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[Discussion] What's a soulslike you've been putting off for years but definitely (wink wink) want to play some time in the future? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 days ago by v4ld1z@lemmy.zip to c/soulslike@lemmy.zip

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I've played through most of the soulslikes I put my mind to but I still haven't played/finished DS1/2.

I started a playthrough of DS1 and got to Quelaag but didn't actually fight her because I was cursed and wanted to cleanse it first - couldn't find my way back, unfortunately, and didn't want to look up guides lol. And now the save is gone, so I'll have to start over - ie. I probably won't play anytime soon :D

Haven't played DS2 yet because I wanted to play them in chronological order.

What about you?

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[–] Bonson@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (11 children)

DS2 was a lot easier to me than other dark souls entries (Didn’t play DLC) which helped soften the blow of that mechanic.

[–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago (10 children)

Really? What made it easier in your experience?

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago (7 children)

I'm not the person you asked, but I can tell you the DS2 punish mechanic isn't as bad as it sounds. You pop a human effigy (humanity) and it's gone. You can get a ring that mitigates the effect in one of the first areas, and you can wear 4 rings instead of just 2 like in DS1.

Bosses are generally not that difficult. There's no noob trap where you end up in Tomb of the fucking Giants early and have to climb back out. You can teleport between bonfires immediately.

There are some tough areas for sure, but you can actually make enemies go extinct by killing them 12 times.

/DS2 fanboy

[–] Bonson@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

I agree and feel as though you showcased better reasons than I could articulate. Thanks for your input.

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