From Software Elden Ring - From Software's new game with writing by GRRM

[SumDrunkGuy]

What's the Kodex Konsensus on the game so far?

Garbage.

Just because you suck at the game doesn't mean it's bad LOL! Haters gone hate!!! Go back to playing My Little Pony Adventures ROLF!

 

[Perkel]

^ER enemies felt extremely repetitive, particularly the bosses. The numbers are likely questionable and don't exactly show you the rest of the picture like ER being more than twice as long as some of the other souls games, how much of the game is spent in combat, how enemy positioning is only occasionaly a factor inside legacy dungeons etc.

It never felt repetitive to me. Sure they did reuse some of enemies and some bosses but usually they gave them some gimminck that made fight different.

Good example of it is that fucking gravity bull. I found it first time doing some mine. It was hard fight at the time but i did manage to beat it. Later on i found crater and that bull spawned. So i though i beat you once i will beat you twice. Turns out that with additional space fight gets a lot different as bull rush he does doesn't leave anymore way to counterattack as it is too far away.

This goes for many other reused bosses/enemies.

Anyways people are just too fucking spoiled these days. ER literally puts out obscene amount of unique content and you complain that sometimes they reused enemy or two.

 

[Lim-Dûl]

Admit it, reused assets are extremely disappointing. No matter how many times you play this game, the disappointment will always be there. I'd rather they cut some content and focused on making the existing parts as special as they could.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Margit to Morgott symbolizing the transition from git gud to gott gud is the greatest thing hidden in this game

 

[toro]

^ER enemies felt extremely repetitive, particularly the bosses. The numbers are likely questionable and don't exactly show you the rest of the picture like ER being more than twice as long as some of the other souls games, how much of the game is spent in combat, how enemy positioning is only occasionaly a factor inside legacy dungeons etc.

It never felt repetitive to me.

But you are abnormal, so?

 

[The Decline]

It didn't feel overly repetitive to me. At least not to the point where I would start getting irritated or bored.

 

[Dr1f7]

All Youtube video essayists should be fed into wood chippers feet first.

UNABASHEDLY BASED

 

[Silverfish]

All Youtube video essayists should be fed into wood chippers feet first.

"What being fed into a wood chipper made me realize about Dark Souls, Part 1 of 14" - 4:43:02

 

[Perkel]

Admit it, reused assets are extremely disappointing.

No they are not. Did someone complain that From reused capra from first part of the game later on as normal mob same with taurus, or black knight ? Imho at the time i thought it was cool. Because it felt like "this was a boss a while ago and now i am good enough to get it as a mob"

 

[Lim-Dûl]

Did someone complain that From reused capra from first part of the game later on as normal mob same with taurus, or black knight ?

Yes. I understand why some might think it's cool in that context since it could represent your character's growth, but many including myself felt that the reused bosses (as normal enemies) contributed to that whole area feeling hastily put together. Black knights make in-game sense to be scattered throughout the map; the only way you're going to find them in large numbers is in the Kiln. This is different from bosses, who are supposed to be special, being reused like common monsters. Even then it makes more in-game sense for Taurus and Capra demons to be reused as normal enemies than named bosses in ER being reused.

 

[Dedicated_Dark]

What's the Kodex Konsensus on the game so far?

Garbage.

You know what! Nevermind. I just finished the Sony Spiderman game and it was actual garbage, I can't put Elden Ring on the same tier.
Hence, I hereby promote Elden Ring to mediocre.

 

[Insect Hordes]

I played about 3 hours on launch day and just do not give a shit I am so fucking old. Is this just the same old same old bullshit but you can just overlevel even easier or fuck you. Either way, fuck you.

 

[Dr1f7]

Is this just the same old same old bullshit but you can just overlevel even easier or fuck you. Either way, fuck you.

yeah basically
i'm old and don't give a fuck either
fuck them

 

[arekks]

I couldn't give the first shit about reused assets. I made fun of the horse guy at the start of Elder Rings being Gyoubu, but I didn't really care. That said, Elder Rings is clearly an inferior game to previous From games, and I hope they make a good Armored Core next

 

[Child of Malkav]

When their game has these issues, not limited to just a few bosses:





Asset reuse is the LEAST of their problems.

 

[Nathir]

Elden Ring has the best From bosses (after Sekiro) and theDeModcracy makes terrible videos.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Here you go, some more:

 

[Child of Malkav]

Elden Ring has the best From bosses

Dark Souls 3 completely shits on this game's bosses, plus the music. Sekiro is in another league altogether.

 

[Nathir]

Elden Ring has the best From bosses

Dark Souls 3 completely shits on this game's bosses, plus the music. Sekiro is in another league altogether.

Dark Souls 3 is a shit game altogether, and is worse than Elden Ring in every possible way. The only worthwile boss it has are the two princes.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Dark Souls 3 is a shit game altogether

I agree.

in every possible way.

Wrong. The only good thing is the bosses and their accompanying music.

 

[Multidirectional]

You know what! Nevermind. I just finished the Sony Spiderman game and it was actual garbage, I can't put Elden Ring on the same tier.
Hence, I hereby promote Elden Ring to mediocre.

If you have shit enough taste to actually finish Spiderman then maybe you're not the best judge here. I uninstalled Spiderman after "demoing" for less than an hour, so with my superior taste I declare ER to not be garbage or even mediocre. It's overrated but still a good game.

 

[Lim-Dûl]

Dark Soulless 3 shits on nothing but itself.

 

[Nathir]

Child of Malkav

Would you prefer to fight bosses you can circle around safely? Bosses with 3-5 different attacks that are heavily telegraphed? Have you replayed D(e)S1-3 recently? I did. With the exception of Friede, I don't think I've died to any boss more than 5 times. And I'm not trying to say harder = better. I am trying to say From needs to keep bosses interesting for old players too. Doing everything in 1 try would be lame for a first playthrough. All the videos you linked are of fags crying "ER bosses are cheap and badly designed because it's hard". Just use a shield ffs, they are amazing in ER. Just because you could spam rolls in DS3 and feel like you are good, doesn't mean designing bosses to punish roll spam is bad.

Of course I would love a different or improved version of combat for every game they release. But in the confines of the Souls combat, giving bosses more animations and faster movement is the easiest and cheapest way to keep things fresh. And resource wise their priority was clearly in making a giant world to explore, so the combat was copy-pasted and bosses were tuned up. No problem for me, I love DS combat! And why is input reading supposed to be a serious problem? Input reading and all kinds of AI cheats have been a staple since forever. Not to mention in ER the visual design, the spectacle, the stories behind the bosses,... are all superb. ER is art, in a time where all we get are products.

 

[Ebonsword]

Name one company that designs games with better combat than that of FS titles, I dare you.

CAPCOM. Dragon's Dogma combat > Souls combat

 

[Multidirectional]

Name one company that designs games with better combat than that of FS titles, I dare you.

CAPCOM. Dragon's Dogma combat > Souls combat

Nioh combat also shits on Souls combat. FS strengths are atmosphere and level design, not combat.