"let me roll around, record the boss's steps, and find that one built in flaw in his rotation" - The game

isn't that like old games like mega man?

Dirty secret: that's every enemy in video games

thats where you're wrong kiddo

😛

i dont have time for dark souls lol

naw but Dark souls really has that level of "at second 17 until second 20 of the boss's 30 second rotation is the only point where you can attack without getting hit"

sounds like you haven't played dark souls

bosses are not that scripted

and any other move kills you instantly

I have, and they really are 😛

i'm hyperbolic ofc, but its the gist of it

that is grossly hyperbolic

its not that hyperbolic

and at various health levels they change fight rotations/mechanics

a better complaint you could make is getting 4 phantoms to latch onto the bosses face while you smack it in the ass for 2 minutes before it's dead

dark souls isn't perfect

Yeah, they're not that scripted

You have to learn its weaknesses relative to your build

but those criticism are just ignorant

And how you deal with a particular move on the boss can vary a lot on your gear and spec

For some, it's better to dodge

For others, it's better to take the damage

hell, even DS2 had the thing where with the right setup you could just almost oneshot most bosses with some spells

For still others, maybe you dodge in a particular direction

You also only have to repeat when you're doing badly

but I have yet to see any other game do bosses consistently as good as dark souls

theres that dark souls copy game, Lords of the Fallen

If you're doing well against a new boss, you're likely figuring out how it works

didn't everyone hate lords of the fallen?

find me a game that does bosses better than dark souls

I think it was generally thought of as a satisfactory tide-over

Wonderful 101

You'd probably have ot restrict that to RPGs

I have fond memories of e.g. Metroid Prime bosses

>Platinum Games

not even fair

But the necessary principles there are really different

still, the same things that you could criticize dark souls bosses for could also be applied to games like Metal Gear Rising

Enemy design generally

Lords of the Fall was legit what i said though, and due to its similarities to dark souls i generalise any such games the same,

Its about just dodging around until you understand the boss's standard pattern and then just attack during that 1 build in flaw

Most enemies are always designed with deliberate spaces for them to be vulnerable to the player

You can also do the inverse

Attack until it's dangerous