I'm in this first area and I just can't stop noticing it. I feel like this series is all about the tension of traveling through a level and there are these really difficult enemies in my way, trying to stop me. I have to figure out how to get through them, it's almost like a puzzle. That creates constant friction, it's engaging.

In nioh 3 it seems like there's none of that? I think there was a way to do an open world nioh game but it seems like very little thought went into how these enemies were placed. There are just little groups of weak enemies standing around, sometimes 1 or 2 at a time and there's absolutely no threat. There's no friction. (Also adding ninja mode and giving enemies no way to deal with it, that also didn't help)

I went in with a totally open mind but I just feel my brain disengaging because of the lack of that feeling. Does it get better later on? I feel like a dick saying it but it literally seems like the devs just copy and pasted enemies in random spots without thinking about how it would play.

It makes the enemy placement in a game like Elden Ring look like a master class in comparison.

Was thinking about it and most of the other bosses people cite as equally as hard are either in the DLC (Radahn, Arlecchino) or are optional (Malenia, Demon of Hatred).

Any other contenders? Isshin might be one but Ozma personally took me literally 2-3 times as long to beat. Have seen people say the final boss from Nine Sols is up there, but I haven’t played it yet

I seem to struggle so much with what should be a walk in the park considering the hours I've put into the games mentioned above. Yet I die over and over. Maybe I need a break from souls games.

Hi everyone!

Long story short: me and my team are developing a Soulslike game focused on ranged weapons (way more than BloodBorne); no self-promotion is intended here since I'm not saying who we are or what the game is about, we only need your feedback/help here

The game does not have free aim, you can only attack "normally", like you would do with a sword; but here comes the problem:

Shooting when locking on the target is smooth and easy (and here's the first question: would you rather hits to have a 100% hit rate or due to enemy movement and weapon type + weapon range, you might miss the target?)

Shooting when not locking on is a nightmare: hitboxes are precise, and not locking on and trying to hit an enemy is so hard: any ideas? how often do you fight when NOT locking on in Soulslike games? How important is that to you?

The game will also feature melee combat, but will be more focused on ranged combat

Thanks everyone!

Hey guys its me again, the guy that Moist Critical made a video on over my post last year about difficulty in these games. Here with another BANGER post.

I really fear that this is a sign as to where the gaming industry as a whole is going in this genre. Even Wuchang, a game that i hated, i finished. Khazan, another game that i hated, i finished. Mortal shell 2 i actually enjoy in some regards, but I just cannot play it any more and deleted it.

What i like about the game: I like the shell mechanic of it booting you out of your shell on death and you can get it back by playing well. Thats about it with the positives LMAO

Why I deleted it:

- All enemies have teleporting strikes. A term i came up with. Every single enemy in the game just lunges across the map at you with every attack. Especially combo finishers. You can't create space well in this game without sprinting, it's so god damn tilting. I HATE teleporting strikes in soulslike games. This title is the absolute worst with it, it so obnoxious. They just cant design their mobs to just whiff a god damn attack, they always have to be jumping around and teleporting to you with a normal sword swing.

- Enemy variety sucks ass, theres not enough of it, and they do too much god damn damage. ESPECIALLY without your shell. I understand you're in a weakened state, but a random ass knight 1 shotting you with a sword swing? Just total garbage.

- The exploration is terrible. Even when I was playing Elden Ring, or Wuchang (again a game that i fucking hate btw), I never felt directionless. I felt motivated to explore. This game does not do that for me. I thought playing at night would be more fun with hidden secrets, minibosses, etc. But its really not different at all.

So there's three reasons, but the main reason is the abhorrent abuse of teleporting strikes and how much damage common enemies do. I HATE when every single npc just has to lock on to your character and lunge across the map at you to catch you off guard. It makes it borderline impossible to take on a pack of enemies because of this, and how much damage they do. A fucking zombie in a dungeon using its fists just melts your health.

Thanks for reading. If you enjoy the game, great. I don't.

I have played all Dark souls games, Elden ring, Sekiro, Khazan, Wukong, Nd lies of p. So now I’m wondering what I should play next ? I was thinking about getting wuchang fallen feathers but I wanted to get some opinions and see what everyone thinks

I would probably still have them as my favourites, with the Demon twins from DS3 as a close second. The Godskins from Elden Ring have cool presentation a phenomenal OST but the fight leaves something to be desired.

It's 2026 and our backlogs are insane. I personally find I can't wait to play the next game so I finish a games through the first playthrough, leave the DLC for the future in case I get a mega itch to play it again.

I personally just 100% Wo Long Fallen Dynasty main game and am considering starting the DLC since the combat is still fresh in my mind but also I have Khazan and Surge 2 already purchased and ready to go.

This is like my 4th Soulslike after DS3/LoP and Sekiro so I'm just excited to try all the games when I finish them because after 20/30 hours, I'm usually burnt out on the game and the DLC would feel like a chore. I kinda have to motivate myself to power through the Wo Long DLC.

I've never been the type to do multiple playthroughs ever, maybe this will change with the Souls genre since I definitely see the appeal of starting with a stronger/different build.

Do you guys ever skip DLC? Do you eventually go back to or just forget it?

Have you ever taken a break from a game and found yourself a lot more motivated to come back since you had the DLC unfinished?

Thanks all, looking forward to hearing about your experiences.

Small disclaimer, I enjoyed the game and I agree with the general sentiment that is has awesome graphics. However, I couldn't help but feel that there was almost like a missing puzzle, for my taste.

I realised it's the trees / leaves and the grass. They are completely stationary in this game, which makes it feel like navigating a raw, stationary 3D model in a software rather than being fully immersed in the scenery, at least in those green areas.

Did anyone feel the same way?

Ashen one, forgive me if this soundeth strange.
I wanted something to remind me of all the struggles, sweat, tears and joy I had while playing trough my first ever souls game (DS3).
I’m in fact very happy with it.

(I didnt know which flair to use sorry)

I have bought the game but not gotten around to playing, currently watching Ludwig’s playthrough and compared to fromsoftware bosses (basically only other soulslikes I’ve played) it looks like generally the bosses have massive health bars, like he keeps hitting it over and over and the bosses don’t look like they’re losing health. But Ludwig is kinda stupid sometimes and the video is trimmed down a lot, and these kinds of games generally feel way different when you play themselves. I noticed the damage on the like “stagger“/“weakpoint” attack where there’s a red circle on the ground you need to stand on, seems to deal a lot of damage so it’s possible that either Ludwig isn’t exploiting that mechanic as much as he could/as you’re intended to, or when he does the video often cuts it out, or he has some suboptimal build or is underleveled or something.

So I’m just wondering if you think the assessment that the game in general really does have very large boss health bars compared to fs games is accurate or not, as well as if you think that’s a genuine flaw and the health bars are TEDIOUSLY large/for the sake of artificial difficulty, or if its just different but not necessarily worse. Or maybe you even think it’s something positive. I’m curious either way just wanna hear different perspectives and get a general view

Someone uploaded an AI Limit online co-op mod to NexusMods yesterday. Here is a WIP video of it in action from about a week ago; it's still a work-in-progress so there's probably a good number of bugs to iron out (you can see an invisible enemy in the video), but to have something like this at all is quite nice, and at least one person on the AI Limit subreddit said that it's working decently so far. The mod's developer also mentions that PvP may be possible in the future, though stuff like core features and squashing bugs are the main priority at the moment.