Elden Ring has attracted a normie fan base [RANT]

[BLACK MAMBA]

Before you comment I really ask you to read the whole thing then share your opinion

Ive been playing elden ring for some time, and Its pretty good (IN MY OPINION). It was made for veterans of the souls series, and I think it fixed alot of things with the previous games, and made it more accecible for new players wanting to get into the souls series. But here is my issue, this game has attracted people looking for skyrim. Ive seen too many posts about easy modes, quest markers, and other things. The non stop complaining about things in the souls series that build the foundation for these games. More evidence of this, is how this game is marketed towards the mainstream audience. I remember watching the daily show (it sucks) with my parents and seeing trever noah talk about this game in one of his jokes. On 4chan I saw a thread about some guy's gf seeing this game on tik tok and wanting to play it. And finally, the ad for this game used some famous actor to promote it. Of course, this is all fine, but its attracted the wrong people for this game. Im scared what might happen to the souls series, and specifically updates to the game that are suppose to mold the game into something more apetizing for the mainstream.

NOTE: This game has alot of issues that need to be fixed. When I criticize the updates, Im not calling the game a "perfect masterpiece"

EDIT: After reading the comments, Ive changed my mind. I still believe that its been the most accecible souls game, but Ive been looking at all the negative things of the community, and have mostly been ignoring the good things.

[Timbermaw]

Ok

[Star Taker]

wait a few months and a consistant playerbase will be made, game is still new and a lot of newbies are still playing, same thing happened in sekiro and eventually things kinda got balanced i think

[sophAur]

new players are never a bad thing. They just need time to settle down

[Lust]

CRI CRI - these people you are ♥♥♥♥ talking spent the same amount of money as you to play the game - God forbid some guys gf wanted to play ER - what a dark path FROM has led you down....

[nfinite.recursion]

Please don't fall into the trap of equating difficulty with accessibility. Idiot game journalists and grifter-type "accessibility advisors" have been doing this without any thought in how this impacts the production of a game where attempting to meet the demands of everyone creates a game that no one finds particularly fun.

As far as the pre-launch hype goes, yeah, I predicted that a bunch of people would jump on board the hype train and make a lot of foolish assumptions about what Elden Ring was ultimately going to be and then cry that it's too hard or not enough like Skyrim or Breath of the Wild.

[Necroth]

imagine getting your self worth from some niche videogame xD

[Phyore]

It will go away, casuals get tired easy.

[TyresTyco]

For someone that seems to be such a from software fan you really don't seem to know any of Miyazakis Elden Ring interviews.

The only thing this game attracts is self proclaimed professional game designers. But that can be said about everything that gets some kind of hype and success.

[rasabt]

when i read something like the TE i feel like psycho therapie should be far more available and cheapter.
how about letting people play what they want?
it's a videogame
not the constitution
what happened to : have fun?

[Yrch]

Company wants to attract people to their product to make money
Shocking is say!

[sidray749]

"uwaaaaah now I don't feel special anymore because now everyone can play a supposedly hard game for elitists only"

[Dr.Abscondus]

The game wasn't made for souls veterans, it was made for mainstream gamers. That's why it's sold so many copies. Fromsoft isn't a fringe developer anymore.

[Sokurah]

Its actually still beyond me why so basic things like quest markers would ruin the souls games.

I never really bothered with quests. Let them add markers. I dont care. 90 % of all people do them with guides just like a huge number of people coop for bosses.

I dont give a damn about quest, Seems i'm a normie and not allowed to play the game.

If only people who are "true legit souls players" by the definition of some people would play the game there would be hardly anyone playing.

You're living in your own delusional fantasie world pal.

[Drukaris]

youre basing your opinion on steam discussions and tik tok?
many many new fans love this game and elden ring being so popular is a good thing
other devs definitely see this and might be inclined to stick to their original vision instead of dumbing everything down because the mass market supposedly demands it

[Sokurah]

Originally posted by sidray749:

"uwaaaaah now I don't feel special anymore because now everyone can play a supposedly hard game for elitists only"

This. DS difficuty is overrated anyway. Discussions like this one are pathetic tbh.