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[Discussion] Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend and do you think anyone can beat any Soulslike they set their mind to? (lemmy.zip)

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Whoops! Long weekend - lost track of time, sorry.

I'm stuck in a perpetual vortex of League of Legends and watching Death Note when I'm not playing League. I also haven't played TUNIC in over two weeks T__T I suck at sticking with new games. I have tried out Gambonanza tho, but it's not a soulslike. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Soulslikes are notorious for their difficulty, often at the expense of scaring away potential new players who can't or don't want to wade through the early steep difficulty curve. Nevertheless, bar any physical/cognitive disability that could hinder your gameplay, do you think anyone can beat a soulslike if they just set their mind to it?

Inspired by a post I saw on reddit where OP mentioned that they had previously only played mainstream "cookie cutter" games, like CoD, GoW or Uncharted and decided to try out Bloodborne. At first, they struggled a lot but got better over time and started enjoying their time.

Unless you're actually new to gaming as a whole, maybe there isn't really any genre you'd need to have played prior to be successful in soulslikes? Will of determination, perseverance, seeing things through to the end are all values explored in soulslikes - implicitly or explicitly - so it would make sense.

Thoughts?

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 1 month ago

I don't mind the length of your comments at all - always a pleasure to read!

That's good, sometimes I get worried that I'm starting to sound too self important and like I'm liking the sound of my voice too much.

We've had this discussion here numerous times already, but over time it feels like the onus has been on difficulty first, exploration second,

Yeah, it's a shame because level design and exploration is definitely the main draw in Soulslikes for me. I like medium-challenging bosses that work cinematically and like nice punctuation marks for areas the best. I haven't sat down and measured it, but I think like one hour or so of attempts is sort of my ideal for a "tough boss" these days, where it ends up feeling like a nice but surmountable challenge. I really don't have it in me anymore to sit with a boss for hours and hours over multiple days. Even should I end up beating it I just feel like "thank god that's finally over I never want to do that again" rather than some sort of pleasure or dopamine surge.