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?

  • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Maybe, although Soulslike Metroidvanias are so common now that Soulsvania is basically its own genre at this point. And I think Hollow Knight is way too punishing to earn the Lite classification, it has all the hallmarks of a true Soulslike except it’s also a 2D Metroidvania.

      • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
        3·
        14 days ago

        I haven’t played too many of them, next on the docket is probably giving GRIME another shot but yeah. It’s a very popular genre for indie developers. I feel like there is a new announcement of an upcoming Soulsvania every other month over at !metroidvanias@infosec.pub and I have probably a half dozen of them wishlisted on Steam.