Many of us on platforms like this are introverts, or autistic, or have social anxiety, or for whatever reason, have trouble meeting new people or engaging with strangers. If someone wanted to engage you in conversation, what topic would you be happiest to talk about?
Soulslikes.
Actually did talk to a stranger about this somewhat recently! He had a Bloodborne tattoo on his arm, which prompted me to initiate a conversation. Highly recommend.
I’m curious what the tattoo was of, exactly. One of the runes, perhaps? 🤔
Yep! It was the hunter rune! It was really cool.
Damn. I’m a crazy FromSoftware fan and have beaten every game. I just found that rune you were talking about and don’t remember it. Y’all have good memories. That also reminds me that I need to get my PS4 back out and finish the Bloodbourne DLC I keep forgetting to finish all these years.
What a masterpiece!
Edit: I thought about getting a tattoo of the soul flayer from Demon’s Souls. You know those octopus-faced mages from the prison level with all the iron maidens? I took some screenshots when I beat the new version on PS5 in recent years to figure out a cool tattoo.
Bloodborne was definitely my favourite of the Souls games.
Oh, I do remember those guys! That would be an awesome tattoo, you should go for it! Where were you thinking of putting it? A decent tattoo artist should be able to work with you to figure out a cool design with it.
I thought on my arm. I would do it on my side but I’m 45 and don’t nobody wanna see all that. I think that would look bad in a few years. Maybe on a shoulder blade?
Forearm would probably look good, or shoulder! My tattoo is on my shoulder but I plan to get more. I guess it just depends if you want/have more. Or if you want to be able to hide it. Shoulder is easy to hide. I regret that mine is so well hidden.
One game that scratched most of the itch was Lords if the Fallen (new version). Beat it 3 times. Also, Lies if P was pretty good. Lots of cool monsters and very sinister. Beat that three times too.
There is only one game that can compete with Souls series in how fun it is, but it’s not really souls like exactly. Returnal is absolutely one of the best games ever made and is wildly underrated. You should try it before the sequal is released ( I think soon). You really need to have the fortitude of a souls gamer to get through it. It’s sooooo good.
I’ve had Returnal on PS5 since it came out. It’s more of a roguelike than a soulslike. Only thing I don’t like about it is that the story is actually interesting BUT, you literally have to get lucky with RNG to actually progress it/find it all. I am missing the last traversal tool and the game is absolutely being an asshole wirh not generating the fucking room I get it in 😬
I don’t even recall that any longer. My only gripe was that it’s really hard to play while being married. It requires undivided attention and my wife asking me a question and making me die towards the end was a serious buzz kill. Happened a few times. That game requires really long runs at once, but damned if it wasn’t so much fun! It was intense!