>Demon's souls comes out.
>Community offering helpful tips, encouraging multiple tools like bows as a side arm, poison arrows, getting the drop on enemies etc.
>"Prepare to die" is a common saying just to let new players know they may die a lot and it's totally normal unlike casual games of the time.
>Dark souls comes out on xbox and PC
>"HOLY SHIT SO THIS IS THE HARDCORE GAME FOR HARDCORE GAMERS LIKE ME PREPARE TO DIE FUCK YEAR"
>Game becomes known for its difficulty above all else.
>Naturally, this means there will be people who refuse to admit it's hard, especially after they beat the game 22 consecutive times and no longer remember their first struggles.
>"Game is easy casualized garbage."
>Dark souls 2...
it just gets worse from there.