Anyone else remember Yahtzee's Extra Punctuation article [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/9276-Context-Challenge-and-Gratification] on how to categorise a game?
As far as I can see, the Souls games score extremely high on the Challenge and Gratification axes, but many players find it difficult to engage with the story (Context).
It's fair to say that, on first playthrough, it's pretty difficult to focus on anything other than "why is this demon thingy trying to eat my face, and I hope that merchant sells clean undies" aspect of the story, but revisiting the games allows you the chance to dig a bit deeper, since you now have the skillset to kill the demon thingy and take the time to run through the merchant's dialogue reel... These games are RPG's after all!
For those who don't want to bother with digging for information, there are some good Souls walkthroughs and "lore" videos on YouTube (from AGermanSpy [https://www.youtube.com/user/EpicNameBro] to name but two)
OT: Dark Souls VII : Eternal Darkness of the Spotless Soul will have full support for the Oculus Rift and Sony VR headsets - and will make them laser the shit out of your retinas during the tutorial...
As far as I can see, the Souls games score extremely high on the Challenge and Gratification axes, but many players find it difficult to engage with the story (Context).
It's fair to say that, on first playthrough, it's pretty difficult to focus on anything other than "why is this demon thingy trying to eat my face, and I hope that merchant sells clean undies" aspect of the story, but revisiting the games allows you the chance to dig a bit deeper, since you now have the skillset to kill the demon thingy and take the time to run through the merchant's dialogue reel... These games are RPG's after all!
For those who don't want to bother with digging for information, there are some good Souls walkthroughs and "lore" videos on YouTube (from AGermanSpy [https://www.youtube.com/user/EpicNameBro] to name but two)
OT: Dark Souls VII : Eternal Darkness of the Spotless Soul will have full support for the Oculus Rift and Sony VR headsets - and will make them laser the shit out of your retinas during the tutorial...