Topic: Souls-likes (& dislikes)

@CthulhuFhtagn If you like the level design in Dark Souls then Hellpoint is the closest thing of all the soulslikes to get to the FromSoftware magic.

The combat is also good and there are some interesting character builds you can craft

@graymamba yeah I've seen the price record. maybe later. thanks for the reply.
you played anything interesting recently? Khazan? AI Limit? something else? sorry if you've talked about them already, I'm not in the loop much.

@nitraM hi! I will keep that in mind.
I see that you gave a 4 to Wanted Dead in your Games. everything I've seen from that game screams exactly like that. voice acting, level design, graphics... I don't know why but I'm still interested.

@CthulhuFhtagn I just finished the original Lords of the Fallen’s plat off (one of the weaker souls-likes out there but still decent) and then the last one I played before that was Nioh 2 which was incredible. I’m currently weighing up which souls-like to play during the second half of this year, right now it’s between the 2023 Lords of the Fallen reboot or Lies of P.

@graymamba I played both Nioh 2 and original Lords of the fallen years ago. Lords had good visuals, cool armors and weapons but the gameplay was really stiff and heavy. not fun.
I know it's not a popular opinion but I put Nioh 1 over 2. ✌️

@graymamba I'm playing Lords of the Fallen 2023 at the moment, and am finding it rather enjoyable so far. The dual worlds is cool and I like how the area is connected and loops back on it self. My only gripes is the lack of enemy variety so far and it has not been that difficult so far. Apart from one enemy which is kinda like this games version of the black knights from Dark Souls.

@JohnnyShoulder ah cool, how big does the game seem to you as the first game must be the smallest of any of the souls-likes I’ve played? I think that was the reason they made three separate playthroughs needed for the platinum… to beef it up a bit.

@CthulhuFhtagn yeah Wanted Dead was a game I was really hyped for, sadly it just wasn't executed well enough and actually became a drag to play, so it was abandoned and deleted.

@graymamba I've been playing for about 45 hours and I've not lit the second beacon yet, which apparently means I'm about 30% in.

But I am ultra slow when it comes to these games.

@JohnnyShoulder fair enough, while you might make slow progress in souls-likes that still sounds like it’s probably a fair bit bigger than the original, which I was hoping tbh. I like to get lost in dark-fantasy style games for a good month or two.

@CthulhuFhtagn @nitraM Wanted Dead had a quite significant patch a few months after release which made the game quite a bit more playable (and easier). I’ve spoken to a fair few people who like the more hardcore Character Action games (Ninja Gaiden et al.) who were surprisingly high on the game after the patch.

@graymamba Hmm good to know, might have to revisit it!

@graymamba now I'm even more interested.