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  • [Discussion] Do you have soulslike "fatigue"?

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  • I've been playing Souls games almost exclusively for over a year, and I'm still having fun, so I'm definitely not fatigued yet. And even if I don't want to (re)play another Soulslike anymore, than I'm simply going to play something else.

    New releases generally don't interest me; I have yet to buy or play a Souls-like game at release. If a new game releases that interests me, Soulslike or not, I'm bookmarking it and remembering it in 2 to 40 months.

  • [Discussion] Who is your favorite Voice Actor in a Soulslike?

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  • I knew I heard Geppetto's voice somewhere before, but just couldn’t place it. He really has quite the range!

    Blaidd's voice is so comfortable to listen to :)

    Eileen makes me always think of her line: * A hunter must hunt.*It's burnt in my brain in her voice.

  • [ER] What is that you're doing?

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  • Golden Vow AoW and Exalted Flesh and Cragblade need 0 levels invested.

    You can put all of your levels in strength for max BONK.

  • [ER] What is that you're doing?

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  • I don’t use buffs, because it would take longer to buff-up than to actually kill the boss.

    If you do want to learn about buffs, fextralife has an actually decent page about Buffs and Debuffs.

  • [Discussion] Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend and Sword & Board or Dodge & Weave - which do you prefer?

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  • Cat petting achieved!

  • [Discussion] Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend and Sword & Board or Dodge & Weave - which do you prefer?

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  • The Quickstep Skill in Elden Ring gives you immediate i-frames on button-press.

  • [Discussion] Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend and Sword & Board or Dodge & Weave - which do you prefer?

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  • I want to pet the cat in Lies of P, but it keeps hissing at me when I try :(

  • [Discussion] Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend and Sword & Board or Dodge & Weave - which do you prefer?

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  • I'm currently playing Lies of P, and I’m having a blast! I needed a bit to get in to the flow, but now I'm really enjoying it. The only parts where I struggled were in my opinion, the two best Boss fights yet: The Big Police Man™ and the Archbishop Eldritch Thing™.

    The Police Guy was the point where deflecting really clicked for me. I could have defeated him in the same way I defeated bosses and mini-bosses before then with a hit-and-run style, but standing before him, and trying and timing the deflects to his giant swings was just so satisfying. Guard Regain is, in my opinion, an awesome mechanic: it not only makes missing a defect less punishing, but then also forces you to be more aggressive.

    For the Bishop: I defeated his first phase on my first attempt; it did cost me most of my heals and buffs but I got it done. But that was only his first phase. He then eviscerated me almost immediately. It took me 3 attempts to get back to his second phase to learn it. My winning attempt was very satisfying: first phase only chip damage, no heals used (the big guy is very satisfying to deflect); the second phase was more of a scramble, since I needed a bit more spatial awareness to deflect his smaller body.

    These fights really made me feel that not my character got better, but that I, as a player, got better. This satisfying experience is what Souls games are really about for me.

    Currently, in Lies of P, I'm actually blocking quite a bit. Sure, it's mostly just missing the deflect, but I'm also blocking some attacks and follow-ups without trying (yet) to deflect them, just to get in a favorable position (Guard Regain actually encourages a bit).

    But generally, I'm more in the Dodge & Weave camp. I also got my start in Bloodborne and took that playstyle over to other Souls games. I might use a shield as a utility item, maybe for the buff it gives -- looking at you Grass Crest Shield -- or to parry, but seldom for actually blocking and almost never in boss fights.

  • [Any] Is for me? 👉🏻👈🏻

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  • In Elden Ring, no character cares what your gender is.

    When you marry Ranni, she doesn't care what your gender is. In fact, you can even change it two minutes beforehand if you'd like!

  • [DS] Hehehehehehehe..........

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  • [ER] Bonjour

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  • For those who don't know, the Sentry's Torch allows you to see the invisible assassins.

  • Where can I directly download audiobooks?

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  • You don't need to sign up to audiobookbay. Just paste the hash into your torrent client.

  • [Discussion] Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend and what's a topic YOU want to discuss?

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  • Why do people try so hard to be beautiful?We cats are born beautiful, of course. Hee hee…

  • [BB] Take your pick

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  • [Discussion] Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend and what's a topic YOU want to discuss?

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  • I think he looks kinda goofy ;)

  • [Discussion] Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend and what's a topic YOU want to discuss?

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  • Duo Bosses: Fromsoft tries to make them work again and again. And they can be quite enjoyable, as seen with Ornstein and Smough.But they can also be quite jank. Two seperate entities trapping you between with no real way to escape. Getting ganked like that can sometimes lessen the enjoyment. Fromsoft's modern solution to this problem is to make one of the enemies mostly passive. I just killed the Fell Twins two minutes ago. Here you simply kill the first one with the axe, and then second one. That doesn't really add to the boss fight. Some are a bit more enjoyable like the Crucible Duo, where you need to constantly dodge Siluria's Knight's weapon art.But an interesting idea would be to have one Boss with two bodies, where the actions of one body informs the actions of the other body. Confusing? Okay, example: They did this with one interaction with the Putrescent Knight, when he dismounts his horse. The knight and the horse attack seperatly but predictably. I think a boss fight with this as a base concept would be interesting.

    I'm currently in NG+7 rocking a bleed build -- sometimes Dual Spears, sometimes Dual Curved Swords, always cool. After having done all 7-ish diffferent ending on a single savefile, I'm now doing a victory lap and doing Ranni's Ending again. One funny skip I used in the last game cycle and I'm now going to do again is: skipping Godskin Duo with the Hand of Malenia. It's a bit tricky to do, but it allows you to come back from the wrong side and fight them after defeating Radabeast.

  • [BB] Amygdala Painting

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  • Oh, I knew I had seen it somewhere in lemmy!

    I searched all [BB] tagged posts in this comm but couldn't find it.

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    Amygdala Painting

  • [Discussion] Who's your favourite skill check boss in a Soulslike?

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  • In my experience Blasphemous Claw is more for the style points than anything else, and it is indeed very stylish. It's easier to abuse the guaranteed opening you get at the start of Phase 2 and take advantage of his low Stance of 80 for an easy Stance-Break.

  • [Discussion] Who's your favourite skill check boss in a Soulslike?

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  • Maliketh!

    He guards or, arguably, begins the endgame boss rush. Other examples here are more of early or mid-game bosses. Maliketh has two very distinct phases with which you need to engage to get past him. This prepares you for Godfrey and Radabeast. He is not only a skill check, but also a knowledge check: In Farum Azula, the final Bell Bearings for upgrade stones are forced upon you. At this point, you can create whatever build you want. You can even upgrade two different weapons, one for Gurranq and one for Maliketh. On the other hand, he's is not that bulky for an endgame boss. If you explore side areas like the Snowfields, Haligtree, or the DLC (if you have it) you can just overpower him.

  • [Discussion] Who's your favourite skill check boss in a Soulslike?

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  • Margit is so nice to fight on subsequent playthroughs. He moves in slow-motion and has massive openings. Running to him with a +0 weapon is so fun.

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    Ancient Dragons' Lightning Strike goes bzzzzzzt!!!

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    Forbidden Woods: A Fan-Favorite Bloodborne Area!

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    How Souls-Likes Took Over the Gaming World

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    Which glitches do you use in Soulslikes?

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    Spiky Bonk

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    I defeated Consort Radahn at RL1!

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    What bosses/enemies do you enjoy parrying?

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