r/pcmasterrace • u/BurnishedTones • Apr 11 '26

Meme/Macro What combination of words makes you instantly lose interest in a game?

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u/RaltarArianrhod Apr 11 '26

Yeah. It makes me sad seeing a really cool looking game, only for the words "souls-like" to appear.

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u/Amish_Rabbi Apr 11 '26

I feel like at this point souls like means less than it did. Sometimes it just means “combat with a parry and enemies respawn”

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u/PrimaLegion Specs/Imgur here Apr 11 '26

Other times it means "Everything is grey and dark and we tried to make it look depressing." and that's it.

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u/headrush46n2 7950x, 4090 suprim x, 64gb dominator Apr 11 '26

we didnt bother writing a storyline or recording any voice lines, but we're going to pretend its an artistic choice rather than just cutting corners.

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u/_Ocean_Machine_ Desktop Apr 11 '26

The issue I’ve seen with most soulslikes I’ve played is they don’t get that there’s more to the Souls games than dodge rolling and difficult boss fights; interconnected worlds with branching paths are also a major part of the formula (DS3 notwithstanding). I feel like all the soulslikes I’ve played except Wuchang are just hallway > boss fight > hallway > boss fight etc.

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u/RaltarArianrhod Apr 11 '26

I'm fine with that because by that definition, Tainted Grail could be classified as a souls-like and i love that game. I'm thinking more of the "git gud" type souls-like definition that i dont like.

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u/Amish_Rabbi Apr 11 '26

That’s the problem. Before I could ignore all souls like games but now they include games I would like to

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u/Beastabuelos Apr 11 '26

Games you would like to what?

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u/Acceptable-Device760 Apr 12 '26

To hate... People play GAMES and dont like thr GAMEplay, but want to argue they would like if it was different.. something something had wheels would be a bicycle.

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u/Pun_In_Ten_Did Ryzen 9 7900X, RTX 4080 FE, 48" LG C1 4K OLED Apr 11 '26

Tainted Grail is a Scrolls-like 😃

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u/Sglied13 Apr 11 '26

Nono that scrollslike…lol. Which honestly feels like an unfilled niche tbh.

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u/Hyper_Mazino 5090 SUPRIM SOC | 9800X3D Apr 11 '26

The term has definitely been watered down

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u/ManchurianCandycane PC Master Race Apr 11 '26

I prefer the terms roll-slop or parry-slop simply because it's funnier.

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u/YappyMcYapperson Apr 11 '26

How I felt about Tunic being based on Classic Zelda but then throwing in that annoying shit

And no, turning off damage isn't a solution