Souls Veteran here. I'll never play another FromSoft game again.

[P1]

Firstly, let me explain by saying I am a souls veteran. I have been playing since demon souls, and have completed the DS trilogy multiple times under multiple different builds. When Elden Ring came, I enjoyed it even though it had a lot of differences from the mainline souls game. So when the DLC was announced, I couldn't wait to try it. All the 10/10 from media outlets had me hyped. Then I got the DLC upon release and was left disappointed and almost feel swindled by all the media hype.

Firstly, the DLC is a huge let down. And before they come at me saying "git gud", I want to state this is not a complaint about the difficult or DLC being hard, but it being tedious and boring.

Same copy-pasted ghost dragon dude copy-pasted everywhere. Shadow dudes literally spammed everywhere. A New level-up system that copies Zelda BoTW by forcing you to search empty maps for shrines - I mean "scadutree" fragments to be powered up, or you'll get one shot in full bullgoat armor by a shadow dude. The bosses are the worst designs of any Souls game, in fact they don't even belong in a souls game, and should be in some fast-paced action combat game. Having bosses that unleash 50 combos followed by 20 aerial combos followed by 10 arena wide AoE attacks while you control a clunky dark souls character is just a cheap attempt at artifial difficult and tedious. Oh, and most bosses literally instantly attack you before you barely even step through the foggate.

If this is the direction souls games are going now, I will never play another one again. I want a SOULS game, not some ANIME style combat. It seems like now since souls games have gone so mainstream game journalists and die hard fanboys will just pretend from games can not have a single flaw and are always perfect. I really hope miyazakis next game just boots up to nothing but a screen featuring a picture of him taking a massive, stinky dump. Fromsoft die hard fanboys will be praising it and discussing the hidden lore of the sweetcorn hidden in the right corner of miyazakis dump, and telling anybody who complains to "git gud".

[zab]

引用自 VABI：

引用自 pocbame：

tism

wht dose tht mean

mens he hs tism

[𝕋𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤]

引用自 zab：

引用自 VABI：

wht dose tht mean

mens he hs tism

but how u kno tht, and its okk even if he does, jus cuz someone has autism (if ur talking bout autism im assuming tism means autism) it doesnt make someone stupid or lesser human

[pocbame]

LOL smug reddit repliers seething after getting btfo

[𝕋𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤]

引用自 pocbame：

LOL smug reddit repliers seething after getting btfo

ya

[Morton Koopa Jr.]

引用自 VABI：

引用自 vamirez：

There is literally another thread from him still going about "don't you miss old souls bosses".
He is not the only one doing this, btw.

but soo whhaaat he jus misses dark souls stuff and way fromsoft did things before. whths issue withh making this posts

He's spamming/trolling. All because you have your issues with the game, doesn't mean that you should align yourself with everyone who doesn't like it.

[Morton Koopa Jr.]

引用自 VABI：

引用自 pocbame：

https://imgur.com/a/bZFexjR

Because he posted this review last year? Do 30 seconds of research before posting these smug :nerd: replies lmao

https://i.imgur.com/hF92gY5.png well idk least he dosent hav 2k horus into dota *wins argument*

oh crap, you're a troll too. I fell for that one.

[𝕋𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤]

引用自 Morton Koopa Jr.：

引用自 VABI：

https://i.imgur.com/hF92gY5.png well idk least he dosent hav 2k horus into dota *wins argument*

oh crap, you're a troll too. I fell for that one.

im not rlly trolling like yes im being silly and throwing jokes but im jus trynna lighten mood

[𝕋𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤]

引用自 Morton Koopa Jr.：

引用自 VABI：

but soo whhaaat he jus misses dark souls stuff and way fromsoft did things before. whths issue withh making this posts

He's spamming/trolling. All because you have your issues with the game, doesn't mean that you should align yourself with everyone who doesn't like it.

i dont think hes trolling or even if he is he clearly disagrees with op and my review but thing is im okk with that but he dosent know how to agree to disagree

[Haze]

I like how any thread with even a little criticism towards the game is filled with jester awards, such a childish fan base lol

[RuleofTwo]

引用自 Haru：

Nobody here has yet to present why the core design of these bosses is fundamentally broken beyond "it's too fast".

I've beat the DLC 3 times, every boss, on three different builds. No Youtube guides needed. Or summons.

Seems balanced to me. <SHRUG>

Maybe get a job

[P1]

引用自 Haze：

I like how any thread with even a little criticism towards the game is filled with jester awards, such a childish fan base lol

Unfortunately a lot of souls fans really attached themselves to the community and made these games a core part of themselves. They think elden ring made the games go more mainstream (which is true) and so now they think any complaint is just a "casual" who needs to git gud, and that the DLC that was sitting on mixed reviews couldn't possibly have any flaws. They feel like an attack on a souls game is a personal attack against them.

This is why I had to preface my comments with the fact ive played alll souls games, else the only response to my criticism would be "skill issue git gud" (which has still been posted btw, not sure how skill issue will make the map less empty with the same copy pasted reused enemies and bosses).

[Todd Howard]

引用自 Haze：

I like how any thread with even a little criticism towards the game is filled with jester awards, such a childish fan base lol

No, he's getting jesters because he's baiting people with three separate threads.

[Renegat]

引用自 P1：

引用自 Haze：

I like how any thread with even a little criticism towards the game is filled with jester awards, such a childish fan base lol

Unfortunately a lot of souls fans really attached themselves to the community and made these games a core part of themselves. They think elden ring made the games go more mainstream (which is true) and so now they think any complaint is just a "casual" who needs to git gud, and that the DLC that was sitting on mixed reviews couldn't possibly have any flaws. They feel like an attack on a souls game is a personal attack against them.

This is why I had to preface my comments with the fact ive played alll souls games, else the only response to my criticism would be "skill issue git gud" (which has still been posted btw, not sure how skill issue will make the map less empty with the same copy pasted reused enemies and bosses).

yeah you a not "Souls Veteran" git gud was in DS1,2,3 if you think you a veteran only cause you play this game, tell us how many time you pass game with different build? About map show open world game there no empty space and almost everion gonna say you a lier. "Same copy-pasted ghost dragon dude" its not even a realle boss its just big mob with hp gauge, which onec more show you a not veteran, so don't use somthing if you don't know what it mean

[𝕋𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤]

引用自 Renegat：

引用自 P1：

Unfortunately a lot of souls fans really attached themselves to the community and made these games a core part of themselves. They think elden ring made the games go more mainstream (which is true) and so now they think any complaint is just a "casual" who needs to git gud, and that the DLC that was sitting on mixed reviews couldn't possibly have any flaws. They feel like an attack on a souls game is a personal attack against them.

This is why I had to preface my comments with the fact ive played alll souls games, else the only response to my criticism would be "skill issue git gud" (which has still been posted btw, not sure how skill issue will make the map less empty with the same copy pasted reused enemies and bosses).

yeah you a not "Souls Veteran" git gud was in DS1,2,3 if you think you a veteran only cause you play this game, tell us how many time you pass game with different build? About map show open world game there no empty space and almost everion gonna say you a lier. "Same copy-pasted ghost dragon dude" its not even a realle boss its just big mob with hp gauge, which onec more show you a not veteran, so don't use somthing if you don't know what it mean

https://youtu.be/1S2PwmVOVkA

[ErWolfonsio]

引用自 P1：

引用自 Haze：

I like how any thread with even a little criticism towards the game is filled with jester awards, such a childish fan base lol

Unfortunately a lot of souls fans really attached themselves to the community and made these games a core part of themselves. They think elden ring made the games go more mainstream (which is true) and so now they think any complaint is just a "casual" who needs to git gud, and that the DLC that was sitting on mixed reviews couldn't possibly have any flaws. They feel like an attack on a souls game is a personal attack against them.

This is why I had to preface my comments with the fact ive played alll souls games, else the only response to my criticism would be "skill issue git gud" (which has still been posted btw, not sure how skill issue will make the map less empty with the same copy pasted reused enemies and bosses).

Your criticism is actually based on your own thoughts and experience,a very wrong one in my opinion, its not an objective criticism, its rage bait.

The real criticism that the game deserve IMO is:
- No interactions between DLC and Base Game
- Can't choose to continue whit Miquella's Plan, forced to go against
- Missing cinematic from gameplay trailer that is maybe that path, cutted out.
- Having pretty good lore still, a lot of other important lore topics are left unexplored.

The rest is perfect for me, gameplay, exploration, bosses, map design, art... etc...