It is in fact much easier in real life than it is portrayed in souls games. Even the biggest weapons were rather light , or they wouldn't be practical in any scenario.
Great hammers wouldn't be usable, yeah, but other big weapons like ultra greatswords are based on real-life equivalents. The Zweihander for instance, existed in history and wasn't heavy nor slow like the whole weapon category is in these games. So big doesn't necessitate slow and heavy.
The FUGS specifically may not be wieldable just because of its composition, but the "Ultra Greatsword" category that souls games use is based on real life weapons that simply weren't called that, but they absolutely were used and surprisingly light and fast. Zweihander, for instance, existed in real life. These games just lump them all in the same category and give them the same basic, super slow moveset, which isn't accurate to how they were used, that's all.
That's a different point than big weapons. Besides, equip load doesn't alter the character's swinging speed in these games. It affects rolling and running speed.
I mean, I dont think people defending it are 'white knights'. Its literally a core mechanic of the game, hence why every singlendark souls game has the same combat. The developers dont just suck at developing combat, its intentional. The souls games have a huge following and every single one will say the same thing, that cimbst being the way it is, is the point. Just because someone doesnt understand it or like it doesnt mean its bad game design. You dont like the game the way it is, thats it.
I mean, I dont think people defending it are 'white knights'. Its literally a core mechanic of the game, hence why every singlendark souls game has the same combat. The developers dont just suck at developing combat, its intentional. The souls games have a huge following and every single one will say the same thing, that cimbst being the way it is, is the point. Just because someone doesnt understand it or like it doesnt mean its bad game design. You dont like the game the way it is, thats it.
I mean, I dont think people defending it are 'white knights'. Its literally a core mechanic of the game, hence why every singlendark souls game has the same combat. The developers dont just suck at developing combat, its intentional. The souls games have a huge following and every single one will say the same thing, that cimbst being the way it is, is the point. Just because someone doesnt understand it or like it doesnt mean its bad game design. You dont like the game the way it is, thats it.
I mean, I dont think people defending it are 'white knights'. Its literally a core mechanic of the game, hence why every singlendark souls game has the same combat. The developers dont just suck at developing combat, its intentional. The souls games have a huge following and every single one will say the same thing, that cimbst being the way it is, is the point. Just because someone doesnt understand it or like it doesnt mean its bad game design. You dont like the game the way it is, thats it.
Oh so you’ve cleaved through dozens of enemies in real life with a real giant sword? Please enlighten us on how easy it is to do video game things in real life. I bet you’re a regular Dante.
Yeah on a midieval battlefield where you use it to kill maybe 2 or 3 guys then get tired and collapse under the weight of your armor, but in a fantasy world where you literally cleave through dragons and monsters for hours at a time? Not exactly recreatable by some random youtuber. It’s weird to complain your video games combat is unrealistic when literally no video game can make combat that is accurate to real life yet because they are simulations.
Mf I didn't complain about shit. I corrected the misconception that many have bacause of souls games that big weapons=heavy/unwieldy weapons. That's it. What is it with you dickriders being so obnoxious and defensive about the slightest bit of criticism of your favorite genre? Hell, my comment wasn't even criticizing the games per se, just pointing out that the weapons being huge doesn't necessitate them being slow as hell, which is what the other redditor was suggesting.
They ARE unwieldy, im not just dickriding, i think the video you posted is misinformative because the idea of wielding and swinging weapons a few times =\= using them on a battlefield. I hold this opinion as someone who used to train with weapons in tae kwon do, not because I’m a gamer.
Lmao, just because you personally think they are unwieldy doesn't make them so. We know from history they had effective uses back when bladed weapons were common. And they weren't heavy nor particularly slow at all, which is really my point anyway.
“We know from history” that these “effective uses” were still only for a few soldiers at a time. People weren’t mass murdering with these things irl dude, they could get off a few swings, kill 1 or 2 guys, then they’d die or collapse. Video games combat isn’t even comparable. Most combatants avoided heavier weapons because of how unwieldy and slow they were, favoring longswords and spears.
Yeah on a midieval battlefield where you use it to kill maybe 2 or 3 guys then get tired and collapse under the weight of your armor, but in a fantasy world where you literally cleave through dragons and monsters for hours at a time?
Well then why put the weapons in the fucking game and then advertise the combat being realistic if irl no one would use them for longer than an hour or 2? lol
Who advertises the game as realistic? These games are escapist fantasy, nothing like real life. The weight of the sword adds to the challenge and intentionality of strikes. It’s almost always a rhythmic dance your moves fit into that you need to figure out. I’ve never seen Miyazaki out here saying he’s trying to create a realistic combat simulator, stamina is supposed to imitate that in an insanely rudimentary, non-parallel way to real life because it’s a game.
The first thing people would constantly harp on about when Dark Souls first released was how realistic it was.
These games are escapist fantasy
The world is constantly living under the brink of total apocalypse and the only way to save it is by tediously fighting enemies with nothing but shit weapons and sacrificing yourself to simply kick the can down the road while everyone gets to wallow in misery for a few hundred more years.
Yeah, just bleeding escapism, lol
It’s almost always a rhythmic dance your moves fit into that you need to figure out.
You can only dodge roll buttpoke dodge roll buttpoke so many times before you simply want to fling yourself into the abyss.
No, the combat is fucking trash, you've just deluded yourself into thinking otherwise by joining a cult that just repeats the same mantras over and over again.
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u/Calm-Offer8907 Aug 19 '26
It is in fact much easier in real life than it is portrayed in souls games. Even the biggest weapons were rather light , or they wouldn't be practical in any scenario.