When I think about why I don’t like From Software games, I think about why I loved God of War. When I played that the first time, I put it to hard difficulty. I died all the time but after I learned the mechanics, that happened less and less, even on bosses. That is not how Souls Born games work. When you meet a new boss, the game is designed to have you die at least once. That’s not fun to me. I want to be able to, in theory, play a game and never die if I’ve learned the basics of the game to the point of near perfection.
I couldn't agree more the From Software games are very trial and error , you will die the first time you fight a boss , and I'm with you . like to feel like if I'm good enough i can finish game with dying . thx for watching .
@Jotaro97 Over the shoulder is *very* tired, especially if you make games for Sony. They’ve basically closed up shop on every other genre except third person action games (with GT thrown in every 6 years).
@@miceatah9359 Yeah… and it’s also a little weird to call ancient mythology “tired”. It’s fucking literally thousands of years old. Of course it’s been referenced to death. Lol. It’s not exactly like The Last of Us was some amazing, original idea, that people have never played with before. Just because something is familiar doesn’t make it bad or lazy. Classics are classic for a reason.
I'm glad to find a free thinker that is willing to say that From Software games aren't that great. I'm playing elden ring rn and I'm starting to ask "do I even care about this story or even completing this game?" It's like yay a hard boss, kill it, go find the next hard boss, repeat.... In most games u get a cut scene of something after a boss fight that unfolds more of the story but nah not in these games lol. Just confusion and an expectation to go kill the next big thing and see what happens 😒.
That's because they have a very unique way of story telling ; So, don't conclude anything like "they aren't great"," they are just difficult". Etc. I was also skeptical regarding the plots of dark souls untill I watched some more videos and the actual way these games are supposed to be played... So I would suggest you take another chance and play them in the actual way they are supposed to be
It’s the reason why I couldn’t bother with Bloodborne. I played until the 3rd boss and couldn’t care less about the story because no story was presented. Demon’s Souls has some mystery, Dark Souls 1 doesn’t, but has a very well designed world. Dark Souls 2 and 3 are sequels, so you can care because of previous titles. Elden Ring has a nice world to explore, but at some point, what you’ve said comes up “why should I finish this?”.
There is story, you need to find it. But the core gameplay is just killing bosses like you say. If you don’t like it just stop playing, everyone loves different type of game.
@@ni9274 yeah, when I was 15 that would be enough. But today there has to be something more to make me play a game. When I start questioning “why am I doing this?” I usually stop playing any game. I’m not advocating for change to the games. If I don’t enjoy a game, I stop playing, it’s not for me, life goes on.
After the success of Demon Souls, FromSoft has just made the same game with a different name ever since. Sekiro is the only game during this span of success with a story you don't need Vaatividya to explain in it's entirety since Miyazaki had no clue how. And Sekiro and Elden Ring have been considered groundbreaking since they have an actual jump button to help alleviate some of the rage the god awful platforming sections require you to do. Hell, outside or Sekiro and Elden Ring, they couldn't be bothered to tell players the basic controls of the game. Like you said, the difficulty is such a sensitive issue for longtime fans because they all know it's all those games have going for them. Ask any hardcore Souls player what any of the games are about(ie What's the story). They'll all give the same answer: "You have to play the game for yourself, collect every item in the game, and read the item descriptions in sequential order if you wanna know the lore." Absolute madness.
100% true bro I couldn't agree more with have thing you said . thx for watching and commenting and please consider subscribing for you haven't already and come back soon.
@@godofdeath8785 Exactly. They've deluded themselves into believing that playing and beating a game with no substance beyond it's artificial difficulty is some badge of honor that makes them superior to those that see it for the mess it is.
Ds1, ds2 and ds3 all tell the controls to the player, it seems you never played these games. If the difficulty is the only things these game have, explain me how elden ring is successful even when there is a easy mode ( spirit ashes ). It seems you hate fromsoft fans for no reason at all, just pure hatred.
After playing Elden Ring for a while the “rewards” after clearing dungeons or beating bosses are so lack luster and underwhelming. Not to mention the absolute joke armor ratings are in the game.
to true. it doesn't matter what you do in From Software game you lose . i really like Elden ring to start with , but the more i played , the more it started to feel empty . Thank for watching and Please consider subscribing it really helps out a small channel like mine.
@@ni9274 at least Horizon weapons actually got better. Unlike FS weapons, it's just the same weapon reskinned with like +1 of damage agains enemies that get +100 stronger.
Compare these games to the reboot of Ninja Gadien. Those games were hard as hell, sure, but you basically understood what you needed to do to win within the first hour of playing it. Easy to learn, hard to master. That is NOT the case with From Software games. I think the fundamental way the combat is designed is flawed.
@@odious5317 Fromsoft games challenge the player, they require some time investment if you want to get good and appreciate the combat. If you feel it’s boring just stop playing, everyone can find a video games boring but that doesn’t mean the video game is bad.
@@ni9274 I didn't say the game is bad, in fact, I greatly enjoy many aspects of it. I just mentioned my own personal gripe with the game, which rendered it unplayable for me.
I agree 100% with you. I love me some hard games don't get me wrong, but i want to start said games on a lower difficulty until i get good enough for an extreme or legend difficulty. I know its a stereotype that dark souls is a difficult brutal game that edgy teens like to play, but i myself am 17, graduated early, and working a small job so i play games to unwind but the souls games aren't even hard they're just stupid unfair and unfun.
i did say something about Elden ring and you are rite i got all of that and more i actually stop UA-cam for a while because sick out all the toxicity. just because i said the game had flaws and was only like a 8 and not a 10 but the video is still up if you want to see what i said that made me pubic enemy Number one . plus did you hear the Elden ring fan have been review bombing God of war, because it win so many award at this year game awards . i thought the game awards should have give god of war game of the year, but they where to afraid of the Elden ring fans . thx for watching and come back soon .
@@NolesNerd001 Elden Ring made the fanbase more rabid, I swear, and winning GotY has only promoted them into going into other games' forums and trashing on the game for not being more like FromSoft. The past few games that have released, that I've been interested in, have all had "but muh Elden Rings is better" being thrust in.
Elden ring winning the goty will only make other developers incorporate same combat mechanics in their games Personally i don't like combat in elden ring But developer will do this so as to please souls fans
It's boring with a shit story and useless pickups everywhere that don't really do anything. The only one of these games I've ever liked was bloodborne and that's after I found out how to cheat.
Finally someone just spitting facts, from software games are just mediocre games at best, and I say that as someone who is pretty good at them. I finished DS1, DS3, ER and Sekiro. Sekiro is the only game in the list I would consider almost a masterpiece. For what concerns the other souls games, I don't see how players don't realize FROM has been proposing the same exact boring formula (with some minor changes) for years.
I beat Demon's Soul's remake, which was actually fun, and the graphics were awesome. I tried Elden Ring, got almost half way through, and stopped playing because there is way too much grinding involved just to level up your character enough for certain areas, and bosses. The grind is by far the worst part of FromSoft games. Farming is boring if it is too extensive.
This video and its comments made me realize how good gaming was before social media.... Everyone had their own opinions, everyone loved games which matched their own taste, no-one cared about gaming journalism..... People just don't seem to care about opinions now a days.... They get instantly triggered 🙂
@@ni9274 Yes it's weird how personally attacked FromSoft fans get over criticism... hunting out videos and forums expressing negative opinions so they (fromsoft fans) can start fights.
True bro. people get mad at me for saying that the from soft game are unfair . Everytime I point out one of there flaws people get mad, that why some people get so mad about my why people hate Elden ring video. Thx for watching and commenting please consider subscribing if you haven't already and come back soon.
@@NolesNerd001 Don't understand the elitism towards their games, they're not worth dying on a hill for. They weren't exactly setting the world on fire back in their King's Field and Eternal Ring days.
I don't get it either . People get so mad if you say any thing about those games that not great . they always reject your opinion has the game are just to hard for you and that is such a bad argument .
@@ni9274 Most of the bosses are bigger and should be slower, you're smaller and should be faster - Common sense, reverse is the case in FromSoft games to create unnecessary artificial difficultly. Sometimes it even feels like they read your inputs as you send them, rather the output of your controller inputs. (I'm currently STILL playing Elden Ring) There NO story. Just a vague quest of being Elden Lord after beating some big guys. Another problem, upgrades give you like +1 or +5 and armour give you between 0.6 to 3 extra while the bosses have like 10k Health point and deal 5k damage per their light attack. FromSoft games feels like it's for people that can spend an eternity in vagueness.
I hate fromsoft so much, they make hands down the most overrated, clunky janky and shitty games on the planet and their fandom was gaslit into believing they're better than other gamers for tolerating their barely functional games and bragging that they did it, like congrats you beat bubsy 3d now go get a life.
The bubsy 3d analogy is so on point, and yeah, the whole fansbase is brainwashed because all the deaths that their first boss took from them gave them a false sense of accomplishment when they eventually conformed to the intended pattern. It literally shoved those mentally deficient players into a stockholm syndromed state where anybody that criticises the game for having no interactive depth or difficulty is an insult to them and their attempts on the boss by extension, so in order to defend their ego they say some weak ass shit like git gud or skill issue as if they are the preprogrammed ai with no free will. Its lame and sad asf they can't separate themselves from this copy and pasted product.
Ironically a bunch of people overhype this game and only about 20% of them actually beat it or even got half way through it. They just want the clout of pretending they love the game to give the impression they enjoy and beat the games when in fact they don't even finish them. The completion stats out all the poser sheep overhyping this trash game.
LOL LMAO ROFL YOU'RE RIGHT! It's a little hard to tell how many people actually finished because of how the ending achievements are split and individuals getting multiple endings, but all of the endings sit at around 20% of players while only 60% of players beat one of the final bosses. So between 40 and 80% of people never finished the game lmao. Truly just peacocking for (false) clout and prestige.
Uhhh, no one talks about hating these games. In fact, people get ridiculed for talking any shit about these games. Personally, I think these games fail because any game that you can’t get the gist of within an hour of playing it has failed it’s goal.
@@Hojijhi Okay, that’s a fair point. But I honestly don’t even think of MOBAs as traditional video games. They are more like the fusion of video games and chess. But even really complicated games like Civilization you can get the general gist of pretty quickly. And also, when I say gist, I don’t mean mastering a game or even being “good”. I mean you understand the general strategies and mechanics.
@@Hojijhi I disagree. Even with Dota, the basics of the game are easy to understand. What takes time is learning all the different characters and the incredibly competitive micro skills. But you can think what you want. Bottom line, I think From Software games are not fun. You are free to love them all you want (though I wonder wtf you are doing commenting on this video if you do like those games).
What difficulty? Every other souls game is full of gimmick fights in which if you do X action you will deal massive damage to the boss, like with plunging attacks and some status effects. Bosses do one or two super hits that usually give you a pretty generous window of opportunity to dodge, and then they give you more than enough time to counter attack. Malenia on the other hand is pure SHIT and if I was the game director I would change her immediately and have a long chat with the people who designed her moves. I don't get mad with games, I barely get mad in real life with things that actually matters, and for some reason this game have casted a spell on me that drives me crazy with how unfair it is and how much the fanboys have been gaslighted and also hypnotized into thinking it is a well designed masterpiece. Eff off, give me a break.
true the elder ring is overrate when i was under it spell i thought its was great. The first 50 hours i really like it but for the second 50 i hated , and the fanboy are always so gate keeping in FromSoftware game and they get so mad when you point out all the problems . thank for watching please subscribe if for nothing else then to help small youtubers .
Less of aound 15% of players who played a souls game actually finished it. It very eare to beat a souls game solo no coop help on bosses. I did it with bloodborne expect ludwig I did coop but hey, it toke me all year to beat one game. Its freaking hard only a small amount of people find souls games easy
In my honest opinion I think most fromsoft's games paint the illusion of being hard without actually being hard. They seem super restrictiful and only really test your memorization. The combat is decent but it takes almost half a second after you press the button to attack. The dodge comes out so slow and after you release the button which is lame, sekiro and BB the dodge come out smoother. Ds3 you can barely find time to heal even if you create space with how long the animation is. Bosses in ds3 and elden ring have these instant dash attacks going across the whole stage. Fromsoft has a horrible camera and lock on system then add bosses that jump and fly all over the place but the lock on target breaks off. There is so many actions games that actually test your skills far better than fromsoft games if you play them on the hardest difficulties. Fromsoft games are cool and all but honestly the mechanics are pretty cheap and the games are flooded with so many gimmicks
The beautiful thing about video games is that you can choose to play the ones that appeal to you. The idea that people are forcing themselves to play a genre of games they ultimately dislike makes no sense. Nobody is holding a gun to your head to play Fromsoft games. Also, in regards to the “toxic fanbase”, one of my fondest memories with DS3 was activating a summons outside the chapel of the deep and having this other player aid me through the whole level. Are there toxic members of the fanbase,sure, but you find the same toxicity within the GOW fanbase, which is glossed over in the video.
Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Rising, Nier: Replicant and other games like these have the best combat systems ever. Maybe it’s because Character Action is the best game genre. And yeah, fart souls combat system suck as hard as it even possible.
I agree completely! Everyone loves to recommend From Software games but imo they have storylines that nobody can follow and a broken combat system that turns off most new players to the franchise. Also you pretty have to cheat just to make progress in Elden Ring. Idk I've been playing it for a few weeks but I may never finish it. It's fun until it's not
@@NolesNerd001 And the funniest part is how these fromsoftware fans claim to be "real gamers" when they haven't even played any of the actual real games. They don't even know that if it wasn't for Castlevania dark souls would have never existed.
In reality, the FS games are not that difficult. DS1 is a really slow playing game with most of the bosses and enemies having long windups. The entire combat system is about spacing and patience. Don't attack until you get an opening. They are really telegraphed. That simply is the game. You simply need to learn the mechanics and there are plenty of ways to over level to make it much easier. You may not like it, but it does not mean it is a bad game. It took me multiple attempts at DS1, but now it clicks.
My options: Difficulty: I believe is part of the experience, so if the developers want to give a specific experience, necessary Punishment system: you kill the enemies in the area and you rest for quite sometime let's say, it just make perfect sense for me for the area to be filled again, you killed some, others will find their way there Story and player's motif: I believe the stories are awesome, and them being somewhat hidden, adds to the mystery. Also, just the atmosphere is enough to hook me in, just finding out what waits ahead in these worlds is enough for me to continue playing these games Combat: I really like it, with Bloodborne's being my favourite. I like their simplicity, dodge at the right time, attack at the right time, done. Sekiro was a bit more complex, and I didn't like it that much, the bosses were incredible, and they would be possible only with this type of mechanics, but still not my fav. I tried GoW 2018 and I stopped bcs I was bored of the combat, and then I got into FromSoft games. It felt too much to me, just a bunch of stuff put together. I might be dumb, but I couldn't understand how it functions. In souls I hit, my animation ends, I dodge and avoid the attack thanks to a short window of i-frames, animation ends and I can hit again. I have to position my self correctly, find a way to take on the enemies one by one, look how they behave to be able to dodge their attacks or find a weakness and so on. I didn't feel that way with GoW, in it I would just run to them and start hitting, doing long combos bcs it felt I wasn't dealing any dmg, again I could just be playing the game wrong. About magic, I personally love melee, even in Uncharted until I die 2-3 times I would go melee even in a gunfight, it is so much more fun. My only complaint with souls games is the platforming, but again I believe it has it's charm
That’s quite interesting that you didn’t like GOW combat because it’s more complex combos, etc. I’m the opposite of you. I really liked GOWs combat and loved that the controls were very tight. GOW has always been about combo heavy combat so maybe I just naturally grabbed onto it. They changed it quite drastically to emulate (not fully copy) the basic souls like over the shoulder light and heavy attacks. But it’s much more fluid and responsive. I like souls games but I roll eyes at the combat more often than not. It’s very simplistic over all and once you have parrying down to a science it’s not very difficult, just have to learn the bosses. GOW has a lot more depth in combat mechanics. Souls games have more depth in character builds and various weapons. But those weapons are simple in their overall mechanics.
@@platinoob__2495 right. I’m not arguing or anything mate. Just noting that it’s interesting that we have the opposite taste in combat mechanics. I don’t hate DS combat I just prefer GOW for it’s tight controls and combo options. I do enjoy Bloodborne as well. That’s my favorite of their games.
I hate what the company did with the franchise. Why? Well I don’t enjoy having to wait for a new boss to finish doing their combos for me to get maybe one hit on them, which basically does no damage because of the massive health. Truly DS 1 is still the best and I hope the company realizes that they shouldn’t listen to tryhards who will buy the games no matter how unfair or unbalanced some things are.
You basically gave a perfect example of why I don’t like these games. To put it simply, I don’t find the combat fun at all. It’s slow, often cheap, and repetitive.
You don’t have to wait, there is opening every 5 seconds. There is more waiting in ds1 than in ds3 and elden ring. The 20 millions people that bought elden ring are all tryharder ?
@@ni9274 How much did you consider what I said? Not much at all it seems because what I said is nothing similar to making everyone who bought DS3 or ER a Tryhard.
Tbh the way they are making games...i mean they way they design their games it clearly looks like they r only targeting old audience who are good at these games I played sekiro that started without any liner progression of player skillset from software thinks that anyone who play their game is already having skillset required to play these kind of games They don't treat player as newbie but as an experienced player
The biggest problem with these games is there's no way to really "git gud" at them. From the frustrating and stale combat to the ass backwards progression system there really isn't much to do one can do to get better at em. And don't even get me started on the moronic hoops one has to jump through to get the different endings that amount to maybe ten extra seconds that resolves about as much as the normal endings do (that being FUCK ALL) To be honest the only thing that really stands out about the games is the outright rabid fanbase. Everything else just feels like the designers took everything that made RPGs fun and crippled them for the sake of making their games "harder"
That’s false, anyone can « git gud » at souls game. If you learn the attack you become basically invincible. Who is « Everyone else » ? Cause elden ring sold more than any other rpg this last 5 years.
@@ni9274 it's hilarious how you say one can be "invincible" when the high level characters die JUST AS EASILY as a starting character. And that's not even going into how most enemies can throw out three to even seven hit combos while the player's only melee option is to flail at the boss like they hurt their wrist while jerking off and can barely manage broad, long winded swipes that leave them wide open for getting their health bar ass raped at every convenience. But given how your first reaction was a moronic strawman I very much doubt anything will get through your thick skull
@@godofdeath8785 to be blunt if it wasn't for the outright rabid nature of the designers or fanbase these games would have been written off as borderline unfinished garbage YEARS ago. Fromsoft has been making the same damn mistakes since with the formula since Dark Souls and the only reason people are afraid to say as much is because the jagoff fanbase goes apeshit on anyone who doesn't echo their cries of "gemms er perfek cuz dey herd!"
@@jeremyallen5974 Seems like you never played Elden Ring or you're trolling. There is plenty of opening in literally every bosses in this game, if you can't find them it's your fault, not the game. Go watch ongbal no-hit videos if you want exemple.
Lengthy rant ahead - be warned. This video inspired me to vomit up a lot of words. The algorithm just sent me to this video, and I had previously seen your more recent video about Elden Ring. FromSoftware games interest me even though I will never play them. They are influential, so elements of their style might end up in other games, for better or worse, and the community of fans is interesting from the perspective of an outsider who gets some perverse entertainment out of observing fan toxicity. I can't provide a personal evaluation on how good or bad these games might be because I have never played them and likely never will. I don't enjoy action combat, so the type of challenge these games present is a challenge that I have zero desire to meet. I have played games that include action combat, but I play them for other features, and I set the combat to the easiest possible difficulty and/or use cheat commands (if available) so that I can get it over with as quickly and painlessly as possible and move on to the fun things. If FromSoftware games had a ridiculously easy difficulty mode, I might try one of them to find out if there is anything to them besides the combat. One challenge I like is an inaccessible and obfuscated story that takes some effort to explore and interpret, so the difficulty of following the story in a FromSoftware game is something that I might enjoy. I also love exploration with minimal hand holding, and Elden Ring looks attractive from that standpoint. However, the combat difficulty is a barrier that I am unwilling to even attempt to surmount, so I'll have to look for these features in other games. As for "git gud," I've been there, I've done that, and I'm done. I go all the way back to the late 1970s, and I wasted countless many quarters in arcade games trying to "git gud" because that was an activity that was new and exciting for children at the time. Arcade games from the 1970s/1980s have steep difficulty curves because they are designed to separate teenagers from their quarters as quickly as possible. I've never had good reflexes or coordination, so I burned through my quarters with lightning speed. For some inexplicable reason, I managed to "git gud" at Millipede but no other arcade game. Strangely, I'm still good at it and can clear a good many levels when I load it up on my Atari 800 or play the arcade version. Now that I'm in my 50s and have plenty of stress and bother in my day to day life, I look to video games for escape and relaxation, and the last thing I want is extreme challenge and frustration. Mental challenges are more my speed now, while I got my fill of physical challenges during my teenage years and I desire no more. The only sort of video game combat that I am able to enjoy now is something like the intricate 3-dimensional puzzles presented by the combat arenas in turn-based games like Solasta: Crown of the Magister and Baldur's Gate 3. Moreover, I'm tired of video games featuring combat in general, and I'm increasingly drawn to games that do other things well. City simulators and related genres occupy most of my gaming time these days, and I enjoy the much maligned "walking simulators" that provide challenges in the form of narrative interpretation rather than the mechanics of game play. As far as I can tell, FromSoftware games are successful at what they are trying to accomplish, so the high ratings are likely justified, but they will always appeal to a niche audience that seeks out and prioritizes punishing difficulty in action combat. That's fine. There is nothing wrong with enjoying this aspect of video games and seeking it out. However, not enjoying punishing action combat is also perfectly reasonable, and not wanting to engage with it does not somehow make a person into a lesser gamer. Wishing for an optional easier difficulty setting in FromSoftware games is also perfectly reasonable and shouldn't be taken by fans as an affront to their identity, though the developers have made it clear that this is not compatible with their artistic vision so it isn't going to happen. We all have different tastes, and I hope there continues to be a wide variety of games to appeal to different types of gamers. Gatekeeping and trolling are unproductive activities that will only serve to piss people off. People who feel inclined to engage in such activities should step back, think twice, mind their own business, and enjoy their games.
Why did you not do a quick Google search to fact-check the comment about enemies scaling with you? The game that got rid of that was the first Dark Souls, not Sekiro. Demon's Souls is the only game that did that. It's fair to not like it, plenty of people don't, but acting like this is the case in the Dark Souls games and in Bloodborne is very misleading.
Why can a game that evokes suffering in a literal way not exist tho? It's less that the games that are hard; it's that they are dark and obscure and feel like something macabre that was hidden away. it's the sense of "unearthing that which ought to stay under", and achieving the impossible and defeating said horrors. it's not supposed to be "fun" the way Ninja gaiden and such are, it's fun the way the first resident evil games and soul reaver were.
@@odious5317 I think it's because it makes people feel insecure tbh. I mean, I sure felt insecure and like I was stupid when I first started Demons souls lol. People need to know; discomfort can be more than "inconvenient", it can mean something to the experience if you let it.
When people say "Git Gud" we aren't trolling, we literally mean keep trying and get good at timing of a boss/enemy. Like every community there are a couple of bad eggs but most of us are always happy to give advice or even drop a summon sign to help out. Just don't ask for souls or runes because it's annoying as all hell and they are stupidly easy to come by. But I understand where you are coming from fromsoft games definitely aren't for everyone wether it be due to difficulty, mechanics, find the story hard to follow or they just don't like the game each to their own and anyone who's giving people crap online for not liking a game is a bit of a goose.
That’s such a cop out, though, for poor game design. What other game is designed to have you die over and over again because of cheap enemy placements and having slow af combat animations? It’s hard for all the wrong reasons, imo.
@@leeartlee915 well actually back In the day heaps of games were pretty similar. Not structurally obviously but in the sense of difficulty. The only reason so many people don't like it is because most games now day reward you for turning your console on and do nothing but hold your hand. Though fromsofts formulas are straight forward the unforgiving and sometimes unfair game mechanics make a game that kicks your arse when you first get into the series and rewards you for nothing. Look at it like a friendly nod towards an era were games were hard and developers gave a shit. All depends on your build for the slow combat, my Dex builds pretty quick. Fromsoft games clearly aren't for everyone though dude so each to their own 😊
@@Tom-nc5qv Old games were hard as balls because of two reasons a) they were stuck in the arcade mentality, trying to suck up quarters. That was bad by intention. b) The games were smaller so needed to be harder to extend playtime.
@@leeartlee915 yeah so games that were on PS1 N64 and SNES to name a few needed quarters and all 🤣. Bro who honestly and realistically cares, if games were 10 times harder back then, at the end of the day you don't like the game that's cool man your not wrong for not liking it it's definitely made for certain type of Gammers.
And for people to complain while praising God of War tells me all I need to know. While God of War is an excellent game... It takes no real effort to progress in those games. They hold your hand the whole way. Just a hack n' slash.
It sounds like the games just aren't for you to be honest, and idk these games are good to me the gameplay is p good, and I don't really know about story stuff cus idrc about it
true it's like you can say anything bad about from software with out people getting mad , but form software used to be a better company i think they feel trap by there fans Tenchu is one of favorite game of all time I didn't know form software made it they should remake the PS1 game .
I don't think it's game of the year either it's such a bad game it's just terribly designed I appreciate you're reply btw anyway shit joke of a game it's pathetic the hitboxes are worse than anything I've ever played excuse the lazy Grammer I'm venting 😂
Going against those game in anyway will get you a lot of hate, problem why none will tell the truth about them . Ever Saying there good but flawed seem to really offend people .
Thx for watching and comment. I know that the general consensus is that these games do not scale, but I swear when I play Bloodborne and try to over level, it took just has many hits 15 has it did at 2 . But the evidence seem to state that I was wrong about enemy scaling so I'm sorry about that what I should have said is you can over level in most of the from soft games.
How can you not respect the only original game to come out recently. It doesn't punish you for playing just because you aren't pampered the entire game... you're literally invincible during a dodgeroll, what more do you need. You still get all the information needed to play and gather lore. Pay attention rather than complaining so much.
Original game? Nothing in Elden Rings is actually original though. Every system and element can be found elsewhere. Actually original games go unnoticed.
Elden ring has roll input delay like a mfer 😂 most souls games excluding sekiro or bloodbourne are so restrictive and don't test your skills other than memorization.
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When I think about why I don’t like From Software games, I think about why I loved God of War. When I played that the first time, I put it to hard difficulty. I died all the time but after I learned the mechanics, that happened less and less, even on bosses. That is not how Souls Born games work. When you meet a new boss, the game is designed to have you die at least once. That’s not fun to me. I want to be able to, in theory, play a game and never die if I’ve learned the basics of the game to the point of near perfection.
I couldn't agree more the From Software games are very trial and error , you will die the first time you fight a boss , and I'm with you . like to feel like if I'm good enough i can finish game with dying . thx for watching .
God of war 2018 was a menace to the franchise. Play the original trilogy, that is the real god of war
@@rover5058 I’ve played those. I like them too but that formula was tired. They had to do something different (especially after everyone copied them).
@Jotaro97 Over the shoulder is *very* tired, especially if you make games for Sony. They’ve basically closed up shop on every other genre except third person action games (with GT thrown in every 6 years).
@@miceatah9359 Yeah… and it’s also a little weird to call ancient mythology “tired”. It’s fucking literally thousands of years old. Of course it’s been referenced to death. Lol.
It’s not exactly like The Last of Us was some amazing, original idea, that people have never played with before. Just because something is familiar doesn’t make it bad or lazy. Classics are classic for a reason.
I'm glad to find a free thinker that is willing to say that From Software games aren't that great. I'm playing elden ring rn and I'm starting to ask "do I even care about this story or even completing this game?" It's like yay a hard boss, kill it, go find the next hard boss, repeat.... In most games u get a cut scene of something after a boss fight that unfolds more of the story but nah not in these games lol. Just confusion and an expectation to go kill the next big thing and see what happens 😒.
That's because they have a very unique way of story telling ; So, don't conclude anything like "they aren't great"," they are just difficult". Etc.
I was also skeptical regarding the plots of dark souls untill I watched some more videos and the actual way these games are supposed to be played... So I would suggest you take another chance and play them in the actual way they are supposed to be
It’s the reason why I couldn’t bother with Bloodborne.
I played until the 3rd boss and couldn’t care less about the story because no story was presented.
Demon’s Souls has some mystery, Dark Souls 1 doesn’t, but has a very well designed world.
Dark Souls 2 and 3 are sequels, so you can care because of previous titles.
Elden Ring has a nice world to explore, but at some point, what you’ve said comes up “why should I finish this?”.
There is story, you need to find it.
But the core gameplay is just killing bosses like you say.
If you don’t like it just stop playing, everyone loves different type of game.
@@casaroli « why would I finish this »
Idk, cause you like the gameplay ?
These game are 90% about the gameplay.
@@ni9274 yeah, when I was 15 that would be enough. But today there has to be something more to make me play a game.
When I start questioning “why am I doing this?” I usually stop playing any game.
I’m not advocating for change to the games.
If I don’t enjoy a game, I stop playing, it’s not for me, life goes on.
After the success of Demon Souls, FromSoft has just made the same game with a different name ever since. Sekiro is the only game during this span of success with a story you don't need Vaatividya to explain in it's entirety since Miyazaki had no clue how. And Sekiro and Elden Ring have been considered groundbreaking since they have an actual jump button to help alleviate some of the rage the god awful platforming sections require you to do. Hell, outside or Sekiro and Elden Ring, they couldn't be bothered to tell players the basic controls of the game.
Like you said, the difficulty is such a sensitive issue for longtime fans because they all know it's all those games have going for them. Ask any hardcore Souls player what any of the games are about(ie What's the story). They'll all give the same answer: "You have to play the game for yourself, collect every item in the game, and read the item descriptions in sequential order if you wanna know the lore." Absolute madness.
100% true bro I couldn't agree more with have thing you said . thx for watching and commenting and please consider subscribing for you haven't already and come back soon.
Yeah one word-cultists
@@godofdeath8785 Exactly. They've deluded themselves into believing that playing and beating a game with no substance beyond it's artificial difficulty is some badge of honor that makes them superior to those that see it for the mess it is.
@@kaioken301 true
Ds1, ds2 and ds3 all tell the controls to the player, it seems you never played these games.
If the difficulty is the only things these game have, explain me how elden ring is successful even when there is a easy mode ( spirit ashes ).
It seems you hate fromsoft fans for no reason at all, just pure hatred.
After playing Elden Ring for a while the “rewards” after clearing dungeons or beating bosses are so lack luster and underwhelming. Not to mention the absolute joke armor ratings are in the game.
to true. it doesn't matter what you do in From Software game you lose . i really like Elden ring to start with , but the more i played , the more it started to feel empty .
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How is getting new weapons lackluster ?
What reward do you want ? Crafting items like in horizon ?
@@ni9274 at least Horizon weapons actually got better. Unlike FS weapons, it's just the same weapon reskinned with like +1 of damage agains enemies that get +100 stronger.
Compare these games to the reboot of Ninja Gadien. Those games were hard as hell, sure, but you basically understood what you needed to do to win within the first hour of playing it. Easy to learn, hard to master. That is NOT the case with From Software games. I think the fundamental way the combat is designed is flawed.
fromsoftware game are even simpler.
Just dodge the attack and attack back.
If it’s too difficult you can go farm levels.
@@ni9274 Farming levels is a drag, and boring. It takes too long.
@@odious5317 Fromsoft games challenge the player, they require some time investment if you want to get good and appreciate the combat.
If you feel it’s boring just stop playing, everyone can find a video games boring but that doesn’t mean the video game is bad.
@@ni9274 I didn't say the game is bad, in fact, I greatly enjoy many aspects of it. I just mentioned my own personal gripe with the game, which rendered it unplayable for me.
@@odious5317 Tell me you don't like playing an RPG without telling me.
I agree 100% with you. I love me some hard games don't get me wrong, but i want to start said games on a lower difficulty until i get good enough for an extreme or legend difficulty. I know its a stereotype that dark souls is a difficult brutal game that edgy teens like to play, but i myself am 17, graduated early, and working a small job so i play games to unwind but the souls games aren't even hard they're just stupid unfair and unfun.
If you say anything about elden ring you immediately get death threats and doxxed, the community is the worst out of any game
i did say something about Elden ring and you are rite i got all of that and more i actually stop UA-cam for a while because sick out all the toxicity. just because i said the game had flaws and was only like a 8 and not a 10 but the video is still up if you want to see what i said that made me pubic enemy Number one . plus did you hear the Elden ring fan have been review bombing God of war, because it win so many award at this year game awards . i thought the game awards should have give god of war game of the year, but they where to afraid of the Elden ring fans .
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@@NolesNerd001 Elden Ring made the fanbase more rabid, I swear, and winning GotY has only promoted them into going into other games' forums and trashing on the game for not being more like FromSoft.
The past few games that have released, that I've been interested in, have all had "but muh Elden Rings is better" being thrust in.
Elden ring winning the goty will only make other developers incorporate same combat mechanics in their games
Personally i don't like combat in elden ring
But developer will do this so as to please souls fans
It's boring with a shit story and useless pickups everywhere that don't really do anything. The only one of these games I've ever liked was bloodborne and that's after I found out how to cheat.
Finally someone just spitting facts, from software games are just mediocre games at best, and I say that as someone who is pretty good at them. I finished DS1, DS3, ER and Sekiro. Sekiro is the only game in the list I would consider almost a masterpiece. For what concerns the other souls games, I don't see how players don't realize FROM has been proposing the same exact boring formula (with some minor changes) for years.
i again 100% bro thx for watching
I beat Demon's Soul's remake, which was actually fun, and the graphics were awesome. I tried Elden Ring, got almost half way through, and stopped playing because there is way too much grinding involved just to level up your character enough for certain areas, and bosses. The grind is by far the worst part of FromSoft games. Farming is boring if it is too extensive.
This video and its comments made me realize how good gaming was before social media.... Everyone had their own opinions, everyone loved games which matched their own taste, no-one cared about gaming journalism..... People just don't seem to care about opinions now a days.... They get instantly triggered 🙂
Yes it’s weird how many people hate fromsoft game for no reason at all.
@@ni9274 Ahahahah what a total clown, the only weird thing here is how many people can like these games for no reason at all
@@ni9274 Yes it's weird how personally attacked FromSoft fans get over criticism... hunting out videos and forums expressing negative opinions so they (fromsoft fans) can start fights.
FromSoft make flawed hard games that don't respect your time with their design choices. And their rng boss fights are completely unfair.
True bro. people get mad at me for saying that the from soft game are unfair . Everytime I point out one of there flaws people get mad, that why some people get so mad about my why people hate Elden ring video. Thx for watching and commenting please consider subscribing if you haven't already and come back soon.
@@NolesNerd001 Don't understand the elitism towards their games, they're not worth dying on a hill for. They weren't exactly setting the world on fire back in their King's Field and Eternal Ring days.
I don't get it either . People get so mad if you say any thing about those games that not great . they always reject your opinion has the game are just to hard for you and that is such a bad argument .
The fight aren’t unfair, this is just the reality.
Explain me how you think they are unfair.
@@ni9274 Most of the bosses are bigger and should be slower, you're smaller and should be faster - Common sense, reverse is the case in FromSoft games to create unnecessary artificial difficultly.
Sometimes it even feels like they read your inputs as you send them, rather the output of your controller inputs.
(I'm currently STILL playing Elden Ring)
There NO story. Just a vague quest of being Elden Lord after beating some big guys.
Another problem, upgrades give you like +1 or +5 and armour give you between 0.6 to 3 extra while the bosses have like 10k Health point and deal 5k damage per their light attack.
FromSoft games feels like it's for people that can spend an eternity in vagueness.
I hate fromsoft so much, they make hands down the most overrated, clunky janky and shitty games on the planet and their fandom was gaslit into believing they're better than other gamers for tolerating their barely functional games and bragging that they did it, like congrats you beat bubsy 3d now go get a life.
The bubsy 3d analogy is so on point, and yeah, the whole fansbase is brainwashed because all the deaths that their first boss took from them gave them a false sense of accomplishment when they eventually conformed to the intended pattern. It literally shoved those mentally deficient players into a stockholm syndromed state where anybody that criticises the game for having no interactive depth or difficulty is an insult to them and their attempts on the boss by extension, so in order to defend their ego they say some weak ass shit like git gud or skill issue as if they are the preprogrammed ai with no free will. Its lame and sad asf they can't separate themselves from this copy and pasted product.
Sekiro and Nioh 2 are the best, everything else is trash
Ironically a bunch of people overhype this game and only about 20% of them actually beat it or even got half way through it. They just want the clout of pretending they love the game to give the impression they enjoy and beat the games when in fact they don't even finish them. The completion stats out all the poser sheep overhyping this trash game.
LOL LMAO ROFL YOU'RE RIGHT! It's a little hard to tell how many people actually finished because of how the ending achievements are split and individuals getting multiple endings, but all of the endings sit at around 20% of players while only 60% of players beat one of the final bosses. So between 40 and 80% of people never finished the game lmao. Truly just peacocking for (false) clout and prestige.
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Uhhh, no one talks about hating these games. In fact, people get ridiculed for talking any shit about these games. Personally, I think these games fail because any game that you can’t get the gist of within an hour of playing it has failed it’s goal.
In 1 hour please imagine you talking about dota 2
@@Hojijhi Okay, that’s a fair point. But I honestly don’t even think of MOBAs as traditional video games. They are more like the fusion of video games and chess. But even really complicated games like Civilization you can get the general gist of pretty quickly. And also, when I say gist, I don’t mean mastering a game or even being “good”. I mean you understand the general strategies and mechanics.
@@leeartlee915 that's the point you Don't
@@Hojijhi I disagree. Even with Dota, the basics of the game are easy to understand. What takes time is learning all the different characters and the incredibly competitive micro skills. But you can think what you want. Bottom line, I think From Software games are not fun. You are free to love them all you want (though I wonder wtf you are doing commenting on this video if you do like those games).
@@Hojijhi Riiiiiiiight. Well good luck with that.
What difficulty? Every other souls game is full of gimmick fights in which if you do X action you will deal massive damage to the boss, like with plunging attacks and some status effects. Bosses do one or two super hits that usually give you a pretty generous window of opportunity to dodge, and then they give you more than enough time to counter attack.
Malenia on the other hand is pure SHIT and if I was the game director I would change her immediately and have a long chat with the people who designed her moves. I don't get mad with games, I barely get mad in real life with things that actually matters, and for some reason this game have casted a spell on me that drives me crazy with how unfair it is and how much the fanboys have been gaslighted and also hypnotized into thinking it is a well designed masterpiece. Eff off, give me a break.
true the elder ring is overrate when i was under it spell i thought its was great. The first 50 hours i really like it but for the second 50 i hated , and the fanboy are always so gate keeping in FromSoftware game and they get so mad when you point out all the problems . thank for watching please subscribe if for nothing else then to help small youtubers .
Just accept they're not for you and play something else. It's not the games fault if you're not good at it.
Less of aound 15% of players who played a souls game actually finished it. It very eare to beat a souls game solo no coop help on bosses. I did it with bloodborne expect ludwig I did coop but hey, it toke me all year to beat one game. Its freaking hard only a small amount of people find souls games easy
I finished Sekiro 4 times over and will never buy another game from these pricks ever again.
In my honest opinion I think most fromsoft's games paint the illusion of being hard without actually being hard. They seem super restrictiful and only really test your memorization. The combat is decent but it takes almost half a second after you press the button to attack. The dodge comes out so slow and after you release the button which is lame, sekiro and BB the dodge come out smoother. Ds3 you can barely find time to heal even if you create space with how long the animation is. Bosses in ds3 and elden ring have these instant dash attacks going across the whole stage. Fromsoft has a horrible camera and lock on system then add bosses that jump and fly all over the place but the lock on target breaks off. There is so many actions games that actually test your skills far better than fromsoft games if you play them on the hardest difficulties.
Fromsoft games are cool and all but honestly the mechanics are pretty cheap and the games are flooded with so many gimmicks
The beautiful thing about video games is that you can choose to play the ones that appeal to you. The idea that people are forcing themselves to play a genre of games they ultimately dislike makes no sense. Nobody is holding a gun to your head to play Fromsoft games. Also, in regards to the “toxic fanbase”, one of my fondest memories with DS3 was activating a summons outside the chapel of the deep and having this other player aid me through the whole level. Are there toxic members of the fanbase,sure, but you find the same toxicity within the GOW fanbase, which is glossed over in the video.
Dark souls fan base is the worst period. Up there with the suicideboys fanbase
Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Rising, Nier: Replicant and other games like these have the best combat systems ever. Maybe it’s because Character Action is the best game genre. And yeah, fart souls combat system suck as hard as it even possible.
I agree completely! Everyone loves to recommend From Software games but imo they have storylines that nobody can follow and a broken combat system that turns off most new players to the franchise. Also you pretty have to cheat just to make progress in Elden Ring. Idk I've been playing it for a few weeks but I may never finish it. It's fun until it's not
These games are for frustrated nerds.
@@leeartlee915 , what else you can cluck, little hen?
@@leeartlee915 nerds are superior feel ashamed
I agree I love every one of these games but they don't have a game they're just fun mechanic's
Man most of these "From software fans" don't even know wtf kuon is
To True bro. I don't ever think most Dark Soul fans , had ever even played Demon's Souls before i got remade .
@@NolesNerd001 And the funniest part is how these fromsoftware fans claim to be "real gamers" when they haven't even played any of the actual real games. They don't even know that if it wasn't for Castlevania dark souls would have never existed.
Most of them probably haven't even played the King's Field games.
@@virgogaming6488 faaaaaacts
Or Otogi... or Evergrace...
I hate the fanboys. I like the games.
In reality, the FS games are not that difficult. DS1 is a really slow playing game with most of the bosses and enemies having long windups. The entire combat system is about spacing and patience. Don't attack until you get an opening. They are really telegraphed. That simply is the game. You simply need to learn the mechanics and there are plenty of ways to over level to make it much easier. You may not like it, but it does not mean it is a bad game. It took me multiple attempts at DS1, but now it clicks.
My options:
Difficulty: I believe is part of the experience, so if the developers want to give a specific experience, necessary
Punishment system: you kill the enemies in the area and you rest for quite sometime let's say, it just make perfect sense for me for the area to be filled again, you killed some, others will find their way there
Story and player's motif: I believe the stories are awesome, and them being somewhat hidden, adds to the mystery. Also, just the atmosphere is enough to hook me in, just finding out what waits ahead in these worlds is enough for me to continue playing these games
Combat: I really like it, with Bloodborne's being my favourite. I like their simplicity, dodge at the right time, attack at the right time, done. Sekiro was a bit more complex, and I didn't like it that much, the bosses were incredible, and they would be possible only with this type of mechanics, but still not my fav. I tried GoW 2018 and I stopped bcs I was bored of the combat, and then I got into FromSoft games. It felt too much to me, just a bunch of stuff put together. I might be dumb, but I couldn't understand how it functions. In souls I hit, my animation ends, I dodge and avoid the attack thanks to a short window of i-frames, animation ends and I can hit again. I have to position my self correctly, find a way to take on the enemies one by one, look how they behave to be able to dodge their attacks or find a weakness and so on. I didn't feel that way with GoW, in it I would just run to them and start hitting, doing long combos bcs it felt I wasn't dealing any dmg, again I could just be playing the game wrong. About magic, I personally love melee, even in Uncharted until I die 2-3 times I would go melee even in a gunfight, it is so much more fun.
My only complaint with souls games is the platforming, but again I believe it has it's charm
That’s quite interesting that you didn’t like GOW combat because it’s more complex combos, etc. I’m the opposite of you. I really liked GOWs combat and loved that the controls were very tight. GOW has always been about combo heavy combat so maybe I just naturally grabbed onto it. They changed it quite drastically to emulate (not fully copy) the basic souls like over the shoulder light and heavy attacks. But it’s much more fluid and responsive.
I like souls games but I roll eyes at the combat more often than not. It’s very simplistic over all and once you have parrying down to a science it’s not very difficult, just have to learn the bosses. GOW has a lot more depth in combat mechanics. Souls games have more depth in character builds and various weapons. But those weapons are simple in their overall mechanics.
@@slartybartfast1112 as I said, that simplicity is exactly what I like, then Bloodborne takes that simplicity and makes it aggressive, perfection
@@platinoob__2495 right. I’m not arguing or anything mate. Just noting that it’s interesting that we have the opposite taste in combat mechanics. I don’t hate DS combat I just prefer GOW for it’s tight controls and combo options. I do enjoy Bloodborne as well. That’s my favorite of their games.
Tbh u state all the points which i dont liked about these games
I hate what the company did with the franchise. Why? Well I don’t enjoy having to wait for a new boss to finish doing their combos for me to get maybe one hit on them, which basically does no damage because of the massive health. Truly DS 1 is still the best and I hope the company realizes that they shouldn’t listen to tryhards who will buy the games no matter how unfair or unbalanced some things are.
You basically gave a perfect example of why I don’t like these games. To put it simply, I don’t find the combat fun at all. It’s slow, often cheap, and repetitive.
You don’t have to wait, there is opening every 5 seconds.
There is more waiting in ds1 than in ds3 and elden ring.
The 20 millions people that bought elden ring are all tryharder ?
@@ni9274 How much did you consider what I said? Not much at all it seems because what I said is nothing similar to making everyone who bought DS3 or ER a Tryhard.
Tbh the way they are making games...i mean they way they design their games it clearly looks like they r only targeting old audience who are good at these games
I played sekiro that started without any liner progression of player skillset from software thinks that anyone who play their game is already having skillset required to play these kind of games
They don't treat player as newbie but as an experienced player
It's a weird concept that you die too many times on a stage boss. Their desperate to get attention. Games are stupidly hard.
The biggest problem with these games is there's no way to really "git gud" at them. From the frustrating and stale combat to the ass backwards progression system there really isn't much to do one can do to get better at em. And don't even get me started on the moronic hoops one has to jump through to get the different endings that amount to maybe ten extra seconds that resolves about as much as the normal endings do (that being FUCK ALL)
To be honest the only thing that really stands out about the games is the outright rabid fanbase. Everything else just feels like the designers took everything that made RPGs fun and crippled them for the sake of making their games "harder"
True cultism/elitism around these games so scary
That’s false, anyone can « git gud » at souls game.
If you learn the attack you become basically invincible.
Who is « Everyone else » ? Cause elden ring sold more than any other rpg this last 5 years.
@@ni9274 it's hilarious how you say one can be "invincible" when the high level characters die JUST AS EASILY as a starting character. And that's not even going into how most enemies can throw out three to even seven hit combos while the player's only melee option is to flail at the boss like they hurt their wrist while jerking off and can barely manage broad, long winded swipes that leave them wide open for getting their health bar ass raped at every convenience.
But given how your first reaction was a moronic strawman I very much doubt anything will get through your thick skull
@@godofdeath8785 to be blunt if it wasn't for the outright rabid nature of the designers or fanbase these games would have been written off as borderline unfinished garbage YEARS ago. Fromsoft has been making the same damn mistakes since with the formula since Dark Souls and the only reason people are afraid to say as much is because the jagoff fanbase goes apeshit on anyone who doesn't echo their cries of "gemms er perfek cuz dey herd!"
@@jeremyallen5974 Seems like you never played Elden Ring or you're trolling.
There is plenty of opening in literally every bosses in this game, if you can't find them it's your fault, not the game.
Go watch ongbal no-hit videos if you want exemple.
Lengthy rant ahead - be warned. This video inspired me to vomit up a lot of words.
The algorithm just sent me to this video, and I had previously seen your more recent video about Elden Ring. FromSoftware games interest me even though I will never play them. They are influential, so elements of their style might end up in other games, for better or worse, and the community of fans is interesting from the perspective of an outsider who gets some perverse entertainment out of observing fan toxicity.
I can't provide a personal evaluation on how good or bad these games might be because I have never played them and likely never will. I don't enjoy action combat, so the type of challenge these games present is a challenge that I have zero desire to meet. I have played games that include action combat, but I play them for other features, and I set the combat to the easiest possible difficulty and/or use cheat commands (if available) so that I can get it over with as quickly and painlessly as possible and move on to the fun things. If FromSoftware games had a ridiculously easy difficulty mode, I might try one of them to find out if there is anything to them besides the combat. One challenge I like is an inaccessible and obfuscated story that takes some effort to explore and interpret, so the difficulty of following the story in a FromSoftware game is something that I might enjoy. I also love exploration with minimal hand holding, and Elden Ring looks attractive from that standpoint. However, the combat difficulty is a barrier that I am unwilling to even attempt to surmount, so I'll have to look for these features in other games.
As for "git gud," I've been there, I've done that, and I'm done. I go all the way back to the late 1970s, and I wasted countless many quarters in arcade games trying to "git gud" because that was an activity that was new and exciting for children at the time. Arcade games from the 1970s/1980s have steep difficulty curves because they are designed to separate teenagers from their quarters as quickly as possible. I've never had good reflexes or coordination, so I burned through my quarters with lightning speed. For some inexplicable reason, I managed to "git gud" at Millipede but no other arcade game. Strangely, I'm still good at it and can clear a good many levels when I load it up on my Atari 800 or play the arcade version. Now that I'm in my 50s and have plenty of stress and bother in my day to day life, I look to video games for escape and relaxation, and the last thing I want is extreme challenge and frustration. Mental challenges are more my speed now, while I got my fill of physical challenges during my teenage years and I desire no more. The only sort of video game combat that I am able to enjoy now is something like the intricate 3-dimensional puzzles presented by the combat arenas in turn-based games like Solasta: Crown of the Magister and Baldur's Gate 3. Moreover, I'm tired of video games featuring combat in general, and I'm increasingly drawn to games that do other things well. City simulators and related genres occupy most of my gaming time these days, and I enjoy the much maligned "walking simulators" that provide challenges in the form of narrative interpretation rather than the mechanics of game play.
As far as I can tell, FromSoftware games are successful at what they are trying to accomplish, so the high ratings are likely justified, but they will always appeal to a niche audience that seeks out and prioritizes punishing difficulty in action combat. That's fine. There is nothing wrong with enjoying this aspect of video games and seeking it out. However, not enjoying punishing action combat is also perfectly reasonable, and not wanting to engage with it does not somehow make a person into a lesser gamer. Wishing for an optional easier difficulty setting in FromSoftware games is also perfectly reasonable and shouldn't be taken by fans as an affront to their identity, though the developers have made it clear that this is not compatible with their artistic vision so it isn't going to happen. We all have different tastes, and I hope there continues to be a wide variety of games to appeal to different types of gamers. Gatekeeping and trolling are unproductive activities that will only serve to piss people off. People who feel inclined to engage in such activities should step back, think twice, mind their own business, and enjoy their games.
Bravo my good man. Much respect to you. Wise words from a grizzled gamer.
Fromsoftware games are highly overrated garbage. All of them. Demons souls, dark souls, bloodborne, Suckiro and elden ring. All absolute garbage.
whisper in the mic some more
Why did you not do a quick Google search to fact-check the comment about enemies scaling with you? The game that got rid of that was the first Dark Souls, not Sekiro. Demon's Souls is the only game that did that. It's fair to not like it, plenty of people don't, but acting like this is the case in the Dark Souls games and in Bloodborne is very misleading.
Why can a game that evokes suffering in a literal way not exist tho? It's less that the games that are hard; it's that they are dark and obscure and feel like something macabre that was hidden away. it's the sense of "unearthing that which ought to stay under", and achieving the impossible and defeating said horrors.
it's not supposed to be "fun" the way Ninja gaiden and such are, it's fun the way the first resident evil games and soul reaver were.
And that there is the problem. Most people don't give a shit about that.
@@odious5317 I think it's because it makes people feel insecure tbh. I mean, I sure felt insecure and like I was stupid when I first started Demons souls lol. People need to know; discomfort can be more than "inconvenient", it can mean something to the experience if you let it.
When people say "Git Gud" we aren't trolling, we literally mean keep trying and get good at timing of a boss/enemy. Like every community there are a couple of bad eggs but most of us are always happy to give advice or even drop a summon sign to help out. Just don't ask for souls or runes because it's annoying as all hell and they are stupidly easy to come by. But I understand where you are coming from fromsoft games definitely aren't for everyone wether it be due to difficulty, mechanics, find the story hard to follow or they just don't like the game each to their own and anyone who's giving people crap online for not liking a game is a bit of a goose.
That’s such a cop out, though, for poor game design. What other game is designed to have you die over and over again because of cheap enemy placements and having slow af combat animations? It’s hard for all the wrong reasons, imo.
@@leeartlee915 well actually back In the day heaps of games were pretty similar. Not structurally obviously but in the sense of difficulty. The only reason so many people don't like it is because most games now day reward you for turning your console on and do nothing but hold your hand. Though fromsofts formulas are straight forward the unforgiving and sometimes unfair game mechanics make a game that kicks your arse when you first get into the series and rewards you for nothing. Look at it like a friendly nod towards an era were games were hard and developers gave a shit. All depends on your build for the slow combat, my Dex builds pretty quick. Fromsoft games clearly aren't for everyone though dude so each to their own 😊
@@Tom-nc5qv Old games were hard as balls because of two reasons a) they were stuck in the arcade mentality, trying to suck up quarters. That was bad by intention. b) The games were smaller so needed to be harder to extend playtime.
@@leeartlee915 yeah so games that were on PS1 N64 and SNES to name a few needed quarters and all 🤣. Bro who honestly and realistically cares, if games were 10 times harder back then, at the end of the day you don't like the game that's cool man your not wrong for not liking it it's definitely made for certain type of Gammers.
@@Tom-nc5qv What N64 games are you thinking about that are on that level? Serious question.
And for people to complain while praising God of War tells me all I need to know. While God of War is an excellent game... It takes no real effort to progress in those games. They hold your hand the whole way. Just a hack n' slash.
that's alot of peoples kind of game gaming should be relaxing not frustrating
It sounds like the games just aren't for you to be honest, and idk these games are good to me the gameplay is p good, and I don't really know about story stuff cus idrc about it
@@miceatah9359 😂sure ill play ng black rn its prob easy as fuck
From software makes shit games they haven't been good since tenchu dark souls is over hyped and it overshadowed the tenchu series in a bad way
true it's like you can say anything bad about from software with out people getting mad , but form software used to be a better company i think they feel trap by there fans Tenchu is one of favorite game of all time I didn't know form software made it they should remake the PS1 game .
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I don't think it's game of the year either it's such a bad game it's just terribly designed I appreciate you're reply btw anyway shit joke of a game it's pathetic the hitboxes are worse than anything I've ever played excuse the lazy Grammer I'm venting 😂
@@NolesNerd001 tenchu would gape the dark souls fan boys
hell yeah "dark souls fan would be like i can't just spam one move , i have to sneak in this Game this Tenchu is BS" and I'd just say get good lol .
The main message is “too hard”
Here comes the fanboy who didn't even watch the video.
Going against those game in anyway will get you a lot of hate, problem why none will tell the truth about them . Ever Saying there good but flawed seem to really offend people .
If fromsoft use scaling system difficulty its break the whole purpose...
Thx for watching and comment. I know that the general consensus is that these games do not scale, but I swear when I play Bloodborne and try to over level, it took just has many hits 15 has it did at 2 . But the evidence seem to state that I was wrong about enemy scaling so I'm sorry about that what I should have said is you can over level in most of the from soft games.
Cope + L Maidenless + Git Gud
Can you stop being pussyless bot who needs your monkey see monkey do gameplay design to compliment or affirm the idea you might have worth.
I love them ... dont bait people
How can you not respect the only original game to come out recently. It doesn't punish you for playing just because you aren't pampered the entire game... you're literally invincible during a dodgeroll, what more do you need. You still get all the information needed to play and gather lore. Pay attention rather than complaining so much.
Original game? Nothing in Elden Rings is actually original though. Every system and element can be found elsewhere.
Actually original games go unnoticed.
The only original game? You don't play many games do you?
Elden ring has roll input delay like a mfer 😂 most souls games excluding sekiro or bloodbourne are so restrictive and don't test your skills other than memorization.
git gud.
@@raijinthemaster88 and old enough to know the difference between "your" and "you're"
Get gud
God luck 🙏
Can't or won't you chose lol