Totally get your points. I’ve burned myself out on RPGS with awful side quests so this was a nice change of pace for me.
I guess I really enjoyed the majority of these as they helped to flesh out minor characters as well as your comrades. I really felt like my actions were improving the world I lived in, rather than just guiding some rando from point A to point B, needlessly killing someone etc.
As for the combat, Clive pretty much has a 4 hit combo, a thrust, a slam, and a magic attack so the gameplay loop gets old very fast. Considering the combat director was involved with Devil May Cry 5, I expected something a bit more deep. I think the combat could have been vastly improved if you could play as Cid, Jill, Joshua, and Dion, just to mix it up a bit.
I’ve been playing League of Legends on the KR server pretty seriously for about a month or so now, and I genuinely can’t tell if I still suck or if the skill floor is just THAT high
The difficulty was so insane that I thought I would never finish the DLC. But with a greatshield and a thrusting weapon, you can attack the last boss as you guard at the same time. Summoning an NPC will unnecessarily make the fight more difficult as it increases the boss’ max HP.
You’re gonna make me replay the entire trilogy, if you have a second joystick you can enter a debug command. It allows you to cheese certain annoying parts!
That’s very true. It does feel like the quests tie in with the narrative of the game.
Now this is true. His basic moves are so basic. Without the Eikonic move sets, it’s incredibly simple. Any time you’re waiting on cooldowns doing the same combo gets ooooold. It’s just 4 melee attacks, or 4 attacks with a magic burst in between each hit. It’s literally 1 combo that you just make longer.
Granted, when you start using accessories and find a good eikon set, you can do some pretty fun combos and stack damage nicely. Elemental effects would’ve been a very welcome addition.
Exactly that, it’s definitely not the best. The whole set up seems like it’s aiming for God of War style combat, but the regular attacks are nowhere near as fun due to the lack of combos, timings, or elements. Torgal, as adorable as he is, is also pretty redundant.
I have been helping people beat the last boss in the Elden Ring DLC and have been rewarded with almost 50 more rune arcs from doing this so far. It’s the most fun boss fight in Elden Ring ever. You have to stay focused managing the stamina bar while guarding; otherwise, you’ll die in a hit or two.
It’s been a month since the Elden Ring DLC has been released. I have beat Promised Consort Radahn around 110+ times from various NG+ as a cooperator. Most of the time, the host doesn’t survive, but it’s completely understandable.
Some people even let me solo him after seeing me survive every session without dying. Things start to get significantly tougher from NG+4 onwards for soloing and keeping the host alive. The difficulty is ridiculously more insane in NG+7 that I once thought I could never beat the DLC lol. It’s fun to help people beat the last boss from various NG+ though.
I haven’t explored everything in the DLC yet because I have been playing it blindly for the first time. So many quests were cut off, unfortunately. It’s said it will take 3 playthroughs at least to collect everything.
The DLC last boss is super fun to fight. But without a greatshield and a thrusting weapon, it will be much harder for me. Looks like a number of people are stuck at the DLC last boss, so it doesn’t take long to be summoned. It’s a great feeling when you are able to help someone finally beat him.
IMO, Elden Ring will be more enjoyable once you have learned the game mechanics. It took me 5-6 playthroughs to learn the essentials which was a bit late compared to most people.
Currently really liking Unicorn Overlord for the Switch. Really interesting game if you’re into tactical RPGs like Fire Emblem and Tactics Ogre, like me.
Yes, many players complained that the DLC was too difficult and it ruined the fun when it was initially out, so FromSoftware adjusted the damage dealt and damage received to be a bit easier especially in the early game. You have to explore the DLC to collect upgrade materials from various places as well as beating bosses to level up your character like in Sekiro, and the first 10 blessing levels out of 20 are significant upgrades.
My first Elden Ring playthrough was the longest. It took me over 200 hours to explore every dungeon and collect as many items as possible, but you can’t do it in one go because sometimes you have to choose one between the two items and get the other in a NG+.
However, after the first playthrough (NG+0), most of the areas are skippable given you have collected most of the items there. I can finish the main game in 6-8 hours knowing all the essential routes. Only +25 and +10 smithing stones limited in each playthough are what I don’t want to miss.
Shadow of the Erdtree is more like an expansion rather than just a DLC. It’s around 40% of the main game which I think can take up to 300 hours to explore everything in the main game and the DLC in one playthrough for first timers.
I think I am right to procrastinate picking up the DLC until I get the proper time and mind frame to play the game again. 40% of the main game is like 80-100 hours for me. I need to commit time for this.
Damn! I guess that’s to be expected in a game like this. I forget how much time I’ve put in so far, but it’s definitely past like 50 hours and I don’t think I’m close to finishing yet.
Ahhh ok that makes sense. New game+ sounds MUCH more attractive to me now. I thought you were just pouring 100’s of hours into each new game hahaha.
That’s a hefty DLC. I guess this is pretty accurate:
