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.
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Still at the worlds slowest khazan playthrough hahaha... Reached Maluca (I think is the name?) but only gave him a couple of tries, man that phase change made the rest of the fight look promising and exciting. I hope I can clear it this weekend.
Always been on console for souls games though I feel the same as missinginteger, wish I could play mods. u_u
What mods would you play if you could?
Some gems.like jet set sekiro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMHU87m8lLo
www.nexusmods.com/sekiro/mods/2521
The grace born mod for elden ring
https://www.nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/5207
https://file.garden/aachfeYx0Ribg655/Kirkhammer%20port_1.mp4
The ones that import sekiro mechanics ( don't know the name sadly) into elden ring, or lies of p weapons https://www.nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/7764
Also randomizers for both elden ring and bloodborne!, or boss overhauls, even if those seem a little too hardcore haha.
Maluca took me loads of tries. One of the bossed that made me re-evaluate my wanting to finish the game at all. One of the harder bosses for sure.
Yea, I wish consoles allowed for mods. Sorely missing for sure
Yeah, just from that first phase change it looks like he's going to be throwing all sorts of things at us haha... Am I looking at a two healthbar boss fight here? That would put the fear of god in me.
Do you want to know or should it be a surprise? :D
I think in this instance I do want to know so I can mentally prepare hahaha! 'Cause post cutsecene already goes pretty hard
Khazan's a tough game... Hrder than Sekiro I feel?, or idk if it's me being rusty, since I've slowed down the gaming a lot these past few months. XD
It's a single healthbar, luckily. So no surprises after the phase change in that regard.
I feel like the game is a lot harder than Sekiro but not for the reasons one might think. Compare your average boss' moveset to any boss in Sekiro, for example. They're super simplistic, have maybe like 3-4 moves, and spam them on repeat. The difficulty comes from the overreliance on gear, levels, and skills, I feel like. Compare Viper or Volbaino to the early bosses in Sekiro. Even the drunkard in Hirata Estate or Lady Butterfly have more depth than these two. But Viper is an insurmountable challenge for most beginners.
Like, I've seen an overview that shows which boss has killed players the most and Viper was number one by a huge margin. It probably has to do with the game being a lot harder than your average soulslike but also because Viper just two-shots you and has very erratic or illogical movement (even though he's as stiff as it gets) due to your gear not being good enough at that point in the game.
Other bosses get more manageable with better gear, but definitely not easier than Sekiro bosses. Sekiro has its fair share of super frustrating bosses, but Khazan really made sure to have even more BS in there to piss you off.
Tiny spoiler: the final boss, to me, felt more difficult than LoP's (including DLC) or Sekiro's. Feels very very anime and over the top. And that's how most boss fights are, I feel like.
Fortunately, Khazan can get equally OP as the game progresses which is cool. Feels like a more even match. Comparable to Sekiro if you've ever seen an Ongbal video.
Phew! That's good to know. i didn't retry the fight during the weekend (╥﹏╥) but yeah since viper was a two health bar extravaganza from the get go let's say I've been a little scared hahah!
I do feel like the limited moveset hurts the replayability of the game a lot, the fun of it coming from trying different gear, skilltrees and such. (Which honestly I should explore more, that's a me problem...) I will say that having the script down after a few deaths feels way less satisfying; the sekiro comparative you make is really on point.
I had seen this mentioned before and, man does it put some doubts in my ability to finish the whole thing!
I had way more trouble with lies of P DLC final boss than sekiro's final boss. And beating him felt like the cusp of my soluslike abilities tbh... We'll see how it goes!