TheDark Soulsseries, and it’s manyspinoffs,is known for one thing over anything else, its insane level of difficulty and skill cap. The franchise is so hard that there is an entire community based around showing off thatthey completed it while somehow making it harder.
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This has also lead to people in a very similar community to make a lot of memes about other players needing to Git Gud at the game. Need summons to help defeat a boss? Git Gud. Need guides to find that weapon? Git Gud.
10The Crossover Nobody Wants
If there is one thing that bothDark SoulsandLeague of Legendshas in common, it’s an ability to make the people that play it angry to the point of punching their screens, but still, somehow keep them coming back for more. Seriously if we were going to make a list of the top rage games of the last ten or so years, these two would probably be fighting for the top spot. This is probably why you see the legendary MLG phrase in both game’s community so much.
9The Crossover Everyone Wants
Dark Soulsis a game that introduced a few interesting mechanics in ways that most people probably never thought of or had seen before, this includes the games use of multiplayer. The game is pretty much a single-player game, but with the option to have people either invade your game or be called in to help out.
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This lead to the creation of the GiantDad build which was basically the best one for PvP, stun locking everyone and being the bane of players everywhere.
8Sorry M8
The world of gaming is no stranger to gatekeeping and elitism, gamers will literally talk down to anyone that is different from them. Despite it being prevalent in literally every part of gaming that exists, It is especially strong in theDark Soulscommunity, which seemingly judges players based on how much they hate each other, themselves, and how much punishment they can handle. If you need to call for help to beat the game “you’re not gud enough” and probably never will be, thinks the player who hasn’t showered in months.
7Dark Souls Support Group
Aside from all the elitism that spawned in the community,Dark Soulsis a very well made and even fun game, if you may get past the frustration that it breeds in every single one of its players. This leads to players looking anywhere for assistance, to the in-game summons, to YouTube videos with breakdowns and guides to help with bosses and find the best gear, to basically support groups to either talk about how much you suck, or to share memes about how other people suck.
6How It Feels During Boss Fights
This is basically how literally every player feels when they arefighting a boss in anyDark Soulsgameor just any game in the Soulsborne franchise or genre. Seriously the player could have the biggest two-handed sword with enchantments and upgrades and land a perfect shot, but then all the player sees on the boss’s health bar is the smallest amount damage.
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Seriously the amount of damage that most bosses take is equivalent to the amount of download you have left on 99%.
5Filthy Casul
Going back to the legendary GiantDad build for a minute. The people who run this build (are trash) seem like they really wish that there was some sort of MLG league forDark Souls. Not just speedrunning which at this point seemingly every game has a somewhat small but strongly dedicated group that plays it, but no they want to see whose the best at Dark Souls. This really doesn’t work becauseDark Soulsis completely build based to a certain degree and not skill-based, (accept it)
4Scapegoat
Going back all the way to the years of 2008 to 2016 when the world was exploding in a new way seemingly every day. No matter what your political affiliations, the Thanks Obama meme took on a life of its own. Basically blaming all of your problems on something or someone that had nothing to do with it has been a terrible thing that humanity has done since the dawn of time and clearly the reason you died wasn’t that you were bad, it’s because of US policy.
3Higher Power
TheDark Soulsgames are depression and we’re not just talking about the gloomy world that the games are set in. Sure the world ofDark Soulsis depressing, it’s basically perpetually about to end in every game and the entire world has literally lost most of its humanity, but the really depressing part is just how much the world seems set on stopping you from saving it, repeatedly, forever. This is so bad that it had this player looking for some outside help.
2Listen To Your Elders
Cranky Kong is probably one of the best old men in gaming and he’s not even a man. Aside from just being an interesting character, there is also a ton of speculation on whether or not he’s the Donkey Kong that you fought against in the original game, meaning he’s actually the first Kong ever seen. Aside from this, Cranky was turned into a meme a few years back, because everything will eventually and his advice is pretty simple and straight forward. Git Gud.
1Summary Of The Whole Series
This is basically the calling card of everyDark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiroand every other Soulslike game in existence. Seriously this entire genre is basically the video game version of Linkin Park’s “In The End.” Try so hard, get so far and in the end, it doesn’t matter, cause you died, Git Gud. That’s part of the reason that we love the series though, the challenge and that satisfaction that you get from completing the game and the respect that you have gained from your peers because of it.
