Whoops! Long weekend - lost track of time, sorry.

I’m stuck in a perpetual vortex of League of Legends and watching Death Note when I’m not playing League. I also haven’t played TUNIC in over two weeks T__T I suck at sticking with new games. I have tried out Gambonanza tho, but it’s not a soulslike. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Soulslikes are notorious for their difficulty, often at the expense of scaring away potential new players who can’t or don’t want to wade through the early steep difficulty curve. Nevertheless, bar any physical/cognitive disability that could hinder your gameplay, do you think anyone can beat a soulslike if they just set their mind to it?

Inspired by a post I saw on reddit where OP mentioned that they had previously only played mainstream “cookie cutter” games, like CoD, GoW or Uncharted and decided to try out Bloodborne. At first, they struggled a lot but got better over time and started enjoying their time.

Unless you’re actually new to gaming as a whole, maybe there isn’t really any genre you’d need to have played prior to be successful in soulslikes? Will of determination, perseverance, seeing things through to the end are all values explored in soulslikes - implicitly or explicitly - so it would make sense.

Thoughts?

  • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip
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    21 days ago

    Didn’t mean to sound like a sycophant there. Apologies.

    You do realise this would mean the likelihood of me forcing you to play the game in question would increase manyfold right?

    Sounds hot, but… Even if I succumbed to the pressure I don’t think my gaming budget would allow for that XD

    I mean, how can you draw it if you haven’t played it?

    Like I’ve drawn covers for books I haven’t fully read XD I can take some art direction y’know? Get a summary, look at references… Sometimes it do be like that. Like I said, it’s just a shitty drawing like the ones I’ve posted here before:

    Tap for spoiler

    • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
      2·
      20 days ago

      Didn’t mean to sound like a sycophant there. Apologies.

      Oh you’re fine I just have a severe inferiority complex. If I could somehow end up in a situation where I was writing about games professionally that sounds utopian, but I still doubt I have what it takes. Also isn’t journalism in general one of the worst fields to get into right now with AI running rampant?

      Sounds hot, but… Even if I succumbed to the pressure I don’t think my gaming budget would allow for that XD

      Yeah that’s fair. As a console player you can’t even sail the high seas huh. I would try to sing the virtues of the venerable PC here but… this point in time is like the worst it has ever been to buy a gaming PC.

      Like I’ve drawn covers for books I haven’t fully read XD I can take some art direction y’know? Get a summary, look at references… Sometimes it do be like that. Like I said, it’s just a shitty drawing like the ones I’ve posted here before:

      First of all they’re not shitty, they’re cute and funny and lovely. Just because I am putting myself down constantly doesn’t mean I’ll let others do the same. I am, first and foremost, a hypocrite.

      Second, I find it infinitely amusing that you’re somehow fangirling me when you’re an actual professional artist and I’m again like… literally just a guy.

      • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip
        2·
        20 days ago

        isn’t journalism in general one of the worst fields to get into right now with AI running rampant?

        Ugh…Yeah :/

        As a console player you can’t even sail the high seas huh.

        My heart yearns for the seven seas, alas I’m bound to solid ground for the forseeable future.

        they’re not shitty

        I’m just trying to establish a realistic quality expectation hereXD As much as I like you, this has to remain low effort for me.

        when you’re an actual professional artist

        Nah, I’ve been paid for it, yes. but I wouldn’t go as far as calling myself that. I suck at the business part of art which is sadly the most important one.

        But I’m glad I can amuse you :P