Why is it so overrated? It was a great game for its time, but it is no timeless masterpiece. Most bosses are either poorly designed or just forgettable. The levels range from good to unfinished. Why is it still getting so much praise?
seethe tranny
>>745228663>Why is it still getting so much praise?it isn't. truth is coming out now and we are shifting to praising Dark Souls 2 SOTFS, the better game.
>>745228663>for its timeso what newer game does what dark souls attempted but better?
>>745229139From Drone spotted
Another one filtered by orstein and smough
>>745229274DS II - better PvP, better build varietyDS III - better gameplay, better bossesBloodBorne - better aestheticsSekiro - better gameplay, better bossesElden Ring - better build variety, better bosses
>>745228663seethe tranny
>>745228663>It was a great game for its time, but it is no timeless masterpieceFind me a soulslike not made by Fromsoft that does it better.
It raised the barNothing was the same againYou just don't get it
>>745229274lords of the fallen
>>745228663people that were there understand the context of the gaming landscape in which it releasedpeople that were not there cannot understand that contextyou are the latter, do not bother to attempt to understand it, as you will not, and can notever.
>>745229632>>745229718nostalgia speaking
>>745228663>improves upon NintendoGAFs supposed GOAT game in every aspect
>>745228663Dark Souls pretty much came out at the exact time it needed to.>advent of Twitch and streamers >advent of gaming memes in popular internet culture>millions upon millions of dumb fucks who started with Gen 7 who never played an even semi challenging 3rd person action game latching on to Dark Souls as some sort of "im an elite gamer XD!" mentalityAnd it just took off from there. The game itself is good aside from the abysmal second half but I don't think will ever be a "right place, right time" game like it ever again. It'll be 2069 and retards will still be going on about how Dark Souls was le hardest game ever made.
>>745228663it's 4/10 at best, I enjoyed every single game that copied it or its elements morefrom slopware makes the worst soulslikes
>>745229778I don't think so. Ninja Gaiden 2 came out in 2008 yet Dark Souls was paraded around as the single hardest video game ever made during it's heyday. If you actually think Dark Souls is harder than Ninja Gaiden 2 you are genuinely stupid. Let alone Path of the Mentor or Path of the Master Ninja difficulty.
>>745229778it is okay that you weren't there, you have seen things that i have not seen, as i have seen things that you have notjust accept that no matter how hard you want to, no matter how much you feel like you are missing out on, it is not your fault, you were just in a different place, in different circumstances
>>745229960it had nice lore, I would give it about 6/10
>>745229539>Elden Ring>better bosseslol nofighting giant fast leaping guy in a big ass "epic" arena for the several dozenth time gets old fast.DaS1 had great boss design in the sense that the arena affected how you fought the boss and the bosses didn't just rely on a lot of flashy jumping attacks to create difficulty by rarely giving the player an opening to attack. Unfortunately you can see the start of the nu-Soulsborne boss design in the DaS1 DLC. People jerking off Artorias as the "best designed boss" in DaS1 has done irreparable damage to the genre.
>>745230358>arena affected how you fought the bossalmost always in a bad way. Notable examples:Capra DemonCeaseless DischargeMoonlight ButterflyNitoBed of Chaos
>>745228663>Why is it so overrated?because (((journalists))) told brainlet gaymers to go buy it because MUH TOUGH BUTT FARE while they were getting kickbacks>It was a great game for its timeThings That Never Happened for 100 Internet Bux
>>745230608>almost always in a bad wayI mean, yes? That's kind of the point. You have to play around the unfavorable terrain. Most Dark Souls bosses are more memorable and interesting in replays than all the copy-pasted Elden Ring bosses. It's also unimmersive and seems like lazy game design to give every boss a conveniently large circular/rectangular arena to fight them in. Fighting a demon in a cramped alleyway or getting ambushed on a bridge or ramparts feels more believable than every boss having a perfectly-prepared arena they just wait in for the protagonist to show up.fuck Bed of Chaos though
>>745228663I was only overrated in retrospect, they were still niche games at the time. Bloodborne and DS3 brought all the normies, but I'm glad it happened since they're great games too.
>>745229274the entirety of from's catalogue after it releasedyes, including déracinélotta assblasted ds1fags in this thread
>>745230358>DS1 Boomer gets filtered by simple action gameplayMany such cases!
>>745230870Anon, those arenas make the boss encountes annoying, not challenging or "immersive". Capra demon is memorable because those damn dogs stunlock you to death a hundred times before you luck out and run the stairs. Bed of Chaos is memorable because it does a platforming attempt so shitty it's the only boss that retains your progress when you die. Moonlight Butterfly is memorable because it's a chore if you don't have ranged options. I don't know about you but i wouldn't make them such miserable experiences for the sake of your "believability".
>>745229539>DS III - better gameplay3 is faster and thus worse. If a soulslike is any faster than 1 it's automatically trash.
>>745231514They're calling it "the most filtered post of all time". Absolutely incredible!
>>745231514What? How is clunky and slow = good?
>>745231712There is nothing clunky about 1, it's just slow, and in a soulslike slow is good and fast is trash.
>>745230358Unfortunately, the "Prepare to Die" meme was too popular, so now every game in the series, and even Soulslike imitators, have to be formulaic rollslop boss rushes. They can be fun if that's what you're in the mood for. But Elden Ring gave many SoulsBorneRing fatigue, understandably so.
>>745231841Why is slow good?>Because I can't react in time for fastahhhhhh now we see
>fast is trash.>/v/ proclaims ds1 is the only good souls game>/v/ also posts 200+ms results in the reaction time threadsI think I'm beginning to understand.
>>745228663>Why is it still getting so much praise?Because you're a retard and your opinion is wrong.
>>745229572Name a Soulslike from after 2020 and you have a 90% chance to have your answer
>>745228663What reality do you live in?Everyone gushes over dark souls 3, and bickers back and forth about dark souls 2 being either the best game ever made or the worstDark souls 1 is an unc game, tossed in the forgotten pile with morrowind, godhand, majoras mask and all the other old gems that instantly mark you as a boomer for mentioning
>>745232101because slow is soulslike, fast is trash action gamesimple
>>745233634its okay to admit you have a skill issue anon, it happens
>>745228663It freed us from the easy game with forced QTE sequences trend. It was necessary.
>>745233816I accept your concession
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>>745228663>bosses are forgettableThis is just not true for anything outside of the Izaleth filler bosses
