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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Being able to refight bosses is such an awesome addition to Sekiro and Lies of P, it's surprising that there aren't move soulslike out there that offer that. Or some sort of gauntlet, like in Hollow Knight or Khazan. Khazan even let's you refight bosses to farm materials for your armour/weapon crafting.
Difficulty settings would also be a welcome addition to all soulslikes. Those who want them can use them, those that don't don't have to.
What's another feature you'd like to see more often?
I think this is one of the reasons Elden Ring did so well. Boss one-shots me repeatedly? Fuck it, I'll explore. A certain style isn't working? Vary things up a bit. Or go in through a different side of the building. Or snipe. Or...
Or Wuchang, where you can basically respec for every boss according to their weaknesses. I ran one build against most bosses, but changed it for a few specific ones where my regular build didn't work well.
Huh. Was thinking of playing, but is that exhausting? Sounds rough.