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I actively disliked Dark Souls (poor controls, asshole game design, obtuse systems). Whereas I absolutely *loved* God of War, despite being similar genre games. Will I like Elden Ring? At face value, it looks way more like Dark Souls, so I suspect not, but maybe?

I actively disliked Dark Souls (poor controls, asshole game design, obtuse systems). Whereas I absolutely *loved* God of War, despite being similar genre games. Will I like Elden Ring? At face value, it looks way more like Dark Souls, so I suspect not, but maybe?

  • Chadd Nervigg
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
    I actively disliked Dark Souls (poor controls, asshole game design, obtuse systems). Whereas I absolutely *loved* God of War, despite being similar genre games. Will I like Elden Ring? At face value, it looks way more like Dark Souls, so I suspect not, but maybe?

    • TheFaulty0ne
      Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon It is the next generation of Dark Souls not God Of War

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
        @TheFaulty0ne Yes, but has that generational leap improved its controls/design/systems substantially?

    • jcandance
      Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Do you stream at all

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
        @jcandance I have occasionally in the past, but not any time recently.

    • WaltCodes
      Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon if you found the design “asshole” then probably not! still very committed to the same design principles, and that might not be your bag. controls/systems, though: controls have come a LONG way since dark souls 1, and so far (couple hours) systems are pretty thoroughly explained

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
        @WaltCodes I mean Dark Souls wore its asshole game design as like a front-facing badge of honor. It was proud of it. I didn't think that was very controversial of a statement. :)

    • TortillaFlat11
      Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon God of War III was too forgiving to me (u don't get punished enough for playing bad). While Dark Soul is a bit too unforgiving (and getting back to the boss is annoying).

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
        @TortillaFlat11 I was talking about the newest God of War, never played any of the previous ones.

    • thatFPGAguy
      Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Only played a few minutes but Elden Ring feels like the love child of dark souls and breath of the wild…

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
        @thatFPGAguy Hah. You're really selling it.

    • Shmilia
      Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Why do you think the souls series is so popular among gamers? Genuine question btw, I also dislike DS too, tried to play the game multiple times, but I find it extremely boring.

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
        @Shmilia I think my short answer would be that it's not. There's a perception out there that Souls games are extremely popular - the data strongly shows otherwise. They're just strongly loved by those in that niche.

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
          @Shmilia Which is fine; I love that there's a market big enough for even niche games to justify a high production value, and I'm glad that these games exist.

          • Chadd Nervigg
            Posted 3 years, 11 months ago (Source)
            @Shmilia But their design style is very player-unfriendly, which is a really risky choice to make. I'd never tell an aspiring game designer to look at a Souls game for design reference, for example. That'd be sabotage in the great majority of cases.
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