/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.2745228]

What retro game is most similar in terms of gameplay, style and atmosphere to Dark Souls?

[Anonymous No.2745234]

King's Field

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[Anonymous No.2745242]

>>2745228
Shadow Tower

[Anonymous No.2745334]

>>2745234

To add a bit more: The Dark Souls series is the spiritual succesor to Demon's Souls, which was the spiritual succesor to the King's Field series.

[Anonymous No.2745376]

Nothing, it is in every way a modern game

[Anonymous No.2745473]

>>2745234
>>2745334
I found Demon's Soul a whole lot more closer to King's Field's atmosphere. Dark Souls feels more like generic grit n' soot dark fantasy.

[Anonymous No.2745481]

>>2745228
Honestly if there is one outside of Kings Field and its spinoffs (Shadow Tower, Eternal Ring) I'd like to play it because I feel like Demon's (and to a lesser extent, Dark) Souls is probably the single best game of the generation

[Anonymous No.2745491]

>>2745481
>Demon's (and to a lesser extent, Dark) Souls is probably the single best game of the generation
I got to the party late so I prefer Dark Souls myself :\
I have to agree with you though. I haven't felt that good playing anything since Sixth Gen and before.

[Anonymous No.2745520]

>>2745228
Try Vagrant Story.

[Anonymous No.2745528]

>>2745520
>WHAT, OUTRAGEOUS
>Well, not OUTRAGEOUS but wrong
>Well, no, not entirely wrong
>You know, he may have a point
>Actually yeah, this.

My thoughts on seeing your post.

[Anonymous No.2745568]

>>2745528
Vagrant Story kinda gets it down buts its a little too Japanese at times. You know, with Sydney being the ultimate edgelord and all that garbage.
I know FROM is from Japan, but some how they nailed the Western Dark Fantasy with Demon's so fucking hard.

I still think its an amazing game but its definitely more JRPG then action-RPG dungeon crawler.

It does get the Isolation and the atmosphere on point though.

[Anonymous No.2745572]

>>2745228
Moonstone: A Hard Day's Knight.

[Anonymous No.2745803]

Castlevania Symphony of the Night has progression similar to a Souls game.

[Anonymous No.2746251]

Weirdly enough for me, I always felt like dark souls was the spiritual successor to diablo.
Diablo2 kept the gameplay and the loot, but was nothing like the first for atmosphere.
Dark souls was the first game in a long time to capture the trepidation and somberness as well as pervasive sense of misery that diablo had.
Weird cos they are pretty fucking different, but go back and play diablo1 as a warrior and see what I mean.

[Anonymous No.2746260]

NES games with their darker color palette and higher difficulty are pretty much that. Sword and Kick Master are super cool.

[Anonymous No.2746261]

>>2745228
Is die by the sword or severance retro?

[Anonymous No.2746434]

GHOULS AND GOBLINS MOTHERFUCKERS

[Anonymous No.2746439]

>>2745228
I haven't played much Dark Souls, but a friend who is a huge fan of it says it always reminded him in a weird way of Spelunker.

[Anonymous No.2746442]

It seems as if the Souls games could evoke people many different sort of feels.

For me, it's Metroid.

[Anonymous No.2746458]

>>2745568
what part of Sydney or any of his actions makes him an edgelord though

I know he looks all kinda gay and also freaky with his metal arms, but he spends literally 0% of the time brooding over anything and never gets all "Everything sucks lets ruin the world" or some cliche shit

if anything most of the time, he plays the character of the devil or the trickster perfectly, seducing and manipulating people to stir shit up intentionally, and opening up pandora's box just because it's there, to fuck up the status quo

he's a snake and I actually like him a lot

[Anonymous No.2746462]

>>2746442

[Anonymous No.2746532]

>>2745228
>Gameplay
Severance

>Style and Atmosphere
Shadow Tower

[Anonymous No.2746540]

>>2746462
>no titles
That'll filter the casuals

[Anonymous No.2747162]

Zelda 2.

[Anonymous No.2747191]

>>2747162
Agreed.

[Anonymous No.2747227]

>>2746532

>Severance

Now this is a really good game if you like the style, if someone haven't played I suggest trying it.

[Anonymous No.2748701]

>>2746462
>>2746540
From above,left: Faxanadu,??,??,Chakan,??Maximo Ghost to glory,??, CV2

[Anonymous No.2748707]

>>2748701
bottom middle is alien soldier

[Anonymous No.2748790]

[Anonymous No.2748792]

>>2748790
Hey, I remember fapping to that ad in the 90's!

[Anonymous No.2748796]

>>2748701
>>2748707
Valis, Beastlord, probably Shadowman but that's an awful screenshot

>>2748792
I remember fapping to that ad in 5 minutes from now

Well time for lunch break hope all the bathroom stalls are empty

[Anonymous No.2748797]

>>2748796
>>2748792

[Anonymous No.2748805]

>>2748790
Was Deathtrap Dungeon good? I loved those books when I was a kid, but never played that game.

The DS Warlock of Firetop Mountain was a surprisingly great dungeon crawl though, so now I'm curious. I totally forgot this existed till now.

[Anonymous No.2748812]

>>2748797
Holy shit, that's Kelly Brook! She was the Deathtrap Dungeon model? My mind is now blown.

[Anonymous No.2748813]

>>2748805
it was okay, but suffered a lot from shitty camera and controls.

[Anonymous No.2748817]

>>2748805
It's ridiculously hard, mostly due to the tank controls, odd camera and rock solid, silky smooth, hard-locked 17fps.

I assume that not even the devs thought that anyone is nuts enough to beat it since the game ends on a MASSIVE troll ending.

[Anonymous No.2748821]

>>2748813
>>2748817
That's a shame. But now remembering it's out there I still may attempt it sometime. The DS one was pretty tough in points as well, but fun. Bought it on a complete lark, but ended up playing through numerous times. It's first person and controls quite well though.

[Anonymous No.2748825]

>>2748812
Damn right it is. You can thank me later, happy fapping anon.

[Anonymous No.2748845]

>>2748817
good thing I gave up at the horrible flying turtle level near the end then

[Anonymous No.2748847]

>>2748796
>Well time for lunch break hope all the bathroom stalls are empty

are you actually gonna fap at work?

[Anonymous No.2748872]

>>2748847
Not that anon, but I fap at work almost every day. I did it about an hour ago. Makes for a nice break.

[Anonymous No.2748890]

>>2748872
dude

shit at work don't fap there

christ

[Anonymous No.2748910]

>>2748890
It can't be worse than trolling 4chan which I'm doing now. Having a cushy and mostly independent job is pretty great.

[Anonymous No.2748945]

>>2745228
Try Deathtrap Dungeon.

[Anonymous No.2748949]

>>2748910
I don't know, after I cum I feel really unmotivated and unproductive. I think you're shooting yourself in the foot.

[Anonymous No.2748972]

>>2748797
deathfap dungeon

[Anonymous No.2748995]

>>2748949
Really? I feel relaxed and energized. After a fap break is sometimes when I'm most productive. Nothing else on my mind so I just make some mixes or test some shit or whatever's on the plate for that day. Funny thing is that I barely ever fap or come to 4chan when I'm not at work. It's only when I'm trapped here with little else to do that I bother.

[Anonymous No.2749951]

>>2746462
>Maximo 3 will never happen

The pain will never truly subside.

[Anonymous No.2750142]

>>2746260
>Sword and Kick Master
this, so much this.
Kick Master has some bosses that really bring a DaS vibe

[Anonymous No.2750158]

>>2745228
Chakan
Demon's Crest

[Anonymous No.2750592]

>>2745228
Faxanadu

[Anonymous No.2752145]

>>2745242
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[Anonymous No.2752150]

>>2745491
what makes the game good?
combat?

[Anonymous No.2752151]

>>2746462
but Anon, Maximo is much better than Dark Souls.

[Anonymous No.2752161]

>>2752150
It's vaguely similar to every single mildly dark retro game ever made

apparently

[Anonymous No.2752171]

>>2752161

the only modern games I play are pretty much sequels of retro games, (the last Civilization, last Street Fighter, Last mainline Mario)
But I have been stumbling upon a lot of people praising this game on the internet, putting it high among the best games ever.
So, at least I am intrigued.
The issue is most reviews are corny, and feel like the writer is a young person who just beat his first challenging game.
http://www.gamesradar.com/why-dark-souls-simply-greatest-game-all-time/

[Anonymous No.2752172]

>>2752151
Try playing Demon's Souls or Dark Souls without leveling up if that's what you think.

[Anonymous No.2752489]

>>2746462
From top left to right.
1. Faxanadu?
2. Probably kings field, but I have played it yet, it's coming in the mail now for me
3. ?
4. Chakan the fucking forever man
5. Alisia Dragoon?
6. ?
7. ?
8. Alien soldier
9. CASSSSTLEVANIA 2

Anybody mind filling in the ones I missed?

>>2748796
>shadowman
>not knowing chakan the forever nigga

[Anonymous No.2752494]

>>2752489
7 is maximo.

[Anonymous No.2752594]

>>2752489
>>shadowman
>>not knowing chakan the forever nigga
>implying

you seem bad at reading