Current Events > Clearly people have played hard games before a Souls game

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So are people just trolling when they act like this series is the only hard or the hardest game they've ever played?

It's a tier harder than modern games which are pretty much just interactive movies these days. Difficulty is about super nes era imo.

Squall28 posted...

It's a tier harder than modern games which are pretty much just interactive movies these days. Difficulty is about super nes era imo.

Yeah these dudes musta never played any nes, snes, Genesis games. All those platformers we're hard as fuck.

Squall28 posted...

It's a tier harder than modern games which are pretty much just interactive movies these days. Difficulty is about super nes era imo.

This was always a dumb argument imo

even games like Halo or Call of Duty are hard as fuck on the hardest difficulty

TheGoldenEel posted...

This was always a dumb argument imo

even games like Halo or Call of Duty are hard as fuck on the hardest difficulty

Yeah modern games were hard as fuck. MegaMan Zero series was hard as fuck.

TheGoldenEel posted...

This was always a dumb argument imo

even games like Halo or Call of Duty are hard as fuck on the hardest difficulty

That's another good point. Difficulty settings are stupid. Normal mode is generally what the games are designed for. Hardest difficulty is just a bunch of cheese.

Hardest game I've ever played will always be Paperboy. Dark Souls has nothing on that hell.

I think it's usually because of the choice

Even if I can beat every dmc game on DMD I don't always wanna play DMD because it gets irritating

I'm not sure though, cause I love soulslikes.

Lack of difficulty options leaves a larger impression of the difficulty. Like there might be more head banging experiences out there, but those can be ignored and forgotten while still finishing the game. In Souls, you either get good enough to finish, learn how to cheese, or give up.

Veggeta_MAX posted...

Yeah these dudes musta never played any nes, snes, Genesis games. All those platformers we're hard as fuck.

yep. died more in mega man and donkey kong country than i ever did in dark souls

Squall28 posted...

It's a tier harder than modern games which are pretty much just interactive movies these days. Difficulty is about super nes era imo.

That's only the case when your only measure of a game are AAA Sony "cinematic" crap.

Extremely difficult games have always been a thing, they just haven't been popular. They're still not popular really. Dark Souls and their derivatives found a sweet spot between easy and hard where they're easy enough to be popular but hard enough to be harder than many other popular games.

It's because of marketing. Virtually zero games market that they are hard nowadays, since most people aren't willing to do anything but complain if they don't steamroll a game or have to learn anything to beat it. Dark Souls' marketing tagline was "Prepare to die" and it was presented as a game that would kill you repeatedly and without mercy until you got good enough to get past its challenges. So people remember it for that.

Nah, they acknowledge that there are harder games out there. Still doesn't stop them from saying "git gud" to anyone that dislikes the games.

Although admittedly, there are some Souls fans that don't seem to realize that From Software existed before Demon Souls. Lots of "I love ALL From Soft games" people that only mention the Soulsborne games. So maybe those fans haven't played anything harder.

yeah i have way more trouble with like... any 2d platformer than i've ever had with souls lol