I’m playing anything but soulslikes currently. Overwatch just got a pretty big update and got five new heroes added in one patch, so that’s been quite some fun. Been thinking about continuing my LoP DLC playthrough, but we’ll see if it comes to that. Got some work to do for school.

With Nioh 3 having just dropped, I thought about my stance on spoilers in soulslikes but also in video games in general. For very story-heavy games, it sucks quite a lot to have a major plot point spoiled to you. There’s usually a lot of buildup to these reveals so getting told about them prematurely can ruin a lot for me. When it comes to soulslikes, it’s not as much of a problem for me. Most are usually quite light on spoilers lore, with some notable exceptions here and there, and focus more so on combat, exploration, gameplay. Sometimes, just seeing a name is a spoiler already, more so when it’s a character that appears in a different, non-fight context, sometimes seeing the name of a track in the soundtrack is enough. Overall, though, I still get enjoyment out of the game despite already knowing bosses and story of the games. For example, even though I am overall not too fond of Elden Ring, I had fun playing through the game for the first 50 or so hours even though I had seen the game in its entirety beforehand.

What about you? Have you had the plot of a soulslike spoiled to you before? Did it lessen the enjoyment of the game for you?

To anyone playing Nioh this weekend: enjoy!