Souls games have lore but no story

[JERRY]

This is my opinion

[Fairy f]

Only FromSoft games make me feel like I'm part of some messed up fairy tale, and I love it!

[Koala 4peace]

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Souls games' approach to player involvement seems closer (in the context of a fantasy setting) to how this sort of thing would play out in real life: there was a mess.

Would be cool to also play those messes, truth be told.

[Eastersimulator]

Originally posted by Koala 4peace:

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Souls games' approach to player involvement seems closer (in the context of a fantasy setting) to how this sort of thing would play out in real life: there was a mess.

Would be cool to also play those messes, truth be told.

dark souls 2 lets you time travel and play some of those messes

[Wheee333ee33e3e]

Story is you're a murder Hobo sent to the lands between to murder everything you see, other than ranni, because 4 arm blue doll makes you feel funny in strange places.

[Orums]

not a very well informed opinion though...We're basically playing the GOT "war of five kingdoms" but through the lens of high fantasy.

[zmanbuilder]

Try lies of P it is a lot more straight forward in the story telling, but just as deep in the lore.

Just because you are making a souls like, does not mean the story needs to be cryptic....

[Wheee333ee33e3e]

Originally posted by Eastersimulator:

Originally posted by Penguin_of_Doom:

Do people ignore it because they can't believe it's that simple?

I think people ignore it because they don't care. Or the games dosen't constantly remind them why they do it. In DS1 you are a undead that kills bosses to burn themself. So are you in DS3 but you are called ashen one. In DS2 you are a undead that tries to cure himself from the curse and everybody tries to gaslight you to burn yourself. In elden ring you want to burn everybody down and resist the gaslighting to become a king.

Ds1 to 3 had not only bad story, but bad lore. What is the age of fire? Why does extending it cause undead to appear? Why do undead desire to rekindle the flame? What causes the appearance is ashen ones? Why do you need to summon all the lords of cinder to rekindle?

The explanation to all that is it is what it is.

Only ds3 dlc has a good story. People with ability to create (decaying) world by painting has its inhabitants fight to keep the world going despite it rotting. Unknown Slave knight uses all his power to help a girl create the ultimate kindest and gentle painting by absorbing all the dark souls, becoming the most powerful being at the end of time, and fighting another powerful unknown trying to change the fate of the world, so he can bleed and give blood to said girl.

Elden ring is murder Hobo murders everything in the backdrop of a grrm incest story. Even twilight had better plot.

[Eastersimulator]

Originally posted by Wheee333ee33e3e:

Originally posted by Eastersimulator:

I think people ignore it because they don't care. Or the games dosen't constantly remind them why they do it. In DS1 you are a undead that kills bosses to burn themself. So are you in DS3 but you are called ashen one. In DS2 you are a undead that tries to cure himself from the curse and everybody tries to gaslight you to burn yourself. In elden ring you want to burn everybody down and resist the gaslighting to become a king.

Ds1 to 3 had not only bad story, but bad lore. What is the age of fire? Why does extending it cause undead to appear? Why do undead desire to rekindle the flame? What causes the appearance is ashen ones? Why do you need to summon all the lords of cinder to rekindle?

The explanation to all that is it is what it is.

Only ds3 dlc has a good story. People with ability to create (decaying) world by painting has its inhabitants fight to keep the world going despite it rotting. Unknown Slave knight uses all his power to help a girl create the ultimate kindest and gentle painting by absorbing all the dark souls, becoming the most powerful being at the end of time, and fighting another powerful unknown trying to change the fate of the world, so he can bleed and give blood to said girl.

Elden ring is murder Hobo murders everything in the backdrop of a grrm incest story. Even twilight had better plot.

gr8 b8 m8 I r8 8/8

[Mini]

Well I dislike most stories in games anyway. The gameplay is enough to hold the game up without any sort of story anyway, so the lore and world building is just icing on the cake.

[vamirez]

Originally posted by Wheee333ee33e3e:

Originally posted by Eastersimulator:

I think people ignore it because they don't care. Or the games dosen't constantly remind them why they do it. In DS1 you are a undead that kills bosses to burn themself. So are you in DS3 but you are called ashen one. In DS2 you are a undead that tries to cure himself from the curse and everybody tries to gaslight you to burn yourself. In elden ring you want to burn everybody down and resist the gaslighting to become a king.

Ds1 to 3 had not only bad story, but bad lore. What is the age of fire? Why does extending it cause undead to appear? Why do undead desire to rekindle the flame? What causes the appearance is ashen ones? Why do you need to summon all the lords of cinder to rekindle?

The explanation to all that is it is what it is.

Oh boyo - I need to rub my temples. Man... o_O

[Least Shaman]

Just like a true RPG no story and only what came before it. You make your own story my guy

[hahafunni]

Originally posted by Darth Invader:

What do you expect from this cesspool of doddering oldfolk and degenerates?

I must be a loser, i got the reference, unlike some other people

[Eastersimulator]

Originally posted by hahafunni:

Originally posted by Darth Invader:

What do you expect from this cesspool of doddering oldfolk and degenerates?

I must be a loser, i got the reference, unlike some other people

yeah yeah we all played dark souls 3

[zab]

wrong