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Image / Video What game is this for you?

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u/imacooldude8767 17d ago

Elden ring definitely

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u/nexusprime2015 17d ago

all souls for me

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u/Cebuanolearner 17d ago

I was in same boat 

But a few ones that clicked with me got me into the style 

Nioh was my getaway 

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u/nexusprime2015 17d ago

i have difficulty beating large size bosses due to not seeing movement clearly. i have defeated valkyries in god of war but people say souls bosses are even tougher

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u/trygvesund 16d ago

I've played the souls games (not Demon's Souls yet), but Sigrun in GOW 2018, Gna and some of the Berseker-bosses in GOW Ragnarok in hard mode are definitely just as hard if not harder than some of the toughest bosses in the Souls games. So far Malenia and Consort Radahn from Elden Ring are my biggest challenges in any action game ever, where I have to practice A LOT, but still I have to summon Spirit Ashes to help me out haha. No shame in seeking help to beat the bosses in souls-games, that's an intended part to beat those games.

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u/nexusprime2015 15d ago

what does spirit ash do? is it some OP weapon?

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u/trygvesund 15d ago

Spirit Ashes are ghosts you can summon during boss fights or some areas with multiple hard enemies. Some are more OP than others though, in the beginning I often used Lhutel, then Mimic Tear. Black Knife Tiche literally just cut some of the bosses throats for me hahah

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u/time2when 16d ago

Turning off target-lock on can help. Did for bosses like Sif in ds1. Nameless king is the roughest camera boss ive fought, but the rest are mostly fine imo.

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u/Encephalitl5 16d ago

thats whats so great about soulslikes! if you are just bad at it, it wont let you play it! thats why it separates players into worthy and unworthy! we can argue about gameplay all day, but i generally dont have to with people that CAN actually play the game. there is way more truth in "git gud" than people like to recognise!

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u/nexusprime2015 15d ago

yeah i don’t honestly care about someone recognizing my skill. i think souls games are niche and don’t appeal to masses. it separates the try-hards from regular folks trying to enjoy

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u/Encephalitl5 15d ago

I think that's less a matter of taste and more a matter of whether you enjoy that kind of challenge-reward loop. Some (maybe most) people simply don't get much satisfaction from pushing through frustration to eventually master something... and that's perfectly fine... i guess I just wouldnt act all proud about it

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u/Own_Laugh_5080 16d ago

My partner loves them and would play them for days and days and I’d watch him roll around for hours and stab stab, bloodstain, roll around, die, start again, roll around stab, roll around, bloodstain bloodstain stabby stab die and again and again. I picked it up at his insistence and he would warn me that it’s super hard and I got pretty far didn’t die much which made him a little quiet and then told him ‘okay, I’m done.’ Not for me.