People need to stop calling this a Dark Souls Ripoff

[Dac2142]

As the title says, this game is not a Dark Souls Ripoff. In several interviews the game director stated that the whole team behind the game loves the Souls series and tried to make a game that is an omage to it, while improving on it in several different places such as plot and removing frustration. Secondly why does it matter if its similar to Dark Souls, no-one said you have to play it and it doesnt take anything away from Dark Souls, if anything it just allows fans of the Souls series to have another game to play until Blood Borne comes out. This of course is all my opinion and I am curious to hear how other people feel. Thanks

[MR.hyde]

dark souls 1 is the best game of the series, ds2 is an ok game (buy it on sale category), now what i want is a demon souls remake/homage for pc!
although this game sounds interesting too. i wonder will it be released on gog.com too?

[Powellinho.72]

every game that comes out these days has trolls that say its a rip off on some other game , just ignore them dude

[The Coal Man]

dark souls clone isnt neccesarily an insult, it just means its based off or very similar to dark souls. And this game is both. The videos are even done in a way thats ment to remind you of dark souls

[Dac2142]

Originally posted by Coleron2:

dark souls clone isnt neccesarily an insult, it just means its based off or very similar to dark souls. And this game is both. The videos are even done in a way thats ment to remind you of dark souls

You are correct that saying its a clone isnt neccesarily an insult, however many people say "♥♥♥♥♥♥ Dark Souls clone dont buy this ♥♥♥♥" which is the part im confused about.

[76561198149674147]

For me this game will be something different than Dark Souls. Maybe I'm wrong but I see when this game comes out and I can play on it. Now I don't want to compare it to another game. Now I can only wait to new material about Lords of the Fallen or on release date.

[Zamio]

It isn't a clone but you are lying if you can't see the similarities.

[Powellinho.72]

Originally posted by Zamio:

It isn't a clone but you are lying if you can't see the similarities.

this is what some people dont understand , all games take things that worked in other games and put their own spin on it , its the same thing with everything else in life , its really sad when people go round saying games are just clones

[CapNKirkland]

what else would you expect? any hack and slash platformer that came out after God of war was automatically called a God of War clone.

what would you expect any different when medevil rpg games come out after Dark souls success?

[Dac2142]

Originally posted by CapNKirkland:

what else would you expect? any hack and slash platformer that came out after God of war was automatically called a God of War clone.

what would you expect any different when medevil rpg games come out after Dark souls success?

You make a very valid point, however I was wondering why it is people see this game in a negative light due to its self expressed similarities to Dark Souls. People can label it as a clone, which it isnt, but what I dont understand is how people who like Dark Souls are taking the time to flame about this game, a game that attempts to be like the game they enjoyed while adding something new.

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well wouldnt it be a demon souls ripoff? i mean demon souls came b4 dark souls

[Zamio]

Originally posted by coupdegrâc3:

well wouldnt it be a demon souls ripoff? i mean demon souls came b4 dark souls

Demons souls didn't contain certain elements Dark Souls did. Anyway, Dark Souls is the more popular and polished of the two, so...

[The Bees]

Originally posted by Yu Narukami:

You make a very valid point, however I was wondering why it is people see this game in a negative light due to its self expressed similarities to Dark Souls. People can label it as a clone, which it isnt, but what I dont understand is how people who like Dark Souls are taking the time to flame about this game, a game that attempts to be like the game they enjoyed while adding something new.

From what I've seen, Dark Souls has one of the most immature communities in gaming history. They're criticizing this game for the same reason so many of them blew up when the director of DS 2 mistakenly hinted at adding an Easy Mode - They will attack anything Souls-related that might detract from the hardcore, non-casul image they need to project.

[CapNKirkland]

Originally posted by Yu Narukami:

Originally posted by CapNKirkland:

what else would you expect? any hack and slash platformer that came out after God of war was automatically called a God of War clone.

what would you expect any different when medevil rpg games come out after Dark souls success?

You make a very valid point, however I was wondering why it is people see this game in a negative light due to its self expressed similarities to Dark Souls. People can label it as a clone, which it isnt, but what I dont understand is how people who like Dark Souls are taking the time to flame about this game, a game that attempts to be like the game they enjoyed while adding something new.

because people don't like change. they'd rather see a game like this be titled darksouls and made by the darksouls people instead of putting new trust into a developer they're not used to...

probably...

[CapNKirkland]

Originally posted by Zanuka:

They're criticizing this game for the same reason so many of them blew up when the director of DS 2 mistakenly hinted at adding an Easy Mode - They will attack anything Souls-related that might detract from the hardcore, non-casul image they need to project.

i mean... name three games in over the last 5 years that has been made souly for the skilled gamer in mind, and not to get mainstream attention because of how player friendly it is..

there aren't many.. even if the community takes it to immature extremes it's because they want to defend something so rare.

[The Bees]

Originally posted by CapNKirkland:

i mean... name three games in over the last 5 years that has been made souly for the skilled gamer in mind, and not to get mainstream attention because of how player friendly it is..

there aren't many.. even if the community takes it to immature extremes it's because they want to defend something so rare.

I can understand that, but in both cases (this and the Easy Mode for DS 2, which was nothing more than a misunderstanding due to a translation error), it's really just a matter of petty elitism.

This isn't a Souls game, so if it isn't up to their standards, then oh well, no harm done.

In the case of the DS 2 Easy Mode, it was an optional mode which wouldn't have detracted from their experience in any way. They were really just angry at the fact that gamers they deemed unworthy would be able to enjoy the game as they did and that DS would gain mainstream popularity as a result.