Tag: Dark Souls
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We need more games like Elden Ring Nightreign
I didn’t get to talk about it much on last week’s podcast, mainly since we had so much news to get to, but I have been really enjoying the recently released Elden Ring Nightreign! It’s a game that honestly feels tailor made for me. It’s a Souls like, roguelite, coop game I can play with…
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Elden Ring: Nightreign – Excitement and Caution
A couple weeks ago I was lucky enough to get the chance to play the Elden Ring: Nightreign play test! Which was basically a series of 3 hour long test sessions with FromSoftware’s new game. I had quite the fun time with it if I’m being honest! Even with the first play session being completely…
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Which Souls game is truly the best?
New podcast episode is now live! On this week’s episode Matt, Ray, and I discuss and rate which Souls game we think is truly the best! Listen to us list each of FromSoftware’s Souls games from Demon’s Souls to Sekiro to Elden Ring and all their DLCs! Check it out right here: Thanks for giving…
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Difficult Games for Difficult Times
Man… We are certainly off to a start this year! While I’m sure plenty of people had a good January, lots of other people have already had a rough 2025. Plenty of people getting sick, struggling with price hikes, and some people are currently dealing with a new President making some terrible choices! So I…
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Kuon: FromSoftware’s Forgotten Horror Game
Of the three games I have spoken about this month, I am willing to bet that Kuon is the one that has been heard of the least. It released in 2004 when classic survival horror was kind of dying out. The second half of the PS2’s life cycle definitely saw a decline in classic survival…
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Let’s talk about that Difficulty
When Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree released it was met with some interesting reception. Critics absolutely loved it! Giving it insanely glowing reviews across the board. However, many actual players were pretty divided on it, giving it enough negative reviews on Steam that it was given a Mixed rating at launch! Which is quite…
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The benefits of hard to find secrets in Games
So if you’ve been paying attention to gaming news on Twitter recently you may have seen that Nier: Automata has been trending like crazy despite being a pretty old game at this point. This was mainly due to the fact that a new unseen area of the game had supposedly been discovered. This set the…
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Stranger of Paradise: The Definition of Poorly Executed
When Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin was first being rumored to exist, I was honestly really excited! A Souls-like game set in the world of Final Fantasy 1? That could be so much fun! Getting to see such a colorful and classic setting for a Souls-like game would be rather original after all, and…
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Should ‘Souls’ games have an ‘Easy mode’?
A topic that often comes up when discussing Souls games is whether or not there should be a difficulty option for them. The Souls games are known for being rather difficult after all and a lot of players, understandably, find this to be a barrier of entry when it comes to enjoying the games. Now…
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Elden Ring: The Perfect Mix of two Iconic Games
If you have been on the internet the passed few days you have probably heard about the amazing reviews Elden Ring is getting. And honestly, the game deserves the praise! Because of this though, I feel like doing a full on review of the game wouldn’t be too interesting. Mainly because I’m loving the game…
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