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I'm new-ish to the series, and no one continued from the last thread 3 years ago, so I figured I'd make this to help inspire new players to this amazing game/genre. I know Sekiro is all the rage atm, but if you like dark fantasy, and a good, but fair challenge, you owe it to yourself to pick up this game. It's so bloody rewarding, and gorgeous.
I finally clicked with Dark Souls 3 recently, and man it has its hooks deep into me. I played a bit of Dark Souls 1, and Bloodborne, but I never had the right mindset playing them I guess, and approached them like a DMC game. Suffice to say, my experience was very negative.
I'm old school, but had gotten soft since the days of Castlevania NES, Rygar etc... I've been spoiled by quick saves, and never thought I'd want to channel the vintage mindset of every enemy being potentially deadly.
I bought Dark Souls 3 a couple of years ago, but refunded on Steam after I lost to Ludex about 15 times in a row lol. I was around the 2 hour mark, so figured I'd cash out, as I paid near full price, and was beyond frustrated. I love the gothic aesthetics of Souls games, and quitting like that always bothered me.
I beat Ludex on my second try this time, and scared my dog as I was giving my screen DX crotch chops. Even though I've died so many damn times since then, and even lost 100k souls once, I feel like a seasoned warrior now lol
I can't wait to go back and play the others. Anyone else have a similar experience with these games? The "prepare to die" mantra always turned me off. Now that I understand the mechanics, I like it even less, as it doesn't do justice to the brilliance of the game design.
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https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/dark-souls-iii-v3-i-blame-the-stamina-regen.3242233/
I finally clicked with Dark Souls 3 recently, and man it has its hooks deep into me. I played a bit of Dark Souls 1, and Bloodborne, but I never had the right mindset playing them I guess, and approached them like a DMC game. Suffice to say, my experience was very negative.
I'm old school, but had gotten soft since the days of Castlevania NES, Rygar etc... I've been spoiled by quick saves, and never thought I'd want to channel the vintage mindset of every enemy being potentially deadly.
I bought Dark Souls 3 a couple of years ago, but refunded on Steam after I lost to Ludex about 15 times in a row lol. I was around the 2 hour mark, so figured I'd cash out, as I paid near full price, and was beyond frustrated. I love the gothic aesthetics of Souls games, and quitting like that always bothered me.
I beat Ludex on my second try this time, and scared my dog as I was giving my screen DX crotch chops. Even though I've died so many damn times since then, and even lost 100k souls once, I feel like a seasoned warrior now lol
I can't wait to go back and play the others. Anyone else have a similar experience with these games? The "prepare to die" mantra always turned me off. Now that I understand the mechanics, I like it even less, as it doesn't do justice to the brilliance of the game design.
Previous version
https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/dark-souls-iii-v3-i-blame-the-stamina-regen.3242233/