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?
I think what offended me the most about Vermiglio whas the heal… But that was Gratia weapon status effect I think. Damn it
Ooh right, probably. I was still too sekiro-pilled trying to parry everything. ( 𖦹‸𖦹) So far, I still have only the basic 3 and purchased a red one in the hub. But from thr description that one doesn’t looks like it parries everything.
And yeah the fact that I’m missing stuff is a huge positive in my book. It’s the mark of interesting level design for me.
Npc guy was just standing there, no lute. Phew