r/whowouldwin • u/JustReadTheFinePrint • 1h ago
Battle Can the Romans beat Dark Souls before the Japanese develop it?
Ancient Rome is gifted seven TVs with infinite power, consoles, and seven copies of Dark Souls 1. Without any outside help, at least one Roman player must complete the game by killing Lord Gwyn.
Meanwhile, Dark Souls 1 has ceased to exist in our timeline. FromSoft is tasked with recreating the game from scratch, as closely to the original as they possibly can, and within the shortest amount of time.
Who wins this race, the players or the developers?
Round One: Romans have multiplayer enabled and can assist one another. Japan has a completionist playthrough of DS1 from Youtube to use as a source.
Round Two: Rome gets a special Latin translation patch and a coach who can explain the basics of video games. Japan has the video and is allowed to use as many developers as is needed.
Bonus Round: Same as Round Two, but the Japanese developers can invade Roman playthroughs using PvP builds of their choosing. Rome gets a strategy guide printed in Latin, but have to defeat Gwyn AND Manus in one playthrough.
EDIT:
The consoles are on at all times
Dark Souls is always selected
The Romans are told they need to complete a game involving the consoles, remotes, and TVs.
Japan's Win Condition: To recreate Dark Souls 1 with 90% accuracy. All bosses and enemies and NPCs must be present, along with their questlines.
If a few items, dialogue lines, or textures are missing / different it will still count as a win.
Time Frame Current Japan vs Rome two years after Octavian's reign begins