For example, in the original Dark Souls game, playing as a pyromancer was notoriously easy to exploit to complete the game with relative ease.
#Dark soul 3 gameplay series#
The way you choose to play in the Dark Souls series has always greatly impacted the player experience, but it has never been very fair.
When it comes to gameplay, Dark Souls III embodies a next-gen Dark Souls experience in every regard. Gargoyles will fly above the player, stabbing downward with a spear, swamp creatures will jump in the air and pounce on the player, and some enemies will invisibly creep toward the player, attacking with the element of surprise when the time is right. The combat feels a little faster than previous entries, a little more balanced, and slightly more varied, and each encounter has the potential to kill the player, which keeps one on their toes.Ĭountering the new tools in the player’s arsenal are a massive new roster of enemies with a diverse range of behaviors. Combat has also been improved via a greater number of weapons, spells, shields, and rings, as well as a new feature called “battle arts,” which gives weapons unique attack options. For the first time in the series, I felt like each character attribute was truly valuable, and I found myself agonizing over each important decision. The mechanics of the Dark Souls series have improved with each new game, and Dark Souls III is no exception in this regard. The overall aesthetic ups the ante for all of the series’ primary themes of chaos, hopelessness, and the coming apocalypse, which gives Dark Souls III a unique tone for what may be the final entry in the franchise as we know it. The narrative of Dark Souls III is equally bleak, which follows the efforts of “The Unkindled” to seek the Lords of Cinder and return them to their thrones, in an effort to save humanity. Familiar locales, such as Anor Londo, no longer have the look of a kingdom recently abandoned, but rather are falling apart, utterly devoid of peaceful life, and seem to be at the final stage of their utter collapse. The kingdoms of Dark Souls have never been in a happy state of affairs, but by Dark Souls III the world has begun to spiral towards apocalypse. Whereas Dark Souls 2 was divisive, Dark Souls III is a return to everything players loved about the original, aside from some of the modernization that has come with recent iterations. Though the journey is often frustrating, complex, and completely unfair, it’s one perfectly designed to challenge players and reward their hard-fought victories. So much, in fact, that I’m finding it difficult to take time away from playing it to write this review.
Dark Souls III is an unhealthy addiction.
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