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Blob on 12 March 2015
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Michelasso said:
reggin_bolas said:


There are plenty of niche titles that aren't punishingly brutal. Choice isn't mainstream. It's the creative content of the game that determines whether a game is mainstream. That and other factors like contrived multiplayer and microtransactions.  Bloodborne is rife with self-conceit and elitism.

 


Only that D* Souls games, and I suppose Bloodborne as well, aren't "punishingly brutal". Not generally speaking at least. Only Demon's Souls on level 1-1 has been, basically because one couldn't level up. Yes, they may be hard, especially for new entries. They have a long learning curve.But while I took 9 hours to beat 1-1 in Demon's Souls, I could go reach the first boss in DS2 without even dying in a fight. Just by some lame mistakes.

Still, they are RPGs. The easy mode somehow is there. Just grind to level up and upgrade your gear. Or if you want to make them really trivial play online and summon like mad.

As for the "self-conceit and elitism".. Please. The games are praised and loved simply because they have the best fighting system for action RPGs out there. Well, not to mention that the setting is lovely. If people would rather slice air or waste hours chatting in that retarded 1st person view in Skyirm and the likes, their loss. 

Id say theres definitely a portion of the fanbase that has an air of smugness and elitism when it comes to the souls games.

I for one thoroughly enjoyed playing demons souls and dark souls, especially the worlds created for them, but the difficulty almost killed those games for me. I just don't have the patience and had to be in the right mood/have a lot of free time to waste before i got around to playing them. For that reason I haven't played dark souls 2 yet.

Hearing that this game is harder has pushed me away from picking it up day one... I secretly was hoping that it might be toned down just a little from the souls games. However it looks good so im sure ill eventually be in the zone and pick it up.