A $2 game made me realize i hated elden ring

[SpinDie426]

I put 202 hours into elden ring. Looking back.. Something about it just feels empty in my soul. And im a huge soulsborne fan.

When they stated elden ring would be a new open world multiplayer IP, i got excited because that tells me "this isnt dark souls anymore" This is an evolution. My mind immediately jumped to "weekly patches.. mod support.. events!!"

I had grown tired of the make-a-game-then-move-on-to-the-next-one formula of darksouls. So i was sooo excited for this "NEW IP" elden ring

It made me hopeful it WOULDNT be like the souls games which were just made then released then forgotten about as they went onto something else.

But this is literally the same as all the other games, release it. Then PEACE OUT DUDES! Good luck! Not only did they not update it.. They completely neglected to even fix the issues it has. They should have just called this dark souls 4.

It doesnt feel like a $60 open world RPG at all. Even the worst rpgs have inns and dice and instruments and boats and things like that. They at least try..

The whole premise of elden ring is you are in a magical land betwixt. Literally a place of magic. A land of spells and incantations. So why is there no waterwalking spell? Why is there no reduce fall damage spell? (well there is but its almost worthless as we all know)

Why is there NOTHING that suggests darksouls is now open world? Seriously the only open-world related addition is the horse. Which break combat because the AI doesn't really know what to do against them.

Anyways. I downloaded two worlds II because i was bored and depressed.. Its not AMAZING but just the fact that it was made by some nameless faceless developers with FAR less money made me realize how unacceptable elden ring was as a whole

Seriously I am having 1000x more fun than i had with elden ring. I made a waterwalk spell. A jumpheight spell. An invisibility spell. And a cast light spell. I also just got shoes from a quest that give me +20% movement speed. Also the game has a drone camera you can fly around to get a better look at things. So many little nicknacks and doo-dads.

Heres a clip (and dont say im trying to advertise for my youtube channel either because ive had over 1000 subscribers for almost a year now and still havent applied for monetization. its not why i do it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ktVncAJ6s&t=1s

and dont try and say im trying to advertise for two worlds II either because the steam version doesnt even work and the HD edition is garbage (the HD edition was made 6 years later by new/unrelated developers who literally just came out of nowhere who bugged the game, added a cash shop to the main menu, then dipped out)

And i gotta say, funny enough, i am having 1000x more fun than i had in elden ring

you cant just make an open world game with no swimming, no function spells, no boats, no instruments.. come on..

Elden ring is lazy and soulless

[space]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c

[dark-breed]

Originally posted by SpinDie426:

I put 202 hours into elden ring. Looking back.. Something about it just feels empty in my soul. And im a huge soulsborne fan.

When they stated elden ring would be a new open world multiplayer IP, i got excited because that tells me "this isnt dark souls anymore" This is an evolution. My mind immediately jumped to "weekly patches.. mod support.. events!!"

I had grown tired of the make-a-game-then-move-on-to-the-next-one formula of darksouls. So i was sooo excited for this "NEW IP" elden ring

It made me hopeful it WOULDNT be like the souls games which were just made then released then forgotten about as they went onto something else.

But this is literally the same as all the other games, release it. Then PEACE OUT DUDES! Good luck! Not only did they not update it.. They completely neglected to even fix the issues it has. They should have just called this dark souls 4.

It doesnt feel like a $60 open world RPG at all. Even the worst rpgs have inns and dice and instruments and boats and things like that. They at least try..

The whole premise of elden ring is you are in a magical land betwixt. Literally a place of magic. A land of spells and incantations. So why is there no waterwalking spell? Why is there no reduce fall damage spell? (well there is but its almost worthless as we all know)

Why is there NOTHING that suggests darksouls is now open world? Seriously the only open-world related addition is the horse. Which break combat because the AI doesn't really know what to do against them.

Anyways. I downloaded two worlds II because i was bored and depressed.. Its not AMAZING but just the fact that it was made by some nameless faceless developers with FAR less money made me realize how unacceptable elden ring was as a whole

Seriously I am having 1000x more fun than i had with elden ring. I made a waterwalk spell. A jumpheight spell. An invisibility spell. And a cast light spell. I also just got shoes from a quest that give me +20% movement speed. Also the game has a drone camera you can fly around to get a better look at things. So many little nicknacks and doo-dads.

Heres a clip (and dont say im trying to advertise for my youtube channel either because ive had over 1000 subscribers for almost a year now and still havent applied for monetization. its not why i do it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ktVncAJ6s&t=1s

and dont try and say im trying to advertise for two worlds II either because the steam version doesnt even work and the HD edition is garbage (the HD edition was made 6 years later by new/unrelated developers who literally just came out of nowhere who bugged the game, added a cash shop to the main menu, then dipped out)

And i gotta say, funny enough, i am having 1000x more fun than i had in elden ring

you cant just make an open world game with no swimming, no function spells, no boats, no instruments.. come on..

Elden ring is lazy and soulless

yes two worlds 2 was a secret hidden gem the times back it was new.
btw reality pump studios is not a indie developer and made some gems back in time.

[Superczar]

Even the worst rpgs have inns and dice and instruments and boats and things like that.

Doesn't belong in a Souls-type game. This ain't Disney.

[yuzhonglu]

As far as I'm concerned, you don't even own the game.

[chronowarped]

I agree with your that Two Worlds Two is a better open world rpg and exploring that world is far more fun than ER..

ER is fun though in it's own way. For me it's more of a combat and tactical game than rpg.

[space]

Originally posted by yuzhonglu:

As far as I'm concerned, you don't even own the game.

cause they don't

[dark-breed]

Originally posted by Superczar:

Even the worst rpgs have inns and dice and instruments and boats and things like that.

Doesn't belong in a Souls-type game. This ain't Disney.

btw the genre called "souls like" established by ppl that do not know games like die by sword and die by the sword is far older than any fromsoft game so it is wrong to establish a genre called souls like because souls games are a knock off from far older games.

[zemzero]

Originally posted by dark-breed:

Originally posted by Superczar:

Doesn't belong in a Souls-type game. This ain't Disney.

btw the genre called "souls like" established by ppl that do not know games like die by sword and die by the sword is far older than any fromsoft game so it is wrong to establish a genre called souls like because souls games are a knock off from far older games.

Kings field is what started this whole thing and that came out in 1994. Also made by fromsoft, so...

[Hammer_Squirrel]

Originally posted by dark-breed:

Originally posted by Superczar:

Doesn't belong in a Souls-type game. This ain't Disney.

btw the genre called "souls like" established by ppl that do not know games like die by sword and die by the sword is far older than any fromsoft game so it is wrong to establish a genre called souls like because souls games are a knock off from far older games.

1. People aren’t going to recognize a game as a progenitor if they haven’t heard about it
2. Die by the Sword is more like Qwop than Souls

[dark-breed]

Originally posted by zemzero:

Originally posted by dark-breed:

btw the genre called "souls like" established by ppl that do not know games like die by sword and die by the sword is far older than any fromsoft game so it is wrong to establish a genre called souls like because souls games are a knock off from far older games.

Kings field is what started this whole thing and that came out in 1994. Also made by fromsoft, so...

kings field is first person and the gameplay is the same like every might and magic title (first came out 1986). and even for this there are much older titles back to games from 1981.
it is just a marketing campain to call fromsoft a inovative developer, it is not even the stuff they created since kings field is bugged like hell and got never fixed.

[John Titor]

Originally posted by SpinDie426:

...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ktVncAJ6s&t=1s
...

"blah blah blah...
The AI is dumb as rocks but look at him swing his axe! Why is this not the best selling game ever?!"

lol thanks OP, that gave me a giggle.

[Mango Tree]

Man... i love ER. better than any soulsgame to me. and i was a hardcore fan of dark souls 1 when it came back, this game made me realize how much ♥♥♥♥ the other games are.

[Coin]

Man that game was pretty trash. Two world that is.

[königplatzen]

IMO, From soft games always is some kind of love/hate experience to me. Sometimes a bit of distance helps a lot to appreciate the games again. I'm currently play some other games in parallel, but always love to come back to souls-like until I fed up again. They have a certain unique style to them, which is hard to find anywhere else.

[Dr.Abscondus]

I can just imagine the forums if the Two Worlds games were released today. Two Worlds I had quest lines that had to be completed in a specific time frame in the game otherwise the game could not be completed. Two Worlds II will not start unless you edit the Windows registry. Both games have bad voice acting, stale stories and are full of bugs and glitches. I liked both games because they were better than most of the games released back then, but comparing them to Elden Ring in any way is simply deluded. The devs promised a Two Worlds III in 2016. So far, nada.