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?
Friends:
Should you have any questions, please do let me know.
- Firestorm Druid
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I try to avoid looking things up as I think finding where to go and figuring out what is needed for quests are the main challenges games offer. The developers have given me a specific set of ways to interact with the environment and achieve my in-game goals! Using external tools alters those carefully balanced game mechanics.
One exception is games that have intricate recipe structures that are not outlined in the game and would require a ridiculous amount of guesswork to land on organically. For those I’ll google recipes sometimes.
Games like Elden Ring where certain quests must be done in a certain order or else you can’t do them make me sad because they’re not very friendly to the more whimsical play style that I prefer.