is elden ring easier?

[Munch!]

I played elden ring when i first came out and struggled a lot, now after returning two years later I never died against any of the demi-gods, except of course malenia, am i just too amazing?

[Grey Mauser]

You grew up. Also beat the game previously.

[CazadorDeLobo]

I think your interpretation of the "action on screen" evolved over time

[StarlightAsh♡]

I think he's not being honest

[Lord Bob]

Originally posted by Grey Mauser:

You grew up.

For real, I mean I was barely able to form a coherent though shortly after I was born, and the Op just goes on to play Elden Ring like a madlad.

[Fineous🔥]

Greetings, OP.

Originally posted by Munch!:

I played elden ring when i first came out and struggled a lot, now after returning two years later I never died against any of the demi-gods, except of course malenia, am i just too amazing?

Do you feel amazing? Keep the answer to yourself but thats all what matters!.

Now, do i think someone following Youtube videos and guides roflstomping their first Elden Ring clear is amazing? No.....You sadly ruined your first blind clear experience, spoiling everything and without having to figure anything by yourself....So thats not amazing at all.

[Despiser]

In order to be amazing the adoration has to come from without. It it applies to self there’s another word for it: narcissistic.

[Sonnenbank]

Elden Ring is the same difficulty
Its not easier or harder.

[Grey Mauser]

Originally posted by Lord Bob:

Originally posted by Grey Mauser:

You grew up.

For real, I mean I was barely able to form a coherent though shortly after I was born, and the Op just goes on to play Elden Ring like a madlad.

I beat Winds of Zanzibart as a zygote. You should check in with your doctor for any potential skill issues.

[Faust Wither]

did you just discover how vigor works?

[frowningmirror]

They did actually nerf some of the bosses

[Pnutimus]

Elden ring pve easier just a lot of stuff to do in the game but combat is easier for sure. Pvp harder to many spam spells/ash of war the maps ain't good if you play invader and you will always be outnumbered for pvp stick to arena duels or free for all.

[vamirez]

Gaming is to a large extent like riding a bike. You internalize the motions and basically stay better. Which is why when you then pick up a game with switched controls, you will be in wrong-button-hell ^^

There is also an interesting effect that humans get better at games (and other things) collectively. I.e. once a record is broken, everyone beats it. Applied to Souls games - we used to think that those old bosses in DS1 or whatever were hard. BB and DS3 were soooo fast. But today they seem rather easy in comparison. And the same will happen with ER and the DLC bosses.

[Sonnenbank]

Originally posted by vamirez:

Gaming is to a large extent like riding a bike. You internalize the motions and basically stay better. Which is why when you then pick up a game with switched controls, you will be in wrong-button-hell ^^

There is also an interesting effect that humans get better at games (and other things) collectively. I.e. once a record is broken, everyone beats it. Applied to Souls games - we used to think that those old bosses in DS1 or whatever were hard. BB and DS3 were soooo fast. But today they seem rather easy in comparison. And the same will happen with ER and the DLC bosses.

I think the big thing that really changed is youtube and twitch.

Even when i played Dark Souls 3 in early 2017 there were barely any guides and the couple guides out there were insanely bad....
So i did beat Dark Souls 3 blind. ( And i think almost everyone back then did)
i did die ~ 15-25 times to most bosses before beating them.

Then in November 2018 a guy called Nemz38 decided to make a gigantic video series on how to kill all Dark Souls 3 main bosses with each weapon of the game.
he did 180 videos....

And the guy was a god on the gamepad. And really showed how to annihilate bosses by positioning , timing , spacing and choosing the correct attack patterns.

Nowadays when you are stuck on any boss you can just go to youtube or twitch
and watch some extremly good players handle the bosses
and you can learn from them.

This increased the skills of many players drastically

[vamirez]

Originally posted by Sonnenbank:

Originally posted by vamirez:

Gaming is to a large extent like riding a bike. You internalize the motions and basically stay better. Which is why when you then pick up a game with switched controls, you will be in wrong-button-hell ^^

There is also an interesting effect that humans get better at games (and other things) collectively. I.e. once a record is broken, everyone beats it. Applied to Souls games - we used to think that those old bosses in DS1 or whatever were hard. BB and DS3 were soooo fast. But today they seem rather easy in comparison. And the same will happen with ER and the DLC bosses.

I think the big thing that really changed is youtube and twitch.

Even when i played Dark Souls 3 in early 2017 there were barely any guides and the couple guides out there were insanely bad....
So i did beat Dark Souls 3 blind. ( And i think almost everyone back then did)
i did die ~ 15-25 times to most bosses before beating them.

Then in November 2018 a guy called Nemz38 decided to make a gigantic video series on how to kill all Dark Souls 3 main bosses with each weapon of the game.
he did 180 videos....

And the guy was a god on the gamepad. And really showed how to annihilate bosses by positioning , timing , spacing and choosing the correct attack patterns.

Nowadays when you are stuck on any boss you can just go to youtube or twitch
and watch some extremly good players handle the bosses
and you can learn from them.

This increased the skills of many players drastically

Perhaps, but "getting used to the new speed" is a thing and it seems to affect players as a collective. Just after playing AC 6 - when I went back to ER for the DLC I thought "oh, combat is definitely slower than I thought it was" ;)

[drunk driver]

Originally posted by Munch!:

I played elden ring when i first came out and struggled a lot, now after returning two years later I never died against any of the demi-gods, except of course malenia, am i just too amazing?

So you discovered mimic tear?