>Yearly releases
>Very little change between releases other than new weapons, npc's, setting, balancing, etc.
>We still eat it up
Are Souls games the Call of Duty of people above 20 years?
Don't forget the unfathomable amount of cheap knockoffs it spawned
>>332922591
hopefully From will release something different next year...another first person adventure like Kings field maybe?
>>332922723
>unfathomable amount
Such as?
I only know of Lords of the Fallen.
One is not an unfathomable amount.
>>332922591
>Demon's Souls 2009
>Dark Souls 2011
>Dark Souls 2 2014
>Dark Souls 3 2016
>Yearly releases
>>332922591
>over 20
kek, only underaged faggots like Dark Souls.
>>332923248
He's counting scholar of the first sin as ''NEW GAME''
>>332923248
>Bloodborne 2015
>>332922989
Dark Souls: The King's Field
VR, first person Dark Souls spinoff. PSVR exclusive.
Calling it.
>>332923248
this
>>332923056
>Lords of the Fallen
>Salt and Sanctuary.
>Eitr.
>Death's Gambit.
>Memory of Eldurim.
>Necropolis.
>Exanima.
>Darkmaus.
There's a fucking ton. Some are influenced by Dark Souls, and some are Dark Souls with a changed gimmick here or there. It's more of a genre than RTS or Arena shooter.
>>332923705
also that new game by team ninja
>>332922591
that's just japanese efficiency and work ethic
I don't know about that, my 13 year old cousin's a Soulfag.
>>332923056
http://techvillain.com/2016-the-year-of-the-souls-like/
>>332923735
Nioh¿
>>332923274
Who the fuck else has that much free time to get murdered endlessly?
>>332923797
Holy fuck:
>Memory of Eldurim, Salt and Sanctuary, Eitr, Death's Gambit, Perish, Necropolis, Below, Exanima, Ni-oh, DarkMaus, and...
>Lords of the Fallen sequel.
Fucking kek.
>>332923735
>>332923819
I thought Ni-Oh was a successor to Onimusha
Guess I was wrong
>>332922591
>"Very little change between release"
>"Other than literally everything"
The Souls games follow the same forumla but they're all on different engines and play completely differently. DeS is fast, DaS is slow, DaS2 is floaty, BB is completely different, DaS3 is fast with weapon arts, etc.
>>332922591
No. You just get caught up in the all the online hype and positive reviews. If anything sales indicates they aren't anywhere near crazy sales and real money comes in because they don't cost an arm and a leg to develop/market. Your mainstream casual will stay clear of Souls games. For the record, any modern CoD has outsold ALL Souls games + Bloodborne combined lifetime sales.
>>332924207
looks like both, but they had to grim it up and slow it down so it resembles souls to get that audience
>>332922591
>new weapons, npc's, setting, balancing, etc.
>new everything
>very little change
Solid meme.
>>332922591
It's been like that since before CoD. From just likes to focus on making a very particular kind of game.
>>332925321
I love how when anyone else does it it's lazy but when From do it it's just 'From being From'.
>>332925546
That's because DeS, DaS, and BB were all good in their own right
rehashing is fine if it stays fun to play
>>332925546
It's not that it isn't lazy, it's just that you shouldn't expect anything else at this point. They've been following the exact same routine for 20 years now. Reusing assets helps them make new games quickly, and it lets them focus on gameplay changes and level design, which are the only parts their fans should care about anyway.
>>332923735
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH5UG7AMhOY
Looks fantastic.
Is it going to be PS4 exclusive? The wikipedia page only says PS4.
>>332922591
We pokèmon now
>>332926271
Yeah.
>>332926271
How much of this will actually be about Souls style exploration? It looks like a solid action game, but if it's more than that I'm sold.
Have never played a DS game.
Should I buy DS3 now and get DS1 for free, or should I buy DS1 and DS2 for same price and wait for DS3 to cost less?
>>332927954
the real answer here is get 2 and 3 because 1 is a 30 fps shitfest only admired by cucks who only like it because its the first souls game they played
>>332922591
It's okay when the formula is perfect
>>332923705
what the fuck is going on with eitr
I heard stuff, then suddenly nothing
>>332928106
DS3 is a 20 fps shitfest tho.
>>332928192
not on PC
>>332923705
>mentioned
>not out yet, also 2D and heavily inspired rather than being a straight knockoff
>same as above
>same as above, though this one is much closer to looking like a 2D Souls
>this one is, yeah
>not out yet, isn't a knockoff is a dungeon crawler with minimal if any Souls influence
>is more akin to Dark Stone with mouse controlled attacking than Souls
>has some influences but isn't a knockoff either
I see gross hyperbole is your thing.
I asked for Souls knockoffs, not things inspired by it.
The difference is that Souls has no competition as of now.
>>332929576
salt and sanctuary is out on ps4 and vita already
looks more like bloodborne than dark souls really, but I haven't seen much
>>332924039
>>332923797
All of those (aside from Nioh) are 2D or shitty randomly generated roguelikes. Hardly Souls-alike aside from having a stamina bar.
>>332924207
>>332924535
They've been pretty transparent about its influences and cited Onimusha 2 and BB as its predominant reference points.
Miyazaki also cited Onimusha has a heavy influence on Demon's Souls.
