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Shoot_FTH
10/31/23 4:19:53 PM
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The franchise seems barely fun to play at all.

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ViewtifulJoe
10/31/23 4:20:37 PM
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you're right but it's a fun kind of boring

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KainWind
10/31/23 4:22:45 PM
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Fashion

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Prestoff
10/31/23 4:25:53 PM
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ItS a FaD!

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brestugo
10/31/23 4:27:21 PM
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500?

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CoyoteTheGreat
10/31/23 4:28:51 PM
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Like, there are games that have a ton of spectacle that are more interesting to watch than play. Dark Souls is the opposite. There is a lot of tension you can only understand by playing.

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Squall28
10/31/23 4:31:41 PM
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CoyoteTheGreat posted...
Like, there are games that have a ton of spectacle that are more interesting to watch than play. Dark Souls is the opposite. There is a lot of tension you can only understand by playing.

That's so accurate. Other games, you can just button mash and your character will wreck shit. Dark souls games, it feels like each button press matters. You have to time your dodges and know how many strikes you're going for, or else you'll die.

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EndOfDiscOne
10/31/23 4:33:39 PM
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Sounds like a skill issue

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reincarnator07
10/31/23 4:36:35 PM
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What is this based on? Do you believe all these millions aren't having fun playing them?

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Shoot_FTH
10/31/23 4:45:04 PM
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The gameplay in the Dark Souls games seems to be focused mostly on combat. The combat is boring. That's basically why the franchise is boring.

Smash is more fun.

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Cruciferous
10/31/23 4:45:45 PM
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sunhawk topic

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reincarnator07
10/31/23 4:46:35 PM
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Shoot_FTH posted...
The gameplay in the Dark Souls games seems to be focused mostly on combat. The combat is boring. That's basically why the franchise is boring.

Smash is more fun.
I feel bad for you.

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MICHALECOLE
10/31/23 4:46:39 PM
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Completely agree

so I dont play them

I dont make topics like this because Im not a killjoy
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MC_BatCommander
10/31/23 4:47:46 PM
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They have good feet in them

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IceCreamOnStero
10/31/23 4:54:53 PM
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People love a challenge. There's a tension you can't get anywhere else when you're facing down a challenge armed purely with your skills, knowing that the only thing between you and progress is "getting gud", with no cheap exploit, or "hit the green soot with the green ability" or "game plays itself" mode to save you. And when you beat that challenge, after being forced to meticolously study and hone it all by yourself, there's an amazing rush.

That's not to say Souls games are the only ones that do this, nor are they even the best at it. The "no cheap exploit" part isn't necessarily true. But its so synonymous with Souls because its so uncompromising about it. There's no railroaded tutorial teaching you mechanics one by one like a baby, there's no "cinematic climbing" or walking simulator sections, the game just thrusts you into it and isn't ashamed to do so.

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