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Souls, Soulsborne or Soulsboring?
- Thread starter Son of Sparda
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Yeah, it's a horrible name. 1 Bloodborne game vs 4 Souls games and remakes. I have no idea why they feel the need to add borne to it because it makes no sense.
Evergrace-like, more seriously though I normally just say Souls game. Used to call them FROM games pre Lords of the Fallen.
I wouldn't say Souls-like regarding a FROM game as it irks me the way people refer to Metroid as a Metroidvania last year. Not a serious irksome feeling just more of a "words continue to lose/change meaning" sorta way
I wouldn't say Souls-like regarding a FROM game as it irks me the way people refer to Metroid as a Metroidvania last year. Not a serious irksome feeling just more of a "words continue to lose/change meaning" sorta way
"Miyazakis" is what it's amounting to now. Miyazaki games have an explicit DNA.
Though I still call Runes/Bloodechoes "souls" — "shit, hope my souls are in a reasonable place"
Though I still call Runes/Bloodechoes "souls" — "shit, hope my souls are in a reasonable place"
Yes it's always annoyed me. Seemed like desperation to prop Bloodborne up (which was a great game of course, but hardly needed to be grafted to the genre name)
Absolutely it does. Bloodborne is like the strange brother who left to join a cult then eventually escaped and returned a little kooky, but it's still very much a Souls game. And it's the best one!
It's fine to just use "Souls" but all 7 games, to a lesser extent Sekiro, are all terribly similar. No Soulslike from another company is anything like those, so I think they deserve their own name to sort of encompass this particular style of From game. My only thing is I do think Sekiro is very different.
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Because it was incredible, horrific technical issues aside.
I was expecting 98% of you to just select "Souls".
This is a good sample as to why humans are the way we are.
This is a good sample as to why humans are the way we are.
Souls or Soulsborne tbh.
I feel like Bloodborne should get a shout there because it's very different from the Souls games but also extremely similar in a lot of ways, whereas Sekiro feels much more different than Souls or Bloodborne despite also having much of the same DNA.
Elden Ring just straight up feels like Dark Souls 4 (or just a sequel to Dark Souls 2 SOTFS, the now second best one) in terms of pretty much everything but the name and lore, so I don't really feel like it should be included in the naming of the collection of From games.
Plus Souls and Soulsborne both roll off the tongue very well, that isn't really the case when adding Sekiro or Elden Ring to the mix, even if you did just Souls and Elden Ring it wouldn't flow as well as Soulsborne
I feel like Bloodborne should get a shout there because it's very different from the Souls games but also extremely similar in a lot of ways, whereas Sekiro feels much more different than Souls or Bloodborne despite also having much of the same DNA.
Elden Ring just straight up feels like Dark Souls 4 (or just a sequel to Dark Souls 2 SOTFS, the now second best one) in terms of pretty much everything but the name and lore, so I don't really feel like it should be included in the naming of the collection of From games.
Plus Souls and Soulsborne both roll off the tongue very well, that isn't really the case when adding Sekiro or Elden Ring to the mix, even if you did just Souls and Elden Ring it wouldn't flow as well as Soulsborne
The 'borne' part of Soulsborne doesn't make much sense any more, or rather it makes as much sense as something equally stupid like Soulsring or whatever.
Souls game when it's developed by From. Souls-like when it isn't.
I still find myself referring to runes in Elden Ring as souls. That panic when looking for the exact place you died and you dropped a bunch of runes, the line "where the fuck are my souls?!" just comes out.
Souls game when it's developed by From. Souls-like when it isn't.
I still find myself referring to runes in Elden Ring as souls. That panic when looking for the exact place you died and you dropped a bunch of runes, the line "where the fuck are my souls?!" just comes out.
Okay hear me out
"Soulsborne" made some sense with Dark Souls 3, because that game moved to be more like Bloodborne. From a gameplay standpoint it felt like a Souls with Bloodborne snappiness, so it was like you had Demons & Dark Souls 1/2 being more "Souls-like" and Bloodborne/3 being more "Bloodborne-like." Sekiro was a big departure that was really its own thing. It wasn't much of a Souls-like to begin with, it definitely didn't need the name thrown in the hat.
Elden Ring is definitely showing that "the series" seems to just be moving to faster paced battles in general. Soulsborne feels like it still has a use to describe the quicker and more aggressive style of the later games. But simply saying "Souls/Souls-like" has, and always will, work well enough.
"Soulsborne" made some sense with Dark Souls 3, because that game moved to be more like Bloodborne. From a gameplay standpoint it felt like a Souls with Bloodborne snappiness, so it was like you had Demons & Dark Souls 1/2 being more "Souls-like" and Bloodborne/3 being more "Bloodborne-like." Sekiro was a big departure that was really its own thing. It wasn't much of a Souls-like to begin with, it definitely didn't need the name thrown in the hat.
Elden Ring is definitely showing that "the series" seems to just be moving to faster paced battles in general. Soulsborne feels like it still has a use to describe the quicker and more aggressive style of the later games. But simply saying "Souls/Souls-like" has, and always will, work well enough.
Obviously with all the talk recently there might be people wanting to dip their toe in. But maybe not the latest games.
If anybody wants to have a try of Dark Souls Remastered (maybe you got it on a whim since its launch) and would like a helping hand at any point please let me know. It's a great game to co-op/just mess around in if you want to have a not-so-serious time but also have someone willing to assist.
If anybody wants to have a try of Dark Souls Remastered (maybe you got it on a whim since its launch) and would like a helping hand at any point please let me know. It's a great game to co-op/just mess around in if you want to have a not-so-serious time but also have someone willing to assist.
I think Souls-like describes it well enough. It applies to Bloodborne and also Sekiro (despite some differences) and Elden Ring, and we'll as many games out there.
Demon's Souls sequels, or Soulslikes
Dark Souls = Demon's Souls 2
Dark Souls 2 = Demon's Souls 3
Bloodborne = Demon's Souls 4
Dark Souls 3 = Demon's Souls 5
Elden Ring = Demon's Souls 6
Sekiro is not a Demon's Souls game.
Dark Souls = Demon's Souls 2
Dark Souls 2 = Demon's Souls 3
Bloodborne = Demon's Souls 4
Dark Souls 3 = Demon's Souls 5
Elden Ring = Demon's Souls 6
Sekiro is not a Demon's Souls game.
I've never touched any of these games in my life
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To be honest, I don't think Sekiro fits into the "Souls/Soulsborne/Soulsboring" description. At least not for me. It borrows more than a few elements from them (and now Elden Ring from it), but when it's all said and done, I feel like Sekiro is going for something a bit more different compared to other recent From games.
