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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!

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[DS1] Anyone struggling with the gargoyles?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

So I see this is the shitposting souls sub.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's plenty of good reason to not like FF8. None of them keep it from being my favorite though. ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Hell yeah brother!

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

"""No reason."""

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait what? I thought VIII is about as liked as VII

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

People hate the level scaling in VIII, because the wisest way to play the game is to never level up.

It's still my 3rd favorite entry in the series, though. I don't try to min/max, I just enjoy the game.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The level scaling is really kind of trash. I played as a kid and it was really hard, and the more I leveled the worse it got.

As an adult it was trivial because I learned not to level, but that was really tedious. Who plays a game to not play a game?

Plus the card game is the most Guide Dang It thing I've ever seen. It's extremely esoteric and the rewards are massive. Also it's so jarring to be like "oh shit the world is ending do you wanna be cards?"

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Let's have a game of Gwent."

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Triple Triad is the Gwent of the 90s

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I always hear of 8+9 as the black sheep of the classic Final Fantasy games. They were a big part of my childhood, though, so I love them both.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Never heard strong bad opinions about 9. Personally, might be my favorite, although has a very weak villain and ending.

[โ€“] hondaguy97386 6 points 1 month ago

I only remember 8 being the black sheep. 9 was hailed as a return to form, but yeah, 8 was my first and my favorite.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Nine was immediately vilified on launch. The world wasn't ready for the art style.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I would like DS2 a lot more if the directional movement hadn't been so badly downgraded.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Honestly, out of all of DS2's problems, fixing this one alone would make the game a lot more tolerable.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I see this complaint online a lot and never understood it. When I go back to DS1 the four directional rolling always bothers me and I often get hit because I try to roll diagonally and it doesn't let me. When I play DS2, it lets me roll in eight directions and feels much better to me. What am I missing here?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wasn't dark souls 2 made without the original game creator?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Team A was off making Bloodborne. They came back for 3.