You might not have locational damage but you have stagger if im not wrong. Hitting in the head will produce it, while body hits wont, or would take longer? Im not sure now.
stagger in DS is completely different thing to stagger/ flinch and exhaust system in MH games.
In DS stagger is just simple power of your attack to poise value
where in MH stagger is connected to amount of damage you do, part you attack, stamina monster has, stun accumulation from attacks.
In MH if you hit monster in head with hammer then there is huge chance you can even stun him for seconds or simply make him flinch for second or two. Targeting legs will make him go down.
locational damage does not fit souls games because fights are far too fast for it to ever matter outside of just choosing the one that does the most damage.
This statement doesn't jive well with ability to cut tails of pretty much any monster in DS1. Hell DS1 bosses had ton of places where you could do double or triple damage depending what you targeted.
Like for example vagina dragon where you could not only sever its tail but also strike its head for additional damage and like in mh fassion this was high risk high reward situation.
Add to that for example severing one of his many legs possibly removing his charge attack.
Generaly this type of stuff.
