New Combat Trailer Revealed for Bound by Flame on PS4

The Playstation Blog released a new Combat Trailer for Spiders Studios' PS4 RPG Bound by Flame.

[Palitera]

The more I see, the less I'm willing to pay 60 bucks for this game.

The focus seems to be the combat, but still there is no impact at all on the hits. I wonder if the enemies are actually dying from the tickling the hits are doing on them.

The AI seems terrible too. The "action" is very close to a turn-based game: I attack, you wait. You attack, I wait.

The combat designer of this game needs another profession.

[SamPao]

Hm I would wait till you play it to say that it seems that there is no impact.
But I agree that they seem to focus on combat wich I think is only positive.

That turn-based stuff...is obviously only because he did not want to get hit and just show different attacks.
Looks very intuitive if ot works good.

[Palitera]

Every gameplay trailer is showing that there is no impact. You hit the enemy and you only know you did it because its health go 10% down. (The stealth kill pretty much proves that the hit detection is not tied to the animation)

Seems like a borefest to me.

Okay if you like it. I foresee a 62 Metacritic score.

[vishmarx]

i have to agree with the no impact thing.
slicing butter has more weight to it

[AsimLeonheart]

The game may be lacking in certain departments but being turn-based is not one of them. Turn-based is just one of the kinds of the RPG genre. Turn-based games are strategic just like a game of chess. The player has to anticipate the enemies action and take appropriate measures. Real-time battle systems may be "realistic" but they often devolve in to mindless button mashing and hacking/slashing.

[nix]

Demon's/Dark Souls series says hello.

i know most of the hack/slash games are mindless button smashing but if done right, it can be an awesome experience. but this game isn't impressive at all.

[AsimLeonheart]

@nix

That is why I said "often". The souls series is one such exception where real time battle system is excellent.

[Ozmoses]

also none of us know what the difficulty levels are like...

for the purposes of the demo they probably played it on the easiest difficulty.

It's $49.99 but is released between MLB The Show and Watch Dogs.

I'll still probably grab it up either way though.

[Blackleg-sanji]

its $50

[candy_mafia]

@Palitera

The game looks ok, and there ain't many RPG's on PS4 at present, so it may do well, but dude...

Do you ever have anything positive to state at all?

I read your 'comment history' and all I see is negativity since you joined N4G in January 2014.

Cheer the hell up ;/

[Palitera]

Well, to me, the industry is mostly sucking big time recently. Also what is talked about is not exactly what I do like or even expect to be good.

What do I think is really great?
Trine 2 on PS4, Don't Starve, Resogun, Dark Souls 2, Dying Light, probably The Witcher 3 and Watch Dogs, maybe the new Batman, kind of Dead Rising 3, PS4 living room streamings, Destiny, solid performance, PS+ (and US catching up!)...

What I think is bollocks:
Deep Down, Titanfall, graphics downgrades, PS Now, the shiny PS4 corridor shooter, free to play, ESO, half a dozen good games to play on the new machines, GTA V. Shooters Shooters Shooters Shooters. And, above everything, console and flame wars.

So, basically, what you guys do like the most to post and talk about is exactly what I think are or will be great flops and sometimes even bad for the industry.

So I agree with you. I keep my points, but know that the current state of gaming is not looking good to me.

-

Out of bubbles, so... edit: As said, I recognize you're right about it. I'll find a way to cheer the hell up. lol

[MeLoveRamen]

Palitera it has only been 4 months since both next gen consoles released and for that little of time you have a lot of games to play. Deep down looks like its gonna be a great game, the only graphic downgrade that i know of is watch dogs, Ps now looks very interesting especially if it works good, What shiny ps4 corridor shooter are you talking about, free to play can be great if done right, and there aren't many shooters coming out this year.

[candy_mafia]

Wow! I totally didn't expect that!

You're like so honest about it, and you were polite in your reply too!

Lol wow, cool :)

[sdozzo]

It's not listed at $60

[Tdmd]

I was going to make the same coment. Well, almost. I haven't seen any other videos for this game, but the lack of impact animation completely killed the combat for me. I think/hope they've shown this too soon. Maybe they are still working on those animations... it has potential to be another Amalur, combat wise, IF they fix it.

[Meltic]

It doesen't blow my mind to pay 60 bucks for this game so i will wait. The combat seems flat and funky and same attacks over and over again... and what is going on with that slow mo ?. Its disturbing

[Blackleg-sanji]

its 50$

[Meltic]

meaby where u live but here it cost 60

[Tex117]

Same...It doesn't look bad by any means, but 60 bucks? Not sure about that.

[Baka-akaB]

Feel like a successor to Amalur , nothing truly exciting , but decent enough . At least this one wont be released alongside too many juggernauts so got a fair chance at selling

[Palitera]

Amalur had excellent combat. It has big flaws, but that "old" game core gameplay destroys this one's, which is pretty much the opposite.

[Baka-akaB]

Not disputing that ... but ultimately , for many it wasnt a really excisting title . I got the same vibe , regardless of gameplay differences , that's all

[SageShinigami]

Having seen this video...uhhhh....hell no. Amalur's combat was far superior to this.

[Batnut00]

That music is going to get very old very fast.

[Blackleg-sanji]

should be enough to crave my rpg needs for ps4 50 bucks isnt bad either

[gamedebater]

Wow I'm seeing a lot of weird comments.

1. The enemies do stagger when you hit them

2. The graphics are good they just have a alamur / Dragon age 2 art direction.

3. The game looks like it's trying to be an dark souls / alamur game which focuses on fun combat.

4. My only issue is that it looks to easy.

[Clogmaster]

The enemies do stagger sometimes but still not enough hit stun. I believe they need to implement a "screen shake" for the camera as well for a bit more weight on the attacks that don't generate stun animations.

Aside, I'm looking forward to a new Dragon's Dogma. The combat in that game was a lot of fun and opened up a lot of doors for potential.

[gamedebater]

camera shake isn't there in Dark souls. screen shake is just for looks. dark souls looks boring to play but is exhilarating.

im not saying this game looks amazing but for an exclusive rpg with solid combat i'll be content.

[Nine_Thousaaandd]

Looks pretty good to me...may give it a go on May,9.

[Rickgrimes95]

I'm sorry I know a lot of people would be interested in something like this but this isn't for me would rather wait for wolfenstein and watch dogs ps4

[BattleTorn]

I get a 'War-in-the-North' (LotR) feeling from this game.

Meaning I'll probably end up getting it and liking for what it is.

I'm dying for nextgen content. I even just bought Ground Zeroes - i know, shoot me. I saw the credits role after about an hour, my roommate told me I ought to return it.. but I'll get a bit of replay out of it while there's nothing else

[MainstreamGamer]

This seems to be a "AA" or "A" type of game, neither a big budget game nor an Indie. Last gen, the video game industry basically decimated the second tier games, so glad to see some sort of revival in this generation.

[iWishTifaWasReal]

idk about u guys but this looks like God of War for some reason. prolly just me

[leahcim]

U-U-U-U-U-ULTRA CLUNKY!

[mogwaii]

Ugly game

[Rivitur]

I won't dismiss it completely but it will be on my wait for the reviews list. I expect 7's

[SageShinigami]

Looks like Amalur but the colors aren't quite as bright. That's okay I guess.

But the weak hit detection is off-putting. And from reading the comments...this was supposed to be $50?! Are you kidding me? For a game that looks like this, with that combat system, I'd pay $25. Max.

[Predaking77]

I didn't knew this game was coming next month. Hope there is a demo.

[lodossrage]

And all I can do is laugh. And I'm laughing because this seems familiar.

I remember when Atlus and From Software had first shown gameplay for Demon Souls. The same comments people are using to throw a negative spin on Bound by Flame are the same ones people used when they first saw gameplay for Demon Souls.

Yet what happened, Demon Souls became so popular that all of a sudden From Software got a ton of new fanboys/girls saying "FROM Software is my favorite developer" (when they know damn well they were talking about how crappy they were for years). And a successor series by the name of Dark Souls came out.

Am I saying Bound by Flames will be a cult hit like that? Not at all. But what I AM saying is that people need to stop doing things like judging by what they see and what they read in "reviews" (aka usually paid for opinions) and at least PLAY things for themselves.