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[Discussion] Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend and what's your favourite soulsLITE? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 3 months ago by v4ld1z@lemmy.zip to c/soulslike@lemmy.zip

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Happy holidays to all who celebrate! I'm on Easter school break, so I have no sense of time at all - my apologies. A day late, here's the discussion post:

Some voices in the community want to have a distinction between different types of souls-games - games by FS referred to as soulsborne, games that come close to FS soulslike, and games that just take inspiration from FS and take a couple mechanics here and there are soulslites.

The distinction is a little arbitrary, I feel like, but it helps further distinguish games by their main characteristics which in a vacuum is absolutely fine.

Games like Hollow Knight or Darksiders 3 come to mind because they clearly take inspiration from souls-games without outright going for that kind of game.

Mine would probably be Hollow Knight, mainly for the fact I haven't played Silksong as much and because I haven't played too many soulslites overall. It blends the metroidvania genre with souls elements really well - the, at times, depressing atmosphere while maintaining a sense of hope, the challenging combat, the cryptic storytelling... It's a very well-made blend.

So what's your favourite soulslite and why?

As for soulslikes I'm playing right now: nothing. Been tinkering with my new home server for the past week, so that's been taking most of my free time I'd normally use for gaming. If I do play something, it's still back to League and more Slay the Spire 2. What about you?

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How do you find it compared to the first Blasphemous? I only played the first one but I have pretty mixed feelings about it. Too much platforming combined with instant death hazards and a lot of stuff that felt like its main point was to be annoying and/or waste your time.

I loved the art, aesthetic, music, world building and story though.

[–] CoolCat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Well, I never played the first one. But I can say the platforming in Blasphemous 2 feels very crisp. I haven't encountered any instant death hazards so far, but I'm not even 1/3rd into the game. I can definitely recommend trying it!

And I absolutely adore the art style, aesthetic and world building as well. Such a beautiful game all around.