that. Oh yes, I loved the shelf story with the war in complete chaos because everyone used fast travel and they would fight each other all over without any real territory. What I also liked were the progressive quests. Get influence in town/gain new quests. I also hope they do something with gathering as much support for the legion as possible. Combat was challenging and already shown some depth. Never made it on Hardcore to the ending without dying several times so thats encouraging to learn the system better. Edited June 8, 2011 by C2B
Tigranes Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 I think the combat design is the real highlight, the stance system is very fun in practice - with buddy co-op & hardcore difficulty the resurrection mechanic will also make it even more tense. It's a pity this isn't backed up by enemies that have more 'punch' to them (i.e. look like they're running on solid ground instead of floating, though few games manage this), but the animations are nice to look at, too. Quests / story is still unknown really, since most of the demo was the tutorial area. Game also looks quite good for the most part, with a couple of problems (character models). Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress)
Bendu Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) I really liked the seamless transition from outdoor to indoor, as well as the change of lighting at certain spots. Those Houses felt actually really big, as well as the first cave. Combat was fun at the end, but I think I will play it with the controller on my PC. And I really love the art design of the cutscenes, althought the resolution could have been better. Edited June 8, 2011 by Bendu
Pidesco Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 The combat is the big highlight. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend.
Matt-C Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 I liked that the demo confirmed many assumptions I made prior to playing it. E.g. How much Obsidian ****ed up the game.
Matt-C Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Seriously though, the co-op on the XBL demo was pretty fun with my brother. I don't know if that's because we have been holding out for a co-op dungeon crawler for ages now or because it's actually good.
Starwars Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Your mission is to be ignored by people? I guess we all need a goal in our lives. Anyways, the thing I probably liked the most in the demo was the stance system. Think it works very well and is fun to use. I also liked the abilities and skills a lot, though I find Anjali's to be a great deal more interesting than Lucas'. Game has gorgeous art direction in terms of its environments. Liked the fleshing out of the lore and think the story (what little we've seen of it) has a lot of potential. Music is great. Listen to my home-made recordings (some original songs, some not): http://www.youtube.c...low=grid&view=0
Lexx Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 I liked how smooth the game / demo is running + the transition from outside to inside locations (if there is a difference, engine wise). Also that fire woman, whatever the name was, looks nice when in hoover mode and burning hair. :> "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
Renevent Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 I thought the fight with the witch was pretty good. Loot seemed pretty good too, though not sure how deep it get's in the full game.
WorstUsernameEver Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Music is good and hardcore seems to provide some fun challenge. Also, despite the game looking so-so in anything but the top-down view (which could have been zoomed further away), the art direction itself is pretty solid.
Bos_hybrid Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Stable/smooth engine. Nice lighting. Good art direction.
Labadal Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Music Design/art direction, lighting Lots of loot Stances Abilities and talents and the upgrades you can put in them No Loading screens for area transition
Alpha Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) MusicLots of loot Abilities and talents and the upgrades you can put in them No Loading screens for area transition this and this : organized loot inventory screens. you have a lil time to recover back loot that you did sell by mistake. Edited June 8, 2011 by Alpha
Tale Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Combat seems to be growing on me. I haven't given the demo a full shake yet, though. I noticed that when playing as the fire-girl, tossing down her fire special, then switching to her melee form made things fairly easy, but also a bit exciting. If the game favors more quick micro like that as I give it a harder look, then I can see really liking it. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
hopfrog16 Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 There were actually quite a few things in the demo that I liked. =) The things I liked most were the combat and the visuals.
Subliminal Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 I liked that I could exit the game by hitting esc once, a lot more than I can say about the inventory screen.
Oner Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Hit F once. Giveaway list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgyQFpOJvyNASt8A12ipyV_iwpLXg_yltGG5mffvSwo/edit?usp=sharing What is glass but tortured sand?Never forget! '12.01.13.
Eriksharp Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 The OST, the combats, the inventory, how plays with controller of xbox, the graphic engine, now, obsidian do an excellent work of non-bugs... But i don't like that; the map is an only way, is confirmed for the retail game? Is DS3 going to have a open map, or not
GhostofAnakin Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 I think the combat design is the real highlight, the stance system is very fun in practice - with buddy co-op & hardcore difficulty the resurrection mechanic will also make it even more tense. It's a pity this isn't backed up by enemies that have more 'punch' to them (i.e. look like they're running on solid ground instead of floating, though few games manage this), but the animations are nice to look at, too. Quests / story is still unknown really, since most of the demo was the tutorial area. Game also looks quite good for the most part, with a couple of problems (character models). This is the part I'm most interested in. The other stuff looks fine, but what will make or break the game for me, will be the story/quests. "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation)
Starwars Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 The OST, the combats, the inventory, how plays with controller of xbox, the graphic engine, now, obsidian do an excellent work of non-bugs...But i don't like that; the map is an only way, is confirmed for the retail game? Is DS3 going to have a open map, or not Listen to my home-made recordings (some original songs, some not): http://www.youtube.c...low=grid&view=0
Kirii Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 Since I loved pretty much everything about the demo I will only list the one or two "niggles". -Exiting the inventory should just be one click of the BACK button. The B can be used to back up one menu level. -You can't zoom into the map, and I couldn't find a larger map anywhere. (Maybe this will show up in the full game?)
Pidesco Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 You can zoom the mini map a bit. It's down on the d-pad. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend.
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