Monday, 23 September 2024 16:21

Enotria: The Last Songs Parry Mechanic Strikes a Middle Ground Between Dark Souls and Sekiro

Written by Matt Karoglou
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The center of Enotria: The Last Song's combat is its parry mechanic, and it finds itself sitting nicely between two distinct approaches.

While the number of Soulslikes continues to grow by leaps and bounds, certain fundamentals established by the games of FromSoftware remain omnipresent within the genre. One of the more common threads that connects all Soulslikes is the existence of a parry mechanic, with methodical, stamina-based combat and countering enemy movements acting as twin pillars that support the genre's encounters. Jyamma Games' Enotria: The Last Song is another Soulslike that builds its combat system around these pillars, but it does so uniquely. Rather than simply borrow the parry/riposte mechanic from Dark Souls and call it a day, Enotria mixes in a fair share of Sekiro into how it handles countering enemies.

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