Regretted buying Elden Ring almost immediately... Never tried dark souls and won’t lol.
This is the problem with people playing whatever is flavour of the month, they ruin series they might enjoy by starting with the shiny new release instead of the game they're most likely to enjoy.
Dark Souls 1 is much smaller in scope and gives a more honest impression of what the games are about. Even as a fan of the series I struggled to enjoy Elden Ring and would have dropped it in a few hours if it was my first Fromsoft experience.
Dark Souls 1 is like Ocarina of Time without the training wheels
It's not gonna be for everyone and at first it wasnt for me either, it wasnt until I gave it another chance many years later when the remaster came out that the game "clicked" for me, but once it did it's firmly planted in the "one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had" category
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u/SeroWriter Aug 19 '26
This is the problem with people playing whatever is flavour of the month, they ruin series they might enjoy by starting with the shiny new release instead of the game they're most likely to enjoy.
Dark Souls 1 is much smaller in scope and gives a more honest impression of what the games are about. Even as a fan of the series I struggled to enjoy Elden Ring and would have dropped it in a few hours if it was my first Fromsoft experience.