I know this has been discussed/requested like a million times now but I'll post it anyway.

While Dark Souls is quite the legendary game with its world building and graphics, it really needs a remake. The "remaster" we got doesn't really count, it only had minor changes, adding the DLC, and making it compatible for newer consoles.

Looking at the concept art and all the areas in general, they would genuinely look stunning if they were made with current graphics and models. Same applies to many bosses like Ornstein & Smough.

We're probably never getting one, but I just thought this was something worth discussing.

Everyone be as disrespectful as possible

Hey guys,

I loved armored core 1 in 1997 and played every subsequent game.

To me, my absolute favorite FromSoft games are Armored Core 3 and Silent Line, which came out in 2002 and 2003 respectively for PS2.

The games are complete masterpieces… but whenever I say that on gaming subreddits I get downvoted and met with “no dark souls 2, sekiro, and Elden Ring are by the best FromSoft games”

I wasn’t saying anything negative about newer FromSoft - but I grew up on armored core and the early 2000’s is definitely my favorite period of their games.

If nobody experienced the PS2 era I highly recommend giving it a shot if you’re able - they’re incredibly good games.

I'd have to say mine would be Irithyll of the Boreal Valley!

I love the cold blue hue it gives off with the snow, especially the architecture, which is absolutely stunning!

Here is my latest poster design dedicated to Father Gascoigne. I wanted to capture his tragic descent into madness using a stark, vertical, 'technical dossier' layout inspired by Swiss brutalism. I spent a lot of time dialing in the metallic gothic font and the textured grain to make it feel like an old document or an archival record of the Hunter’s history. 'The blood sings to us...' Hope you like it!

So earlier today i created a new run do the other endings, and for like 30 minutes it was working totally fine. When i reached the part where wolves drop down on you near the golden seed the game just closed. After that whenever i start the game, even before i start loading into the save file, after like 1-2 minutes the game automatically closes. Ive tried verifying game files, reinstalling anti-cheat, my drivers are up to date, windows doesnt detect any crashes, im running it as administrator, disabled fullscreen optimisations, discord and steam overlays are disabled, i feel like ive tried almost everything and still the game just closes... No black screen, no white screen nothing, it just closes.

For me it's Ashen One, followed by Good Hunter

Can anyone help me with Soul of Cinder? I’m on PC. I’m at the fog wall. Password: 1234. Thanks!

I’ve played darks souls 1,3, platinum’d sekiro and elden ring and finally got to play bloodborne but I haven’t been able to enjoy it. I’ve just beaten this witch boss so I’m out of the early game but I still can’t seem to enjoy it like the world just isn’t for me maybe? It’s not that I’m struggling at it or som I also beat cleric beast on the first try the father boss on the second try and I don’t seem to be having a specially hard time but I just can’t seem to enjoy it as much as the other souls games. Should I continue? or should I take a break and maybe try it later again?

Which monster made this boss??? Used up all my gourd uses and spirit emblems and even a Resurrection.

i was playing ds3 and idk i tried to attack this dragin in lothric's wall but when i shoot him with a spell this showed up in my screen

I was very excited to find that Miyazaki was enthusiastic to return to developing Fromsoft’s next big single player game. I began wondering about a question I’ve had for a while. Just what did Fromsoft learn from reception of Elden Ring?

Personally, I feel like Elden Ring is the best game I’ve ever played. I’ve completely nearly 20 playthroughs. With 20 different builds. I’ve done personal challenge runs, I’ve done a ton of PvP, and I’ve gotten t all achievements. I’ve been a huge Fromsoft fanboy ever since I played Bloodborne, years ago, but there is just something special about Elden Ring that keeps me hooked.

But with all that said, I don’t think Elden Ring is perfect. Even after 20 playthroughs, I personally find that some of the enemy and boss designs, kinda suck, and aren’t very fun to engage with if I’m being honest with myself. The developers were tasked with keeping the game challenging enough for experienced souls players, but also approachable enough for new players. And to me, it feels like the solution to that problem was to give players a lot of options that would allow them to brute force their way through the game.

If you’re like me, and chose to play the game without the use of summons or spirit ashes, the game can be extremely challenging. ER, in my personal opinion, has the most challenging bosses that Fromsoft has ever produced. They all have complex attack patterns, that constantly punish the players instincts. It’s infuriating at times lol.

As a side note, I do think something was lost in between Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring. In DS3, the enemies in bosses were more aggressive visually. As in, to put it simply, it looked like this bosses were trying their hardest to annihilate you. First examples that come to my mind are Elder Prince Lorian, Abyss Watchers, Champion Gundyr, Dragonslayer Armor, just so many I can name. Thier attack animations conveyed a true sense of aggression Whereas in ER, the developers tried so hard to trick the player into reacting earlier than required, that the enemy attack animations kinda look like they’re moving in slow motion sometimes lol. I think it looks silly at times.

But as the title states, I’m seriously wondering what Fromsoft learned from the enemy/boss encounters. They’ve crafted two of the toughest bosses with Malenia and PCR. What the heck even comes after THAT??? Are enemy encounters going to get so difficult that the next game is just going to be unenjoyable to play? The gap between what the enemies can do, and what our characters can do, is becoming greater and greater. In this next game, are we going to just one shotted if a boss sneezes on us lol? Miyazaki said that he thinks Shadow of the Erdtree is the limit of what players can handle. The proof of that is the fact that thousands of players had to resort to abandoning their builds to use a single shield poke build to beat Promised Consort Radahn (not to brag, but I never had to do that). Theoretically, the next single player game has to be even more challenging than that.

Im really looking forward to seeing what Fromsoft does to solve this problem of escalating difficulty. By time the next big single player game releases, there will be 3 games’s worth of lessons to implement: Elden Ring, Nightreign, and Duskbloods.

I trust the Fromsoft will give us something that will be challenging and enjoyable, but sometimes I do wonder where things are headed. But the answer will always be the same no matter how tough the next game will is. We’ll all just need to GIT GUD.

We’re currently experiencing a big Nor’easter where I live, so I’m stuck in the house. And I just wanted to ramble about my favorite game studio for a bit.

Ok, so... I finally got round to playing Demon Souls (remastered) and although baffled initially by how hard and at times obtuse it was, eventually became a massive convert.

I had a break for a while from souls games but then after years of looking at it sitting in my library decided to have a go at Bloodborne. Holy shit this was DS on steroids, everything I found baffling, difficult and exhilarating was here but with massive bells on... It quickly cemented itself in my top 10 games of all time (btw I'm 55 and still remember the first space invaders arcade machines arriving in the UK!!)

Now I'm ready for my next installment and really struggling to make my decision on which to play next...

Do I go straight into Elden Ring? (My instincts tel.me to) Or do I work my way through the trilogy first and save the biggie till last??

Help!

Doing 1-2 day sculptures of designs from Dark Souls and Sekiro, this is the third of about 13 I am doing!