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Given Lemmy's size, the definition of soulslike may be treated relatively loosely. While games like the numerous FromSoft titles, the recent Star Wars Jedi games, Lies of P, Nioh and similar games should be the focus, games that incorporate soulslike elements - like Hollow Knight and Blasphemous, for example - may also be discussed here.

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Recommendations for 2d soulslikes? (self.soulslike)

submitted 2 days ago by BlindFrog to c/[email protected]

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Preferably on the easier side, especially if 3D. I had a grand old time figuring out the openings in Deaths Door and am hopeful I can pick up Titan Souls soon. Is Another Crab's Treasure as decent for a warm up to soulslikes?

What I liked about Death's Door is that it was simple enough to figure out how to level up, maneuver, and time mechanics so that it didn't slow me down from discovering more of the world or progressing the plot. At first it felt too difficult, but lasting longer through the hard fights was actually fun. I felt a short sense of accomplishment getting through each major fight. And when I felt like I was hitting a brick wall, I had a way to enhance stats. I'm currently stuck practicing the boss fight on the umbrella challenge.

I've watched videos of Dark Souls, and I can tell it's not for me. In MHW, though it's not a soulslike, I'm forever stuck on Deviljho - I've never been able to solo it, only carried. @.@ 'just mentioning it for skill reference.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Blasphemous

i picked up Blasphemous once again yesterday (or the day before?..) and its amazing. the bosses are pretty easy (so far) and its more narrative driven than dark souls is imo. im not entirely sure what the story is about yet but its like a setting where the gods are angry and people are trying to repent or something. art is great and it challenging yet very much not 'difficult'. it has a bunch of epic cutscenes and the occasional puzzle-y segment, highly recommend. (for reference, im pretty new to 2d souls-like metroidvania-like games yet so far none of the 4 bosses i fought took me more than like 30 minutes)