Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-25173123-20140816153701/@comment-25173123-20140817130257

So basically you reiterated the fact that no other category really suits it and thus it was placed as an enemy?

My observations on this particular category points me simply to the factor that the category "enemy" might not have been the perfect choice? And seems to be a generalization of really most characters in game.

I see no category for "creatures" as I might think to appear in an RPG and I am thinking many of what are considered enemy could possibly fit better into such a category? The Drift Item I think could fit in with such a category. Similar to how TESwiki categorizes items. Obviously late in the game to be recategorizing everything but food for thought on anyone thinking to categorize other games.

As for the lock-on? I can lock-on to the blacksmiths and they actually can hurt me if I attack them. Yet they are not categorized as an enemy. So not seeing lock-on as a true reasoning to be labeled as an enemy.

And outside of Dark Souls specific discussion itself. What do you actually regard as an enemy in game? An entity you can kill? A threat to you? What? Just curious.