They did something similar with part 2. They made the fan an NPC who would randomly appear and give the player a weapon

@neamtaven: I love the theme as well, but these offshoot Souls games have all had a really similar aesthetic. Almost like it's mandatory that if you want to make something like Souls it has to come wi...

@boodger: I'm glad for anyone enjoying a game regardless of anyone else thinks about it for sure. I've just really seen the "brutal difficulty" bullet point balloon out so much over the last few years...

@noodles227: I can definitely see your point with newer waves of gamers. I would figure most would get directed back to the FS games, but as you say, the industry and target markets are huge.

@lasciel: I like these kinds of games as well, but just about all the ones that aren't by FS seem to be so thirsty to be exactly like FS's stuff. It's pretty much it's own genre at this point, so I ge...

I'm so personally over the industry wide sweatin' of FS's nutz. The majority of these copycat games are down to the damn detail too, it's not just the actual mechanics. The bleak dark fantasy settings...

I love the soulsborne stuff, and have completed and got all the trophies for each, but in my opinion, ever since From’s games took off, there have been entirely to many freakin games incorporating the...