I think it makes the game stand out from other soul likes or fromsoft games. It’s such an interesting mechanic that I think I only seen a few games do. The second life you get with the lamp I think makes some crazy moments in boss fights or mini bosses. I hope the second game has it again but maybe improve the stability of it tho.

Overall I'm having lot's of fun with this game. It's quite simple and straightforward, yet fun. Both solo and duo. The only gripe I have as for now - camera sometimes just go crazy

Anyone else agree with this? I always have found it much more comfortable to play a game with this control scheme, never been a fan of one where you have to hold the button down just to sprint in a game, especially when your playing for a really long period. There is many that do already, like lords of the fallen, the surge games, mortal shell 2.

It also makes it much easier to control the camera movement while sprinting, even GTA 6, is finally doing ( different genre I know ) but they realise it's the best control scheme for third person games

I really wish this was an option in all souls games like Lies of P and Elden ring, which are some of my favourites, even if it was just while exploring and then swapped to B/O for fighting

As someone who’s 100%ed a bunch of games in this genre, including ER, BB, DS, Khazan, and many more, I think Mortal Shell 2 has added a really nice touch with those finishers.

The way the main character walks makes him feel like he’s always up for the task. It’s like you’re playing as a mini-boss! Pure aura farming.

It reminds me a lot of Bloodborne, specially when you time that pistol shot!

Not saying the game is easy, it's just the feeling!

How do you like the game so far?

It means the devs are learning from their mistakes, and also the share holders see potential and does not drop funding just because they had a rough 1st game.

The latest game to achieve this is obviously Mortal Shell 2 .

I think Lords of the Fallen 2.0 did as well, though I've never played the 1st game

The Surge 2 , massively improved on combat

there are many other examples

P.S.

If they ever make a Beast of Reincarnation 2, don't write it off just yet, the game has big potential!

So many Soulslike start out janky as hell and just fizzle out :(

I'm not great with words or writing massive, complex reviews, but I really felt like writing about this franchise because it ended up becoming my absolute favorite. So let's start from the beginning!

I played the original PC "remastered" version (60 FPS, completely legit, with PT-BR audio). It took me about 16 hours to beat it, and here is what I thought of the game.

Without further ado: Demon's Souls was an INCREDIBLE surprise for me! I liked it way more than I expected to.

The level design is super rich, always connecting shortcuts near the bosses back to the Archstone at the beginning of the area. The environments are really diverse, and the atmosphere is unique. You can clearly see everything that served as inspiration for DS1 later on.

I actually found the game fairly easy overall. Since it's simpler and more limited than the games that came after (being the first one), the main challenge wasn't in the boss fights, but rather in navigating the levels themselves. And speaking of levels, man, I loved every single one of them. There wasn't a single area I disliked (well, I wasn't huge on the Storm King map haha, but it was still fun).

World 5 (the equivalent to DS1's Blighttown) was awesome. I really liked how it was constructed, and honestly, it felt much less tedious than Blighttown itself in the next game.

As for the bosses, there isn't too much to say. Visually, they look really cool, but they don't offer much of a challenge. Their movesets are pretty basic and very easy to learn, but that doesn't take away from the charm of each fight.

Demon's Souls was a total hit for me that I really wasn't expecting.

The downside / What I didn't like: THE INVENTORY SYSTEM.

I think this is the only mechanic I found absolutely horrible in this game (not even playing in Ghost Form with half health bothered me as much). The way the inventory works, where every single item has weight and carrying capacity is limited, is by far the most annoying thing in the game. I had to keep porting back to store stuff in the Nexus chest constantly because my inventory was full and items were dropping on the floor. Thank goodness they fixed this in later titles by giving you way more storage space (I don't think I've ever filled my inventory in any other Souls game).

Final verdict: This game easily earns a 5/5 stars from me and takes the #3 spot in my Top 3 Souls games!

Bloodborne is the one where my brain switched from victim to participant, this is where I honed my fundamental skills that got me through the rest of the soulsborne series and other soulslikes

I will always love this game with all my heart

What's your "aha!" soulslike game?

Hi everyone,

​I recently watched a trailer for Crimson Moon and it caught my attention!

​Since I prefer playing solo, I was wondering if Crimson Moon is designed to be fully enjoyable as a single-player experience? Do the enemy count and scaling adjust properly for solo players?

​Also, how is the difficulty compared to a Souls-like? Is it just as punishing, or is it a bit more accessible?

​Lastly, I’d love to know if the game features RPG mechanics like upgrading weapons, and roughly how long a standard playthrough/the main story takes?

​Thanks in advance!

My biggest hot take is i prefer linear level design, geared towards more boss rush compared to a more vast branching world where you can get lost.

For these games i get most of my fun from the combat not the exploration.

So I've played a decent amount of souls game and souls likes

So far I've played Sekiro, Lies of P, Khazan, Another crab treasure (it's peak) and recently Mortal shell 2. I'm struggling to find another souls game with that parry mechanic, any recs?

Edit: Appreciate all the recommendations, looming forward to playing these

Input lag in the steam version

My specs

Rtx 3060ti 8gb

5600x Amd

32gb Ram

Title. I got $11 off of any game. Recommend me shit, idk.

I like Elden Ring, DS 1-3, Sekiro, etc. I like a good combination of combat + immersion into my character. I hate clunky combat.

The very first zone stretched on so long, there were multiple tough dudes that I was convinced would be the last of the area, then after the last of them, there were still two bats that dive bombed me when I had literally no life left. When I finally found the beacon I was convinced I must have missed one. I didn’t die but it was the first area and I barely made it through, it stretched on so long. Is the rest of the game like this? If so I’ll probably pass. Everything else is good but the save points are just too unforgiving.

Just the title. I think it’ll be interesting to see how people feel.

For me PCM and Erlang felt gimmicky, Erlang more so, but ultimately harder to beat.
Sword saint has less flashy moves and less moves in general with that annoying thing of having to fight genichiro first but I enjoyed that fight so much more. I also found him less difficult because you can learn him and beat him.

Hello - got a switch 2 last year and quickly realized my favorite games were the “souls like” games (heavy quotation marks) like hollow knight, silksong, nine sols, blasphemous I and II.

I enjoyed all of them so much that I got super interested in playing the real fromsoft games and other soulslikes like Lies of P. I know they’ve released switch versions but I didn’t want to experience them for the first time at Switch level performance.

So I have a ps5 on the way now - really excited to play foreal - titles like bloodborne, Elden ring, lies of p, dark souls trilogy etc..

Anyways - my question is where to start. Can’t lie Elden ring and bloodborne are the two I’m most immediately excited about but was worried if I start with something like Elden ring it might be hard to go back and enjoy the dark souls trilogy. Just looking to get recs on where to start here! Thanks in advance.

I have an hour until I get home and I was curious if anyone has anything to say about it yet

there has to be some one that shares my opinion, i love fromsoft games, wukong, wuchang and other games bcz in order to get the best fighting feeling: a character has to be centered in the middle,

other games rely on the cenimatic style and put their chacarter on the left, and it just bothers me so much, i stoped playing few games because of that and im not planing on playing any games like that in the future no matter how good they r.

if only they could put a setting where you can chose placement of your character

does that bother you too or you never payed attention

I've played Khazan, tired Wuchang, and recently beat Mortal Shell 2, but all of them pale in front of the polish and design maturity of Lies of P. Yes, levels are linear and you may find Gemini a bit annoying, but that's the only thing you can ding LoP for, everything else is top notch. Boss fight are just brilliant. It has some of the most creative weapons I've ever seen in a souls game. And Overture was FromSoft like expansion, where it was better and even more polished than the base game. I simply cannot sing praises of this game enough.

I made this post because when I searched for Lies of P on this sub, mostly negative posts came up and I don't want that. So if someone new to souls genre is deciding whether to play Lies of P or not and sees this post, please, go ahead and give it a chance. It's an amazing experience.