If you’d like to start, the first Dark Souls is probably your best bet and there’s a Remaster for current Gen consoles that should be fairly cheap now.
Bloodborne is also a really good starting point, but I feel like that game becomes a lot better when you’ve expirienced Dark Souls first because the combat is such an evolution.
Yakuza 0 is literally the perfect entry point as first Yakuza game.
The Combat is fun and fluid.
The Story is straigh a 10/10
The Soundtrack is absolutly amazing
You can waste 40 hours in the game without proceeding the main story and do nice activities like, bowling, gambling, dating, beating the entire City up for money and fun, playing baseball, managing a band, owning the whole part of the City, become the most stylish person in the town, beating Michael Jackson in a dancing game.
The list is endless.
Also Kiryu and Majima are just great characters
Wouldn’t you argue the opposite though? If I get good at Bloodborne, Souls would be much more difficult, similar to how I like Arkham Asylum’s combat more than City’s, for example.
Is there free roam?
Yes, of course.
I think Bloodborne combat is a lot more challenging for the simple fact that it’s just a much faster pace. You also have shields in Souls, and armor makes much more of a difference than it does in BB.
It’s much less a difficulty thing though and more just an organic way to see how the combat evolved between games. Dark Souls is very slow, methodical and hefty. Bloodborne is fast, rabid and very offense oriented.
That’s much better context. I’ll go with your suggestion then, that sounds better.
Games I loved at your age you might like (if you haven’t already played them):
MGS3
RE4
Bully
Bioshock
Skate 2
The Warriors
Shadow of the Colosuss
and lots and lots and lots of Rock band with the homies
Also the game is regulary on Steam for like 10 bucks.
which is why I think it’s butt. I have a natural tendency to turtle, makes that game a slog.
Bloodborne is a damn good game cause it forces you to be aggressive and
Can vouch for Yakuza 0 as well, it’s a great game. A lot of people hate the Shenmue comparisons but it’s really just a better version of those games.
Just be prepared for lots of narrative context setup through long cutscenes, and some really silly out of left field shit. The game is loaded with charm and excellent acting tho.
Yeah, what’s funny about Souls is how different of an expirience it can be depending on how you play it. Shields are a great way to start out with those games because you can essentially mitigate all damage and win every fight with patience and “taking turns”.
However, once you become more confident in your ability to roll through damage, shields become a useless joke. You can literally roll through 99% of shit if you’re good enough and it opens up those games in a whole new way. I haven’t used shields in years, unless it’s a dedicated tank build or somethin, and it’s crazy how different of a game it becomes once you learn that.
Somehow never played any of these. More interested in MGS than anything else, so I’ll look into those.
That’s the one.
Start with 3. You don’t need 1 or 2 to understand what’s going on.
You’re the expert, I’ll go with you.
I’ve always felt Bloodborne is easier than dark souls…dunno why though.
Did you start with Bloodborne or Souls?
