When aliens attempt to piece collectively the historical past of our civilisation from the contents of anyone’s PS4 arduous drive, they’re going to imagine Dark Souls was our most necessary cultural touchstone.
Ghost Recon: Wildlands features a little nod to Dark Souls, due to course it does.
Dark Souls and its prolonged household could also be thought-about area of interest because of their issue (though it’s arduous to think about such well-known video games as something however mainstream), however they’re massively well-liked amongst builders, as evidenced by what number of video games as of late embody a small tribute to the franchise.
The hottest option to reference Dark Souls is to incorporate one thing akin to the long-lasting bonfires, and that’s what we discover in Ghost Recon: Wildlands, too. YouTuber xGarbett takes a have a look at it above.
The Witcher 3 had a similar Dark Souls easter egg, as did Just Cause 3 and Overwatch. Borderlands 2 has a stack of Dark Souls Easter eggs, and you could find references in World of Warcraft, Mirror’s Edge, Fallout four, Destiny, Killzone Shadowfall, Dota 2, Skyrim and the From Software-published 3D Dot Heroes, too.
More importantly than these cute little references to a beloved recreation, Dark Souls has already had a robust affect on triple-A and indie recreation design, and is for certain to depart behind an everlasting legacy. We’ve seen some flat out clones of the collection, like Lords of the Fallen, and mutated iterations of it, as with Titan Souls.
Some video games cherry decide bits and items of the From Software method, like Nier Automata’s corpses, and you would argue that shades of Dark Souls are felt in most third-person motion video games as of late, by means of evolving RPG programs and an emphasis on excessive danger excessive reward fight.
If we’re to see no extra Dark Souls video games, as appears seemingly, it’s good that a few of its concepts reside on – and that builders just like the Ghost Recon Wildlands crew proceed to pay tribute.
