Salt & Sanctuary is a well-conceived conversion of the Demon's/Dark Souls formula to a 2D environment, with a bit of "Metroidvania" introduced in the form of extra movement abilities. Baffling that someone would expose his own poor taste by claiming Salt & Sanctuary as justification for detesting all games similar to the Demon's/Dark Souls.
Sorry to break it to you but this thread is going to be around for a long time. After all the Dark Souls fanboys are done seething and coping and the dust settles, this will be the go-to thread on Codex for discussing how overrated these games are.
You smash everything, the game is already difficult so the things you need to smash look shitty to encourage you to smash them without hesitation. Not everyone are oogabooga, even in game they struggle to destroy the beauty.And by extension, everything that is 'Soulslike' sucks too.
Every time I look into a new game that falls under this description it ends up looking like the most uninspired, soulless shit I've ever seen. It's almost like if a game is to qualify it needs to be devoid of anything good and be a soulless husk of an experience for the player.
These games are just ugly throughout. And I don't just mean graphically - I mean artistically as well. Just look at this shit. Is this an inside joke? Why does everything in these games look so shitty?
Are these games actually good? Or is this 'sub-genre' nothing more than a subconscious acceptance of sub-par gameplay mechanics and decline of beauty in art? Let me know in the comments below, and please like and subscribe.
Look at that dialogue and that character model. Epitome of edgy gay emo syndrome. Weakling arms and a faggot haircut. And what's with the hat? Is that how you fantasize yourself? And you say I have poor taste.Salt & Sanctuary is a well-conceived conversion of the Demon's/Dark Souls formula to a 2D environment, with a bit of "Metroidvania" introduced in the form of extra movement abilities. Baffling that someone would expose his own poor taste by claiming Salt & Sanctuary as justification for detesting all games similar to the Demon's/Dark Souls.
Play this you'll like it
Yes, it's one of the few soulslikes that take the Dark Souls formula and apply it to a different core gameplay mechanic, as opposed to most soulslike that are just blatant rip0offs, like Lies of Poo blatantly ripping off Bloodborne without even trying to do anything new or interesting.
You smell.
