Great point . It's like role playing at it's finest ( or almost ) . Choose a class , choose what s/he looks like . End up in open world and GO survive . My friend told this to me yesterday . It's like a father dumping you in the wilderness and saying " son , when you make it out of here , you will be a man " then he drives off . You learn from experience and trial and error alone . Let's see what you can do , your in a harsh environement and your goal is to survive .Alandoril said:I think the problem a lot of people have with a game like this is that it's old school, and I mean properly old school. I've not played it yet, but I fully intend to at some point (damn you oddly clustered game release schedules!) and from what I've seen of gameplay videos and the like I know I'm going to enjoy it even though it will frustrate me at times.
Why? Because it is exactly the way I imagine these kind of fantasy worlds to actually be. Don't get me wrong I love the way franchises like say, The Elder Scrolls, have been doing things recently as they are the epitome of epic fantasy adventures. But Dark Souls seems more like it would really be to live, and survive, in such a world. To me it seems more like playing a journal of an actual experience rather than simply a game.
Simple point said long I know but hey
As for the old school part . This game remainds me a hell of a lot of zelda 2 . The princess is asleep ... Save her .