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[Discussion] What's your Soulslike origin story? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 months ago by v4ld1z@lemmy.zip to c/soulslike@lemmy.zip

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One way or another, we've all found our way to this truly magnificent genre of video games. We've all had our humble beginnings and first trial runs of games the genre has to offer. But how did we get here? Who introduced us to the genre? That's what I want to know from you!

My very first introduction to the genre was via PewDiePie (yuck) from like 2013 or so when he first played it on his channel. Didn't know the next thing about the genre or the game at all but wanted to give it a try since it looked fun and I was an impressionable teen. I remember bearing Taurus Demon and then getting stuck on Undead Burg, so I didn't really play a lot.

The other person that influenced me in giving the genre a try was probably my former breakdance teacher who's a huge fan of Bloodborne. I had a digital copy off PS+ and got some encouragement from him to give the game a try. It didn't click with until a couple years later, or rather I was too scared to progress because I knew of an upcoming jumpscare that I didn't want to experience (that doesn't exist btw), but yea, those were my two first instances of being introduced to the genre.

Were you introduced to the genre by someone in particular? How did you get to give it a try?

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[–] KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Alot of you guys need to give the Armored Core series a try. I've been a fan since Silent Line back on the ps2. Armored Core 3 was cool, but it took the sequel to really hook me.

Armored Core as a series is like a deep dive back into the development of Fromsoft as a storytelling company in addition to being a game developer. The scale of the conflicts, the ability to truly affect the story with your choices, and showing you the impact those choices have in more than just dialog. Its all a road map leading up to masterpieces like Armored Core 6, Bloodborne, and Elden Ring.

I've honestly never beaten Elden ring, despite playing and enjoying for a while. I just dont have the drive to sit down and invest hundreds of hours to build the muscle memory I need to complete a game like that. But I already have those muscles for Armored Core, and a 20 hour story run is much more palatable to fit into a week than a 100 hour souls slog.

[–] fathix@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Where in the Armored Core series should someone dive in? From the beginning? I’ve never played any of them.

[–] KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

The nice thing about Armored Core is that it doesn't matter. Every game is very well self contained. Im a bit partial to older entries in the series simply due to nostalgia, but AC 6 is a fantastic game in its own right. If you find yourself itching for more after playing through that a few times, the rest of the series awaits. Things get kinda hard to play and find back around AC3. Please also note that the numbering convention doesn't matter much and there are a bunch of smaller psp/one-off sequels.