FromSoftware's run since 2009 (GOAT?)

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love…and hate.

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And oozing with pure darkness, which in a weird way is very satisfying and freeing.

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I've never played any of those.

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They require a certain... mindset to play.

I know the popular thing to say about FROM games is that they are brutally hard or unforgiving, but honestly they just require the player to stop caring about the "small" things (this includes exp, in-game currency, etc.) and just play the game.

Between all of the games I've have racked up hundreds upon hundreds of deaths, lost hundreds of thousands of exp points and missed out on big ticket items in one death in games like Sekiro that you lose the money. You just have to forget about it and move on BECAUSE:

nothing in gaming has ever been more rewarding than these types of moments:

Lady Maria

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I've never played any of those.

I know I'm missing out in the gaming world, just I just can't get into some genres at times.

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I get what you mean. I was originally going to give it a try on PC, but the port was so bad - it took no consideration if you were playing on a keyboard in the tutorial. By the time I was playing games with my controller on PC, I had no real desire to come back.

Also, the idea of playing a single player game that others can jump into just to frick with you isn't terribly appealing to me.

In terms of gameplay and worldbuilding, they are definitely the most consistent throughout that span. The story on the other hand... leaves a lot to be desired, but then again, I don't play FromSoft games for the story.

Two things.I love Elden Ring it is a first class AAA title with all of FromSoft magic and more. But it is basically dark souls 4 if we are honest. Bb will always be the magnum opus.

Certainly, if you like Souls games. Most people don’t.

You truly hold the believe most people flat out don’t like the souls game’s? I could buy your take on Sekiro that game is fricking hard, story is there but it’s dumb as hell compared to their rest and not nearly as many built in east mode makers. But are you actually suggesting most people don’t like Dark Souls 3, BB, and Elden Ring?

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story is there but it’s dumb as hell compared to their rest

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wait, what?
Sekiro is probably the only FromSoft game I've played that actually had a coherent narrative that wasn't bogged down in unnecessary obscurity.

Edit: As for the thread, this really depends on your perspective of the Souls series. For me, they're overrated. Not cause they're hard, but because the storytelling virtually does not exist and the gameplay is too shallow for my taste. I know those are not popular opinions, but that's my experience. I still think the series is good, but not to the degree it often is made out to be.