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How Dark Souls has has impacted and influenced gaming this decade

AppTrigger: "Dark Souls was released in 2011 and changed the way we look at video games. So how has the dark fantasy RPG impacted this decade of gaming?"

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ShockUltraslash1609d ago

The genre not affected is the action hack and slash genre.
Its timeless and ageless as gaming itself.
Although I saw a lot of Soulsborne fans trashing Devil May Cry 5 for not having a stamina bar and a dodge button.

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Positivelypositive 1608d ago

They threw a few of those into that new Star wars fallen order. I felt the new zelda had a lot of that kind of stuff tossed on but more survival games.
Every other game coming or out right now has Rogue-like as a sub in the title. I do think its greatly effecting every genre.
Storytelling is hurt by Souls complete lack of a solid narrative. We need more writers and single player games. Especially with VR gaining momentum.

I plan to pick up my VR set in about April if I can save enough. I honestly wish more games like Nier:automata would come out. Make that your model. Gravity Rush 2 and 1 are soooo good. I would get so sick doing gravity rush in VR though lol.

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Dark Souls: Archthrones Reaffirms Modding Is The Best Thing To Happen To Games

"Dark Souls: Archthrones is like playing a brand new FromSoftware game, and that speaks volumes about just how much good modding can do," says Hanzala from eXputer.

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The prevalence of parrying: Why is it so popular?

Parrying has been creeping into more games, with almost every high-profile title of the last few years featuring it in some way.  Why?

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phoenixwing67d ago (Edited 67d ago )

i understand the authors frustration i'm not the best at parrying in games. not that i can't complete a game that requires it but it is a definite harder thing for me than other kinds of techniques in games. which might be the main reason it's so heavily added in games nowadays. want to make your game challenging without having to do a lot of work? just add a parry boss. (what i mean by parry boss is a boss you have to beat by parrying such that their attacks will kill you otherwise)

Dudeson67d ago (Edited 67d ago )

I always think it's fine as long as such games also have the roll/dodge panic button. But I understand the will to parry, it seems so cinematic in a fight when you pull it off.

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Dark Souls: 10 Best Weapons In The Series

TheGamer writes, "Some weapons resist the test of time."

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Father__Merrin96d ago

bastard sword and claymore do the job when grinded up