I've been playing a lot of games generally considered all time greats, and this is the one that confounded me the most.The music and art is amazing I'll give them that but the gameplay is genuinely so stale. Every enemy dies if you look at them funny and the game has so many of them filling the screen at once that it starts to feel like a slot machine with all the flashing lights and numbers. Playing the game makes me feel like a rat trapped in a skinner box. The closest thing the game has to a challenge are the really weird and obtuse puzzles required to beat the game.If I wanted easy dopamine with little to no resistance I would do something more productive like jerk off or smoke crack.
>>4099072Before the git gud prepare to die stuff happened to gaming culture difficulty wasn't the only thing that mattered and those ratings never really get updated after time passes
Not an RPG.
>>4099116It's a JRPG.
>>4099072>I would do something more productive like jerk off or smoke crack.That's exactly why do not understand the game fucking third world moneky.
>>4099072single player gameplay has no value beyond the aesthetic. play antagonistic human-human games for gameplay
>>4099099dark souls was the natural progression from castlevania
>Why is this good looking game with good controls, excellent music and atmosphere, and extremely fun exploration well remembered?It's a fucking mystery, anon.
>>4101242megaman legends was the first dark souls game
>>4099116Its basically a action rpg, has more RPG mechanics than a lot of things that get classified under the metroidvania label barring Bloodstained, which is probably why its so easy(still one of my favorite games).
>>4099072I see metroidvania an paradigm of videogame. It has rpg mechanics, story, unique settings, some arcade moments, jump and run and melee and ranged and spells. Anything you expect in a videogame. Just the name metroidvania and the definition sucks.
>>4099072Because everything about the game is an 11/10 except for the difficulty
>>4099072it's not an rpg, so i don't give a shit
>>4103159>action rpgoxymoron, not an rpg
>>4106740Why not? Many good games aren't RPGs.
>>4107004This is the rpg board
>>4099072Why isn't Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest as beloved as SOTN?
>>4107368Much uglier, more esoteric, and a much rougher vision of the type of game they wanted to make.
>>4107370it's the same game
>>4107376It's the same game like Destiny of an Emperor is the same as Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey.
>>4107388Elaborate on this kinda interested.
>>4107872In Destiny of an Emperor you walk around the game map and collect units to make your team stronger. That's the exact same as Strange Journey.
