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Soulslike - Discussion, News, Memes

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This is a community for discussion, news, and memes pertaining to the video game sub-genre "soulslike".

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.

Basic Lemmy-quette applies. Additionally, since flairs don't exist yet, please do make sure to include a marker to denote what game your post is about in square brackets for clarity's sake. An example could be:

[BB] This enemy is so difficult!

or

[DS1] Anyone struggling with the gargoyles?

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!bloodborne@lemmy.zip

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[โ€“] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

So I see this is the shitposting souls sub.

[โ€“] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's plenty of good reason to not like FF8. None of them keep it from being my favorite though. ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] Numberone@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hell yeah brother!

[โ€“] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

"""No reason."""

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wait what? I thought VIII is about as liked as VII

[โ€“] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

People hate the level scaling in VIII, because the wisest way to play the game is to never level up.

It's still my 3rd favorite entry in the series, though. I don't try to min/max, I just enjoy the game.

[โ€“] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The level scaling is really kind of trash. I played as a kid and it was really hard, and the more I leveled the worse it got.

As an adult it was trivial because I learned not to level, but that was really tedious. Who plays a game to not play a game?

Plus the card game is the most Guide Dang It thing I've ever seen. It's extremely esoteric and the rewards are massive. Also it's so jarring to be like "oh shit the world is ending do you wanna be cards?"

[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Let's have a game of Gwent."

[โ€“] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Triple Triad is the Gwent of the 90s

[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I always hear of 8+9 as the black sheep of the classic Final Fantasy games. They were a big part of my childhood, though, so I love them both.

I only remember 8 being the black sheep. 9 was hailed as a return to form, but yeah, 8 was my first and my favorite.

[โ€“] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

Never heard strong bad opinions about 9. Personally, might be my favorite, although has a very weak villain and ending.

[โ€“] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nine was immediately vilified on launch. The world wasn't ready for the art style.

[โ€“] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wasn't dark souls 2 made without the original game creator?

[โ€“] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Team A was off making Bloodborne. They came back for 3.

[โ€“] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I would like DS2 a lot more if the directional movement hadn't been so badly downgraded.

[โ€“] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly, out of all of DS2's problems, fixing this one alone would make the game a lot more tolerable.

I see this complaint online a lot and never understood it. When I go back to DS1 the four directional rolling always bothers me and I often get hit because I try to roll diagonally and it doesn't let me. When I play DS2, it lets me roll in eight directions and feels much better to me. What am I missing here?