It’s brutally difficult if you’re just starting out - especially if you’ve never played a soulslike like I didn’t - but once you get a hang of things and see the bigger picture, it’s really well-designed and well-crafted. From enemy placement to overall introduction to the world and its vibe to interconnectedness, it’s just perfect.

What came close to me was probably Krat in Lies of P. It’s got a similar vibe and introduces all its mechanics up until Hotel Krat quite well

  • DruidOPMAEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I’ve started just running past most enemies and going straight for Cleric Beast or Gascoigne. The enemy density is just too much for me sometimes and I usually lack the patience to pick fights one by one, so I either try to fight large groups and do my best not dying, or just run past everything and level up somewhere else. It’s a good area to get back into the game after some hibernation, though, I feel like!