Poll of the Day > Dark Souls isn't a real game

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shadowsword87 01/06/18 11:45:20 PM #1:	There's no failstate, that means you can't lose. Therefor it's not a real game. <cite>shadowsword87 posted [p:893569293] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote>There's no failstate, that means you can't lose. Therefor it's not a real game.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GanonsSpirit 01/06/18 11:46:51 PM #2:	There's no failstate for most games these days. --- http://i.imgur.com/tsQUpxC.jpg Thanks, Nade Duck! [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] <cite>GanonsSpirit posted [p:893569366] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote>There's no failstate for most games these days.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nightengale 01/06/18 11:47:04 PM #3:	im not a nerd so i don't know what you're talking about sorry --- I know it sounds kind of odd for me to say this about myself, but you should know that my mood changes with the wind. <cite>Nightengale posted [p:893569374] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote>im not a nerd so i don't know what you're talking about sorry</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 01/06/18 11:47:13 PM #4:	shadowsword87 posted... There's no failstate, that means you can't lose. Therefor it's not a real game. It uses checkpoint bases failstates, similar to many boardgames - like Sorry/Aggravation --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:893569381] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote><cite>shadowsword87 posted...</cite> <quote>There's no failstate, that means you can't lose. Therefor it's not a real game.</quote> It uses checkpoint bases failstates, similar to many boardgames - like Sorry/Aggravation</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lightning Bolt 01/07/18 12:44:35 AM #5:	You fail by "going Hollow" i.e. giving up and quitting the game, leaving your character lifeless and empty. --- One day dude, I'm just gonna get off the bus, and I'm gonna run in the woods and never come back, and when I come back I'm gonna be the knife master! -The Rev <cite>Lightning Bolt posted [p:893572095] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote>You fail by "going Hollow" i.e. giving up and quitting the game, leaving your character lifeless and empty.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shadowsword87 01/07/18 1:04:36 AM #6:	Lightning Bolt posted... You fail by "going Hollow" i.e. giving up and quitting the game, leaving your character lifeless and empty. Oh, just like how you fail by leaving the Gone Home program. Cool. <cite>shadowsword87 posted [p:893572978] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote><cite>Lightning Bolt posted...</cite> <quote>You fail by "going Hollow" i.e. giving up and quitting the game, leaving your character lifeless and empty.</quote> Oh, just like how you fail by leaving the Gone Home program. Cool.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 01/07/18 1:13:22 AM #7:	where does it say that a game must have a failstate This is like 10-15 years ago when so many people on this site claimed that turn based games werent actually games because there is input delay --- All praise Mead <cite>Mead posted [p:893573351] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote>where does it say that a game must have a failstate This is like 10-15 years ago when so many people on this site claimed that turn based games werent actually games because there is input delay</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nightengale 01/07/18 1:17:46 AM #8:	im sure the lack of failstates is what made nerds on here so angry about gone home --- I know it sounds kind of odd for me to say this about myself, but you should know that my mood changes with the wind. <cite>Nightengale posted [p:893573524] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote>im sure the lack of failstates is what made nerds on here so angry about gone home</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kyuubi4269 01/07/18 1:33:01 AM #9:	When all your equipment is scraped, you lose. --- RIP_Supa posted... I've seen some stuff <cite>Kyuubi4269 posted [p:893574155] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote>When all your equipment is scraped, you lose.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 01/07/18 2:54:40 AM #10:	shadowsword87 posted... There's no failstate, that means you can't lose. The ability to lose isn't actually an intrinsic aspect of the Platonic archetypal concept of "game", though. GanonsSpirit posted... There's no failstate for most games these days. I haven't willingly played games with definitive failstates in 20+ years. If I can't save-scum my way through something, I have literally no interest in playing it. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:893576660] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote><cite>shadowsword87 posted...</cite> <quote>There's no failstate, that means you can't lose.</quote> The ability to lose isn't actually an intrinsic aspect of the Platonic archetypal concept of "game", though. <cite>GanonsSpirit posted...</cite> <quote>There's no failstate for most games these days.</quote> I haven't willingly played games with definitive failstates in 20+ years. If I can't save-scum my way through something, I have literally no interest in playing it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kungfu Kenobi 01/07/18 7:23:42 AM #11:	ParanoidObsessive posted... shadowsword87 posted... There's no failstate, that means you can't lose. The ability to lose isn't actually an intrinsic aspect of the Platonic archetypal concept of "game", though. Yeah if Dark Souls isn't a game for lack of a fail state, then neither is basic "Tag". --- This album is not available to the public. Even if it were, you wouldn't wanna listen to it! <cite>Kungfu Kenobi posted [p:893581402] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote><cite>shadowsword87 posted...</cite> <quote>There's no failstate, that means you can't lose.</quote> The ability to lose isn't actually an intrinsic aspect of the Platonic archetypal concept of "game", though.</quote> Yeah if Dark Souls isn't a game for lack of a fail state, then neither is basic "Tag".</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PlayStationV 01/07/18 8:08:24 AM #12:	Video games aren't real games. --- He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts <cite>PlayStationV posted [p:893582199] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote>Video games aren't real games.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Warri0r_Drag0n 01/07/18 8:58:13 AM #13:	PlayStationV posted... Video games aren't real games. qft --- [Death from Above] <cite>Warri0r_Drag0n posted [p:893583284] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote><cite>PlayStationV posted...</cite> <quote>Video games aren't real games.</quote> qft</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ninja_lootz 01/07/18 9:08:54 AM #14:	Death is the failstate. Also, who cares if it's a game or not? --- MY HELMET'S ON YOU CAN'T TELL ME I'M NOT IN SPACE <cite>ninja_lootz posted [p:893583604] in Dark Souls... [t:76175882]...</cite> <quote>Death is the failstate. Also, who cares if it's a game or not?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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