Hey Rusty, solid video dude, I wanted to toss my lot in and say that you do make a very good point about DLC access, especially in Elden Ring, and if we're honest, most "Souls Games" being unreasonable in their approach be able to experience them, *cough cough* hydra, pendant, and Dusk from Dark Souls 1 *cough cough*, and it's a formula, that though leading to a great experience, is soured by first and further attempts with or without the prior knowledge, it's such an odd checklist for it all with you most likely needing to be about end-game in level to have a relatively good time without being one-shot by a mini-boss let alone the actual one. Standalone certainly doesn't need to be the case but for one going through the game a 4th time with the DLC, a bit of a hand to cut out the precious hours spent walking from place to place would be highly appreciated if nothing else. Can't say there were too many DLCs that left an impression beyond just being more of what I've enjoyed up until that point, GU, Iceborne, Ashes of Ariandel, Ringed City, and Shadows of The Erdtree were some of the more memorable ones with their many pros and cons. TL;DR Great video man, you've made fair points on DLC access and New Game+ iterations for DLCs as well as point out the positives and negatives of Standalone for video games and their DLCs.
I personally enjoy DLC that you can access right away: Resident Evil 4, 7, 8, Final Fantasy 15, Risk of Rain 2, etc. I don't have the time or patience to follow a checklist in order to access something I just paid money for. Also, just get better at Elden Ring dummy
Yeah I’ve been playing so much dishonored recently. But I love the standalone approach to DLC right now. It just feels good having a separate mini experience
Hey Rusty, solid video dude, I wanted to toss my lot in and say that you do make a very good point about DLC access, especially in Elden Ring, and if we're honest, most "Souls Games" being unreasonable in their approach be able to experience them, *cough cough* hydra, pendant, and Dusk from Dark Souls 1 *cough cough*, and it's a formula, that though leading to a great experience, is soured by first and further attempts with or without the prior knowledge, it's such an odd checklist for it all with you most likely needing to be about end-game in level to have a relatively good time without being one-shot by a mini-boss let alone the actual one. Standalone certainly doesn't need to be the case but for one going through the game a 4th time with the DLC, a bit of a hand to cut out the precious hours spent walking from place to place would be highly appreciated if nothing else. Can't say there were too many DLCs that left an impression beyond just being more of what I've enjoyed up until that point, GU, Iceborne, Ashes of Ariandel, Ringed City, and Shadows of The Erdtree were some of the more memorable ones with their many pros and cons.
TL;DR Great video man, you've made fair points on DLC access and New Game+ iterations for DLCs as well as point out the positives and negatives of Standalone for video games and their DLCs.
This is the biscuits of DLC VIDEOS
I personally enjoy DLC that you can access right away: Resident Evil 4, 7, 8, Final Fantasy 15, Risk of Rain 2, etc. I don't have the time or patience to follow a checklist in order to access something I just paid money for.
Also, just get better at Elden Ring dummy
Yeah I’ve been playing so much dishonored recently. But I love the standalone approach to DLC right now. It just feels good having a separate mini experience