Has Dark Souls ruined RPGs for me?

[gobydon]

I don't know if this game is good or not. I'm corrupted by Dark Souls. My DS muscle memory has pretty much made any third person RPG with swords and dodging impossible to play unless the controls are remappable to match DS. And, if the story is not completely obscure and convoluted then I just cant feel intrigued. Damn you Dark Souls, damn you to hell!

[gobydon]

Problem is, when you get locked into deep Dark Souls challenge runs its hard to get out. I would classify Dark Souls as a "Souls Game" Its is kinda a genre defining game series. Greed fall has some similar combat but the controls feel wrong. That's probably because DS has embedded that muscle memory. don't really care to debate what makes an RPG.

[gobydon]

Anyways. I didn't like Greedfall and I broke my DS addiction by doing DOOM challenge runs months ago. Now I'm on my filthy casual run with Oxygen Not Included. Waiting for Cyberpunk 2077.

[kaay]

Messaggio originale di gobydon:

Problem is, when you get locked into deep Dark Souls challenge runs its hard to get out.

True and very well put, but also valid for any other game we get "locked into", and it can be for various different reasons, like atmosphere, story, combat/game mechanics, doesnt have to be for the challenge.

Messaggio originale di gobydon:

I would classify Dark Souls as a "Souls Game" Its is kinda a genre defining game series.

If by that you mean that it stands in a category of its own, i would agree, but most likely different people would name that category in different ways :P

Messaggio originale di gobydon:

Greed fall has some similar combat but the controls feel wrong. That's probably because DS has embedded that muscle memory. don't really care to debate what makes an RPG.

Let me start by saying the combat in Greedfall is not my fave either, but the "DS embedded muscle memory" will most likely prevent you from enjoying most if not all other similar games.
Kinda know the feeling myself, when after enjoying a game a lot, i dont feel like playing anything else after i finish it, so i start it all over again, but i snap out of it after a while, while many DS fans seem to be unable to snap out of it, and i assume thats because DS requires a very big amount of muscle memory, so it makes it harder to snap out of it.

Messaggio originale di gobydon:

I broke my DS addiction by doing DOOM challenge runs months ago. Now I'm on my filthy casual run with Oxygen Not Included. Waiting for Cyberpunk 2077.

Doesnt sound like you broke the addiction, i mean you replaced DS challenge runs with Doom challenge runs...but thats ok, as long as you are having fun, in the end thats all that matters.