Anyone notice that dark souls has an anime feel to it?
It's almost like Miyazaki is known to be a Berserk and JJBA fanboy or something.
>>345052353
There is literally nothing berserk like in Dark Souls
>>345052427
Anon that's wrong on I don't know how many levels. It doesn't blatantly ape Berserk but there are a number of inspirations that are pretty obvious. Miyazaki has said as much himself.
Not really.
Dark Souls is a WRPG,
>>345052683
it has inspired bosses, it cant be western
but it has decent gameplay, so it cant be japanese
>>345052683
But it was made in Japan by a Japanese man therefore it's a JRPG, that's like saying Hunniepop is a Japanese game.
>>345052427
i've never seen a post so wrong in all my years of this site.
No.
>>345052427
damn, I've read some retarded posts in my life but this one takes the lie
>>345052683
>>345052683
>Dark Souls is not a JRPG
I found this a curious statement and went to do some research on the matter.
Here's an excerpt I found from Wikipedia.
>While Western computer developers continued to explore the possibilities of real-time RPG gameplay to a limited extent,[12] Japanese developers, with their recently aroused interest in the RPG genre, created a new brand of action/RPG, combining the RPG genre with arcade-style action and action-adventure elements.[13][14] This trend of combining RPG elements with arcade-style action mechanics was popularized by The Tower of Druaga,[14] an arcade game released by Namco in June 1984. However, the company often considered the pioneer of the new action RPG genre is Nihon Falcom,[1] which produced the Dragon Slayer series and won its reputation as the progenitor of the action RPG genre.[15] Dragon Slayer was created by Yoshio Kiya,[16] who built on the action RPG elements of his previous game Panorama Toh,[11] as well as The Tower of Druaga.[14] Falcom's Dragon Slayer series abandoned the command-based battles of previous RPGs in favour of real-time hack-and-slash combat that requires direct input from the player, alongside puzzle-solving elements.[1] The original Dragon Slayer,[16] originally released for the PC-8801 computer in September 1984,[17] is often considered to be the first true action-RPG.
So the first true action-RPG was a japanese game.
There you have it folks, not only is Dark Souls a JRPG but by extension all action RPG's actually stem from and are influenced by japanese games like Dragon Slayer and Nihon Falcom
Westaboo status: BTFO
>>345052662
>>345052892
>>345052986
You have no proof
@345052427
@345052683
You'll have to work harder if you want my (You)s
>>345053134
Here are three examples
>>345053134
from hidetaka miyazaki's wikipedia article:
>Influences and design style
>Miyazaki's influences include video games such as Ico,[11] the early Dragon Quest games,[12][13] The Legend of Zelda[12] and King's Field video game series,[14] manga series such as Berserk, Saint Seiya, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure,[15] the literary works of H. P. Lovecraft and Bram Stoker,[16] and gamebooks such as Sorcery![17] Mizayaki is also influenced by European architecture, incorporating various styles of it into his games, and often uses it as a way of environmental storytelling.[18][19]
>Miyazaki stated that the notable difficulty of the Souls series had no intention of being "more difficult than other titles on purpose". Rather, the difficulty was a part of the process that gives players "a sense of accomplishment by overcoming tremendous odds", while also having a certain level of difficulty incentivizing "players to experiment more with character builds and weapon load-outs".[18] When asked about his style of storytelling, Miyazaki stated that despite what people believe, he doesn't dislike direct storytelling, but instead prefers players to interpret the world for themselves, stating that the "player gets more value from it when they themselves find out hints of plot from items or side-characters they encounter in the world."[18]
>>345053134
and this is just demon's souls
>>345052353
Other than tarkus what other jojo references are there?
The mushroom is the only one that's close.
>>345052683
I don't really see how it resembles most WRPGs at all beyond the setting/tone and not really being like a JRPG, to be honest.
It's not like an old CRPG or modern Bioware game, or a sandbox Beth game, or a Diablo clone, or a Wizardry/Eye of the Beholder/Ultima Underworld style dungeon crawler, or a roguelike, any other subset of WRPG I can think of.
It is more like a WRPG than a JRPG if just because you can attack and kill most any NPC, though.
>>345053328
The soul's games should have a loli mage.
>>345053441
it was going to
>>345052062
>from will never embrace that they are total weebs and just make the stupid over the top action combat game they could possibly muster up because they are know for being the developer of deep dark fantasy games now
I just wanna PvP in a weeb souls once before i die
>>345053548
>>345053441
menchildren need to die
>>345052935
Reminds me of Mitoko
Berserk is plebeian as fuck, so it's fitting dark souls would rip off elements of it and then hamfist "homages" so they aren't accused of plagiarism.
>>345052427
I only watched 5 minutes of berserk and that is not than enough to know you are a huge retard
In this thread we list things Dark Souls 2 did that were far better than Dark Souls 3. I'll start:
>Chugging Estus immobilizes you, and the heal isn't instantaneous meaning trying to chug while someone is sticking close to you will result in death
>Stamina regeneration is tied to weight, so a character at 10% burden will recover their bar faster than a character at 70% burden, giving an advantage and a reason to make a low burden character
>Poise exists and armor provides relevant, but not overpowering damage reduction, giving an advantage and a reason to make a high burden character
>Phantoms and Dark Spirits cannot chug estus, spirits can only heal via spell useage which is slow. This makes fighting outnumbered even without mob assistance possible since any damage you do sticks.
>Can only perform four rolls before running out of stamina
>Can only perform 5 attacks of a rapier or straight sword before running out of stamina
>Parrying has longer recovery frames and consumes more stamina, making parry fishing riskier and makes parrying require higher skill
>Power stance allowing for unique combinations of dual wielding and unlocking an alternative moveset for weapons
>Being able to use the full moveset of a weapon in your off-hand including running, rolling, backstepping, etc. attacks rather than just being able to do a basic R1 swing and blocking with the weapon as it is in Ds3 (lmao who would ever want to weapon block)
>Non-linear first half of the game allows you to rush straight to the areas of the game that contain the items for your build
>Fun PvP covenants that were unique
>Bell Tower covenant providing two unique optional areas to PvP for Titanite Chunks, Slabs, and Twinkling, making farming for upgrades fun
>Bonfire ascetics to replay bosses you like and or gain items from NG+ and beyond without grinding through the whole game again
>>345053376
There aren't that many mostly because it doesn't fit the atmosphere. The Executiner's Chariot was called Silver Chariot before the revs thought of a name though. Imagine if Miyazaki did something that wasn't dark fantasy and what he'd reference there though.
>>345053328
that iron maiden "reference" is so retarded
They're both clearly based on the first Google Image result
>>345053441
Both DeS and DaS1 were going to. DaS2 was going to have loli Emerald Herald as well. Dunno about DaS3 but you were going to be able to trick Oceiros into tripping over and falling into Ocellotte, killing him, which is why he goes apeshit in the second phase. They were all cut because killing children in games is still pretty taboo, though Bloodborne did it just fine.
>>345052838
>no cringy weeaboo idols, friendship powers and animu look
>IS JAPANESE GUISE
yeah no
>>345053062
>>345052683
Why even respond to that bait? Dark Souls level design is nothing like anything you will ever see in a WRPG, it has more in common with Japanese games.
>>345053240
shit, those look exactly like bloodborne and dark souls enemies.
Like that priest, shit man.
Also, pic related is the inspiration of the Catarina armor.
>>345052427
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>>345057463
This is good.
>>345057463
>this bait
I refuse to think someone could be so misinformed that think all that comes out of Japan is lowbrow anime.
It's like if japs assumed all the US can make is capeshit and tumblr cartoons.
>>345052062
anime is pretty broad, to the contrary of what some anime hating fags would have you believe
>>345052427
DaS1 has a blacksmith named Rickert for fucks sake.
>>345053328
Thats actually the result of having the same sources for inspiration. Obviously they, due to a lack of natural understanding of european medieval history googled "medieval torture equipment". The lizards are a coincidence. The pile of humans is based on a statue I dont remember the name of. The bloody baby is just standard horror fare. The sword is however probably a Berserk reference.
>>345052427
what about all the weapons and armor in the game that looks like berserk?
>>345057885
And this.
>>345052427
It still amazes me the things people will fall for on this dumb shit site.
But is there a spear that lets me tear shit up like my nigga Ushio Aotsuki?
>>345059245
Not really, it gives people opportunity to spread the word because it doesn't matter if that dude was baiting. It gave us the chance to give examples of berserk/souls related stuff.
Baiter knew this but it gave us the opportunity to give the examples which was fun.
the greatsword is the best weapon throughout all of the souls games and I refuse to be convinced otherwise
>>345059468
fine by me
Just beat Crystal Sage and Abyss Watchers. Heading into Cathedral now. What am I in for guise?
>>345053328
i bet i could find an anime about horses
>does anyone feel like horse riding has an anime feel to it?
dark souls was made by the japs but inspired by the west
>>345059885
another crystal sage
>>345053328
its even more blatant in Bloodborne
>>345052062
>Japanese games has Japanese things
Where's the problem?
>>345053376
Ornstein and Smough believe it or not, they're a reference to Bruford and (again)Tarkus.
The honorable knight and the barbaric giant.
