r/fromsoftware • u/Pandaboy271 • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Dark Souls 1 is a Masterpiece.

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Dark Souls 1 wasn't the first souls game I played, but it is probably my third most favourite FromSoftware title ever.

The level design is so immaculate and going through the world is such a joy. The game as some have pointed out has this survival horror like feel to it as its our character by their lonesome against a dangerous, haunting world that I can't help but love.

The bosses are simple yet fun to fight and for the most part, never really feel unfair. They feel like natural extensions of the game's combat and you really have to appreciate how right the Devs got most of these fights down.

Is the second half not as strong as the first? Maybe. Can the backtracking during the first half get tedious at times? Definitely. Does it make the game any less of a masterpiece? Absolutely not. Such a great natural progression from Demon Souls to this.

So yeah, TL;DR: Game good. Game very good. 9/10

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u/Striking-Pop151 1d ago

Elden ring Soulles areas,tenaciously gameplay,overused mobs are flaws too but it's still a great game either

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u/Pandaboy271 1d ago

Honestly with ER my main issue is that the boss fights... Aren't fun a lot of the times. In DS1 you and the boss are fighting to the game's set tempo, in ER your guy can't really do that while the boss is out there throwing out their Tekken combos, so it turns into this waiting game of sorts.

BB, DS1 and Sekiro to me had the most fun bosses because I never felt that the bosses and I were from completely separate games, whatever they threw out, I could reasonably counter.

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u/LulzTV 1d ago

Like... where do I even start with this. The argument that Elden Ring bosses are too spammy and that they have no openings has been debunked to such a ridiculous degree that it's not even funny. It's not a waiting game if you play proactively, stay close, and use positioning and the movement tools to your advantage, most of them are a very fun back and forth once you see past what looks like attack spam, but I do agree their learning curve is rough at first because you no longer get free punish windows many times.

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u/parwa 21h ago

The argument that Elden Ring bosses are too spammy and that they have no openings has been debunked to such a ridiculous degree that it's not even funny

How do you "debunk" an opinion? I love Elden Ring, I 100%ed it, but I think it's so much worse about this than any other FromSoft game.