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I mean it's their identity, why would they change that. I'm always offline so haven't got the calibrations, wonder if it's even that big of a difference, there's been a ton of these calibrations for ER since 2022. Souls games aren't a problem, Sekiro - now that is a real problem. Met Sword Saint and gave up and got my save deleted to make matters worse. But I've accepted Sekiro for what it is, you'd realize the Souls formula is even fair in comparison.

@Korgon "Plus the DLC only came out Friday! Are people just not exploring at all?"

Always so. They don't explore to get stronger when that's the point of FS games, they just go straight from boss to boss expecting everything to be easy.

@NieR_Dark The problem with Blackgaol Knight is, there are no summons. So in actual fact Elden Ring would've been a crazy hard game if there wasn't summons. You'd think BB is hard but you can beat most main bosses without summons, ER on the other hand , is almost impossible without summons.

I'm mostly impressed by the graphics in this expansion, thought they'd leave it as impressive as it already is.

@Shinnok789 Yep, people always playing the "I'm the most busiest" card when whatever they do in their free time could equally be considered a waste by someone else.

True, I remember starting Journey 2 waltzing through all the bosses, felt a bit uninteresting and started a new game proper.

@Arnna It's extremely laughable to think gamers can afford every single game releasing, try them out for themselves before deciding if they like it or not. When reviewers get them for free and give you a fair idea before making a purchase.

Playing tourist taking a lot of screenshots in the Shadow of the Erdtree. Who are those enemies again? No problem, dealing with them with a +10 Morgott's sword. What a land of beauty.

Elden Ring is a game you pause backlogs and attend to. Shadow of the Erdtree all the way.

@DennisReynolds Same thing I did.

@WhiteRabbit @DennisReynolds Haha I know y'all had that "stepping out of the Cave of Knowledge to the Lands Between first time" moment when you stepped in the Realm of Shadow.

That's nice. FromSoftware has further upped the graphics in this SoTE. Just enjoying the artistic sites and forgetting this is supposed to be a difficult game.

Not having Torrent in Elden Beast fight made it harder, don't know if this is good or bad to old and new players alike.

@__jamiie Mmkay give it a chance, not as hard as you think, just have the patience to level up and enjoy the unique artistry.

I agree with your comment above though, people should just leave games as is and move on. Imagine a Mona Lisa or some other painting being remade/remastered, no matter what it is it'll never be the original. Enough of the remakes.

@__jamiie More like you own it through Plus, wouldn't be sitting on it if you went out your way to buy it. BB is still a classic, masterpiece as is, people wanting a remake because they love it not because of issues, I personally I'm fine with it. It's held in high regard because there's nothing like it when it comes to the theme, the trick weapons, attire, bosses making loud screeching noises, it's just a unique experience.

Feels like all the awards and recognition for FromSoftware starting with Sekiro's 2019 GOTY is to compensate for the total Bloodborne snub in 2015. Then again 2015 was just crazy, Witcher 3 happened and was accessible to many. In the long run though, it's 2024 and I'm still playing BB.

Think we forgot Monster Hunter Iceborne at 89.

Beautiful! Waiting at Mohg's Palace.

A DLC standing at 95 on MC woohooo! Looking forward to more FromSoftware artistry.

People beating random bosses thinking they're ready for SOTE 😁. It's about Mohg! Couldn't remember how I found him first playthrough but luckily I'd advanced on Varre's questline on my 2nd run, I got a straight ticket to dude's palace.

No matter the guides you use some enemies would still require you to git gud, enemy variants in the BB dungeons like Defiled Amygdala, Bloodletting Beast.

Not surprised. It's just the whole art direction of From Software games.

@Mega-Gazz They're all pretty much the same along with all the others. Almost everything in BB can be found in ER and more. So...it's probably the theme you like.

@Porco I think they're just confident in what they've created and probably following the Elden Ring and RDR2 footsteps. These games showed a lot prior to release and still ended up wowing us. People thought they'd seen it all in the ER beta and then showing enemies like the Rune Bear in artworks etc but they still had a million things for our surprise.

Not at all surprising.

It was indeed slimy on PlayStation's part but what's even more slimy is buying up multiplat studios and making their games exclusive.

Got a feeling how From loves the Sense of Discovery, they lowkey hate trophies and only add them because it's mandatory on the main game why? Probably because trophies give some information by pressing box on hidden trophies. I mean you look at gold trophies and you kinda have an idea who's the final boss, and this is a dev that loves to hide stuff. Still, this is rather disappointing.

Wow wtf! Naaaaahhhh...

Back to Sekiroooo Isshin voice after meeting Sword Saint and all my game saves getting deleted. It was easy to start other games but Sekiro...naahh. To think I defeated all those bosses and have to start again...sigh, Sekiro feels like the hardest From game but it's a From game and still a joy to play through again. Elsewhere defeated Lady Maria in the Old Hunters, BB. Defeated Mohg for the 2nd time waiting by Miquella's cocoon for you know what.

Feels like those permanent pouty lips thing is getting overdone in games, think Ellie had that in TLOU, looking like some sort of beauty standard.

@cburg Haven't you heard, the guy is just negative on everything.

The architecture in FromSoftware's games are simply remarkable. I stop from time to time to admire the buildings. Their art overall is just marvelous!

Still on the FromSoft artistry - ER & BB. A bit of Mafia 3, DiRT Rally or AC Valhalla.

@Balosi More like BETHESDA is rooted in gamer culture, everything of theirs should be multiplat.

It's all I been playing the past weeks along with BB, just can't get enough of From's art. Waiting for Shadow of the Erdtree which I suspect might just qualify to be a full game.

@johncalmc Took years to discover this but Miyazaki is actually Miquella, it's all cryptic, thank me later.

@Gamer83 Because maybe MK11 is on all platforms.

@themightyant Not exactly niche when 99% open worlds have that mechanic.

@rjejr I'm so used to having homes or rented rooms and side activities in Rockstar, Bethesda games that when an open world doesn't have it, it doesn't feel immersive enough.

@NoHope You haven't even played the game but you just don't like the guy...🙄

@rjejr I want to take the breaks and pass time myself not some automated version. Maybe some day I'll do another playthrough and see if it clicks with me better.

@Elodin How to get to them is also another struggle. That reminds me how annoying navigation is, with the wind thing. My install got corrupted and haven't even bothered reinstalling, not even done with Iki Island. It's a nice game but these things kinda ruins it. I could easily call Bloodborne open world because you can easily retire to the Hunter's Dream, repair, upgrade weapons and relax. I mean you can easily relax anywhere by using the Sit Down gesture.

When an open world doesn't have a place to rest and pass time and I'm supposed to believe my player is taking down outpost after outpost without resting or sleeping, it's a turnoff for me, kills immersion. You could skip all that in a linear game but not open world.

Gonna be more of the "I've never played GTAV" feeling cool and accomplished comments. Interesting how I spent, well still spending hours upon hours on R* games and now it's looking like I'm spending those hours on FromSoftware games, who would've thought!

Playing "Now go forth, let the words of the Fingers guide you." & "Farewell good hunter, may you find your worth in the waking world."

Some people won't bother buying when they've heard rumors of a PS5 Pro.

@Shepherd_Tallon 😆 Nuka World not Cola. I also remember quitting that expansion halfway, think it was all just capturing capturing or something that got old quickly.

Yep yep definitely.

"I hate rap" really sounds lowkey "I dislike black people things." I won't bother going on an article about some genre and say I hate said genre when I don't really care. I mean I like rap but I didn't even care about commenting on this, yet the hater actually found time to comment.

Can't believe I have more screenshots on this game than RDR2. It's none other than '22 GOTY...ELDEN RIIIIIIIINNGG! Looking forward to Shadow of the Erdtree. Some may not realize but some YouTuber even said it, that for FromSoftware's first ever open world and to have nailed a steed like Torrent is remarkable. Ubisoft still can't get their horses right. GoT's horse is slow with a weird gallop. I feel like FS has filled that Bethesda void, y'know games you can't stop playing. Yeah and still need to make progress on BB's Old Hunters.

Nothing they can do. Quality & Speed, one would have to suffer, unless they wanna work overtime and get accused for crunch.

Metaphor:Refantazio made me return to Persona 5. Last weekend I returned to Fallout 4 with all that Fallout talk but after seeing Preston Garvey, I'm like Awww No, not again!

I'm in awe over everything about this game! Keeping tabs on it. Never really saw P5's UI as extra stylish but this right here is the real deal, everything looks stunning!