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tomatoely@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Went and tried playing Dark Souls again after leaving it on hold for a few months and this time it clicked HARD. I finally get why people love these games so much. The atmosphere, the combat, the sound effects, how it teaches you to persevere my god what an experience. The only thing I regret is not starting this sooner back when I had more free time lol

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Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The exploration and level design too! Nothing gives you quite the same rush of dopamine as unlocking shortcuts in Dark Souls. The first time you kick that ladder? Priceless.

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- tomatoely@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  oh yeah so far exploring the world is a joy. The way it shows you bits of loot in places you dont get how to reach at first makes it all the better when you find the way to jump over a roof or roll into dubious falls lol. Also talking to the downer chainmail guy and seeing how he reacts to your progress is such a simple but cool addition, for me it makes the suffering very worth it.
  
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BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Enjoy. It’s one of the greatest games and one of the greatest franchises of all time.

If you continue with the series and play Dark Souls II next, keep in mind it’s the black sheep of the series. Not to say it’s bad or anything but it’s very different from the rest. You may prefer it, you may hate it, just don’t judge the whole series on it. Dark Souls III and Elden Ring are much more fast paced and a fair bit more challenging once you get into them. Sekiro is basically a different genre and plays much different from the rest but is imo the best first playthrough of the lot. It’s way harder though. Demon’s Souls is slower paced like Dark Souls but has a different world mechanic (hub world where you choose which level to enter, complete it, then go back to the hub and go elsewhere). Bloodborne is the only one you can’t play well on pc (Demon’s Souls isn’t native on pc but you can emulate it quite smoothly), but if you have a PS4/5 it’s a lot of people’s favourite game.

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- tomatoely@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Thank you, I definitely will. I’ve only reached the second bell so far, but I’m pretty certain I’ll try the other titles fromsoftware has made so this info is nice to have. Funnily enough, I had a chat with my kinesiologist about souls games and he said dark souls II was very off putting for him, I guess I’ll try and see what the controversy is all about later on. Hope Ahead!
  
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  - BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Good luck in your journey! I’m very jealous. They’re all fantastic initial experiences. They’re great on replays too but nothing beats the first time.
    
    If you’re binging all the games in a row, maybe save Sekiro for the end. Or play some other stuff before going to it. It’s hard enough as is, but it’s especially difficult if you’re coming fresh off a Souls game. Your impulse reactions you’ve learned will only hurt you. Likewise if you play Sekiro and then go back to another Souls game you’ll struggle again. Not to scare you off, just to keep you informed. If you play different games between though you should be fine with any order. But it’s a commonly accepted fact by most of the community that the most surefire way to make Sekiro harder for yourself is to play Dark Souls first.
    
    In case you’re curious why, Dark Souls (and the rest) mostly play by you dodging attacks and attacking back when it’s safe. Most bosses punish being greedy and reward being patient. Sekiro on the other hand doesn’t really have dodging, it’s more of a repositioning (very few invincibility frames compared to the other games), and instead you’ll be parrying basically everything (don’t worry, parrying is a lot easier in Sekiro than Dark Souls). You also need to give constant pressure to your enemies, and it’s basically suicide tackling more than one at a time. The reason is, while Sekiro does have health bars on enemies and bosses, their stance meter is way more important. Most bosses you’ll kill while they’ve still got a majority of their health remaining, because once their stance breaks you can deal a deathblow. Parrying and attacking both increase the meter which breaks stance, but if you’re idle for more than a second it goes down. Once it clicks it’s very satisfying and a ton of fun but if you’re used to Dark Souls it’ll be a struggle to unlearn dodging everything and taking your time. Again, not trying to scare you away, it’s probably my second favourite game of all time, but if you aren’t aware and go in blind you could get scared off pretty easily.
    
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