Is anyone getting a little bored of Dark Souls 3? Feels like it is missing that special something that the other games had.

[76561198321495551]

It gives me conniptions.

[King_Mandu]

They put too much Bloodborne in Dark Souls and played it way too safe....at least for me. "But the lore!" Screw the lore, I was hoping for fresher areas than rehashes of Dark Souls I. I've had a lot of fun with the game and gotten far more than my money's worth that's for sure but it's the weakest game in the series by far. Miracles are garbage, armor doesn't mean crap anymore, there's too many really fast spamming enemies who stunlock you without Bloodborne's regain or quick step mechanics to compensate and the double health bar bosses got old quick, parry spam invaders and pvpers, and a lot of the bosses are as much of a joke as people used to complain about some of DSII's bosses. I like the last third / last half of the game a lot more than the opening areas, which I find to be a total slog on replays. I hope they really bring it with the last DLC content or else it's going to be a bit sad if the series ends on a whimper similar to this latest DLC.

[†øøts]

I started getting really bored around 200 hours. By that time I figured I got my money's worth anyways. Don't find many games that I can invest that much time to nowadays. Not to mention I'm older now so I have less time. My cousins and I each clocked 800 hours into L4D when we were kids, so 200 hours in a mostly singleplayer game is pretty good for me.

[kameltoes]

It's a shame they ended the Dark Souls franshise with a game only half as good as the first......

[76561198321495551]

Originally posted by Jendex:

Originally posted by Kurosaki Uchiha:

Yeah I will be moving on from Dark Souls 3 as well. Steam charts show that a lot of people have already moved on, and the playerbase is fading over time faster than the other games in the series.

Because it's Dark Souls "three."
The first game lasted because it was unique, the second lasted because people enjoyed the PvP much more, and because they were hungry for more Dark Souls.

Now that there has been DS1, DS2, Bloodborne, and finally DS3, yeah, it makes sense why it would be "fading" "faster" than the other games. It's an addition to the series, not an introduction to it.

It's definitely my favorite game in the series in terms of replayability though. I absolutely hated the NG cycles of DS1/2.

I really liked the Ng+ cycles of Dark Souls 2 because they added new content. switched enemy positions, added random npc invasions and you got different items from boss souls in Ng+.Not to mention if you needed said Ng+ items for pvp you could use bonfire ascetics instead of doing an entire playthrough just for the item.

[76561198321495551]

Originally posted by King_Mandu:

They put too much Bloodborne in Dark Souls and played it way too safe....at least for me. "But the lore!" Screw the lore, I was hoping for fresher areas than rehashes of Dark Souls I. I've had a lot of fun with the game and gotten far more than my money's worth that's for sure but it's the weakest game in the series by far. Miracles are garbage, armor doesn't mean crap anymore, there's too many really fast spamming enemies who stunlock you without Bloodborne's regain or quick step mechanics to compensate and the double health bar bosses got old quick, parry spam invaders and pvpers, and a lot of the bosses are as much of a joke as people used to complain about some of DSII's bosses. I like the last third / last half of the game a lot more than the opening areas, which I find to be a total slog on replays. I hope they really bring it with the last DLC content or else it's going to be a bit sad if the series ends on a whimper similar to this latest DLC.

Well said.

[Ascii Aficionado]

I'll simply this.

Look at the design of areas, DS1 and 2 made up for lack of detail by making huge areas. For DS3 they were also lazy/had time issues or just overall bad design as there's many occurrences of pillars closing off an area that are obvious and out of place. The rehashed areas were disappointing. The team was likely tired of making the games and they need to move on.

A series always becomes stale if the same team is making it, especially this fast.

[Lucky✰]

Originally posted by lpnlizard27:

I think it was called "Poise", but who knows, it's just a legend nowadays.

THE LEGEND NEVER DIES

[76561198321495551]

Originally posted by Ascii Aficionado:

I'll simply this.

Look at the design of areas, DS1 and 2 made up for lack of detail by making huge areas. For DS3 they were also lazy/had time issues or just overall bad design as there's many occurrences of pillars closing off an area that are obvious and out of place. The rehashed areas were disappointing. The team was likely tired of making the games and they need to move on.

A series always becomes stale if the same team is making it, especially this fast.

Looks like Bloodborne will be their last great Souls game. This is just a guess but it seems as though FromSoft spent most of their time and resources doing a great job with Bloodborne, while simultaneously neglecting Dark Souls 3 development as they were working on both the same time.

[淵 Abyss]

I've yet to run out of build ideas.

[gackie]

Originally posted by Ascii Aficionado:

I'll simply this.

Look at the design of areas, DS1 and 2 made up for lack of detail by making huge areas. For DS3 they were also lazy/had time issues or just overall bad design as there's many occurrences of pillars closing off an area that are obvious and out of place. The rehashed areas were disappointing. The team was likely tired of making the games and they need to move on.

A series always becomes stale if the same team is making it, especially this fast.

"Rehashed areas". You mean the only one in the game? Occurance of pillars? You hate the game for having proper building foundation? Christ. Also, talking abiut Dark Souls 3 areas and saying Dark Souls 2 did them better. I really loved those lazy 2D background sprites, and the fact that the areas were so linear we hardly ever saw looping shortcuts. Great.

[gackie]

Originally posted by Kurosaki Uchiha:

Originally posted by Ascii Aficionado:

I'll simply this.

Look at the design of areas, DS1 and 2 made up for lack of detail by making huge areas. For DS3 they were also lazy/had time issues or just overall bad design as there's many occurrences of pillars closing off an area that are obvious and out of place. The rehashed areas were disappointing. The team was likely tired of making the games and they need to move on.

A series always becomes stale if the same team is making it, especially this fast.

Looks like Bloodborne will be their last great Souls game. This is just a guess but it seems as though FromSoft spent most of their time and resources doing a great job with Bloodborne, while simultaneously neglecting Dark Souls 3 development as they were working on both the same time.

You are straight up misinformed. They were working on Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne around the same time Yui was working on DS2.

[gackie]

OP, can I ask why you are continuously replying to yourself?

[Zorp]

Yep.

DS3 has something missing that was in the other 2 games, and i have no idea what it is.

Maybe its the pvp? It manages to be faster and waay more boring than in the last 2 games, and this is coming from someone who wins most of his fights

[gackie]

Originally posted by Feluto:

Yep.

DS3 has something missing that was in the other 2 games, and i have no idea what it is.

Maybe its the pvp? It manages to be faster and waay more boring than in the last 2 games, and this is coming from someone who wins most of his fights

Rose tinted goggles are a harsh thing. Dark Souls 1 PvP was a straight laggy backstab fish. Dark Souls 2 PvP was actually decent, arguably the best, but ot didn't change the games rediculously slow combat.

[Zorp]

Originally posted by Hat Skeleton!:

Originally posted by Feluto:

Yep.

DS3 has something missing that was in the other 2 games, and i have no idea what it is.

Maybe its the pvp? It manages to be faster and waay more boring than in the last 2 games, and this is coming from someone who wins most of his fights

Rose tinted goggles are a harsh thing. Dark Souls 1 PvP was a straight laggy backstab fish. Dark Souls 2 PvP was actually decent, arguably the best, but ot didn't change the games rediculously slow combat.

Rose tinted glasses? I replayed all of the games about a month ago and i can clearly say that DS3 is the worst of the bunch.