{"id":85923,"date":"2016-02-04T13:30:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T11:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=85923"},"modified":"2016-02-04T14:47:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T12:47:26","slug":"new-dark-souls-iii-gameplay-demonstrates-a-much-improved-movement-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/85923-new-dark-souls-iii-gameplay-demonstrates-a-much-improved-movement-system","title":{"rendered":"New Dark Souls III gameplay demonstrates a much improved movement system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If these latest <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/85725-dark-souls-iii-screenshots-for-those-who-cant-wait.html\" target=\"_blank\">screenshots<\/a> have anything to say about it, there\u2019s no doubting that <em>Dark Souls III<\/em> is going to look spectacular.<\/p>\n<p>But the reason any of us play a <em>Souls<\/em> game, as well as <em>Bloodborne <\/em>for that matter, is the gameplay \u2013 it\u2019s just so rewarding.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, for as much hype as there is around <em>Dark Souls III<\/em>, we\u2019ve yet to see much of anything. When we do, it\u2019s usually of the same area and playthrough, or some slight variation thereof.<\/p>\n<p>Now, there\u2019s some new gameplay to wrap your brain around, archived from a FromSoftware stream. That does mean it\u2019s in Japanese, but it\u2019s no less appealing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zI09ZVuX5XI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From the moment the player engages with the first enemy he encounters, it\u2019s almost immediately apparent how much movement has been improved.<\/p>\n<p>Rolling, sidestepping, strafing, dashing and everything in-between, it\u2019s all been refined and polished significantly. It\u2019s great news for us because one of our biggest grips with <em>Dark Souls<\/em> was iffy, unpolished player movement.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration of a bow was pretty neat too; it\u2019s definitely a weapon we\u2019re going to be taking advantage of.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine this game at 4K. <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/82504-dark-souls-iii-at-4k-good-luck-finding-anything-prettier.html\" target=\"_blank\">Screenshots of it at 4K<\/a> don\u2019t really tell the whole story, but we\u2019re drooling in anticipation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>News related to Dark Souls III<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/85839-price-of-purchasing-and-pre-ordering-a-new-game-pcs-consoles-digital-and-retail.html\">The cost of purchasing a new game: PCs, consoles, digital and retail<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/85725-dark-souls-iii-screenshots-for-those-who-cant-wait.html\">Dark Souls III screenshots, for those who can\u2019t wait<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/84591-dark-souls-iiis-pc-requirements-are-strangely-low.html\">Dark Souls III\u2019s PC requirements are strangely low<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/82504-dark-souls-iii-at-4k-good-luck-finding-anything-prettier.html\">Dark Souls III at 4k: good luck finding anything prettier<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The moment the player engages with his first enemy in this latest Dark Souls III footage, it&#8217;s immediately apparent how much movement has been improved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":85925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13712,15185,16092,1969,15397,1239,1853,10065],"class_list":["post-85923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-bandai-namco-entertainment","tag-dark-souls-iii","tag-fromsoftware","tag-news-2","tag-pc","tag-playstation-4","tag-playstation4","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}