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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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[–] MissingInteger@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

except the Amygdala arm

That was the weapon with which I beat my first playthrough! I love that weapon, especially its design.

Any reason you haven't done a playthrough with it yet? Just haven't gotten around to it yet? Or any specific dislikes of that weapon?

[–] Juice@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

Honestly just haven't gotten to it. Every weapon is viable, some of them aren't great and they tend to be the big clunky weapons like the kirkhammer. Although a pure bolt kirkhammer is pretty funny the way it massacres certain bosses.

I just never had a str+arc character until like last year when I got the game out around Halloween. I did a run through with the Tonitrus, which is way stronger than I ever thought even if the moveset is kinda mid. Then I did the boomhammer, similar move set and kinda underwhelming wrt it's damage and again kind of a one trick pony in its moveset. Amy arm would def be next but i haven't picked the game up since.