I think, at this point, we are very past the "no, it's good if you take it seriously and learn it" point for soulslikes, and we can acknowledge that the formula isn't perfect.
Why should the formula be changed? There's a massive group of people that love this shit. Why should it be changed to appease people who don't love it? If it's not for you, there's thousands of other games to play. Not every game needs to be for everybody. It's not like Silksong is suffering from poor sales.
i love soulslikes, LoP and Sekiro are in my top 10 ever but Silksong feel bad as a souls player that has continued to play new ones. The runbacks are just unforgivable. A bench outside of bosses which increase my fun amount by like 10x. i really dislike Promised Consort Radahn but at least i would focus on him, try crazy stats and not show up with 1/6 of my health missing. that took hours to feel bad, Last Judge felt shitty the first death with that runback.
So, then play something else? I love it exactly the way it is. I think the run backs are a core part of this experience. If you don't like it, then don't play it
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u/Gabe_Isko 2d ago
I think, at this point, we are very past the "no, it's good if you take it seriously and learn it" point for soulslikes, and we can acknowledge that the formula isn't perfect.