I was just watching a video about how the current RAM shortage might have an influence on when the new console generation will be coming out, since console manufacturers are just as reliant on access to RAM as other branches are, and was thinking that if it weren't for consoles, I probably would never have found my way into this genre.
I got a used PS4 in 2017 and slowly chipped away at games here and there, mostly sticking to sales and PS+ games. One day, I realised that I had Bloodborne in my collection, which a former friend of mine had been telling me about for some time by then, so I tried it out and bounced off it quite hard. I didn't get the game, I didn't get the genre, I felt like it was too hard - nothing new here. But then I got back into it a couple years later, moved on to Sekiro, and the rest is history.
That said, I feel like my first soulslikes being Bloodborne and Sekiro majorly dictates what I like and what I don't like about certain soulslikes. I like fast-paced combat, I like challenging but fair bosses, I like lore that's a little more explicit and not too "guess-worky". So it doesn't surprise me that, while I do like Dark Souls and Elden Ring, I'm not as engrossed with them as I am with Sekiro, Bloodborne, or Lies of P, and that I enjoyed Khazan too even though, at times, it feels more like DmC than a soulslike.
Did your first soulslike influence your taste in soulslike? In what way? Curious to hear your thoughts!
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