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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.

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[BB] This enemy is so difficult!

or

[DS1] Anyone struggling with the gargoyles?

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Two giveaways and what feels like 3 years packed into a single one later, we're wrapping up this year and moving closer to the holidays. Lots of love and happy holidays to anyone who celebrates!

I'm on winter break, and I intend to play some soulslikes in the next two weeks. Might finish up Lies of P DLC and installed Sekiro on my PC for my, probably, 10th playthrough or so. Let's see if I'll get to it or if I'll keep binging Disco Elysium lol.

Not really a question about a game specifically but more so for the early adopters: Do you feel some sort of pride or accomplishment knowing that you started out when the series was still in its infancy? Think you started with OG Demon's Souls or Dark Souls 1. Do you like where the series went with later installments, do you feel like the games have lost their roots? Very curious to hear your thoughts!

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[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Looking to play blasmphemous, since I won it in the recent giveaway, thank you btw :).

I wonder if games like silksong count as a soulslike, since they technically have just as much in common with demon souls as, like, sekiro

[–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

We count them as soulslikes here, for the purpose of discussion. ;)

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Enjoy!

As GrantUsEyes mentioned, the have enough in common to be worth a discussion here. Lemmy is so small and niche communities are so few and far between, lumping some together to have a shared space to talk about them seems like a good move. If someone disagrees, they can move somewhere else lol