Do We Need a Soulslike Genre?

🔴 Get bonus content by supporting Game Maker’s Toolkit - https://gamemakerstoolkit.com/support/ 🔴 The rise of games inspired by Dark Souls has led some to suggest that Dark Souls invented a whole new genre of games. In this video, lets look at the ramifications of turning a game into a genre. === Sources and Resources === Nioh Suggests That Dark Souls Actually Invented a New Genre | Waypoint https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/artic... Berling Interpretation | Rogue Basin http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php?t... Screw the Berlin Interpretation! | Darren Grey http://www.gamesofgrey.com/blog/?p=403 Picture in a Frame | Amr Al-Aaser on Medium   / picture-in-a-frame   Metroidvania List | VG Musuem http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/multi/Ess... Did we make a Metroidvania? | Two Tribes http://twotribes.com/message/did-we-m... The Lost Soul Arts of Demon's Souls | Matthewmatosis    • The Lost Soul Arts of Demon's Souls   Bloodborne: You are the experience points (origin of “action warm-ups”) | Gamasutra http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/24... === Chapters === 00:00 - Intro 01:28 - How Genres are Born 02:17 - Roguelikes 05:55 - Metroidvanias 07:36 - Immersive Sims 09:52 - How Genres Can Stifle Innovation 10:50 - Do We Need a Soulslike Genre? 12:41 - Conclusion 12:59 - Patreon Credits === Games Shown === Lords of the Fallen (2014) The Surge (2017) Nioh (2017) Salt and Sanctuary (2016) Death’s Gambit (2018) Wolfenstein 3D (1992) DOOM (1993) PowerSlave (1996) Heretic (1994) Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995) Duke Nukem 3D (1996) Half-Life (1998) Unreal (1998) GoldenEye 007 (1997) SiN (1998) System Shock 2 (1999) Dark Souls (2011) Rogue (1980) NetHack (1987) Moria (1988) Angband (1990) Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer (1995) DOOM (2016) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) Superhot (2013) Fallout 4 (2015) BioShock (2007) Devil Daggers (2016) Tales of Maj'Eyal (2012) Flinthook (2017) Crypt of the NecroDancer (2015) FTL: Faster Than Light (2012) Spelunky (2012) Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014) Nuclear Throne (2015) Strafe (2017) Invisible, Inc. (2015) Enter the Gungeon (2016) Monolith (2017) GoNNER (2017) Don't Starve (2013) Rogue Legacy (2013) Hyper Light Drifter (2016) Darksiders (2010) Ittle Dew 2 (2016) Rime (2017) Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (2011) Okami (2006) The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (2014) 868-Hack (2013) Downwell (2015) Axiom Verge (2015) Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (2001) Song of the Deep (2016) Super Metroid (1994) Hollow Knight (2017) Shadow Complex (2009) Guacamelee (2013) Ori and the Blind Forest (2015) Toki Tori 2+ (2013) Blaster Master (1988) Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (1989) Deus Ex (2000) Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016) Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011) Thief: The Dark Project (1998) Demon's Souls (2009) Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss (1992) Dishonored 2 (2016) Prey (2017) Hitman (2016) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) LawBreakers (2017) Overwatch (2016) Team Fortress 2 (2007) Dark Souls III (2016) Let It Die (2016) Dead Cells (2017) Bloodborne (2015) Arms (2017) Tekken 7 (2015) The King of Fighters XIV (2016) Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013) Resident Evil (2002) Alien: Isolation (2014) Dead Space (2008) Soma (2015) Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010) === Credits === Music used in this episode Lee Rosevere - Music for Podcasts https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com === Subtitles === Contribute translated subtitles - https://amara.org/v/C3BEy/