Literally, the difficulty is why I didn’t get past the first area. I don’t have time or want to get sweaty. If anyone can recommend some for casual players it’d be divine.
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whatsgoingdom@rollenspiel.forum 3 weeks ago
There’s a bunch of mods available for dark souls to make it easier e.g. not losing souls when dying etc. Haven’t tested them though.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
TheBluePillock@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I find their older titles more accessible because they were a bit lower budget, more experimental, and not trying so hard to cater to players who want the hardcore experience. That means the balance is all over the place, which can make the game stupidly hard if you just dive in unprepared. But it can also make the game fairly easy if you know how to cheese the bosses, where to find the OP gear, and what spots are good to quickly level up and just overpower the game. There’s nothing wrong with reading some wiki pages or watching videos ahead of time so you can play more optimally instead of floundering around and brute forcing your way through with an underpowered character.
Demon’s Souls can have long runs back when you die, but is extremely exploitable. DS1 can still be overleveled and you can sequence break to get OP gear, but there aren’t as many blatant boss exploits.
If you get really into it, you can always do challenge runs with certain restrictions, weapons, or builds. You can always make it harder to get the magic back - if the difficulty is part of the magic for you. If it’s not, then using strategy to make it easier is just improving your enjoyment.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Haha, I think the problem is I just do not play a lot of games anymore with quicktime actions, so it is a general curve to just get there in the first place. And I am usually playing games when I am already a little bit burnt out. If there is something I can slap onto Elden Ring pretty easily on my deck, it would be ideal!!
TheBluePillock@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Compared to most action RPGs, they’re notoriously more methodical and slower paced. But, they’re still action RPGs. Elden Ring leans more heavily towards the action where memorization and reaction times have the most influence on success. You have to learn the patterns, but good stats and gear can make it more forgiving when you make a mistake. DS leans more towards RPG, which makes it more flexible. You can play it as a pure action game and rely on good reflexes and pattern memorization, but you can also largely brute force it with a powerful character the same as many RPGs.
If you wanted to just mod Elden Ring into something more casual, the closest thing is the seamless co-op mod. But that would rely on having at least one friend to join you. It does drastically alter the balance, but I don’t think it would help the parts of the game that make it feel inaccessible if it’s a reaction time sort of thing that’s spoiling the game for you.
I myself have played nothing but slower paced and turn based games for the last couple years, so I get it. But I have had the Souls craving creeping up on me again recently.
Godric@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I didn’t get past the first area
Are you deadass allergic to trying? You couldn’t manage the tutorial level? If you can find the time, watch someone stream as you prolly won’t enjoy playing the game.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
You could be a lot kinder. I put 10 hours into the game and stopped for a reason. The progression was not satisfying at the rate I was going and became repetitive from not progressing.
LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
You can try WeMod. That’s what usually allows me to complete games, especially since I don’t have a lot of time and just want to have fun in the game after a very long work day!
Godric@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Good. Don’t test them at all, and enjoy the cruel shared struggle that united men and women from ages past!
Don’t go hollow!
whatsgoingdom@rollenspiel.forum 3 weeks ago
Yeah I’m playing unmodded dark souls. Still didn’t beat it, but I’m making (very slow) progress.
Godric@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Make that progress my friend, Dark Souls is intended to be hard!
Some of my fondest memories Dark Souls are:
Me IRL watching my buddy play, spending hours in Undead Burgh, me talking mad shit about the Tarus Demon only to see it instantly backoff suicide off the cliff 10s into the boss fight
Sunbroing equipped as Soloaire outside a rough boss fight, and gitting gud enough to carry anyone who wasnt suicidal
Literally grinding my head against a boss until I WON Die, die, die, and eventually win is what makes Dark Souls the game.
makyo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My favorite memories came from when I finally got fed up with the low level griefers and built my own to fight them while engaged in jolly cooperation