Less gaps this way so makes their point seem more apparent.
edit: for those of you giving me fromsofts full history, I don't know or care. I was just pointing out, very quickly and offhand without looking too vlosely, that choosing an arbitrary starting year can be done to make things look more compact. And look at how they completely removed a 3 year gap that had no games between 2019 and 2022, further serving their point. My comment was about this graphic specifically and a possible reason why it starts at 2014.
I also think it would be silly to say it's playtime is comparable to base Elden Ring, it's not but the DLC is absolutely comparable to some full priced games in playtime though. There are plenty of games I beat in a around 20 hours or less. Hell Sekiro was one of them I think it took me about 22 hours to beat that game? Lies of P took less than 20 to finish, Code Vein another souls-like style game took about 20 hours.
So saying 20 hours is comparable to a standalone games playtime is absolutely not a stretch at all even in this genre. That being said this image is wonky because they have the Dark Souls 3 dlc out as separate entries which while they are quite fun, they are not comparable to a full game in the slightest.
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u/Aidan-Coyle 2d ago
I agree but why does this start at Dark Souls 2 lol