Plus Dark Souls is insanely influenced by Berserk as is. There's a couple videos showing some of the Berserk references in Dark Souls, this is just 1 of a few vids - https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Not that I disagree, but I do hope there's a mode in the final game where you can actually increase the difficulty. While I certainly don't mind the difficulty where it is now, I would rather throw it on a harder difficulty if possible. It actually helps me improve faster and, for me, playing on harder difficulties helps me to prolong my experience with the game. The result is, of course, frequent deaths. Honestly, I don't mind.

It's not so much the so-called "filthy casuals" since most gamers start off as a casual and graduate as a gamer.

What annoys gamers is when the "filthy casuals" start whinging about a game being too hard for them and acting as spoilt princesses because the game does not have a difficulty setting or slider.

I do think the one excuse for some people who want to play a difficult game that really takes the spoilt princess award is "Oh I don't have that much time to play" when the game is an RPG and normally (speed run excluding) would take the average gamer 30 to 80 hours or more to play it. If these people don't have the time why do they want to play a game like that?

you sure that its harder than any souls game?

@sullynathan Well the demo is. Obviously haven't played the full game so can't really say. I have died more in the 2 demos than in the entirety of any Souls/borne game though.

I'll see next week but I highly doubt it. Early impressions I've heard says the level design isn't all good.

That is pretty much what you can do in Souls/Bloodborne games although in the case of the Souls games if you are online the higher the level and un-hollowed (Dark Souls 1) the more chance you will have to engage in PvP. Sometimes you will meet a cheat (not sure how on a console) who will have a similar level to you but an insane HP (max is about 2,600).

In Dark Souls when I have consulted the sinners list (you can get it after you defeat the two gargoyles on the church and ring the bell) I have seen some with HP's in in the millions. Even one had ridiculous stats and was level "0" which does not exist. I have even seen some that had acceptable levels but with weapons and armor that could not be carried and used for their levels. To these people I give my middle finger and switch off.

I literally copied and pasted that from the bottom of the article

To be fair, does anyone still trust Team Ninja with Ninja Gaiden*?

Let’s be honest here, it was Itagaki who created Ninja Gaiden greatness, with NG1, NG Black (improved version of NG1), and Ninja Gaiden 2.

The Sigma versions of 1 & 2, done without Itagaki, while decent/good, never lived up to the originals, and NG3 was a mess.

And they half-assed the collection, so many huge fans of the series never bothered picking that up.

I’d be excited if Itagaki would announce a return to the action ninja genre. If Team Ninja would announce a NG4, I’d be skeptical.

To be fair, Team Ninja DID show they’re still capable of releasing greatness with the Nioh games, but with Ninja Gaiden, without Itagaki, they have never been able to reach the quality of NG Black again.

(* … does anyone still trust them with the DOA games, for that matter … !? )

Goku's far from selfish. He's just an idiot with an addition.
Also Dragon Ball Z starts with Piccolo basically being Gohan's dad. Not sure how these things became a realization in 2021 lmao