What is the best part about playing a video game? Is it the thrill of watching the visual effects of a plane crash through a building and the amazement of the graphical destruction caused by the building crashing down to pieces? Is it the Hollywood style action sequences which keep the adrenaline rush going till you eventually want to jump out from the window to try and catch that ledge? Is it the thrill of racing or playing in a football game which one might not be able to achieve in real life? All of these can qualify as perfectly valid reasons for playing video games. But for me, they’re a bit too superficial. My reasons for playing games are much more basic. For me, its all about failing and trying again to correct myself. The possibility of death and the chance of life after it really intrigue me. I love a challenge, and i love to be rewarded for playing well and punished for being stupid. And in that regard, i feel Dark Souls is the best game i’ve ever played
"Dark Souls: Archthrones is like playing a brand new FromSoftware game, and that speaks volumes about just how much good modding can do," says Hanzala from eXputer.
Parrying has been creeping into more games, with almost every high-profile title of the last few years featuring it in some way. Why?
i understand the authors frustration i'm not the best at parrying in games. not that i can't complete a game that requires it but it is a definite harder thing for me than other kinds of techniques in games. which might be the main reason it's so heavily added in games nowadays. want to make your game challenging without having to do a lot of work? just add a parry boss. (what i mean by parry boss is a boss you have to beat by parrying such that their attacks will kill you otherwise)
I always think it's fine as long as such games also have the roll/dodge panic button. But I understand the will to parry, it seems so cinematic in a fight when you pull it off.
TheGamer writes, "Some weapons resist the test of time."
I feel this game gets more credit than i desrves in terms of originality. Realistically, Dark Souls just returns to the NES difficulty curve which was largely created becasue certain games were broken to begin with. The said Dark Souls is still a great RPG,it's just not the revolution some claim it is.
I don't think its a revolution at all. Just that it creates a world in which you actually have to struggle to achieve success. A single person vs an entire army concept is highly exaggerated in games. But this is one game which gets it right IMO
no no no no no no no
it is not one of the best games ever made
its basically kings field with better graphics
It is a damn good game and has made me put off BF3, Gears3 and Batman:AC.
This game is amazing. Sure, i get pissed off with it but that does not mean its a bad game.