has Fromsoft moving towards a bigger emphasis on combat actually alienated a few fans?

>>714535362 (OP)
yes, fake fans

Combat and boss fights is what souls games are all about, the rest is filler

>t. played souls games since DS1 and saw it evolving so nicely to peak with Sekiro

>>714535694
this, even back to king's field it was all about killing shit
the only difference is that now the action aspect of their action RPGs isn't completely brainless, resulting in filtered brainlets who now pretend that demon's souls was actually a deep walking simulator and not megaman with a fantasy skin

There's a group of "fans" who play fromsoft games for the lore and their "artistic value" they're the normalfags who invaded this franchise and I'm thankful Miyazaki ignores them and leans more towards combat to filter them out

>>714536734
>games get more popular and profitable the more it focuses on combat and bosses with le epic cacophonous orchestral scores
Hmmm

I played all the games from the og Demon Souls on PS3 back in the day and I have zero interest in games like Nightreign and the Switch 2 game. I'm not interested in online focused games. I find them boring and tedious and pointless to play compared to single player games.

>>714535362 (OP)
Not sure how.

>Run through semi-linear dungeon, killing shit and collecting loot
>All game mechanics revolve around combat
>Gameplay was the best part, but was easily trivialized by circle strafing 90% of the content
>Tourists that joined a year after Dark Souls even came out (and three years after Demon's Souls) attempt to imply the point of the game's were exploration, when there's only ever a few options to take, and all paths are linear as hell

>Series experiments and Shores up a lot of the trivialized issues and offer actual exploration to the game's
>Tourists seethe and come up with any excuse they can to bitch about having to actually learn the game mechanics now
Day 1 Demon's Souls Chad, reporting. Dark Souls PC portfags are the cancer that FromSoft (thankfully) ignore.

>>714537181
Then play Nightreign solo. It's easier that way for your ilk, anyways.

>>714535362 (OP)
The only fags that are alienated by nightreign are the same fags that watch 3 hour youtube lore videos about how zanzibart is a tragic character

a lot of different people have different tastes and appreciate different things about souls.

I love these games, but Nightreign just doesn't do it for me. I played the network test and felt like I got my fill of it just from that. I'm not interested in the break neck pace, relying on other players, or rogue like mechanics.

My favorite thing about these games is creating a character and building them out over dozens of hours. Finding weapons and armor to experiment with. Discovering secrets and taking my time exploring.

>>714537778
this post is part self-contradictions and part ignoring reality. is this the mind of a snoy?

>>714535362 (OP)
this goyslop is everything wrong with modern fromsoft

>>714539020
I like Nightreign firing crap at me out of a cannon and being able to basically use whatever I want

Elden Ring paralyzes me with its extremely long playtime so I end up being too conservative to try things out. I should probably just nut up and download a cheat engine to give me unlimited larval tears so I'm more gung-ho about respecing

>>714535362 (OP)
Souls games never had any form of player input that wasn't for combat in some form. Talking to NPCs is a context action that doesn't do anything by itself. But the thing is, the variety in the combat scenarios in the older games was broader and the system involved more mechanics and circumstances that the player had to take into consideration. Souls combat could feel very different depending on whether it was taking place in a boss fight, a dungeon, or even in the PvP arenas, and there were more "quirks" to the tools that the player had available to them.

>>714535362 (OP)
Isn't that what people want?

>>714544472
I mean we'd all like to fight shit in interesting environments

The idea that exploration is a huge part is rather odd since From puts enemies every 10 feet and implements a combat system where getting lazy gets you killed

My favorite part of souls
>the combat
>the weapon, armor, and other items
>going up or down
Notice how the best areas in the series revolve around ascent and descent. 3-2, 4-2, Blighttown, Sens, Brume Tower, Underground elevator's and Shadow Keep, etc. etc.

>>714535362 (OP)
You know in your heart that modern Soulslop could never abide a boss like her. There was a certain freedom and creativity to the younger Miyazaki that has been slowly choked out of existence since.

>>714535362 (OP)
You know in your heart that modern Soulslop could never abide a boss like her. There was a certain freedom and creativity to the younger Miyazaki that has been slowly choked out of existence since.

>>714539004
we dont do nuance here in 4chan buddy

Yeah, fuck Fromsoft for this stupid ass cash grab.

And fuck all of you for buying this piece of fecal matter.

>>714545563
I'm having fun though

>>714542321
>Souls games never had any form of player input that wasn't for combat in some form.
This is true, but even then, they had much more creative ideas for how that combat might interact with the world in earlier games. Not just with more varied encounters, but the whole concept of dark Anor Londo, and the commitment that the older games had to making every NPC killable really made them shine in spite of their limitations.

>>714535362 (OP)
yes
I think most players who started in the beginning fell out of love with it. personally, although Elden Ring does have what I wanted, being a large open world and a lot of variety and diversity, it feels like it's only combat. I dont have the urge to go back and play ER, but I just got done emulating DeS last week and plan on picking up Dark Souls 1 tomorrow, then will inevitably play some Dark Souls 2. At that point, I'll quit playing the series and then repeat next year