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Well don't worry. The lore theory is also very solid ;)) But hey! I might be a tad bit biased. Glad you liked it

@@Solibrae I bow to SparksOpus for giving me an excuse to ramble ;))

@@rakiest like I said in the video, Elden ring's 1st playthrough is irreplacable ;))

@@MacronLacrom Honestly Im currently playing Black myth Wukong. Chapter 3. Im getting so bored due to repetitive movesets and simple bosses that Im literally only playing thanks to the amazing boss variety. Elden ring is leagues above other games. Watch my blind Rellana play up om the channel. Getting "bored" playing like that is I think not possible (since Im doing something every millisecond)

​@@Ontos99 Elden Ring is a barren, lifeless desert where you have to search for scraps of content anywhere you can. Whilst being bored for extended periods of time. I didn't bother with the DLC even though i heard they condensed the map so you can find something to do, since my tolerance ran out on the game. Black myth Wukong and other titles like it are boring because they're trying to copy souls, and if you try to copy souls, the game will be boring. 🤷‍♂ Just make a fun videogame instead of copying souls. The game just appeals to Narcissists, and the game design is terrible.

@@Ontos99 I always find myself whimpering when forcing myself to play Elden ring.

@@AlasdairXIV No its been said by Miyazaki san in an interview that this has been done in the name of "freedom" and not pigeonhole people into a specific build unlike Sekiro. The build variety and possibilities are there as a feature not a bug. If you want it to be a balanced game, you can have that but you can also completely break it if you want.

@@Ontos99 my point was that they didn't balance it or do anything intentionality it just happened accidently in design they are hacks. you are basically defending exploits the developers didn't patch out, they didn't intend for it to be a difficulty option. I expect quality well polished well designed content out of from software not just slop they didn't even bother to play test at all. You are just constantly lying and saying everything is a part of miyazaki's master plan, totally didn't just pump out some cheap lazy slop and move on. "they didn't want to pigeon hole their player base while they design the entire game around stagger breaking bosses. and specifci strats." ok I believe you. abosolutely pigeon holed us into specific strats and builds. abosolutely forced to play specific cheese methods on bosses the majority of players fought bosses these ways. might as well just return to not even having any action combat if the players are skipping it. My problem with this argument is "if you don't like the dificulty you should cheat and break use game breaking glitches the developers never intended." I want the standard experience to be good, and well designed at a moderate difficulty, I don't want to use game breaking glitches and builds tnat shouldn't even be in the game to make it tolerable to play, the original demon's souls and dark souls 1 weren't this BS and people weren't using game breaking cheese methods as much then they just played the games. totally want to consult a guide constantly instead of just playing the game organically like I did for over a decade before elden ring. These aren't intentional developer creations these are things the players did to bypass developer intentions, and exploit game mechanics, these are not play tested and fun methods of playing the game. I want the intended method of playing the game to be fun and not lame fargot energy, which is all I got ou of the standard difficulty of playin the game upset from software wasted my time with slop.

@@AlasdairXIV You can play all of these bosses fair and square. In fact the skill expression ceiling is so high that I concede you dont see this playstyle often. But it is definitely possible. Watch my Rellana play in my shadow of the erdtree blind playthrough to see what Im talking about. None of the previous souls games were even remotely close to the enjoyment of Elden ring's combat imo. But yeah! I agree that it can be too hard to play like this

@@Ontos99 You can but it's not fun is my point, it's overtuned for that level my problem ist he skill floor is too high, and the way to learn the bosses is so obnoxiously time consuming an unenjoyable most people just use game breaking cheese to skip the fights because they aren't fun anymore. I don't think your first run should be challenge run level, you should be setting the skill floor higher with restrictions like sl1 etc not making it easier with cheese that basically bypasses content. I don't feel the slightly bit of joy playing anything past sekiro I just lose more and more good will for from software. I didn't even buy shadow of the erd tree I pirated it and still it made me mad with how bad it was compared to the base game and earlier souls games that I've played for over a decade now. I feel the exact opposite on this gameplay I liked the earlier games way more. After beating the base game I didn't feel satisfied, after beating the dlc I didn't think I wanted more content I thought I was completely done with from software's nonsense. talking with people about it online and having my critcism be discounted by tourists has debased my faith in from even more. seems the majority of people either accept this slop and the series will just keep getting worse. Don't have a positive outlook for the next game at all.

​​​​​​@@Ontos99Dude, what skill? What enjoyment from the combat? Hitboxes are all over the place, visuals are often not matching hitboxes and there are plenty proof of that. Combat is barely improved DS3, jumping and AoWs are not some genius inventions but something that should have been there since DS1. All in all, ER is no skill game, all you have to have is functional brain, guess why peeps beat DS with guitar hero controller: because this "skill" revolves around getting to know your enemy so all you need is having patience and being able to analyse action and consequence. Basic cognitive functions are not "skill", this is something every healthy human being has. How do I know that? 1000hrs in DS and ER + lore hunting. What did it teach me? What skills did I acquire? I am able to tell shit from gold and I'm not afraid to tell: I enjoyed my time with those games but I can see them for what they are, bad games within an interesting setting. And DS3 had deeper meaning while ER, it's just convoluted for the sake of being cryptic. So, it would be wonderful if people were not afraid of saying: I like this crap. Instead of: this is not crap, this is great design because I like it. (It pains me greatly but if they don't improve qol and shite combat I'm not moving from MH: Wilds and KCD2 to any new FS game)

@@56ty_ "personal bias"? Do you mean to suggest there are objective reasons to conclude TOTK is more enjoyable than Elden ring? I hope you realize it is all personal and subjective. I find TOTK to be an uninspired game as a sequel to BOTW (which I enjoyed a lot). It is a sequel hiding in its shadow even if I see the new additions Nintendo attempted to sprinkle to make it feel unique. Ultimately it is too "samey" and repetitive not justifying the price tag for me. Elden ring is not comparable to TOTK in my eyes on many levels. But again, it is all subjective

@@Ontos99 no it’s not what I’m saying. But I do think there are objective reasons to prefer one game or the other. I agree that totk is very underwhelming as a sequel. They just tried to connect it back to botw for marketing reasons. And I hate it. But what I usually see is the complete dismissal of everything good that the game does in order to claim it’s objectively bad. In the Zeldatubers community elden ring is only used to “prove” that. There is no actual critique of totk. I’ve watched hours of this type of video and I haven’t found one good argument. So now my gut reaction is to just zone out lol

@@56ty_ Well, personally "the good" that TOTK does well is short lasting and it losed its charm for me fairly quickly. The idea of connecting objects slowed down the pacing of the game too much and it felt clunky to constantly stop and do it. The map design is the exact same of breath of the wild. The foundation I mean. And the enemy variety is pretty much the same with a few small changes not even counting how the combat mechanics (which was too simple to begin with) is here in full force with no tangible improvements. Elden ring doesnt fall into these traps even if it "appears"to be dark souls 3 with an open world. Thats why you are seeing all of these TOTK is not that good reviews and there are legit arguments against it for many players. I say this as a BOTW enjoyer.

@@Ontos99 nah its just entitled content creators who can’t come up with actual content and have to resort to drama. Maybe not the one you reacted to but… 99.9% of zeldatubers is like that these days. Eh well

@@Nikanoru You should play it! I suggest starting immediately with "Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition" on Switch. One thing I can guarantee is that you wont be disappointed ;))

@@Memnoch_the_Devil Thanks man! Glad you liked it. I'll do more of these in the future

It's hard to believe they one-up'd themselves after Dark Souls. Absolute masterpiece.

You really think that highly of this? Peak FS is Sekiro. DS and ER are wonky slogs with interesting world and some great dungeons. But hot damn, as games, they are a mix of good, wonky and ugly. They are curious games but not good "games". And also, ER is ugly, just plain ugly, real downgrade compared to DS series, also lore is far worse. PvP is bad, balancing is nonexistent, online features and hitboxes (yes, they are shit) are wonky. And the game is not even hard, it just needs to be learned unlike sekiro where you need to actually get good. It baffles me why they made such a bad game after Sekiro. Miyazaki should never be responsible for anything more than lore and dungeon design. And don't get me wrong, I enjoyed ER but amount of BS, man, FS just doesn't learn.

@@batonnikus I just installed Sekiro, I'll play and see if I change my mind

@@allthe1 remember, hesitation is defeat

@@batonnikus What do you mean by "lore is far worse"? Lol

@@SparksOpus Hey SparksOpus. No need to feel nervous. I really enjoyed your commentary and the way you compared Elden Ring and Xenoblade. I'm happy to find people who enjoy both series. Next week, I'll release my Amalthus, Zanza and Moebius analysis. It is kind of a "part 2" to my recent release "Understanding Moebius" where I laid the foundation and went as deep as I possibly could on XC3. I'd love to hear your thoughts about it if you give it a look sometime when you can. Much love,

Where can I see the clip of an enemy sending an NPC falling to his death? I didn’t see it in your shorts. Your video was great by the way.

@@AstraProc Great to hear, thanks :) It was the "Elden Ring is a horrorgame" one. th-cam.com/users/shorts0KMAKyVun0I