In regards to the latest Bloodborne game play/trailer footage, D-Pad writes a compare and contrast article between Bloodborne and Nightmare Creatures.
Danish from eXputer: "FromSoftware and Larian Studios have shown that a good workplace environment is what it really takes to make good games."
Danish from eXputer: "FromSoftware's unique approach to difficulty in their games allows players to customize their own experience, which is really cool."
"Souls Like" is a literal genre.
I'd just like to point out that Rise of the Ronin which recently released is in large part a Souls Like as is the upcoming Stellar Blade. And both games have 60 FPS.
More? Like every other game in the last
5 years has “Souls” elements or difficulty. I think we need to pump the brakes a bit Jesus they don’t all the the “grind or die”/“get good” mentality.
I would advise reading the article. What you're saying is not the point we tried to make.
The Souls-like genre remains popular, along with FromSoftware's classics there are many contenders. But which are the best Souls-like games?
Hmm... In my opinion, the 7 best are the 6 made by FromSoftware (DeS, DS1, DS2, DS3, BB and ER), then Lies of P. But each to their own.
Still DS1? You don't feel it's been surpassed yet?
Demon's Souls has the remake of course, but DS1 has surely been outdated?
I think that the DS1 remake is better looking than DS2. The interior lighting matched with the low resolution textures in DS2 is very garish, IMO.
Besides graphics, what do you mean by DS1 being "outdated"? I'm someone who played through Elden Ring and just recently played through the DS series, and as far as gameplay went, there were all very similar.
I haven’t played many but Bloodborne and NIOH1 are on top of my list.. had a blast with these 2
For world design and interconnectedness (that's a word, right?) DS1 is yet to be beaten.
Interesting comparison! Those two games also remind of the Legacy of Kain series for some reason.
I Remember nightmare creatures, nothing like playing nightmare creatures at night on the N64. Oh the good ol' days
I liked the article in general. However, one statement that I feel the need to comment on is this: "While moving about was satisfying enough, attacking almost always felt sticky and needlessly slow. I get that it was all part of the challenge and entices a more defensive strategy rather than Hack N’ Slash, but fighting creatures in Dark Souls was uncomfortable as a gamer."
~ I disagree on this. The combat was not needlessly slow in DeSo and DaSo, it was part of the equipment encumbrance system. I strongly believe that From Software pulled this off better than most action-adventure RPGs out there (Skyrim comes to mind).
Anyway, it was still a good read. I never had the chance to play Nightmare Creatures though my brother had a copy back in the day. I hope they reboot the series.
I knew I wasn't the only one who remembered Nightmare Creatures after seeing the trailer for Bloodborne.