this isn't true so much anymore, but there was a time when Souls fans were some of the most insufferable faggots on the internet. almost all of them were retards who never played a game made before 2006, raised on cucked latter-day AAA franchises like Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, etc., which constantly hold your hand and never allow you to fail, thinking they had a monopoly on being Expert Video Game Players because they finally played one (1) (one) game that actually enforces a skill floor. not to mention basically any other game that penalizes you on death being compared to Souls, even games that predate Souls, even the games that actually inspired Souls lmao. now that Armored Core 6 is on the horizon I keep seeing people say shit like "yooo this is like mech souls" and my autistic angst burns white-hot
Undertale and The Last of Us have similar problems. their most enthusiastic fans consist of people who have never heard of Earthbound before, or think the Games As Art "debate" is extremely important and pertinent, because - get this - these games have violence in them,
but you're supposed to feel sad about it. fucking incredible. a similar crowd huddled around Braid and Fez which were also stupid, masturbatory games with insufferable creators. Phil Fish quitting gamedev out of spite because he was getting trolled online was absolutely chef's kiss
I think about
this article sometimes.