This big fantasy dander 'em up has some familiar foe-circling combat, putting it firmly with other bruisers about getting knocked out by a monster in a few hits and waking up more furious every time. Or simply install a bunch of survival mods on Skyrim and turn off fast travel. Oh, and Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen might be up your fantastical street. But if you want an unforgiving fantasy jaunt you could brave the world of Kenshi. What else should I be playing: The best survival game is Subnautica, and no backsies. Don't let this put you off, though, as Brendy said that this 'lightness suits the game much better' in his Death's Door review. Unlike some of the other games on this list, Death's Door is a light-hearted affair which might comes as a surprise given it's soulsy look. All of which are glossed with smooth surfaces that make the little details pop.

And it's a good game about being a crow who loves to fight bosses and dig up secrets. What else should I be playing: Hyper Light Drifter has the same top-down dodge-rolling combat, but fills its world of hot pinks and aqua blues with everyday enemies, not just bosses.Īlright, so Death's Door may lack the difficulty of a certain game that rhymes with Bark Mouls, and it may share more in common with Hyrule, than say, Lordran, but hey - it's a good game. Death's Door Where can I buy it: Steam, GOG And like most of our lists, the game you like is number 11. Also, Bloodborne is still nowhere to be seen on PC, so obviously don't expect that bad boy to show up. After all, you can't be 'like' the thing you are. We're obviously leaving out the Dark Souls series itself.

If it helps, think of them not as “soulslikes” but as curious offspring you might like if you enjoyed big daddy souls.

I just want to pick a few of the wondrous horrors off the ground and put ‘em in a big terrarium with reinforced glass, so you can appreciate them. I’m not here to define the prerequisites of the genre or discuss whether it should even exist. But stoop low to appreciate these little monsters, and among them you’ll find some very good games about dying. Before you know it, a swarm of games like Dark Souls with sparse checkpoints and lethal attacks are scuttling around, leaving slime trails and biting your ankles for surprisingly massive damage. Along comes a giant like Dark Souls that everybody won’t stop bleating about and soon it has copycats. Disgusting, I know, but this is how genres are made.

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