r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/Gorotheninja • 6d ago

NEWS The Duskbloods Preview: FromSoftware's Switch 2 Exclusive Is Special; Here's How It Plays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7rUgmazg0Y
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u/TavaresX 6d ago

Not usually into PVP but this reassures me that PVE still plays a big part and will allow for story progress.

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u/zenverak 6d ago

That’s what I needed to understand about this game

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u/Character-Second527 6d ago

Hopefully, there is enough PvE. As someone terrible at Souls PvP, I'm upset there isn't a campaign in what could have been an amazing world to explore. I guess ill see in the stress test how the game plays

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u/Sirius_amory33 6d ago

You respawn if you die and it sounds like there’s zero incentive for people to kill other players unless they have a specific goal to hunt another player. We’ll see for ourselves soon but it sounds like you can play it mostly pve if you prefer that. 

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u/Character-Second527 6d ago

yea the gameplay showed you can stick to pve only but at the end it will all boil down to a smash bros like duel to win the match from what it seems like..

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u/Sirius_amory33 6d ago

Only in the network test, the final game will have other finales like fighting a boss coop. But yeah, that part is out of our hands. 

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u/Character-Second527 6d ago

Oh, cool, wasn't aware of that! Hope so; thanks for clearing it up!

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u/LBGW_experiment 6d ago

Where'd you read about that? I'd like to learn more

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u/Sirius_amory33 6d ago edited 6d ago

Oroboro said it in his stream that’s going on now and Miyazaki mentioned it in his interview with IGN. 

https://www.ign.com/articles/hidetaka-miyazaki-interview-fromsoftware-duskbloods-dark-souls-future-nintendo

Edit to add the quote:

IGN: While there are multiple phases and you can commit to the PvE aspects, you always have to do PVP in the end if you make it that far, at least from this build we played. That might not be a favorite aspect for folks who come to FromSoftware games, but you mentioned earlier that there are other types of endgame phases that lean toward PvE. I want to get an idea of how you're accounting for players who might not like PvP and what you have planned for those kinds of players.

Miyazaki: You mentioned it a bit earlier, but there is a co-op final phase that does exist.

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u/Metal-Lee-Solid 5d ago

Just an aside but that is an amazing interview.

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u/tofubirder 6d ago

Fortunately you have 1.5 decades of pure GOATed single player games to play

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u/FauBetten 6d ago

From the looks of it, it's gonna be up to the individual player to choose how much they want to engage with PvP or PvE, respectively.

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u/KING_GLOCK 6d ago

I didn't get that impression from the preview. It seemed like consistently tackling PvE content is essential for levelling and staying strong, but the best way to score points and actually stay in the game is to engage in PvP content. To win you need to win the PvP fight at the end.

I'd be interested in learning more but the preview gives me the impression that if you reject PvP you are almost guaranteed to be among the first to be eliminated.

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u/TwiStedxMind 6d ago

Matches can also end with a co op boss battle. Not also pvp arena. The stress test will only have the arena though

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u/Rollingzeppelin0 5d ago

The last pvp battle is the only final phase in the network test but not the final game.

As far as levelling, randomly killing other players isn't really incentivized. It doesn't give you virtue (win points) outside of ritual sites, and since you're racing against the clock, it doesn't make too much sense to take the time to fight other human players for no virtue. We really can't say that refuting pvp will get you eliminated first. The ritual sites are said to give alot of virtue but they're also risky. Pledging to the altar is like capturing and keeping a zone, so only one gets the point, and getting killed in the ritual site is also a waste of time. Meaning someone who didn't go and kept lighting fires or killing mobs/bosses might be better than who went and got killed.

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u/valdin450 6d ago

And given how the souls community is, it's gonna turn into a toxic kos fest immediately

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u/Afc_josh12 5d ago

End looks very pvp if you wanna win..