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  1. 16 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    It caters to weeaboos.

  2. 16 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    It caters to people who like the best combat and bosses in any game ever made.

  3. 16 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    Passion project, just like bloodborne

    • 16 hours ago

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      Anonymous

      It's not fair. BB, the greatest game ever made, confined to sh*tty PS4, and Sekiro, a close second, denied DLC because it was published by Activision.

      • 15 hours ago

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        Anonymous

        I still want my moonlight draw

      • 15 hours ago

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        Anonymous

        I thought Activision loves DLC

        • 15 hours ago

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          Anonymous

          Yeah, it's Fromsoftware that decided not to make a DLC.
          Understandably so, since there's no way to expand Sekiro
          90% of the prosthetics and arts are useless and everybody just presses L1 and R1, so what would be the point of adding more rythm checks and stuff?
          More levels? Sekiro has no level design, you rush through anything.
          Mibu village would actually be cool in a Souls game but in Sekiro you just rush and jump through it

          • 14 hours ago

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            My two main issues with Sekiro are the level design like you said and how forgiving it is, and the egregious mini boss reusage. In any other game the amount of times each mini boss is reused would probably tarnish a game's reputation and make it forgettable, but the peerless combat system literally carries it just enough that it's only just forgivable.
            If this game didn't have so many reused mini bosses it might've been the objectively best action game ever made.

  4. 16 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    A few different reasons.
    It has a single but more demanding playstyle that allows for more focused content. Also it has a ton of ludo moments. I like Souls but Sekiro cuts out the bullsh*t while keeping all the stuff I like (exploring an interconnected world full of intricate enemy placement and cool bosses). Also it's the only game with an ending that actually changes the final boss (Shura), and a demon bell/charmless run is more interesting than NG+.

  5. 16 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    clang clang mechanics handles fast and varied attacks better than dodge based gameplay resulting in weird delayed attacks and strings

  6. 16 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    Because they created a combat system that wasn't shackled to i-frame dodging, so it wasn't doomed to being centered around it. So their already impressive skill at fine-tuning combat numbers and stats could go even further. I guess it also helped that it's not an rpg trying to balance a variety of builds and gear. It would be a crying shame if they really never made another game even similar to sekiro

    • 15 hours ago

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      >Because they created a combat system that wasn't shackled to i-frame dodging, so it wasn't doomed to being centered around it.
      Sekiro didn't invest parries. Way of the Samurai?
      Technically Bahman has no iframes either not is centered around them. This isn't an indication of good combat or skill on designers side

      • 15 hours ago

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        Anonymous

        Sekiro didn't invent the parry, it just perfected it.

        • 15 hours ago

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          Anonymous

          That would be Hollow Knight or DMC, where you are actually swinging a weapon and not pressing the magic Batman Arkham counter button

          • 15 hours ago

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            Anonymous

            It involves a conscious decision and a separate button press rather than just spamming attacks like Hollow Knight. Not to mention your attacks can force an enemy to animation cancel into a parry of their own.

            why Is this the best fromsoft game? (6)

            Did I?

            Then you liked it well enough I'd say.

            • 15 hours ago

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              No, I tested it charmless and you can actually get all achievements in 60 hours. I really don't like games that I only put double digits hours on
              >It involves a conscious decision
              Sekiro is utterly braindead, you get extra failsafes for a generous window with little punishment, the most tanky character in a From game that doesn't even get the chance to be alpha striked with the resurrection mechanic and can with a single press of a block instantly nullify every hitbox.
              It doesn't even respect the player enough to let him check if an attack is a sweep or thrust or grab

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                Why did it filter so many then? With BB a close second, Sekiro has the best combat of any Fromsoft game and it isn't close.

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                >Why did it filter so many then?
                I guess people are just fricking moronic
                >With BB a close second, Sekiro has the best combat of any Fromsoft game and it isn't close.
                No, it's just streamlined and braindead enough that you can feel good about it with sloppy play.

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                No, that would be turtling behind a shield and spamming i‐frames while rolling like a bozo. What made the combat in Sekiro and BB so good is that both encouraged aggressive play to the point it was nearly forced.

                why Is this the best fromsoft game? (7)

                >y-you overlevel
                I platinum'd Sekiro in less than 60 hours, across 3 playthroughs, did you?
                [...]
                Because it is. I run tests across all fully upgraded prosthetics and arts and there's less than a handful of them clearly too good, lots that are borderline useless, lots that are underwhwlming, even after the balance patch

                I'll agree with you on the prosthetics. That seemed like it would be the next iteration of trick weapons, but almost all of them were only situationally useful at best.

  7. 16 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    That's not Dark Souls 2, the actual best game Fromsoft has ever made

    • 16 hours ago

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      Anonymous

      it's not funny anymore the meme has died

  8. 16 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    >why Is this the best fromsoft game?

    I won't call it the best, but I personally enjoyed the combat much more than the Souls series. In my view, Souls are much more about exploration and sort of puzzle-solving, finding the right weapons/items/tactics to beat the encounter, rather than beating it through skill. There are exceptions of course, and plenty of skill-based bosses, but most people never have to learn them because there is always the option of cheese and/or leveling up. I don't typically hit my head against a wall in games unless I have to, and since From gave me the option of an easy mode (summons, leveling, etc) in the Souls games, I often used that easy mode rather than getting good.

    Sekiro did not give me that option, and I had to beat it the right way as a result. I'm still a scrub that plays without chip damage, but at least I felt good beating the game on intro difficulty by my own effort. Also, having only one main weapon allowed them to make the gameplay for that weapon very good, rather than just having a whole arsenal of weapons all jammed into the same gameplay like Souls does.

  9. 15 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    Brilliant combat
    Smooth movement
    Brilliant sound design
    Decent story (by From Software standards)

  10. 15 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    Story is great but the game is too difficult.

    Elden Ring difficulty is OK but its empty and boring.

    DS1 is still the best ( I never played DemonSouls )

    • 15 hours ago

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      >DS1 is still the best ( I never played DemonSouls )
      I played Demon's Souls when it was released, and enjoyed it a lot, but Dark Souls 1 is better by a mile.

  11. 15 hours ago

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    Instead of putting a bunch of effort into one style (melee combat) and half assing sh*tty other modes of combat (magic and ranged) like in dark souls they just cut out the middle man and made one combat style and made it more well fleshed out.

    Its a shame that Bloodborne and Sekiro are by far the best FROM games and we're probably not going to get more games like them and instead will get more boring openworld slop with repeated content like Elden Ring instead.

    • 15 hours ago

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      Anonymous

      They should be able to pump out a game like Sekiro or Bloodborne a lot faster and cheaper though. That's my cope at least.

      • 15 hours ago

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        Anonymous

        Never. You'll get another AC or souls title. Tenchu never ever.

        • 15 hours ago

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          Anonymous

          Speaking of Tenchu, I’m genuinely shocked at how awful the stealth mechanics in Sekiro were considering it started life as a Tenchu reboot.

          Miyazaki really doesn’t understand stealth.

      • 15 hours ago

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        Anonymous

        What would a bloodborne sequel be about? At least Sekiro already has the hook of Sekiro and his e-girl mistress going to China to restore the dragon.

        • 15 hours ago

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          Anonymous

          Old Hunters prequel would be better featuring an actual character instead of a player one.

        • 15 hours ago

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          Anonymous

          Not that they would make a sequel to them but new IPs, which is where I think From are at their best. The Dark Souls entries are getting stale, especially after Elden Ring, and if we just have more soulless open world slop to look forward to, that will be sad.

    • 15 hours ago

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      Anonymous

      I liked that they didn't waste time on a bunch of other weapons and magic, but I do wish there were stances or at least more movesets. I'm pretty sure it's the chikage moveset recycled.

      • 15 hours ago

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        Anonymous

        I think that a moveset focused on the spear and/or the axe would be great instead of being a single attack item that you only use against like 3 enemies across the entire game.

  12. 15 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    Its not. It's a souls game minus 90% of the functions and customization. It's just super Japanese so weebs freak out over it. Its two button combat

  13. 15 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    it has less rpg mechanics

  14. 15 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    How the frick do you go from this to Elden Ring? Is the B team meme real?

    • 15 hours ago

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      Anonymous

      different directors in gameplay department

  15. 15 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    why Is this the best fromsoft game? (8)

    >best combat
    >actual story
    >interesting characters
    >exploring every book and cranny offers tons of rewards
    From needs to make more games like Sekiro. It's time to put the Dark Souls formula to rest. We got some great games from it but Elden Ring is proof that the formula has gotten very stale.

    • 15 hours ago

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      why Is this the best fromsoft game? (9)

      >Elden Ring is proof that the formula has gotten very stale
      when people post sh*t like this are they really that far up their own ass or are they just trolling?
      elden ring showed that the souls formula still works just with slight modern tweaks. the game is a commercial and critical success. your own personal opinion as an avid souls player about how souls games are getting boring cause you've played them all already isn't a notable critique.

      • 15 hours ago

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        why Is this the best fromsoft game? (10)

        >its a heckin critical success guys!
        >the critics:

        • 15 hours ago

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          Wow critics are literal and disingenuous hom*osexuals, who could have guessed? Ghost of Tsushima looked incredible and I liked its more grounded story, but the combat gets brutally mogged by Sekiro.

          • 15 hours ago

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            Anonymous

            why Is this the best fromsoft game? (11)

            >but the combat gets brutally mogged by Sekiro.

            • 15 hours ago

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              why Is this the best fromsoft game? (12)

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              That would be Hollow Knight or DMC, where you are actually swinging a weapon and not pressing the magic Batman Arkham counter button

              Did you even play Sekiro, sis?

              • 15 hours ago

                Anonymous

                yes, it's very shallow

              • 15 hours ago

                Anonymous

                why Is this the best fromsoft game? (13)

                Did I?

          • 15 hours ago

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            Anonymous

            >who could have guessed?
            Well not the guy I replied to obviously, genius

  16. 15 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    I guess I'll download it again and try, but I found the game very ugly and visually bland.

  17. 15 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    I never liked it, combat and enemies feel so much more simplistic than Elden Ring and Wolf is too OP

  18. 15 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    fun.

  19. 15 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    They replaced dodge rolls with sword parries but the parries are actually satisfyling to pull of.

  20. 15 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    why Is this the best fromsoft game? (14)

    >filtered by Gyoubu
    Forgive me, Ganker-sama.

  21. 15 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    >no cheesing with overpowered weapons
    >no cheesing by overleveling

    • 14 hours ago

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      Anonymous

      >>no cheesing with overpowered weapons
      Mortal Blade exists
      >>no cheesing by overleveling
      why are you overleveling?

      • 14 hours ago

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        Anonymous

        >why are you overleveling?
        why are you?

        • 14 hours ago

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          Anonymous

          I'm not, I don't suck at games.
          You do though, if aome oversimplified monkeybrain press l1 on reaction makes you feel that proud of not overleveling

          • 14 hours ago

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            you clearly overlevel lmao

            • 14 hours ago

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              why Is this the best fromsoft game? (15)

              >y-you overlevel
              I platinum'd Sekiro in less than 60 hours, across 3 playthroughs, did you?

              Why do you think the mortal blade is overpowred?

              Because it is. I run tests across all fully upgraded prosthetics and arts and there's less than a handful of them clearly too good, lots that are borderline useless, lots that are underwhwlming, even after the balance patch

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                >I platinum'd Sekiro in less than 60 hours, across 3 playthroughs, did you?
                you clearly didnt, overleveler

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                yeah I did

                why Is this the best fromsoft game? (16)

                Did I?

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                lmao that's not even your post

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                why Is this the best fromsoft game? (17)

                yes it is

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                why Is this the best fromsoft game? (18)

                trying too hard, hom*osexual

                My two main issues with Sekiro are the level design like you said and how forgiving it is, and the egregious mini boss reusage. In any other game the amount of times each mini boss is reused would probably tarnish a game's reputation and make it forgettable, but the peerless combat system literally carries it just enough that it's only just forgivable.
                If this game didn't have so many reused mini bosses it might've been the objectively best action game ever made.

                The reuse of bosses impacts the enjoyment of the game mainly because of how much the bosses rely on pre-baked 12 stage combos woth no variety or mixup, minibosses like lone shadows being the most obvious example, so you learn their moveset through muscle memorry so well that even in the cramped areas where camera spazzes out you can still perfectly deflect them.

                My point is that if you back away, the fights will take forever. It's almost mandatory that you go toe to toe with whatever you're fighting. Ape for instance, tries to run away and keep its distance a lot, and one of the most effective strategies is to charge it.

                that doesn't make it aggressive, you are just pressuing enemies into throwing attacks for you to deflect

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                They are all trash yeah but that does not mean the mortal blade is overpowered, it just means it is not complete garbage. You are still better not using it at all and simply sticking to the normal attacks.

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                why Is this the best fromsoft game? (19)

                >but that does not mean the mortal blade is overpowered
                You can stunlock several bosses

                lmao that's not even your post

                yes, it is, schizo

                No, that would be turtling behind a shield and spamming i‐frames while rolling like a bozo. What made the combat in Sekiro and BB so good is that both encouraged aggressive play to the point it was nearly forced.

                [...]
                I'll agree with you on the prosthetics. That seemed like it would be the next iteration of trick weapons, but almost all of them were only situationally useful at best.

                >No, that would be turtling behind a shield and spamming i‐frames while rolling like a bozo.
                Well, show me such gameplay
                >What made the combat in Sekiro and BB so good is that both encouraged aggressive play to the point it was nearly forced.
                There's nothing aggressive about Sekiro, it's by far the most passive oriented game as you are incentivized into taking turns with the game flashing your windows.

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                My point is that if you back away, the fights will take forever. It's almost mandatory that you go toe to toe with whatever you're fighting. Ape for instance, tries to run away and keep its distance a lot, and one of the most effective strategies is to charge it.

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                Now do that on a fresh new game file.

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                why Is this the best fromsoft game? (20)

                what's the point? it's not like you can overlevel

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                >proceeds to post one of the most on-rails fights of the souls franchise

              • 14 hours ago

                Anonymous

                It's a fight that expects and requires you to use movement so it's way above Sekiro entirely, it's also my RL1 playthrough, fighting against Midir

      • 14 hours ago

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        Anonymous

        Why do you think the mortal blade is overpowred?

  22. 14 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    parrying is just more fun than rolling

  23. 14 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    Because it doesn't really have scaling the same way their other games do.
    Fromsoft is dogsh*t at scaling in their games

  24. 14 hours ago

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    why Is this the best fromsoft game? (21)

    >L1R1L1R1L1R1L1R1L1R1L1R1L1R1L1R1L1R1L1R1
    >GAME OF THE CENTURY

  25. 14 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    No stupid roll spam and combat doesn't feel like it's underwater

  26. 14 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    it's really easy. painfully easy.
    I started playing it a week or two ago and it's insane how forgiving it is. The sh*tty bait threads made me think it was going to be super hard but you can go through the game mindlessly mashing deflect and you just win.
    I just beat the corrupted monk and so far there have been like 2 enemies that forced me to do something other than deflect: headless made me use a divine confetti and genichiro made me actually do his jumpy lightning gimmick. absolutely everything else in the game has just been tee hee deflect deflect deflect.

  27. 14 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    It just feels good to play compared to slow gameplay annoying ass soulsslop

  28. 14 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    They made its dlc too big and have thus dedicated a separate team to upgrade it into a sequel for release after ER's own dlc

  29. 13 hours ago

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    Anonymous

    It's probably their second worst, next to elden ring and ds2

why Is this the best fromsoft game? (2024)

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What is Fromsoft's best game? ›

The all-time best FromSoftware games, including Dark Souls and Elden Ring
  1. Dark Souls 3.
  2. Bloodborne. ...
  3. Dark Souls. Dark Souls one is where it all began for me. ...
  4. Elden Ring. Again, not a knock on the game. ...
  5. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. This is not a knock on Sekiro AT ALL. ...
Feb 16, 2024

Why do people love Fromsoft games? ›

Nonetheless, there's a reason FromSoftware has elevated itself into the gaming canon. Its games have incredible level and enemy design, deep lore, and people seem to enjoy throwing themselves over and over at the same boss until they beat it. More power to them.

Which Fromsoft game is the longest? ›

All data on game runtime comes from HowLongToBeat's Main Story metric.
  • 8 King's Field 2. 24 Hours. ...
  • 7 Demon's Souls. 28 1/2 Hours. ...
  • 6 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. 30 Hours. ...
  • 5 Dark Souls 3. 32 Hours. ...
  • 4 Bloodborne. 33 Hours. ...
  • 3 Dark Souls. 41 1/2 Hours. ...
  • 2 Dark Souls 2. 43 Hours. ...
  • 1 Elden Ring. 59 Hours. Elden Ring.
Apr 14, 2024

Is Elden Ring the most successful Fromsoft game? ›

Elden Ring hits 23 million copies sold, cementing its status as best-selling FromSoftware game | Game World Observer.

What is the #1 game ever? ›

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Has FromSoft ever won game of the Year? ›

Since its inception, the award has been given to ten video games. Publishers Electronic Arts and Sony Interactive Entertainment have won the award twice, the latter being nominated a record twelve times, while FromSoftware is the only developer with more than one win.

Why does FromSoftware make hard games? ›

In his interview with The New Yorker, FromSoftware's President Hidetaka Miyazaki explained why high difficulty is integral for the company's games. While death in other games is a sign of failure, Miyazaki considers it an important part of the player's experience. "I've never been a very skilled player," he says.

What are the facts about FromSoftware? ›

FromSoftware, Inc. is a Japanese video game development and publishing company. It was founded by Naotoshi Zin in Tokyo on November 1, 1986. Initially a developer of business software, the company released their first video game, King's Field, for the PlayStation in 1994.

Is Dark Souls hard? ›

Dark Souls isn't meant to be an easy game, and everyone knows that. Totally unrelated games that so much as dare to be slightly challenging can't exist without being called “the Dark Souls of X” by gamers and critics.

Is Elden Ring longer than Skyrim? ›

At 30.5 square miles, or 79 square kilometers, it is bigger than the map of some classic open-world games like Skyrim, but it still falls short of plenty of others.

Has anybody beaten Elden Ring? ›

Incredibly, Distortion 2 has already beaten the game multiple times, with the speedrunner managing to beat the game in under 50 minutes, posted the first sub-40 minute run, and managed to beat the game again.

Which Elden Ring ending is hardest to get? ›

Elden Ring Frenzied Flame ending: Lord of Frenzied Flame. The last and arguably “worst” ending is the Lord of Frenzied Flame, which engulfs the Lands Between in eternal Frenzied Fire. There is only one requirement for this ending; inherit the Flame of Frenzy from the Three Fingers deep beneath Leyndell.

What is FromSoftware's highest selling game? ›

Elden Ring is easily FromSoftware's most successful game, with critical acclaim to go alongside its enormous sales success. It outsold each of the Dark Souls games, Demon's Souls, Sekiro, as well as Bloodborne (don't mention a remake!).

Is Sekiro or Elden Ring better? ›

In summary, the enjoyment per second is a lot higher in Sekiro than in Elden Ring due to a lot of the wandering you end up having to do in the latter. 2.

What is considered the best Dark Souls game? ›

Bloodborne is the best souls game and no other comes close to it.
  • Bloodborne.
  • Dark souls 3.
  • Elden ring.
  • Dark souls 1.
  • Demon Souls.
  • Sekiro.
  • Dark souls 2.

Which game is considered the best? ›

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Nov 23, 1998 • Rated E. ...
  2. SoulCalibur. Sep 8, 1999 • Rated T. ...
  3. Grand Theft Auto IV. Apr 29, 2008 • Rated M. ...
  4. Super Mario Galaxy. Nov 12, 2007 • Rated E. ...
  5. Super Mario Galaxy 2. May 23, 2010 • Rated E. ...
  6. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. ...
  7. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. ...
  8. Red Dead Redemption 2.

What's better, Elden Ring or Dark Souls 3? ›

elden ring lets you legit jump, instead of the run and hop that can barely clear 2 inches and has zero verticality that all the dark souls have. . DS3, Elden Ring tried open world but it would've been better without it, DS3 has way better bosses and is overall a lot more memorable.

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