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Runa216 on 19 October 2019
Machina said:

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Thus began a long journey of my getting into and coming to like and, in some cases love these AA-AAA (not the 2D indie pixel releases; pixel graphics do less than nothing for me) Soulslikes. Next was Bloodborne, then Lords of the Fallen, then I finally gave Dark Souls 2 a second chance and, armed with my experience of Soulslikes, I came to enjoy it and finally complete it. After that I went on to Dark Souls 3, which I thought was outstanding. Now I'm almost finished with The Surge 2. Next up I plan on playing Sekiro and probably then Code Vein (I'll skip Dark Souls Remastered because it looks so dated to me after having played Dark Souls 3). I have a self-imposed restriction that I won't start a new one until I've completed the one I've started. I also don't allow myself to use player summons.

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When it comes to Sekiro, I highly recommend not treating it like a Soulslike. I know it shares a lot of its genetics with Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, and Bloodborne, but it's maybe 50% souls, 50% its own thing. You can't build or edit your own character, you can't control what weapon you use, you can't do Fashion Souls (Apparently this is a big deal online?), there is no online/co-op, and the game's focus is more on character-driven progression than RPG-based character design. 

It's an absolutely great game, but one of the truest and most poignant quotes about it is that if you go into it expecting a Soulslike game or try to apply your skill in prior games like Bloodborne, you're gonna have a BAD time. It is clearly spiritually related to Souls, but it is not Souls. 

Also, Dodge-Rolling is NOT the answer in this game. FAR fewer i-Frames, and each boss's tactics require you to know what method of evasion to use. Sometimes it's a jump, sometimes it's just moving your character, sometimes it's dodge-rolling, sometimes it's blocking, sometimes it's deflecting. There are so many counters and they're all circumstantial  and that's what' makes it feel so good! 

Also, Isshin the Sword Saint (the final boss) was BY FAR the hardest boss in this entire genre for me. Easily. 



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pokoko on 19 October 2019

Is Demon's Souls the most important game of the last decade?



Chrkeller on 20 October 2019

@Runa that is exactly why I personally think sekiro is one of the worst games I've played, it is a memory game. Reminds me of punch out.  It isn't fighting the enemy as much as memorizing patterns.  



Lafiel on 20 October 2019
pokoko said:
Is Demon's Souls the most important game of the last decade?

only to a small fraction of the gaming populace, but it has certainly been a game changer to us



derpysquirtle64 on 20 October 2019

Haven't played many souls like games but as of now it is:
1. Sekiro
2. DS3 (haven't beaten, may change in the future)
3. Code Vein
4. Bloodborne (haven't beaten, may change in the future)



 

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Shiken on 20 October 2019

Bloodborne
Demon Souls
Dark Souls
Dark Souls 2

I have not played enough of 3 to rank it fairly, but it is safe to say it would be somewhere below Bloodborne.

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Korvo_Attano on 20 October 2019

Nioh
Sekiro
Bloodborne

Haven't played any game from the Souls series but I have my eye on the trilogy and if remaster of Demon Souls does happen, I'll grab that too.



Darwinianevolution on 20 October 2019

I can't get into any Souls like game. Maybe it's because I'd rather grind for hours and get it done at a reasonable amount of tries than just fail and fail over and over again with little to no progress. Slow and steady progress seems more rewarding.



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Darwinianevolution on 20 October 2019
BraLoD said:
Darwinianevolution said:
I can't get into any Souls like game. Maybe it's because I'd rather grind for hours and get it done at a reasonable amount of tries than just fail and fail over and over again with little to no progress. Slow and steady progress seems more rewarding.

You won't fail that much.

Also, you can grind levels you want too, though it won't make a huge difference.

If you had seen me play Cuphead, you wouldn't say that. That dragon is horrible...



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Chrkeller on 20 October 2019
shikamaru317 said:
Only played 1, Sekiro, found it way too hard and gave up.

Sekiro is 100x harder than Souls.  Don't get me wrong, Souls isn't easy, but fair.  Sekiro is designed to be hard and absolutely nothing about it is fair.  I can beat every souls game solo, I couldn't get half way through Sekiro.  I died more in Sekiro than all souls games combined.