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[Discussion] If you could make and greenlight the soulslike of your dreams, what would it look like? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 7 months ago by v4ld1z@lemmy.zip to c/soulslike@lemmy.zip

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Are there any games' mechanics you like a lot and would like to see again? Aesthetics, combat, exploration? Maybe a complete change or scenery that hasn't been seen before?

For many, Elden Ring is as close as it gets to the dream soulslike. I do appreciate what ER has done for the fandom and for FromSoft's recognition in the gaming sphere as a whole, but I just don't vibe too much with the open-world approach. Stellar bosses, most of them at least, really good soundtrack, beautiful world, but just not really my jam.

Lies of P comes pretty close to my dream, actually. Sekiro is my favourite FS title and Bloodborne is a close second - Bloodborne was my first, even. I feel like Lies of P is the perfect mix between the two, so it's the best of both worlds. I'm really excited for the DLC.

Bloodborne 2 with a completely different story, still loosely related to BB of course, would be amazing. There have been fan concepts thrown around years ago where we would explore the ancient pthumerian labyrinths, kind of a desert-y sandy vibe to the game. Sounds amazing and would probably work well.

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[–] Sas@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

A Bloodborne with the weapon complexity and toolkit of Nioh 2 would be awesome. So far in my gaming life nothing has come close to Nioh 2 in gameplay