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

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

I had to restart the system and restore licenses to get it to work. Jfc...

 

[Crayll]

Played a bit of it (expansion) and wasn't impressed.

-Starting area is an open field with ghost graves. like, literal ghostly gravestones. eh.
-Enemies are copy pasta from the main game but 'shadowy.' They all die in one hit.
-Find a boss and it's just a dude. He drops his kit when he dies except the cool crossbow. He had an okay sword but it's strength based.
-Tried fighting the Wicker Burning Man and got stomped. AoE fire can't be escaped even on horseback. Weak.
-My faith/holy build is being redeemed, it appears shadow enemies are weak to it.
-The much hinted at 'expansion specific progression' is... 5% damage and armor for finding a TACO. Meh.

I don't think you can make much of a judgement if you didn't even leave the starting area

There's a bunch of unique enemies and bosses once you leave the first area (which should take you about 10-20 minutes).
The wicker man is super easy, you can jump over the fire on Torrent when he stomps.
The expansion specific progression items are there to let you progress your character without having to over-level past your preferred point.

 

[Alfgart]

I finished Elden Ring when it came out but after experiencing DD2 combat I can't bring myself to play a FromSoft game again

 

[kites]

DD2 was so special early on, but you start chewing the half-baked cake of it all after a bit. Two great tastes that would taste better together if they met in the middle

 

[mediocrepoet]

Last night, Elden Ring worked as usual, frame capped and smooth. Post patch, it's unplayable stuttery dog shit. It's like watching a claymation doll have a stroke. Tried a bunch of stuff to sort it out, but it's either something in the patch or beefed up EAC bullshit. This is actually worse performance than the base game had at launch and I haven't even entered into the new zones which are supposedly even worse.

Good times.

 

[kites]

Post patch, it's unplayable stuttery dog shit

I’ve seen complaints of this. Must just be different hardware configs not optimized. I tried some different areas after release to get muscle-memory ready for dlc; high settings/2k with a 3060/i5-11k and it was a smooth 60fps

 

[mediocrepoet]

Post patch, it's unplayable stuttery dog shit

I’ve seen complaints of this. Must just be different hardware configs not optimized. I played some at high settings/2k with a 3060/i5-11k and it was a smooth 60fps

Yeah, I suspect it'll play smoothly if I install it on my old machine (now wife's machine) that had lower end hardware. Basically all this sort of complaint before on high end hardware was something I never experienced on my old 2070S machine. This one is a 4080/i7-13k, 64GB.

Anyway, I'll wait for the patch and in the meantime enjoy myself laughing about how bitter and poor fork is.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

They skill check you right out of the gate. First boss already killed me about 10 times. I had him down to 1 hit left twice in a row and now I'm struggling to get him down to half. Classic Souls, loving it so far.


Edit

He dead.

 

[Cryomancer]

Started the DLC at lv 130. Rellana is destroying me so much that I will move back to main game to get more levels... This DLC is quite hard and I like it.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Kinda funny, the game works perfectly on the Steam Deck. So my main gaming rig plays the current patch like a toaster, but the handheld is flawless. What a world.

 

[unseeingeye]

Kinda funny, the game works perfectly on the Steam Deck. So my main gaming rig plays the current patch like a toaster, but the handheld is flawless. What a world.

I played it on Steam Deck earlier and it was fine, just now about to try it on my PC, waiting for it to finish updating.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Kinda funny, the game works perfectly on the Steam Deck. So my main gaming rig plays the current patch like a toaster, but the handheld is flawless. What a world.

I played it on Steam Deck earlier and it was fine, just now about to try it on my PC, waiting for it to finish updating.

Fingers crossed. I'd like to know what it is about the newer GPUs that they can optimize a game for lower end hardware but it ends up running like shit on more powerful systems. It seems to be a somewhat common theme these days up until a patch cycle or two (or more) pass.

 

[Cryomancer]

Kinda funny, the game works perfectly on the Steam Deck. So my main gaming rig plays the current patch like a toaster, but the handheld is flawless. What a world.

Linux is much more optimized than M$ spyware/bloatware. Here I'm playing the game in 40~45 FPS in a GTX 1050 ti on HIGH.

Here is a good benchmark

 

[mediocrepoet]

Kinda funny, the game works perfectly on the Steam Deck. So my main gaming rig plays the current patch like a toaster, but the handheld is flawless. What a world.

Linux is much more optimized than M$ spyware/bloatware. Here I'm playing the game in 40~45 FPS in a GTX 1050 ti on HIGH.

Uh... what the hell? It looks like you're playing PS2 guy in MS paint where all you learned were icon cut and pastes and fill space -> brown.

Anyway it has nothing to do with OS dippy. You'd notice that if you read the earlier remarks about different card gens having different results in the same OS.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

I'm not fuckin wit the fire giant guy. I barely do any damage to him and Torrent is being a douche. I'll come back to him later. Way too early to judge anything but so far this is probably the best opening of a FS game since Bloodborne. It goes all out on the visuals, the atmosphere, and the difficulty. It feels fuckin great. 10/10 as far as Soulsborne openings go.

I finished Elden Ring when it came out but after experiencing DD2 combat I can't bring myself to play a FromSoft game again

Chill bro. DD2 will have it's time to shine again.

 

[abija]

I finished Elden Ring when it came out but after experiencing DD2 combat I can't bring myself to play a FromSoft game again

Bitch pls, this attitude is probably the reason DD2 got so much misguided hate.

 

[Lyric Suite]

So is the DLC shit yet?

 

[ferratilis]

I finished Elden Ring when it came out but after experiencing DD2 combat I can't bring myself to play a FromSoft game again

Bitch pls, this attitude is probably the reason DD2 got so much misguided hate.

If DD2 were somehow more popular than Elden Ring, it would be "after experiencing Elden Ring combat I can't bring myself to play a Capcom game again." Typical Codex contrarian attitude.

 

[abija]

Fingers crossed. I'd like to know what it is about the newer GPUs that they can optimize a game for lower end hardware but it ends up running like shit on more powerful systems. It seems to be a somewhat common theme these days up until a patch cycle or two (or more) pass.

Something I noticed on a newer GPU with elden ring, due to the low requirements and max 60 fps the card would throttle down a lot and everytime it needed a bit more power it would stutter. Check if forcing full performance or other settings helps.
Also, if you didn't, check if offline works better.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

Talentless pussies are already trying to nerf the game:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/323053-elden-ring/80794424

ATTACK!!!

 

[Cryomancer]

The DLC is too hard. So what? This is a good thing, not a bad thing. I got my ass kicked by many bosses in this DLC, playing at SL 130, and I like that I need to find better strategies and improve myself to challenge some bosses. That is the point of any soulsborn game.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

I lost track of the number of times I've come across these bitch made punks who say the same shit.

"We-we-well i beated dis many Souls games and I is weely gud but dis one is too hard, pweez make game easier for me Fwom Swoftware".

Makes me fucking sick. If you're gonna post your accolades you best not whine about the game being too hard cunt.

 

[processdaemon]

The fights themselves are on the right side of the challenging but fun/bullshit line for me, but I've come across a Gaol that has you jump between platforms that are suspended by chains that always seem to get in your way as you jump and I've already died more times to fall damage here than I did to the boss I fought. If I don't get through it soon I think my steam deck is going to go sailing out the window.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

The fights themselves are on the right side of the challenging but fun/bullshit line for me, but I've come across a Gaol that has you jump between platforms that are suspended by chains that always seem to get in your way as you jump and I've already died more times to fall damage here than I did to the boss I fought. If I don't get through it soon I think my steam deck is going to go sailing out the window.

That's fine criticism. The guy in the link I posted is claiming to be a badass and then proceeds to cry like a little girl and literally asks for the difficulty to get nerfed. It's disgusting. That is why we can't have nice things, because Mary Sue ain't as tough as she thought she was.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

XD