This is what it is. Reviewers very rarely finish large games, since they have 1-2 weeks at most to play it. I no-lifed the game over two weeks and I have plenty of experience with the Souls series, so I can't imagine a game journo doing it in the same amount of time. The classic example of this will always be Rome: Total War 2, where the IGN (iirc) reviewer had only logged about 2 hours of playtime on his Steam account, not even finishing a single campaign before publishing the review. This is why game journos like easy, short games so much. There's no need to delve into the mechanics or understand the game on anything other than a surface level, and it's fair to say that most of these reviewers have, at best, and aesthetic understanding of Elden Ring's mechanics. They rated it a 10/10 because it's Dark Souls (already a 9/10 game) but with a HUGE, OPEN WORLD and therefore it's the crowning achievement of FromSoftware as a developer and the best thing since Breath of the Wild or The Witcher 3. A big part of the Souls games getting high scores is that it also enforced the legitimacy of games reviewers. If they all said they hated the games (which many probably do) then they would be tarnishing their own reputations and revealing themselves as casual retards who like games for babies or whatever (see: God Hand).
The people in this thread who think it's a 10/10 are the ones who have been playing it for less than two hours a day since release and therefore the game still has a sense of mystery and wonder for them. The same probably applies to the journalists who reviewed it. Refer to the IGN review where all captured footage is from Limgrave and the eastern section of Liurnia of the Lakes, which you can shortcut to. It's entirely possible that the reviewer didn't beat Stormveil Caslte. He says that he finished a playthrough and clocked in 87 hours, but he could just be lying. He at least managed to beat Margit.
Ok? You didn't get assmad until after I replied with the video.
Gotta get those stats up so I can oneshot DU in the lategame.
I already said that "it's just not done algorithmically", but this isn't a game like Oblivion where you are always trouncing around Skingrad or the Imperial City regardless of what level you are. Elden Ring is an open world game where you move through large "zones" each with a defined level. If the Rats become stronger without any non-mechanical (i.e lore) justification as you move through the gameworld, then yes, it's level scaling. Rats in Limgrave don't need to level alongside the player because once you're done with Limgrave and Stormveil Castle at approx Level 40, you leave it behind forever.
Reminder that Oblivion was a 10/10 game when it came out and GOTY. The debate about the integrity and competence of game journos has been settled for a long time. They just jumped on the next hype train. Six months from now they'll write about how Equip the Ring needs an easy mode, map too big, boss too hard.
So far I rate it much better than Oblivion, almost as good as Skyrim, nowhere near Morrowind.
I'm still waiting for where this was posted. Or was it just incorrectly inferred like the imaginary anger?
Lol. You don't even try to weasel out of it. I was sure you were going to pull a "b-but that's not exactly what I said!"
This. I played offline for three days only linking up in coop once and have had no more crashes. PLAY OFFLINE.
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