Darksouls VS Diablo Best ARPG?

You're comparing a game that ushered in the ARPG to one that came out 15 years later.

I think the gameplay in Diablo is a little misunderstood sometimes. It's difficult to compare to Dark soul, and yes in a way it is more limited and consists of just pointing towards an enemy and attacking. But there are nuances in the game that affect gameplay and they are well designed.

For instance in Diablo 2 my favorite build was the Zealot. One of the best things you could do to him was giving him max attack speed. In order to do that, you had to reach a certain point with one of your stats and that in turn increased the number of hits you did per second with the Zeal command, if I remember correctly.

The attack speed increases happened at certain thresholds and you had to hunt the right armor or weapon to get the build you wanted as well as get to max attack speed. Your skill choices will depend on that as well and overall there were tons of different little strategies I used to apply sometimes to increase my effectiveness at the higher difficulties. A lot of this stuff for me is part of the gameplay. Anyways I could explain it better and there are others things to add, but I'm short on time gotta go game......at the end of the day I love both franchises but Diablo is like a favorite of mine.

@Alucard_Prime: this is cool thoughtful response

Only bad people choose Diablo over Dark Souls.

Neither. Secret of Mana is the best ARPG.

@sonicare: The ARPG genre was around long before both games.

Dark Souls is a vastly superior ARPG but I miss the unrefined capitalism of Diablo II's loot system.

2% has gone awol.

Funny how you suggest I suck at Dark Souls, yet I already mentioned I beat Demon's Souls, which is just as hard (if not harder) than Dark Souls.

Dark Souls was DESIGNED to make you die as many times as possible. Therefore, I have no shame in admitting that I died several times, because that was the entire purpose behind the game. The developers themselves never tried to hide their intentions behind the game's difficulty, and they did a good job at making it that way. So will happily admit to it: I had a hard time with the Souls series. And I don't even feel embarrassed to say it. Because that was that the game was designed to do.

So let me ask you the question: have YOU ever died in Dark Souls?

What was prior?

Countless. From Dragon Slayer and Hydlide to Secret of Mana and King's Field.

Damn, hard to believe Diablo was in 96 (basically 97). Seems so much more ancient than that lol.

But yeah, there are a ridiculous amount of ARPGs that predate it.

@ConanTheStoner: Exactly. ARPG was an established genre long before Diablo. But Diablo did establish its own niche within the genre with its point & click gameplay.

Dark Souls.

Only Diablow I kinda liked was the first one and that was mostly because of the aesthetics. (atmosphere, music, artstyle)

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ok that it ?

Uninspiredcup, Clap clap clap.

Gone with Dark Souls.

Diablo is shit, Dark Souls is not. It is a clear winner.

Comparing Dark Souls to Diablo is like comparing Apples to Oranges. They both taste different, and cater to different tastes

But one isn't senseless by asking "Which fruit do you like better; apples or oranges?" because they are both fruits and fall under the same classification

Dark Souls and Diablo are both indeed action RPGs, albeit different kinds.

@uninspiredcup You didn't need to wait long for a proper bite in this thread.

Went with Diablo.