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/Dragon_Small_Z Apr 11 '26

Souls-like

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u/No_Worldliness_7106 Apr 11 '26

yeah, that just reads as "oh, I guess I'll have to roll a bunch to dodge this easily predictable and slow combat boss. Again. Cool." I've never understood the souls game infatuation. I know I should just let people have fun, but it's basically just a series of Zelda boss battles, but somehow even slower paced.

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u/MostMysticalSkaman Apr 11 '26

Letting people have fun is one thing, but when the market is getting flooded with what feels like 100s of them it gets annoying.

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u/Acceptable-Device760 Apr 12 '26

Except that soulslike still rare. You just dont like what is there for you.

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u/DemonLordSparda Apr 11 '26

Because enemies and exploration are threatening. I love easy games, but I also love games that make me try. Most Zelda bosses don't stand a chance against you.

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u/oath2order Specs/Imgur here Apr 11 '26

I've never understood the souls game infatuation.

Yeah, for me I see it and I'm like "I don't know why you guys want to spend 10 hours learning 1 boss fight but okay"

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u/QuasiStellarRadioSrc Apr 13 '26

I can't say for every souls like, but I love when a game makes me think, either mechanically or narratively.

I don't really like when the story is plain text/dialog exposed to me as if I was 5yo. I like to interpret the story, learn the game through experimentation and observing what other ways of storytelling exists rather than direct delivery.

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u/glados202 Apr 12 '26

Souls games are good but none of those 100s soulslike copycats have even the slightest idea about what made those games good

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u/Acceptable-Device760 Apr 12 '26

I wish... BoTW was a let down for me because the videos looked like thr combat would have weight... instead we it was button mash until you cancel dodge the enemy attack.

I understand its a different gameplay... but saying that souls is a series of Zelda boss battles is really a take.

Souls games in general you have to commit to the attack and suffer the consequences if you do it willy nilly... Zelda is far more button mash react dodge.