![]() As time goes on and you legitimately get better at the combat, the difficulty of each enemy remains constant, with no scaling. Maybe you find a spell that absolutely thrashes groups of enemies. You incorporate your special attacks more and actually block. With all that wandering and all that fighting, you start to time your dodges better. Level up a few times, maybe find a new weapon, and head back to your seemingly unbeatable foe and you may discover them infinitely easier and make a quick victory.Įven regular foes can feel like bosses, and while those fights are more anger-inducing than boss fights, you very quickly learn which enemies to avoid as you explore the Lands Between. Part of the joy I’ve found in Elden Ring is the ability to look a challenge dead in the face and say “Nah, I’m good.” After getting your butt kicked in an area for what seems like hours, you can teleport back to a previous zone and discover so much more than you saw the first time around. ![]() While I have yet to face off against General Radahn (the boss of the red hellscape called Caelid) I can already savor the sweet nectar of victory… If I ever actually get there and stop being killed every 30 steps! Stupid birds. I probably rode the high of beating the first legacy dungeon for at least 2 days, and there are supposed to be (officially) 6 of them. Even when you end up dying only 30 times before you can beat a certain mini-boss or dungeon, the sense of accomplishment is huge. None of that happened for me with the Souls series.Īt this moment, I have almost 55 hours put into Elden Ring and while I don’t know if I’ll finish it, I can say I’m having a blast! It checks every box for what makes a great game, and I’m just as shocked to be typing that as I was when I realized I was having fun after so many deaths. ![]() I enjoy escaping into a different world and experiencing wonderful things, seeing beautiful vistas, and meeting new characters. Playing games that will throw you against the same opponent over and over again while killing you over and over while berating you for being bad over and over is just… not for me. I’ve played 2 hours of Sekiro and quit, got to the first boss of Demon Souls and quit, and didn’t even leave the first dungeon of Bloodborne before I quit. With over 300 hours of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and over 100 hours on Dark Souls II and III, he is pretty good at the series and still seems to enjoy it (supposedly). My brother is actually a fan of the Souls games and has put in his time. I didn’t even buy it! However, shout-out to my brother who decided he was buying me this game as a present. Don’t get me wrong, I thought a lot of people would love it and knew it would get rave reviews from all over the world, but I didn’t think it would be for me. As someone who has never put much time into these Souls games, I wasn’t expecting much from Elden Ring. Like many others in the gamer-sphere, these last few weeks have been full of dodging, slashing, and frustrated yelling as I work my way through the newest game from FromSoftware Inc.
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