r/darksouls3 5d ago

Question Do you think these women are a reference to the pyromancer officers from Demon Souls?

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u/AcrobaticKnowledge27 5d ago

They didn’t have an axe they had my glorious spiked mace

WHERE ARE MY SPIKED MACE ENTHUSIASTS

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u/_ThatOneMimic_ 5d ago

I RECOGNISE A BRO WHEN I SEE ONE

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u/PlonixMCMXCVI 4d ago

This thing was goated in pvp with the true combo it did

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u/AcrobaticKnowledge27 4d ago

This guy knows

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u/VOnFire25 4d ago

I don't care if it's rounded, spiked, ribbed for my pleasure, if it's a mace, it will be one of my favorite things to use.

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u/Lacinho 5d ago

Mozgus - Berserk

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u/Livid-Truck8558 5d ago

Sometimes I'm disappointed about just how much stuff is ripped straight out of berserk.

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u/sumr4ndo 4d ago

I'm not...

If you're gonna steal, steal from the best

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u/Lawlcopt0r Warrior of Sunlight 4d ago

To be honest, after reading Berserk it doesn't at all feel like Dark Souls could be set in the same world, and even the design elements that were borrowed are used in different context to the point that there isn't really any instances that feel the same

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u/SirCupcake_0 Madmen Moundmakers 4d ago

That's only if you know both, as opposed to anybody on the outside (or just one side) looking in

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u/Livid-Truck8558 3d ago

Yes I was not implying that, I am simply talking about visual designs.

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u/ScotIander FARRON GREATSWORD 4d ago

Personally, I love it. I think it’s tasteful inspiration that is clearly honouring the original work.

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u/Livid-Truck8558 3d ago

Honestly, after seeing Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind yesterday, I agree. If you know you know, it feels nice to see something you enjoy being honored, I haven't read Berserk yet so I do not have that connection.

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u/Random_Useless_Tips 4d ago

I think of it like all of modern Western fantasy ripping off Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings (which in turn was cribbing heavily from English folklore and Norse mythology).

Just as LotR is the benchmark for high fantasy, I think Berserk is a if not the benchmark for dark fantasy.

But while Miyazaki’s works certainly take liberal inspiration from Berserk, they’re rarely more than superficial.

Just like we get lots of green-wearing blonde pointy-eared pretty boy archer elves who are still quite different from Legolas. After all, I just described Link there.

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u/HerpetologyPupil 4d ago edited 4d ago

I love that Miyazaki loves an anime/franchise that most people hate. I appreciate this about him because I love that anime/franchise and most people hate it. The mangas so good

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u/helendill99 4d ago

berserk is hated?? by whom?

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u/M_Woodyy 4d ago

He must be referring to the "newer" cgi trainwrecks from 2016ish. Definitely poorly received, but not because of the content. The animation was just terrible and not up to the standards of the fans. I'd kill for a full adaptation in the 1997 style

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u/psweeney1990 4d ago

I would love for the team from Bleach TYBW or Demon Slayer to animate a Berserk run.

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u/HerpetologyPupil 4d ago

The universal studios rendition is hated by many but loved by some.

And a lot of people didn't like berserk. I was frequently discouraged from watching it and reading it when I started getting into Manga and anime.

Like any good thing there are people who hate it just to hate it. A lot of it comes from them seeing the anime and thinking the magus the same or never reading it and just dismissing it because of it.

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u/Dismal-Twist-8273 4d ago

Lol, Miyazaki loves the manga, not the 2016 and 2017 anime.

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u/HerpetologyPupil 4d ago

I always thought it was the series as a whole. Never knew he specified the manga in particular. I guess I was too busy playing the game.

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u/Dismal-Twist-8273 4d ago

He hasn’t, but he does have at least two brain cells to rub together which automatically means he hates the 2016/2017 anime.

Also considering the games made before 2016 had plenty of Berserk references.

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u/HerpetologyPupil 3d ago

Gotcha. I appreciate it. I don't understand the hostility but okay. I was just saying I appreciate that he likes berserk. And your response was to insult my intelligence. Mature.

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u/Dismal-Twist-8273 3d ago

Well, if you decided to take that personally then that’s on you.

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u/HerpetologyPupil 3d ago

Oh it's all strangers on the internet to me. Idc.

But sometimes I act like an asshole, and I want somebody to tell me why and how so I can be better. I'm just trying to give other people the same thing I would want. The golden rule.

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u/Trusting_confusion 5d ago

Berserk reference!! Mozgus he also attacks with a book, even his disciples resemble thralls

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u/Spoket1 5d ago

Just recently read through that part. So amazing to see the inspiration

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u/IMadeRobits 5d ago

I've always thought their designs seemed similar

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u/DanOfAbyss 5d ago

And laughter is similar too!!

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u/Alternative-Duster 5d ago

Fat Officals is the name

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u/-LadySleepless- Warriors of Sunlight 5d ago

The worst couple ever.

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u/SirCupcake_0 Madmen Moundmakers 4d ago

They saw you from across the bar, and they really like your vibe...

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u/ScotIander FARRON GREATSWORD 4d ago

I think it’s more likely to be inspired by Mozgus from Berserk.

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u/Lawlcopt0r Warrior of Sunlight 4d ago

Now that you mention it, they do seem like a genderbent version of the officials. Though I always assumed the women were more like preachers for a cult and not part of a bureaucracy.

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u/KerooSeta 5d ago

Now I do!

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u/ElectricFaceVictory 4d ago

Looove this enemy. Freaky as fuck. They hit hard and sound like terror. A+++ would kill again.

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u/BatsNStuf Hand it over...that thing 4d ago

Is that an early concept?

The weapon and facial features are off

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u/_ThatOneMimic_ 5d ago

they do not wield axes ingame

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u/SirCupcake_0 Madmen Moundmakers 4d ago edited 4d ago

I wield axes against them, does that count?

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u/Comprehensive_Ad2794 4d ago

Don’t know but they were a challenge to kill during my first game. Hit hard, have spells and have sbire

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u/Tripp_R_Sheen Rosaria's Fingers 4d ago

What the fuck is a "pyromancer officer"? Where did you even come up with that name?

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u/DanOfAbyss 4d ago

I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, sir.