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[Discussion] What's a soulslike you've been putting off for years but definitely (wink wink) want to play some time in the future? (lemmy.zip)

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I've played through most of the soulslikes I put my mind to but I still haven't played/finished DS1/2.

I started a playthrough of DS1 and got to Quelaag but didn't actually fight her because I was cursed and wanted to cleanse it first - couldn't find my way back, unfortunately, and didn't want to look up guides lol. And now the save is gone, so I'll have to start over - ie. I probably won't play anytime soon :D

Haven't played DS2 yet because I wanted to play them in chronological order.

What about you?

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The only one I might check out eventually is Entoria. The reviews did not make it sound like it would be one I would like so I didn't buy it.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 1 week ago

I'm playing it right now, though only through the first major area so far. It definitely has some jank, but if you can tolerate it I'd say it's worth playing. I'll reserve full judgement for when I've finished it, but thus far I'm tempted to say it's worth playing just for the level design, art direction story and lore. The setting and theme is just so unique and interesting, and the game is beautiful.

The combat has a lot of fun things to play with, but perhaps not perfectly balanced. At the end of the day though it's still a Soulslike so if you can tolerate some AA and jank you get your usual trappings, with a bigger emphasis on parrying than mainline souls games. The loadout system is interesting and getting into the "awakened" state every time you switch loadout (even if you switch to one using the same mask) encourages you to engage with the stance switching mid combat.

I'm having fun so far.