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This is a community for discussion, news, and memes pertaining to the video game sub-genre "soulslike".

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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[BB] This enemy is so difficult!

[DS1] Anyone struggling with the gargoyles?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not there yet. I've only tried once, but it was frustrating considering how much I love the other Fromsoft games.

[–] v4ld1z 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It does take some time to get used to it. As much as it's a meme, it does click once you get to the mid-game. Also not worth to push through if you're not feeling it at all

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I definitely have to give it another try. I think I'm just too set in my other Fromsoft games old ways.

[–] v4ld1z 1 points 1 day ago

Oh yea I can imagine. I was fortunate, or unfortunate, enough to have Sekiro be pretty much the first FromSoft game I've ever played next to Bloodborne, so I didn't have a mold of habits to break. It was tough tho. I bounced off the game hard twice and didn't touch the game for several years. Having finished Bloodborne, I gave it another shot, didn't suck as abysmally as before and the rest is history.

You just need to fully accept the different gameplay loop to succeed. A little tip that helped me a lot was to just not move at all since that'll usually just throw you off mid-combo and only focus on parries and occasional dodged for unparriable attacks. That way, you're always perfectly lined up for parries and won't get hit by a stray polygon on the edge off the attack.

Let me know if you have any questions about anything concerning the game - maybe I can help somehow. :)