Weekend Hot Topic, part 1: Your favourite Soulsborne memories

metro.co.uk:

Readers discuss their favourite FromSoftware and Dark Souls inspired games, as they eagerly await getting stuck into Elden Ring.

The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Cable, who was obviously inspired by the release of Elden Ring and the huge influence developer FromSofware has had on modern gaming.

Everyone had a favourite, even Dark Souls 2, but it was fascinating to see how many people felt they’d never be able to beat the games at first and how pleased they were to prove themselves wrong in the end.

Bring it on I’m a big fan of From’s games and have completed them all apart from Sekiro. I just couldn’t seem to get on with the combat in that game as well as the others.

I have many memories of playing Soulsbourne games, but my standout memory still sends a shudder down my spine when thinking about it. Fume Knight from Dark Souls 2 DLC took me over 20 hours to beat. I’d done whatever was needed to stop him healing himself and the boss run to get to the fight was very short, but I failed time after time. I eventually mastered his first stage, but halfway through when he buffed himself, I tended to panic and mess up. After 20+ hours, I caved in and summoned another player. Old Fumey was soon vanquished and my sanity restored.

I’m looking forward to exploring the Lands Between and seeing what torture From are going to inflict on me this time.Coinslot- (PSN ID)

Focus or die OK, so there’s this Sekiro boss named Shikibu Toshikatsu Yamauchi, he’s the one that’s chilling and doing stretches outside his house, and you can sneak up on him. Anyway, old Shikibu isn’t really that distinguishable from the other bosses, apart from the tree stump just outside his house. This innocuous looking tree stump caused me to