Lies of P is getting difficulty options to make the Soulslike more accessible [VGC]

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• Allero@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Please normalize difficulty levels for soulslikes

  Many want to just learn the lore, and those into hardcore gaming can still do that and brag about it.

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  • faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And to be fair, most of these games would still be challenging at a lower difficulty. I expect that the late game bosses of Lies of P would remain difficult in the second difficulty setting (maybe not as much in the first setting, but for now we don’t know what to expect)

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  • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    right there with you. and there are SO MANY levers they could pull under the hood to tweak the difficulty without fundamentally changing the fights. Adjusting stuff like poise, estus flasks, flask consumption time, etc could all make the game easier for folks without changing the fights themselves too much.

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• Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The difficulty is not a problem for me so much as the very slow movements. It takes like 2 seconds to swing a sword. Meanwhile the opponent is still attacking. Just can’t figure these games out, myself 😮‍💨

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  • BorgDrone@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Don’t treat it like an action game, treat it like a rhythm game.

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    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That works for sekiro, but lies of p is a different monster.

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    • LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Alas, I have no rhythm

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  • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    And the opponents wait for 2 seconds after finishing their attacks. Soulslikes are all about learning the patterns and finding the opportunities to hit between dodges, not about mindlessly hack-n-slashing your way to victory.

    And different weapons work for different people, I have some I’m absolutely useless with because I just can’t work with their movesets.

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  • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    have you swung a melee weapon before in real life, like maybe a baseball bat? Does swinging the bat happen instantaneously, or do you have to wind up the swing for momentum? Would a bigger, heavier bat be faster or slower to swing?

    Souls games have slow melee attacks compared to something like Devil May Cry, but the speed is intended to be more realistic compared to those kinds of speedy action games. Just apply real life logic to it, and it should make more sense. If the weapon you are using is too slow for you, find a smaller, lighter one that would be easier to swing in real life. If starting out as a regular dude and then becoming more powerful is not appealing to you, or if realistic fights are not exciting to you, then maybe the Souls games just aren’t your bag.

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    • Sas@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That is a really odd comparison because in real life, even 2 handed longswords are very fast and souls like games slow them down a lot. They are not meant for realism at all.

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• Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I accidentally made the second half of the game harder for myself by not upgrading my armor. Oops. Ended up having to tinker with things for the last boss. But adjusting armor made the fight go from 2-3 hit KO’s to being able to actually take some hits. It was a lot of fun!

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  • overload@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I didn’t think armour was anything but cosmetic in lies of p?

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    • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      There’s cosmetic outfits and then an actual armor that alters some stats!

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