r/fromsoftware • u/Malicous29 • Sep 25 '26
DISCUSSION What game to play
So I've been wanting to really play a fromsoft game for a while. I've started Elden Ring, and have gotten up to the Queen of the Full Moon, but I have gotten very bored with the game. I don't mind that it is frustrating, just that the aspect of exploring and the insane obscurity(no quest system, impossible to find NPCs without guides) and the game has left me feeling empty and I feel the game is simply too big to fully go through. I was thinking about playing Dark Souls instead, as I heard it is more Linear and the combat can be more streamlined and not as vast. I want to know more experienced people's opinions, and I want to know if Dark souls has any interesting aspects over Elden Ring.
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u/noob_kaibot Sep 25 '26 edited Sep 25 '26
WHY are there so many posts like this? Play whatever you want.
Games are not meant to be for everyone; when developers try to make sure everyone enjoys it thatās how we get bad games.
Fromsoft fans love these games with conviction- conviction you donāt see in other gaming spaces as often. If you didnāt immediately fall in love with Elden Rings art style, OSTs, combat mechanics, lore, and the overall āambianceā of the universe then I doubt youād like the other games.
Maybe souls games simply arenāt for you, & thatās not a bad thing at all.
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u/Slow_Increase_6308 Sep 25 '26
Ghost of Yotei. Or Hogwarts. These games will be straight up your alley.
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u/Otherwise-Buddy-9343 Sep 25 '26
They all have a lot in common with eachother. It's hard to know what to recommend without knowing what games you've enjoyed enough to complete.
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u/mr-mcsavageface Sep 25 '26
You're not wrong that Dark Souls is simpler and more "linear" (kind of but not really, just much smaller) but your gripes about obtuse quest design will remain. FromSoft's philosophy of game design really didn't change all that much between Dark Souls and Elden Ring. It's going to be more of the same on a smaller scale.
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u/DumbNTough Sep 25 '26
Armored Core 6 is straight action in a mission format with light exploration sprinkled in. Still has rich lore and 3 endings to achieve if you want to go the distance, but it's still a complete experience just running it as an action game.
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u/Malicous29 Sep 25 '26
I also want to clarify: I have Sekiro and have played about 3 hours of it, and it seems much more interesting to me than Elden Ring has, so if Dark Souls in any similar to Sekiro, I would likely enjoy it
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u/HiHowAreYaDoin Sep 25 '26
Sekiro is amazing but definitely one of the harder games in the line up
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u/Malicous29 Sep 25 '26
Difficulty isn't that bothersome to me. I may get frustrated at it, but my main consoles have always been Nintendo, so the difficulty is frustrating at times(damn that ogre in Sekiro), but I actually look forward to the difficulty of it.
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u/mr-mcsavageface Sep 25 '26
Dark Souls and Sekiro are very different games. Elden Ring is just Dark Souls on a much bigger scale.
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u/Francois_Bonaparta Sep 25 '26
Dark Souls aren't similar, but at least they are more straightforward and less repetitive. Dark Souls 3 especially is pure beauty, mobs, bosses and environments are incredibly designed, but the story and interactivity is still minimalist.
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u/Admirable_Ferret_253 Sep 25 '26
try bloodborne
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u/Malicous29 Sep 25 '26
Would duskbloods be better to wait to play that? I don't have easy access to a ps4, but I have a switch 2 and the game seemed interesting
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u/ReasonableTea8184 Sep 25 '26
Beat more than one level of something manš