What’s funny to me here is that when I played Demon Souls I never thought it would go totally mainstream like it has.

I wouldn’t consider it overrated at all, but I also just don’t think it’s for everyone and was never meant to be thrown at everyone

Yeah, it feels like a chore.

I couldn’t disagree more. I have several thousand hours into the souls series ds3 being my favourite game of all time.

I understand it’s not for everyone and it can certainly take some time to really get a good feel for the combat and the story and world can be very confusing but once it all clicks it really clicks at least for me.

To each their own though I could go on for years about exactly why I think they are among some of the best games ever made but at the end of the day we all have our own taste

Yeah I couldn't get into Sekiro and thought Elden Ring would be different and gave that a try. It was fun for a while, but causes way too much anxiety and needless frustration.

I probably agree with this for the series of FromSoft Souls-likes as a whole. FromSoft games are so odd to me.

Like, Elden Ring is without a doubt one of the greatest games I’ve ever played. However, the original Dark Souls is without a doubt one of the worst games I’ve ever played. And most of the other entries fall in the middle between ‘ok’ to ‘good’. I’d never thought of any FromSoft game to be above an 8/10 until Elden Ring, which is a legitimate 10/10 for me. I haven’t played every entry in the series, but I’ve played Bloodborne, Dark Souls, and Demon’s Souls with each one of these varying in quality for me. Bloodborne being solid, Demon’s Souls being genuinely pretty good, and (again) Dark Souls being terrible.

Critics and fans seem to never rate any single FromSoft Souls-like game lesser than a 9 or so. But I just don’t get it. The quality is not at all that consistent.