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Now that I have read everyone's responses I have a few things to add that others haven't mentioned yet:
I actually very rarely roll in this game, it's reserved for certain quick manuvering which is not always required, because most of the time I am actually positioning myself to be in the "blind spot" of the enemy.
Parrying and backstabbing is really important. Granted I have skipped parrying and mostly backstab when needed, but if I was patient enough I could easily just one shot many enemies and parry bosses.
The community is actually not very toxic, although it may have that reputation, honestly there are people like that in every popular fandom ๐ griefers, g*mers... but people who cherish this game for it's anti-fascist sentiments get it. They're cool people.
The plot of the first game is very vauge and not really explained that much. To me this makes it much more endearing. There is a lot which is implied but not outright said, perhaps leaving it to interpretation. What one might consider the "good" path is a trick, supported by liars (in my view) There are characters who turn out to be shitty. And there are characters who feel like they care about your well being.
Everything in this game that is a boon to you feels precious. There is something about the spirit of resilience in here, and the shared resilience of those who take the journey with you.
Above all: Don't give up, Skeleton!
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From what I have seen of the souls community it's mostly fine too. I only have 2 issues with it.
The Dark Souls 2 fandom is easily the most annoying one. I get that DS2 has been smeared pretty hard and that they feel the need to correct that, but they keep saying it is the greatest thing ever made and every single other souls game is inferior by comparison. Then you go to the other game's communities and they are almost never talking shit about the other games, but rather talking and enjoying the ones they are a part of. I don't like to use the term "eternal victim complex" because chuds love using that against actual victims, but it feels appropriate here.
The other issue I have is with the Elden Ring fandom, since they just collectively decided to believe that Miquella is the second coming of Hitler or something of the sort, and I genuinely do not get that. Like I didn't really dive into the lore, but that is definitely not what I got from that character at all. Also there's this video essay that I haven't watched yet, that someone posted here before and I'm sure will make me dislike them even more.
YES!!! There's an incredible sense of fellowship and comradery these games can provide from those that you only interact once or twice, be it from direct jolly cooperation or from messages left by other players. It's pretty cool.
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