If you like your games to keep you hooked with the promise of bigger and better loot, Godfall could well be the PlayStation 5 launch title for you. Developer Counterplay Games has shared some new details on the game's loot and upgrade systems, and you can see some of it in action with this new video from IGN.
As a self-titled "looter slasher", you'd expect Godfall to be chock-full of ways to customise your character and earn better weapons and armour sets β or Valorplates. This appears to absolutely be the case. Senior technical producer Richard Heyne talks about how the team strived to make each piece of loot look good, but also that your choices are meaningful as well. In the video, you'll see a big skill grid, and you won't be able to max it out in one playthrough. Fortunately, you can respec at any time, and skill points carry over from one Valorplate to another, meaning you don't have to start afresh when you equip new armour. It sounds like the idea is to make the loots and upgrades as streamlined as possible while satisfying stat nerds at the same time.
There's much more info in the video, as well as the text version found here. It all looks pretty in-depth, but what do you think? Are you looking forward to Godfall when PS5 launches next month? Gear up in the comments section below.
[source youtube.com, via ign.com]
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Godfallsdownawell looks really good, I might check it out.
Looks great. I hope it live up to the expectations I have of it and it does well for the developers involved. I hope it surprises a few doubters as well since I know many are still unsure about the game, which is fair. Hoping for the best.
Looks ace! We're going to spend a ton of time playing this I can already tell. Probaby wont be getting it until next year so hopefully any issues are ironed out by then!
Just remove the required internet connection and I'll see about getting it.
@Nepp67
So you're going to Play 100% Offline on your PS5?
I am going to be spending so much time in this...I am really excited.
Very curious about this one. That water, lavafall and cookie cutter foliage, though. Woof.
@sRPlay1989 I usually like to play my games in single player so yes. Besides I'm having internet issues right now so I couldn't even play it if I wanted to.
@Nepp67
You could play Single Player but with Internet Connectivity.
Doesn't mean you need to access their servers to play Online, it's just probably connecting to their servers for Data Gathering and Updates.
Welcome to 2020.
While there's nothing obviously wrong with this game, I just don't see it being a big success.
I could be wrong, but I don't think its design will grab the attention of a large audience, and it doesn't have the benefits of F2P games like Warframe.
really looking forward to this game gets better the more they reveal.
I'm really looking forward to this. Will play as soon as I'm done with Miles Morales.
@sRPlay1989 You're not really understanding what I'm saying. A single player game shouldn't need online in order to play the game. This is one of the reasons why Ghost Recon Break Point got so much ****. It makes no sense for it to require online. It's even worse in the long run when the devs decide to shut down the servers and then poof, can't play the game anymore.
@sRPlay1989 No but i always want a option and singleplayer should not be locked behind a internet connection like a few people mentioned already.
@Nepp67 Either he doesn't understand or he's working for the dev who made the game. Either way I'm with you and I won't buy this game unless I can play it 100% offline. I've had internet problems in the past so I know how annoying it is
@3MonthBeef Every time they describe it i imagine it being 3D Diablo.... I hadn't thought Destiny..... Kinda kills the appeal it has as 3D Diablo when I look at it that way....
It looks well made, really. But something about it seems so generic like it's destined to be a Plus handout sooner than later. As a launch title or seems like it has a role to play, but if it weren't a console launch title I can't imagine anyone even noticing it existed. Though I commend them providing "everything in the box", though the intent there seems muddied with the online requirement.
@sRPlay1989 "Welcome to 2020."
Funny, sounds like 2020 is Don Matrick's 2013....
Im still on the fence on this game but ill probably end up getting it. Although i dont know if ill finish it cause i got demons souls and miles morales ultimate edition. Also watch dogs legion and cyberpunk 2077... gonna be a hurdle to play all of em
@NEStalgia See, a 3D Diablo, or a hack and slash borderlands, I could get in to. A co-op hack and slash role playing game would be great, but a looter shooter without the shooting? 1) I've already grown tired of the grind of that genre, and 2) I feel like shooting has a broader appeal, especially with those who enjoy this genre, and the hack and slash nature will see more fans of the genre be put off.
@3MonthBeef I agree.
Always Online killed my interest in this game.
@Sissyrobyn996 agreed. Bad practice should be called out, not accepted as βthe way it isβ.
Meh. Warframe is free, has a lot of content, playstyles and it's free. Other things to nitpick after watching the video, it's 2020, new and powerful hardware, and yet swinging a ginormous sword in water doesnt do anything? No ripples, splashes, nothing. Slamming a huge mace into the ground, leaves no divot or crater, etc. And when it comes to most hack n slashes, you find a weapon you like, then you find the most efficient combo and spam it over and over again.
Dont get mad at my opinion. We can disagree without getting upset.
@Richnj I've played borderlands (never loved it like most for some reason.) I've played some destiny 2.... Feels like mmo Halo, which isn't a bad thing by any means. What is it that defines "looter shooter" vs Diablo or borderlands? I think of destiny and borderlands the same. Diablo is very stat driven. But i can put a finger in why this is more destiny than Diablo
@NEStalgia Well I've not played Destiny 2 much so I'm not sure how much they changed it, but I found Destiny 1 to be too shallow on character stats, perks and levelling. It essentially jumped straight to the end game grind and was far too reliant levelling up through the weapons and gear rather than character, which required replaying the same content again and again to collect the equipment and materials to upgrade.
Borderlands definitely sits between RPG and looter shooter. Though it does remove most character driven stats, but I never once had to farm for better gear to enjoy the game, and the character skills trees give it just enough depth and character focus to be different. I think the way the quests were given out by very talkative characters in Borderlands, vs Destiny's bounties and mission select maps really helps add more role playing to Borderlands. I guess that's what makes it a "role playing shooter".
It seems interesting. Not a launch purchase for me, but I look forward to it.
@Richnj I can't compare destiny 1 and 2 because i avoided destiny 1 entirely after hearing how dismal it was. From the sound of it, really did improve a lot. It's still rog lite, but didn't have nearly that level of farming. I nenever liked the open mmo areas and the "quest is repeating in 2:00" aspects of it. Sounds like it's more rpg..... But more mmorpg.... The online service aspect is what makes it so weird though.
This doesn't do the service. I still get the sense this is an empty feeling experience, which is a shame. The gameplay looks good mechanically and artistically.
@L3GTRIGA Maybe you should too?
@PhhhCough You can have that opinion no problem im happy it didnt even cross my mind. The game looks great and fun my only beef is the always online thing that is what bothering me more.
@Flaming_Kaiser remember the stink that was raised, when ms said "always online" and slowly but surely, here were are. I agree, always online sucks. When server maintenance happens or the game fails, then early adopters are stuck with an expensive coaster.
@PhhhCough Its not so weird wanting too play older games and when the servers go down you have a β¬60 coaster i think thats a waste. And his stupid reaction dont you have internet is Bull. I always like it when im offline i can still play the singleplayer offline stuff. π π
@Sissyrobyn996 Totally agreed.
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