Druid@lemmy.zipM to Soulslike - Discussion, News, Memes@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 months ago[Discussion] Do you prefer a named protagonist or a nameless "blank slate" protagonist in your soulslikes?lemmy.zipimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down11
arrow-up120arrow-down1image[Discussion] Do you prefer a named protagonist or a nameless "blank slate" protagonist in your soulslikes?lemmy.zipDruid@lemmy.zipM to Soulslike - Discussion, News, Memes@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·edit-26 months agoI like what hollow knight did. You find out you’re just the latest incarnation of the hollow knight, and you have to fight the last one
minus-squareSincerityIsCool@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agoYour spoiler tag didn’t work fyi
minus-squareSiethron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoThey’re also wrong. Hollow knight actually has very flushed lore and there is nothing cyclical in the ending (even the basic one is just a correction of an imperfection).
minus-squareSincerityIsCool@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWould it be a soulslike if the obvious surface reading wasn’t wrong/missed the depth of the lore?
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I like what hollow knight did.
You find out you’re just the latest incarnation of the hollow knight, and you have to fight the last one
Your spoiler tag didn’t work fyi
They’re also wrong. Hollow knight actually has very flushed lore and there is nothing cyclical in the ending (even the basic one is just a correction of an imperfection).
Would it be a soulslike if the obvious surface reading wasn’t wrong/missed the depth of the lore?