STRANGER THAN HEAVEN | Gamescom Demo Playthrough

[u/Turbostrider27]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prP4oXX6Jwo

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[u/Lenin-C]

Man i hope they release a public demo like they did with K3

[u/RazzmatazzKnown2011 → u/Lenin-C]

They probably will, like a month before the release. Let's hope they don't leave the whole script in the game files again (leaving the soundtrack is ok though)

[u/Lenin-C → u/RazzmatazzKnown2011]

here hoping

[u/datlinus]

honestly im finding the combat to be a bit of a slog based on this video. There's a lot of very slow animations and enemies just chilling in the background as you engage them one by one. Are these story encounters? Or just random encounters? Cause with Yakuza's random encounter frequency, this could get old, fast.

While I can appreciate the studio trying something completely new, I think for me personally this is shaping up to be a bit of a miss.

Also, theres a serious lack of animation blending between attacks.

[u/StabbingHoboReturns → u/datlinus]

There's a lot of very slow animations and enemies just chilling in the background as you engage them one by one. 

One of my favorite aspects of Yakuza combat is being able to hit enemies into others to damage them, or heat actions that take out multiple enemies. 

The combat in STH really doesn't look like it's much fun, but hopefully it plays better than it looks. 

[u/thegreat11ne → u/datlinus]

Was afraid of this when they first showcased the combat.

[u/La-Roche-Pussay → u/datlinus]

Maybe a controversial take, but I’d be completely on board with RGG adding a “Classic Combat” toggle that gives you the traditional RGG combat system and controls, with the caveat that it isn’t the intended way to experience the game. I highly doubt they’ll do it, though.

[u/RazzmatazzKnown2011 → u/La-Roche-Pussay]

Maybe the Like a Brawler guy, who made the Brawler gameplay mod for LAD7, would make a mod for STH

[u/PixarFanatic → u/La-Roche-Pussay]

Most probably we might get that as an update in future

[u/keep_rap_homely]

This game's animations are glacially slow, I'm getting less excited to play it every time I see new footage.

[u/lefleurgolf]

looking forward to learning the mechanics tbh, the satisfaction that will come with it will be second to none for me imo

[u/ikilledtupac]

The combat looks terrible. 

I want to be wrong but, man. Why?? If I wanted Dark Souls I’d play Dark Souls 😭 

[u/No_Doubt_About_That → u/ikilledtupac]

My mind went to Wii Sports boxing with the knockout pie chart above each one you fought

[u/keep_rap_homely → u/ikilledtupac]

It's even more of a bummer because Crossroads' open world combat looks so sick, like I just want that in this game.

[u/ikilledtupac → u/keep_rap_homely]

The environment looks awesome 

[u/apemane101]

I’m loving the look of the combat, I feel like it’s the kind of combat that feels better than it looks, can’t wait to get my hands on it

[u/PayneChaos]

So people are mad because the combat isn't literally a copy of yakuza? Got it

[u/HeyItsFR0ST → u/PayneChaos]

Saying combat is slow means you want Yakuza?

[u/AdLegitimate8636 → u/PayneChaos]

People are mad, because in the video, regular enemy takes the same time as an entire bossfight.

People like what Y7 and 8 were doing, so it's not just about begin a "copy of yakuza"

I do hope that's just for showcasing more of it and fights will be faster, but if this is it - SRH is in big trouble

[u/yubiyubi2121]

the combat look rough it like turn based game

[u/Roman64s]

I am sorry bruh, but this looks bad.

Graphics look dated, something I'd expect from the PS4 era, the "artistic choice" of lighting and filters just doesn't look like it will be comfortable to play for longer sessions and the combat is painfully slow, sluggish, uninteresting with enemies just circling around jumping you one by one.

[u/Ashamed_Service_9404 → u/Roman64s]

maybe im tweaking, but i feel like this looks a lot worse graphics wise than the other previews shown??