Talk:Ricard's Rapier/@comment-75.139.167.21-20131103163757/@comment-75.167.146.34-20160904134150

Same AWC from above here

Are you really surprised the souls series has developed an unfortunate 'elitist' fanbase? The games get most of their notariety from their difficulty, which tends to attract these types of people. Not to mention that with the two other main selling points, the amazing combat and interesting lore, they may or may not be turned away by the games' reputation which honestly I think is the most damaging aspect of this series, its reputation can scare off people who may genuinely enjoy it and artificially attracts these types of snobs. Yeah, Soulsborne is a major culture shock compared to other games but is genuinely rewarding once you come to grips with it. Not to mention the brutality lowers a bit.

It can be likened to how Metal Gear aquired a lot of "If it doesn't have incredibly deep lore it's just a children's toy" types and much like souls, the reasons are similar, the series' reputation scares off would be players while attracting some more unsavory types artificially.