Sometimes the visual design is better than the fight, you know? (Like mergo’s wet nurse) So let’s talk aesthetics for a moment. What’s a soulslike boss design that made you go… Wooow! And why? From any game (Horny answers are welcome as well)

For me it’s Divine Beast Dancing Lion. when the trailer for SoTE dropped and this boss was revealed I got chills. It’s not my favourite fight by a long shot, too chaotic; but design wise the lion dancers are such an inspired choice. It instantly communicates a strong and agile enemy, the horns promised interesting lore implications. It’s sort of grotesque looking? But also grandiose and regal, in a way. It poses many questions, feels enticing…

What about you?

My horny answers would be Radagon. (Redhead Peter Steele) :P and Godfrey. Hell let’s thow in Lady Maria as well and we have a party.

  • geissi@feddit.orgEnglish
    8·
    27 days ago

    I think DS3’s High Lord Wolnir deserves a mention.

    The fight is nothing to write home about but the giant skeleton reaching out of impenetrable darkness is a cool visual.

    • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zipOP
      3·
      27 days ago

      Damn! I haven’t played ds3 but looking up this and some other bosses mentioned, the game feels very bloodborne-esque in it’s design language. I like it.

      • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
        4·
        27 days ago

        DS3 is great, you should definitely play it! Well, Road of Sacrifices and the obligatory Miyazaki-says-fuck-you Poison Swamp truly are horrendous, but besides those it’s a great experience! It’s a shame it doesn’t have the sprawling, open exploration of DS1, but what it does have is great level design in the areas that are there, fantastic visual design and several amazing bosses.

        Plus one of FromSoft’s best ever boss soul weapons. Look up the Farron Greatsword and its moveset!

        • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zipOP
          3·
          27 days ago

          I’m still beating myself up for missing out on the ps black friday sale. At least ds2, ds3 are semi regularly discounted, but yeah the plan is to play it. And the sword, oooff that’s a sexy moveset, cool combos! Dex -str scaling so right up my alley, also a parry? Hell yeah, I’m finally getting a hang of those!

          • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
            3·
            27 days ago

            Not only are the combos sexy: the fact that you sweep down low on the floor and propel yourself forward while performing them means you can use them to dodge a lot of attacks by moving under or past the enemy hitbox! And they cost no FP, so you can spam them without investing in the blue bar.

            Farron Greatsword is just the GOAT weapon imo, so much fun to use. And yeah, built in parry because why not.

            • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zipOP
              3·
              27 days ago

              So basically this meme (*) XD I’m guessing it also has a high skill ceiling, but it’s alright. Can’t be that good and easy to effectively use.

              *

              • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
                2·
                27 days ago

                Hah, pretty much! I actually also forgot it does 20% more damage to abyssal enemies just like Artorias sword does for lore reasons!

                It does have some skill ceiling if you want to get really fancy, but it’s easier than you think because enemies are input reading and they’re not programmed to account for the rapid change in direction of that initial ground lunge. So you quickly get a feel for when to use it to make them miss.

                It’s not broken though, it’s just really good and really fun. It is a UGS so the normal swings are slow, and it’s also a kind of an awkward quality weapon with C/A scaling when maxed. And it can’t be buffed/infused.

                • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zipOP
                  2·
                  27 days ago

                  It is a UGS so the normal swings are slow, and it’s also a kind of an awkward quality weapon with C/A scaling when maxed. And it can’t be buffed/infused.

                  Doesn’t matter I’m already sold