2 people found this review helpful
Recommended
1.5 hrs last two weeks / 112.8 hrs on record (2.9 hrs at review time)
Posted: 16 Aug, 2019 @ 3:44pm

I'm a DS2 fanboy, yes unpopular opinion but I love DS2 the most, come get it what's up? But, I honestly have to say that DS3 is the ultimate souls experience to date, in my opinion it beats Bloodborne and Sekiro as well, even though I LOVED the artwork and the atmosphere in Bloodborne (who doesn't? lol), but I really think DS3 beats them all, it's just a complete souls game and you can play it however you like, dual-wield, shield builds, tank builds etc etc...

The graphics are great, however I did notice weird frame drops here and there and I do have a beefier machine, it's nothing that would bother you when playing but I have to say I did notice that this is not the greatest console port. DS2 and Dark souls remastered run at 60 fps and absolutely never drop bellow 60, DS3 however tends to go to Bloodborne PS4 30 fps lock level performance in some areas, for whatever strange reason...

The story and the lore are up to you to discover and this is something I always loved about Dark Souls games, I'm old-school, I'm a DOOM and Quake player, I don't have time for long Witcher 3-esque cutscenes and dialogues, I just want to be thrown into the game and action and have fun, I'm not watching a movie, I'm playing a game and DS3 delivers exactly this as previous titles did.

The combat has been vastly improved over the previous games, it's snappy, it's improved and it's fast! I really have to say that I enjoy it tremendously, it has that weight and slashing foes is so fun here. Keep in mind that it is faster than previous games and will kick your a$$ if you don't pay attention. Bosses also come in 'phases' and this adds another layer to the combat, although I'm not a fan of 'phases' in bosses I don't mind it that much.

Anyways, I really wrote too much, just get the game, you won't be disappointed, it's a masterpiece and FROM software is definitely my favorite developer, their games crush all competition, their games are the best, no doubt.
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