Dark Souls 3

Some direction yes, but think of Dark Souls 1 from the start you have two paths and after completing those you go on a short linear path through Anor Londo then you have a four way split that can be done in any order. That's what I mean by non linear.

With this game at best some times the route splits in two for a level or so but that's it. There's no picking your order, you're going to play it the same path every time.

Look at the progress route maps to see what I mean (obviously has some level spoilers in the link for DS3 so don't follow it if you're trying to avoid those):

DS1: http://darksouls.wiki.fextralife.com...S_Area_map.png

DS3: http://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.co...=1460074414848

There's a pretty big difference between those two.

I see. I didn't play much of DS1. Only 2. So I like it the way it is in 3.

Based on that, I'll like DS3 more. Given that I haven't finished DS1, that's not good. Now the wait will be harder.

I think having zero direction in 1 is what turned me off. 2 and 3 so far give you some clue on what you should be doing. It doesn't exactly hold your hand though.

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Originally Posted by bbobb

Some direction yes, but think of Dark Souls 1 from the start you have two paths and after completing those you go on a short linear path through Anor Londo then you have a four way split that can be done in any order. That's what I mean by non linear.

With this game at best some times the route splits in two for a level or so but that's it. There's no picking your order, you're going to play it the same path every time.

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I know what you're talking about (not going to look at the links because I want to avoid spoilers).

DS1 breaks off post Anor-Londo Mega-Man style, right. DS2 does the same. DS3 suggests like it's going to do that with the kindling thrones in the Firelink Shrine, but...you're saying it never really splits off at any point? That is a little disappointing.

I do like that it has so far regained a lot of the geographical consistency that DS2 lost.

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Originally Posted by sleeve

I know what you're talking about (not going to look at the links because I want to avoid spoilers).

DS1 breaks off post Anor-Londo Mega-Man style, right. DS2 does the same. DS3 suggests like it's going to do that with the kindling thrones in the Firelink Shrine, but...you're saying it never really splits off at any point? That is a little disappointing.

I do like that it has so far regained a lot of the geographical consistency that DS2 lost.

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Correct, nothing like DS1 or even 2. There are some small splits where one path is usually a short dead end but nothing like before. It's really disappointing.

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Originally Posted by bbobb

Correct, nothing like DS1 or even 2. There are some small splits where one path is usually a short dead end but nothing like before. It's really disappointing.

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People keep misunderstanding what made the first Dark Souls so great. Not just great, but like best video game ever great. Not because it was hard, but because it was it was a master class on video games. And because it borrowed from every other great video game. Wizardry, Legend of Zelda, Adventure of Link, Mega Man, Castlevania, etc. It seems like even the original developers are forgetting that. Shame.

I feel like the bigger issue was the rushed development cycle, this is coming out just 1 year after Bloodborne, and it's not like From is a big developer with a lot of teams

I'm only a couple hours in but I prefer it to anything Souls because of mobility in combat.

Really, anything was going to seem like a step back after Bloodborne, though, wasn't it?

Eh, I liked the Souls combat though this does a good job of keeping that feel and adding just a bit more mobility