Tuesday, 24 September 2024 19:30

Enotria Shows Soulslikes Are Continuing to Move Away From Genre Staples

Written by Matt Karoglou
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Jyamma Games' Enotria: The Last Song is the latest in a series of non-FromSoftware games to stray from the company's Dark Souls template.

The release of Dark Souls in 2011 will likely go down as one of gaming's most pivotal moments, but looking back on it with the benefit of hindsight shows that it's a wonder the game was as successful as it was. The movement is somewhat janky, the story and objectives are obtuse at best, and the game and its world are actively trying to kill the player at every step. But despite that, and partly because of it, Dark Souls would inspire a whole slew of games following in its footsteps, with Jyamma Games' Enotria: The Last Song simply the latest in a long list of contemporary genre titles. For all its similarities, though, Enotria strikes out on its own in some important ways.

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