Elden Ring

[Spud]

Its clear a lot about this franchise isnt about genuine enjoyment and having fun but more about saying you accomplished a thing.

Fixed it for you and it's been like this since Demon Souls.

 

[Edgy But Dull]

you just deflect everything and memorize the maybe 2 attack strings you can actually guard counter after, because the rest of the time you'll be pushed back too far to connect with him and if you try to swing he'll anyways just smack you for half of your life.

People aren't even using guard counters against Radahn, they're just equipping Antspur Rapier and spamming attack because you can attack with thrusting weapons while blocking. Antspur Rapier also has scarlet rot and you can give it a bleed affinity as well.

Gaius felt undercooked. I like the concept and the lore behind him but he feels like a particularly tough field boss more than a proper encounter. I'm 100% certain he definitely had an intro cutscene that was cut sometime in development.

Rellana not getting any sort of intro or death cinematic is really weird considering her lore and how fucking Dancing Lion of all bosses got one.

 

[Tablet County]

Antspur Rapier also has scarlet rot and you can give it a bleed affinity as well.

Well fuck, now they're going to nerf antspur rapier so you can no longer change its ash of war.
I wasn't even using it to cheese the dlc bosses, I happened to stumble upon it on my strength arcane boi sometime last year and decided I needed to exploit it for funsies.

 

[capitalBBustard]

So you're right, he is undercooked because he's the last remnant of a storyline that is no longer in the game.

A storyline that only exists in your head. Guess what, models have names even when their placement and role is just a vague outline. Some of them retain early model names years later. Here's an example: Gwynevere's model is called Princess Maria/Mary and Gwyndolin's is called "The Princess' Sister".

Wow, so undercooked, I wish we got the original intended plot that was butchered by Hackazaki. Don't get caught it up in shit tier fanfiction over a literal model name.

God damn it that would've been so much cooler.

The thing that didn't and never existed beyond a name for a model would've been so much cooler yep. Oh wait, no.

It feels like virtually every plotline besides Ranni's got cut down.

It feels like you genuinely have no idea how game development works.

The worst part about datamining is the retards that start seething out fanfiction based off of a couple of words and screeching about the final game not conforming to the tea leaves.

I'm 100% certain he definitely had an intro cutscene that was cut sometime in development.

You'd be dead wrong. And even "significant" bosses not having cutscenes is normal for these games. Base game Elden Ring had way more boss cutscenes than usual to begin with.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

It feels like you genuinely have no idea how game development works.

The worst part about datamining is the retards that start seething out fanfiction based off of a couple of words and screeching about the final game not conforming to the tea leaves.

When I do quests in Baldur's Gate 3 they have an actual end. A lot of ER quests just stop without any real resolution, with the cope being that "the DLC will expand on it". Malenia is probably the most egregious one with getting a needle that doesn't do shit.

 

[Mega Black]

I beat Commander Gaius yesterday. What pure fucking cancer. This is very clearly a boss they did not test, even the final boss seems like it at least had purpose behind it's design. This guy is just straight busted.

Now I have to watch my wife suffer through the fight.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

"git gud"

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Its clear a lot about this game isnt about genuine enjoyment and having fun but more about saying you accomplished a thing. Only a genuine autist thinks having to make 6-7 near pixel perfect dodges in a row just so you can maybe be in position to attack once is fun. Its like playing flappy bird so you can simply brag about getting to x level.

It's wild to me, because the Bloodborne dlc bosses were what I considered the hardest souls bosses before this, and despite taking 30+ attempts to kill orphan, I still love that fight. I like hard bosses that I can slam into repeatedly until it just works, but Radahn is just draining so far. The longer the fight goes on, the more hard bullshit I see him throw at me.

 

[Mega Black]

Malenia is probably the most egregious one with getting a needle that doesn't do shit.

Normally I'd say that people do tend to create too much fanfic shit with cut content but this was an egregious oversight on their part.

Like, it makes sense that Malenia doesn't want anything to do with you even if you follow this route. You robbed her of her purpose out of a misguided desire to keep her alive, but she should really come back at least once to tell you that she is mad about it and will no longer be your maiden for risking the entirety of creation for her sake.

It is pretty clear that questlines are the absolute bottom tier priority for FS during development. Remember, several of the NPC quests in the base game had to be finished in a patch. For months Nepheli's quest would just hit a wall where the intended ending couldn't happen because of missing event flags.

I don't think it's unfair to be upset that NPC quests, despite being very interesting, tend to just drop off. It makes me not want to do a lot of them because you never know when FS is just going to drop it entirely.

The DLC is better about this, though. The NPCs are actually quite talkative and make it easier to figure out what they want via notes and direct dialogue. I hope, of From makes another game in this style, this is something they get better at.

The longer the fight goes on, the more hard bullshit I see him throw at me.

I think the DLC coming out 2 years after the base game made From way overtune the bosses. They made it with the belief that everyone who would play through would want THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE BORDERLINE IMPOSSIBLE FUCK YOU GET STOMPED MUH HECKING PRIME RADAHN! but it's pretty obvious people wanted more of a victory lap final boss, not something insanely difficult.

Malenia was optional for a reason. Prime Radahn should have been an optional Uber Boss.

 

[Lizard Machine Bugs]

So the theory I've seen on /vg/ is that Putrescent was originally supposed to be a Godskin enemy. His data files name is "Knight of the Gloam Eyed Queen" which fits considering his head is the same as those little balls on Godskin cloaks. So you're right, he is undercooked because he's the last remnant of a storyline that is no longer in the game.

Reminds me of how the misbegotten are called Radagan's children in the files, with the leonine's even having his signature red hair, not to mention the Golden Order Paladin Misbegotten wielding Radagan's martial sword reforged into a tool of the golden order in that cave in the Consecrated Snow Fields. The misbegotten in Lyndell and the Haligtree also seem to be in worship, paying and holding services
There's also the Oracles, those horn blowing Albinauric enemies who show up in the Hagil tree and Lyendell, that the ancient society that made the mud golems were looking for since they herald the birth of a new god. The Albinurics do have a quest but it's just picking up a spirit ash then fucking off to the big Albinauric and giving her the birthing droplet with no unique interactions with the Albinaruc enemies in the snow field and the young mother Albinaruc is just sitting in some ruined church.
Gold Mask and Dung Eater don't even have a unique boss to their quests.

 

[X Prime]

Why work hard on any other quests when it's so obvious that the playerbase is just going to coom over the doll waifu?

Seems like wasted resources to me.

 

[Caddo Cobgang]

it almost feels as if the game wants you to start as a wretch despite the shit starting weapon, not that its hard to find better weapons if you know what to do anyway.

 

[Rich Evans Ayypologist]

People aren't even using guard counters against Radahn, they're just equipping Antspur Rapier and spamming attack because you can attack with thrusting weapons while blocking.

Yeah, I did see that that was the cheese. Normally, I think people abusing cheese is exactly why there's such an outcry over the DLC bosses being designed in such a way that you can't sit there spamming L2 from half the screen away, but Radahn is the exception - I can't really blame people for wanting to.

All they have to do is remove his fucking recovery cancelling, honestly. I learned to perfectly evade all those damn swings - never ever dodge away from him, always double-tap certain swings that always have a followup, wait about a second after his leap to see if he does it again... but it really doesn't matter, because the punish has to be a single R1.

but some of his moves are pure unfiltered bullshit

All of Knight's melee attacks get bodied hard by dodging into him. Half of his big combo completely whiffs if you dodge right into him. The horse has insane tracking only before it's started running, so you dodge just as soon as it starts moving. The fire attacks you evade by jumping over them - usually into him, but the big ring that then closes in on you, you jump away from him.

 

[Tablet County]

When I do quests in Baldur's Gate 3 they have an actual end. A lot of ER quests just stop without any real resolution, with the cope being that "the DLC will expand on it". Malenia is probably the most egregious one with getting a needle that doesn't do shit.

Why do people keep responding to him like he isn't bait?

All of Knight's melee attacks get bodied hard by dodging into him. Half of his big combo completely whiffs if you dodge right into him. The horse has insane tracking only before it's started running, so you dodge just as soon as it starts moving. The fire attacks you evade by jumping over them - usually into him, but the big ring that then closes in on you, you jump away from him.

I know, that's how I beat him. It's still BS. It could be a much better fight.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Why do people keep responding to him like he isn't bait?

Bitch, almost all of my arguments about ER were also said by other people, including my last comment that is a legitimate issue in the base game. Arguing it's bait is just trying to stifle conversation because you don't like your favourite game getting the asspounding it deserves.

You can't give a pass for a dev making a shit game because 10 years ago he made a better version of that game.

 

[Coldgrip]

it almost feels as if the game wants you to start as a wretch despite the shit starting weapon, not that its hard to find better weapons if you know what to do anyway.

The Wretch's club is a pretty good weapon.

 

[Str8Bustah]

I beat Radahn by summoning Taylew and healing him up for the entire fight and then just rotting Radahn.
I do not feel bad about doing it, it was actually fun to figure out how to manually aim heal from afar.

 

[Tablet County]

Bitch, almost all of my arguments about ER were also said by other people, including my last comment that is a legitimate issue in the base game. Arguing it's bait is just trying to stifle conversation because you don't like your favourite game getting the asspounding it deserves.

You can't give a pass for a dev making a shit game because 10 years ago he made a better version of that game.

I was talking about @capitalBBustard. Nigger's clearly just being a contrarian to piss people off. Why even bother responding to him?

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

I was talking about @capitalBBustard. Nigger's clearly just being a contrarian to piss people off. Why even bother responding to him?

Oh sorry

 

[capitalBBustard]

When I do quests in Baldur's Gate 3 they have an actual end. A lot of ER quests just stop without any real resolution, with the cope being that "the DLC will expand on it". Malenia is probably the most egregious one with getting a needle that doesn't do shit.

"Muh BG3" is a retarded pull, nobody said that about quests so fuck off with your made up strawman and the needle is used to back out of the frenzied flame ending. Lol

I was talking about @capitalBBustard. Nigger's clearly just being a contrarian to piss people off. Why even bother responding to him?

"Your fanfiction is based on basically nothing" is a very contrarian position. Yup.

 

[crowabunga]

Why work hard on any other quests when it's so obvious that the playerbase is just going to coom over the doll waifu?

Seems like wasted resources to me.

Is there a way to break down achievements on PS4 and Steam by region? I wanna know if Japs beat gaijin in the dollsimping department.