This guy > comments of flaws in the game > sees a person enjoying the game despite the flaws > feels the need to be toxic towards the person because of their taste
I think he made the video because it’s very frustrating to watch all the content creators and gamers alike praise something so much and then turn around and be hyper critical and point out every single flaw in a game that isn’t beloved to them. Atleast that’s my issue.
As someone who enjoys playing Soulslike games and thinks that most of them are good games there is one point mentioned in the video I agree with: there is 'no' skill required at all to beat all these games. They have in fact a very simple combat system and what you need to do most of the time is to dodge or block an attack and learn the timings when it is your turn to attack an enemy. If one really is looking for games which require skills to make the player character perform certain actions then there are way better action combat games than Souls, like DMC (mentioned), like Ninja Gaiden, like Bayonetta and others. However, it is on purpose that the combat system in Souls games is easy. They were never meant to be difficult action games in the first place, and it is a mystery how the meme that Souls games are ultra hard has been spread over the years. One can also see that players and streamers developed a whole range of challenge categories for these games (speedruns, no-hit runs, no Estus runs, SL1, etc.) in order to even get a little sense of challenge from Souls games (me included, btw). And this alone shows that if you play them normally they can not be overly difficult in the first place. I think that players who think that skills are required to beat Souls and Soulslike games do not really understand the type of game they are playing. For me, Souls games are more like fast strategy games than action combat games where the player is meant to learn what needs to be done in order to overcome the challenges. Like beating a boss or getting to the next bonfire. They are, in fact, Metroidvania games with RPG elements. As an example, one of the final bosses in Elden Ring, the Godskin Duo, can be a very difficult challenge (if not unfair) if you do not experiment enough to find their weakness. Once you did (spoiler: sleep status effect!) the fight will get ridiculously easy. And I think that this is how most of the challenges in the Souls games are meant to be solved. You carefully observe and experiment with your abilities and test for enemies's weaknesses and then you will be able to easily beat the games. I think it is unfortunate that the Souls games have become popular through streamers who do those different types of challenge runs with artificial self constraints to present their viewers some spectacles. While I am one of those who actually enjoy watching them, I feel like that the majority of the audience is indoctrinated by this with the believe that the games are difficult and that you need to play them in a certain way (dodge roll spam, git gud, do not get hit!). And this is very unfortunate. As an example, many players seem to have forgotten that one of the most effective defensive options in combat is blocking with a shield. Raising a shield is often much faster than a dodge roll and does not cost too much stamina with proper upgrades. However, if you watch streamers playing a Soulslike game it is 'very' rare (to say the least) that someone ever uses a shield with the purpose of blocking attacks (and not just for parrying). I believe the reason for this is founded in the 'git gud' meme that at some point started to take over to characterise the 'right' playstyle in Souls games. I think this is a pity and also reduces Souls games to skill check games which they are clearly not. They are much more than that. And one will only be able able to see this if not listening or following those players who think the whole meaning of playing a Soulslike game is to 'git gud'.
I really appreciate the feedback. Figuring out cryptic weaknesses through trial and error doesn't require strategy though, so that's my disagreement. You should probably check out the rest of my parts about souls games.
@@SolonGaming Yes, there is a good portion of experimenting (trial and error as you say) needed in order to make progress in boss encounters in Souls games. And you will probably die many times before you figure out how things go. This is entangled, however, with creating strategies at the same time to beat a boss.To stay with the Godskin Duo as an example, once you got probably killed many times by the Noble's roll attack you will at some point notice that he can get stuck on one of the pillars, giving you a huge window to get in some free attacks. So you build the strategy to only fight the Noble and never the Apostle in the bossfight, because the Noble's second phase is much easier to punish. And this is in line with your remark made in this video (I guess?) that Souls games are knowledge (and not skill based) games. If I want to skip the trial and error phase and directly want to build my strategy (using my current build) to beat a boss I can also look up all the possible exploits and weaknesses of a boss on the (eg) Fextra Wiki pages telling me everything I need to know. For me, however, the process of finding out the viable ways to fight a boss is one of the things I like about Souls games. I very much like to experiment until I find the proper strategies on my own. Sure, you will get killed many times in this process. But this is what makes these games appealing to me: die and retry. But not with the purpose to 'git gud'. If you die more than, say, five times with the same approach to a boss you will notice that something is not working out well and you need to try out something different. So this is quite the opposite to the 'git gud' mentality which assumes that if you can not beat a boss with an improper or bad build you are not skillful enough as a player.
@@heideknight7782 Strategy requires logical thinking and planning many steps ahead. Throwing stuff on a wall to see what sticks is not strategic. Planning one step ahead with one thing when you only used your eyesight to find out what works instead of your brains can hardly be called strategy. I will be making a full analytical video explaining the distinct difference between ''skill'' and ''trial and error'' soon.
@@SolonGaming Ok, I am looking forward to watch this video. I also liked to watch your video about Armored Core 6. I played this one last year and it is so heavily flawed (as a mech game) that I was really surprised that it got so good reviews across the board. There is one thing which we probably have different opinions about regarding Souls games. You say, I think, (correct me if I am wrong) that the approach of having to make progress by the "trial and error" approach is a bad design in these games. That it shouldn' t be that you have to repeat bossfights and other activities over and over again to make progress. That the game punishes you a hundred times before you can figure out how things work. For me, as mentioned, this is actually what I like about Souls games.That (at least in your first playthrough) you have to test many things. So you need to accumulate knowledge instead of building skills to beat the game like in a pure action combat game, for instance. You could also argue that it is not reaction based but cognitive skills (memorising boss moves and the like) which are required to beat a Souls games. But you should notice that some players (like me) actually enjoy this "trial and error" process the Souls games force one to go through. And, in fact, there is some enjoyment in figuring out how one can manipulate a boss to do certain moves and so on (or generally understanding enemie's AI's) by a trial and error approach. To approach the games from a scientific perspective rather than only wanting to develop skills. I clearly understand, though, why you think that this is bad when you see Souls games as being some kind of action combat games (which they are only to some extent).
In all fairness to Act Man, him saying 'dodge' twice was him making a 'Dodge Ball' joke from the movie. Ultimately, I think it's fine to enjoy something, just as it's equally fine to not enjoy something. I just don't think hurling pejoratives like a chimp flinging shite at the zoo to be particularly constructive is all.
Using a goofy quote from a goofy movie to describe the combat is not doing it any favours. You can enjoy whatever you want, but when an entire cult is made by endlessly repeating the same lies, then we have a problem. My so called ''insults'' aren't even insults actually. You will see what i mean in part 4.
All you do is criticize other games over and over again. Just let other people enjoy their games. It’s fine to voice an opinion. But calling an entire fandom “braindead” and constantly insulting them is just sad
@@SolonGaming Look everyone is allowed to have an opinion. And it’s fine if you don’t like a game. Because I don’t like games that some of my friends think are masterpieces. Elden Ring is a tough one. Because I’ve seen very different takes on the game. The game isn’t perfect and I’m not here to tell you that it is. I love it a lot, and it’s probably in my top 3 but I do have my complaints about it. I understand your frustration with the fanbase. The dumbass NPCs that think that just because you don’t like the game that you’re bad at it. That’s absurd imo. “You just don’t understand Miyazaki’s vision” drives me insane. But you can’t generalize the entire fandom. Yes, some are frustrating, if not most. But man, games are made to have fun and to kill time. And while you might say that Elden Ring is a waste of time, I can just say that that’s absolutely every single game in existence (or most of them, I guess educational ones don’t fall here)
@@kaico5265 The souls-like combat is objectively a waste of time because it doesn't incentivise any thought or skill. It desperately needs improvement. Also i can recognise the difference between sane fans and worshippers. You can see the comment section of my Part 1 of these series for that.
@@SolonGaming So just Triple A games? Ok. I'm not denying the difficulty of the games you like, and Metal Gear Solid and Devil May Cry are pretty well made, but undeniably souless. Plus a price on the same level of Elden Ring? it's just not the same.
@@charlieink but the enjoyment is much bigger on those games. look at the people while they play elden ring, they literally only enjoy the game when they kill a boss. 98% of the game is boring and people only play it as an achievement. This has nothing to do with how hard the game is, i myself loved remnant 2 and completed it on all difficulties without cheesing it and that game is actually good. Not that you should care about what i am saying but stop lying to yourselves about elden ring. Try and break the game dont like. Graphics 6/10, music 6/10, story 5/10, combat 4/10, map design 7/10... the game is a 6/10.
So, to be short, yes, in most cases this guy is right. I don't want to spend to much time on this.... Are these guys "meatriders", yes. They are biased towards the game. Donkey guy does give some points, as to the bs in these games, but that actman guy.... lost hope So regarding to the part 1, I do think there are instances where these games can be hard, but at the most part, not fair, frustrating, and poorly balanced. It's as if the devs want you to through as much pain and bs as possible. Some people don't want to hear it but these games are deeply flawed. If you like them, fine. I put myself through Ds2 3 times, Ds3 twice, bloodborne twice, Elden Ring once, now i'm doing Ds1. New releases are plauged with almost the same issues as their predecesors. Are they playable, yes. Do enemy weapons hit you through walls, yes.....lol About the video, you did raise some good points, however most people will turn the vid after so many insults, so i think if you'd tone it down a bit, maybe some would reach the end. Overall good vid, hoping to see part 3. :)
Thanks for the honest feedback. Always appreciate the sane people of this fandom, because they are technically the only ones that have any chance to incentivise the developers to improve future souls-likes. As for the insults... Well that's the funny part, they are not even insults actually, despite my tone. You will see what i mean in the next parts.
Souls veteran here Demon souls: 20 hours Dark souls 1: 120 hours Dark souls 2: 250 hours Dark souls 3: 700 hours Sekiro: 20 hours Bloodborne: 5 hours(did not finished it) So let me start with the things that I disagree. -I disagree with that "art does not play a role in games as much as the core gameplay" statement, although I mostly agree with you on this. I must say that there are many instances that people just love a game by how it looks. Some of my friends loved the game just by it's art due to they work in art industry and this aspect of the games let them play and finish the game. So sometimes, just sometimes, art may topple the need of an actual good gameplay loop. I believe this does not make them uneducated in games. So I disagree with you that a game should revolve around gameplay and any other aspects should become the second priorities. I think your point here is subjective. People enjoy what they enjoy. -I dont think memorizing or reacting to a combat scenario does not make the game's combat inheritly bad,lesser or lacking. There are many combat styles in games and we cannot expect them to please %100 of their player base. Games are not complex as we paint them to be, there are no games that require special cognitive skills to overcome a challange. There may some instances where users are requested more cognitive skills to overcome a challange than the others but that does not make the rest of the games "not-worthy". So I dont know what threshold you refering to when you say the combat of the souls game are lacking in terms of depth. I think souls combat system just happens to be okay. I believe you point here is subjective. Things that I agree with you and plus my own ranting about the games -Every aspect of the souls games are the same. All of the souls games are the copied versions of the Demon souls, the first game. So I dont understand why people rant about Call Of Duty or Assasins Creed games are just repetions but souls games offer fundamentally different in each game. They are just reskins, people should admit this. Sorry. -Developers do not learn from their mistakes. At this point I dont think they are even aware of the flaws of the games since every fan-boy glazing the game and tries to hid their flaws by mindless positive feedback. I mean, if you take responsbility and inform the developers and then maybe they would have a chance of fixing these flaws. Players are so afraid of giving critical feedback since somehow these games are their holy, it makes impossible for developers to fix those mistakes. Although I dont think developers care that much since as you have said in the video, how do you miss your balancing mark by %70. They have literally nerfed mimic tear by %70 and it's hilarious. It just proves they launch their games without any proper testing pipeline. I mean they have introduced a "Quit to desktop" button in Elden ring after whole 14 years of development. They really pushed their creative limits with that button. -The lore is implicit and has no way of actually proving with facts(up to a point). I would really want to think that Miyazaki seriously wanted to make the players draw their own history lines and force players to imagine their own version of the lore BUT I dont think it was his intention since there are tons of lazy content, mechanic and the lack of honest effort to put things right. So I dont undersand why people positively claim that the lore desinged this way. No sir, it's not. It's a way of cutting from the budget and letting players to connect pieces together via item descriptions. I really believe there's a concrete story behind each game but I dont think it's that complex of what souls fans make it out to be. I really enjoyed the lore dump Vaati Vidya gives but everytime I watch the lore videos, I feel like it was responsbility of the whole game to deliver that story. It's a game, we should not be responsible of reading every item description and cross examine them to make out of something logical about it. -The overrated hype. It's a joke, I really believe most of the "basement dwellers" felt being accomplished and being proud of themselves for the first time in their lives when they beat a boss in the game or finish the game. I feel like these games really exposed many hidden daddy issues players have. So they praise it blindly and calling these games are masterpieces. They are not, they may offer someone or high number of someones a unique experience but it does mean that they perfect. -Elden ring the overrated souls game. It's a souls game where all the traversing distance just multiplied by 10x, gave the players the means of traversing that distances with torrent(the horse/steed) and making the playtime multiplied by 4x. Fake sense of accomplishment. Still the universe of all other souls games feels much bigger since all Elden Ring has bunch of caves at the end of the roads and legacy dungeons with copy pasted bosses/monsters at the end of the each dungeon. Like how many times do I have to kill the "Red Wolf Of Radagon" ???. It was a cool boss that indicates Radagon had a loyal pet so making it a special character in the game, but seeing it for 5x time in the wild and in the dungeons take away that feeling. Their environments are dead, having a single set of texture for a landscape that covers the 30 hours of the game does not make it a openworld. I dont know where this openworld hype come from. The other thing is reviewers gave this game 10/10 and the dog shit DLC "The shadow of the mid-tree"?. This is the entry where the most amount of copy pasted content are dumped down the players throat and they still give it a 10/10 ? What the F*ck? Now now, I must say that I really enjoyed the games. I somehow found that traversing the worlds of these games really soothing and enjoyable. I would personally give them 9/10 based on how they made me feel like I am somewhere else. BUT this does not mean that I can overlook the facts that I have just wrote above. I dont know why people so afraid of telling that the game they enjoy is flawed. They are flawed to the bone and I am afraid Miyazaki do not care/see the problems the games have. It does not make you a lesser person if you declare that something you love is flawed. I am really angry at people about why they just overlooked the flawed parts of the Elden Ring and declare it that it's a 10/10 game and PERFECT. The game cannot even become near of the complexity of the Red Dead Redemption 2's open world. The next game Miyazaki produces will be a game that has the same flaws as the Elden Ring does and I will be forced to suck it up while you still cheer him as your jesus.
I really appreciate the entire feedback. Gameplay should be number one priority in a video game since you can just look everything else the game offers online without buying it. You buy a game because you want to PLAY it. As for the combat and difficulty, i have an entire video coming up and i will explain everything there.
I agree that From's games don't require "real" skill except memorizing patterns and pushing different buttons at the right time. Apart from YT-ers saying: Oh man so hard, I don't really think that. But I am of the opinion that everyone has a different standard of a "good" game. Like finding a certain RPG game a better game than cardgames. So I think you saying Elden Ring isn't a good game is fair, but not objective unless everyone handles the same defenition of a good game on a numerical scale with relevant parameters. I do think a number of people follow the herd-mentality but some do not and just play the game, because they want to spend their time playing something that takes a bit of effort (memorizing) to beat or overcome. Other play the game because of the visuals (talking about ER) and crafting a story by themselves (this covers immersion for a part). Feel free to share some insights I might have missed.
The RU-vidrs calling the games hard can be for many reasons. 1) Trying to make excuses for their incompetence. 2) Trying to justify their fake rage reactions. 3) Their inability to understand what's actually happening and calling it hard out of frustration for having a bad time. Card games have a blatant flaw called RNG. It handles victories to lucky players instead of skilled ones. Most of them anyway. There are so many different genres out there to satisfy people's tastes. Taste is subjective. Even if a genre is bad, it's not necessarily because it's the genre's fault. It might be because of the devs being unable to create something ground-breaking. Elden Ring has a lot of charm especially for someone who loves exploration, but the gameplay is just as bad as any other souls like, with a few exceptions. There are standards as to what is considered good story and character writing and good world building when it comes to story based pieces of media just like there are standards for what is considered deep, fluid, polished and replayable gameplay when it comes to video games.
@@SolonGaming Good points. Although I do agree there are standards for different aspects of games I haven't found one that everyone applies with the same metrics. (maybe that's just me though)
@@SolonGaming "Card games have a blatant flaw called RNG" I didn't propose this example to mean cardgames are skill based, just an illustration that people's taste differ greatly as does their opinion on what a 'good' game entails.
@@SolonGaming "Even if a genre is bad, it's not necessarily because it's the genre's fault" but do you imply that It IS objectively bad ? Like on what grounds are you saying this ? (by comparing it to other games ??) I am just curious to know.
@@SolonGaming "There are standards as to what is considered good story and character writing and good world building". Am I right to think these standards for you are other games you've played or is this my misconception ?
I played DS3 after Elden and it felt dated. The souls formula of exploration was becoming predictable. DS3 was the one I skipped and came back to. Although some things about it are better, overall Elden is a better game. The world is expansive and has more variation. A lot more variation in comparison to DS3. The side quests in DS were almost non existent in comparison. The HUD is refined. The number animations and added features along with time affected events. Lots of things that weren’t in the DS games are in ER. The gameplay has never been great in souls games. For a lot of people it’s about exploring a mysterious world which Fromsoft might be the best at creating. I think you are being a contrarian for attention hence you got thumbnails up of people that get a lot of views.
I agree about Elden Ring being better in many ways. I love exploration in video games so i enjoyed a lot more than other souls likes. This video is part of a series and i only used their faces on this one plus part 3 got more views. What do you think would be a more fitting thumbnail for this one?
@@SolonGaming I think those talking head RU-vidrs with superficial takes aren’t interesting to listen to. They usually have a gimmick to attract a big audience. You can do the artistry justice by analyzing objectively and deeply in a way they might not be capable of or stuck trying to appease a large audience. I watched one channel where a guy gave well thought out criticism of Elden ring that most will agree with. I liked that he used a thumbnail of the game and gave the most objective criticism he could. It was a genuine take that considered the bad and good. I get it though you are trying to counter the cartoonishly fervent take of big RU-vidrs. What makes these games so remarkable is the immersion. It feels like exploring someone else’s dream. There is lots of surrealism especially in Elden ring. The tree for instance in fire looks like brush strokes across the sky. That’s classic magic realism done exceptionally well. The downside is things like fighting a variation of the same dragon is dull, etc. I think they got in over their head with how expansive and diverse the world is that they needed to copy and paste models to an extent. I could talk for hours why the artistic design creates a sense of majesty like when people see the nocturnal city for the first time
@@strafer8764 I mentioned the positives in my part 1 video. The problem i clearly saw in the audience of this genre is pretentious elitism. People with have no life or skills trying to pretend they are some kind of gaming gods online. To keep that illusion the need to keep lying about two things: 1. The games are the definition of hard. 2. The games have peak quality all around. My approach was to destroy the illusion by exposing the lies by also showing clear examples that completely contradict their false statements. I will even make a tier list of souls likes and a video where i will suggest many possibilities to improve them without excluding the current fandom from enjoying them as much as they already are.
Holy shit i never knew Moist made a video on ER and it was this bad. His "review" is as shallow as one can get. I have no idea how this guy has so many subs.
He is one of the oldest RU-vidrs and some of his old videos are funny. He became a clout chaser after realising it's what gets him lots of views with no effort.
I mean he has a fun personality, is genuinely a good dude, Laid-back, and Goofy. It's one thing to disagree with someone but another to insult their character, do better@@SolonGaming
Someone already asked me and i answered them in my part 3 video which you can find in the description. I also plan on making a souls like tier list video explaining my takes for all of them.
You are the NPC and it's as clear as daylight. You and your buddies just can't say anything coherent and need to repeat the same lines over an over again and pretend like you are making a point. Also the fact that you think the game requires skill after me making 2 whole video explaining clearly how they objectively require zero skill means you are either at peak copium lying to yourself or you never had the intelligent to even comprehend what i am saying.
Hey guys, we all already know this guy's takes are wack, don't give him the engagement by commenting or getting into comment wars. It's just controversy baiting and not worth your time.
Yeah dude, i made an entire 1 hour video pointing out clear lies which is also part of a series just to bait controversy. You really convinced them there.
Unfortunate that your comment section was raided by braindead zoomers. After playing actually well-made action games (NINJA GAIDEN, DMC, BAYONETTA, NIOH), I can't go back to Souls.
That's what i am trying to tell them. I don't even want to stop them from enjoying souls likes or anything, just be open minded to actual skill based games and stop repeating the lies about souls being masterpieces or the definition of hard.
streamers/content creators hype up souls type games because they can make lot of "epic win/fail" content from them which brings them lot of hype and views and money. this is why streamers hype them because they are easy content and money for them. sadly game devs like this because it gives them easy and cheap advertisement. and this is also why game quality in general is falling because devs of these type of games have understood that they do not have to create game that has depth in it to sell the game because they only have to create game which have these "epic boss fights" which makes these streamers to create these "epic win/fail" videos to hype these games. also these streamers/content creators are bullying game devs in general to change other games into their liking when some unique game is upcoming these streamers start to demand that game to be changed in order to benefit their stream. if game devs do not follow their orders then the streamers start smear campaing against those game devs. this is also why more and more games are published in "early access" stage because for game devs there is no point to make complete game anymore from the launch because then these streamers come and starts smear campaing against those games and demand that game to be changed into their liking to benefit their stream. this is why devs launch games in "early access" and then start to add mechanics in which these people demand. this is why games become copy of each other so this means that there are no unique game launches because no game devs want to waste their time/money in order to face this smear campaing by these streamers because these streamers do not like some unique mechanic. these streamers even whine about this but they cant admit that they are the fault in this sadly streamers and their demands are killing gaming... and elden ring is perfect example of everything that is killing gaming.
@@SolonGaming Are you really so self absorbed that when people disagree with your opinions and your reasoning that you just call everyone braindead and NPCs? I mean you haven't used a different comeback to anyone. That is true NPC behavior.
@@SenorGermaine You guys repeat the exact same line with zero thought or relevance to the topic and try to pretend it's disagreement or opinion. The pure irony of you calling anyone else an NPC.
You can pass on the souls. I would still recommend DS3 with convergence but it would be a shame as a fan of action games to miss out on the world of elden ring because of a few nitpicks! I have a friend with similar tastes like yours that also doesn't like the souls likes, but he enjoyed convergence. Try elden ring with the convergence mod, it transforms it drastically into more of an action game, even better with seamless and some friends! Go in it with an open mind and a little patience until you learn the ropes, and i can guarantee that traveling the lands betweeen will be a great experience! And if you don't, you can personally blame me in your next video! win-win! A fair 30-40 hours save in convergence, trust me bro!
I played DS 3 with no mods and quit halfway through. It was boring and more of the same(DS1) with worse level design. I also played Elden Ring with no mods and i made it all the way to the final boss, almost completing it. I enjoyed ER because i love exploration, but it became a tedious dodge roll simulator towards the end. I have seen the changes of the convergence mod and all, but i would rather play something else that's fresh like Lies of P. I played lots of souls likes to make these series of mine. Once i am done with this genre i will start analysing others.
I'll leave a comment (or a few) spelling out my impression of your video after I'm done watching it. But one thing I'll say, as I'm watching it right now, is that people seem to conflate difficulty with quality. It's very easy to make a game difficult, but it's hard to make a game that well-designed and difficult.
That and also people confuse difficulty with time consuming. One requires actual talent and honed skills and the other can be done by anyone who just has the time to do it. For example, staring at a wall for 10 hours is ''hard'', but no one with a brain would waste the time needed to do it nor would call it an accomplishment.
@@SolonGaming It's quite clear, from the youtubers you selected for your example, that said "reviewers" are not actual gamers and haven't played anything aside from mainstream slop. They simply tell their mindless fanbase what they want to hear so they can maximize revenue through selling merchandise, getting sponsorships from game companies (i.e. Raid Shadow Legends), getting subscribers on both their youtube channel and other monetary outlets (i.e. Patreon), and making as much money as possible by chasing the algorithm to maximize views. As such, anyone who takes them seriously is a normie NPC and should never be taken seriously on anything. As for Soulsborne, I can forgive someone if they just got into gaming and don't know any better. But for anyone who has knowledge of the medium and chooses to play these glorified shovel ware games instead of actual good games (i.e. emulating old consoles like PS1 or PS2) gets no pass from me. They're a certified moron that no one should take seriously. All the blank statements they make (i.e. "It's unlike anything we've seen before", "The difficulty is immersive", "The game tries to kill you", "The community is so cool", etc.) can be applied to any game. There's nothing specific about these hollow statements that makes them applicable to Dark Souls specifically (or any Soulsborne game for that matter). But yes, these games require no skill nor brains. It's merely memorization. Even the biggest dope can memorize something if given enough time. A dog can instinctively memorize to come when beckoned and a monkey can memorize a special bell to ring when it wants food. Again, nothing inherently special. Intelligence requires critical thinking and problem solving, neither of which is present in any Soulsborne game. It's glorified trial and error. That's it. You go in, die, memorize moveset, and spam dodge roll while chipping away at some enemy or boss's health. It's mindless and this is how the entire series is. It's no wonder it became popular - true quality games don't get universal praise since they don't appeal to the lowest common denominator like fromslop games do. These idiots who claim "U-ugh, you can't just go and charge in" fail to realize the same can be applied for DMC 3, Ninja Gaiden 2, God Hand, etc. The following games I listed require actual skill to beat. It's not merely memorizing enemy patterns or move sets, it's knowing when to use certain moves and in what order to string them together. It's not mindless dodge rolling and chipping away at their health. Said games present a much higher skill ceiling than any fromslop game ever did. If I were to hand a controller to one of them and challenge them to beat Ninja Gaiden 2 on hard difficulty, they'd die way more there than all the times they died in fromslop games combined. Ninja Gaiden 2 throws a lot at the player and expects you to figure out what moves you should chain together to be the most effective depending on a given enemy. There's a reason why I love JRPGs (especially from PS1/PS2 Era) - they require skill and problem solving abilities. They also interweave interesting narratives into the gameplay. They don't hold your hand nor do they all have guides (i.e. good luck finding much of a guide to Xenosaga and its combat system). While it's hack and slash, it's not mindless button mashing either. Depending on the JRPG, there's the abilities each character has along with how you order them in a formation and when to use certain moves and so on. Long comment, but fromslop fans really are mindless cattle at the end of the day.
RU-vid hid your comment due to insults i suppose, but i can still see it by sorting the comments by Newest first. You could easily do an overview of these games yourself apparently.
@@SolonGaming I plan on it. I'll be using text though. I'm working on a video regarding synthetic man. To me, he's just a larper. His only "credibility" is calling out wokeness...something another youtube named Ptolemy did for years and was largely ignored. Synthetic Man, as I'll show, as contradicted himself many times and is a "rules for thee, not for me" kind of guy. Also, he apparently has a GF (i.e. Thoma's sister) and is not a Doomer. I always suspected this, but yes...he was always playing a character to carve out his own niche and maximize potential revenue. Ptolemy will be a million times better as he is completely honest about his views and doesn't ever cater or present himself as some kind of doomer to attract an audience.
@@PS2_Best_Era Interesting. I did call his entire audience roleplayers the last time after i decided to never come back and they got mad and tried to frame me and dehumanise me. I even told them that if i were to mention all the things wrong with Synth and his fans, i would have to make a video way bigger than Mauler's, but i honestly don't care about them. I have my own career to focus on. I might watch your video though. I am not sure how many people might be interested in it, since he has many blind worshippers who actually think he is actually going to be the leader to change the country. They are on full copium.
I haven't watched your whole vid but by now I seems to me that you are not very experienced about the game. Many of your complaints are about aspects of the game you consider boring or simple, and some of these takes make me think you haven't really played the game and you're just criticizing how the game based on other people's experience, I think you should give It a real try before calling people who play this game lobotomites.
I just cant with this video. I kept watching and waiting for good points, and while some were there, it just came off as nitpicky and pedantic, like taking the actmans early video gag as fact when anyone could see it was made for cokedic effect. This was an hour long video that couldve been narrowed down further and focus on key points (the combat is not hard if you go and build something to trivialize it). You called the content creators lazy for their react content but this is basically the same type of commentary? I guarantee if you cut out the insults you throw left and right then this video would he half its length. Theres too much in this hour long thing to go through so I'll be back with timestamps.
(1/4) 0:29 - It's clickbait, just like your video title which baits in souls fans. You see that in every YTer these days. You say yourself that it's mostly joking (comedic) but then narrow onto the YT viewers. This is fallacious because, no matter what, the YT comments of YTers will contain wank-offs, people who praise the YTer. This exists in every type of content and is a moot point. 0:56 - Now you're going after another franchise entirely, purely out of subjectivity. Who are you to say that these are bad games when they clearly have a large fanbase? That's just needlessly antagonizing other fanbases. You then proceed to talk about how fanbases can be manipulated, that's true, but this ignores that people usually watch YTers who naturally align with their own biases. Was this point supposed to be about how the souls genre ended up being known online as `the hard game` because of these influencers? This ignores that this was a reputation it had even before YT was a thing. 2:40 - On the Dunky point. I agree with the point that cheese and poor balancing exists in Souls games. However, just because it is possible, doesn't mean that it's how most people experience it. The casual player isn't going to farm vast amount of souls or look up ways to cheese every boss. The flaw is there, yes, but it isn't as big of an issue as you point out with this example. 3:21 - He starts with that point to preface what everyone's thoughts are before giving his own. That's a standard thing to do. Calling it sheep-minded and saying Charlie doesn't have a brain of his own is baiting outrage where you could've just said `I disagree with the majority`. 4:20 - "They learned absolutely nothing" is incredibly subjective. What did you want from future souls games? The statement here implies that they didn't learn from their mistakes, but what if they didn't consider these `mistakes` to be mistakes at all? Once again, pedantic. 5:20 - Charlie made a point in that the open world exceeded his expectations, and you've spun that to a tirade about the combat. You made a good point about a lot of enemies being reskin in different areas, but that's a standard practice in gaming. In RPGs especially, you find stuff like different colored slimes. In regards to mastery, that's just objectively wrong. You can say the same thing about fighting games where all you need to do is mash buttons when attacking and blocking when needed. In practice, it gets much more difficult in the middle of it all. The fact you say it isn't stimulating is what confuses me. Yet another subjective remark. Just because you don't find dodging and hitting things for big numbers to be stimulating doesn't mean someone else does. Inb4 you say that only monkeys on a tricycle find that stimulating. 6:15 - Again, subjective. Boring to you, not boring to others. The dungeons lack of variety however is a point I agree with, but not by much. Having too many unique dungeons is an unrealistic expectation in a game as large as Eldern Ring. 6:50 - You somehow spun Charlie's "Woah, okay, this is deep, how LARGE is this new area I've just found?" into "Wow this is so fucking boring I'm staring at the screen while waiting for the elevator." That's some talent right there. It's six minutes. Come off it. 7:20 - There is NOTHING wrong with saying "I'm enjoying my experience so far." As a professional review, sure, but this creates a conflict with a prior point from you. You say that souls games are all the same and by playing for five minutes you've learned everything there is to know. What's the issue here? He's played more than that, so clearly he's learned everything he needs to know about the game. Why bash on that when it aligns with your point? The insults man, they're just so pointless. Why have them here? They only detract from any meaningful point and cause a VAST majority of viewers to see this as nothing but a hate piece, even with the few good points. 8:30 - No shit the first Tree Sentinel encounter is difficult. No shit it's avoidable, that's the point. It's meant to paint a picture to the player. Here's a thing you can fight, or don't, your choice. If they beat it, hurray. If they lose, they have two options, walk around it or continue trying to fight it. There's nothing more to it than that. It sets expectations. The way you're looking at it is pesimistic to assume the common player doesn't have the capacity to make these decisions and instead run head first into death like a lemming. 9:09 - Then you just go off on a guy who is happy to have beaten a challenge. Even more needless insults. Why do you keep adding these? Also, the clip you show with him falling into the void, anyone with two braincells can tell that he was trying to glitch the game and skip around the boss wall. Yet again, you bring up the point of memorization not being a skill. This is still wrong. It is a learned skill. This same logic applies to exams. `Just get 100 by memorizing the learning material. It's not that hard.` Nah. That's objectively wrong, otherwise we'd have fuck tons of nurses. Yes, I'm equating nursing board exams to a video game, but if your logic can't hold up to the extremes, then it was illogical to begin with. Then there's a good point. Nobody watches a review to hera a reviewer brag about their skills. HOWEVER, it is still good to know if a reviewer is actually good at the game and not IGN levels of game journalist. The remarks after this point is just complaining. 10:20 - Yet again, needless. No shit you can make things artificially difficult. It's true everywhere as you brought up, so why bring it up at all if it's common knowledge?
(2/4) 11:13 - A good point. An easy way to respec without restarting the game would open up so many gameplay paths for the player. It's the main reason why a majority of modern Pokemon ROMHacks have the ability to modify IVs, EVs, movesets, and abilities on the fly. People like customization if it's easy to do. 12:25 - This I agree with too. It doesn't add any depth but it's a nice little accessibility option for people who struggle doing exactly that. However, calling the devs stupid for not having it from the start is just rude. Take Pokemon for example. Why didn't they have Physical/Special split from Gen 1? Are they stupid? No, it just wasn't an idea they had until then. Another good point poisoned by needless toxicity. But then you went on to say that there were ever only two playstyles in souls games; spam magic from range or spam dodge rolls at close range. Okay sure let's be reductive as fuck. Puzzle games only have one playstyle. FPS games only have one playstyle. DMC only has one playstyle (combo them to death). Reductivism at its finest. 13:26 - PVP. This is true in PVP. There are players in PVE who don't spam the best moves because they want to use their favorite moves. Never use PVP as an example because the nature of PVP leads to METAs. No matter what, there will always be a META. Everyone uses META in PVPs. You can make a point about the META being boring and the devs need to do balance changes to switch it up, but that's a common factor in every competitive game. 13:55 - Subjective. The 30 FPS lock is definitely a bad thing, but it isn't the be-all and end-all of graphics. That's the inherent gamer elitism talking. 15:35 - Again with the insults. So many insults that drive away anyone even willing to listen to your points, except haters, who probably don't even watch your video and mindlessly agree. Charlie is being hyperbolic with "I can't imagine a better souls game" which you took as a way to insult him. It's literally a way of saying "I like this game" and nothing more. And you have zero ground to stand on with disparaging his content when anyone can easily look at THIS video as a way to do the exact same thing. Every good point you make is degraded by regurgitating insults about the content creators in this video and their viewers. Middle schooler air head who refuses to grow up? Ironic, considering you've been doing the equivalent of saying fuck and shit every minute. Have some self-reflection. Then you make a point about him being bad with FF7Re's combat. Chief. Have some self-reflection. You can make the same point about this being pointless memorization, wherein all you need to do is know the exact combo to, in your words "literally kill every single enemy and boss, including the hardest super boss in the game in a couple of seconds if you are really good at the game." Just replace the latter part with "if you memorized which skills/spells to use and in which order" and you have the same thing you've been disparaging about souls games this entire time. 16:45 - This is the single dumbest point so far. Why? Because it ignores that people change their minds. Also, refer to the very first counter point. It's click bait, just like your video title. Even your memorization point here ignores that people can forget. Don't tell me you remember every little mechanic of every game you've ever played? If so, you should've went into Harvard. 17:55 - That entire segment was for hyperbolic comedic effect. Bro. Even then, you clearly assumed he beat in in 40 hrs. What if he finalized his opinion after 40 hrs. ALSO, it said 40+ hrs, which means he spent a MINIMUM of 40 hrs, not exactly 40. Nitpicking. 19:40 - Chief this is everybody. Everybody looks up guides no matter the type of game if they can't beat it after X amount of tries. That's common sense. There's no shame in doing so, but for those who don't want to do so because it feels more rewarding, more power to them. That's their right. 20:09 - "Another Noob that gets internet help." I thought it took no skill to play these games? Why call someone a noob, someone who lacks skill, if there was no skill to begin with? Perhaps look in the mirror. On the hypocrite point, you'll find that even you are a hypocrite if it serves your interests. See prior point. 20:50 - Nothing for YOU. Horror Puzzle games are just an atmospheric experience and nothing more. The gothic horror aesthetic in souls games serves the same purpose, to set an atmosphere of an unforgiving world that can easily kill you. The point is not to scare the player but unsettle them. You stated "trying to just stay alive" in this part. Is that not a fundamental part of horror? No? You say that the fear only comes from losing progress, but you can say the same thing about horror games like Outlast. 22:32 - Subjective. Also, irrelevant. If every boss in gaming doesn't matter because you can beat them, then even the bosses in FF7Re don't matter because they're made to be beaten. Such a non-point it's unreal. Oh, and another tirade about the gameplay, which is also subjective. I get that you don't find satisfaction from overcoming a boss, but you don't need to hammer it home for the nth time in this video.
(3/4) 24:35 - What a way to start a point, by insulting once more. It really is impossible for you to make a point without them, huh? I don't even know what your point with this insult train is other than displaying peak basement-dwelling energy. Once again, memorization is a skill objectively. I'm fascinated as to why you think it isn't. Your point about depth is pointless too. Depth, described in gaming, is how many decisions a player makes in the moment. The options listed prior by the Actman show how many decisions could be made. You're seeing simplicity in the base mechanics and narrowing on that alone. Any dev can tell you that making a simple mechanic to design around first is the basics of game design. The fact that you only focus on the dodge rolling is yet another example of you being reductive. 26:00 - They're not ignoring the point. Those `bullshit bugs` and `trolly deaths` are included in the lesson of learning from your mistakes. Just walk around it. Avoid those deaths. Neutralize them before they become a problem. Oh, it looks like there are more decisions than just dodge rolling. Who knew? 26:45 - We love being reductive in this video about the builds. Yeah, and in FPS games, all that's different is the gun you use. The good point here though, is something you already expanded on, the lack of an easy respec option. As such, this was yet another needless segment. "A massive waste of time" in your words. 27:52 - Yeah, here we go. This point was built and based on a comedic intro segment that may or may not even be true, considering you're equating `More than 40 hrs` to `Just 40 hrs`. Moot. The point on the game being unfun to the point he needed to restart is yet another assumption. What if he played those 40+ hours and then played again? We're tunnel visioning on the most pointless of aspects here. Oh, and some more insults for seasoning. Tasty sandwich. Chief you have SO many insults that, even one of your comments replying to brain dead raiding zoomers, where you say that you just want them to be open minded to other games, holds NO weight. Why? Because you're doing nothing but insulting them. Come off of it with this "I just want what's better for you" nonsense. This is toxicity and nothing more. You aren't any better than the elistists who insist on making everyone play games as they were intended. 29:43 - I like how we hyperfocus on doubling as a form of emphasis and treat it as an error. Classy. 30:17 - Good point on microtransactions, but you're putting words in Actman's mouth. He took a jab at every game that has them. He didn't say the game is good because of a lack of microtransactions. You did, then complained about it with moral grandstanding. 30:55 - God these insults. Okay, there is NO need for easy or hard modes in games. There aren't any in FPS games or fighting games, yet those have large followings. Same with MOBAs and puzzle games. The only souls-like that has an `easy mode` is that recently released crab one where you can give the player a one-shot gun. Are the prior game genre's incompetent and don't know how to balance their games? By your logic, yes they are. Your point on the mimics being hilariously OP is valid. However, game balancing is still a hard task. There are entire teams built solely to keep an eye on game balance in competitive games. In developing, there are oversights. Even in old but beloved fighting games, infinite combos exist but definitely weren't intended. The fact that they fixed it should be commended, but I guess you're too busy throwing insults to care about that. 33:05 - My guy, this is gameplay for even old SNES games. This is how racing games work. This is how FPS games work. This is how fighting games work. You memorize your available options, then learn how to do it. It leads to decision making and problem solving. That's the skill. That's the gameplay. The only exception are puzzle games, but in those, it's more about intuition on a linear path. 33:53 - Wise people learn from other's mistake. Smart people learn from their own mistakes. Stupid people, do NOT learn, not whatever you just spewed. Smart people can still suffer through pain and learn. How people realize what constitutes as mistakes depends on the task. 34:45 - We're using B-Roll footage as proof that Actman has no skill and is a scrub. Okay dude. Also, scrub? I thought we needed the game to be skill-based to have scrubs? Surely we aren't just being pedantic... again. 35:25 - Because this is a known phenomenon. People are more willing to be bullshitted by AI than they are by other human beings. PVE gamers are more willing to be shat on by hard bosses while PVP gamers are less willing to stomache BS, because they seek an even playing field. This is the rationale, not whatever stuff you spewed about basement dwelling is. 37:00 - I guess we spin human kindness into a negative. We're really going down that route aren't we? Again with the scrub comment in a skilless game. Weird, huh? Not as weird for the kind invaders though, because they literally gain nothing from just leaving. The invader probably wanted a fair fight, see prior PVP player mentality point, and left when he wasn't getting it. That's all. Also, nah. They aren't hating you for your skill. The vast majority of your comment section hate the fact that you're insulting for the sake of insulting, like these content creators and community personally killed your dog and shagged your mother. Oh, and even more basement dwelling comments, how pleasant.
(4/4) 39:50 - You underestimate how tutorials, even something as blatantly obvious to the common gamer as a plunge attack, are necessary. You can learn from it, as it is now ingrained as an option in the back of your mind. I'll be honest, after seeing how insult ridden this video is, I've no intention of watching the prior video of yours in this `series`. 40:52 - Clearly he's played more than just souls games, based on the screenshot you used. This point only serves to try disparage and hate on the character and integrity. Insults upon insults upon insults. Not a single point without them. Also, he's a game reviewer, he HAS to play these `casual` games because that's what gets him the views. A little critical thinking goes a long way. 41:27 - God another good point veiled with insults. Yeah, that boss is purely thematics to me. It isn't something that's fun to watch either. Did it need the moron insults? No. At this point I'm a broken record with how many times I need to point out how these insults get in the way of illustrating your point. 42:24 - That he did, but you know what? It really isn't that deep. You can just play a game to have fun. If anything, it proves his point. He wants everyone to have an untouched first time experience. Some would want that, but some don't. After that first experience though (after being killed by the boss a few times) he looks up some guide or help. Did that, in any way, contradict his point about the first time experience? No. These two things-`an unsullied first time experience` and `getting help online`-are not mutually exclusive. Why would they be? One focuses on the FIRST encounter and the other is AFTER that. 43:14 - For fucks sake. Not even one second. Are you telling me that you've never died in a game due to a shitty camera? Shitty cameras are a tale as old as time. What should've been a comedic moment for the video, you've turned into yet another insult. There wasn't even a point there to make! That was just an insult through and through! 10/10 I'm in awe at thy prowess. Truly a master wordsmith. 43:47 - I guess we're ignoring the sense of exploration then. Cool. Have you considered that, because you `wasted so much time because I could've looked up a guide`, the reason people suggest to look up guides when you're struggling is to prevent this sort of negtaive reaction? I can see an argument to why the game should be designed in a way where this shouldn't have been a factor. However, what did you want? A Skyrim-esque Clairvoyance spell? A HUD marker? A straight stone path? If it seems like I'm mocking your gameplay experience, then I suppose you shouldn't have had almost forty minutes of insults to damper my mood enough to use them. I'm pretty sure anyone whose reached this point in the video have had their day made infinitely worse. 45:15 - I wish I could remove my brain after listening to this. You made the same point as the Actman, but with a more antagonistic perspective. You should've just said "This is a bad thing because X" and moved on. 46:15 - Good points. The levels are good, but when they're bad, they're unbelievably bad. 46:43 - Uh, they do? Being cautious around the corner and thwarting an ambush is the reward. Someone less inteligent would run right in. You've brought up trial-and-error before. For arguments sake, I'll disagree just to bring up more arguments from you if any. There is an argument for intelligence lowering the time it takes for trial-and-error. Namely, in the approach. You can try option A, but after failing, try option B. However, a more inteligent player may realize early on that option C is better. That's the intelligence I believe exists. 47:40 - Subjective. Clearly, millions of players disagree. 47:50 - Fair enough. 48:07 - Uh, they did? It's 100% possible to ignore and run right through all enemies in souls games and go straight to bonfires. However, to do so on your first playthrough is impossible. Oh, back to the insults. Fun. 48:55 - Subjective. Also, why are we bringing up a tirade on real life fighting in comparison to soulsborne games? Did someone bring that up? Was it in the video? No? Just apropos from nothing? Okay then. 50:00 - This I don't get. Why is it a waste of time? It could've been a loading screen. Would that have been preferable? I'm pretty sure it's just doing the same thing a regular loading screen would have done; unload previous area and load new area. If anything, this is more immersive. 50:35 - Chief, they're praising a game world, not saying it's better than the real world. Back to basement dwelling comments I guess. Somehow include a tirade of character movement too. Now there's a good point. Shame you focused on insults rather than expand on it. 51:14 - I guess we're ignoring the technological limitations of the time then. Also, subjective once again. 51:33 - Yeah I'm with you. Fuck the walking sections. However, I disagree on cutscenes. I just think they should add things to do in these walking sections. 52:44 - Subjective, on your point. I'm agreeing with Actman here, but this is just a setting fatigue after playing so many of them. 52:55 - Disagreeing because, for some people, good characters can make or break a gaaming experience, mostly in JRPGs. Yet again, this segment could've done without the insults, but honestly idk if `nerd` is an insult anymore. 53:55 - Dude, come on. The ending is meant to be one of those `we are the last ones standing` kinda deal. This was a nothing burger of a point. But spoiling the final boss is pointless. The criticism on the boss fight is valid. The insults, again, aren't, but I sense you're getting tired on calling them stupid. You only called the community stupid once this time. 55:10 - Again, subjective. This is the moment people reflect on their experience and, while your reflection ended with you hating it, others enjoyed it for what it was. That's all that is. And now I'm here at the end of this monolith of a timestamp comment. I'll be honest, I'll never watch another one because I straight up got a miniature headache after being bombarded by headaches. Dark Souls is still a game that influenced many people. It isn't fair to call everyone basement dwellers. The few good points this video made were drowned out by an endless see of hate and negativity that it's honestly shocking how one man can have the time to put into such a nothing-burger of a video that serves to do naught but shame, nitpick, and be pedantic. Truly, an awe-inspiring creation from the heavens. I will not be back.
This video has now become my favorite proofs that a fromsoft fan is indeed not human but a sort of herd like cattle that calls out one thing when they're being attacked but will never rebuke or defend the title with any thing evident or substantiated else they hurt poor poor master miyazakis heart lol.
If you think this is proof, wait until you see the upcoming parts. I will be making a video named ''The psychology of a Souls-like player'' and i will be thoroughly analysing them based on concrete evidence. I have done a lot of research at the games and the fandom.
Bro so what you said about ER is basically you dont like it, and it should be diferent because it could have work diferent to, it doesnt make sense, Also what is it about the dificulty, I saw a comment where you said your favorites games are DMC (you can cheese bosses) metal gear solid (exploits) and ninja gaiden (nothing to say here i havent played it). So you are saying a game is trash because is flawed and you cant get good At it. But At the same time you like non perfect games. Why one is trash and the other isnt. But you know having a look At your channel I kinda get that you only do L takes for the views so I understand. You probably only play the games for 2-4 hours and never even touch them again, and proceed to Watch videos with bad reviews to copy them for your channel. Git Gud
''Bro so what you said about ER is basically you dont like it'' I made an entire video on my Part 1 why it's terrible. Either watch it or stop pretending like you have a clue what you are talking about. ''But At the same time you like non perfect games. Why one is trash and the other isnt'' Non perfect can literally mean 9.9/10. The fact you can't even understand how numbers are used to evaluate a product makes you one of the least intelligent people on the planet. The fact you think you can ever say ''git gud'' to anyone when you are actually at the bottom of humanity is beyond hilarious.
Agreed these youtubers never ever go deep into searching for games thats actually fun let me give an example markplier first played the buckshot roulete and all other youtubers just played the same game these guys need to stop pretending like they care about the game they are playing while they all just want views
Fromsoftware games have always been genre defining games, from a rich story line to some of the most challenging boss battles ( like isshin ashina in sekiro, malenia in elden ring ). I have played sekiro 3 times back to back it's that good, elden ring also has endless replay value with arguably some of THE deepest lore. I've never played any souls game because I saw a popular youtuber play it, i am a genuine fan of Fromsoft and their style of games ( art direction, lore, abilities, world building) also all of these games are genuine experiences to experience and to say that these games were " overhyped " and they are " overrated " just because you didn't like the game and dog piling on the games because of few flaws is kinda stupid.
@@SolonGaming listen every game has its flaws no game is perfect so it does not matter, over all as a cohesive experience is what matters when it comes to story rich games.
@@SolonGaming whatever floats your boat man, If you have sky high gameplay standards good for you, these games are entertaining and worth every bit of hype you're blind to it that's all
@@Slay3r164 You are the one blind to them, since you are wilfully ignoring every gameplay flaw there is. I am not concerned about whether you enjoy these games or not, you just shouldn't lie about them.
@@husky6672 Are you seriously schizoposting on my channel? Your entire existence is a failure. You haven't even smelled a woman in your life and you whine with like minded grown ups about it in a channel.
@@borka0545 Your entire life is a joke and you will never make it out of your basement. You previously made one of the least intelligent comments i have ever seen. Don't even bother to convince anyone you have a brain.
Lol, i Saw the title, clicked it and IMMEDIATELY reported the video. 😂 Just say you suck bro. Just like Quantum, just say "Im bad at games that ACTUALLY required skill and effort to be played"
Hate to break it to you, but series like DMC and Ninja Gaiden require actual skill unlike soulsborne. There's more to them then dodge rolling and poking your way to victory. Also, why not just play your precious souls games instead of trashing someone who has a different opinion than you?
@@PS2_Best_Era Why not just NOT play the game you hate rather than trash it? And no, DMC does not require more skill than souls games 🤣 and I LOVE the DMC series, funnily enough even the DMC: Devil May Cry. Ninja Garden sure, but DMC? Nah, I've played every DMC game, I've played all but Demon Souls.
@@witchcraftdahlia4789 Why would I play a game I hate? Also, utilizing DMC's combos on the fly, swapping styles with Dante on the fly, and mixing-matching combos on the fly requires more skill than spamming the dodge roll in soulsborne. Cope harder.
@@PS2_Best_Era The guy who reported a video without even watching it, tells you to play a game before hating it and i guarantee if you played them and still hated them(which is what i did) he would be like: ''If you hate them why do you play them?''. The pure hypocrisy of these people is unreal.
Yeah i think when most people agree that it is a great game and you dont like it the problem is probably you, wich is fine you can have your options but whats the point of making a video about it. Just play games you like and dont play games you dont like its pretty simple. And your point that people just liek it because everyone else does and they dont have a mind of thier own is just stupid. People just simply have different taste. Your opinion is not the objective truth on the matter.
People agreeing about something doesn't make it an objective truth. They are wrong and have been lying for a very long time. Try looking at it from the opposite perspective, you can like something even if it is bad, but that would of course require you to have a brain of your own first instead of being a herd chaser.
@@SolonGaming yeah I agree subjective opinions can't be objective facts, that's why you are wrong. The glaring issue with your opinion is that you think people would sink a hundred plus hours into a game just to follow the crowd. I never played a single Fromsoft game until Elden Ring because I believed people when they said that the games were extremely hard. I would actually disagree, their games are really not that hard they just aren't easy like most modern games. Sure some people just trend chase, but that does not make up the vast majority. Most people enjoy some games and dislike others just like anything else. You don't become the game of the year just because of people chasing trends. Good luck with your channel this is the last comment.
@@Cuda-the-Dog ''The glaring issue with your opinion is that you think people would sink a hundred plus hours into a game just to follow the crowd'' You are wrong, i never said that. You made a false assumption. People really do like these games, that just doesn't mean these game are good. You have comprehension issues. Also game of the year literally means the most popular game of that year, not the one with the best quality. I even have a video about the game awards, but again, you are not very smart to realise these things.
@@SolonGaming Trust me, pointing out your mistakes would be like trying to count the grains of sand on a beach-endless and utterly pointless. But hey, if you need a refresher course in failure, just let me know.
@@andrewstaples5862 Try pointing out at least 3 or 5 of them you pretentious lying sub human. You know fully well you can't because you are the very definition of a failure. Your life starts and ends with you being inside 4 moldy walls.
How can you say that the combat is basic, and the open world is useless? The combat gives you an incredible amount of options to choose from, with hundreds of builds, and infinite combinations. It's like a snowflake, no two builds are the same. And you're points about difficulty are completely cancelled out by the fact that you can ALWAYS go somewhere else in the game to level up. You can completely miss stuff like the underground for sure, but you discover it by PAYING ATTENTION. Even ignoring the gameplay which probably some of the best I've played, the story and world is just as important in game like these. SO if you pay attention, and are invested enough in the game YOU bought, you'll find it no problem. Plus, you CAN respec your entire class. after you beat renalla you can allocate all of your levels to somewhere new. Your points about how most things should have been in DS1 is the most invalid one out there. They had half the size of the team they have now, with half the time, and half the money. It was a game that didn't get truly popular and recognized for years. And when it did, things then began to take off so they could actually add the stuff they have in Elden Ring. 'Everyone plays the same way' is just a stupid claim that I won't even get into. The main thing that pisses me off is that you same MoistCritical has 0 points, but so do YOU! Every thing you say is either, they're braindead or stupid. 0 arguments. would have been a respectable video/criticism if you gave actual arguments, but nothing you can do about stupid people doing stupid things. Not everyone needs a map marker to tell them where to go. On that logic, you couldn't even beat a Lego game.
People who stay all their life in their basement, doing the exact same thing over and over again and pretend they have a girlfriend online is the funniest thing.
@@andrewstaples5862Bro your rebuttal was literally,"No you." Like I have a clear image of you look like now after you said that and you are blind to yourself if you truly believe what you said.
