A Dark Souls of VR would be wonderful — here’s how you’d make it

"The Dark Souls of X" is such a common cliche that there’s an entire Twitter account dedicated to mocking it. The phrase is usually an unnecessary substitute for saying a game is hard: Super Hexagon is the Dark Souls of mobile games, Super Meat Boy is the Dark Souls of platformers, Homefront: The Revolution is the Dark Souls of cooperative multiplayer. But in virtual reality, it’s not just empty marketing, but positive inspiration. Chronos, one of my favorite Oculus Rift games,