Soulslike - Discussion, News, Memes

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/33645378

Maison Margiela Fall/Winter 2025

Glenn Martens's Maison Margiela debut

I think I blushed irl... Poor undead could'nt get to the end of that dialogue.

Anything new you've picked up in the Steam Summer Sale? Returning to any comfort games? Finishing up a playthrough?

Let us know!

Wasn't a clean fight by any means, but got it done :D

Wow, what a ride. In preparation for the DLC drop, I had a NG++ run still going. I promptly played up until the point where you can enter the DLC and played through it all. It was a struggle at times and I had to turn down the difficulty for some bosses, but the DLC felt rewarding nonetheless. Loved the additions to the story and the subtle changes in the main game's story telling after having finished the DLC.

Going into the NG++ playthrough, I only had a couple of trophies to check off for the platinum. The only two trophies that were left were the trophy you get for (spoilers) giving peace for Sophia, returning to the hotel after the final fight, and finding her letter on Geppetto's desk for the trophy, and the Free from. the Puppetstring ending.

Smart as I was back when I planned out all the steps required for the platinum, I just remembered that I can get all the humanity I want in the game as long as I don't give peace to Sophia, so I can get the Free from the Puppetstring ending. You see where this is going, right?

This happened yesterday, and realising was I've just done, I started another playthrough :D

Just finished it without giving the DLC another go because I was slowly feeling a little burnt out on P and didn't want to force myself through it again. Plus, I'll have an incentive to play again should the urge overcome me.

Here are some stats and figures:

• In total, I've played through the game four times on this save file and could, theoretically, start the fifth one.

• I've reached the leveling cap for two stats

• I've seen all three endings on this save file, including a duplicate true ending

• My favourite weapon by the end was a certain DLC weapon you get from the "first" boss. Love it to bits

• In total, I've played through the game 7 times I think? Three separate playthroughs on my jailbroken PS4. Because I loved the game so much, I got it for PS5 too in preparation for a possible DLC

• This was the first time I've ever purchased a game or DLC as fast as I did when the shadow drop was announced :]

Here are a couple more screenshots:

Love the game to bits, but I'm afraid it's goodbye for now. I'm sure I'll go back in for another run some day. Until then, I've got other soulslikes to play.

Thanks for reading and take care :) 🦋

PS: Don't forget to enter our soulslike giveaway if you haven't yet!

Edit: Next on the agenda is a P cosplay I'll be wearing at gamescom this year. Stay tuned for updates 👀

It's definitely noticeable when a non-FromSoft soulslike doesn't implement more classic aspects of soulslikes, like world building and intricate level design - most seem to focus on boss difficulty. I think part of the allure of these games gets lost with those. They can still be amazing games but may come with a few shortcomings here and there.

don't have a source sadly :x

Last edit: All the winners have been drawn and contacted - check your inboxes if you haven't yet.

Thank you all once again for commenting and all the positive responses. Might just do another giveaway in the future when applicable!

Also huge thank you to all the people who were generous enough to contribute to the giveaway - be it via codes or money. I appreciate it hugely and the people who won likely do too. 💜

Hey guys! As a little thank you to the community and in light of the current ongoing Steam Summer Sale, I would like to give a little back to the community: I'm giving away a number of soulslikes and soulslike-adjacent titles. I'm not made of money, so sadly, I can't give away the "best" titles there are (Edit: They're getting better by the hour now 😂), but there should be something interesting in the mix here. :D

I'm giving away copies of:

• 2x Hollow Knight (thanks to TheOakTree 💜)
• 5x Blasphemous (thanks to TheOakTree 💜)
• Nioh: Complete Edition
• Mortal Shell
• Thymesia
• The Surge 2
• Elden Ring (thanks to Demigodrick 💜)
• Dust: An Elysian Tail (thanks to p3e7 💜)
• Lies of P (thanks to an anonymous donation 💙)

Requirements:

• Post a comment here. Ideally, you'll include which of these titles you already have, so you don't get a duplicate in case you are pulled as a winner.

• You need to be from the EU. Because of regional pricing differences affecting which countries can be sent Steam gits to (needs to be within a 10% price difference between the two countries), I cannot send you a gift if the difference in pricing is too big. Gift cards would be a solution, but I don't have that much money :]

• You need to be subscribed to the community at the time of entering the giveaway (no minimum amount of time being subscribed). You don't need to be a Lemmy.Zip user either. However, your account needs to have been created before 20th June 2025.

• You need to have a Steam account (duh) and be fine with adding me on Steam, so I can gift the game to you. From my research, a 3-day period of us being friends is not required here since I'm not gifting a gift card but a game.

The giveaway will be open for ~~48 hours~~ how many hours it is until Friday (lol) from when the post is live on 30th June 2025 to 10 pm CET on ~~2nd~~ 4th July.

The giveaway will be handled by Zippy Bot ie. the winners will be pulled automatically. This means that at the end of the giveaway, I will lock the thread and Zippy will pull ~~six~~ ~~seven~~ ~~eight~~ 14 random entries as winners. The ~~six~~ ~~seven~~ ~~eight~~ 14 winners will be given the games from top to bottom in order of messages received. Wishes for certain games will be taken into consideration where possible.

Should the order I get you pulled as a winner coincide with a game you already own, we might be able to do some switcheroos with the other winners - we'll have to see when it's time.

This is the first time I'm doing a giveaway like this, so please don't rip my head off if something goes wrong - I'll do my best. :D

Ninja Edit: An informal request of mine would be that if you're pulled as a winner, that you consider making a post about the game you won. It can be your experience with the game, why you like it/don't like it etc. It helps contribute a little to the community and people would likely be interested in different perspectives outside my own lol. No pressure tho :]

Another edit: I've set the last day of entry to 4th July on Friday, so we can do manual edits and adjustments if something goes wrong

Yet another update: @[email protected] was kind enough to throw in a copy of Elden Ring to give away too, so there's 7 people winning something here. :)

Tired of these edits yet?: @[email protected] was also kind enough to add a different game to the mix: Dust: An Elysian Tail. Thank you!

ediiiiiiiiit: @[email protected] came in clutch and donated another 16€ for the giveaway. Theoretically it's meant for half of a copy of Lies of P, if someone wants to chip in that is, or for several more copies of Blasphemous and Hollow Knight. I'll give this a day or two to see if someone wants to pay the other half - otherwise, there'll be a couple more winners in the end. :D Thank you, oh mighty Oak Tree 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

more edits: thanks to an anonymous donation, we can offer a full copy of Lies of P now. The funds we had recently received for half the copy will be used for more Blasphemous and HK now. :)

Thank you for being part of the community and enjoy your week!