All I felt while going through the dlc was pure gratitude. I see a lot of people online complaining about this or that, but I just don’t feel that way. I remember when Super Mario 64 was cutting edge. I love all of the Soulsborne games, but they really knocked it out of the park with Elden Ring, and this dlc is like what Majora’s Mask was to Ocarina. A great game, and a great video 👍 good job
@@matthewa6027 for real! I think it is something about the soundtrack. There's also this whole tower of babel theory for stone tower and Enir-Elim / Belurat have tower of Babel vibes as well
The way you beat a big area boss then you get to the next area and it’s all just in front of you in this wonderful view is something that I can’t get enough of.
I found lots of people loving that fight, that's almost universal. Although I don't think it's the greatest, I enjoyed it far more than any other NPC fight in previous games.
@@enman009 Oh I didn't know a lot of people loved that fight! In a lot of parts of the community that I vibe around really dislike the fight so I didn't know haha And yeah it's the greatest NPC fight in the Fromsoft catalogue so far, it's great, I really like it from both gameplay and especially the mood!
I would mention how they improved the world design from base game being more linear and DLC being vertical and full of secrets to uncover. This video deserves much more attention than it's getting. Great work, looking forward to more content.👏👏
The one thing I think is a downgrade is being rewarded for exploring with things like talisman and such. It feels a little worse than the base game in this regard. Not a bad dlc but this is the one area that feels like a half step back
@@RobertJandruenah I disagree. The verticality isn’t well accounted for on the map but the way to get to different areas is for the most part completely intuitive. The are 2 areas that are somewhat unintuitive to get to. Cough cough abyssal woods
I think it'd be cool if we get an Age of Stars sequel to elden ring that's set 1000s of years in the future and in space, as in sci-fi. And maybe with a more robust magic system or even some ranged gun like weapons in addition to melee. But a fromsoft take on a star ocean or type aesthetic with that mix of ancient tech and sci fi would be awesome and totally up GRRMs writing alley.
To me all remembrance fights in the DLC plus the Leda and friends fight are at least A tier fights. Maybe I could put romina at a B just bc she's so easy, but all of these bosses were great. Yes, even gaius, yes, even Radahn.
Love the DLC, and agree with everything you said in your vudeo...With one exception. Raddan dosen't need a nerf but he needs to be readjusted. His cross slash move is nearly undogeable, and unlike Malenia's waterfowl cross slash is just a normal attack with zero tell, and many of his moves simply have broken hitboxes that flat out ignore I-frames.
I feel he needs less frigging flash bang light show on every move in phase 2. I’ll never beat him purely because I can’t see what’s about to happen between too many lights going off and all that fabulous long hair in the way. I got so damn close though, I was on the ad in his name. Two more hits would have done it had I not had to dodge I dunno a dozen moves and even more pillars of light that obliterated me. Worse I still had 5 heals left just no chance to use them. Awful phase.
Yes! The exploration really was such a gift. The way the verticality of the world revealed itself was amazing. There was always something to see but how to get there? Going through Abyssal Woods in full stealth gear using distracting arrows was cool. I tried more builds and used more new weapons and items than ever before. As far as difficulty, everyone has the option to change it. I'm not that great but I got it done. Nice video.
YOU sir have some amazing potential for the future, loved your video, your voice and your talking points, good editing and all in all a well put together video, you've earned my sub. Just remember who was here before your first 100k 😉
The entire Souls/borne franchise has felt like a Mount Everest. Me, baby bleed build boi, climbing a massive active volcano that continues to grow in height, but it brings me joy to see the amount of art, storytelling and sheer challenge to their fan base. Great video as always boyo! Maybe one of these days I’ll finally beat the base game 😜🤘
I agree that I'd like to see them go new IP. Sekiro was awesome because the deflect mechanic was new. Froms best games have always been ones with a new title and that tried to do something new.
I kind of would like the giant ring of light spell to give us a little more time to get out. He's a fun fight and im enjoying him more on replays. My only real criticisms are that there could have been some more loot (rune arcs) in the open world but DLC is great.
Not only Holy is a pretty solid damage type, just resisted a bit too much by late game boss, but it might be the most solid one for the DLC after bleed builds x)
Alexander isnt the same stock as the jars in the realm of shadow. The jars in the basegame are the exact counterpart of the shadow jars. They have gentle potentates and they are autonomous in the sense that they alone decide what goes in the jar to help them grow.
I knew going in, i would only play elden ring once. 1 build, one play through, no guide... its been a journey but my god, i just finished the dlc. 470 hrs in total. 10/10 👌
The reason I dont think the well is even close to drying up is that you can't underestimate the power of a great story. If the soul series and even Elden Ring were the way they are, minus the lore and story elements, I'd never come back after the first day.
to me bayle was the climax of the dlc, i'm so glad i fought him before radahn bc honestly the thing with miquella well it's literally just berserk's griffith knockoff so i didn't enjoy him that much, at least make us see the lives he ruined or smt, make me interact with him only to betray me or smt, make me care like how they did with radahn in the base game or even bayle also i don't agree on keeping radahn like that, it's one thing to make a boss hard, but unfairly hard for the sake of the narrative is not good, if you play elden ring like dark souls (i.e no summons no magic, only melee and no cheesy builds) the game is already the hardest fromsoft ever made, so artificial difficulty such us the blinding light and the long hair is not needed, actually you can still cheese the boss anyway, it only suck for who want to play traditionally
It took you 24 hours to complete? How the hell did u manage that it legit took me 70 plus hours using no guides or tips, this is literally elden ring 1.5 and it truly is the best dlc the only other dlc ive played thats on this scale the witcher 3! Truly amazing 10/10
@tootingkaboomsgaming I was zooming through. The only bosses that gave me a lot of trouble were Radahn and the first Mausoleum Knight. Even still, with the Mausoleum Knight, after 5 or so failures I was like "Nah, I'mma go explore." With Radahn, I didn't have that luxury but thankfully I got lucky.
Who cares about freshness? I don't, since I'm too busy replaying Dark Souls 1 and Bloodborne for the 17th time. And most other folk are too busy with FIFA 33.8, to care about something silly like freshness.
Great review, and positive for once. My TH-cam is rife with negative dlc talk I don’t really want to engage with. Although this is likely my own fault for clicking on them 😅
I’m so tired of people shitting on the dlc. It’s good, not perfect but it’s GOOD and I’m tired of people pretending it isn’t. It has faults but no thing doesn’t On the topic of the well running dry…don’t forget we had games like sekiro and bloodborne that completely dashed our thoughts of what the limit was on reinvention by fromsoft, I have faith if they do continue to make games like these, they’ll keep blowing us away with them (Maybe Sony will stop being horrible and let fromsoft make a bloodborne sequel)
@@thefantasticfiendAs my edit said, I think there’s hope yet for this genre. Fromsoft always has been great at surprising us and I think they’ll keep doing so. But if not maybe we’ll get more armored core ;)
Really enjoyed this, nice job. 🙂 Yes, Abyssal Woods and Midra's Manse were indeed very like parts of Bloodborne. Now, with that said, WHY HAVEN'T YOU PLAYED BLOODBORNE??!?!!
I do not think souls will ever get stale. Fromsoft created their own game genre with the popularity of DS1. Souls like is far more fun than than literally anything else nowadays. This DLC was incredible for me it’s not perfect and it has a lot of issues more so than the base game but I enjoyed it a ton. I can think something it a 10/10 and know there is flaws. I’m for sure looking forward to anything Fromsoft does next be it a new game or another souls game. That’s also something I’m looking forward for the next souls game I love this genre.
Amazing video man! Well put together! Love this series so much, this DLC slapped. Funny cus on my main Character I thought I’d seen and got everything and nope, still finding stuff I never seen in other runs 🤣 earned a like and a sub from me! Goodluck with the channel bro 👌🏻 ( Strength or Bleed )
Also I hope you tried the blacksteel hammer with seflect tear and guard counters with sacred + prayerful strike. Really good paladin build that's a ton of fun
I find it criminal how little views your previous videos have, despite your interesting takes. And yeah, Bloodborne was my favorite Soulsborne until SoTE came out. This is the pinnacle of what Soulsborne should be. Level design, exploration, build diversity, enemy types, bosses and overall questlines are at their peak here. Messmer and Bayle are now at the realm of the greatest bosses in the Soulsborne genre.
@@enman009 Thank you so much! That means a lot. The lead up to Bayle hyping him up is I think the best Fromsoft has ever done. Seeing all of the dead dragons that he presumably killed was awesome, that in combination with the cool regional effect of Bayle's lightning firing down around you is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
I think they are gonna do something similar to Sekiro/Bloodborne next.There is a lot of untapped potential in that side of combat and weapon direction.
@@thefantasticfiend When I say that,I picture something like: Bloodborne trick weapons with ER ash of war system and Sekiro style movement and combat.That would be the dream game.
@@Arumia13 That's why I said "something similar" and not literally bloodborne. I wouldn't even want BB2 anyway,I'd prefer a totally new game but with combined systems from BB, Sekiro and ER.
Fextralife's "has FromSoft peaked" touches on the subject raised at the end of the video also, and they raise issues that, in good faith, I'm not happy to admit, but I have to agree with. But I think they should've added "in the souls genre", because if Armored Core 6 proved anything, it's that they can do other things very well. In the souls genre? Yeah, I can't see how anyone could improve the formula further without straying from it so much that it becomes some sort of Frankenstein's monster.
They can improve by removing open world and going back to refined gameplay instead of the ginormous, bloated, everything for everyone gameplay design of Elden Ring.
@@Onorel I do like Elden Ring and I think it has a lot of strength, mainly the lore, art, worldbuilding, themes etc. But the gameplay feels sloppy and unrefined a lot of the time. It's a miracle it doesn't feel worse, though, because of how large and free the design is. I think Sekiro has far superior combat to Elden Ring.
Honestly the skies the limit now. Hitting the limit on open world just means we can go back to the original formula with new twists. I’ll take well crafted limited sandboxes over open world design any day, but going through what felt like legacy dungeon to legacy dungeon until the game is over is just too special.
I think there is untapped potential still. Play with the magic system and make it more ingrained within the gameplay rather than an optional easy mode. Iterate on the open world design, honestly a smaller tighter world with more legacy dungeons than invoke traditional dark souls would be my approach. Shadow of the Erdtree was a miss for me in open world design, so much of the map just felt empty in comparison to the base game though the mini dungeons were better. And these are both things that are rumored to be the case in "Spellbound" the code name for the next from soft game. Granted this is all "leaks" and entirely speculative if it's true, but I think from soft sees these as viable routes for improvement. Also bloodbourne, I used to be content with it being a stand alone game but 10 years on I just feel untapped potential there. We really need a sequel and honestly bloodbourne deserves a trilogy. Maybe once spellbound (If it's real) and a bloodbourne trilogy and maybe a stand alone game or two have run their course there will be a decent accumulation of rain water in the dark souls well.
10 times??? Wow it took me around 300. I've got 600 hours across 5 playthroughs. What's funny is Gideon, Godfrey, Radagon, and elden beast took 45min if that 😂
I got very lucky and had completely run out of flasks and all my summons were dead. Had some lucky dodges and got the last hits in. When I fought him with my buddy for round two, we were stuck for a long time before we cheesed him. :P
The visuals are plain awesome. Most of the map/island is awesome. The size and content is ginormous. However, the DLC does a LOT of stuff wrong. Bland and empty map areas, recycled enemies over and over, overescalating bosses that annoy with endless combos, aoe spamming, roll traps, unlimited stamina and tiny windows, 90% of all loot is trash, etc. To me it sits in the middle of From DLC's. The Old Hunters and The Ringed City are FAR superior.
I actually found the Abyssal Woods naturally. I think i just saw a message for the illusory wall, and then I spent a good amount of time circling around the blank spot on the map trying to find a way down. Eventually I thought, maybe I should just go in the catacombs nearby as that has the potential to take me far enough down. As soon as I saw that those catacombs were especially deep and near pitch black, i knew i was on the right path. I did have to look up a guide on how to get to the shaman village and second finger ruins though. I don’t think i ever would have figured that out normally. Now when i get summoned for Gaius, I’ll do the Oh Mother gesture in front of Marika's statue if I notice the host hasn't unlocked the region, and I got a couple of people to do it.
I wholeheartedly disagree with Radahn being the hardest boss in Elden Ring. I beat him on my seventh try. Solo. No summons. The first time I played the base game I probably died to Malenia 60 times.
Good dlc Boss designs leave a LOT to be desired. A lot of attacks are unintuitive alongside making no sense For example one of my favorite bosses, messmer has a lot of good traits. that said his thrust delay does not need to have 360 degrees of tracking on it. This is one of the many boss design issues and deserves to be addressed and critisized. The dlc has some amazing lore and content, but the bosses could have been better.
No. these bosses are nit well designed, and are very inconsistent. Take for example radahns gravity pull, not only does it come out extremely fast it has a follow up which REQUIRES you to run away and jump Now this by itself isnt bad, HOWEVER gaius has an identical attack, and despite his shit fight you can dodge this initial part and the gravity rocks wont damage you whatsoever So what gaius gets a punish window but radahn cant? Very inconsistent designs. Or how about this, scadutree avatars nuke, one evaded you get a great punish window for multiple hits even with a Greatsword but relanna or messmer will do their super attack and you can maybe get one hit in with a greatsword(dont use a charge attack though) The dlc was very well made. but these bosses werent, they sacrificed fun for unintuitive difficulty And its not difficult in the "ahh man i cant do this because im bad" type of difficulty its "okay why can this guys thrust attack not only lunge forward 30 feet but also track me 360 degrees around" And there are a multitude of attacks that are not well designed I have not seen ANYONE genuinely dodge the first part of metyrs beam in her second phase without using some ash of war Because otherwise it is a dodge frame so tight the average player isnt dodging it. for a game that encourages use of amy and all builds having to actually use a specific AoW to dodge one attack in a fight is NOT very build friendly.
👍 re Abyssal Woods..yes, it’s hidden, but there IS a shiny sitting right by the ladder…sooooo 😄 and it is a bit of an annoyingly design area before the manse, but I can’t disagree with your review. I’m hoping they go back to their smaller/more authored style. Or Sekiro 2… please..into the west
I dont understand how gamers that claim to love elden ring so much but have never played bloodborne or dark souls 3. Wtf are you all waiting for? Whats the excuse? 😅 i say that cuz these types of games(fromsoftware) are so unique, once you play on and love it, you want to experience all the other ones! That was my experience coming in with dark souls 2. I didnt even finish it, i went and got demons souls and dark souls and started from the beginning. Idk maybe im just crazy.
It's massive but empty. When it's not empty, then occupied with main game enemies. This dlc is not a masterpiece. Let's be real. The beat thing about dlc is boss battles. That's it.
Elden ring is actually the hardest fromsoft game I don’t know why u consider it the easiest. I had an easier time with sekiro. The punish windows are tight and u have to mix dodging with attacking
Sekiro reminded me that I am not that good at video games. XD I never managed to beat it, I got extremely stuck and I haven't gone back yet. I will go back to it in time, but there are so many games I have to play first before I return to it.
@@simon-peterwilliamson2412 And Putrescnt Knight! And Midra!! And, as mini-bosses, Red Bears and Death Knights, along with the Demi Human Swordsmaster.
If this is the best dlc you've ever played then you haven't played a lot of dlcs. Good lord the enless circle jerk around this game and the dlc is pathetic at this point.
@@Jbswe how about every soulsborne dlc up to this point. Except ds2. Ringed city crom ds3 introduced so much new stuff and two amazing bosses without having to just copy the base game. Even dragons now copy midir's moves and radahn copies how slave knight has those lingering damaging effects he has in phase 2.
@@DMundus ah yes ashes was for sure better at 15 usd on release for 1.5 bosses 2 areas a few enemy’s and a few weapons, ringed city is good too but seriously think about how many “new things” it added.. falling down ash pits cool annoying summoner enemy’s being followed by a dragon? That’s about it, half of the dlc is swamps and some city streets the level design is nothing special. Just a few bosses don’t make it better.. sote has amazing boss fights cool weapons ost area variety while some upgrades and enemy variety could have been better it is just obviously better idc that you like Gael and midir doesn’t make it better
@@anonymousperson8903 bigger doesn't mean better. Every boss fight in ringed city is good compared to the bloated spectacle that is shadow of the erdtree, including the reskin final boss. It's such a disappointment. Messmer and bayle carry the dlc and they are just fractions of the whole dlc.
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I always get surprised by how fast some people manage to beat this dlc, it took me 70 hours to do it, being 30 in the final boss
That final boss was very tough! I was sweating in my chair during that fight. XD
@@thefantasticfiend Now that i thought twice, maybe it was that hard because i was on NG+3, but even so, i was level 300
@@Mio-yd2oh Lol that definitely might have been part of the issue. :P
for me i don’t get how it takes people that long (not tryna hate) but it took me like 20-30 and at least 10 of those were bc of pvp with my friends
Well it helps when ur level 230 and think that's a moderate level. Haha.
All I felt while going through the dlc was pure gratitude. I see a lot of people online complaining about this or that, but I just don’t feel that way. I remember when Super Mario 64 was cutting edge. I love all of the Soulsborne games, but they really knocked it out of the park with Elden Ring, and this dlc is like what Majora’s Mask was to Ocarina. A great game, and a great video 👍 good job
Couldn't agree more! Thanks so much for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed!
Belurat was giving me stone tower vibes last night
@@ericjensen7580 dude same! Ikana castle too.
@@matthewa6027 for real! I think it is something about the soundtrack. There's also this whole tower of babel theory for stone tower and Enir-Elim / Belurat have tower of Babel vibes as well
The way you beat a big area boss then you get to the next area and it’s all just in front of you in this wonderful view is something that I can’t get enough of.
Found someone that also loved the Leda NPC fight, amazing, we stand united in that 😆
@@szalyn8849 That fight was god tier!
Best fight in the dlc. I love the fact that they knew they were going to die and stood for what they believed. Everyone knew the truth at this point
I found lots of people loving that fight, that's almost universal. Although I don't think it's the greatest, I enjoyed it far more than any other NPC fight in previous games.
@@enman009 Oh I didn't know a lot of people loved that fight! In a lot of parts of the community that I vibe around really dislike the fight so I didn't know haha
And yeah it's the greatest NPC fight in the Fromsoft catalogue so far, it's great, I really like it from both gameplay and especially the mood!
I would mention how they improved the world design from base game being more linear and DLC being vertical and full of secrets to uncover. This video deserves much more attention than it's getting.
Great work, looking forward to more content.👏👏
I knew I missed something. I loved the vertical design of the world. I appreciate you watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Cheers!
Yeah the dlc map was infinitely worse for navigation
The one thing I think is a downgrade is being rewarded for exploring with things like talisman and such. It feels a little worse than the base game in this regard. Not a bad dlc but this is the one area that feels like a half step back
@@RobertJandruenah I disagree. The verticality isn’t well accounted for on the map but the way to get to different areas is for the most part completely intuitive. The are 2 areas that are somewhat unintuitive to get to. Cough cough abyssal woods
I was literally about to leave this video to find a way to get to the abyssal woods and he just ups and says it. Nice!
I think it'd be cool if we get an Age of Stars sequel to elden ring that's set 1000s of years in the future and in space, as in sci-fi. And maybe with a more robust magic system or even some ranged gun like weapons in addition to melee. But a fromsoft take on a star ocean or type aesthetic with that mix of ancient tech and sci fi would be awesome and totally up GRRMs writing alley.
That would be awesome!
To me all remembrance fights in the DLC plus the Leda and friends fight are at least A tier fights. Maybe I could put romina at a B just bc she's so easy, but all of these bosses were great.
Yes, even gaius, yes, even Radahn.
Love the DLC, and agree with everything you said in your vudeo...With one exception. Raddan dosen't need a nerf but he needs to be readjusted. His cross slash move is nearly undogeable, and unlike Malenia's waterfowl cross slash is just a normal attack with zero tell, and many of his moves simply have broken hitboxes that flat out ignore I-frames.
I feel he needs less frigging flash bang light show on every move in phase 2. I’ll never beat him purely because I can’t see what’s about to happen between too many lights going off and all that fabulous long hair in the way. I got so damn close though, I was on the ad in his name. Two more hits would have done it had I not had to dodge I dunno a dozen moves and even more pillars of light that obliterated me. Worse I still had 5 heals left just no chance to use them. Awful phase.
@@amyford2971I can't promise miracles since I'm awful at this boss, but if you want help on PS4/5 I will try my best lol
Yes! The exploration really was such a gift. The way the verticality of the world revealed itself was amazing. There was always something to see but how to get there? Going through Abyssal Woods in full stealth gear using distracting arrows was cool. I tried more builds and used more new weapons and items than ever before. As far as difficulty, everyone has the option to change it. I'm not that great but I got it done. Nice video.
YOU sir have some amazing potential for the future, loved your video, your voice and your talking points, good editing and all in all a well put together video, you've earned my sub.
Just remember who was here before your first 100k 😉
@yojilou I appreciate that so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. :) Thank you for subscribing.
Yeah you're right I can see this man doing big things in the future
@@iself-zp6mj Cheers!
The entire Souls/borne franchise has felt like a Mount Everest. Me, baby bleed build boi, climbing a massive active volcano that continues to grow in height, but it brings me joy to see the amount of art, storytelling and sheer challenge to their fan base. Great video as always boyo! Maybe one of these days I’ll finally beat the base game 😜🤘
I agree that I'd like to see them go new IP. Sekiro was awesome because the deflect mechanic was new. Froms best games have always been ones with a new title and that tried to do something new.
I kind of would like the giant ring of light spell to give us a little more time to get out. He's a fun fight and im enjoying him more on replays.
My only real criticisms are that there could have been some more loot (rune arcs) in the open world but DLC is great.
Not only Holy is a pretty solid damage type, just resisted a bit too much by late game boss, but it might be the most solid one for the DLC after bleed builds x)
I didn't know that going into the DLC but I was pleasantly surprised at how affective it was in the DLC.
The only other game that provides this feeling of exploration to me is World of Warcraft.
Alexander isnt the same stock as the jars in the realm of shadow. The jars in the basegame are the exact counterpart of the shadow jars. They have gentle potentates and they are autonomous in the sense that they alone decide what goes in the jar to help them grow.
we may witness the first expansion to win GOTY...it'll likely happen
@@hays0939 Fingers crossed!
Melania:”I have never known defeat” the lie detector determined that was a lie. 15:15
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2.5 years and millions of I am Malenias later people still can’t get her name right 🤧
@@pyatig I’m going to leave it spelled like that just to bother you. 🤣
Cannot fathom how you only have 700+ subs. Got one more brotha. Great video
Remember when people thought Malenia was the hardest boss FromSoft ever created lmao I will forever stan the Goddess of Rot 😌
Don’t nerf Radahn but nerf Miquella’s hair.
The hair is too strong. Pls Nerf Fromsoft.
Give him some scissors and Photoshop and visibility would be much better. Still a fun fight imo.
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Couldn’t be me still playing blood borne years later
Great analysis. Honestly, I just like it for the way it is. I love the lore and all the new items. Great video!
I knew going in, i would only play elden ring once. 1 build, one play through, no guide... its been a journey but my god, i just finished the dlc. 470 hrs in total. 10/10 👌
Feels like the first time!!
That's so accurate
Can we all agree that this is the best dlc of all time
The reason I dont think the well is even close to drying up is that you can't underestimate the power of a great story. If the soul series and even Elden Ring were the way they are, minus the lore and story elements, I'd never come back after the first day.
Great vid man deserves a lot more love. I thought u we’re a huge channel with how high quality this vid was. U will be soon I’m sure.
I appreciate that so much! Cheers!
Seeing the original gears trilogy made me happy. I knew I'm not the only one wishing I could replay through those 😅.
@@Kaleb._ I miss those games.
to me bayle was the climax of the dlc, i'm so glad i fought him before radahn bc honestly the thing with miquella well it's literally just berserk's griffith knockoff so i didn't enjoy him that much, at least make us see the lives he ruined or smt, make me interact with him only to betray me or smt, make me care like how they did with radahn in the base game or even bayle
also i don't agree on keeping radahn like that, it's one thing to make a boss hard, but unfairly hard for the sake of the narrative is not good, if you play elden ring like dark souls (i.e no summons no magic, only melee and no cheesy builds) the game is already the hardest fromsoft ever made, so artificial difficulty such us the blinding light and the long hair is not needed, actually you can still cheese the boss anyway, it only suck for who want to play traditionally
Elden ring does feel like the end. Innovation is quite neccesary for fromsoft.
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100%. I wish I could replay Elden Ring fresh, never have played it.
Great work man🔥🔥
It took you 24 hours to complete? How the hell did u manage that it legit took me 70 plus hours using no guides or tips, this is literally elden ring 1.5 and it truly is the best dlc the only other dlc ive played thats on this scale the witcher 3! Truly amazing 10/10
@tootingkaboomsgaming I was zooming through. The only bosses that gave me a lot of trouble were Radahn and the first Mausoleum Knight. Even still, with the Mausoleum Knight, after 5 or so failures I was like "Nah, I'mma go explore." With Radahn, I didn't have that luxury but thankfully I got lucky.
You’re right, it’s just as painful
@@sublimechimp Too right 🤣
That's how I felt going into dlc...paid $53 bucks and was wondering did I get my money worth? 😅
Who cares about freshness? I don't, since I'm too busy replaying Dark Souls 1 and Bloodborne for the 17th time. And most other folk are too busy with FIFA 33.8, to care about something silly like freshness.
Great review, and positive for once. My TH-cam is rife with negative dlc talk I don’t really want to engage with. Although this is likely my own fault for clicking on them 😅
There is always room for improvement. So long as as there is time and desire to do so, improvement will happen.
Nice video, subbed
@@Rudi4rius Thanks so much! I appreciate it.
Great video dude
Very well made
I’m so tired of people shitting on the dlc. It’s good, not perfect but it’s GOOD and I’m tired of people pretending it isn’t. It has faults but no thing doesn’t
On the topic of the well running dry…don’t forget we had games like sekiro and bloodborne that completely dashed our thoughts of what the limit was on reinvention by fromsoft, I have faith if they do continue to make games like these, they’ll keep blowing us away with them
(Maybe Sony will stop being horrible and let fromsoft make a bloodborne sequel)
Agreed!
@@thefantasticfiendAs my edit said, I think there’s hope yet for this genre. Fromsoft always has been great at surprising us and I think they’ll keep doing so. But if not maybe we’ll get more armored core ;)
@@boxman7044 I'd be ok with more Armored Core. :P
What a cool and good media analysis by a cool and good youtuber B)
Really enjoyed this, nice job. 🙂
Yes, Abyssal Woods and Midra's Manse were indeed very like parts of Bloodborne.
Now, with that said, WHY HAVEN'T YOU PLAYED BLOODBORNE??!?!!
@Squirrel_314 Because I didn't have a PS4 :(
Also thank you so much for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
For me, The Old Hunters still tops the DLC list, it just keeps uping the ante when you thought BB couldn't get any crazier
@@TheSnoozeFox Lol fair enough, Bloodborne is pretty nuts as a baseline. :p
What I hate most about Elden ring is feeling empty when you’re all done and wanting more 😂
100% agree!
I do not think souls will ever get stale. Fromsoft created their own game genre with the popularity of DS1. Souls like is far more fun than than literally anything else nowadays. This DLC was incredible for me it’s not perfect and it has a lot of issues more so than the base game but I enjoyed it a ton. I can think something it a 10/10 and know there is flaws. I’m for sure looking forward to anything Fromsoft does next be it a new game or another souls game. That’s also something I’m looking forward for the next souls game I love this genre.
For me, Fromsoft need to make more Armored Core games. They are the master of that genre.
Amazing video man! Well put together! Love this series so much, this DLC slapped. Funny cus on my main Character I thought I’d seen and got everything and nope, still finding stuff I never seen in other runs 🤣 earned a like and a sub from me! Goodluck with the channel bro 👌🏻 ( Strength or Bleed )
This series rocks. Thank so much for watching the video, I'm glad you enjoyed! Also nice, Strength and Bleed are the bomb.
Also I hope you tried the blacksteel hammer with seflect tear and guard counters with sacred + prayerful strike. Really good paladin build that's a ton of fun
Aye lets coop perfumer builds and lure invaders lol
I find it criminal how little views your previous videos have, despite your interesting takes.
And yeah, Bloodborne was my favorite Soulsborne until SoTE came out. This is the pinnacle of what Soulsborne should be. Level design, exploration, build diversity, enemy types, bosses and overall questlines are at their peak here. Messmer and Bayle are now at the realm of the greatest bosses in the Soulsborne genre.
@@enman009 Thank you so much! That means a lot. The lead up to Bayle hyping him up is I think the best Fromsoft has ever done. Seeing all of the dead dragons that he presumably killed was awesome, that in combination with the cool regional effect of Bayle's lightning firing down around you is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
I think they are gonna do something similar to Sekiro/Bloodborne next.There is a lot of untapped potential in that side of combat and weapon direction.
@@Ochnun I hope so!
@@thefantasticfiend When I say that,I picture something like:
Bloodborne trick weapons with ER ash of war system and Sekiro style movement and combat.That would be the dream game.
They sadly don’t have the right to bloodborne, Sony does so it’s unlikely (though FromSoftware have said they won’t be apposed)
@@Arumia13 That's why I said "something similar" and not literally bloodborne.
I wouldn't even want BB2 anyway,I'd prefer a totally new game but with combined systems from BB, Sekiro and ER.
"scadu" is the old English spelling for Shadow they are pronounced exactly the same
Fextralife's "has FromSoft peaked" touches on the subject raised at the end of the video also, and they raise issues that, in good faith, I'm not happy to admit, but I have to agree with. But I think they should've added "in the souls genre", because if Armored Core 6 proved anything, it's that they can do other things very well. In the souls genre? Yeah, I can't see how anyone could improve the formula further without straying from it so much that it becomes some sort of Frankenstein's monster.
They can improve by removing open world and going back to refined gameplay instead of the ginormous, bloated, everything for everyone gameplay design of Elden Ring.
@@AnacreonSchoolbagsJr Yeah, it's like the guy from Arrowhead said, "A game for everyone is a game for no one".
@@Onorel I do like Elden Ring and I think it has a lot of strength, mainly the lore, art, worldbuilding, themes etc. But the gameplay feels sloppy and unrefined a lot of the time. It's a miracle it doesn't feel worse, though, because of how large and free the design is. I think Sekiro has far superior combat to Elden Ring.
its hurt to not hear dying light one and 2 not in the games list
I haven't got to play those ones :(
This isn't a DLC, This is Elden Ring 2
@@midnightkate5723 Honestly!
Honestly the skies the limit now. Hitting the limit on open world just means we can go back to the original formula with new twists. I’ll take well crafted limited sandboxes over open world design any day, but going through what felt like legacy dungeon to legacy dungeon until the game is over is just too special.
Witcher 3 is stil the best game and dlcs for me. Elden ring is second for me. I like games with more story and lore in it.
I have over 5,000 hours in this game
"And never to play it again..."
Proceeds to talk for another 20 minutes about playing it again.
Maybe one more game like elden souls. It'll sell and have many detractors. On the ramp to jumping the shark, but hasn't lifted off yet.
I think there is untapped potential still. Play with the magic system and make it more ingrained within the gameplay rather than an optional easy mode. Iterate on the open world design, honestly a smaller tighter world with more legacy dungeons than invoke traditional dark souls would be my approach. Shadow of the Erdtree was a miss for me in open world design, so much of the map just felt empty in comparison to the base game though the mini dungeons were better. And these are both things that are rumored to be the case in "Spellbound" the code name for the next from soft game. Granted this is all "leaks" and entirely speculative if it's true, but I think from soft sees these as viable routes for improvement. Also bloodbourne, I used to be content with it being a stand alone game but 10 years on I just feel untapped potential there. We really need a sequel and honestly bloodbourne deserves a trilogy. Maybe once spellbound (If it's real) and a bloodbourne trilogy and maybe a stand alone game or two have run their course there will be a decent accumulation of rain water in the dark souls well.
U should try a no summon run
@@tootingkaboomsgaming I straight up could not do that. 🤣
@@thefantasticfiend you could even if it means a completely different build for each boss
10 times??? Wow it took me around 300. I've got 600 hours across 5 playthroughs. What's funny is Gideon, Godfrey, Radagon, and elden beast took 45min if that 😂
I got very lucky and had completely run out of flasks and all my summons were dead. Had some lucky dodges and got the last hits in. When I fought him with my buddy for round two, we were stuck for a long time before we cheesed him. :P
10/10 DLC
The visuals are plain awesome. Most of the map/island is awesome.
The size and content is ginormous.
However, the DLC does a LOT of stuff wrong. Bland and empty map areas, recycled enemies over and over, overescalating bosses that annoy with endless combos, aoe spamming, roll traps, unlimited stamina and tiny windows, 90% of all loot is trash, etc.
To me it sits in the middle of From DLC's. The Old Hunters and The Ringed City are FAR superior.
@HansDampf1911 Fair enough! I did enjoy the Ringed City. Haven't had the pleasure of playing through Bloodborne unfortunately. :(
Are you both fantastic and fiendish
Maybe nostalgia, but I still prefer Bloodboren dlc still
I've heard nothing but great things about that DLC so maybe not!
I actually found the Abyssal Woods naturally. I think i just saw a message for the illusory wall, and then I spent a good amount of time circling around the blank spot on the map trying to find a way down. Eventually I thought, maybe I should just go in the catacombs nearby as that has the potential to take me far enough down. As soon as I saw that those catacombs were especially deep and near pitch black, i knew i was on the right path. I did have to look up a guide on how to get to the shaman village and second finger ruins though. I don’t think i ever would have figured that out normally. Now when i get summoned for Gaius, I’ll do the Oh Mother gesture in front of Marika's statue if I notice the host hasn't unlocked the region, and I got a couple of people to do it.
nice. someone who isn’t crying how hard it is cuz they gitgud
I wholeheartedly disagree with Radahn being the hardest boss in Elden Ring. I beat him on my seventh try. Solo. No summons. The first time I played the base game I probably died to Malenia 60 times.
Good dlc
Boss designs leave a LOT to be desired.
A lot of attacks are unintuitive alongside making no sense
For example one of my favorite bosses, messmer has a lot of good traits. that said his thrust delay does not need to have 360 degrees of tracking on it.
This is one of the many boss design issues and deserves to be addressed and critisized.
The dlc has some amazing lore and content, but the bosses could have been better.
No. these bosses are nit well designed, and are very inconsistent.
Take for example radahns gravity pull, not only does it come out extremely fast it has a follow up which REQUIRES you to run away and jump
Now this by itself isnt bad, HOWEVER gaius has an identical attack, and despite his shit fight you can dodge this initial part and the gravity rocks wont damage you whatsoever
So what gaius gets a punish window but radahn cant?
Very inconsistent designs.
Or how about this, scadutree avatars nuke, one evaded you get a great punish window for multiple hits even with a Greatsword but relanna or messmer will do their super attack and you can maybe get one hit in with a greatsword(dont use a charge attack though)
The dlc was very well made. but these bosses werent, they sacrificed fun for unintuitive difficulty
And its not difficult in the "ahh man i cant do this because im bad" type of difficulty
its "okay why can this guys thrust attack not only lunge forward 30 feet but also track me 360 degrees around"
And there are a multitude of attacks that are not well designed
I have not seen ANYONE genuinely dodge the first part of metyrs beam in her second phase without using some ash of war
Because otherwise it is a dodge frame so tight the average player isnt dodging it. for a game that encourages use of amy and all builds having to actually use a specific AoW to dodge one attack in a fight is NOT very build friendly.
It's not 55 dollars. Don't act like lame canadian dollars are real dollars.
@AkiRa22084 LOL they really aren't.
👍 re Abyssal Woods..yes, it’s hidden, but there IS a shiny sitting right by the ladder…sooooo 😄 and it is a bit of an annoyingly design area before the manse, but I can’t disagree with your review. I’m hoping they go back to their smaller/more authored style. Or Sekiro 2… please..into the west
I dont understand how gamers that claim to love elden ring so much but have never played bloodborne or dark souls 3. Wtf are you all waiting for? Whats the excuse? 😅 i say that cuz these types of games(fromsoftware) are so unique, once you play on and love it, you want to experience all the other ones! That was my experience coming in with dark souls 2. I didnt even finish it, i went and got demons souls and dark souls and started from the beginning. Idk maybe im just crazy.
@jaytico5835 Just didn't have a Playstation 4 my guy. The exclusivity barred me from playing it as when it came out, I didn't have much money or time.
@@thefantasticfiend fair enough, i forgot bloodborne was an exclusive. All though i didnt have a ps3 and had to go hunt one just for demons souls.
CURSE YOU BAYLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!!!
@@LukeBailey182 A HAIL OF HARPOOOOOOOOOONS!
Play Bloodborne and I will subscribe
*savor* bloodborne, brother
It's massive but empty. When it's not empty, then occupied with main game enemies. This dlc is not a masterpiece. Let's be real. The beat thing about dlc is boss battles. That's it.
Thats fair, its not perfect. But I loved the DLC.
Elden ring is actually the hardest fromsoft game I don’t know why u consider it the easiest. I had an easier time with sekiro. The punish windows are tight and u have to mix dodging with attacking
Sekiro reminded me that I am not that good at video games. XD I never managed to beat it, I got extremely stuck and I haven't gone back yet. I will go back to it in time, but there are so many games I have to play first before I return to it.
GO PLAY BLOODBORNE
@Rudi4rius I'm looking for to it!
It was ok . Quite disappointing actually.
Play through bloodborne now. Stop what you’re doing. Nothing else matters.
You should play more DLCs, breh.
You should allow people to have an opinion breh
Yeah... nah.
Lora wise the DLC was shit other than that it was amazing😂
bosses were absolutely bad in the dlc beside bayle,messmer and romina
Dancing lion, rellana, golden hippo, scadutree avatar. Whats wrong with them?
@@simon-peterwilliamson2412 And Putrescnt Knight! And Midra!!
And, as mini-bosses, Red Bears and Death Knights, along with the Demi Human Swordsmaster.
If this is the best dlc you've ever played then you haven't played a lot of dlcs. Good lord the enless circle jerk around this game and the dlc is pathetic at this point.
Name some better ones
@@Jbswe how about every soulsborne dlc up to this point. Except ds2. Ringed city crom ds3 introduced so much new stuff and two amazing bosses without having to just copy the base game. Even dragons now copy midir's moves and radahn copies how slave knight has those lingering damaging effects he has in phase 2.
@@DMundus ah yes ashes was for sure better at 15 usd on release for 1.5 bosses 2 areas a few enemy’s and a few weapons, ringed city is good too but seriously think about how many “new things” it added.. falling down ash pits cool annoying summoner enemy’s being followed by a dragon? That’s about it, half of the dlc is swamps and some city streets the level design is nothing special. Just a few bosses don’t make it better.. sote has amazing boss fights cool weapons ost area variety while some upgrades and enemy variety could have been better it is just obviously better idc that you like Gael and midir doesn’t make it better
@@DMundus SOTE > Ringed City. Especially in boss fights.
@@anonymousperson8903 bigger doesn't mean better. Every boss fight in ringed city is good compared to the bloated spectacle that is shadow of the erdtree, including the reskin final boss. It's such a disappointment. Messmer and bayle carry the dlc and they are just fractions of the whole dlc.
I modded the dlc to make it better with its leveling system, by almost fully eliminating it