East of Nowhere takes a retrospective look at Dark Souls after all the releases this year to give it a more thoughtful review.
"So, what does all of this have to do with me writing about Dark Souls now? Well, I have some more perspective on my experience with the game, and I feel there are some points worth covering that perhaps, some other reviews didn’t touch on."
With Elden Ring's DLC Shadow of the Erdtree coming this month, JDR takes a look back at the greatest Soulsborne bosses. To start with, those of Dark Souls.
"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.
No better feeling than cutting someone with a freshly sharpened uchigatana.
Best way I've ever seen someone sum up Dark Souls. Great job. especially that bit about varying boss difficulty, I really liked that a review finally mentioned that.