A game has dodge rolls, a mechanic thats been in games for decades

Gamers: THIS IS JUST LIKE ELDEN RING!!!1! :so-true:

(I actually like the Souls series don't kill me pls)

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
    hexagon
    ·
    2 years ago

    Games like Souls existed long before that though.

    Like, I enjoy Souls games and am glad they got popular enough to influence AAA titles but Monster Hunter was doing that shit long before them.

      • maya [she/her, they/them]
        ·
        2 years ago

        Also, Monster Hunter didn't gain much traction in the west until World, which was long after Souls games had made their mark. There's also some pretty big differences in their gameplay. Between the focus on boss fights, the lack of i-frames, and the totally different gameplay loop, I'm not sure it's fair to say they're quite the same thing. Souls definitely didn't invent most of the systems it uses, but to call it a "generic third person action game" seems deliberately dismissive.