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Flashy, simple souls like? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by flashgnash@lemm.ee to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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Not sure if what I'm looking for exists, but thought I'd ask.

I like the boss fights of games like sekiro and and dark souls but I always end up getting bored of them before getting particularly far for one reason or another

I'm not a huge fan of the grungey art style most souls likes seem to adopt, and I often find myself wandering around not really knowing where I'm going, what I'm doing, or why I'm doing it

Really loved the Nier series. The combat in that makes you feel like a badass, whereas souls likes tend to make your character look like a regular guy with a sword (which I get is the point but not what I tend to look for)

Also like the visual style of black desert, the combat feels pretty good and looks very cool though I'm not a fan of all the micro transactions and pay to win (more or less the same goes for Warframe, at least when I played it years ago)

Does anyone know of any games that might scratch that itch, don't necessarily have to be souls likes as long as they look good and have challenging boss fights

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[–] muhyb@programming.dev 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Maybe Devil May Cry games, or Bayonetta?

[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

On this sort of line maybe Metal Gear Rising Revengence could be worth a look.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've tried devil may cry 5 and I think the first one, neither really got me. I should probably try 5 again because I've only played one of the characters though

Just didn't get on with the whole disposable mechanical arm thing, didn't like that my abilities kept changing up on me out of my control

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

5 is the only one I haven't played yet so cannot really make a comment there, but you can check the older ones like HD collection. It has the first three games.

By the way I didn't mention earlier but Ys series with nightmare difficulty could be a nice action for you. They have a boss-rush mode where you only fight the bosses.

[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Check out Furi.

It's a flashy boss rush style game. A bit bullet hell a bit brawler. Might scratch that itch for you.

You could also try Sifu, it's got really slick skill based combat and interesting bosses.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Furi looks like exactly my kind of game. I will have to to give it a go, thank you for the suggestion

[–] apotheotic 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It might scratch the itch you're talking about, and it's also one of the greatest games of all time:

Tunic

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 1 points 7 months ago

I was going to mention this! I don't think it meets the criteria completely, but it is quite Souls-like in many aspects.

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Might not fit exactly but check out Titan Souls

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Titan souls looks awesome and I may well give that a try, not sure it scratches the same itch as 3d souls likes though

[–] bloodfart@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

you want nioh and nioh 2.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They look a lot like regular dark souls to me. The combat looks good but I think part of what I think of when I say flashy is abilities other than just hitting things with a weapon, movement abilities, magic that isn't just standing back and pelting something, dodges that teleport you behind the enemy etc

[–] bloodfart@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

I mean, nioh 2 has a whole tree of magic abilities and a whole tree of ninja abilities. All the weapon types have abilities you can unlock that force enemy movement, parry, make you move etc.

It’s about as far into character action that a souls like game can get before it becomes something else. It kinda already feels like something else with all the mechanics and numbers and stuff pushed out in your face.

Are you looking for something more like bayonetta or god hand?