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submitted 1 week ago by v4ld1z@lemmy.zip to c/soulslike@lemmy.zip

Controversial opinion, but I'd probably pick Dark Souls 1. It's the one I'm most disinterested to play. DS2 is the outsider and has earned its accolades via that alone, plus it's the most experimental DS game, which is cool. DS3 has fun world building and good combat, or rather my preferred speed, so it beats DS1 in that regard too. DS1 wasn't particularly fun to play for me in comparison.

The others are one-ofs and have all brought something truly unique to their catalogue, culminating in ER which is arguably, next to DS1 maybe, the most influential Soulslike in existence.

What's your take?

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[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

If I didn't delete DS1, I'd go for ER next personally too. The open world was cool for a first playthrough, but after that it's just a slog to navigate through in my experience.

Also, feel free to make a separate post to ask for players for Nightreign or check out our Discord/Matrix channels to find people to play with. The communities aren't huge, but there's a couple people playing on different platforms - maybe you'll find someone to play. :)

[-] fracture 2 points 5 days ago

rip to those poor bastards on console

i might check for people, but i was mostly throwing it out there for anyone who was looking. i have some homies i run it up with pretty regularly

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

No worries. Just spreading the word ✨

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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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