Why did Dark Souls become so iconic?
>>334581560
>SMT IV The dark souls of Persona games
EVERY
FUCKING
TIME
Because it is literally the hardest game ever made.
t. gamer
Because of le prepare to die memes
The PC release was very hyped and when it was released and turned out to be an excellent game, a Dark Souls culture quickly grew on all of /v/.
And as we know, the rest of the internet gets its culture from us.
>>334581560
What is the Dark Souls of Dating Sims?>>334581693
This triggered me too
>>334581560
>Dragon's Dogma, the Dark Souls of fantasy RPG
Wouldn't that be Dark Souls? I actually loled.
>>334581817
Dark Souls was already popular before PC you fucking bandwaggoner
>>334581823
was about to post
oh well, who reads that shit anyway
>>334581560
>The Dark Souls of fantasy RPG's isn't Dark Souls
Exquisite journalism. Magnifique.
>>334581875
Regardless, it was the PC release that kickstarted a mass influx of Dark Souls-related content, and gave it the status of "hardest modern game" on the internet.
>>334581560
When Dark Souls was hyped to hell by /v/, followed by the PC release so all the epic memekids could play the memegame
>>334582148
Yes PC release is when the term artificial difficulty and more ebin memes spread throughout the internet.
>>334581693
i was already triggered at "Roguelike Platformers", but this pushed me over the line
>SMT IV the Dark Souls of Persona
>>334582247
Exactly. The PC fanbase's "enthusiastic" appreciation for the game is the main reason why the game became so iconic on the internet.
>>334581693
Makes me laugh every time. If he was trolling it would be 10/10
>>334581560
people with no standard and no knowledge of programming believe marketing telling them bad game design and wroken code is "difficulty on purpose git gud". It's basically the same people that believe posting "never ever" is enough to clean bloodborne of any sort of complaint.
>>334581560
because it's a shitty game for the pathetic tryhard nerds who think that if they win that shit they wil be crowned the kungz of the hardkoria
>>334581560
Dark Souls for me, is the Zelda II: The Adventure of Link in HD.
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