Normal fantasy setting >play as a valiant knight and save the beautiful princess and the kingdom from the clutches of the evil lord, ride off on a unicorn together at the end
Dark fantasy setting >play as some no name loser whose life doesn't matter >townspeople are all dying, depressed, and don't give a shit about living anymore, are irritated you even want to try and make things better >"Oh no, princess Natas was kidnapped, she's prolly dead so don't bother saving her" >ooooooooooh lots of grimdark imagery like gothic buildings and eclipses and it rains a lot and blood red sunsets btw eclipses so dark, dead bodies everywhere >boss fight - "Face me hero, I am a former knight who was corrupted by evil after realizing being a hero is pointless, how dare you try to be a hero, you will realize how futile life is and give up like I have!" >boss fight - "I'm a unicorn that realized goodness is dead and hope is dead, so now I'm black and evil and stuff with red eyes, im also crazy neeeeeeeeeeeeeigh!" >boss fight - "I'm Samuel Goodness Priest a member of a blatantly corrupt church as a hamfisted attempt at showing religion is bad! I wear lots of robes and a look real blatantly evil to drive it home how bad religious people with faith are! I only care about 3 things, serving God, serving God more, and killing anyone who disagrees with me since they are clearly heretics! I like saying heresy a lot too, HERESY!" >final boss fight - "I'm the evil lord but I dont even know why I am fighting just fucking kill me for the love of god, btw the church is evil and made me this way" >ending - "Oh thank you brave knight, btw I'm actually not a princess but a demon queen and my name is Satan bet you didn't see that coming, I fooled you all le epic plot twist! Btw that unicorn from earlier is my lover, time to fly off into the eclipse and start my plans for world conquest, you can fight me and my steed/bf in the shitty dlc coming up!"
Imagine whining about a type of game that only has one such game in history. Literally no other game EVER made is as gothic as Bloodborne. You act like this is some common thing. BB is cool because it is the only one that did it.
Jaxson Butler
all of from games are the same shit except maybe sekiro
also other developers copied this style of garbage too, such as salt and sanctuary and darkest dungeon
Grayson Lee
based and redpilled. that's why sekiro is the only good soulsborne game to date
>very dark gray setting, being a hero is nothing but suffering and punishing >a lot of sadistic and hard choices >main character is a cynical fuck that doesn't think any of the good he'll do will amount to anything >but still always does the right thing and helps out people in need
thats true op but im afraid darker type fantasy and sci-fi settings will remain fairly popular so long as humanities collective view of our own real future remains fairly hopeless :^)
Levi Reyes
What are you even on about, DeS and Dark Souls trilogy are definitely not dark fantasy. Bloodborne is really DARK fantasy, and it is the only game that goes that extreme with it, which makes it unique. >salt and sanctuary and darkest dungeon Not really to the same extent though. The archaelogy in Bloodborne is ridiculous, Yharnam has almost only spires and every building is black stone. It's like it was never built for humans to begin with.
Chase Watson
Morally gray settings and the like make it so when there's some actual genuine good that happens, it's all the more precious.
Logan Butler
I would really like a grimdark game with a super good ending, of course you should play with jesus who would feel pain about all bad thing and will try to save everyone even the bad guys and give back hope.
Tyler Diaz
>dark fantasy = dark souls
Confirmed for never had read any dark fantasy novels in his life.
Robert Reyes
Light hearted fantasy (Dragon Quest, "classic" FF) > Dark Fantasy (Dark Souls, Berserk) >>>> "realistic" political drama filled fantasy (Dragon Age, Witcher, Game of Thrones)
Austin Garcia
I WANT >BB prequel where you play ludwig and friends >konammi X fromsoft castlevania
One doesn't replace the other, user. Each one has its tropes, clichés and assets.
Chase Green
Is this the same person who also makes threads complaining about cyberpunk, who is also the same person who complains about someone rubbishing his fighting game with a superior limb based combat system, who is also the same person who coined the phrase sickdark, who has been posting the same kind of threads for years and years?
Robert Bell
>I don't like thing Ok so don't play it. It's a free country assuming you're American. I don't understand the point of this thread
Luis Kelly
It's the people who just try to actively not make the world shittier that become the true heroes. Not chosen by destiny, but just because they don't want to contribute to the fall.
