Update #42: Weapons and animations!

Whip !!!

ALSO they mentioned a rod...Shield Rod, anyone? :p



Another piece they mentioned is that Guns will now use ammunition. So it's not gunna be like Dawn or Circle of the Moon where you could just fire repeatedly with reckless abandon.

The animations are pretty cool. I like the gun animation and the katana animation the most. The gun cuz twirls and katana cuz form. Although, Miriam seems to have actual form and technique in the weapons she uses, which is quite impressive.

And it seems guns do use ammo.

I liked the way Miriam stands with the gun, looks really cute. The gun weapons is also quite interesting considering you use up the bullets, makes one wonder if the guns will be OP or if we will not get many guns but different types of ammo.

Hmm. Dark Souls nod perhaps? Love the animation tough.

I'm very happy with these animations:

-Although it isn't *quite* what I described in our Weapons thread, I like the added weight the Greatswords have, what with her bringing it over her head for the slam. As long as the sound design is suitably meaty I'll be very satisfied here
-That whip animation is just sexy. I was already gunning for whips and well, now its cemented!
-As someone who didn't dig in when people were cracking the demo, I had no idea the game had firearms, so needless to say when Miriam pulled out a flintlock I was very surprised; and pleased with the animation, and the idea of an ammo system makes me hope for something akin to Salt and Sanctuary, where guns have limited ammo but are quite powerful and satisfying
-The sword, rapier/dagger and spear animations are also quite solid. I especially like that idle stance for Spears.
-I already enjoyed the Katana and Kick animations, and obviously I still do XD

Overall a very satisfying update!

EDIT: The guns, time period (and the fact IGA has said his wife played the game) makes me hope Miriam will have a coat and tricorn hat to wear, that way we can truly realize the IGA take on Bloodborne XD

Fun update. Less content than most expected, i think, but sometimes, you need to hide your goods, so, they can still be goods 

We now can have a official grasp on all Weapon types and how they work and interact with the game.



Considering the update, video, and some speculation, it is fun to see how they organized the weapon types.

I will probably have more to say later, but now, fun update =)

The descriptions had me confused for some reason but I'm glad I went back to analyze the video while reading the update. As these are idle attack animations I wonder if the team will go beyond previous igavanias and include aerial and crouching attack animations that are different from the idle one. Lastly, the lack of specifics for the animation of the whip makes me wonder if different whips will be used differently

or someone reaching lv99?