Did the final boss seem mid to anybody else?

[zeredis]

Visally they look awesome, but actually fighting them is a little meh? Radagon is pretty easy, especially with some fire attacks, but some of his slams can hit you even if you dodge them, which thats whatever, Im more disappointed in the Elden Beast, visually looks awesome, cool enemy, cool looking abilities and all that, but the thing just spends the fight running around the whole room and spamming wiggily attacks, idunno, Melenia was a much cooler and rewarding fight, same for Horax, It kinda feels Aldritch from DS3 just in a bigger room lol

[brimstone]

mid? is this zoomer talk or something?

[zeredis]

Originally posted by brimstone:

mid? is this zoomer talk or something?

Would you prefer if I called the final boss lackluster? Are you able to understand what I said now?

[Dizzy Ladybug]

yes the elden beast is a little boring. you spend half the battle running within range of it

maliketh, malenia, godfrey and radagon are much more fun

[zeredis]

Originally posted by dizzy ladybug:

yes the elden beast is a little boring. you spend half the battle running within range of it

maliketh, malenia, godfrey and radagon are much more fun

yeah seriously I didnt even mention maliketh but that fight was seriously cool, hes a bit difficult, but its a satisfying fight, Godfrey is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ badass, nothing is more horrifying than being slammed dunked into the concrete

[45]

Originally posted by zeredis:

Originally posted by brimstone:

mid? is this zoomer talk or something?

Would you prefer if I called the final boss lackluster? Are you able to understand what I said now?

yes.

[Lynfinity]

They should've made Radagon a multi-stage boss fight. And by multi-stage I mean three different phases, similar to Friede. Now that would've been a final boss to talk about.

[zeredis]

Originally posted by Lynfinity:

They should've made Radagon a multi-stage boss fight. And by multi-stage I mean three different phases, similar to Friede. Now that would've been a final boss to talk about.

Friede was fun too! The painted world was such a nice DLC in general, I'm pretty excited to what the shadow of the erdtree is gonna bring, weapon wise and boss wise,not to mention zones aswell

[Alby]

Originally posted by Lynfinity:

They should've made Radagon a multi-stage boss fight. And by multi-stage I mean three different phases, similar to Friede. Now that would've been a final boss to talk about.

Phase 1: Radagon
Phase 2: Radagon & Elden Beast
Phase 3: Radagon, but faster

Special guest referee Gael

[An Irate Walrus]

I enjoyed the Radagon phase; felt like a suitable "full circle" conclusion from the introductory vignettes.

But the Elden Beast was just a chore. Not because it's a massively difficult fight, but because it's so tedious. That whole "nuh-uh! Imma swim underneath the surface, pop up on the other side of the arena, pelt you with ranged attacks, and no you cannot have Torrent" bit didn't feel like a challenge--it felt like playing a TTRPG with the "no, no, I have gray eyes" guy from the old D&D skit.

Munchkins suck for a reason. From ending an otherwise fantastic game on one was just disappointing.

Still gonna get the DLC tho, NGL.

[Senki]

Well Elden Beast is straight up garbage. It's running away too much and too often, doesn't feel good as a final fight. Would've been more fit as a random annoying secret boss in the corner of the map.

Even the visual design of Elden Beast feels a bit too lame. Just a black blob with wings and a sword. In a game where we have stuff like Rykard, maliketh, malenia second phase, astel etc.

Radagon is mostly good but still a bit disappointing compared to other amazing bosses in this game. If he had a real second phase where he turned into marika and it was a more intense fight than Boring Beast it would've been great.

So the answer is yes, it was very mid. Honestly they could've left Godfrey as the final boss and maybe give him one extra phase.

[zeredis]

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

I enjoyed the Radagon phase; felt like a suitable "full circle" conclusion from the introductory vignettes.

But the Elden Beast was just a chore. Not because it's a massively difficult fight, but because it's so tedious. That whole "nuh-uh! Imma swim underneath the surface, pop up on the other side of the arena, pelt you with ranged attacks, and no you cannot have Torrent" bit didn't feel like a challenge--it felt like playing a TTRPG with the "no, no, I have gray eyes" guy from the old D&D skit.

Munchkins suck for a reason. From ending an otherwise fantastic game on one was just disappointing.

Still gonna get the DLC tho, NGL.

Yeah thats what I mean! You get maybe one or two hits off, depending on your weapon, before he zooms to the other side and swings his sword around at you lol, Just feels like we couldhave had a really wild over the top spectacle as the final boss and we got this instead,

[Alby]

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Still gonna get the DLC tho, NGL.

Convert to ER on PC when it releases. C'mooooooon.

[An Irate Walrus]

Originally posted by Alby:

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Still gonna get the DLC tho, NGL.

Convert to ER on PC when it releases. C'mooooooon.

Definitely going to consider it, but I have a couple of ~RL200 characters between my PS5 and XSX, and I'm not sure I'd want to start from scratch right as we're getting to pursue Dearest Miquella.

[Senki]

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Originally posted by Alby:

Convert to ER on PC when it releases. C'mooooooon.

Definitely going to consider it, but I have a couple of ~RL200 characters between my PS5 and XSX, and I'm not sure I'd want to start from scratch right as we're getting to pursue Dearest Miquella.

Tbh it's worth it if you're a big fan of the game and plan on replaying it.

I have it on both and the PC performance is way better. Only the PS4 version works well but it looks slightly worse.

[An Irate Walrus]

Originally posted by Senki:

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Definitely going to consider it, but I have a couple of ~RL200 characters between my PS5 and XSX, and I'm not sure I'd want to start from scratch right as we're getting to pursue Dearest Miquella.

Tbh it's worth it if you're a big fan of the game and plan on replaying it.

I have it on both and the PC performance is way better. Only the PS4 version works well but it looks slightly worse.

Absolutely giving it some thought. My rig's nowhere near cutting edge anymore (i7-7770k, 16 GB DDR 3 RAM, and an RTX 2080 with an SSD for games), but it should handle it well enough at 1440p.

We have some expenses coming down the pike (I just had a vasectomy, which our insurance should cover the entirety of, but we're also about to add a puppy to our household, in addition to a couple of home improvement projects), so I'll have to look at what the budget allows.

My wife is really awesome about letting me buy shiny toys, but it has to stay within reason. Since I already have two copies of the game, buying a third will be hard to justify--especially since I'm going to be downstairs with the puppy for at least 2-3 months, and our gaming PCs are on the second floor. Hell, I got ER for the PS 5 initially because we were planning our current dog, and I wanted to be where she'd be hanging out when she came home. Same situation right now.

Still, it is awfully tempting.