"I just completed the Witcher 3.
"200 hours of magnificence. 200 hours of lush forests, dank dungeons, bloodthirsty monsters, and tyrannical kings.
"What an experience. What a game. So why am I not writing this article to sing its praises? Why is this article not entitled ‘Witcher 3: How I love thine gorgeous frosty beard’?
"Because Dark Souls, that’s why."
"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.
Given the medium's wild diversity, this primer of the essential video games everyone should try is a good place to start.
I can't fk with this list. They missed on alot of games probably before the writers times. Also I know people loved some portal but I was never a fan.
Tomb Raider 1
Driver 1
Abe’s Odyssey
FF6
King of Fighters 94
Mortal Kombat OG
LINK 2 the past
Street Fighter 2
Resident Evil 1
Infinite but not the first two games? Witcher 3 but not the first two games?? GTA V but not literally any of the games before it??? Portal 2 but not the first? Also if you're going to play Shadow of The Colossus play the remaster and not the remake. Can't say I disagree with the list but my man it's all over the place.
Awesome list! Hot take on Fear (and it's hard af expansion Persaus Mandate!) Bioshock Infinite is stellar, so is the Witcher 3 and you nailed it by having Ocarina of Time. So many fantastic games! Gotta play 'em all! Next one on my list is Prey after I beat Dead Space 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction.
I completed The Witcher 3 and returned to trying to 100% MGS:Ground Zeroes. Does that mean that The Withcer 3 is not as good as Ground Zeroes? Hell No! It just means that I moved on, or rather returned to my previous gaming challenge.
It seems the author has done the same, but instead relegates The Witcher 3 to the 'shadow of Dark souls' - a place that is wholly unfair for it to be. The two games are different enough to be able stand side by side as examples of excellent RPG's.
And Dark Souls is in the shadow of the Witcher 3 when it comes to story, dialogue, characters, world building and so on.
No one play Witcher for the combat and no one play souls for the story characters, world building etc..
Different games have different priorities. simple as that.
One of the most idiotic article i have ever read.
The witcher 3 is better than dark souls in almost every way. That open world, lore, story, quests, content, graphics (yes, graphics) and in my opinion, has better gameplay. It's the most well rounded rpg i've ever played.