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P1 5 Jul @ 1:05pm
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Souls Veteran here. I'll never play another FromSoft game again.
Firstly, let me explain by saying I am a souls veteran. I have been playing since demon souls, and have completed the DS trilogy multiple times under multiple different builds. When Elden Ring came, I enjoyed it even though it had a lot of differences from the mainline souls game. So when the DLC was announced, I couldn't wait to try it. All the 10/10 from media outlets had me hyped. Then I got the DLC upon release and was left disappointed and almost feel swindled by all the media hype.

Firstly, the DLC is a huge let down. And before they come at me saying "git gud", I want to state this is not a complaint about the difficult or DLC being hard, but it being tedious and boring.

Same copy-pasted ghost dragon dude copy-pasted everywhere. Shadow dudes literally spammed everywhere. A New level-up system that copies Zelda BoTW by forcing you to search empty maps for shrines - I mean "scadutree" fragments to be powered up, or you'll get one shot in full bullgoat armor by a shadow dude. The bosses are the worst designs of any Souls game, in fact they don't even belong in a souls game, and should be in some fast-paced action combat game. Having bosses that unleash 50 combos followed by 20 aerial combos followed by 10 arena wide AoE attacks while you control a clunky dark souls character is just a cheap attempt at artifial difficult and tedious. Oh, and most bosses literally instantly attack you before you barely even step through the foggate.

If this is the direction souls games are going now, I will never play another one again. I want a SOULS game, not some ANIME style combat. It seems like now since souls games have gone so mainstream game journalists and die hard fanboys will just pretend from games can not have a single flaw and are always perfect. I really hope miyazakis next game just boots up to nothing but a screen featuring a picture of him taking a massive, stinky dump. Fromsoft die hard fanboys will be praising it and discussing the hidden lore of the sweetcorn hidden in the right corner of miyazakis dump, and telling anybody who complains to "git gud".
Last edited by P1; 5 Jul @ 1:08pm
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Armando Broncas 5 Jul @ 1:07pm 
The issues with the bosses are not rare, this bad design was present at the base game specially after reaching mountain top of the giants, everything after that becomes a serious joke.

But I understand the feeling, I felt exaclty the same after beating the base game, I don't agree with the direction of the series anymore.
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Lynfinity 5 Jul @ 1:07pm 
https://youtu.be/jfwSUzZTXew?si=oNb5TakFDVcruKHi
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Faust Wither 5 Jul @ 1:07pm 
goodbye.
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MidnightMist 5 Jul @ 1:09pm 
If you don't want anime style combat why is almost every game you played last year a game with anime style combat? I think you just feel like complaining.
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John Titor 5 Jul @ 1:09pm 
Originally posted by P1:
Souls Veteran here. I'll never play another FromSoft game again.
Souls veteran here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbPl40YX9Aw&list=PLIYaer1DCrJiEwLU91I2WPfH24BDzD9vp&index=18
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Armando Broncas 5 Jul @ 1:10pm 
Originally posted by MidnightMist:
If you don't want anime style combat why is almost every game you played last year a game with anime style combat? I think you just feel like complaining.

He said "doesn't belong" just because someone enjoys an anime game doesn't mean we want said anime stuff on all our games, stop being fallacious.
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An Irate Walrus 5 Jul @ 1:10pm 
Originally posted by John Titor:
Originally posted by P1:
Souls Veteran here. I'll never play another FromSoft game again.
Souls veteran here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbPl40YX9Aw&list=PLIYaer1DCrJiEwLU91I2WPfH24BDzD9vp&index=18

I feel like "Souls veteran here" is becoming the forum gambit equivalent of "no offense, but..."
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P1 5 Jul @ 1:11pm 
Originally posted by MidnightMist:
If you don't want anime style combat why is almost every game you played last year a game with anime style combat? I think you just feel like complaining.
I don't want anime style combat in my souls game, I didn't say I don't like anime style combat in general. Most people like pizza and cake, but that doesn't mean they want a pizza in their cake.
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John Titor 5 Jul @ 1:12pm 
Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:
Originally posted by John Titor:
Souls veteran here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbPl40YX9Aw&list=PLIYaer1DCrJiEwLU91I2WPfH24BDzD9vp&index=18

I feel like "Souls veteran here" is becoming the forum gambit equivalent of "no offense, but..."
I like to think of it as "I have severe Gamer™ PTSD and I have a few things to say before I head off to my therapy session."

Edit: I'll never get past those Anor Londo archers, both figuratively AND literally.
Last edited by John Titor; 5 Jul @ 1:15pm
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upset 5 Jul @ 1:13pm 
I have to agree. There's very little in the way of a draw for me. Elden Ring's base game had a spark where I went from disliking it to wishing more games were like it. I fell in love with the map when I first entered Liurnia, and am always in awe of the grand architecture found in the Lands Between.
The DLC has none of that. The layout is confusing as hell, the map feels like there's little to actually do in comparison, exploration and some optional boss fights feel very unrewarding. The primary mechanic of the Scadutree fragments is cool on paper, but having to traverse such an uninteresting map (save for a few places!) just to get them really is just the worst. I don't and cannot care about the story, I don't even think there's quests in the DLC at ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ all.

Shadow of the Erdtree is just so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bad lmao
I think the developers or interns who made it need to git gud at making games.
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Faust Wither 5 Jul @ 1:13pm 
all this trolls just make him want to stay on community sadly.
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76561198082736515 5 Jul @ 1:14pm 
But you will still read every discussion or spam new threads in the upcoming games. See you then
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Banana King 5 Jul @ 1:15pm 
Your butthurt will fade with time and you will buy and play the next fromsoft game.

Time heals all wounds.
Last edited by Banana King; 5 Jul @ 1:15pm
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Sgt. Flaw 5 Jul @ 1:17pm 
Originally posted by Armando Broncas:
Originally posted by MidnightMist:
If you don't want anime style combat why is almost every game you played last year a game with anime style combat? I think you just feel like complaining.

He said "doesn't belong" just because someone enjoys an anime game doesn't mean we want said anime stuff on all our games, stop being fallacious.
Lmfao Stop with the word fallacy already..you're killing me
Last edited by Sgt. Flaw; 5 Jul @ 1:17pm
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Kung Fu RUSSEL 5 Jul @ 1:19pm 
Bosses require more than just reflexes now, but positioning and spacing as well. Also noticing a lot of players not utilizing jump iframes at all. Specifically in the Dancing Lion where jumping over his sweeping hit boxes leads to easy and sometimes free damage. Players aren't running away enough either during large AoE attacks and opt to just panic roll backwards instead.

These are some things I've noticed a lot of new players and even returning players do. They just panic roll backwards and get caught in the bosses attack string designed SPECIFICALLY to punish panic rolling.

People aren't thinking outside the box enough when it comes to these fights and treat them like they're DS3 bosses.
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