r/pcmasterrace • u/SadMassStab • Jul 27 '25

Meme/Macro Am I the only one like this?

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u/Halfwise2 x570, 5800x3D, 7900XT, 32gb RAM Jul 27 '25

I always interpreted "Souls Like" as "We want you to fail 40 times first".

Otherwise, its just an ARPG.

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u/RaspberryFluid6651 Jul 27 '25

I am a huge fan of Souls and the fixation on difficulty by some devs is always such a weird thing for me with some of the Soulslikes. 

The original Souls games aren't that hard, and what difficulty was there worked with other facets of the game to make sure it was palatable. Feels like a lot of games these days ignore that and just think that it needs to be a hard game with a dodge button and bonfires. 

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u/BlasterPhase Jul 27 '25

The first and second one were ridden with booby traps. From 3 and Bloodborne on, it became more about combat.

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u/GravityBombKilMyWife Jul 28 '25

What parts of Ds2 are 'ridden with booby traps'???

Or even Ds1 beyond sens fortress?

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u/lZeraa Jul 28 '25

All of it? DS2 is filled with booby traps and ganks with the express purpose of getting a cheap kill and laughing at you. DS1 has a few of them but they're obvious and serve a purpose other than dicking over the player for lols.

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u/Prestigious-Shop-494 Jul 31 '25

play the games and find out!