I immediately skip any games that are described as "roguelike" or "soulslike" (lemmy.world)

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They seem so popular, dozens of games coming out, and reviews often positive.

But

When I see "Roguelike" I imagine a game that's too small to be a real game, so they made it so you can never win and just have to keep trying and you'll get a decent number of hours out of it. With just enough progression each time that you start to believe it's possible you'll get somewhere meaningful.

When I see "Souls-like" I think of a game where the difficulty is only there to give people with too much time on their hands a sense of superiority.

I have roughly a thousand games in my various libraries and I have never played a game in either of these genres.

I feel fine being so unreasonable about this.

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[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's the exact opposite of my experience, souls-like require you to have a large chunk of time to put into the. Just looking at dark souls: you can be far away from a bonfire, have no idea where the next one is, dying means losing most progress, and you can't pause.

Also, when facing bosses, taking a break in between can reset your rythmn meaning you lose some momentum if you put the game down.

Dark souls games can definitely be fun, but I think rouge lites are better for a pick up and play mentality since runs will range from 15-45mins typically (depending on the game).

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