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Soulslike - Discussion, News, Memes

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Given Lemmy's size, the definition of soulslike may be treated relatively loosely. While games like the numerous FromSoft titles, the recent Star Wars Jedi games, Lies of P, Nioh and similar games should be the focus, games that incorporate soulslike elements - like Hollow Knight and Blasphemous, for example - may also be discussed here.

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[BB] This enemy is so difficult!

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[DS1] Anyone struggling with the gargoyles?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fine. I'll beat this dragon. I've already tried enough times might as well finish it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

CURSE YOU BAYLE

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Fine, I'll use a sword. I've already failed at magic enough times I may as well forget about it.

Holy shit I can just cut these fuckers down. Why was I wasting blue bar on Glintstone Pebble when I could have been using Square Up.

Lordsworn's Longsword, u my only friend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I like having both options. And even if you're a pure spellcaster, there are spells like Carian Slicer that are basically a weapon made of magic

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Dang yo, I suck at Elden Ring without me spells and incantations.

Ancient Dragons Lightning is a little too strong on big bosses

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's me after playing Prisioner for hours, after locking out too many sidequest because Miyazaki hates me I created a new char.

Lvl 1 naked with my big ass club until I got the Erdsteel Dagger. This baby slice anything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I love Souls-talk

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I got the first Dark Souls because it was touted as being super hard and shit, and from watching some videos I came to the conclusion that it was just pattern recognition and not actually that hard.

Which is kinda true, but at the same time the speed of the game does a lot of heavy lifting and the usage of old school game design (like NES era stuff) that was once only there to make a short game longer being used to make exploration even better without just giving you flashy stuff every few feet makes it so much better than I expected it to be.

Like I went from thinking it can't be that awesome to it becoming my favorite modern genre. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago