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According to this definition, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is souls like
Well more like Souls games are Zelda likes but yeah
need more hya!! hup! hyaah!!! in souls likes tbh
At least we get ouuuughghhh to make up for it
I'm playing Demon's Souls now and it really feels like a Zelda game, but edgier, more RPG and with a Stamina bar. In particular because of the many gimmick bosses.
Then Dark Souls 1 and onwards started being more and more of just an Action game, until DS3 (or Bloodborne had I played it) where it's an action game first. Which is also good. Just different.
I suppose the jump attack is pretty committal but the attacks in OoT are pretty quick
Try playing with only three hearts and only using the Biggoron sword. It is absolutely a Soulslike.
Sure fine ok
I actually think Zelda and Dark Souls are almost the same game so unironically yes. Dark Souls 2 is basically just one giant Zelda dungeon
I want to see the "I'm a gaming badass souls-like hard game master" types try Zelda 2 for the NES on original hardware, within a single weekend like a proper rental experience. No emulation save states. No internet guides. Original controller. No Game Genie. They play it the way we elder millennials played it. Let's see how good they really are.
I love Souls games and think Zelda II is awesome. I think I liked Zelda II more than Elden Ring tbh
No cheese-crouch-stabbing Shadow Link.
Nah cheesing the bosses is a key part of the Dark Souls experience, you can't take that away from them for Zelda. Are you even a true Souls fan if you haven't tricked Iron Golem into falling off the side?
Back when Demon/Dark Souls were new I remember people making this comparison explicitly. The only thing they don't have compared to Z-targeting Zelda is the gadgets, but they add in a lot of depth to the sword stuff that Zelda doesn't.