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What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? (discuss.online)
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[–] 42 points 1 year ago (12 children)

All the souls games. I don’t get it, they’re just no fun 🤷‍♂️

Also, never finished doom eternal, far too busy. Dark ages was great tho

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There was a time when I could not have imagined liking those kinds of games. My partner got me Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition and I hated it. Hate may be too kind a word for how I felt. I’ve always loved metroidvanias and the style seemed right up my gothy, witchy alley, but I couldn’t get past the first basic zombie.

    Then we watched a bunch of videos and realized that the game was designed to be played slowly and deliberately. There were no “junk” enemies and paying careful attention at all times was the game. When it clicked, it clicked, and now From Software games are my favorite.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I had a similar experience. Went the wrong way in DS1, headed straight for the catacombs, went "oh. This isn't hard. This is punishing." And dropped off. Later a friend gave me some guidance and some pointers on what the game did/didn't expect of me and I've been a giant fan ever since.

    Sekiro took me a little time to figure out what it expected from me, too, but now I absolutely adore that game. That's more of a mechanical "what should I be doing in combat" statement of the fact that the game expects you to act aggressively while focusing on defense. Though

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I've enjoyed a lot of Soulslikes, but none of the ones made by FromSoft. Their style of providing poor explanations of mechanisms just makes no sense to me, even if you want to give players those moments of self-driven discovery.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Now I'm wondering, which non-From Soulslikes did you enjoy?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Another Crab's Treasure, Stellar Blade, Jedi: FO and Survivor, Hollow Knight, Tunic, and lately Steelrising.

    Some of those games are a bit easier but also have harder moments. To me, it's about having a better-structured difficult curve.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Souls games didn't make sense to me until I saw Giant Bomb play through Demon's Souls. Mechanics that I didn't know were there were explained in plain English, and then I could better understand where I went wrong when I died.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    All the souls games. I don’t get it

    They're memorisation timesinks

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It depends on person and skill, a lot of people manage to beat a majority of bosses 1st try.

    Also, personally, I just like using magic which makes some parts easier.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Honestly I think a lot of people miss that these games are full of soft difficulty options. Magic, in particular pyromancy, summons, there are lots of ways to make the game easier, and that's a good thing!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I recently replayed Dark Souls 1 and tried a Strength build to see how it goes.

    Full Havel's straight up lets you face tank Artorias, and you're taking almost a 1/15th of his health with just a hit.

    Armor was nerfed after that, but still, it was rather hilarious. Magic was nerfed too by the virtue of bosses getting more gap closers and ranged attacks - by Elden Ring, magic is far from the boring "stay back and just spam attack" idea, but on the contrary, the cheesiest tactics I used when needed were Greatshields or dual jump attacks for stunning bosses. There's videos out there of people beating Malenia by just shield poking her to death with a spear, and I certainly used that when I wasn't having fun with Rellana. It's crazy to me how most people just grab a greatsword and only use that the whole game, then say the game's shallow or too hard.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I really struggled when I tried magic, and then in DS2 I picked up an ultragreatsword and great shield and the game just felt right to play. Like, every boss timing seemed to be perfectly in line with my speed, where before it was always a struggle to refrain from trying to get one last button mash in with the faster weapons.

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