The title sounds like low standards syndrome. 😅 Plenty of worthwhile games to play made in the past. Following the conversations in the video, you both lack experience in the gaming world. Your focus is very narrow, which taints your enjoyment for this media. Now I'm not saying Dark Souls 1-3 are the worst, but they certainly aren't as great as they could be. My intro to this kind of game was through Demon's Souls on the PS3 which had an actual fleshed out story to it (big bonus not being ambiguous for ambiguous sake). There is nothing compelling, for me, in a game where I place myself into the butt crack of every enemy, and attack from there let alone robotic conflicts that take forever to complete unless I've made the game into an unpaid monotonous job overlevelling myself. That's just my thoughts. I had fun with the games, and several games that utilzed similar mechanics, but they are by far not the best gaming media can offer (highly subjective statement).
@@mikelawrence1556 To me? If I may list a few that gave me more enjoyment than any of the Dark Souls, Demon Souls, and Bloodborne, in no particular order: Quake/Quake 2, HalfLife, Metro 2033, Resident Evil 7&8, Super Hot, Clive Barker's Jericho, Journey to the Savage Planet. Entertaining world building. Simple first person shooters. JttSP is also pretty funny. Zeno Clash 1&2. Short and sweet beat 'em ups in first person view. Also entertaining world building. Thief trilogy. Not encountered a game that makes used of sound as an important mechanic for stealth. No seeing through walls. No map indicators. Not completely linear. Yes this game is old, and laughably bad in elements (like hiding in darkness right in front of altered enemies looking for you and failing to find you as they walk into you). I've gone back to this game a number of times, and it's held up the experience I had with from the beginning. With more gaming under my belt the game was even easier. I would love a conintuation, but at the same time I don't knowing what games are like these days. Just take a glance at the reboot... Barely anyone talks positively about the reboot. Guild of Dungeoneering, Inscryption, Cardpocalypse. Throw these three together being card games. Stories were entertaining. These did scratch that TCG itch without burning a hole in my pocket. Little Nightmares, and the sequel. While I am disappointed how vague whatever story it was trying to tell was, it still held my attention wanting to see, and know more. The puzzles were fun. the art style was appealing. Dwarf Fortress, RimWorld. Can come with a variety of different approaches to playing these. The stories that can be told by these are pretty fun. Portal, and Portal 2. Interesting puzzles, and lore. Subnautica (not the expansion) was a great exploration game. I love the ocean and this to some level satisfied my interests. Certain wish it had a bit more to offer, but it did have me engaged for many hours. Battlezone 2, Warcraft 2&3, Dark Reign, Starcraft, Age of Empires, They Are Billions. Entertaining RTS games. Enough depth and variety. Great solo and multiplayer (where that is possible). Red Guard, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. For their fantasy action adventure take. Jazz Jackrabbit, Duke Nukem, Halloween Harry, Monster Bash, Super Mario World. Old 2D platforming greatness imo. I could list far more, but that would take all day, and comments are limited in characters.
@@mikelawrence1556 Mind you, none of these games are perfect. Some have pretty glaring flaws. I am aware I mentioned titles that released after Dark Souls. I have a very eclectic taste on games, not preferring one genre over any other. My interests change so what I am hyper into will rotate in a scrambled way. I had fun with Demon's Souls, and co-op Dark Souls, but nowhere near as much fun I had with the above mentioned games. (I actually prefer Bloodborne due to the setting and lore, but The Last Hero of Nostalgaia was slightly better for its references to older titles, which I recommend if you like games similar to Dark Souls, though some references may not strike the same cord if you've never played the games it makes references to).
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The title sounds like low standards syndrome. 😅
Plenty of worthwhile games to play made in the past.
Following the conversations in the video, you both lack experience in the gaming world. Your focus is very narrow, which taints your enjoyment for this media. Now I'm not saying Dark Souls 1-3 are the worst, but they certainly aren't as great as they could be. My intro to this kind of game was through Demon's Souls on the PS3 which had an actual fleshed out story to it (big bonus not being ambiguous for ambiguous sake).
There is nothing compelling, for me, in a game where I place myself into the butt crack of every enemy, and attack from there let alone robotic conflicts that take forever to complete unless I've made the game into an unpaid monotonous job overlevelling myself. That's just my thoughts. I had fun with the games, and several games that utilzed similar mechanics, but they are by far not the best gaming media can offer (highly subjective statement).
Just wondering. What games are more worthwhile than Souls to you?
@@mikelawrence1556 To me? If I may list a few that gave me more enjoyment than any of the Dark Souls, Demon Souls, and Bloodborne, in no particular order:
Quake/Quake 2, HalfLife, Metro 2033, Resident Evil 7&8, Super Hot, Clive Barker's Jericho, Journey to the Savage Planet. Entertaining world building. Simple first person shooters. JttSP is also pretty funny.
Zeno Clash 1&2. Short and sweet beat 'em ups in first person view. Also entertaining world building.
Thief trilogy. Not encountered a game that makes used of sound as an important mechanic for stealth. No seeing through walls. No map indicators. Not completely linear. Yes this game is old, and laughably bad in elements (like hiding in darkness right in front of altered enemies looking for you and failing to find you as they walk into you). I've gone back to this game a number of times, and it's held up the experience I had with from the beginning. With more gaming under my belt the game was even easier. I would love a conintuation, but at the same time I don't knowing what games are like these days. Just take a glance at the reboot... Barely anyone talks positively about the reboot.
Guild of Dungeoneering, Inscryption, Cardpocalypse. Throw these three together being card games. Stories were entertaining. These did scratch that TCG itch without burning a hole in my pocket.
Little Nightmares, and the sequel. While I am disappointed how vague whatever story it was trying to tell was, it still held my attention wanting to see, and know more. The puzzles were fun. the art style was appealing.
Dwarf Fortress, RimWorld. Can come with a variety of different approaches to playing these. The stories that can be told by these are pretty fun.
Portal, and Portal 2. Interesting puzzles, and lore.
Subnautica (not the expansion) was a great exploration game. I love the ocean and this to some level satisfied my interests. Certain wish it had a bit more to offer, but it did have me engaged for many hours.
Battlezone 2, Warcraft 2&3, Dark Reign, Starcraft, Age of Empires, They Are Billions. Entertaining RTS games. Enough depth and variety. Great solo and multiplayer (where that is possible).
Red Guard, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. For their fantasy action adventure take.
Jazz Jackrabbit, Duke Nukem, Halloween Harry, Monster Bash, Super Mario World. Old 2D platforming greatness imo.
I could list far more, but that would take all day, and comments are limited in characters.
@@mikelawrence1556 Mind you, none of these games are perfect. Some have pretty glaring flaws. I am aware I mentioned titles that released after Dark Souls.
I have a very eclectic taste on games, not preferring one genre over any other. My interests change so what I am hyper into will rotate in a scrambled way.
I had fun with Demon's Souls, and co-op Dark Souls, but nowhere near as much fun I had with the above mentioned games. (I actually prefer Bloodborne due to the setting and lore, but The Last Hero of Nostalgaia was slightly better for its references to older titles, which I recommend if you like games similar to Dark Souls, though some references may not strike the same cord if you've never played the games it makes references to).