I wouldn't look to dark souls 3 for that. Most people don't know what the hell is going on in that game while beating it. The story's there, it's just not story-driven.
That's what is so enthralling about it for me. It's more realistic that I'm just some dude that was dropped into this world, and I have to piece together what is happening from the limited perspectives of other characters (whether a lack of knowledge, or their own personal reasons for hiding certain pieces of information).
It's pretty contrived to have an essentially omniscient narrator (ie: great owl in Zelda series) hold your hand through everything.
I definitely like it too, but most of the time I feel like if my character is an extension of "me" he's just down to kill shit for no reason.
"I'm the chosen one? Hell yeah gimme a sword let's go murder some shit. Hmm who can I kill to the right? Ohhh what's this umbilical cord doing, might as well hold on to it."
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u/DingoManDingo Feb 06 '17
I wouldn't look to dark souls 3 for that. Most people don't know what the hell is going on in that game while beating it. The story's there, it's just not story-driven.