Episode 10 - A Genre is Bloodborne (feat. TerrificBlake)

Systems in Play returns, now with 100% more TerrificBlake! For our first ever guest episode, we discuss one of gaming’s newest genres: Souls-like games. If you’ve ever wondered: What is Elden Ring? Why would anyone do that to themselves? Is Dark Souls a Souls-like? Am I Maidenless? Then have we got the show for you! Stick around after the great Souls-like debate for a broader discussion on what it means for a game to become a genre.

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00:00:00 Episode Start
00:00:56 What's up with TerrificBlake?
00:09:42 Topic intro - what's a souls-like?
00:16:10 What keeps bringing you back to dark souls
00:33:13 Mechanics that we like/dislike
00:41:24 Fromsoft with friends
00:48:03 Mechanics across the Fromsoft (charcuterie) board
00:52:50 Bonlanternfire of Grace
00:57:04 Soulsvibes
01:11:52 Souls-likes that aren't from Fromsoft soft
01:18:09 Another crabs accessibility (SPOILERS, there's a gun)
01:50:43 What does it mean for a game to become a genre?
02:02:30 Phasmophobia, Content Warning, Lethal Company, genre?
02:09:40 Why games didn't become a genre? (Warner Bros, Lord of the Rings, and the Nemesis System)

Games Discussed
Crow Country
Hades
Blood Borne
Dark Souls 3
Demon Souls
Boom Blox Wii
Brink
Elden Ring
Bloodborne Kart (Nightmare Kart)
Bloodborne De-make
Chained Together
Getting Over It w/Bennet Foddy
Link’s Awakening
Lies of P
Enotria: The Last Song
Mortal Shell
Content Warning
Lethal Company
Phasmophobia
Murky Divers

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