Lords of the Fallen, in turn, tones down on this spiteful stance. Triumph isn’t rewarded, failure is punished. It beats the same drum of not wanting anyone to play or progress its game, as only dying is emphasized time and again. And yet From Software’s game isn’t given that banner, under a guise of a “challenge” or learning curve where there is less adversity than there is plain waylaying. Games with correlative models, such as popularized by I Wanna Be The Guy, are cast aside as being purposely anti-player. Welcome to your death, chump!Įssentially, that’s what trolling is: Annoying subjects for the sake of being annoying. Its stance was marked with the series’ very first serving, in which the tutorial absolutely obliterates any newcomer. Every spot in the game is a bad situation waiting to happen, just because it wants to be as bad as it can towards its audience. The goal is to make sure that the player is stomped on at any step, which is translated in enemies blindsiding characters into an abyss, hordes erupting out of dark corners with little chance to escape or even treasure chests destroying the player’s every fiber. Dark Souls 2 goes even as far as making fun of players right in the opening sequence, laughing in their faces on how they will perish time and again. Many enter, but the majority will fail time and again and get chewed up by the relentless machine of this grueling roleplaying game (RPG). This ominous message prides itself on smashing its entrants in some perverted Running Man antics. Really, anything Dark Souls is or does can be said with the series’ colloquial slogan. Here’s why Lords of the Fallen is better than Dark Souls 2: Yes, one is beating the other in some fields, but to know that, let’s actually look at where each shines brighter than the other. Therefore, this piece can do what a reviewing critique shouldn’t do: A comparison between games, instead of a view on their respective merits alone. If arbitrary scores were enough to dictate the quality of games, however, the review scale wouldn’t be such a point of debate. For a basic understanding of that, read our reviews on both games here below: So, if anything, it should be the copycat making its way into many regurgitated lists full of similar titles. More so, Lords of the Fallen is an improvement on the Souls model and actually makes for a better game. There’s a reason for that: Lords of the Fallen, the game, isn’t Dark Souls 2, the name. Yet, Lords of the Fallen won’t be given the same credit, despite it essentially being a clone of the former. It is an easy top ten participant after all. Game of the Year lists have rolled in and a fair few will have likely mentioned Dark Souls 2 in some sense.
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