by Gazman0169 Wed Nov 28, 2012 7:22 am
Not at all, although DkS PvE is now starting to become a little too predictable as well. You've got to remember that I've played both games religiously since their respective EU release dates, and so have seen pretty much all there is to see in both games. That's not to say that either game doesn't possess the power to catch me out every once in a while, only that in order for me to be really challenged by them I'm having to find more and more imaginative ways in which to undertake each successive run, whilst at the same time making sure that it's still fun to play. I honestly believe that the main obstacle that you need to overcome when playing any of the Souls games is your own inbuilt fear of the unknown. Most of us when starting out will either run scared of, or will simply freeze/hesitate, when faced with a seemingly impossible task, and this invariably leads to a quick and painful death. However, overtime most of us will learn to recognise attack patterns, weaknesses, and the like, to the point where our ingame nightmares loose any power they may of had to scare us. Knowledge is power, and all that. Take the Vangard in DeS for instance, that great big lump used to beat me each and every time I faced up to it at the end of the tutorial levels, but because I've now learned to counter the similar attack patterns of the Asylum, Stray, and Firesage Demons through playing DkS, I managed to easily overcome it when I made my triumphant return back to Boletaria to the point where the win was never in question.
I do not believe DkS to be in any way harder than DeS, but do feel that certain elements across both games, being so similar in nature, will invariably help to make either game easier if you've invested the time to overcome them in the other, if that makes any sense.