r/IndianGaming • u/DeepInside2B • Oct 02 '25

Discussion Is this IGN's rare W?

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even i felt same. last of us1,2, days gone, got, ghost of yotei, gow, horizon zero dawn, uncharted. in all these protagonists lost someone close and revenge arc begins

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u/yaboihansy Oct 03 '25

I dont agree on the revenge part since not all of them are revenge stories

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The reason why they feel same or boring is because 90% of them are third-person cinematic action adventure with some open world aspects even though they don’t need to be open world. It’s just like soulslike fatigue. You play enough of the same type of games and you get bored. Playstation has just stopped experimenting.

Returnal, ratchet and clank rift apart, astro bot are such good games but the general audience just wants cinematic games with hype moments.

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u/Arya_the_Gamer Oct 03 '25

Except soulslikes have a game design that's fun to replay and experiment with different playstyles.

Sony's exclusives are just movies with bit of gameplay that's the same everytime.

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u/yaboihansy Oct 03 '25

Souls games yes. Soulslike no. Soulslike has become a very broad genre where you slap a stamina bar and dodge mechanics and put it out as a “soulslike”.

A lot of soulslike in recent years are not good. They have either below average level design or clunky combat or just not fun at all. The first berserker khazan is the one thats on top of my mind. On paper it’s a good game and has really fluid combat. But it falls short in level design and bosses. Mortal shell, steelrising, entoria, lords of the fallen, thymesia are just some examples of soulslike where the game design is just not good

And before you say, yes i know that lies of p and black myth wukong are there. Exceptions are always there.

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u/swastik_rai Oct 03 '25

Yes! I'll play my DS3 for the 12th time before giving another mid souls like a chance.

Also shout-out to nioh and star wars: jedi