17 Minutes of Soulframe Gameplay Demo | Tennocon 2024

Get a brand new look at Soulframe including some customization, finding a new ancestral and a battle with some enemies and a mini boss.
#soulframe #tennocon #gaming

[@8-bitbenzu529]

love the aesthetics but they definitely need to tighten up the combat/animations

[@thealgerian3285]

This is why I always directly skip to a part with combat when a video like this drops.

[@gloriouskatatsumuri]

AA

[@miyamotolethmor]

Agreed

[@UmGoticoAleatorio]

Yup

[@deephelldotcom]

just need to tighten up the graphics on level 3...

[@Dex_Xean]

They really really really REALLLY need to focus on making combat better.

[@prettyboyg1278]

Yes, stop wasting time on cute animals and flute interactions and finally create the combat foundation for this game that it desperately needs.

[@spudster8887]

Its made by DE, warframe has the best gameplay of really anything in its genre. Gameplay when this releases, is the one thing we should have some confidence in

[@focusidiotus1180]

@@spudster8887 wrong, warframe combat animations are clunky and bad. you just don't notice it because it if fast and the movement is very fluent

[@spudster8887]

@@focusidiotus1180 The combat in warframe is the best in its genre, you can sit here and babble on as much as you want, you aren't changing my mind on that. I likely have more hours in that game than you do in video games just in general, so i think ill stand by my own informed opinion on the matter.

[@ryudjn6590]

​@@spudster8887then maybe you should spend more time on other games aside from Warframe. Clearly you're completely oblivious to how good combat has become in the last few years. Maybe you should play some monster hunter for example. Or devil may cry. You will soon notice how indescribable bad and empty (melee) combat feels in Warframe compared to the best in class.

[@FearHeldDear5859]

people are saying combat but i think its more the movement of his hips/legs during combat. It looks like hes sliding around unnaturally

[@buggiemara4902]

The combat director reading the comments right now: 🤯

[@Skeletoncross]

Have you played a souls game before? This combat looks great

[@Matt-lx5my]

​@@Skeletoncross to be fair this is hardly a souls game

[@Musica-zt6ov]

@@Skeletoncross bro open your eyes

[@jaarkhan]

assuming this game has a combat director...

[@vulconix]

⁠@@Skeletoncrosswtf kinda souls game have you played to think this is similar?

[@seanhickey5898]

Combat has the jank dna of Warframe, too "floaty". Screen shake and recoil animations aren't enough to make me believe the weight behind the strikes (if that makes any sense). Maybe pulling the camera in a bit and locking combat to a circulur, almost dueling plane might make that better. I like Warframe (500 hours over a few years), will give this a shot. Just wish they'd remove some more of the Warframe skeleton to give this the right feel for their vison of "grounded" combat

[@killyVEN16]

I totally agree with you. I'm glad I'm not the only one with the same impression. I hope they update all animations

[@nagatodan]

Combat is so floaty, it should take notes from Fromsoft or action games. It shouldnt take the Warframe melee combat, it works for warframe because the gameplay is really fast and mostly just shooting or nuking everything

[@allthiskorrie3061]

Same man it feels janky still !!! They need to stop being stubborn they could've switched engines or worked on theirs way more maybe mocap all moves ?

[@nagatodan]

@@allthiskorrie3061 switching engines is never the option, but they can certainly work around with their engine to make it look or feels good to play, its not like they DONT have experience on their engine for decades now

[@seanhickey5898]

@@allthiskorrie3061 Oh the moves we see here are almost all mocap, with adjustment made for aesthetic reasons. The main issue I see is everything surrounding the animations. Speed, communication of effect, and physical distance. Warframe's "floaty" look (from my POV at least) comes from keeping in mind the fact that the player can bullet jump at anytime, from any previous movement or animation. 100% Mocap would look like Mortal Kombat, which is a bad thing, as each button activates a canned animation. No fluidity, just rigid instant actions. I think Soulframe needs to simply choose a plane they want to act on. Warframe is full range of motion, vertical especially. If this is mostly on the ground, they don't need to keep that design in the game.

[@hijodelsoldeoriente]

They nailed the creative direction, both visual and audio. I presume the lore and world-building is also interesting.They just need to work a bit on the combat.

[@commplexxgaming7281]

Warframe wasn’t in peek condition when it dropped give the devs some patience and support

[@adamheeley285]

For real. most triple a games take 6-8 years to make and are aslo not free to play. They did an amazing job for only 2 years of development.

[@_Ikelos]

implying Warframe is in a good condition now?

[@kimalsegaminglife979]

@@_Ikelos its been for years , get out of your hole XD

[@seanliu1813]

@@_IkelosBro your name is from Destiny… is that game doing any better right now? Every single content creator on that game is coping and struggling to make ends meet.

[@_Ikelos]

@@seanliu1813 I've had this name since 2008 bro

[@nilocblue]

They're definitely wanting to share early gameplay, because this is early development. The game needs LOTS of work, especially when it comes to combat. I guess they're looking for early feedback?

[@sauzy0]

They definitely got it lol, this video alone has more dislikes than likes but I would like to believe it's not the end, atleast unless they really iron press that combat out for real

[@0wolfclaw064]

It's in closed pre-alpha right now, opening up in Fall, they're specifically wanting to build this game with community feedback/involvement from the ground up

[@ShadmehR_23]

​@@0wolfclaw064wow.. What good thing too do.. I wish all of companies did this.. Specially for f2p games

[@iheartdonuts662]

​@@ShadmehR_23 ye thats what DE mostly did with warframe. It just a shame that i see people outright dismissing this game as if it wasn't intentional.

[@Jslaughter90]

The still cooking, give them time. This was put out to let players see the vision.

[@Onyx64922]

They need to stop focusing on flashy ui and cool sfx and focus more on combat. This game has a lot of potential and aesthetically exactly what I want from a video game, but man this looks so clunky

[@andrewpearson3516]

This is exactly the problem with this era customer. For starters, you clearly have no idea how games are made when you think it's one person focusing on 1 task at a time. But more importantly it's not a it's not about what you want, it never has been. Steve Like every other artist had a vision for this project, in this project, he took things he liked from warframe and adapted them in this world. His team is not making a game Taylored to you. So the idea that you think they should focus on something that you want is just insane

[@thethiccdonut5257]

@@andrewpearson3516It’s not too much to ask for combat in a combat drive game to not look like dog water

[@pixelmaster9964]

@@andrewpearson3516Steve on his alt account be like… Literally nobody but any of this on a single project. Just because Steve is directing the game doesn’t make him solely responsible for everything wrong with it.

[@jaughnekow]

that character customisation intro is peak

[@moosecat00]

Combat needs some milk.

[@takerukurosawa2337]

The combat needs more work imo but other than that this game looks great

[@AW-cv8nf]

Nothing about the game looks great except for the parts that don't matter at all. it will be DOA if they dont heavily improve gameplay and animations

[@takerukurosawa2337]

@@AW-cv8nf animations are fine imo, the only problem is the gameplay

[@forcommentpurposes]

@@takerukurosawa2337 gameplay has bad animations

[@nagatodan]

theres a lot of problems with the game, the flashes making you blind is also a big problem, why showcase that

[@takerukurosawa2337]

@@forcommentpurposes yah

[@feddora5776]

Cant wait to play this, i see the potential, and i know that they know that the combat needs work, is a game in development, got to be patient, cant wait to get into it

[@Blackinfem]

The game IS NOT FULLY MADE YET. My god u rlly think games are fully fledged flawless and bugless months before release?

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

I will definitely try this game if this combat gets fixed. I’ve been hearing the Studio takes criticism seriously and that’s a very good thing. Many studios do not listen to their customers these days. If they fix it, I will support it just out of principal.

[@Despoina_Nyx]

Game looks cool, just hope those animations are placeholders and they polish them a bit, mainly the combat animation. That is really the only thing I see being rough.

[@petebagwell6666]

Looks okay from a distance but then you take a real look at it and its very unpolished

[@k33p54]

It’s not even an alpha, bro. This game isn’t supposed to release until years from now

[@thacoolest13]

@@k33p54 They shouldn't be showing it then. Looks awful.

[@bulthaosen1169]

​@@thacoolest13DE always shows it's works. That's why they are liked. You don't want bait and switch scenarios now do you?

[@rccombs111]

@@k33p54 years from now? Its slated to come out by end of 2024.

[@papiagua]

especially combat

[@HelloFellowMellowMarshmallow]

I always found Warframe's melee animations to be very lackluster since they trade smoothness to snappiness and it shows in this gameplay. It just doesn't work here. It makes the gameplay look like a college project. The only reason it worked on Warframe is because we're so fast we don't notice.

[@djsazm3580]

This looks rough.

[@AzaJabar]

Cuz it is work in progress

[@Alltimefox]

That’s rough buddy

[@riven4121]

Probably because it's still in the alpha stage

[@ChrisRz]

@@riven4121 bad even for an alpha

[@riven4121]

@@ChrisRz It's an alpha it's supposed to be bad. It is quite literally years off from being released.

[@Trippyfury]

Please more on combat D.E combat needs to have more of a cinematic satisfaction for me or maybe something else i don't know but its missing alot i know they can work out

[@Krampus6-1-6]

This game looks so good artistically.

[@SmoughTown]

Here for it!

[@anthonyzarfati3579]

The binding lights were a little rough, but I don’t think it’s all bad.

[@Cyberclone07]

I just remembered this, searched for "soulframe" and THERE'S A GAMEPLAY TRAILER???

[@Emperorwolffang]

Combats a little clunky up close but otherwise it looks good so far

[@PaendaTube]

It's like they made bosses around game mechanics but that fight seemed so underwhelming

[@MJ-revered]

Killing a bunch of dudes and the crowd goes wild.

[@josephjoestar3627]

Needs a little polish and fine tuning but looks ight

[@vladlozhenkov7063]

cool atmosphere but combat... I hope they make combat better from the last gameplay i don't see improvement

[@CrunchyKieran15]

Can someone explain if this is same game to Warframe, like a live service, or a whole new type of game?

[@AzaJabar]

Nope same thing as Warframe

[@tingispingis]

Free to play live service if that's what you're asking

[@SirCamWA]

It is not the same as Warframe.

[@chimerakait]

Free to play, buy microtransactions to support studio

[@Phillipmurr]

Another live service just 10 times worse than Warf frame.

[@pixelmaster9964]

Combat was never DEs strong suit. Idk why everyone expected greatness from this after we got drifter combat in duviri. Warframe combat is great because of all of the insanely cool stuff the player is able to do within the games systems. To make a game with essentially the same combat foundation, and remove all of that is a strange decision to me.

[@-NoRussian]

The shield parry needs to be more impactful and a better animation pushing the enemy back. But I'm really interested in this game.. great work so far

[@reaperlongsword6269]

We just want a good combat action RPG that can play with friend.

[@Hjartulv]

"SKYRIM SE 4K MODS ULTRA REALISTIC GAMEPLAY"

[@TheCasimir94]

Modded skyrim looks better 😅

[@Hjartulv]

@@TheCasimir94 it does indeed

[@happycrasher1714]

Combat isnt that bad it just needs animation refinement, whats everyone having a fit over? Games not even out yet and everything looks super polished, besides animationsbwere the weakpoint of warframe as well

[@fishandham1]

steve clearly forgot about the game part of "videogame"

[@ruandeswardt6106]

The art style looks amazing,I'll leave it at that...wait and see.

[@Rastamike808]

Looks like a skin over warframes engine

[@thatonepenguinperson618]

They're both using the same engine, so that's to be expected.

[@WirxawTanev]

Looks like a new AAAA contender to Skull&Bones. Both AC4BF and Warfarm were made 10 years ago. Both AC4BF and Warfarm are better than their spin-offs ten years later.

[@traviszane5334]

Tbh the combat looks very similar to beta Warframe. It would not surprise me if they polished it up while in Beta and then released the full game the following year. Which I'm fine with as it will give time for feedback. Edit: this is just a preview and they still have a couple more months before release

[@SiddiqueSukdiki]

i think floating in the air is okay in a shooter because even if you are in the air, you can be shot.. against melee enemies, it just feels like cheating

[@thexunit4129]

Its so flashy like I had to close my eyes the whole time

[@UptownGuz]

Yea combat needs a lot of improvements…

[@ShadmehR_23]

the idea and concept, art style, graphics, animations everything looks awesome.. but its looks like,Combat is from a different game.. make it cool.. this game needs combat like hellbade and then ppl will pay for it, no need to f2p But i don't know, maybe each weapon(or category) has special move set.. closer camera, less shake and recoil would really help

[@ldgam]

It looks so beautiful! The aesthetic of it all! Can’t wait to play it!

[@WeirdThingsGames]

That's a creative character creator ❤

[@iROHxo]

So my AI talk YET I seems like in every new game NPC are extra bad.

[@mattc7420]

5:18 it's 2024 and devs are still making the "press X to get free social media engagement" button.

[@SagaciousEagle]

Mortal Shell, Dark Souls, Warframe. That's what it's supposed to be, isn't it?

[@BerlinTrainStation1]

Still loving the vibe but I second all the comments on the combat. It's probably fine but it could be great with time and attention.

[@spartakus3028]

Duviri The DLC !! 🤣

[@MrCcs15]

Are people really applauding at these combat moments? Hopefully the devs don't get too carried away with the positive feedback because the combat and movement needs work for sure.

[@eternalsovereign8278]

Still don't see how this is going to be a MMO experience 🤔

[@shabla]

has a lot of personality, sounds amazing, but the gameplay/movement/combat looks a bit rough. not exactly sure what. animations, gliding, rough transitions, hit feedback, etc

[@razzgrizz3]

everything falls apart after that intro sequence. try again next year lads

[@jas6853]

I almost had motion sickness and a seizure watching this, can’t wait for it to come out but I hope they focus more on improving the combat

[@dddqb]

it really doesn’t make to sense to have that same float feeling from warframe, all the animations need a lot more weight behind them

[@Will-yi2jq]

Everyone making souls game. Just because the genre is there doesn't mean everyone should touch it.

[@adogg281]

NGL, it felt like a soulsborne game mixed with remnant and Skyrim.

[@1yu8omir]

No one touches your souls brah, not every combat game is souls

[@juventinoaparis]

Hi! It's a soulslike?

[@silentstreets]

combat needs work but teh design and themes of teh world seem super interesting, love the sound design too, love that snap of the fingers to summon teh bird guide, coming along well, please include short hair options hahah i hate long hair for a protagonist hahaha it doesnt seem important but it is hahahah

[@theULTIMATETetris]

This still feels very early. I hope the combat gets an overhaul, because it looks kind of rough right now.

[@iheartdonuts662]

That cuz it is... this is pre-alpha.

[@theULTIMATETetris]

@@iheartdonuts662 It's also coming out later this year, and for an alpha for a game releasing this year it looks rough.

[@iheartdonuts662]

@@theULTIMATETetris this is how warframe was released. This wouldn't really be a complete game until two years time. But, DE likes to release their games ultra early to get feedback and make changes. I think you are quite literally judging this too early. Its gonna be rough, the development has only been about two to three years. Not nearly enough time for a free to play game on this *scale* , to be to the standards of a tripple A game thats been in development for over five years to completion. I trust DE to do a good job and listen to feedback like they did with warframe.

[@krieg938]

fighting gameplay looks like modded skyrim

[@1yu8omir]

Since when it's bad?

[@caprise-music6722]

Nice. There’s not enough ACTION ADVENTURE RPG’s in the world. I’ll keep my eye out for this one. Hope it comes to XBX

[@Lettuce_Play]

I just discovered this because I’m into all this sword and sorcery stuff. I read this is connected to a game called Warframe? I checked out that trailer and it looks sci-if. It was also free. Does anyone have news on whether this will also be free?

[@bakedsoupwithcakes5025]

It's free

[@Lettuce_Play]

@@bakedsoupwithcakes5025 🙏

[@mitkoogrozev]

This will be free, online and co-op, with a story and lots of items and weapons to grind, and everything being updated indefinitely, like Warframe. Presuming it's dev cycle would be like Warframe, everything will be improved over time, and the game will be released in an alpha version of sorts.

[@condor6327]

​​@@mitkoogrozev Thank you for providing a realistic outlook. I feel like a lot of the doomers here either don't know or don't remember the state that Warframe was released in. That game is NOTHING like it was in 2013. This isn't to say anyone should accept a half-baked product, but my point is that it will definitely improve (and maybe considerably at that) over time.

[@redcronojm]

feels like Zelda type of game

[@AceStrife]

I can't believe they felt comfortable showing off combat in this game. They need playtesters from outside the studio. This is terrible.

[@iheartdonuts662]

Thats the point, they are keeping things transparent in their early development stages. Keyword: early.

[@tomekk.1889]

​@@iheartdonuts662Are they though? Because this doesn't look early. This is too far into development to only now be worrying about combat. Combat should have been the FIRST thing they worked on. And the argument that they wanted to collect feedback doesn't make sense either because you don't need feedback to realize that the combat looks awful. It's immediately noticeable by anyone

[@iheartdonuts662]

@@tomekk.1889 they haven't even released the open beta yet. Furthermore they've only been working on this game for about 2 years. Whachu talkin bout bruv. DE want us to play and test while they make updates to the game, *live* . So stop tryna ruin a good thing with your excessive worrying. 😮‍💨

[@Blackinfem]

@@tomekk.1889you should really learn more about game development if u think like that

[@AlexLogish]

This is fantastically beautiful!) Thanks for the gameplay😄😍😄

[@VI2KS]

Is that a warframe like ? Or is it a game that can be completed from A to Z without spending 10000+ hours like Gears of War ?

[@Blackinfem]

Probably like warframe

[@Viper-fd2fx]

The combat reminds me of Soulsborne games.

[@MrShotgunWaffles]

Crazy that a games combat can look stiff and slidey at the same time lol. I hope they improve on it.

[@kram9850]

yeah this all but confirms it now duviri was a test run, I don't know why people hate duviri so much, I loved it, what I didn't love was that I had to play as a warframe 60% of the time, the drifter gameplay was so good and good change of pace, I know souls like isn't for everyone and I get why DE decided to keep the drifter gameplay limited, but seeing DE doing a full game for the duviri fans is awesome, I couldn't play warframe the same again after duviri

[@idimebag_163]

Released date ?

[@LeonidasGGG]

There's not even Lock-On? DOA. 😩

[@newguyiswinning]

Really cool! Liking it

[@StonedMedic]

This looks awesome I can’t wait

[@tinysmardy]

is it in the same world as warframe?

[@thebrigade7684]

How come they are failing to deliver on the aspect Warframe nails so nicely bruh

[@Blackinfem]

Oh maybe because THE GAME ISNT DONE

[@Jay-gc1ku]

This looks so clunky

[@adogg281]

Kinda reminds me of Dark Souls and Remnant: from the ashes. Well, almost, kinda, sort of

[@ARK1X]

This isn't 1999?!

[@mustachecashestash5825]

Combat: please help me!!!! HELP

[@michelleang9870]

Verminia's voice actress sounds like Aurora??

[@Blackinfem]

Aurora Aksnes?

[@SteamingNoodle]

That looks amazing!

[@rubenwilde]

What happened? The previous demo looked so refined. How did you make it worse? 😂

[@estebanruiz6228]

Does Soulframe belong to Tencent?

[@maurijester]

This is not it DE... still needs a lot of work on animations as the combat looks very rough. Here's hoping they can replicate Watframe's immaculate combat feel

[@FinnOver-k6b]

You can't spell ungrateful without "rat"

[@verde5738]

This suffers from the same issue Skyrim modders face when they try to turn Skyrim into a Souls-like. No matter how many graphical improvements you make, or how cool and flashy you make your animations, you can't fix a janky, outdated physics engine. The attack animations are weightless and lack impact, the character movements are floaty, and the general feel of the combat really shows this engine's age. There's only so much adding prettier graphics can do, and this seems to be this engine's limit.

[@syrten]

the combat looks so clunky

[@Desert2252]

That player character was made for a modern audience.....

[@iheartdonuts662]

I think it interesting how character customization starts off that way. Knowing how DE is with warframe; that game is heavily customizable. It's obvious it wont end there. So to say it's for "modern players" is dishonest. DE games has always looked like this, and then, they allow you good control over what you want your avatar to look like.

[@Asti223]

Book of Travels, anyone?

[@wiirawiira]

Plays like Warframe but it has no appeal to Warframe players because the theme is conflicting. Warframe fits with the enemy jank and floaty animations because you're just flying around with your frame shooting and hitting a bunch of things without much thought, but with a medieval fantasy theme I don't see how it'll fit with this style of gameplay. Now you'll be way slower and grounded but the combat and animations still have that feel that fits a fast paced game like Warframe way more. The grounded feel asks for more thoughtful enemies and encounters, and the animations feel tighter/"in place" and have more weight. I know that Fromsoft has been increasing the pace of the games (mostly because they got caught into this "difficulty" fame that did more bad than good), but they all still have a grounded "rhythm" to them. I also know that this is not supposed to be a soulslike but the main issue is a conflict of themes. Either find a way to up the pace to Warframe levels so the gameplay fits or make it grounded like a souls game, an inbetween thing is just going to get hate from both sides.

[@prettyboyg1278]

Warframes / Soulframes engine just doesn't work with souls like combat at all. Too floaty, too weightless. It works for Warframes fast pace, but souls like games needs grounde and heavy physics to feel good. This project was doomed from the get go and it really highlights how Steve always got his priorities wrong.

[@singmysin]

My heavy attacks in warframe feel more grounded and weighty than whatever this is

[@nagatodan]

@@prettyboyg1278 Even so, if they have like decades of experiencve with their engiine they could work around to make it feel good, its not impossible but they really should focus on the combat and how it feels, play and conveyed

[@iiangmariiomega2639]

Warframe is not for me so that game is more interesting. Also has the better artstyle

[@Sam-Fisher]

Hello

[@guyfat9361]

What's that glowing effect bs?

[@singmysin]

Why did they not just go with warframes melee combat withough the guns instead of whatever this is?

[@Blackinfem]

Because this is a different game

[@ZGWarp]

I think the combat needs to be more fluid, movements need to line up with each other better as well as the weight of the roll needs to be more pronounced if you are going to have a slide like this. I think the overall speed of it needs to go up. You and the enemies need to be faster, not warframe speeds but not when you are taking 6 seconds to stab someone on the ground while everyone else stares like 2-4 is enough. It looks as if you are walking with tungsten weights on ice. I will play it but I feel like there needs to be a lot of improvement. Edit: you have an absolute masterpiece here, but i think you need to improve the combat. As well as a skip animation button because i feel like that is going to be that type of game.

[@shawnwatford5425]

The movement and combat somehow look worse than the gameplay video I saw almost a year ago

[@oddwolfMARC]

Maaaaan they’ve got some HEAVY hitters on the horizon when it comes to action rpgs, idk about this one 😳

[@MultiSalvo69]

There's someting wrong in combat sistem 🤔

[@MassiveMawEntertainment]

Looks very aesthetically pleasing and the gui is impressige most impressive. Really seems luke an mmo coming from the warframe devrlopers which is a good thing. Combat is slower and focused but seems like its targetting system is off a bit with the camera. Course i am coming from Elden Ring so expectations are high. This combat seems much better than current mmos so that is good. But from what i've seen and kniw if the company. I'm in.

[@gadiaepps9745]

So this and 1999 will be expansions right not like a separate game

[@Wizardsnail]

1999 is an expansion, this is a separate game

[@gadiaepps9745]

@@Wizardsnail yikes for this to be a separate game they are going need much more work love the concepts though