Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend?
Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend?
Anything new you've picked up in the Steam Summer Sale? Returning to any comfort games? Finishing up a playthrough?
Let us know!
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Elden Ring. Still can't finish the original thing, not the DLC. It's great, really, but I don't like the criptic quests and lore (you definitely need a Wiki or guide sometimes). It really doesn't make it more interesting.
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Iām going through Elden Ring for the second time. First character was a quality build that ended up gaining lots of faith stats for the DLC. Iām miss my goofy but fun Shadow Sunflower bonk. :)
This time my main stats are more Int/Dex based. Playing more of a spell sword style rather than pure caster. I was getting along fine with moonveil for much of the time but being at the Consecrated Snowfields on my way to the Haligtree Iām using DMGS more. Spells have been a fun addition that I missed out on in my first time through.
Being so accustomed to melee Iām using magic mostly for some cheeky ranged attacks and rock sling stagger. Just got the ability to use both moon spells last night (Int is 70, Dex between 45-50). Thinking of taking points out of Dex to boost Strength which is only 20. Vigor is a healthy 60. Still not sure, but I play PvE only so Iām not taking it too seriously.
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Dark souls. I want to figure out how to interact with the anor londo painting, and I'm also debating whether to go new londo ruins, or the post Queelag area next, (or maybe the catacombs.) I still feel like I have tons of exploring to do. In the beginning I felt really underleveled for a bunch of areas but It might be time to give them another go.
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I won't spoil anything, just wanted to say that I'm excited for you to blindly figure all this out. You only get one blind playthrough!
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It has been amazing so far. It is a beautifully crafted world.
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Haven't played Elden Ring since finishing SOTE so I'm playing that. Gonna make a Crucible Knight build.
If you see a summon sign from Joan D'Arc, das me.
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Finished the Lies of P DLC, it was great. Started Nioh 1 now since it was on sale for a few bucks.
I sort of ignored Nioh up until now but Iron Pineapple keeps raving about it so I thought I should check it out. So far I really like it, aged surprisingly well.
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How does it compare to the FromSoft games? I can't tell if it feels like a proper souls like, or something more like Dynasty Warriors from the videos and screenshots.
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Definitely a pure souls like, a pretty polished one as well. Trailer makes it look pretty epic but it's generally fairly slow and methodical, stamina management is key.
In addition to the normal souls gameplay, it also has 3 stances you can switch between depending on if you want to play offensive/defensive or if you want to dodge or parry.
It also has "Ki", which you can use to regenerate a part of your stamina after each hit. Essentially after an attack you can either attack again or time a Ki pulse. If your timing is right, you get back some stamina. Pretty neat system actually.
There's also quite some inventory and skill management. It's overdoing it a little bit in that department but I have seen worse.
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Maybe Sekiro - I stopped at a certain boss because it's hard and the runback is annoying. Sad to say I'm not enjoying this game as much as I had hoped, but I do understand why some people love it.
DS2 - trying to finish my first SL1 run. I'm at Throne Watcher/Defender which I knew would be an obstacle, and I was right. It's funny how the rest of the game's easier bosses became difficult at SL1, and the moderate difficulty ones are about the same difficulty as playing a levelled character. Enjoying the different perspective it's giving me.
Tails of Iron - I think I'm in the late game. Having lots of fun with this and will definitely be checking out the sequel eventually.
Oh wow. Someone else who plays that. š
Seems like it's pretty underrated. I really like the combat system and how forgiving they made parrying. Feels great to master the boss fights. Have you played 2, "Whiskers of Winter"?
The running back to the boss is my biggest gripe with souls games, just let me try the boss on repeat. I get 0 enjoyment out of running the same route over and over again, so I'm happy when games skip it entirely.
Sometimes I do enjoy a tough runback, once I've mastered how to dodge everything on the way and if it's not too far of a distance. But then there are other runbacks where it's just hell. The one I'm at in Sekiro isn't that far, but the enemies are tough and I was just fighting with the grappling mechanic to get there smoothly.
Demon's Souls was probably the worst culprit for brutal runbacks of all the souls games I've played.
Which boss did you get stuck on with Sekiro? It took me 3 separate attempts and several years between the individual attempts to finally fall in love the game as much as I did in the end. It's really difficult starting out because it's so different from its contemporaries. It might be worth it to keep pursuing it, but don't if you're actively miserable playing the game.
I'm stuck at "Owl". I know there's an idol just underneath him, but with the new enemies in the room and the frustration I've been having, I didn't have the willpower to beat them and activate it to shorten my runback. Eventually I'll go back and try again, but it wasn't fun so I stopped for now.