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Agente42 on 31 October 2019
omarct said:
1- Bloodborne(Masterpiece)
2- Demons's Souls(first is always special)
3- Dark Souls( I have more fond memories of it)
4- Dark Souls 3(pretty good)
5- Hollow Knight(impressed me)
6- Dark Souls 2(worst gameplay and lore)
7- Nioh(hate rng loot crap grind/timesinks)

Hollow Knight is not a souls borne, it's a Metroidvania. The core mechanics is all about Metroidvania like. 

Great list.



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Agente42 on 31 October 2019
BraLoD said:
RJTM1991 said:
1. Nioh.
2. Everything else.

Nioh took the Souls concept and ran with it. Made it bigger and better. So much replay value too.

Nioh is incredible.

I still have Demon's Souls in higher regard but Nioh deserves all my love too.

Agreed.

Nioh is great.



Link_knight30 on 31 October 2019

1. Demon's Souls (that is all, I dont like the others)



Runa216 on 01 November 2019
Machina said:
Runa216 said:
Just spent a few hours this morning running Chalice dungeons with a friend...and for the life of me I do not understand why people hate them so much. If this was ALL the game had to offer, I'd think it was pretty cheap and repetitive. However, as what is essentially bonus/side content to an already beefy and well-worth-it game, I think it compliments what we have nicely.

Agreed. I don't think they're particularly good or bad - just meh - but when it's just bonus content it doesn't really matter. Like you say, if that was the entire game, it'd be a huge issue (part of the reason I'm currently not enjoying Nioh very much), but it isn't so I don't know why people criticise it so much.



Btw I took your advice and skipped over Sekiro for now and started Nioh instead, based on how well loved it seems to be on here. I can't say I agree with the praise it's been getting in this thread right now, 16 hours in. Enemy variety is on the low side and holy shit if I have to revisit that opening map one more time for a side mission I'm going to scream. Clearing the same level over, and over, and over, and over again (not an exaggeration, unfortunately) is not bloody fun, wtf. Talk about unnecessary padding of the game.

Side missions aren't essential of course, but I know if I don't do at least some of the side quests I'm going to fall behind in terms of levels (and despite what everyone in the 'get good' camp says about levels not being important in these games, for anyone who's not a speedrunner or wannabe pro they absolutely are).

Cut out the side missions and balance the game around original maps only and Nioh would be so, so much better.

Not sure if it was my advice to skip Sekiro. I did say to go into it with a different mentality, though! 

as for Nioh, I thought it was okay. 7/10 for me. Good, well made, but it's got elements I don't like (randomized loot, for example) and something about it felt sterile and stiff even if it totally wasn't. It lacked the depth of lore and world building that Fromsoft's games have. I played it, I made it about 25% through, and then moved on. Very long game that I just didn't have the heart to complete. I seem to be in the minority, though. 



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omarct on 01 November 2019
Agente42 said:
omarct said:
1- Bloodborne(Masterpiece)
2- Demons's Souls(first is always special)
3- Dark Souls( I have more fond memories of it)
4- Dark Souls 3(pretty good)
5- Hollow Knight(impressed me)
6- Dark Souls 2(worst gameplay and lore)
7- Nioh(hate rng loot crap grind/timesinks)

Hollow Knight is not a souls borne, it's a Metroidvania. The core mechanics is all about Metroidvania like. 

Great list.

The list was about "Souls Like" games. I personally think Hollow Knight was heavily inspired by Dark Souls which is why I mentioned it. If you have played Hollow Knight you will know why I say so. The way the story and lore is told through item descriptions and random NPCs with little dialogue its exactly like the Souls games, just because you cant level up or use different weapons, doesnt mean its not Souls Like.



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Agente42 on 01 November 2019
omarct said:
Agente42 said:

Hollow Knight is not a souls borne, it's a Metroidvania. The core mechanics is all about Metroidvania like. 

Great list.

The list was about "Souls Like" games. I personally think Hollow Knight was heavily inspired by Dark Souls which is why I mentioned it. If you have played Hollow Knight you will know why I say so. The way the story and lore is told through item descriptions and random NPCs with little dialogue its exactly like the Souls games, just because you cant level up or use different weapons, doesnt mean its not Souls Like.

The lore have inspired in retro games, Dark souls games is also inspired in retro games, where no tell( cinematics focus)  context and more experience context (story imersion in gameplay). Grandpa of Hollow Knight and Dark Souls is Classic Zelda ( The legend of Zelda) and other classics. It's more a ancestry in common than heavily inspired.  The ambience and atmospheric resemble Metroid too. Dark Souls innovation is the focus in stamina based action. Hollow Knight don't have stamina based action.  

great video about Hollow Knight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ITtPPE-pXE

And about souls like genre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx7BWayWu08



epicurean on 06 November 2019

1. Bloodborne
2. Demon's Souls
3. Sekiro
4. Dark Souls
5. Dark Souls 3
6. Dark Souls 2.

99. Nioh.

Edited - forgot about Sekiro



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epicurean on 06 November 2019
BraLoD said:
Machina said:
Have added Nioh to my ranking now that I've decided to stop playing it and move onto something else. I just got really bored by the lack of enemy variety and the repetitive areas. It's my second least favourite Soulslike so far. It could've been really good but it's just too bloated; needed the equivalent of an editor to come in and cut whole chunks of filler content out.

I've now moved on to Salt & Sanctuary, which I'm really enjoying so far, somewhat to my surprise because it's a 2D indie and those games rarely appeal to me.

Poor you.

Nioh is freaking amazing.

I couldn't get into Nioh either. I tried. Added it to my library since it was free this month with Plus. Might try it again if I have time at some point. 



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Agente42 on 12 November 2019
BraLoD said:
Machina said:
Have added Nioh to my ranking now that I've decided to stop playing it and move onto something else. I just got really bored by the lack of enemy variety and the repetitive areas. It's my second least favourite Soulslike so far. It could've been really good but it's just too bloated; needed the equivalent of an editor to come in and cut whole chunks of filler content out.

I've now moved on to Salt & Sanctuary, which I'm really enjoying so far, somewhat to my surprise because it's a 2D indie and those games rarely appeal to me.

Poor you.

Nioh is freaking amazing.

Nioh, Sekiro and Bloodborne is not a Dark Souls clone, it's begin a deviation. It's good for the genre.



melbye on 12 November 2019

1. Bloodborne
2. Dark Souls 3
3. Dark Souls
4. Sekiro
5. Dark Souls 2

Come on Sony, Demon's Souls Remastered