DARK SOULS 3 WAS FUCKING GREAT; CRIMINALLY SNUBBED
It was definitely better than fucking Salt and Sanctuary
It's a known thing that happens on this site. The series has never escaped the Soulsborne Snub and I don't see it ever happening after what happened to Bloodborne last year. Hell, even Brad said something along the lines of "No one has said the words Dark Souls 3 this entire time."
Glad to see this game get back into the staff's mind. I was afraid it was going to be forgotten come GOTY time. I think this totally deserves to be on the back half of a top 10.
It's not going to be. I said Bloodborne wouldn't be either and some people thought I was crazy. This has no shot.
There has never been a Souls game in the top 10 and this one wont do it either. The fact that Bloodborne didn't make it and The Witcher 3 barely made it at number 10 shows that games that are long or games that are both long and difficult don't have a chance.
this apparent disappointment with DS3 is making me think i've taken crazy pills. i've put 250h into dark souls 1 and 2 each over the years, and i'd be near there with DS3 as well already if i wasn't waiting for the second DLC. it's my favorite in the series.
the level design is consistently good for the first time, instead of having the last third be unfinished (DS1) or having a third of the areas be completely superfluous and uninteresting (DS2). DS3 has 3 areas that i'd say aren't that great: demon ruins, consumed king's garden, and profaned capital. but CKG and PC are pretty dang short, they're more like epilogues to the areas they connect to.
i don't think DS3 hits the highs that DS1 does, but it never comes close to the lows of DS1 and DS2 either. bosses, areas, lore, characters, and combat are all more consistently great in DS3 than they've ever been in the series.
People complaining about the DLC probably haven't put in as much time as hardcore fans of the series. My only real complaint would be the length, but coming off of the Bloodborne DLC that's to be expected since From combined two pieces of DLC into one with The Old Hunters.
I'm there for the lore, the environments, the enemies, and the bosses. I always make sure to clear entire areas of enemies before I start running past everything. I'll explore and be as meticulous as I can as I look for secrets and lore bits as I try to figure out the story.
If people are fine simply summoning in help for the bosses while they complain about the length then that's on them. I kill everything solo so it took me a good number of hours to figure out the main boss of this DLC.
I think this is the first time I've ever listened to the Beastcast and noticed a correction that needs to be made.
The KH trailer shown at TGS was new and it seems like no one on staff seemed to care. The Bombcast didn't even feel it worth a mention. It's a bit sad. There was talk of the new hire being someone that actually likes the games that the rest of the staff isn't into because sometimes the generation gap between staff and audience feels very apparent. I imagine that's what it's like to be a huge Pokemon fan as well.
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