Beginners Guide To Soulslike Games | Where To Start? 

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Including prices is such a great idea for this type of video! Great job, Melvo 👏🏻

I started with Lies of P and Fallen order and I'm loving it. Just got Elden Ring.

Thank you so much for making this video, I been searching for more souls like after finishing all the FromSoftware. I love to platinum them and this like it the best I found!

Hell yeah new stuff!

I know you said you didn’t play it but something to note that makes Code vein a great intro to souls like is it’s a great teacher on how the souls build system works, you have prebuilt stat spreads that you can slot in and out (rather points its a scaling system so from E rank to S+) allowing you to quickly switch between builds VERY easily, and it’s a good teacher on “ok this is what a strength build would play like, this is a caster build, tank, dodge tank, dex build” so on and so fourth and gives you a good feel not only how the build feels but how you are exposed to build such builds with what the scaling stat spreads showcase, i remeber my first soulsborne where me being an idiot not know what to do tried to spread all my level ups equally among ALL stats

As a new soulsborne gamer and for developing the mindset of "parrying/soulsborne gamer" , I highly suggest playing these 2 games: - Code Vein - Steel Rising CV might be slightly difficult but you will always get an AI companion who can help you kill monsters. I learned to Parry in Code Vein. Steel Rising is definitely the easiest soulsborne and the best entry level game for getting yourself a glimpse into the Soulsborne genre. I'm playing both of these games and have helped me to shape my skills, tho I'm not a soulsborne try hard but now I can defend myself. Once I finish these games, I will play Wu Hong & Dark Souls remake, hopefully around Holidays, I would be ready to jump in on Elden Ring or Bloodborne. So, that's my path for playing soulsborne genre.

Oh niiiice, right when I got me some food and a drink! Cheers mate! Also, I keep getting this absolutely cursed ad every time I watch any of your videos 😆😆😆😆

Jedi Fallen Order and Remnant were my introductions to the souls genre, so I have some deep love for those titles. I'd also add that I think The Surge 2 could be a good starting spot. Also, I'd say what I feel like is one of the hardest things about getting someone into DS1 was the boss run backs, which could be brutal in Dark Souls but have all been eliminated by Elden Ring. Also speed of combat is remarkedly different from DS 1 to DS3, Bloodborne, Sekiro, Elden Ring, Lies of P, etc. Still it's a great masterpiece and should be played, but maybe after a few others unless the first-timer is really committed.

Great list!! If someone is looking to test out the genre but doesn’t want a fantasy setting, I loved both Surge games. Great sci-fi soulslike.

Nice video mate!

Great list, love thymesia, and feel it is underrated

Lies of p apparently did so well that they announced a sequel so we'll be playing the sequel to it in no time hopefully I played the entire game and beat it and it is probably one of the greatest shows like kind of games I've ever played they did a very good job with it, seriously there's another Studio out there that actually can make good Souls like games not saying the other Studios don't do a good job but when it comes to Studios that perfectly copy Dark Souls in the formula the creators of this game did a very good job

Absolutely love me some Soulslike games. I've played & enjoyed them all in this video... Fantastic way to go after you spent thousands of hours into the fromsoft games.. I love all these games especially Lords of the Fallen, Lies of P, Mortal Shell & Thymesia..

Good stuff mate! Played almost every game on your list (except for this Jedi game, I didn't even know it's a soulslike ha)

I really dig this new type of content of yours but will there be reviews and such in the future?

Can't disagree with this list, thanks for the video

Surge 2 is underrated soulslike. I cannot decide if its the best non from sofware game or Lies of P.

Nioh and lies of P that's all you need

I'm trying Lords of the fallen 2023, but I'm not really convinced. Great video!

Sekiro was my first soulslike/souls game and it's still my favourite

tha surge 1 and 2 was amazing, its a sci fi darksouls but cant rely summons. sekiro is tha last 1 to touch. i really enjoyed code vein too with the partner system and all the unique vestige builds.

Some of the easier games of the genre which can be good for beginners are: Ashen, Steelrising and Darksiders 3.

LOTF is one of my favorite souls likes. I really like the dark look of the world's, the armor and overall art style of the game. it's got forgiving rolls and s which I wasn't sure about at first, but feels good with aggressive mobs the game throws at you. The new in game modifiers are good fun as well. Towards the end of a new game plus run now. I have put double the amount of hours into Lords than I put into LOP. LOP had some cool mechanics and I really enjoyed the majority of the boss design and had some forgiving parry windows that were satisfying to hit. I tried to be open minded to the story, but I just couldn't get into the whole Pinocchio thing, but still a fun game for me. Can't wait to see what they hinted at the end. 🤞 Interesting concept

you should try The Surge 2. It's a great soulslike

I agree with almost everything you said and I really like the way you explained in detail the advantages and disadvantages of each game. My one disagreement is Dark Souls as a starter. I agree that it's harder to go back and play after the other ones, but it is so noob unfriendly, and I don't think any of today's gamers are going to have the patience for figuring things out. When I played it back in 2011 I quit twice, the first time right after I got out of the undead asylum and realized I could barely level up. And the stat pages and menu are complete and utter nonsense at the beginning. So my suggestion if you're going to play Dark Souls 1, don't be afraid to look things up on the internet, you might get some spoilers but there's some stuff I don't even know how anybody figured out on their own.

For me personally the Surge games are missing but otherwise great vide!

From playing through an absolute ton of Soulslikes, the only games that make me forget I'm essentially playing a copy of a game are Nioh 2 and Lies of P. Both of them are excellent games on their own and I'd happily play them multiple times over. Games like Mortal Shell are ok if you've played lots of other Souls games and want something different but it leaves me wishing I was playing the real thing.

I would have recommended Steelrising over Thymesia and Surge 2 over Mortal Shell. Both tell a better story, aren't as stunted on content, potentially easier, look vastly better and are cheap too.

What you said about Sekiro's combat, "once it clicks, it clicks for good", is so very true. Even picking it up again years later, I can still "win" the first fight with Genichiro you are supposed to lose. There is no other souls game where this is the case. Edit: and I would recommend it for beginners as much as any of the other games. Playing a Dark Souls game or Elden Ring isn't going to help anyone be better at Sekiro, it's too different.

Great Content ,I'm new to your channel also I would like to add a couple of Soulslihe 1) Inferno Climber:Reborn it's an open world Souls like 2) The Surge 1& 2 also a side scrolling MetroidVania Soulsborne Video their more of those than the 3d ones,Cheers

what game is that at 0:29 it looks so good?

Have you tried Steel Rising? Theres a bit of jank and the enemy variety is lacking, but the game deserves more love.

Code vein was my personal favorite souls like. Lords of the fallen was just ok. Nioh 2 i bounced off of. Wo long was also extremely fun, i preffered it over Nioh 2 by a country mile.

I’d consider the new God of War games to be a good soul’s like

I started and currently play dark souls 3

I am playing Steelrising. It's a decent game as well.

I wasn't interested in those game to be honest. But since you pointed out that some of them are short now I'll give them a go.

Sekiro is an hell. But a wonderful hell

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tamisha? write down the name dude, I'm having trouble finding it

the Next Generational Game = Nioh Games compact + open world from fromsoftware. I will wait that day

I hate to be that guy, but what game is at 0:30?

The list seems to contain a "see if you can spot the errors" quiz. Here's the two games that don't belong to this list: - Thymesia's first boss is a hefty road block, the game mechanics is clunky and the game is so short that it ends before you got the hang of its combat system. This is absolutely not a good entry point for noobs. - Wo Long's bosses are tough as nails, absolutely unbalanced. Not beginner friendly by any stretch of the imagination. The rest of the list is ok. *Jedi Fallen Order* would be my recommendation for a first Soulslike. It's the easiest of the list but still very engaging. Elden Ring was my first Soulsborne and is great for noobs who are ok with doing some research online. Demon's Souls can be a good entry point too for some people since the bosses are so easy. The boss runs themselves are sometimes rough but don't demand much skill, only concentration.

The newer God Of War should be included. I used to absolutely haaaaaaate this sub genre until God Of War (2018) forced me to learn to play this type of game. Before then, I tried Nioh. Hated it. Never touched it again until after God Of War. Now, Nioh is one of my favorite games. Obviously Nioh 2 is better 😂

So basically just the same exact souslike list as everyone else

Mortal Shell is so mutch fun i think shorter games are no reason to not play them if the price is fine

im gonna plat these (mortal shell thymesia wo long fallen dynastyasty demon souls remaster lords fallen elden ring ds3 ds2 ds remastered blood borne sekiro)

Odd to make a video full of games you didn’t like!

Thank you for the video! Although I do noy agree with many of the games listed LOL. 7- Mortal Shell stinks imo, not good at all; 6 - Thymesia I droped too early to say anything; 5 - Remnant is dope! Awesome games. Quite different from the average soulslike, but that's the charm; 4 - Wo Long is a game that I do not hate. I think it is OK. But is not a good entry point by any means imo, because it barely shows the best that genre has to offer. You just go there chasing flags over and over again till you max it and then you fight a boss... the lore is kinda meh, level design nothing to write home about, I don't really remember any music from the game, and even the combat is kinda weird sometimes (far worse than Nioh btw); 3 - Lords of the Fallen is not bad. I dropped it because I felt there were better games releasing at the time, but I plan to revisit one day. The game reminded me a lot of Dark Souls 2 though, which is my least favorite soulsborne; 2 - Fallen Order is pretty good. But I don't get it why call it soulslike, it make as much sense as saying that Hollow Knight is soulslike LOL. That game feels more like a natural evolution of The Force Unleashed than anything else. 1 - I could not argue with any of those 3 recommendations. I would probably say they are the best entry point to the genre for anyone. Lies of P, Sekiro and Nioh are really great, as you said, and I would agree they may not be the ideal entry point to the genre. in the end, I would say that starting with FromSoftware game is the best thing to do, because they are quite good. They nail many thing that many other souslike don't. After them (and that may take quite a while) I would go to Lies of P, Remnant and Nioh.

Honestly I hate Demons Souls but I adore all the other from FromSoftware game (except Dark Souls 2, haven’t played it yet) mechanic are terrible and I’m even talking about in the remake so it doesn’t get a pass you just kinda have to guess when the enemy is gonna attack because you won’t dodge until 10 seconds later. Can’t stand Demons Souls I want my inputs to respond to what I put into my controller and the other games do that very well

Stranger of paradise is the worst game I've played from start to finish. It's dog water in every aspect 😮‍💨.

Start at lies of P! Easier than all FromSoftware games but on par. Gets y into them nicely, im playing it now. Nothing prepares u for sekiro but this prepares u for the genre (yes sekiro is THAT hard)