Whoops! Long weekend - lost track of time, sorry.

I’m stuck in a perpetual vortex of League of Legends and watching Death Note when I’m not playing League. I also haven’t played TUNIC in over two weeks T__T I suck at sticking with new games. I have tried out Gambonanza tho, but it’s not a soulslike. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Soulslikes are notorious for their difficulty, often at the expense of scaring away potential new players who can’t or don’t want to wade through the early steep difficulty curve. Nevertheless, bar any physical/cognitive disability that could hinder your gameplay, do you think anyone can beat a soulslike if they just set their mind to it?

Inspired by a post I saw on reddit where OP mentioned that they had previously only played mainstream “cookie cutter” games, like CoD, GoW or Uncharted and decided to try out Bloodborne. At first, they struggled a lot but got better over time and started enjoying their time.

Unless you’re actually new to gaming as a whole, maybe there isn’t really any genre you’d need to have played prior to be successful in soulslikes? Will of determination, perseverance, seeing things through to the end are all values explored in soulslikes - implicitly or explicitly - so it would make sense.

Thoughts?

  • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip
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    7 days ago

    Yeah, any abled body person can.

    Unless you’re actually new to gaming as a whole, maybe there isn’t really any genre you’d need to have played prior to be successful in soulslikes?

    I had little gaming experience and hadn’t gamed for a long time when I picked up BB for the first time. Even so I managed to solo the thing 100℅, same with every other soulslike I’ve played since. But going in, I knew was gonna suck for a while, and I knew I had to be patient with myself. it’s all about having the correct mindset.

    Success in any skill based endavour is almost guaranteed when you enjoy the process of getting better and you dedicate time to it, simple as that.