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Back in the day games were hard to stretch out the game, because there was only like 4 levels and if it was easy you’d be finished in a single afternoon.

Now games are thousands of hours long and they hold your hand every step of the way to make sure you actually see all that content; and then the majority of players quit after completing only about 1/4th of the total game.

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PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I’d agree with you mostly except that nobody out there making a “soulslike” actually seems to understand what makes Dark Souls so good. There are so, so many garbage soulslikes out there, and exceptionally few good ones.

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- Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  To be fair, there are also a ton of games using the term “souls like” just because they have a respawn system and checkpoints.
  
  Some of the good ones not made by From soft, IMO, include Lies of P which is probably the closest to form, and The Surge, but 1 over 2 for level design, and 2 over 1 for boss design.
  
  Mortal Shell could be good if it wasn’t so buggy that enemies only actually appear once they’re in your face. It’s got atmosphere and the weighty combat part pretty good.
  
  I haven’t tried Entoria, but the reviews don’t look good. I was hoping it would be at least to the level of Lies.
  
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  - PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I’ve played all these and agree that Lies of P is one of the few good ones. The Surge is actually one I had in mind when I wrote my response. I think it’s absolute trash. The limb targeting gimmick and the forced quicktime finishers constantly stopping the action are just awful. I agree with your assessment of the others.
    
    At the end of the day I’d almost always rather just play Dark Souls (yes, even Dark Souls 2) again rather than any of the crappy copycats out there.
    
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HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
This is why I want a remaster of Space Channel 5, the timing is impossibly difficult (ESPECIALLY when emulated as video and audio isn’t synced), but it’s on purpose because if you aren’t stonewalled the game will only take one hour.

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