I for one found Dark Souls to be fucking boring.
Oh hey, I clicked a button, let's watch a 2 second animation. Oh, a skeleton just hit me with flurry of attacks, I guess I'll just watch for a few seconds. Hope I gain control of my character soon.
Oh what's this, I died twice in a row? OK, let's grind for half an hour to gain resources back, because I guess instead of quarters this arcade machine takes time. But its all worth it so I can get to the next area and fight... more fucking skeletons.
Its like they built an entire game out of those crypt areas every RPG ever has for boring side quests that have nothing to do with the story or the larger world. And like, what's the point of difficulty if you can't lose the game anyway? Give me Xcom or FTL any day of the week.
Edit: Before someone says it, yes, I never got past the several parts where you fight skeletons as the main enemy. But I've watched Jamball play several parts of it and its all pretty much the same formula.
Now THAT'S how you start a proper flame war.
Ok, maybe not. I, for one, have different opinion on DS...but those skeletons man. Such a newbie bait.
It was actually those skelis that made me go "wow" when I first played DS. I mean "FUCK THIS GAME THIS AIN'T NO HARDCORE THIS IS BULLSHIT STUPID HOW DO I BEAT THOSE MOTHERFUC--oh, wait, why don't I try those stairs here?...Oh hey, this is a lot better! Thanks, game!"
Best game to ever exist? I doubt it. Granted, didn't finish it yet. But good game? Yes. Hard game? Yes, to a degree. Requires specific mindset? Why yes of course.
I think it's pretty much in the same league as [herecatchthisflameingball] The Walking Dead series we discussed earlier. I fully realize TWD is not the best thing to happen to mankind. There are moments I disliked in every season. I for one liked 1st season (annoying children moments? Huh??), loved the 2nd, kinda disliked the 3rd...but no matter how annoyed I was sometimes by it (in a bad way), overall a good feeling about it remained. I more or less forgot the bad moments, only good ones remain. Which is weird, I'm usually more critical when it comes to series. Maybe I just liked the good moments that much? And I'd argue that yes, this series is very much about zombies. The human drama would not exist without the constant threat of them. They are not running away from zombies as much as are they running from themselves BECAUSE of the zombies. Zombies are a catalyst to make the drama happen.
Then again, maybe I'm overthinking much.
You gals/guys carry on, I'll continue to watch TWD in the mean time. No reason to rage about it.