I know that I was probably getting in over my head again, but I decided that this time I was at least going to give it the old college try. At this point, I’m sure it’s digitally dusty.Įnter Nioh 2. Some time later I would try my hand at Bloodborne, this time, I assume, I was at least playing it the right way but over half a dozen death later without a single checkpoint to my name, I decided to let it rest on the digital shelf for a few. I still intend to at some point, maybe, if there’s a lull in other games that need my attention. By then, my patience had already been worn thin enough that I vowed to return another time but never actually made it back. I still have nightmares about what those bony bastards did to me. I smashed my face into skeletons for far too long in Dark Souls before a friend informed me that my assumptions had been off and that the skeleton path wasn’t the first one that you should go down.
Prior to this excursion into Nioh 2, I’d probably put a total of about three hours into Souls-likes. The toughest bosses, the nastiest traps, and the most difficult obstacles are overcome and it’s all in a day’s work for these devoted Soulsers. Some of us are highly skilled warriors capable of overcoming any challenge thrown at us by the legendarily vicious souls-like subgenre.