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[Discussion] Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend and what makes you replay a Soulslike? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by v4ld1z@lemmy.zip to c/soulslike@lemmy.zip

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Here's your reminder to come join us for some Elden Ring seamless co-op tomorrow! Here's the link to the details: https://lemmy.zip/post/63498569

There's lots of motivations to replay any game: the gameplay, the story, completionism, a feeling of home.

For me it's usually gameplay first but closely followed by completionism, actually. I adore the gameplay of Sekiro, Bloodborne, Lies of P and Khazan, and that was usually the driving factor for me to replay the game. However, I am a bit of a completionist, so it's also alluring to me to have a platinum trophy in my collection to be fully "done" with a game.

What about you?

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[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Fair points about the open world. To me, the open world just isn't as appealing as other constituents of Elden Ring, so I personally don't gain as much enjoyment out of it. But I still very much see the appeal. I enjoyed BotW thoroughly, for example, and Miyazaki himself mentioned that they borrowed from Zelda's design philosophy for ER.

I also somewhat agree about your points with the usability of items. I guess I'm the type of player to not fully engage with every bit of a soulslike, so in an average run most of these are pretty much useless to me. But I see the value in repeat/challenge runs.

The Hardtear was a nice attempt and it did bring me some joy, but it's just not the same as Sekiro, LoP or Khazan - different strokes for different folks.

I guess the visceralness of BB's combat juxtaposed to the methodical approach to combat? The latter feels a bit lacking to me in ER.

It's definitely skill issue and not specifically the fault of the game about the pace of the bosses. Like in any soulslike, you need to adapt and re-evaluate your approach to combat. Overall, however, it just feels like too much to me, unfortunately.

No worries - you're passionate and that's awesome!

I'll edit later for StS-related stuff :)