Are the other souls games this long?

[T0AD]

Curious to try the other games, but not sure if I got the patience for another 100+ hour journey. Been doing a replay of elden ring in preperation for the dlc, but I started exploring Caelid and I'm already feeling the burnout.

[psilocybe]

1 and 2 can be solved in a casual pace with about 20 hours.

If you explore every area in dark souls 3, the average player could put about 40 hours into it.

Sekiro is the better of their games. It doesn't suffer from matchmaking problems.

[WagonWheelWatusi]

Dark Souls 1-3 are vastly more linear as well if that is what youre after.

[The_Loranator]

The other souls games are all significantly shorter than ER.

[darinbob]

I did 100+ hours in dark souls and completed it. Elden ring I am at 250 hours and not done, only in the capital. But I like to explore and get all the loot, so I look under all the welcome mats. Most other players do significantly less time than me; Dark Souls in 20-50 hours probably.

I can't think of any game I've done that's taken this long in just one playthrough, and I do a lot of open world and RPGs. Though despite the size, I keep seeing new things and I don't get a feeling of repetitiveness (other than multiple tries to get past some enemies.

[drakeef]

Elden Ring is is the first full open world, while DS 1 to 3 are more contained, they are a lot smaller, but they do heavily reward exploration from what I understand (still need to try the Dark Souls series, Elden Ring is from first Fromsoft game)

[psilocybe]

Originally posted by drakeef:

(still need to try the Dark Souls series, Elden Ring is from first Fromsoft game)

The open world doesn't work at all, in my opinion.

I'd rather they had stuck with the Dark Souls formula for Elden Ring.
Imagine if you had just finished with Gothrick's castle and you take an elevator into Radahn's castle.

That's more on how the level-design is like for the Dark Souls series. With the player having to actually think between rooms and encounters.

In Elden Ring, you pick a direction and run in it to safety. Detracts a lot from the experience.

[Mewsha]

No.

Half of this game is double checking that you didn't fail a quest.

Caelid is an area that you're meant to come back to several times, so I wouldn't stay there for too long personally.

[drakeef]

Originally posted by psilocybe:

Originally posted by drakeef:

(still need to try the Dark Souls series, Elden Ring is from first Fromsoft game)

The open world doesn't work at all, in my opinion.

I'd rather they had stuck with the Dark Souls formula for Elden Ring.
Imagine if you had just finished with Gothrick's castle and you take an elevator into Radahn's castle.

That's more on how the level-design is like for the Dark Souls series. With the player having to actually think between rooms and encounters.

In Elden Ring, you pick a direction and run in it to safety. Detracts a lot from the experience.

True, but the open world aspect is what let guys like me get into Elden Ring. We could pick a direction or go after smaller locations to prepare before we go after our first story boss...like how i famred Vulgar Miltia at the Beast Sanctum until I was about level 80+ to fight Godrick. Still got my butt kicked badly, despite having an Jellyfish summon and NCP summon lol!

[MundM]

Originally posted by psilocybe:

1 and 2 can be solved in a casual pace with about 20 hours.

If you explore every area in dark souls 3, the average player could put about 40 hours into it.

Sekiro is the better of their games. It doesn't suffer from matchmaking problems.

Whaaaaaaat? You can finish DS2 casual in 20 hours? You're talking vanilla no dlcs, or Scholar?
The main game alone should take you 20h at least if you know what you're doing and visit all places, with dlc it's easy over 30 hours, not to mention if you wanna grab every item, do all the quests to see everything there, you can easily knock out 100 hours.

[Deluxe]

same, I wanted to start a new character for SoE, but i end up just waiting for summons on my old characters while i play with my phone.

[psilocybe]

Originally posted by MundM:

100 hours.

Who collects every item in ds2?

Is it like a repetitive behavior thing?

[NisseDood]

Ds3 is way shorter than ds2.
Only way it is longer is if it includes covenant grind.

[LuckyCheshire]

Originally posted by psilocybe:

Originally posted by MundM:

100 hours.

Who collects every item in ds2?

Is it like a repetitive behavior thing?

We're called completionists. It's fun to experience all that a game has to offer.

[Pozzy Vibes GGHF :)]

DS2 with all 3 DLCs is a very long playthrough, getting every secret boss I mean.

[Marmarmar34]

Originally posted by psilocybe:

Originally posted by drakeef:

(still need to try the Dark Souls series, Elden Ring is from first Fromsoft game)

The open world doesn't work at all, in my opinion.

I'd rather they had stuck with the Dark Souls formula for Elden Ring.
Imagine if you had just finished with Gothrick's castle and you take an elevator into Radahn's castle.

That's more on how the level-design is like for the Dark Souls series. With the player having to actually think between rooms and encounters.

In Elden Ring, you pick a direction and run in it to safety. Detracts a lot from the experience.

So much this.
Although, having slightly open areas wouldn't be such a terrible thing.