Soulslike - Discussion, News, Memes
This is a community for discussion, news, and memes pertaining to the video game sub-genre "soulslike".
Given Lemmy's size, the definition of soulslike may be treated relatively loosely. While games like the numerous FromSoft titles, the recent Star Wars Jedi games, Lies of P, Nioh and similar games should be the focus, games that incorporate soulslike elements - like Hollow Knight and Blasphemous, for example - may also be discussed here.
Basic Lemmy-quette applies. Additionally, since flairs don't exist yet, please do make sure to include a marker to denote what game your post is about in square brackets for clarity's sake. An example could be:
[BB] This enemy is so difficult!
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[DS1] Anyone struggling with the gargoyles?
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The game had two people do the QA and less than 10 gameplay testers. Over a period of 7 years those less than two handful of people testing the game got incredibly good at it.
There is a difference between difficulty and actively being mean to players. The two environmental damage and some of the run backs are incredibly rude. Especially the bloodborne style grinding for shard bits.
I say this as someone who 100%ed the game. I definitely think they cranked it up a bit too much and catered to the pantheon of hollownest crowd instead of making the game overall balanced.
I predict more patches to smooth out some of those rough development edges.