Soulslike - Discussion, News, Memes
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!
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[DS1] Anyone struggling with the gargoyles?
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Thank you! I eventually became the one more obsessed with elden ring than him, funnily enough ๐. Yeah, I'm the same as your fiance. I'm farming Malenia in convergence and I've faced PCR more than a 7 times now both in vanilla and convergence while he still hasn't. Mainly cause he's not playing the game these days tho.
But nevertheless we often talk about souls-likes.
As for my favourite one, it's def elden ring. DS3 is a stellar game but not so much with replayability for me. I think DS1 & DS2 would have more replay value for me though. I've also played Asterigos but I found it to be too boring and slow. Fallen order is amazing tho! There's also Nostalgaia, Blasphemous 1 & 2, Moonscars, and TLF. All gems!
Funnily enough, I've actually started playing soulslikes without knowing earlier, around the same time my boyfriend got ER (which was right upon its release) with Pascal's Wager (it was free on play store). I just didn't know it's a soulslike or what even is a soulslike that time.
That's so awesome - glad you're enjoying your time with the game as much as you do :)
I haven't finished my first playthrough of DS3, but I've also heard that it doesn't boast as much replayabality since it's a tad more linear than the previous entries. However, Sekiro is also very linear and I've played through the game like 7 times at this point? Same goes for Lies of P which also doesn't have as many branching paths.
I actually think many fans got into the genre without knowing it. I didn't know a thing about soulslikes when I got into Bloodborne. The talking about genres only really comes up once you've established your liking the game and upon further digging finding out more about the games.
Never heard of Pascal's Wager! How would you describe the game compared to the contemporaries?
Yes it must be the linearity that makes me not wanna replay it. It might also be the pretty bland colour scheme of the game overall which rightfully earned it getting called a "greyslop" or something. Sekiro is also not open world but from what I've seen, lowkey feels like one from what I've seen and has a nice interesting colour scheme. Though that might be just me haha.
Bloodborne is nice. Surprisingly, it doesn't look as bland as DS3 despite not offering much colour wise. But the gameplay and all that, it feels very beautiful. As for Pascal's Wager, I think I'll say it's lowkey like BB aesthetically. Iirc, you also play as some sort of a hunter there and stuff feels gothic and maybe Lovecraftian (Idk, not that familiar with Lovecraftian stuff but yeah). Imo you should try the game tho. Available on PC too!