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I hope they give up on this open world experiment as it is obvious their resources can't cope with it.
I'm pretty sure their next game will be open world as well but by then they should've learned their lessons from ER and make the open world actually interesting and rewarding to explore. If they can do that, I'm excited to play it. Not touching ER again though.
 

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I'm pretty sure their next game will be open world as well but by then they should've learned their lessons from ER and make the open world actually interesting and rewarding to explore. If they can do that, I'm excited to play it. Not touching ER again though.
There's no way they're making an open world game on a current gen hardware without 10 years of asset and pipeline evolution prior, the way they made Elden Ring. Unless they won't be drastically changing the fidelity of their assets and just continue with their current tech, which I'm actually kinda all for. Then they might be working on an open world game right now, but it won't be ER2
 

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I'm pretty sure their next game will be open world as well but by then they should've learned their lessons from ER and make the open world actually interesting and rewarding to explore. If they can do that, I'm excited to play it. Not touching ER again though.
There's no way they're making an open world game on a current gen hardware without 10 years of asset and pipeline evolution prior, the way they made Elden Ring. Unless they won't be drastically changing the fidelity of their assets and just continue with their current tech, which I'm actually kinda all for. Then they might be working on an open world game right now, but it won't be ER2
10 years of assets? They released 5 souls games in the last 10 years. Anyway, I don't mind if they reuse a lot from ER to make an ER2 with a greatly improved open world. That shit would sell like hotcakes.
 

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How large a team did they have for this? Because prior to ER they were still a smallsish company, right? Maybe with all the sales they got from this they could increase their developing team which might help.

Because both the base game and the DLC have this distinct "we were going to do something cool but then we ran out of time so we half-assed it" feel to it.
 

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I'm pretty sure their next game will be open world as well but by then they should've learned their lessons from ER and make the open world actually interesting and rewarding to explore. If they can do that, I'm excited to play it. Not touching ER again though.
There's no way they're making an open world game on a current gen hardware without 10 years of asset and pipeline evolution prior, the way they made Elden Ring. Unless they won't be drastically changing the fidelity of their assets and just continue with their current tech, which I'm actually kinda all for. Then they might be working on an open world game right now, but it won't be ER2
10 years of assets? They released 5 souls games in the last 10 years. Anyway, I don't mind if they reuse a lot from ER to make an ER2 with a greatly improved open world. That shit would sell like hotcakes.
They might as well release like 3-4 action RPGs and spinoffs akin to a Sekiro or Deracine in the same span of time on a current hardware and only then they will be ready to go into current gen open world (which by that time will be pastgen, just like with ER)
How large a team did they have for this? Because prior to ER they were still a smallsish company, right? Maybe with all the sales they got from this they could increase their developing team which might help.
Increasing their team won't do any good, because you lose control when your staff is so large, but using ER money to outsorce even more assets could help them a lot
 

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Player stats and equipment don't change the game enough to consider it something different.

As a greataxe main I find this offensive.
Oh.. oh dear. You're one of THOSE? Friendship OVER.

Weapon differences aren't big enough to change the fundamentals of the gameplay. It's still the same core gameplay with less options but it's still the same gameplay. Bloodborne has less options than Dark souls 3 but it's not massively different. Dark souls 3 is Elden Ring and Elden ring has the Sekiro parry now so Dark souls is Sekiro with more weapon options. Especially since Elden ring tries to use Sekiro's non-functional stealth system.
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Is that a legacy dungeon? That stretches the definition a big much for me. I would consider it an area. It's the best bit of the DLC outside of the side dungeons but it's not really a legacy dungeon the same as the academy.

Your honour, I would like to present the following evidence for this thread having the stupidest nigger brained posters on Codex.

They expect From to fix a single fucking thing in these broken and shitty games instead of doubling down on the open world and more spammy bosses put after empty fields.
 

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Pretty underwhelming for final boss, some swimming dinosaur with no buildup.
 

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Player stats and equipment don't change the game enough to consider it something different.

As a greataxe main I find this offensive.
Oh.. oh dear. You're one of THOSE? Friendship OVER.

Weapon differences aren't big enough to change the fundamentals of the gameplay. It's still the same core gameplay with less options but it's still the same gameplay. Bloodborne has less options than Dark souls 3 but it's not massively different. Dark souls 3 is Elden Ring and Elden ring has the Sekiro parry now so Dark souls is Sekiro with more weapon options. Especially since Elden ring tries to use Sekiro's non-functional stealth system.

No stamina is a pretty big difference that impacts everything. Anyway, you're either more retarded than I'd previously believed or trolling or both. Honestly, all of these possibilities are plausible.

Your honour, I would like to present the following evidence for this thread having the stupidest nigger brained posters on Codex.

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Huh. I guess you do get things right now and again. Crazy.
 

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I've finally reached the final boss of the DLC, after 70+ hours spent playing it and checking every corner while at it. This is the point I need to admit: this is hard. I had fun listening to all the crybabies complaining about the difficulty of the Dancing Lion (first try for me), Gaius (10 tries), Bayle (12), Messmer (13), but this looks like a different story. It's actually so hard I'm not sure I will be able to go through it solo :| 26 attempts and I'm not even getting close, unless I'm missing something obvious here. The second phase is just WTF.
 

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I've finally reached the final boss of the DLC, after 70+ hours spent playing it and checking every corner while at it. This is the point I need to admit: this is hard. I had fun listening to all the crybabies complaining about the difficulty of the Dancing Lion (first try for me), Gaius (10 tries), Bayle (12), Messmer (13), but this looks like a different story. It's actually so hard I'm not sure I will be able to go through it solo :| 26 attempts and I'm not even getting close, unless I'm missing something obvious here. The second phase is just WTF.

Prayerful Strike helps if you haven't learned how to handle his moves. I still summoned the Mimic in the end.
 

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I've finally reached the final boss of the DLC, after 70+ hours spent playing it and checking every corner while at it. This is the point I need to admit: this is hard. I had fun listening to all the crybabies complaining about the difficulty of the Dancing Lion (first try for me), Gaius (10 tries), Bayle (12), Messmer (13), but this looks like a different story. It's actually so hard I'm not sure I will be able to go through it solo :| 26 attempts and I'm not even getting close, unless I'm missing something obvious here. The second phase is just WTF.
There are ways to make it easier, but they're mostly build-dependent. What character are you playing?

Whatever thing you might decide try, keep in mind he's EXTREMELY weak to being parried. Like horrendously weak. His most common attacks can all be parried and after each parry he has like a 90% chance of using his basic attack, which has a very lenient timing. With something like a Brass Shield with Carian Retaliation and max endurance, you need to dodge a couple of attacks at best.
 

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There are ways to make it easier, but they're mostly build-dependent. What character are you playing?

Pure tank build basically with some minor Faith investment. Level 227, 96 Str, 15 Dex, 60 Vigor, 62 Endurance, 40 Faith (could probably drop it to 32). Had no issues so far, but he is kicking my ass so hard it's not even funny. He is a little bit too fast to fight him with dual Colossal swords, so I was forced to switch to regular Greatsword (Sword of Solitude) and a shield. Thanks for the note about parrying, I might try that. It would be nice to actually see what's happening in phase 2.
 

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I've finally reached the final boss of the DLC, after 70+ hours spent playing it and checking every corner while at it. This is the point I need to admit: this is hard. I had fun listening to all the crybabies complaining about the difficulty of the Dancing Lion (first try for me), Gaius (10 tries), Bayle (12), Messmer (13), but this looks like a different story. It's actually so hard I'm not sure I will be able to go through it solo :| 26 attempts and I'm not even getting close, unless I'm missing something obvious here. The second phase is just WTF.
You're slaying an actual, real god in its prime, of course it will be hard. It's easy enough to learn and beat the first phase, but phase two is the only time Tarnished encounters a god (the final boss in the base game doesn't count, even if the game titles it as a god, that amoeba is a weakling)
 

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I've finally reached the final boss of the DLC, after 70+ hours spent playing it and checking every corner while at it. This is the point I need to admit: this is hard. I had fun listening to all the crybabies complaining about the difficulty of the Dancing Lion (first try for me), Gaius (10 tries), Bayle (12), Messmer (13), but this looks like a different story. It's actually so hard I'm not sure I will be able to go through it solo :| 26 attempts and I'm not even getting close, unless I'm missing something obvious here. The second phase is just WTF.
You're slaying an actual, real god in its prime, of course it will be hard. It's easy enough to learn and beat the first phase, but phase two is the only time Tarnished encounters a god (the final boss in the base game doesn't count, even if the game titles it as a god, that amoeba is a weakling)
Could you stop being retarded?

You're fighting Radahn not Micky boy. Who is in someone else's body so likely not in his prime.
Micky boy is missing an arm so he isn't "in his prime" either.
 

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I've finally reached the final boss of the DLC, after 70+ hours spent playing it and checking every corner while at it. This is the point I need to admit: this is hard. I had fun listening to all the crybabies complaining about the difficulty of the Dancing Lion (first try for me), Gaius (10 tries), Bayle (12), Messmer (13), but this looks like a different story. It's actually so hard I'm not sure I will be able to go through it solo :| 26 attempts and I'm not even getting close, unless I'm missing something obvious here.

It's called Fingerprint shield :kingcomrade:
 

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How is he missing an arm? We don't know if having 3 arms is by design when achieving true godhood
He is literally missing an arm and one of the NPC's story is he fought him and cut his arm off. I don't care about the shitty DLC lore and even I know this.

 

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He is literally missing an arm and one of the NPC's story is he fought him and cut his arm off
I totally missed that, who's the motherfucker who cut his arm, then? I thought either he just has 3 hands, or the fourth one is actually the one that sticks out of his cocoon in Mohg's arena. Though, he was reborn anew, as we saw his crosses were he left his left and right hands, so either he had to have 6 arms, or was resurrected with 3 arms or 4 arms and someone cut one off
 

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