https://youtu.be/dnEzkbdTa0IHow has this not been surpassed? Every other souls game starts with a 30 minute intro explaining the lore, while Demon's Souls tells you everything the game is about in just over a minute
>>741862208DeS is Souls in its purest form, and when something is as undiluted as that it doesn't need much explanation.The more the formula gets recycled, the more hoops you need to jump through to explain why the fog isn't fog and why the player resurrects and what's going on, etc.
>>741862208If you actually played DeS, you would know the lore dump is saved for the Monumental's speech where you unlock the rest of the Archstones.
>>741862208Every Fromsoftware Soulslike which came after it has been superior, with the possible exception of DS3
>>741862756Not the same, it happens after the first boss so you'd already be invested enough in the world to care
>>741862208The CG trailer for Elden Ring story is GOAT but was for some reason not in the game lmaooo
>>741862778Wrong, dark souls 1 and 2 fucking sucks
>>741864038Let me elaborateDS1>you get a shit roll starting at 25% equipload>performance tanks to unplayable levels in many areas on the original versions of the game>poise is completely broken, works better in ds3 and elden ring where it enhances hyper armor or gives you passive poise at at extremely high levels>Balancing is fucked, pyromancy is overpowered as all hell and if you don't use it you're gimping yourself>Interconnected world is cool, but it results in a lot of running through areas you've already done>Best option is always to backstab. Enemies become complete retards when you abuse this against them.>Izalith sucks, Archives is good but crystal caves suck, catacombs good and tomb of the giants is just ok. New londo would have been cool but insane FPS drops making the level nearly unplayable on the original versions.I only play dark souls 1 to appreciate the later games they've made more
>>741862208demon souls and to a lesser extent dark souls, were quasi horror games. As the series progresses that was felt less and less.
>>741864708>poise is completely broken, works better in ds3TF I am even reading? It's the other way around - it's great in DS1 and non existent in DS3
>>741865153You just didn't get how it worked in DS3. If you use something like a greatsword and wore lets say the lothric knight armor,you will now be able to trade hits and win because you won't be interrupted during your swings. If you stand still and you don't pay attention and you get hit, then yes you will be pushed around. In DS1 wearing heavy armor and upgrading it turns you into an unstoppable god. Especially if you combine it with pyromancy that doesn't need stats and a few busted rings. Dark souls 1 is a broken mess
Demon's Souls was literally made with the assumption that the game was going to be a flop, the devs literally did not care if the game was too obtuse, difficult or weird to understand because it was a "failed game" anyway. This is why Demon's Souls works, the devs just said fuck it and did what they thought was cool. Dark Souls 1 is a great game, but its also the more mainstream sequel designed with appeal in mind.
>>741862982I wasn’t though because they didn’t invest me from the beginning so I saw the game as action slop and skipped that shit
>>741865435And that's bad because?...
>>7418647352 feels more horror with your character going insane and forgetting their memories.
>>741862208Demon's Souls has the most simplistic lore though:>there is a kingdom that banned a type of magic called Soul Arts>Soul Arts trap souls on earth and use them as energy for various effects>because these souls don't cross over to the other side, this awakens a being known as the Old One, who spreads powerful demons through the land to kill and collect souls for him>Demons themselves are basically just collections of souls>if you are the one to collect enough souls, you can tame the Old One back to slumberThat's basically it. All the different regions and factions after that are variations of that dynamic that only really effect their own immediate circles. There's really not too much to explain there.
>>741866147who would have guesspeople who like videogames want to play videogames and not watch hours long cutscenes and dialoge shit
>>741865843If that's what you enjoy than enjoy man, I enjoy DeS, DS3 and Elden Ring a lot more
>>741865459Not really. It was an attempt to make King's Field more widely appealing. It was Sony that had zero faith in it, something they've regretted since.
>>741862208So disappointed that boss was a such a lame fight.
>>741866147>the story actually makes sense, gameplay features are explained through the game itself and the lore isn't a bunch of schizophrenic nonsense>this is somehow bad????
>>741866773People don't want to play games, they want to listen to 6 hour long lore videos, and DeS is too straightforward for them
>>741864038I kinda liked DS2
