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BlackOmnimon
02/07/22 2:14:22 PM
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BOTW vs Dark Souls, which was the true best game of the decade?


These two games are the most often mentioned contenders.

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CinderLock
02/07/22 2:15:07 PM
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Dark Souls. BotW isn't even the best game in its own series

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Giant_Aspirin
02/07/22 2:15:28 PM
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Dark (or Demon) Souls inspired and created an entire genre. as much as I love BotW, it was largely derivative and didn't do anything truly unique or creative.

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Killmonger
02/07/22 2:15:35 PM
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Neither.

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SF_Okami
02/07/22 2:16:37 PM
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as someone who played both, BOTW by an absolute mile. I though Dark Souls was terrible

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SSJPurple
02/07/22 2:18:10 PM
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Obviously Dark Souls

BoTW didnt create a sub-genre that other studios are attempting to mimic.

BoTW is a good game from a renowned historically good and already popular series.

Dark Souls smashed its way into pop culture and has inspired so many other games in its wake.

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K181
02/07/22 2:18:21 PM
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BotW to me is going to go down as a freedom of movement gamechanger for the entire open world genre far more than any other game. So many games that can out before, around its time, and shortly thereafter just feel unnecessarily restricted to the point of annoyance by comparison.

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ViewtifulJoe
02/07/22 2:22:40 PM
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Dark Souls 1 is really great.

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SSJPurple
02/07/22 2:25:53 PM
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What makes a game a BoTW clone? I really dont see what makes BoTW unique among other open world games outside of it just happening to be a good Zelda game.

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nativengine
02/07/22 2:26:45 PM
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Red Dead Redemption 2

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ellis123
02/07/22 2:29:29 PM
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SSJPurple posted...
What makes a game a BoTW clone? I really dont see what makes BoTW unique among other open world games outside of it just happening to be a good Zelda game.
It is roughly the same as how Dark Souls is mostly indistinguishable from Metroidvanias: the act of the differences is based on pretty nebulous footholds.

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masterpug53
02/07/22 2:37:00 PM
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SSJPurple posted...
What makes a game a BoTW clone? I really dont see what makes BoTW unique among other open world games outside of it just happening to be a good Zelda game.

A big tell might be if your cover / promo art has your main character standing on a prominence with their back to the camera admiring the vast scope of the beautiful green world in front of them waiting to be explored:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/4/AARIckAAC5ji.jpg
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/6/AARIckAAC5jk.jpg

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radical rhino
02/07/22 2:40:25 PM
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I love and adore the Dark Souls series. But Breath of the Wild came out after there had already been tons of open world games and blew them all out of the water. It showed the right way to do open world.

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Prestoff
02/07/22 2:40:41 PM
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Killmonger posted...
Neither.


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DespondentDeity
02/07/22 8:44:15 PM
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K181 posted...
BotW to me is going to go down as a freedom of movement gamechanger for the entire open world genre far more than any other game. So many games that can out before, around its time, and shortly thereafter just feel unnecessarily restricted to the point of annoyance by comparison.

Just Cause did it so much bigger tho

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bsp77
02/07/22 8:46:04 PM
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Pretty sure Dark Souls is considered more influential than GOAT. And I am a Soulsbourne fan.

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Xethuminra
02/07/22 8:53:08 PM
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BotW was only the best game on its console

Souls changed the face of gaming
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MrDrMan
02/07/22 8:55:54 PM
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Breath of the Wild is overrated.

Dark Souls hands down IMO.

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DarkChozoGhost
02/07/22 8:58:22 PM
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I think BotW is the better game but Dark Souls was more influential

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Jagr_68
02/07/22 9:04:12 PM
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Bloodborne >>>>> both

Best art direction
Best soundtrack
Best costume designs
Best narrative

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BlackOmnimon
02/07/22 9:22:12 PM
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I feel like BOTW stands on the shoulders of Skyrim TBH.

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CinderLock
02/07/22 9:23:29 PM
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BlackOmnimon posted...
I feel like BOTW stands on the shoulders of Skyrim TBH.
Ah yes Elder Scrolls FIVE Skyrim the first open world game.

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OudeGeuze
02/07/22 9:27:28 PM
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radical rhino posted...
I love and adore the Dark Souls series. But Breath of the Wild came out after there had already been tons of open world games and blew them all out of the water. It showed the right way to do open world.
By being devoid of content ?
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lilORANG
02/07/22 9:28:59 PM
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Dark Souls is the more complete package. BotW feels like a tech demo that will hopefully be great one day.

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CinderLock
02/07/22 9:56:49 PM
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lilORANG posted...
Dark Souls is the more complete package. BotW feels like a tech demo that will hopefully be great one day.
BotW is a finished project. I know you mean a future title but you have to take it as it is.

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Hayame Zero
02/07/22 10:00:55 PM
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DarkChozoGhost posted...
I think BotW is the better game but Dark Souls was more influential

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ultimate reaver
02/08/22 2:24:21 AM
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bloodborne imo

botw is super overrated and i say that as someone who liked the game a lot. it does much the same as the original legend of zelda by taking a bunch of ideas that had been floating around for quite some time in other open world games and puts them in a very streamlined, polished package. I feel it stumbles a bit more in standing above its contemporaries than the nes game did though

dark souls is amazing and definitely the most influential game of the decade but as an actual package i dont feel like there is much it does which bloodborne does not do better

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Stalolin
02/08/22 2:26:15 AM
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I love BOTW but Dark Souls has had a massive influence on games since. Cant be overstated.

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Lost_All_Senses
02/08/22 2:27:34 AM
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CinderLock posted...
Dark Souls. BotW isn't even the best game in its own series

This. Except neither is Dark Souls. I didy are for BoTW that much. The 20 hours or so hours I played were 8/10

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Octans
02/08/22 2:36:34 AM
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Yo real talk. Never played Dark Souls. How exactly did it revolutionize gaming?

That seems like a big proclamation. I'm trying to look at it objectively and I think a game that revolutionized gaming in the last decade would be LoL or Fortnite. Not speaking to quality of game or anything.

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Questionmarktarius
02/08/22 2:38:47 AM
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ultimate reaver
02/08/22 2:44:19 AM
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Octans posted...
I'm trying to look at it objectively and I think a game that revolutionized gaming in the last decade would be LoL or Fortnite.

an enormous amount of video games over the past decade have repurposed various elements of dark souls into their formula. action rpgs are basically 90% dark souls now and it's bled over into traditional action games as well

league of legends isnt from this decade and is very much based off of dota, and fortnite might be the most popular battle royale but it only even is that at all because it was attempting to emulate pubg.


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Lorenzo_2003
02/08/22 3:04:30 AM
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ellis123 posted...
It is roughly the same as how Dark Souls is mostly indistinguishable from Metroidvanias: the act of the differences is based on pretty nebulous footholds.

Wat?

Lol, no.

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Joelypoely
02/08/22 3:06:24 AM
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I would be happy enough with Dark Souls being named GOTD.

My other contenders are:

Civilization 5
Dark Souls 3
Forza Horizon 2, 3 or 4
Grand Theft Auto 5
Halo: Reach
Hearthstone
Portal 2
Red Dead Redemption 1 or 2
Skyrim
Super Mario Galaxy 2 or Super Mario Odyssey
Terraria

Breath of the Wild and the Witcher 3 are both a little bit overrated in my opinion, but not bad games.

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itachi15243
02/08/22 3:09:41 AM
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It's not fair to do this before elden ring comes out.

Unless it's because zelda doesn't have a chance against it and you know it TC

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pfh1001
02/08/22 3:11:22 AM
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Killmonger posted...
Neither.
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teep_
02/08/22 3:35:14 AM
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Dark Souls is more influential than goat, imo

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DocDelicious
02/08/22 3:43:48 AM
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Dark Souls

BotW feels like Nintendo missed 10 years of basic game design.

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DarkChozoGhost
02/08/22 7:29:41 AM
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itachi15243 posted...
It's not fair to do this before elden ring comes out.

Unless it's because zelda doesn't have a chance against it and you know it TC
Do you know what a decade is?

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Kloe_Rinz
02/08/22 7:32:05 AM
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neither of those are game of the decade

botw might be in the top 10 games of the decade
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bsp77
02/08/22 7:33:07 AM
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DarkChozoGhost posted...
Do you know what a decade is?
Lol, seriously...

BTW, the 2018 God of War was my personal favorite of the decade, with a perfect mix of exploration, combat, and story. But I know that it mainly used things that other games had already done, so certainly not very influential.

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tripleh213
02/08/22 7:34:10 AM
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Dark Souls hands down

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g0ldie
02/08/22 6:58:27 PM
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I believe that Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 are a lot better than Dark Souls, I choose Dark Souls over Breath of the Wild due to the former's influence.

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Ratchetrockon
02/08/22 7:04:05 PM
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botw

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