But I’m not looking for a game like Dark Souls.

Recently I’ve been playing Xcom 2, The Long Dark, and (maybe the outlier) State of Decay 2.

These 3 games are hard as heck in the beginning but just get easier as the game progresses.

In xcom, 4 soldiers, basic abilities is hard. But as soon as you can take more soldiers with better abilities it’s gets easier despite there being more and strong enemies.

In The Long Dark the game is hard to start because your gear is rubbish but get some decent clothes, tools and a weapons and the difficulty drops.

SOD2: The outlier because it’s a faster paced game. But again, you start out with rubbish gear and no car, but as soon as that changes you’re laughing.

So my question is can you guys recommend a ‘low skill’ game that stays difficult? I’m too old and lack the timing to play souls games.

This War of Mine is a decent example.

Even after you can get water or food set up, dwindling world resources still bites you in the ass.

Thanks for reading and I look forward to your suggestions. (I have a PS5 and Xbox S)

  • Flaky_Broccoli@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Nethack, it’s free, it’s browser based and has enough plugins for different Styles of graphics, if You don’t like the ASCII graphics and it’s had a Lot of years of content to the point where just learning it takes forever

    Also try tales of maj’eyal

  • taishiea@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Natural Doctrine. Tactical Game, turn based as in Your turn and then enemy turn.

    High difficulty as you can’t rush anything, one character dies and you gotta restart from your last save. Enemy is unfair as they will camp choke points and lure you close enough to then pound that one character that is too close. movement is a grid system but at the same time your position in that grid can affect your chances of victory. Line of sight is very important, as if you can see them they can see you making cover hard to use and needing to hug walls very important. Learning curve is high as they don’t explain advance techniques but still allows the enemy to utilize them against you until you figure it out.

    Game pisses me off to this day, originally released on PS3 but it is one of those games that makes you take your time to plan 20 steps ahead before you move. very satisfying to complete a level.

  • fkrmds@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    dragons dogma.

    easier than dark souls. challenging the entire way through. you really only get super strong in the last 5%, unless you intentionally try to break the game from the start.

  • _Goose_@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Hades

    It’s keeps the difficulty fairly high but it also has options to add more to the difficulty in fun ways. And can make it absolutely insane if you feel like it.

  • you_are_dustEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I don’t know if you’d consider it low skill, but darkest dungeon is pretty hard throughout. The whole premise of the game is that you’re going to get messed up and it could be coming at any time. Even the boss fights I’ve won without losing someone have been rough and stressful.

  • jedyou@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Control - the game isn’t as difficult as something like Dark Souls but combat scales up pretty well. Even late game with upgraded abilities/weapons I’ve found combat to be less than forgiving – Jesse is pretty powerful but can also get one or two shotted if you’re not careful or economical with abilities and ammo.

    It’s available on PS5.

  • WhiskeyJack357@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Look into Paradox games like the crusader kings or hearts or iron series. They have so much complexity that they’re as difficult as you want to make them for yourself. They’re so slower paced and less reflexes based than say dark souls or some of the aforementioned rogue likes.