Why is this praised as a masterpiece? Half of the locations are unfinished and most bosses are nothing special or gimmick fights.

It has a cool vibe.

It's not. It aged like crap.

>>715734513 (OP)
For me bloodborne is masterpiece, ds1 was better than 3 and 2 but it was not perfect

>>715736249
Bloodborne is amazing in everything but combat

>>715734513 (OP)
Youtubers

>>715734513 (OP)
This game saved the early 2010's.

>>715736353
I prefer bloodborne combat, its more dynamic, no roll but dodge kinda like dmc and every weapon feel more unique

>>715734513 (OP)
It filters tapioca brained zoom zoom zoomies.

>>715734513 (OP)
i dont think any souls game before or since has managed to create an experience similar to when you descend to the depths and then blighttown for the first time. you just feel unsafe and pray there is a bonfire somewhere soon. ever since ds2 there are checkpoints everywhere, and DeS had too easily farmable heals.

>>715736530
Maybe I am remembering it incorrectly, but I found the combat enjoyable, but not too deep. Except for the weapon moveset, of course. Its just jumping around and attacking furiously. Other than that its a masterpiece. I still believe its worth playing mostly for the aesthetic.

>>715734513 (OP)
It's a product of its time
If you've already played all the derivatives, clones and copies DS1 and DeS spawned (including the successors made by the same company) then suddenly going back and playing them will feel like you're playing a game a 0.5x speed
The oldest games had a captivating atmosphere and ambience which greatly contributed towards it winning the Youtuber lottery but unfortunately the series ended up becoming synonymous with le epic boss fight (You died) with orchestral music wailing in the background

>>715734513 (OP)
The world actually feeling connected is what gives everyone an erection. Unfortunately this all goes out the window once you get the lordvessel halfway through the game so....yeah. not sure why it's praised so highly.

>>715736986
Elden Ring is connected too, yet a lot criticize the game for this for some reason.

>>715737245
its not connected in a clever and rewarding way, instead its connected by an abysmal open world.

>>715737245
Nta, but elden ring is (not always, but most of the time) connected in ways that don't really matter. Shortcuts in ds1 were important because you're not teleporting around the map in between zooming around on your horse.

>>715737495
>>715737470
I thought it was the freedom of choice that mattered. Like choosing to do New Londo first just because.

>>715737706
both level design and freedom matter actually

Excellent atmosphere and level design. These combined are what make games feel magical.
Yes it does fall off, but the first half/two-thirds of the game is so good it basically earned its title as a masterpiece.

DS1 is the ultimate soul litmus test
If you don't get it, you never will

>>715734513 (OP)
>Half of the locations are unfinished

>>715736353
it's so amazing to farm blood vials yeah

>>715738908
Lost Izelith and Demon ruins are unironically my fav locations i the game along with Duke Archives. But bosses there are a disaster.

>>715739062
Actually it was katharsis for me, when i was already done with dying on Boss and make some fast few rounds on bridge to calm down and get some vials

>>715739062
If you play alright you usually stock up on them naturally through enemy drops

>>715734513 (OP)
Every game fromsoft makes has different issues
>Demons souls
Unpolished mess, clunky, tons of wierd mechanics that make for an unfunexperiance, instance worlds
>Dark souls 1
4 directional rolling, way too long action queuing, later half is unfinished
>Dark souls 2
Uninteresting lore, basically instance worlds
>dark souls 3
Terribly unbalanced making any form of defense outside of rolling practically useless, mess of a story/lore
>Bloodborne
Bloodvials, game is arguably too fast, pushes for agression to the point nonagression is not viable
>Elden Ring
Open world, balanced around the idea that you'll explore the open world, next to no replayability

>>715736741
>Except for the weapon moveset
The weapon movesets having a few extra options doesn't make it any deeper given none of those extra moves are much different from R1 or R2 in any significant way

>>715739229
>But bosses there are a disaster.
Translation: "WAHHH THOSE BOSSES ARE TOO HARD FOR ME"! :(

Get good!

>>715741890
>seathe
>hard
nobody could even fall for this bait because everyone agrees that seath is probably the easiest boss in the game
its just a shit fight in a mostly bad area

You had to be there. The game isn't the same without a heavily active player base. It's a shame.

>>715741890
The only hard ones there are ceaseless and bed of chaos because they are broken. With ceaseless its hitboxes, with bed chaos its everything. Seathe is easy as fuck. You can just spam attacks and he will not get you 70% of the time.

>Dark Souls is actually le goood...trust me bro
Another DS1 thread with zero webms that ever make this game look "fun"

>>715743316
Gaping Dragon had cool design, but altogether its an embarrassingly bad boss. The level design is nice though.

>>715734513 (OP)
Its all All Rounder of the series in general with the best level design in its first half.
Every other game pushes in some aspects but neglects others leaving Dark Souls 1 as a baseline which no other game has been able to improve upon all aspects present at the same time.

>>715734513 (OP)
>Half of the locations are unfinished
Lost Izalith and Tomb of the Giants are not half of the locations.

>>715734513 (OP)
My professional take: because people were really bored of Skyrim's combat and the PC release came out a few months later.
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