Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-25173123-20140816153701

This could be as easily off-topic as it would be Dark Souls but seeing that it originated on a Dark Souls page then figured we could move the discussion here.

A question placed by me on the Crystal Lizards page was simple enough. Why is it considered an enemy?

Point basically came down that the reasoning at least on this particular creature in game was the fact that no other category seemed to fit it and they had to categorize it some how. Which hey guess at least that is an answer to why. "For reason of having no better category."

But some seemed to give an explanation of what an enemy was and that some how this creature with zero capability to do harm to your player or others in game was well within the logical definition of "enemy", in gaming at least? (oddly enough two new users seemed to use the exact same word of "entity" and characteristic of killing an entity to it being a logical definition of it as an enemy.)

"...because they're living entities with the sole purpose of dying by the player character's hand."

"enemy generally means a killable entity whose death furthers progress in the game in some way."

So is this in fact a new way of defining an enemy in game? Simply has to be something you can kill and doesn't have to be a threat?

We know that in Duck Hunt that the clay pigeons, birds and such are more targets then enemy. Is the dog your enemy?

We got fruits and other things we eat(kill?) in Pac-man/Ms. Pac-man. Are they enemy?

I for the life of me can't think of an enemy in game that I would consider an enemy without it being a direct threat to me?

Even in COD when I am almost forced to kill civilians in the airport, are they really my enemy? The guys with guns shooting back.. given. But the civilians?

So when it comes down to it. If I can kill it, and it has no designed potential to do harm to me is it my enemy? Or is it something different?

Discuss, argue, cry about it... whatever, bring some thoughts on this.

But lets not call each other derogatory terms for the sake of being offended and needing to vent. Keep it civil. 