Joe from GamersFTW writes:
There is no doubt in my mind that there will be games that will, one day, be looked at and analysed in the same way that classic literature is looked at today. They will be picked apart by academics and experts, all searching for new interpretations and meanings within games; giving significance to nuances that were glazed over at a different time; people will claim that they played them while they were in college when all they did really was read the Wikipedia article on it.
The Souls-like genre remains popular, along with FromSoftware's classics there are many contenders. But which are the best Souls-like games?
Hmm... In my opinion, the 7 best are the 6 made by FromSoftware (DeS, DS1, DS2, DS3, BB and ER), then Lies of P. But each to their own.
Still DS1? You don't feel it's been surpassed yet?
Demon's Souls has the remake of course, but DS1 has surely been outdated?
I think that the DS1 remake is better looking than DS2. The interior lighting matched with the low resolution textures in DS2 is very garish, IMO.
Besides graphics, what do you mean by DS1 being "outdated"? I'm someone who played through Elden Ring and just recently played through the DS series, and as far as gameplay went, there were all very similar.
I haven’t played many but Bloodborne and NIOH1 are on top of my list.. had a blast with these 2
For world design and interconnectedness (that's a word, right?) DS1 is yet to be beaten.
I would agree, but there are some things in DS2 that are great and incredibly memorable. It tries to do things differently, and there are some amazingly cinematic moments.
Of course, there's also poor level design (particularly the interconnectivity of the world), questionable combat choices and some of the worst boss runs since the early days of video games...
Saad from eXputer: "Almost a decade later, it's time to take the nostalgia goggles off and accept that Bloodborne has long been surpassed by its successors."
Yes, yes it does. It’s still a great game. Elden Ring isn’t better just different and a bit easier . I like that you have to be aggressive but smart in Bloodborne
I literally replayed it recently and it's better than I remember. I think it's like going back to a beloved book and noticing things I hadn't before.
Yo! I was getting ready to reply with the exact same four words you started with lol. Yes, I think Bloodborne has withstood the test of time and remains a great game. That’s why all the fans are hoping for a sequel someday. Hoping that we can catch that magic again with a new storyline.
Yes. Just replayed it a few days ago. My first Platinum. And yes. I rage quitted so many times and called it BS too when I started. It's tight. The combat is amazing and the lore is rich.
Elden Ring was easier? I don’t know about that at all. I remember leveling up in Bloodborne and breezing through it. In Elden Ring no matter how powerful I got I was still catching a beat down from every boss.
That's due to scaling enemies. I remember not doing Haligtree untill near the end and having enemies withstand almost a full blast from Azur's Glintstone Staff Comet Azure. My level was quite high.
Melee characters are not fun in that game, especially for the Elden Beast.
"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.
It became repetitive at Dark Souls 2, that was the third game in the series without too many noticeable changes. The games themselves are fantastic but they're becoming a bit too routine.
After this I can probably take a few years of the Souls series even though it's my favorite gaming franchise.
From Software can get back into Armored core tho. I miss that series and is overdue for a refresh.
I dislike the Dark Souls games immensely, however, I love the preceding, Demon's Souls game.
I feel that even though Demon's Souls came before Dark Souls, it just feels more fresh and challenging, there is a large amount of hand-holding in Dark Souls and I feel that this reduces the impact of the game's atmosphere.
I never really found Dark Souls difficult but it was a huge grind and it was never a grind I was happy to undertake, whereas, Demon's Souls is consistently fun and interesting and spending a large amount of time Boletaria is preferable, in my opinion, to an hour in Lordran.
It is repetitive, the ending in all 3 game is th same. I get the "meta" meaning of it but dark souls 3 comes off lazy story wise.
Miyazaki said this is the last Souls game so people calling it repetitive can rest assured you won't have to suffer through these great games anymore.
It's always easy to hate on what's popular.