Why is everyone praising Elden Ring?

[Igris]

Not a hate thread or anything, just me being curious.

From what I have seen it's just dark souls, right? Gameplay seems pretty much the same and it's just poke and dodge style of combat most of the time.
Just looks like any other souls game to me, yet, this game gets praises like it is a gift from God or something.

Like, why? I don't understand, is it the story?
I played a bit of dark souls, and was thinking of getting Elden ring due to everyone praising it, but then I was told it's basically same as dark souls and it kinda threw my interest off.

I am not hating the game, I just simply don't understand the praise it is getting, not saying it doesn't deserve it, I just want to understand it a bit more.

[**DeiRowtag]

im not a fromsoft fan i barely played any of their game, but elden ring i loved it mostly because of the exploration, the freedom and nothing is told.

you can just go wherever you want, kill whoever you want, do whatever you want the map is so big and there are so many bosses and loot that what kept me in for a long time

[Igris]

Originally posted by **DeiRowtag:

im not a fromsoft fan i barely played any of their game, but elden ring i loved it mostly because of the exploration, the freedom and nothing is told.

you can just go wherever you want, kill whoever you want, do whatever you want the map is so big and there are so many bosses and loot that what kept me in for a long time

But aren't there games like that already? Like what makes this one more special?

[**DeiRowtag]

Originally posted by Casey:

Originally posted by **DeiRowtag:

im not a fromsoft fan i barely played any of their game, but elden ring i loved it mostly because of the exploration, the freedom and nothing is told.

you can just go wherever you want, kill whoever you want, do whatever you want the map is so big and there are so many bosses and loot that what kept me in for a long time

But aren't there games like that already? Like what makes this one more special?

ive played many diffrent games and there are barely any open world which compete with that one for me, sure there are big and interesting open world but it always miss something.

for example Ubisoft games (assassin or far cry) they have pretty good open world but beside going in the point of interest that are shown there is nothing and it is highly repetitive

and going where you are told to go, sure it might be easy but less fun

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Casey:

Originally posted by **DeiRowtag:

im not a fromsoft fan i barely played any of their game, but elden ring i loved it mostly because of the exploration, the freedom and nothing is told.

you can just go wherever you want, kill whoever you want, do whatever you want the map is so big and there are so many bosses and loot that what kept me in for a long time

But aren't there games like that already? Like what makes this one more special?

They weren’t.

Previous ones were Metroid games at their center. Linear maps but with multiple options to progress.

ER is an open map.

[Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏]

Originally posted by Casey:

Why is everyone praising Elden Ring?

If you want to know why Elden Ring fans are fans of Elden Ring... then wouldn't it work best to go to the Elden Ring community & ask some Elden Ring fans?

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1245620/discussions/

[Igris]

Originally posted by Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏:

Originally posted by Casey:

Why is everyone praising Elden Ring?

If you want to know why Elden Ring fans are fans of Elden Ring... then wouldn't it work best to go to the Elden Ring community & ask some Elden Ring fans? :thepro:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1245620/discussions/

No.

[KINGxFISH]

Its good Game

[Chaosolous]

I thought Animal Crossing was a dumb thing.
Same with Pokemon Go!
Turns out they were worldwide phenomenons.
Guess people have different opinions.
Almost like enjoyment is subjective.

I objectively disagree.

[LordWallDeMart]

Originally posted by **DeiRowtag:

can you keep the loot with you forever or how does it work?

[Odra]

The repeated core mechanics argument can be applied to many games, yet this does not diminish the value of said games to their fans.

Pokemon is the same core (Capture, fight)
Call of Duty is the same core (Pew pew, killstreak)
God of War is the same core ( Beat-em-up with QTEs)

Not to mention fighting games, asymmetric games, battle royales, etc.

If people avoid playing a game because it might be more of the same mechanics, then there is something wrong with their perception of gaming in general. Now, if they tried a game and found aversion to said mechanics, then that is a more reasonable standpoint to avoid similar games.

So if someone plays a fighting game, gets trounced and decides to tuck tail and run rather than improving, then the options are to find another fighting game that suits their ability (maybe something easier or simpler) or simply avoid the fighting genre altogether.

There is no shame in accepting your tastes or limitations.

[Aahzmandias]

Originally posted by Casey:

Originally posted by **DeiRowtag:

im not a fromsoft fan i barely played any of their game, but elden ring i loved it mostly because of the exploration, the freedom and nothing is told.

you can just go wherever you want, kill whoever you want, do whatever you want the map is so big and there are so many bosses and loot that what kept me in for a long time

But aren't there games like that already? Like what makes this one more special?

Freedom, no hints, no handholding. No quest pointers.

Only your personal adventure. And for a change, a difficult game, where you really feel pride and accomplishment, if you finally get past some bosses. Not the EA one.

A game with NO auto-win.

If you do not feel it, if you are not willing to get up again and again, the game was simple not made for you. Because you are not a Gamer. This game resonates only with a certain kind of people. And you will never be able understand it's appeal.

One of it's appeal is to adapt, to get better as player, not as ingame character and overcome difficulties. You as player itself has to improve.

If you turn tail, rage quit and run this game was not made for you. You have to improve.

The downside of it is, If you are able to do that, you will find out that most other games nowadays are a bore, that you are able to win with a blindfold on ... with one hand tied to your back. Because you have improved that much now. That is the moment you will understand how special this game is. And why it is different from most of them.

The main reason I am modding games is to crank up the difficulty level for me. Because if you play games since the time of "Pong", your skills get unreal. And such a game like Elden Ring is finally a challenge again.

[kitt]

Originally posted by Aahzmandias:

Originally posted by Casey:

But aren't there games like that already? Like what makes this one more special?

Freedom, no hints, no handholding. No quest pointers.

Only your personal adventure. And for a change, a difficult game, where you really feel pride and accomplishment, if you finally get past some bosses. Not the EA one.

A game with NO auto-win.

If you do not feel it, if you are not willing to get up again and again, the game was simple not made for you. Because you are not a Gamer. This game resonates only with a certain kind of people. And you will never be able understand it's appeal.



- snipped rest due to being iditioic -

calling people who don't get into Elden Ring or these kind of games "not a gamer" is ridiculous

[Eagle_of_Fire]

Originally posted by Casey:

Not a hate thread or anything, just me being curious.

From what I have seen it's just dark souls, right? Gameplay seems pretty much the same and it's just poke and dodge style of combat most of the time.
Just looks like any other souls game to me, yet, this game gets praises like it is a gift from God or something.

Like, why? I don't understand, is it the story?
I played a bit of dark souls, and was thinking of getting Elden ring due to everyone praising it, but then I was told it's basically same as dark souls and it kinda threw my interest off.

I am not hating the game, I just simply don't understand the praise it is getting, not saying it doesn't deserve it, I just want to understand it a bit more.

I'm definitely with you on this sentiment. Souls game aren't my type. Every single time I talk to someone about this game I get the feeling all they care about is the graphics, how "beautiful" it is.

The price of the game would need to drop by at least 50-60% before I even consider buying that game. Almost 90$ (CAD) is no joke for a game I seriously doubt I'll enjoy playing.

[**DeiRowtag]

Originally posted by ZR:

Originally posted by **DeiRowtag:

can you keep the loot with you forever or how does it work?

Yeah you keep forever even in the new game +

You can drop and delete them by choice if you want or store them in a storage chest to not having a too chaotic inventory up to your liking

[Doodledunge]

because people ride fromsoftware's ♥♥♥♥, their games aren't even that good, its just memorizing moves.