Thread 718222456

>>718222456 (OP)
Whoa, you play Dark Souls?
That game is hardcore, you must be a real GAMER

>>718222456 (OP)
Thats true which is why you should play Nioh, it fixed the path and is better than anything fromshit ever made.

>>718222456 (OP)
Poor guy

>>718222561
>Worse levels, music, atmosphere, enemies, bosses, etc.
>Dog shit diablo loot
>fixed
kek

>>718222456 (OP)
Talking about earthbound by the way. Pic unrelated

>>718222456 (OP)
why not demon's souls?

>>718222734
Wasn't mainstream

>>718222456 (OP)
But it's not Fortnite

>>718222456 (OP)
I'm of the opinion that people that seethe about souls type games are literally just bad at them, and use arguments like "you just le roll" to run cover for their fundamental inability to actually play them.

>been well over 10 years
>almost 15
>bads still seething mad about "git gud"
kek

>>718222456 (OP)
meanwhile, all the other genres that dont replicate soulslikes in 2025 are utter trash, so you could say thanks to dark souls for keeping gaming alive. no other genre combines the metroidvania element, exploration and somewhat difficult combat all in 1 to create a cool game

>>718222456 (OP)
Anything is better than the path it was on before Souls.

>>718222456 (OP)
>hack developers copy a good game
>this is the good game’s fault

>>718222760
dark souls at the beginning even during 2012 ptde release wasn't main stream
a lot of fags came during ds2/ds3 and the period just before ds2

>>718222494
>t. (((game journalists))) astroturfing the scene
daily reminder you don't hate them enough

>Dark Souls
stealth Xbot thread
any true gamer would point
level the blame at Demon's Souls 3 years earlier

>>718222561
Hey, fuck off. Nioh is actually good. Stick to using Ninja Gaiden for your retarded bait, thanks.

>>718222456 (OP)
it popularized bare feet so its fine

Next time use Demon's Souls. Fromshit did started the decline of the vidya industry but you're barking at the wrong one.

>>718227647
Not bait just a fact, retard.

that's ds3 though

>>718222456 (OP)
wrong image, should either use uncharted or dark souls 3

Souls fatigue isn't real.

>>718222456 (OP)
Dark Souls was so good that it made everything else look like shit in comparison, the industry has been playing catch-up ever since.

>>718228608
You mean Shadow tower

FPBP. The game itself is not the problem.
People who think like this is the real problem.

Oh yeah. It killed gaming by being a game that
>doesn't hold your hand
>doesn't treat you like a idiot
>isn't afraid of challenging the player
>actually wants to give you memorable bossfights
>makes story a side dish rather than a main element
>rewards exploration
>did something neat with multiplayer
>was built for long time play without being live service
Souls haters should actually do their research and see what the average console game was like at the time of Demon/Dark Souls.

>Dark Souls is pretty good, 7/10
>Dark Souls 2 is better in every way, 9/10
>first game spawns a legion of numales endlessly complaining about the sequel and acting like the first game is video gaming's answer to Beethoven or something.

>>718228782
meant for >>718222494

i too hate having a frequently updated platform for trying 3d action rpg builds and interacting in pve/pvp environments with an active community that requires no subscription required, what a horrible world to live in

>>718228821
They're both shit games and it only takes one competent studio to mog them both. Fromshit can't make good games to save their lives.

>>718228821
Yet more proof that DS2tards don't even like Dark Souls.

>>718228931
>Elden Ring
>builds
Elden Ring has piles of static numbers, not builds. Stacking every possible damage buff and oneshotting something with an at that point largely irrelevant weapon isn't a "build".

>>718228931
>frequently updated

>>718228821
>>Dark Souls 2 is better in every way, 9/10
Lol
>Gif
Nice cut content, retard

>>718229024
>7/10 is dislike
I like it fine, but I like the superior sequel more because it has actual variety of challenges in its fights and a decent story.

DS1 isn't even THAT good. Most of the areas fucking suck.

>>718230385
>Gook tier coomerbait
Dark Souls 2 is NOT beating the MMO allegations

Painful reminder, DaS2 had the best everything.
>weapons
>covenants
>pvp
>ng+ content
>powerstancing
Everything after was so lukewarm it couldn't be anything but laughable
>elden ring
Played it, not impressed. Stormveil was the high note, crumbling azula was okay, and deep root depths should've been as big as limgrave with a leyndell capital equivalent.

If you deny anything I said you're objectively wrong, full of shit, along with being an attention seeking piss baby.

>>718222456 (OP)
Imagine the sorry state gaming would be in if From didn't make 5 of the best action RPGs of all time in almost the span of a decade.

>>718231021
>>weapons
Awful. The movesets were simply awful. Some had too little range, nobody would use a greataxe 2 handed or miracles that would miss the most subtle sidestepping while flame longsword would win the trade with greatswords with 2 pokes.
>>covenants
Absolute trash, half a dozen dead local invasion covenants with permalocoed rewards made useless by farming ascetics. Nobody used red orbs to invade because the system didn't reward you at all
>>pvp
Trash pokespam, with retarded ruleset because of the fucked up healing system
>>ng+ content
Black phantoms and more rehashed bosses in the game noone will taste will ever replay again, in the game where armor doesn't scale off damage, making several systems even more useless
>>powerstancing
Completely worthless, every single combination was underpowered

Absolute clusterfuck of a game.

>>718231278
Took more than a decade
>Demon's Souls
>Dark Souls
>Bloodborne
>Dark Souls 3
>Elden Ring

should i start with darksouls 1 if im new?

>>718231352
>estoc
that's an ice rapier though
also this guy is like level 420 or something

>>718231550
no, start with ds3 it's basically the same game, but better

>>718231550
yeah

>>718231550
Yes, unless you have access to Demon's Souls (PS3), then start with that