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[Discussion] What are your self-imposed rules when you play a soulslike? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 weeks ago by v4ld1z@lemmy.zip to c/soulslike@lemmy.zip

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Do you prefer to okay melee only? Do you 100% every area you come across? Do you stick to a particular weapon type throughout your playthrough?

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[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not hard and fast "rules", but what I've done in every soulslike so far is:

Melee only, not even ranged weapons to pull enemies, either I lure them via spacing or I deal with the group.
No spells, not even any utility spells.
No consumable soul items. I tend to naturally hoard anyway, and this prevents me from getting overlevelled while exploring thoroughly.
No multiplayer or summons, I prefer to learn bosses solo and get the full experience.
Try to beat every boss available.
No guides, ofc, although I discuss the game with my friends in discord, and they help me not miss any particularly easy-to-miss bosses. They'll let me fail NPC questlines and such organically though, as they should.
I also pretty much always end up with the biggest bonk I can find, but that's not a rule, just my preferred playstyle lol.

Have played through pretty much every From Soft Soulslike this way, and this is just the playstyle I organically gravitated to for my first playthroughs. Has been the most fun for me, personally.