These typically range from “eh, that’s pretty decent” with games like THE SURGE and SALT AND SANCTUARY, to “that’s beyond disappointing” with games like ABSOLVER and LORDS OF THE FALLEN. ![]() There have been a number of games, dubbed Souls-likes, over the past few years that borrow from the DS formula of being cryptic in story and brutal in gameplay, and have performed to varying degrees of success. And, as with any successful product, many attempts have been made by other developers to follow suit, trying their hand at emulating Hidetaka Miyazaki’s magnum opus. ![]() Lo and behold, six-odd years after the initial release of DARK SOULS and less than a year after the series’s “official” conclusion with the expansion “The Ringed City,” the dark-fantasy franchise has become a household name amongst those in the gaming community. This Eastern take on the Western RPG immediately captivated the market with its mastery of constructing dark fantasy, a heavily-detailed world that excels in indirect storytelling, and most notably with its unforgiving, yet immensely rewarding, gameplay. ![]() Though, as our esteemed editor has pointed out in a previous review, it wouldn’t be until 2011 where the genre-defining developer FromSoftware would get its foothold in the mainstream with the smash hit, DARK SOULS. I’ve been riding the Souls train ever since I happened upon DEMON’S SOULS as a wee youngun in 2009. And as far as the RPG genre goes, there are really only two franchises that I find myself pouring the most obsessive fanboyism into: Dragon Age and Dark Souls (I’m so sorry, Final Fantasy). ![]() If you’ve read a few of my reviews, it should be readily apparent that I’m really into RPGs.
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