Dark Souls Clones - Austin Eruption

[@austineruption]

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[@Mojavekight17]

Austin Eruption Google Stadia is the Dark souls of streaming! Challenging and rewarding when it works... In 10 years 👍

[@Rick586]

Salt and Sanctuary is a fun 2D Soulslike.

[@xunsu2020]

I can't wait for the list of Sonic Adventures clones.

[@Mojavekight17]

singularon1 which are?

[@Snakebite218]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about Ashen. its on the EGS but its one of the good DS clones!

[@BugsyFoga]

I feel if i sleep I'll see a Raid Shadow Legend promotion

[@cam5588]

This dream is sponsored by raid shadow legends

[@averagebritishguy7082]

You'll wake up at 3am and find a Raid Shadow Legends sponsorship sitting at the foot of your bed staring at you.

[@fitzviandraduivenab2790]

atleast u dont see it as often as u would see that literal shit GoT game ad

[@Northstar315]

I played RAID, I hated it, at least I got 500,000 silver from all of the sponsorships

[@StarterSteel]

Raid?

[@3KiwisInABucket]

"Totally not evil Google" Ah, so it's just like Google

[@Zakanuva]

You just took the words right out of my mouth!

[@Arro3]

Inferno Climber looks like a fake game that a character in an anime would be playing

[@NeonDoctrine]

Publisher of Neverinth here: Thanks for mentioning us and be sure to check out the update and new character :)

[@godsstrongestschizo]

How do you feel about getting called a “Dark Souls Clone”?

[@therandomgamer000]

@@godsstrongestschizo Is that even supposed to be a bad thing? I mean, a lot of good games like Hollow Knight are called "MetroidVania" isn't that kinda like calling them copies of those two series?

[@zeterzero4356]

Your game has a lot if promise. Like the character designs and combo speed. Just keep polishing it!

[@magnuscritikaleak5045]

Neverinth you guys are weeb trash shit fuck.

[@WillieManga]

I wanna see the eventual finished release. It looks pretty good and has potential. Same with Bloody Spele. The latter has a lot of staples of Early Access trash mixed with decent gameplay. Kinda jarring.

[@finalcloud5716]

So creo is basically “my nukes heal the earth for negative damage

[@malcomalexander9437]

Basically yes. They were using experimental chemicals to attempt to fix the damage to the environment, found out that the missiles were a short term solution with some real bad long term effects, and then switched to using nanotech to solve the problem, but that lead to even worse problems(and is the reason why the robots have gone rogue and there be cyberzombies running around).

[@plague6566]

Fat man nukes but it's filled with stimpaks

[@camwyn256]

Captain Plague barbed arrows of healing

[@WillieManga]

It's like the reverse version of a Final Fantasy damaging cure spell glitch. I'd call them terraformers.

[@TheLastDaysOfSorrow]

"picked it cuz there's an Anime girl" Yeah. That's me with Code Vein.

[@kyotheman69]

surprised he didn't even talk about Code Vein, its basically dark souls meets God Eater, anime big boobs, art style, etc

[@mr.rungus2516]

Berserk pfp nice

[@lucky-mn3gm]

@@mr.rungus2516 nice

[@jonsnow8629]

Hoonters gotta hunt

[@Gelly311]

​@@kyotheman69 Probably because Code Vein is made by Bandai Namco, the same company that published both Dark Souls and God Eater.

[@timmer919hep]

This video is definitely the dark souls of Dark Souls Clones videos.

[@FlintForossa]

hard to watch. Very hard to watch

[@ChryI]

adskip 1:47

[@maximilianwonschik1304]

ChryI the real mvp here

[@hugorhurtado939]

ChryI- Careful, he’s a hero

[@Alex-uz9di]

Bless u

[@georgemitchel23]

You're a fucking Hero m8 tnx

[@plague6566]

With that PFP,I Know what everyone's talking about

[@valence_drive]

"...Most notorious for their Armored Core franchise, which... by the way... I'm still waiting... for a new one..." Liked your video on that alone, because mood, dude...

[@kyotheman69]

if i had it my way they just don't bother

[@Calvados656]

If I had it my way Armored Core games would be all they make.

[@valence_drive]

@@Calvados656 As awesome as that sounds on paper, that's not a good business decision, and would likely lead to extreme burnout of ideas for the IP. Much as I'm desperate for a new AC, them trying something new and making it big with the Souls formula was a very good thing. FromSoft is now on the radar and will get attention for any game they make. I just hope they use that momentum for AC while they still have it...

[@plague6566]

Armored core???? Where you at????

[@Azure9577]

It's rare to see armored core fans in the wild nowadays

[@LeQuack147]

Sad that Salt and Sanctuary doesn't get a mention. It's very much in line with the themes of DS while still bringing its own unique bits to the table. There's a reason I have like 10 save files on it between 3 consoles.

[@azurebookllet9216]

Perhaps he might do a separate video on the 2D clones later on? There are at least 8 of them at this point.

[@matthewcoyle4131]

Breath of wild durability in Dark Souls? You mean pre-patch Dark Souls 2?

[@ripples1072]

Omg. What was it like before the patch?? I didn't think it could be worse

[@matthewcoyle4131]

Yeah. Especially when your weapon hit a wall on the PC version. It took away like 4× the weapon durability. It made it so basically any weapon with a wide swing was unviable for PvE. That's not even accounting for how it might have effected weapon on armor vs weapon on flesh durability damage!

[@lenlimbo]

@@ripples1072 Spears where literally non-viable, as they broke too fast.

[@ripples1072]

@@lenlimbo how did a whole team of people sign off on that decision....

[@dstns]

@@ripples1072 IIRC it was a framerate problem, like it counted down durability based on how many frames the weapon was in contact with something and worked on the consoles at ~30fps, but then on PC at 60fps it would count twice the frames or more and would hit your durability accordingly

[@otaking3582]

18:40 Do you choose: A) Heaven? or B) Hell? I choose C) *Duel 1 - Let's Rock!*

[@Fizzlepop72]

Eyyyyyy

[@bigbyrd7755]

Necropolis moving from over-hyped to abandonware pretty much on release day still has me bitter.

[@Kolbatsu]

God if I see one more Raid: Shadow Legends ad I'm gonna flip. Not your fault Austin i get sponsored content is a necessity.

[@craftergamer9058]

Kolbatsu same

[@xPhantomxify]

no its not, they get paid ridiculous amounts of money you'll earn in a year.

[@Gamsterjeff600]

They can refuse ot

[@contactoblackdrop2151]

@@Gamsterjeff600 that's the kind of money you don't refuse. Especially for about an hour or two of work.

[@technomancerhammerballs8816]

"i think we can blame halo for health regen" *gameplay footage of literally the hardest halo game*

[@ikagura]

Wasn't health regen in FPS before Halo?

[@caseygoddard]

Yeah...crank up the difficulty setting on the original Halo, and you're in for a pretty big challenge. As for regenerating health, it has been around as far back as the NES days, but Halo certainly popularized the mechanic for the FPS genre.

[@ikagura]

meh... Doom > Halo anyway

[@AttiMatter]

@@ikagura OPINIONS lol

[@Toxic-Pyro]

This is really the dark souls of dark souls clone videos

[@p.mustelidae6014]

The best souls-inspired/clone/like/whatever game I can think of is Salt & Sanctuary. The lore, the atmosphere and the style - great stuff.

[@Nazareadain]

Healing - from the ICO soundtrack, if anyone was wondering what the intro music was - and since nobody bothers showing that in the description these days.

[@thatlonzoguy]

I knew it was ICO! I didnt know the name of the song though, thanks!

[@Portly]

the screaming seal, holy crap hahahaha

[@user-bi9tp8zb9k]

Demon souls needs a remaster for modern consoles and pc. I love Demon Souls. I played it before Dark Souls and really enjoyed the world and story. Plus it got me really prepared for the Dark Souls series.

[@sozaj]

I love Demons' Souls, too. I'd love to see it come back, too. Heck, I'd love to see King's Field make a comeback. It was by the same studio, before Demons' Souls.

[@valiox7506]

The Demon souls ip belongs to Sony so we can only hope for a remastere on ps4

[@TeruteruBozusama]

Well then

[@Azure9577]

@@sozaj what about armored core

[@sozaj]

@@Azure9577 Ohhhhhh yeahhhhhhhh!😎 Bring it on!!

[@KhaosKontroller]

I hope Nintendo doesn't steal that degrading food mechanic for BotW 2.

[@CricketStyleJ]

I hope they don't have food at all in BotW 2. It was my least favorite part of the game.

[@KhaosKontroller]

@@CricketStyleJ There were maaany things I hated more than the food. At least that had a satisfying jingle.

[@CricketStyleJ]

@@KhaosKontroller Yeah, I think I'm in the minority with that opinion. The biggest reason I don't like it is that it makes the late game too easy. Like how hard is Ganon or a silver Lynel when you're carrying 20 meals that completely refill your health? Anyway, I still love the game and I eventually want to replay it on hard mode with no food at all.

[@SamC77]

@@CricketStyleJ that is a bad example. Lynels will be easy if you upgrade armor.... The food has nothing to do with it.

[@nemanjaz.9113]

I think the term ''Soulslike'' only exists because ''Action Adventure'' sounds About as Epic as going to the store to buy milk and realizing they dont have the low-fat milk that you like anymore.

[@PhriekshoTV]

"Dark Souls Targeting" I remember when it was called Z-targeting, or zelda-style targeting. Also, I mildly enjoyed Immortal Unchained, and am still looking forward to Hellpoint since I love the demon-slaughtering semi-gothic sci-fi aesthetic. Oh, and of course we can't ignore the spectacular Remnant from the Ashes. I may look back into that Necropolis one, though, since it's got some pure Roguelike functions (like randomized potions).

[@NetConsole]

Nice of you to let us listen to the menu music comparison from Grandia 2 for like a split second. Surely we needed no extra time.

[@RobertHeadley]

Being hard is not a genre. I am not saying that Souls gameplay isn't it's own genre, just saying you can't take souls-like onto something just because its hard.

[@alastor8091]

You literally can and it works just fine. Saying something is the "Dark Souls" of its genre just tells how difficult it is in comparison to other games within the same genre. Compared to God of War or Castlevania Lord of Shadows, Devil May Cry 3 is much harder and could therefore be called the Dark Souls of hack and slash games. Compared to easier games to jump into like Call of Duty or Battlefield, Rainbow 6 is the Dark Souls of multiplayer shooters. You may get tired of hearing the same thing, but it works perfectly well and makes perfect sense.

[@StabStabStabStabby]

Soulslike games are more than just hard gsmed. They usually copy the combat systems too.

[@RobertHeadley]

Dark souls is the battle Toads of 3rd person action games.

[@alastor8091]

@@RobertHeadley that works perfectly. I don't see why you guys don't understand how qualities can be shared by entities that vary wildly. Have you ever heard the phrase "Women age like milk, men age like fine wine."? It's the same thing.

[@BenjiByt3]

Holy crap when you mentioned MediEvil I had weird flashbacks. I vaguely remember that game in my childhood, maybe my brother played it but I recognized the character instantly though I had no idea what it was called. I believe the game scared me but I was interested in it. That was a forgotten, buried tiny piece of early childhood you just unburied.

[@CadaverSwag]

I can't wait for the Raid shadow legends video. The dark souls of mobile games

[@capyjack8865]

Nioh was a refreshing experience I found my ass getting kicked more in nioh than any soulsbourne game

[@stickyy_fingaas]

Nioh is a good game but it's too long I got bored 60+ hours in and never finished it

[@capyjack8865]

@@stickyy_fingaas that's disappointing I beat it in less than 40 hours and I'm now halfway into new game plus

[@stickyy_fingaas]

@@capyjack8865 well I was doing all the side quests too so thats probably why I got bored of it Im planing on playing it again but just main quests

[@daybin5303]

Petar Vučković for sure. As much as I’d love to buy Nioh 2 the first got stale wayyy too quickly. They need better areas and more enemy variety.

[@stickyy_fingaas]

@@daybin5303 yeah that too. The areas are bland and not interesting plus the big turn off for me is that the areas arent connected like in ds. Ds is a semi open world and nioh is just mission based

[@bloodydragon]

I like how everyone acts like Ninja Gaiden doesnt exist for difficulty as if DS defined it all.

[@ShaoKombo]

Comparing ninja gaiden to dark souls is like comparing gouda and swiss cheese, one has noticeable holes in it.

[@cartoonvideos5]

Different Difficulties...

[@internetexplorer8588]

One day our dream of a new armored core will come Austin. ONE DAYYY

[@kyotheman69]

eww no, glad they went away from that series, i rather keep getting souls game instead

[@Azure9577]

@@kyotheman69 that series was better, harder and faster then souls Not to mention it was original unlike souls

[@FinalDragoon]

Waiting for a new Armored Core? Can I tell you about a little game called 'Daemon X Machina'?

[@Balaban78]

yes

[@clapointe151]

What is exactly armored core? I want to enter the serie but i don't really know what it is...

[@soratheorangejuicemascot5809]

@@clapointe151 Its a game where you customize your own mech(armored core) and do mission, pvp and etc.

[@clapointe151]

@@soratheorangejuicemascot5809 is pvp needed? Im a pve only guy...

[@soratheorangejuicemascot5809]

@@clapointe151 Not sure about that exactly. But the armored core I played was the oldest and the game got a nice pve.

[@LeetSauce100]

That jab at Anthem made me hit the sub button. LOL. Well done sir, well done.

[@Mojavekight17]

Google Stadia is the Dark souls of streaming! Challenging and rewarding when it works... In 10 years 👍

[@brokenrecord1323]

when you said you were still waiting for a new armored core game, it made me subscribe to your channel.

[@Azure9577]

Same

[@ravager6963]

that achievement system in Neverinth reminds me of Baroque. the game would probably be right up your alley.

[@johnbuscher]

Dying to progress is a mechanic in a few roguelikes too, along with Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter (which is closer to Baroque's style of "don't die too early but be ready to die at the specified time")

[@bane_bloodseeker]

Love the way you presented all of the information I even agreed with a lot of the points you put forward I was even able to see the point you were coming from on points i didn’t agree with and the ending skit made me laugh keep up the good work

[@Kabumushi]

You should do Monster Hunter clones. There are an ungodly amount of them and trust me you will find one that will rustle your jimmies.

[@undying1177]

God eater,freedom wars,phantasy star online 2,literal fucking monster hunter on crack

[@NapnCat]

Hey Austin first time watching your video but around 3 minutes in I noticed your teddy shirt and promptly subscribed. Edit: glad I stuck with it, gr8 stuff m8

[@recht_voor_zijn_raap5506]

17:57 .. Major props for using "Elemental Stars" from Golden Sun 1 👍

[@MisterRandomEncounter]

... How did Salt and Sanctuary get no time in this video is to me someting that is completely mysterious. Good video

[@alt0799]

Anyone else heard of that low radar Souls clone Sinner: Sacrifice for redemption?

[@LORDOFDORKNESS42]

No Salt & Sanctuary? Personally think that's one of the best souls-likes out there. Not perfect by any means, but still the best 2D take on the formula yet.

[@RichardLarge88]

I love Salt and Sanctuary, co-op'd the whole game with my wife and did a couple of playthroughs. Great game and amazing that it's basically made by 2 people.

[@gandalfczarny2289]

Actually Lords of the Fallen wasn't made by Deck 13, but by Polish studio City Interactive. Deck 13 was only co-creator

[@betchaos7383]

Pretty ambitious of you to make a video about every single video game in existence

[@Foreseer117]

It makes me a little sad you didn't talk about Death's Gambit though you showed it twice. Like it probably has the best twist on the death mechanic. With different healing types that affect stats differently and losing one of your healing charges on death makes the game super compelling. The world is also rather interesting.

[@KnightCrown]

We're in your patreon too. You can run but you can't hide Austinnnnnnnn

[@BugsyFoga]

This is the DARK SOULS of clone videos😄👌

[@Stario1Up]

That 5 second end improv song was OUTSTANDING.

[@apigeon4192]

Demon's Souls is still the best. Fite me.

[@cloudbloom]

Maiden in black= best souls waifu

[@DFloyd84]

I would, but I keep getting killed on the route to you.

[@alastor8091]

Seems you don't have enough insight to perceive Bloodborne.

[@brockproosdy8066]

You had me at Raid shadow legends. EPIC 3D GRAPHICS REEEE

[@Jdemonify]

salt and sanctuary is most obvious dark souls clone and of course Nioh. Wich was my game of the year

[@azurebookllet9216]

Ever heard of Void Memory? Probably not, because it's not good, but when it comes to 2D games, you really can't get any more blatant rip-off than that. When it comes to 2D games, there's also Death's Gambit, which had the highest production values of all 2D DS-likes, but over-exerted itself and is terribly uneven as a result. There's Dark Devotion, which is also close, and would have been great if it didn't arbirtrarily limit exploration. There was a weird top-down game called DarkMaus, where, as you can guess from the name, everyone is a mouse. There's yet-to-be-released Blasphemous, and last year's black-and-white Unworthy: I mention them together because they essentially have exactly the same story. There are also two 2D games which are more like Bloodborne clones: Shrouded in Sanity, which is top-down and free, and Gloom, which is sideview, black-and-white, a roguelike inspired by TBOI, yet arguably has a more detailed story than some of the actual Souls games.

[@Emertex7]

"Oh hi! Hello, where do I money" is where I hit the like button. I like you. 🤗

[@2gamerzone7]

I'm gonna buy Inferno Climber: Reborn and get the platinum trophy on it just to spite you. Edit: Wait a minute, it's not on the Playstation store. How do I get it? Edit 2: I don't think it's available in my country.

[@caiolopezcomz]

Austin: Your pixel avatar looks nothing like you.

[@GMXrd]

I'm still not used to KZbinrs I watch acknowledging Guilty Gear...You the best Austin... (Make a GG video papa)

[@Shoobster]

Austin needs to tackle the weird ass spinoffs like Isuka and Guilty Gear 2

[@Pridetoons]

About fucking time you made this video Austin!

[@JustinLeeper]

Salt & Sanctuary is soooo 2D Dark Souls. And a good game. My only issue with it is fall damage, but Souls has that, too.

[@twynstyck7807]

I am a FAN of Inferno Climber. I pushed myself to the limits to see more and more of it. Years later, still couldn't finish it. But one day. One day.

[@Stilloffside]

Salt and Sanctuary is an unapologetic Souls rip off or homage? Either way...that should be on your list. 1

[@azurebookllet9216]

At this point, there can be a separate video just for all the 2D games that rip-off/pay homage to Dark Souls/Bloodborne. I know of 8 at this point, with a ninth one to be released this year.

[@anthonytalks95]

Always love seeing The Surge getting love ❤️ it’s a really fantastic game imo

[@AngraMainiiu]

You know it would be really nice if there could be a Dark Souls clone, but in first person... Oh wait that's King's Field! GET TO WORK ON KING'S FIELD 5 FORM SOFTWARE!!!!!

[@mikeb6410]

Anyone who mentions FFXI, even for a second, has much of my respect. Subd.

[@pockystyx4087]

Salt(y) and Sancturary is probably my favorite. I actually liked it more than DS3.

[@TwilightTheCabbit]

I was hoping he would mention it so badly. I don't understand why people seem to sleep on Salt and Sanctuary so much. It's a pretty solid Souls-like game that needs far more recognition than it gets.

[@flamingmanure]

why? imo ds3 is VASTLY superior to ds1(to such a degree that going back to ds1 is torturous and boring), let alone salt and sanctuary. also, while not really a souls-like, hollow knight is a far better game than salt and sanc tbh. i liked salt and sanc, but dont love it as much. i can see why it isnt that known or liked in both the souls or metroidvania community, it isnt a bad game by any means.

[@pockystyx4087]

@@TwilightTheCabbit seriously! Now that its on the Switch, more people need to try it out. Especially since its got awesome couch co-op.

[@TwilightTheCabbit]

@@pockystyx4087 Indeed. I haven't been able to get into the Souls series... not that I don't want to. I would LOVE to get into those games. But I feel like Salt and Sanctuary is a pretty good gateway into the series. It's easier... not by a ton since it's still... quite hard. Especially if you decide to play new game+. But it definitely deserves more recognition. My first exposure to it was when a friend of mine was streaming it and asked if I wanted to join in. It wasn't playable online, which we found out the hard way, however... there is a program that can be downloaded to make couch multiplayer games be played online. It basically makes the game THINK that there are multiple people playing via the same software/hardware. I found out that way just how fun the game was and decided to buy it for myself and beat the entire thing in about a week.

[@crizy5555]

Love the video Austin keep up the good work man!

[@dekuskrub2154]

ArcSys has definetly put out some real stinkers, especially on the Wii

[@hazardrider8317]

What I got out of this video: I really want another Fortune Street...

[@smergthedargon8974]

No mention of Salt and Sanctuary, the best 2D Soulslike? No mentioned of... _any_ of the 2D soulslikes?

[@azurebookllet9216]

How many of the 2D ones can you name? I can name 4-8 (depends on whether you count two that are closer to Bloodborne, and one that's not yet released.)

[@smergthedargon8974]

@@azurebookllet9216 I'm only familiar with S&S.

[@azurebookllet9216]

@@smergthedargon8974 All right, here's a list I commented under a couple of other threads here: * Salt and Sanctuary itself, 2014 * DarkMaus (2016; top-down, everyone is a mouse, don't know much else about it) * Shrouded in Sanity (2016; has a free version, top-down, more Bloodborne-style with revolvers and Lovecraft influences, has two sequels that shifted genre); * Void Memory (2016; sideview, possibly RPGMaker, really blatant clone and mostly bad besides a few cool boss fights) * Gloom (2017; sideview, roguelike, black-and-white, great OST, poor animations/AI, but possibly has the best story out of all these games and the coolest final boss) * Unworthy (2018; sideview, black-and-white, may have the best enemies and Metroidvania progression, but also the most minimal story and the worst final boss) * Death's Gambit (2018; Adult Swim, so has full voice acting and generally high production values, but can be unbalanced in gameply and very uneven in story) * Dark Devotion (2019; third-largest after DG and S & S with ~20 bosses, but has balance issues and is lacking in exploration) * Blasphemous (coming out this year, has the same premise as Unworthy, looks more colorful but seems to have worse gameplay to my eyes) EDIT: I forgot that there also was DarkMaus in 2016. It was top-down, and I don't think it was very good once you get past the novelty of its concept, but, yeah.

[@ksm_ngr]

@@azurebookllet9216 I've cleared SnS, DarkMaus, and Unworthy. DarkMaus is similar to Unworthy in that it's a more arcade-y "2D souls" than SnS, with relatively short campaign. Although IMO DarkMaus has slightly better progression system. It has stat allocation, variety of weapons, and has spells, so you can have builds unlike in Unworthy. Where Unworthy excels in platforming puzzle, DarkMaus excels in enemy placement. The mouse can't see behind walls, so late in game you must always be on your toes for enemy ambush and traps. Unlike in Unworthy where you are expected to dodge every danger, DarkMaus expects you to use your stamina to block, dodge, and position yourself smartly (like in the 3D soulsborne games) because you can easily be swarmed by enemies and traps. Unworthy has better variety of art asset though. More background variety, better storytelling, and unique music for every boss.

[@azurebookllet9216]

@@ksm_ngr Thanks for that explatation! Just saw some videos of DarkMaus, and it certainly looks cool for what it is (and better than the other top-down game I mentioned, Shrouded in Sanity), even if the overall art variety is more limited that Unworthy's. They both have different strengths due to their pesrpectives: Unworthy can do multiple backgrounds and foregrounds, which looks really cool and reminded me of how Darkest Dungeon did it at times, while DarkMaus has its dynamic lightning and shadows. Unworthy has better boss music as you mentioned, and a couple of its bosses are straight-up superior: Gaston the archer is one of the coolest bosses in all Souls-style games, imo, Dancer's hallucinogenic distortion is really creepy, and Dominic is also really strong with his two themes and transformation (it's a bit of a generic idea, but is still cool.) DarkMaus could have made its twin boss fight into their equivalent to O & S, but it missed that opportunity. However, it is cool that all its bosses have stamina bars and so fighting them is more of a duel, so I say they are still matched well enough with the Unworthy's bosses outside of the three I mentioned. Fighting normal enemies seems more a duel too because of their stamina bars, while Unworthy's enemies are more about pulling off cool special moves to even the playing field (that laser blast from the cage-headed enemies.) In all, both seem pretty good, though both could have had that final push to make them great.

[@synthw1431]

ah yes, any game that uses a sword to hit things, a shield to block, and a dodge mechanic, is instantly a dark souls clone. 👌

[@cloudbloom]

Demon's Souls will always be my favorite in the series

[@theheavenlywaffle9140]

Man I just love the surge. I've played through all the souls game and I would recommend it to those who like the sci fci aesthetic and hating yourself

[@Ronin11111111]

Kinda sad you didn't talk about Nioh. I love that game.

[@NSFSponsor]

Nioh actually more like Ninja Gaiden in a lot of ways

[@Ronin11111111]

@@NSFSponsor I'd say it's more of a midpoint between that and Souls I think. I mean there's a Jin Hayabusa bossfight and it feels like fighting someone with a Ninja Gaiden moveset, while you have sometging way slower.

[@josharpe]

Dark Souls is a classic of modern day games and nobody can say otherwise

[@Tsukinotaku]

11:35 Oh come on. The SAO Games aren't that bad. they are really fun if you're into that pseudo mmo action rpg gameplay. And the grind. You really gotta love grinding... Fatal Bullet was really fun too.

[@michaelflatt4663]

You left out so many! Good vid reguardless.

[@colleenglanville8293]

"Ain't Nobody Lining Up For Blockbuster Video These Day's." I remember the good old days where I would go to Blockbuster to rent a movie...Now the place is a running joke lol! 😂😂😂

[@chiefs2pretty4radio]

😪

[@colleenglanville8293]

Chief B Lol.

[@npthedarkside27]

FUCK YEAH AUSTIN, GET THAT RAID MONEY! Im glad you got offered this ad, Ive heard great things about that paycheck.

[@zelatoth]

No mention of Salt and Sanctuary? It's Dark Souls in 2D.

[@blurgalsklech2929]

It's not a clone. The switch to 2D changes not just how you'll play but the combats pacing and structure. He went for straight clones of the 3D Animation Priority/Stamina Management gameplay.

[@zelatoth]

@@blurgalsklech2929 Stamina management is in Salt and Sanctuary plus you collect salt the same way you collect souls and lose said salt if you die. Also the difficulty is on par with Dark Souls and you have to choose a class and a item that your character starts with. It may not be 3D but I sure felt like I was playing Dark Souls in a 2D space.

[@blurgalsklech2929]

@@zelatoth Yes. It is Souls. In 2D. And by his definition it is not a clone. He straight up picked full on DS clones.

[@zelatoth]

@@blurgalsklech2929 you agreed with me to tell me I'm wrong? Because of a dimension? Ok whatever.

[@blurgalsklech2929]

@@zelatoth No I'm saying this is his video and you really should use his definition. You posited that he wasn't recognizing Salt as a DS Clone. That's because he made the arbitrary decision to focus on the games that look like they took DS's engine, copied and pasted it into their own game. Salt took the system of DS but it clearly didn't clone the engine. By Austin's definition he was looking at the straight pure clones, in 3D like Souls. Salt didn't clone, it recreated the Souls experience in a 2D Metroidvania. We can't really have a dialectic here unless we share the same definition. I'm posting to try and convey what the video was doing and why Salt, my favorite Soulslike, was not in his list. Not to mention he goes through bad to mediocre games as a norm. Salt is probably too good for his radar.

[@jo-fhreycorpuz]

Bro. Souls like surely inspired by metroidvania. Even some of the concept of unlocking areas and the levelling up. Nc vid btw.

[@thegamerguru97]

Did....did you just eww Euro truck sim 2!?...aka the most relaxing game ever created, it's incredible

[@johnbuscher]

The only way to improve it is to make a modern, huge Test Drive Unlimited 2 so that you don't have to deal with trailers.

[@dondeepzzz]

Im so glad you made a video on inferno climber. i bought the game because i wanted to make a video on this blatant Dark souls rip off but after playing the 1st 5 minutes of the game i realised that there is literally no way this game could look fun to watch despite how many edits i'd put in

[@FaizalKuntz]

Dark Souls is a clone of Berserk

[@sozaj]

Which is a good thing because there aren't enough great games of Berserk (especially over here in the States).

[@nigthor1081]

For berserk fans everything dark is a berserk clone

[@passedbourget]

The Home Improvements theme just gives me Neil Cicierega flashbacks

[@arnoldoaad]

noticing that Hollow knight music

[@bismuthcrystal9658]

This is the fifth *RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS* ad I've seen *today.* I actually really love them. They show me which channels to ignore. If you're willing to be paid for your opinions, you're not worth listening to.

[@otaking3582]

Now do an episode on Dynasty Warriors clones!

[@otaking3582]

@White-Van Helsing What the hell are you talking about? Saying that Sengoku Basara and Samurai Warriors are the same game is like saying that Devil May Cry 1 and the PS2 Castlevanias are the same game. Even the Warriors games made by Tecmo Koei themselves (which are spin-offs, not clones) have different mechanics to them to make each one feel unique

[@malcomalexander9437]

As long as that video has Drakengard on the list.

[@otaking3582]

@@malcomalexander9437 And Kamen Rider: Battride Wars

[@otaking3582]

@Most Deadest Pool of em All. You obviously haven't played many musou games, have you?

[@cartoonvideos5]

Orochi Warriors 3 Ultimate is the best musou game imo. Ryu Hayabusa and tons of other cool characters.

[@bobsteave1236]

cool vid, Early access is the key word here for many of the titles and hope at least 1 of these projects gets full release.

[@ZetZatar]

Armored Core is like the Dark Souls of mecha games. 😁

[@QMMarc]

More like actually, LITERALLY the Dark Souls of mecha games. In fact more brutal than Dark Souls honestly. From wasn't dicking around with those games.

[@Azure9577]

It's the opposite dark Souls is the armored core of dark fantasy hack and slash rpgs

[@Equ3strianGam3r]

I hoped you would have showed some 2D games but I liked the video anyways. Keep up the good work.

[@azurebookllet9216]

I already suggested he does a whole video on those. There are like 8 of them by now.

[@imoffended2444]

Did this dude just pronounce sekiro like "saykeero"

[@mankomamada2545]

And "creo" like "cree-yo".lol.

[@theravenmonarch9441]

How else would you pronounce Sekiro?

[@ultimate_oikawa]

Finally austin talks about souls games

[@bradyblu4794]

Nero DMC Next he should talk about the 3rd person 3D fighting games.

[@AndrewAndroid1]

What the heck happened to the sonic adventure clones video

[@amirgarcia547]

Andrew Wood It disappeared into the void along with Blaze’s screentime.

[@elmoisred616]

Suprised you didnt cover Death's Gambit, Salt and Sanctuary or Deadcells although you obviously alluded to a couple of them. Probably because they've been covered enough already aha props for the original suggestions. I was unaware of most of these.

[@azurebookllet9216]

Someone else mentioned Death's Gambit! I am not sure Dead Cells should be counted, though: sure, it's hard, but it doesn't have stamina-based combat, like S & S, DG and a couple of other 2D games, like Shrouded in Sanity, Gloom and Unworthy, so it's significantly less like Dark Souls then those. It's the same reason why Hollow Knight shouldn't be counted, regardless of its difficulty.

[@xalener]

"I think we can blame Halo for health regen[easy games]" >shows footage of the game that's notorious an entire level full of tiny hidden 1hk sniping enemies boy if you'on't gecho

[@acidwizard6528]

you actually made me chuckle a couple times sir

[@theoakty9242]

nioh and ashen are the only good souls 3d clones with their own personality

[@paulman34340]

"The Surge stares with malice in it's eyes"

[@matthewfnbonner]

Yo Austin! Love your videos man. Next clone video you should make is Devil May Cry. I wanna find more games other than the usual Bayonettas and Nier Automatas and maybe even find something that can be interesting

[@OriginalSetyx]

How you could forget to mention the hentai clone of dark souls : Demon Sperm ! We are all really disappointed !

[@etiennesotelo3194]

Man I can’t hear that song from Ico without hearing Lil B’s “Flowers Rise” because he samples it. In the immortal words of the basedgod himself “haven’t played it yet, classic!”

[@JohnWhite-ry8te]

No monster hunter? Good.

[@ElJags]

He probably knows well. Thank god