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Let’s dive into 5 of the best, ranked Soulslike games for PS5.
You don’t need a stamina system to be a Soulslike, or overly-punishing combat.
Sometimes it just needs strong level design, enticing enemies, and some strong direction.
7Blasphemous
Blasphemous, as the name likely already informs you, isa game deeply influenced by religion.
It seeps into every part of the game, pulling especially from the historical religious presence in Spain.
Blasphemous takes that to the extreme, with so much of the game’s atmosphere based around penance.
You will bleed, it is divine.
Riffing off the original Dark Souls especially, combat in Mortal Shell is immensely slow.
Every hit you take has to be planned for or will be severely punished.
Looking for a new game to try that scratches the same itch as Dark Souls or Elden Ring?
The real selling point of Mortal Shell is the eponymous shells.
you might’t change these freely though, so be prepared to commit once you step into a new shell.
Except FromSoftware has been making games like this for decades,most notably in the King’s Field series.
The graphics are chunky, the world is non-linear, the moon cycles form a part of the gameplay.
In this game, you play as Redgi as you work to reclaim your kingdom from invaders.
Despite being a side-scroller, the emphasis is fully on combat here.
There is build variety, there are brutal bosses, and there is plentiful weapon crafting.
All wrapped up in a rat-shaped game.
These gameplay systems need not be strapped to hopeless fantasy worlds.
They could instead be latched onto a crab that uses litter as a shield, for example.
Another Crab’s Treasure is as light-hearted as it comes, though with ameaningful commentary on environmentalism.
2Thymesia
Thymesia puts you in the role of a mysterious Plague Doctor-styled character known as Corvus.
Since Demon’s Souls, there have been multiple attempts to replicate FromSoft’s formula.
Some of them were pretty decent and even great.
Thymesia is not so grueling as any of these games, but still has a high skill ceiling.
It’s more about using all the tools at your disposal, rather than creating a single build.
Salt and Sanctuary was one of the earliest to do so, and did so with flying colours.
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