Why are there so many boss re-skins?

[davidj123456]

I think I did not notice this on my first play-through because I spent 110 hours on it and was too busy learning the items and mechanics (this is my first souls game) to notice. I am now on my second play-through and have gotten up to Liurnia of the Lakes and Mohogwyn Place (White Mask quest). I've done a number of dungeons, mini-bosses, bosses, and explored a lot of what I did not explore in my first play-through.

I am already noticing how many enemies are literal re-skins of one another with at best a couple ability changes but are overall the same.

[zero]

because there is 200 bosses.

[SnakeshyperTTV/Kick]

Because it is a open world game.

[vamirez]

Originally posted by csand:

You should make a third whining thread, it's really working for you

Well done :)

[Fineous🔥]

I know you OP just read the first post of the quatrillion threads you make every hour but allow me to suggest you something "fresh". Read and participate in someone else thread! I shared with the community a real piece of art created by a truly gifted individual, talking about a cosmic chart with every single boss of the game.
Take a look and try to understand it.

Oh about our dear friend Varre, he is a war surgeon just like the Mogh swamp invaders so if it gives you some peace of mind think about a "franchise" like it they all were part of the same fast food service company....wearing the same uniform. Makes sense now? you are most welcome.

[Sabaithal]

Why are there more threads complaining about this than bosses in the game?

[davidj123456]

Only 8 unique bosses in the game that don’t get copy pasted:

1.) RENNALA, QUEEN OF THE FULL MOON

2.) STARSCOURGE RADAHN

3.) GOD-DEVOURING SERPENT / RYKARD, LORD OF BLASPHEMY

4.) FIRE GIANT

5.) DRAGONLORD PLACIDUSAX

6.) MALENIA BLADE OF MIQUELLA

7.) GURRANQ, BEAST CLERGYMAN / MALIKETH, THE BLACK BLADE

8.) RADAGON OF THE GOLDEN ORDER / ELDEN BEAST

[Fineous🔥]

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Only 8 unique bosses in the game that don’t get copy pasted:

1.) RENNALA, QUEEN OF THE FULL MOON

2.) STARSCOURGE RADAHN

3.) GOD-DEVOURING SERPENT / RYKARD, LORD OF BLASPHEMY

4.) FIRE GIANT

5.) DRAGONLORD PLACIDUSAX

6.) MALENIA BLADE OF MIQUELLA

7.) GURRANQ, BEAST CLERGYMAN / MALIKETH, THE BLACK BLADE

8.) RADAGON OF THE GOLDEN ORDER / ELDEN BEAST

There is something you can actually do to solve this situation IF a few under a valid context bosses being"rehused" bothers you. Uninstall the game and never enter any local owned by a franchise.

Now now...cynism aside....look we are talking about a video game...ok? using the same assests now and then can be considered something normal..because you know, all the skeltons look THE SAME (the rascals!) aaaand the order of crucible knights use the same armor with a few variations.
Also the gargoyles and dragonkin soldiers are constructs, cementery shades are bugs and a lot of thing that actually makes sense if you read about it instead complaining to the forum about it.


Bless you i guess.

[Krypto]

Why? Because it's a massive game and From probably didn't expect it to be as big as it is.

Reskinned, recolor, re-whatever. Games have done this for decades. Saves on development time to just reskin enemies.

[zero]

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Only 8 unique bosses in the game that don’t get copy pasted:

1.) RENNALA, QUEEN OF THE FULL MOON

2.) STARSCOURGE RADAHN

3.) GOD-DEVOURING SERPENT / RYKARD, LORD OF BLASPHEMY

4.) FIRE GIANT

5.) DRAGONLORD PLACIDUSAX

6.) MALENIA BLADE OF MIQUELLA

7.) GURRANQ, BEAST CLERGYMAN / MALIKETH, THE BLACK BLADE

8.) RADAGON OF THE GOLDEN ORDER / ELDEN BEAST

thats nice, now name how many unique types of bosses there are (hint, it's more then the number of bosses in any priror souls game)

and then lets not ignore the fact that there is still 200 bosses on top of that.

[davidj123456]

Love it how when anyone criticises the game there are a bunch of morons that are literally allergic to it.

The game would be better if there were fewer reskins and more completely unique enemies. Do you disagree with this statement?

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Love it how when anyone criticises the game there are a bunch of morons that are literally allergic to it.

The game would be better if there were fewer reskins and more completely unique enemies. Do you disagree with this statement?

Sure. You want to put in the effort to make 200+ bosses all completely unique, with completely unique attack patterns that don't feel derivative from something else?

That's not reasonable from a developers perspective. The previously souls games (not counting DLC) had like, 20-30, maybe.

[zero]

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Love it how when anyone criticises the game there are a bunch of morons that are literally allergic to it.

The game would be better if there were fewer reskins and more completely unique enemies. Do you disagree with this statement?

open world game, do you really expect 200 unique bosses?

[JocularJosh]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Love it how when anyone criticises the game there are a bunch of morons that are literally allergic to it.

The game would be better if there were fewer reskins and more completely unique enemies. Do you disagree with this statement?

Sure. You want to put in the effort to make 200+ bosses all completely unique, with completely unique attack patterns that don't feel derivative from something else?

That's not reasonable from a developers perspective. The previously souls games (not counting DLC) had like, 20-30, maybe.

To be fair, nobody asked them to add 200 bosses to the game.

[zero]

Originally posted by JocularJosh:

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Sure. You want to put in the effort to make 200+ bosses all completely unique, with completely unique attack patterns that don't feel derivative from something else?

That's not reasonable from a developers perspective. The previously souls games (not counting DLC) had like, 20-30, maybe.

To be fair, nobody asked them to add 200 bosses to the game.

nobody asked them to make any bosses for any games.

but its an open world game, it needs content, and like every other game its cost vs return.

compared to any other souls game it still has more unique bosses then it, while also having a large amount of content to do, best of both worlds.

[JocularJosh]

Originally posted by zero:

but its an open world game, it needs content

And it has more than enough content already as is, even without some copy+pasted bosses.

I am not agreeing with the OP but I am saying using the amount of bosses as an excuse doesn't really work. They could have just dialed it down a bit.