Here are a couple of videos and video essays I've watched and enjoyed a lot in the past for numerous soulslikes. I can definitely recommend any of them and have sorted them by game. The length can vary a lot, so many of them are probably videos you'd wanna watch/listen to over the span of a couple of days. I've had loads of fun with them and recommend checking out the respective channels for sure.

Dark Souls:

Should Dark Souls have an easy mode? - https://youtu.be/K5tPJDZv_VE

The World Design of Dark Souls - https://youtu.be/QhWdBhc3Wjc

I Beat the Dark Souls Trilogy and All I Made Was This Lousy Video Essay - https://youtu.be/O_KVCFxnpj4

Elden Ring:

The World Design of Elden Ring - https://youtu.be/LvnlvB9n6ic

Lies of P:

How Lies of P Twists Pinocchio's Origins - https://youtu.be/b6o9bt1SMEM

What Is in a Lie? - https://youtu.be/RAqz6F1yQQU

Lies of P has ruined Dark Souls For Me - https://youtu.be/LIrUQjjsDYg

We Didn't Deserve Lies of P - https://youtu.be/aTmjNDfX698

Bloodborne:

Visceral Feminity - https://youtu.be/sJVXV14Vv3M

Bloodborne is Genius and Here's Why - https://youtu.be/AC3OuLU5XCw

We Don't Deserve Bloodborne - https://youtu.be/lWa-cHAmiDU

Bloodborne: A World Without Hope - https://youtu.be/2Y7avwiMjB0

Sekiro:

Sekiro's Parry and Other Pursuits of Perfection - https://youtu.be/7W4li9yfY3o

Hollow Knight:

The (Mostly) Complete Lore of Hollow Knight - https://youtu.be/0XDiWYFGGqY

Let's Explore a Hollow Knight Iceberg - https://youtu.be/JvoiwgJbmKE

The World Design of Hollow Knight - https://youtu.be/7ITtPPE-pXE

Misc:

Souls Inheritors: Bloodborne vs. Sekiro vs. Elden Ring - https://youtu.be/hPRo4arGaSk

As you might have guessed, I have a soft spot for Bloodborne and Lies of P wherein my personal standouts would be "Visceral Feminity" - a video essay that deals with Bloodborne's imagery and its parallelity to the female experience - and "How Lies of P Twists Pinocchio's Origins" - a video essay that explores the similarities between the original Pinocchio novel and Lies of P and shows how its lore and world building are translated for the game.

Do feel free to comment your favourite video essays about any of the soulslikes you can think of and are passionate about. I'll add it to the post's body so people have a nice comprehensive list to check out in the future. I'll also pin the post for a couple of weeks for visibility.

Enjoy :)

As an attempt to consolidate the few specific soulslike communities we have on Lemmy and to offer a general discussion space for people interested in this genre of games, I've created this community.

Feel free to stick around, post something, check out the communities I've tagged in the community info.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Wish all of you some nice holidays ✨

I guess we dodged a bullet here kinda? An outright acquisition would likely be bad news for FS but as it is right now, I'd expect them to remain mostly autonomous given their recent monetary successes.

Absolutely love this guy, these videos always showcase such cool and interesting games, along with lots of goofy nonsense

Sorry for duplicate posts! I was trying to figure out how to get a thumbnail and the best option I found so far is reposting from my .ee account and putting in the thumbnail manually, but the deletion of the previous post doesn't seem to be federating very quickly 😅

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/50270469

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23276426

> The Soulsmon series

I don't get my hopes up for these kinda shows but it still stings kinda

https://youtu.be/Djtsw5k_DNc

We're all strangers meeting other strangers passing by, maybe having short exchanges about things we care about and that excite us, only to move along and drift apart like we've never met the person in the first place.

We see phantoms of other players in the games, seeing that they're at the same place in the game as you are, wondering what their experiences and their lives look like. Sometimes we cooperate to defeat a difficult boss, sometimes we're enemies. But after all is said and done, we move along and usually don't bump into them or have exchanges anymore.

Sure, there are regular faces that are very active on Lemmy but the majority are casual users or users that don't comment a lot.

Kind of a weird thought to have, but the Majula music got me thinking quite a bit just now.

Have a nice day :)