What does the tag "Souls-like" mean?

[Blackwall]

Seriously. Is this supposed to convey a challenging, unforgiving game? A single-player game? I've seen this tag used more and more and the more its used the less it means.

[Cutlass Jack]

It means the game plays like dark souls. Minus the noses.

[Kishward]

It's an overused tag for sure but usually..

Third person action RPG with health, stamina, and some type of dodge or block system. Usually accompanied by "bonfire" style checkpoints.

Sometimes side scroll action games get lumped into this as well.

Some are hard some are easy some have difficulty settings.

[Trapgat]

Just a hype trend, 11 out of 10 times a ‘souls like’ game is easy a/f and purely presented like this to give a bunch of fortnite playing casuals the feeling they bought a hard game

[Myrrdinn]

Originally posted by Master Chief:

Just a hype trend, 11 out of 10 times a ‘souls like’ game is easy a/f and purely presented like this to give a bunch of fortnite playing casuals the feeling they bought a hard game

LOL 10/10 description of "Souls Like" tag +1

[MundM]

Have you been living under a rock for the last 7 years?

It means that it borrows heavely from the game that defined a new genre: Dark Souls, or if you want to go further back: Demon's Souls.

If the game has a couple of elements similar to Dark Souls, then when you play it, you will know it is a Souls like. For example: A stamina bar, a very hard but fair combat, no difficulty settings and more.

[Dr Jurden Peterbergsteinlerwitz]

Originally posted by MundM:

Have you been living under a rock for the last 7 years?

It means that it borrows heavely from the game that defined a new genre: Dark Souls, or if you want to go further back: Demon's Souls.

If the game has a couple of elements similar to Dark Souls, then when you play it, you will know it is a Souls like. For example: A stamina bar, a very hard but fair combat, no difficulty settings and more.

Amazing most people are not able to realize this on their own before making stupid posts.

[goka9696]

It means that the game lacks originality

[Rizilliant]

Is this a serious question?

[dgzeek]

Wow, because others don't play the same games as you, lets jump all over them with stupid a/f replies. I've been gaming for more than 30 years and have never played a Dark Souls game. So yes, the question is valid and I was curious as well. Thank you Kishward for the reply.

[EL TORO]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoOC2y9s4VA

[MundM]

Originally posted by dgzeek:

Wow, because others don't play the same games as you, lets jump all over them with stupid a/f replies. I've been gaming for more than 30 years and have never played a Dark Souls game. So yes, the question is valid and I was curious as well. Thank you Kishward for the reply.

You can still know what Souls-Like means if you never played Dark Souls. I know what Call of Duty is, but I've never played one. I also know that the multiplayer is full of 12 years olds who banged your mom, despite never having played it.

[Blackwall]

Originally posted by MundM:

Have you been living under a rock for the last 7 years?

It means that it borrows heavely from the game that defined a new genre: Dark Souls, or if you want to go further back: Demon's Souls.

If the game has a couple of elements similar to Dark Souls, then when you play it, you will know it is a Souls like. For example: A stamina bar, a very hard but fair combat, no difficulty settings and more.

There's absolutely nothing new in Dark Souls. Just the attitude: Die, then die again. Still here? Here, die again.

[アキ君]

3d metroidvania

[Keith]

I wondered that myself. Can we also define Rouge-like while we're at it. I've been playing games intermittently for a long time but never played Dark Souls or Rouge

[MundM]

Originally posted by Blackwall:

Originally posted by MundM:

Have you been living under a rock for the last 7 years?

It means that it borrows heavely from the game that defined a new genre: Dark Souls, or if you want to go further back: Demon's Souls.

If the game has a couple of elements similar to Dark Souls, then when you play it, you will know it is a Souls like. For example: A stamina bar, a very hard but fair combat, no difficulty settings and more.

There's absolutely nothing new in Dark Souls. Just the attitude: Die, then die again. Still here? Here, die again.

You can try and be a smart ass about it all you want, that doesn't change how big of an influence Dark Souls had on the whole gaming industry.

The gameplay features and game design where only present in Demon's Souls before.

Whatever game you are thinking about, it wasn't even worth mentioning, even by you, despite you saying Dark Souls made nothing new.

Dark Souls is from 2011 and Demon's Souls is even older, they came out in a time where games have become more streamlined then ever. You denying Dark Souls its well deserved place in gaming history sounds like you just want to argue.

Maybe you haven't even played Dark Souls when it was new, or maybe you think dying is the only feature in the game, I don't know. You comment just sounds ignorant.