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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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Really? What made it easier in your experience?
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
I've read so many complaints about the health nerf over the years that I assumed there was no way to reverse it but leveling up again. I still wanted to play because of how divisive the game is, ha.
I actually enjoyed a lot not being able to teleport from the get go in DS1. It made exploration higher stakes and so very satisfying, It's what I like the most about the game. Which brings me to ask, is exploration good in DS2?
Yes, but not as good as DS1, because they nailed the interconnected world in that game. DS2 is more like branches off from the main hub, and you can access most of them right away or very early. DS1 was built different than the other Fromsoft games. You'll still have plenty to explore and the DLCs are especially massive, but you won't have those "omg I'm back at firelink!" moments. It's similar in the way you go through Catacombs/Tomb, or Duke's/Crystal Cave, a series of areas that eventually hit a dead end.