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I’ve never played a soulslike games because they are a bit intimidating to me. Amy recommendations for soulslikes games to start on or for beginners to the genre?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I’ve also heard the magic in Elden ring makes it easier than the others. Any thoughts on that?

[–] ampersandrew 9 points 6 months ago

The magic is similar to Dark Souls 3. I don't know that it's any more overtuned or anything, but there's a lot of fun in finding broken builds, and there are tons of them.

[–] bungle_in_the_jungle 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I hate other souls like games but managed my way through Elden Ring because of this and what /u/ampersandrew said about going away and coming back after exploring and leveling a bit more.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] bungle_in_the_jungle 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I had a great time with it (mostly) but I don't want to play it again... If that makes any sense? Ha ha.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

It's too big. Simple as that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't linking users work differently here? I thought @[email protected] would be the canonical way to mention users, given that it includes their instance. I'm still fairly new to Lemmy, so maybe that's app/instance-specific

[–] bungle_in_the_jungle 4 points 6 months ago

Oh yeah, my bad. Did that completely on autopilot!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It is the most wizarding friendly game FromSoftware has made.

Through their other games the pattern was for wizards: the level getting to the boss was tough managing your spell uses, but then the boss was easy if you reserved enough.

In Elden Ring there are less 'levels' and almost none of the classic 'runback' to a boss if you die. So you almost always can full power a boss.

Which feels easier in comparison. Though the Elden Ring bosses were designed around that more.

Imminent DLC will shake things up too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I liked the magic in Elden Ring. First Souls game I played magic in and I feel it was very strong. If you're going with sorceries, just be aware that the first magic teacher is easily missed. Look up where they are if you get too far into the game without finding more magic.