[Discussion] What one small change would you make to a Souls game? (thelemmy.club)

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I mean a really small change.

For example: Have Fist Weapons in Dark Souls 1 do double damage. That's a small change, which could be implemented by changing a couple of values. A big change would be: Adding the sixth Archstone in Demon's Souls with the Northern Limit area. That's a big change, and it would take a team a couple of weeks to implement, but that's not what this post is about. I'm talking about really small changes that could be implemented in a lazy afternoon or two.

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[-] TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Add an item that makes you invincible (sans knockback invuln) and incapable of dealing damage when used in front of a fog gate. Upon re-use, return to previous bonfire or outside of gate.

This way, if you find a boss to be frustrating to learn, you can simply observe its patterns without the risk of dying instantly, while also not being able to defeat the boss in said state. It would allow for less experienced players to learn tells and patterns, and it would allow more experienced players to practice difficult dodge/parry timings.

Idea comes from my use of cheat engine to study boss patterns for my level 1 runs.

[-] MissingInteger@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Such an item would have been extremely helpful during my RL1 runs. I also wouldn't say no to a Boss-Rematch feature like in Lies of P in Fromsoft games.

Also as an aside: Challenge runners and speedrunners use ERTool in Elden Ring for creating the effects you described. It's easier to use than Cheat Engine and has many more easily enable functions like: Repeat enemy actions, infinite stamina or HP or consumables, Rune Arc always on, RTSR set-up…

There are also other similar tools for other Souls games. I don't know which one is best for which game, sorry. Look up [game] practice tool.

Full disclosure: I only saw other people use these tools. I didn't use them myself, since I'm currently on console.

this post was submitted on 25 May 2026

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