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>These new players had no idea how to engage with
Kid.
Dark Souls came out in 2011. That was NOT "normie's first time" with this genre.

We had Monster Hunter.
2004 Monster Hunter
2005 Monster Hunter G, Monster Hunter Freedom
2006 Monster Hunter 2
2007 Monster Hunter Frontier Online, Monster Hunter Freedom 2
2008 Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
2009 Monster Hunter Tri
2010 Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
2011 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

>Normies had no experience with
>New players had no ideas about
>Nothing like Dark Souls ever existed before 2011
>...okay, they DID, but it wasn't as good.
>...okay, they WERE, but they weren't the same.
>...okay, they're SIMILAR, but NORMIES had never played them.
>...okay, they HAD, but fuck you
Ok.