Is Dark Souls inspired by Zelda?

Dark Souls draws on the intrepid spirit of Zelda to embolden the player's desire to explore and discover. Around every corner is something to learn, and the satisfaction comes from knowing that everything accomplished was earned.
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What is Dark Souls influenced by?

Miyazaki stated that the game draws direct inspiration from earlier works of fantasy and dark fantasy, especially the manga series Berserk.
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Is Dark Souls a Zelda game?

“When I was a student, The Legend of Zelda was truly monumental, so to be perfectly honest, I feel deeply unworthy of the comparison. The Legend of Zelda and Dark Souls are different games belonging to different genres though, and they're guided by different concepts of game design.
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Is Dark Souls similar to Zelda?

The Legend of Souls

A lot of gamers have noticed a striking amount of similarities between The Legend of Zelda and the Dark Souls games. Aside from being 3D action adventures titles, the combat mechanics seem to be fashioned around a similar type of gameplay, even if Souls goes a bit more in-depth.
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Is death's door like Zelda?

Death's Door uses a isometric camera, but it still essentially plays like a top-down Zelda similar to A Link to the Past. And like Zelda games, Death's Door has players collecting upgrades, finding new tools, completing puzzles, and conquering dungeons.
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How a Dark Souls Veteran plays Zelda: Breathe of the Wild



Is Zelda a dungeon crawler?

2 The Legend of Zelda

The dungeon-crawling genre would be absolutely nothing without the original Legend of Zelda and vice-versa. The best part about any Zelda title is without a doubt the dungeons. Even in more modern entries in the series like Breath of the Wild, the dungeons are the key to beating the game.
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Is Zelda ever coming to PS4?

Don't panic, though! While you'll never be able to play a Legend of Zelda game on PS4, there are plenty of other games in a similar vein. And some of them are very good.
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What mythology is Dark Souls based on?

A key influence on Dark Souls is western mythology, most obviously the visual parallel between Gwyn and Zeus, ranging from the classical pantheons of Greece and Rome to Anglo-Saxon, Welsh and Norse equivalents.
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Did Dark Souls copy Berserk?

The Souls games provide players with a wide-ranging arsenal, and many of these are drawn directly from the world of Berserk. The Dark Souls series' enormous Greatsword, a favorite of players pursuing a strength build, is clearly inspired by the ridiculously oversized blade wielded by Guts.
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Will there be a Dark Souls 4?

Dark Souls 4 will probably not release until around 2024 or later as From Software is currently focused on Elden Ring, so any further projects that aren't announced or far in development will likely not be out for a couple of years.
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What was Elden Ring inspired by?

Classics of the genre. Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki said that while Elden Ring doesn't take inspiration from any one game in particular, he himself has been influenced by other open worlds including Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Elder Scrolls series, and The Witcher 3.
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Can a 15 year old read Berserk?

If I had to stamp an age on it I would say 15-16, personally anything below 14 seems a bit too young, especially for the Eclipse.
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Is Miyazaki a Berserk fan?

Miyazaki is apparently a huge fan of Berserk's protagonist, Guts, as there are weapons in the games that are almost carbon copies of the armaments the Black Swordsman uses in the legendary manga as well as numerous other references.
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Is Bloodborne related to Dark Souls?

If so then we've got the answer. Simply put, no. Bloodborne and Dark Souls do not belong to the same universe. The series director Hidetaka Miyazaki has gone on record several times to highlight that he always intended the two series to be separate and that Bloodborne does not share the same universe as Dark Souls.
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What mythology is Bloodborne based on?

This is a long article, so buckle up and let's dive into the terrifying abyss of the cosmos! The setting, characters, and plot of Bloodborne are heavily indebted to a number of sources, such as H.P. Lovecraft's mythos, FromSoft's previous Souls series, the manga Berserk, and others.
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Is Gwyn inspired by Zeus?

Gwyn's design and lore seems to have been heavily inspired by Zeus of ancient Greek mythology. Several aspects of him can also be compared to the Welsh deity Gwyn ap Nudd.
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What is the closest game to Zelda on PS4?

18 Open-World PlayStation Games To Play If You Like Zelda
  1. 1 Immortals Fenyx Rising.
  2. 2 Final Fantasy XV. ...
  3. 3 Hob. ...
  4. 4 Anodyne. ...
  5. 5 The Witcher 3. ...
  6. 6 Horizon Zero Dawn. ...
  7. 7 Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor. ...
  8. 8 Hyper Light Drifter. ...
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Is Nintendo making a new Zelda game?

Breath of the Wild 2 – release date

The sequel to Breath of the Wild 2 is currently scheduled to launch exclusively on Nintendo Switch in spring 2023. This was confirmed by Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma in a video announcement made in March 2022 revealing the game's delay from 2022.
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Can I play Botw on PS5?

There's one thing that Nintendo consoles have over any other format, including PS5: you can't play Zelda on it. Yes, the dream of playing Breath of the Wild or Link to the Past on your PS5 console may be well and truly dead. But that doesn't mean there aren't tonnes of great games out there very similar to Zelda.
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Is the binding of Isaac like Zelda?

The game features an overhead view like Zelda, and the status bar on top of the screen is almost identical to the one in Zelda. Many of the game's items are used exactly like items from the Zelda series, including hearts, bombs and keys, and there also are enemies behaving like Zelda enemies.
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Was Diablo the first dungeon crawler?

The first computer-based dungeon crawl was pedit5, developed in 1975 by Rusty Rutherford on the PLATO interactive education system based in Urbana, Illinois.
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Is Skyrim a dungeon crawler?

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has some seriously massive dungeons for the Dragonborn to explore, some of which are bigger than the map's cities. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim possesses some of the biggest and baddest dungeons in the RPG genre.
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Is Elden Ring a Berserk reference?

Yes, the post he makes in some promo art for Elden Ring does look very similar to Guts' iconic pose in the Berserker Armor, but Miyazaki has referenced this pose many times before. In fact, Artorias of the Abyss, as a character, is a giant Guts reference.
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Is Elden Ring based off of Berserk?

Elden Ring contains some of the Souls series' most obvious nods to the manga Berserk, and thanks to a new mod, Berserk protagonist Guts is now officially a part of the Lands Between.
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Is bloodborne based on Berserk?

Turns out Miyazaki, the mind behind Bloodborne and the Souls series is a big fan of Berserk and incorporated a lot of Miura's ideas into his own work.
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