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!
or
[DS1] Anyone struggling with the gargoyles?
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I think we really need to start having immediately available lists of what other games a person has played/beaten before they can write a review of any game. Like, if all you've played is call of duty and then write a review saying dark souls sucks, I'm not going to care as much as if you dislike sekiro after playing bloodborne.
Ha, well the funny thing I noticed is that in that wave of early negative reviews from people rage quitting, tons of people actually do list their “qualifications”, to try and get ahead of the predictable “just git gud” crowd. It’s become a recurring joke now among my friends.
“I’ve platinumed every dark souls, ninja gaiden, getting over it, and even all those impossible games from the NES era, so you can believe ME when I say this game is way too hard. I am SO DONE with this. Not recommended” type of things
But if you go and look at the steam reviews with playtime, almost everybody who left negative reviews around the 5-10 hr mark ended up playing over 40-50 hours lol. I think these people mostly were just binging the game in way too long of chunks because the game is so amazing (like 5+ hours at a go), then getting too fatigued to play properly, then crashing out
It's such a beautiful game, aesthetically. When you're fighting well, too, you become part of something sublime.