(08-13-2013, 05:20 PM)Felix Sideris Wrote: Dark Soul is indeed the hard game everyone says it is.
Man I love Dark Souls, the instant I played it a huge nostalgia bomb hit me and I felt like I was a kid playing the PS1 again. The thing is, Dark Souls is hard for a modern game, but I didn't find it half as challenging as loading up the original Silent Hill or Resident Evil again. Games have definitely become a lot more forgiving the last decade, which is awesome because it has made them a lot more accessible, but at the same time completing them is kind of 'okay cool, next game pls' (or at least they don't give you thumb blisters *cough*Guardian Heroes*cough*).
However with Dark Souls, when I mastered counter attacks as a Knight or finally killed a boss with a slice of my life still intact, the overwhelming feeling of accomplishment I found is indescribable. I think that's why it makes me feel all nostalgic, because it challenged me to the extreme and made me feel epic for overcoming those challenges, just like a lot of 90s games I played as kid. I mean sure I died and it was frustrating, but the game definitely rewards you from learning from your mistakes.
That or I'm just a masochist