Miyazaki: "I don't want to say too much about my ideal fantasy game because it might reveal stuff about my future projects." *A few years from now:* FromSoft presents their new game franchise "Death Mired," set in an intricate and mystifying dark fantasy world twice the size of Elden Ring, consisting entirely of increasingly lethal poison swamps. (Also, shoes were never invented.) Prepare to Die! _Slowly._
It’s honestly amazing how someone so talented and successful hasn’t been corrupted by corporate greed I really respect Miyazaki I think he’s one of the best fantasy writers of all time and the current best game maker
It will be a sad day when he retires or moves on from the company. Those are big shoes to fill and it’s already shocking enough that Bandai Namco hasn’t strong armed FromSoft into monetizing their games differently.
@@thetaoist8 I assume that they aren’t willing to step on his toes about game design decisions because he accidentally started a huge trend with Demon’s Souls while also saving a failing project and the company itself
To be fair his games are selling great. Elden Ring was a collosual success. DS3 sold over 10 million. Bloodborne over 7. Sekiro 10 million. He knows that with quality sales will come naturally and the companies image and fans trust will be at a high point
@@youssefessam3164This is true, but its worth noting that despite being an incredible work of inspired creativity the likes of which we'd never seen before, it was still outsold by Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2...
You got the simp part right. I’m only joking, but the simple fact is Japanese culture thrives in exaggerated politeness and humility. It’s nit real. Doesn’t mean anything, just business talk. Though I guess it’s better than the western equivalent these days of insulting your audience.
So this really does seem like a soft sequel to the base game without actually making a second iteration. This is incredible. Looks like we’re really going to be getting our money’s worth. Praise be to FromSoft.
@@ZanderSabbag Those were the days. I recall playing Shivering Isles for Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and being like: "This is better than the entire base game!"
As a modder that develops for a community.. Miyazaki's thoughts echo back in my own being, trying to create my perfect idealized version of this space sim called Freelancer, knowing full well that no matter how good it is, how much activity it has or what is the reception of it, I can not ever fully enjoy it myself, because I'd know almost everything there is to know about it. That's some heavy stuff man, he created a game that millions already say is one of the best there ever was, yet Miyazaki stays humble and shares his silent regret that he personally couldn't share that exact same sentiment, sense of wonder and accomplishment as did so many others. Which might explain why he gives so much freedom to other directors.. he has a general idea, has a curated and experienced team that knows the formula to their own success (essentially extra copies of himself in a way) to create the next best thing that he also gets to enjoy. This man is a god damned icon and someone to look up to, each game he was involved in was trying to be the best in its era from the resources available, but nonetheless what it was perceived as, it still inevitably had a role to fulfill in the idea that it was just another stepping stone towards "perfection". Elden Ring is obviously my favourite of the entire From Software catalogue, but funnily enough Dark Souls II is in the second place (deep down its still my favourite, but I know it can't hold a candle to ER, not to mention the online aspects and the player count) I felt extremely burned out after years of modding, but his sense of duty and indomitable march toward the idealistic game reinvigorated me, can't wait to shake off my responsibilities and finally get back to modding!
@@altusshow7574 i suppose thats due to the gaming climate of its time, and the fact that it wasnt a "Dark Souls 1, II" that title essentially went to DS3 It was simply too different compared to the formula established by DeS and DkS, and no matter how tender, how exquisite, a LIE WILL REMAIN A LI- sorry I got carried away lmao
I really hope they don’t nerf whatever this monstrosity of a final boss this is because I’m very excited to have something even more challenging than like a orphan of Kos, sword saint or Malenia, I’m worried it’ll already have a nerf before I even get to it
@@Satansclawps3 that’s a good idea but imo online makes the world so much more immersive and interesting and it’s not a good swap out just for a pre nerf boss that potentially won’t even get nerfed
@@dylandooley8494 not trolling. The reactions to the leaked footage of the final boss are mid. Either its a day one build that needs patching,or the boss budget went into Messmer
The man is a genius. And that is an understatement. I've been gaming over 30 years and at this point the only games I find myself truly anticipating are Miyazaki's works.
ScottJund mostly had such a hard time with the last boss cause he was only at 11 tree fragments and there are around 20 or more in the DLC. Those that boost your attack and defence.
Yeah Oroboro had 19 upgrades and didn't get one shot by the attack I got one shot by, although he barely lived with like 3% hp. We both had similar 70% on-screen damage reduction. I'd definitely recommend getting at least 15 of the upgrade level to not have a terrible time.
i love the difficult aspect of fromsoft games and the sense of achievement I get when I finally beat a hard area or hard boss. thats part of what makes the games great.
I'll probably be disappointed if From Software leaves the dark fantasy "souls" genre that they have taught me to love so much over the past 10 years. Still, I know they'll be making games that they're truly passionate about, which resonates with me. Miyazaki giving in-house talent the control to create their vision is 100% the right direction for the company.
I think about that too, but we have to consider how much content in the dark fantasy aesthetic we already have. Maybe a new approach to a new aesthetic can make us fall in love with something new. I remember seeing a rumor that fromsoftware's next game would be focused on magic. Personally, I'm not much into it, but if there's anyone who can change that, it's these guys
I want to say this now. We are officially entering the post Elden ring age of from soft and no one knows what that’s going to look like. Especially with Miyazaki being the president but allowing hand selected talent that he worked with on projects begin their own director journeys and games free of his oversight. This has several branching possibilities and also I don’t think it’s just one new director. It may be up to 3 of them and most likely hand selected by Miyazaki and groomed for the position. It’s exciting because we will still get games from Miyazaki but now we may also get some other innovative projects to indulge! I’m hopeful because Miyazaki and his team has not failed us.
this could be very promising, in the possibility that we get games with positive characteristics and features that would be out of the identity and style of Miyazaki to do. Believing in the talent and personal style of a new generation of directors is a great move in all regards, because there wouldn't be a Miyazaki if he didn't had all the chances that he had, and even then it took everything coming into place at the right time for it to happen, the way I see it he wants to facilitate this process.
I want to read this comment again in 8 years and remember the excitement for the future of fromsoftware. I really believe in their vision and am optimistic for the future
I like Miyazaki's humor, I chuckled a good bit during this video. That idea of value though, I think that's been lacking with the recent stint of Big Games. There are good people making quality work all over the games industry, but the one's hogging all the spotlight and being pushed are the live services where the only value is what goes into the c-suites bank account. Some of them sure aren't valuing their employees. But a big $40 expansion on an already huge game that could easily add 150+ hours of gameplay that isn't grinding the same missions in Suicide Squad? That's good value.
The statement Miyazaki made sounds very similar to many older statements he has made about his ideal game. He seems to always put every idea he has into the next iteration of his game, like almost every game he has made has been his ideal game within the limitations available at that time.
So you want to be in a perpetual state of being excited for the NEXT thing? I get it. To an extent. But dont become victim to destination addiction. The idea that happiness is in the next game or the next thing from FromSoft or happieness is somewhere else down the road. If happiness is always in the next thing, it will never be where you are currently. Just one rando’s .02. Great video man.
For Miyazaki to achieve his dream game he has to either:- A)Add a ton of randomness to the game, as in build a Rogue-like game with the souls formula, or ... B)Guide someone else -someone he really trusts- to create that game by giving them his ideas for the perfect fantasy game and then letting them rip without getting into the nitty-gritty of the actual development, so when it's time for the game to be played he is surprised by it just like us (which is what I think he is doing now).
be careful guys, Once your at the top, the only way to go is down, might be by accident. please pray for FromSoft, his own co-parts might try to get him
Knowing me, I'm gonna be putting at least 200 hours into the dlc 😂 Might as well just call it Elden Ring Part 2 at this point. Super excited to hear about what Miyazaki is cooking next, too!
Same.. I checked every nook and cranny of the base game twice over and loved every minute of it. Still I learned later after 300hrs that there were multiple things I missed. To this day, just riding Torrent around and taking in the sights and sounds is still a pleasure. DS1 and ER are my favorite gaming experiences of all time.
Some said they took 30 hours to do a completionist run of the DLC, tho. I take more than that to do a completionist run of Limgrave (and Weeping Pen.). I don't remember the exact time, but I always get to Margit between levels 39 and 42. I guess I'll have to wait a couple more days and see it for myself. (how great it is to say that!)
i always wanted a more zelda-esque approach to Miyazaki's games. back then in the great hollowing i imagined skills or perks that would give this open world a more metroidvania sort of backtracking, not necessarily a grappling hook but rather more original things. i always recall to the castlevanias from ps2, where your summons also worked as skills from pokemon to traverse in different forms or just having a golem to break a wall and discover a dungeon, i believe extrapolating the freedom to a more creative sense while keeping it action rpg extremely focused on combat as usual could potentially be my dream game. also maybe a little more gothic approach to the fark fantasy theme, but if the spellbound leaked image is real i think we will be getting actually further from that in the future.
2 DAYS LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!! You know I'm surprised at myself because normally I'd be looking for spoilers when something new comes out they don't bother me in fact make me wanna play, read, watch or whatever the thing more but this is one of those unbelievably rare times where I've gone out of my way to avoid as much spoilers as I possibly can and am going into Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree 98% spoiler Free if you will
I wouldn't call him a "liar". He's become very cautious about anything he says because it ends up either under misinterpretation, or distorted to the benefit of whoever uses this misinformation as "relevant" content. Remember how he said that Elden Ring's campaign would be 30+ hours by following the main path alone? And then media said that the whole game was nearly 30 hours long 🙄 And let's not forget the typical "leak of the week" about Booodborne remake, remaster, sequel and PC port.
With the shift you expect by FromSoftware, are you nervous at all? OR do you have all of your faith in fromsoft at this point and you’re nothing but excited?
What Miyazaki said is interesting. I wonder if the next souls game is going to have randomized elements. That way he can truly play and not know exactly what to expect.
If you actually read the Eurogamer review, the difficulty of the DLC is a minor point. The criticism the review spends the most time on is the DLC's more explicit story delivery and its increased guidance via developer messages. To quote: "At one point, I enter a dungeon with an "official" message at the entrance, explicitly directing me to "hit them where they're weakest," referring to the dungeon's golem-like constructs. This is not a directive anyone wants to see in a FromSoft game; it is difficult to imagine someone making it this far in a Souls game and not understanding the point of a conspicuously red gaping hole in a large monster." The review goes on to provide further examples of explicit signposting from the developers that the reviewer felt were unnecessary and took away from the game's sense of mystery and discovery.
Cringe EuroGamer. Hire people that know how to play video games; hire someone that CAN beat it. It’s not like it’s a rare high cost skill. Instead they prioritize “journalism” and intersectional identity. Gamergate is still relevant bc the competency crisis is still a major issue.
The thing with difficulty is that from soft games like Armored core and king's field have always been difficult even before miyazaki ( or that one horror game they made ) , so i don't think he's necessarily saying the new directors will abandon difficulty or challenge , and more like they might new types or genres that don't require it
Last boss so hard that mimic tear isn't enough? God damn. Melania is a pushover with mimic tear but hard as shit without... how freaking difficult is this boss?!
What I understood is the hyper difficult boss is a secret final boss? As in it is the final boss but is technically optional if you’re not going for that ending.
I'm honestly SO happy to hear about the size and difficulty of the DLC. While I was preparing my 1st character for the DLC, I kept running into the problem that I wanted to make a build that is fun to play, but which at the same time doesn't completely melt bosses. That was surprisingly difficult.
Currently having trouble with Mogh on my lv 90 character to get ready for the dlc. Thinking that maybe that is a sign that i am slightly underleveled for dlc on lv 90, idk... its just that 45 vigor has really hard time tanking him ( healing on Nihil is really close ), no i cant increase vigor and lower something else, then i cant use any of weapons i have. My main char on lv 125 is ready thou, that should be fine :D Good video to watch while taking a breather a bit XD
"People universally agree that Miyazaki is a filthy liar. The playable area is much, much larger than he said it would be." The bastard! "Many people said this is the best DLC. Not the best FromSoftware DLC, just the best DLC." 🤣 For serious, though, here are a few things I'm really, really hoping for: -At least five or so of each new weapon class. Considering the implied size of the DLC I'm not terribly worried, but I really want varied options to choose from. -Some way to farm Dragon Smithing Stones, or at least a large number to be found in the Land of Shadow. I've been saving the base game ones for the characters I intend on bringing into the DLC, but I really don't see what the harm is in making them farmable. -More Asian or otherwise non-European style armor, in the medium to heavy class. Say, a heavy samurai armor to go with the great katana? It's just difficult to go tanky without turning the character into some kind of knight, and while I _like_ playing knights I'd appreciate other stylistic options. -A Faith-scaling katana that deals holy damage. Like, not a great katana, just a regular one. I'm not even that into using the katana class but I always felt we were missing a holy version. -Blessed Dew Talisman +1. Just a little more HP regen, please. It's really only useful outside of combat anyway so all it would do is cut down on the time standing around. -A talisman or shield that regenerates FP. All the other health regenerating items have an FP equivalent and I see no reason not to include at least one passive option. -Medium shields with 100% physical defense that aren't heater shields. Preferably some round ones. Give me a viking shield or something, please. There are a couple more, like more features added to the armor customization (changing cape colors, maybe switching the cape of one armor on for another) or some mechanic that makes blocking while two-handing weapons more viable, but those are very particular to me and would likely be more invasive to implement as well, so I'm not holding out hope. Really, I'm just happy for more stuff.
Something funny, especially considering what Rataoskr's been doing, is that I can't wait to NOT play Elden Ring. I took a break, but about a month ago, I've been playing Elden Ring and nothing else basically. I have so many games I want to play, but I've been waiting until after the DLC goes through its life cycle. Mostly so I don't get my muscle memory mixed up.
Ooh I'm excited, I beat Rahdan pre-nerf although personally I didn't feel his nerf actually changed the mood of the fight very much. Excited to try to beat this DLC boss pre nerf, 160 deaths sounds like fun.
Elden Ring was my first Fromsoft game, my cousin got me into it and I ended up putting more hours into it than he did lol (several hundred hours). I also went back to try Demon Souls, Dark Souls and Sekiro, kinda amazed I didn’t get into the series sooner. My first run of Elden Ring was magical, truly enjoyed it more than any other game recently. Even my (many) deaths against Maliketh and Melania (and that stupid Death Bird in the snow, omg I hated that thing lol). That being said, this is probably the most I’ve ever actually been excited for DLC for pretty much any game.
I have no problem with the games continuing to be difficult, and I'm very happy about that, but I hope this excessive level of difficulty doesn't continue. The games don't need to be harder and harder with each game to the point where the difficulty becomes unfair, they just need to continue to be challenging, and you don't need to keep raising the difficulty artificially with more boss health, and attacks that are undodgeable or unreadable etc to achieve that. I hope this mentality does not continue.
Really wondering what a Miyazaki-less Fromsoft will be like... being as involved with video games as I've been for all my young life makes me fascinated to think what the future holds, I'm only 20, but in all the time I've been playing games I've seen many companies become dissapointing, many greedy and inmoral practices, and many unexpected succes stories as well. The reason I'm such a fanboy for fromsoft is that ever since Demon Souls they haven't really been dissapointing once, even a game such as Dark Souls 2 I consider to be more enjoyable than lots of what's out there, and it pains me to think that perhaps my standards are too high or too unrealistic, but From is such a beacon of purity in the game industry to me, even with all the flaws some of their games have, even though I don't care for much of Armored core 6 and I have some grievings with Elden Ring, I always get the feeling that these games are so "pure", so "untainted", whenever I start a new game of theirs I feel like a child again, which is not something I can say for many things out there.
Hey Ratatoskr, what are your opinions on the Doom franchise? Are you excited for the Dark Ages? Do you not care about the games? I’m curious as to where your thoughts are on the franchise as a lot (but far from all) of our opinions overlap on games
I fully intend to explore every single tiny corner I can… my first playthrough of ER was 280 hours and I thought I had “seen/done everything,” but 16 playthroughs later now, I STILL find brand new stuff I’ve never seen or done before! So I imagine the DLC will treat me just the same!
I really want to know the true length of the DLC I understand cowboy said 35 to 40 hours, but I also understand other creators saying 50 and some saying 80. What I'm trying to get it is to do absolutely everything in the DLC is it 80 or is it 35-40. because for example, the main game everyone was saying 60 to 80 hours just play through but if you want to do everything it's 120
Every fromsoft iteration just gets more difficult, still it ever reach a point where it's enough? Honestly I kinda miss the simpler bosses from dark souls 3, I really didn't have that much fun with bosses like Mogh (blood) 2nd phase and Maliketh.. where everything is just exploding around you and you can't even see what's going on... so many times it's very unclear how your even supposed to avoid attacks. The 'hard but fair' motto is slowly going away
Completed Elden Ring a while back. Jumped back in to basically grab some talismans Im missing. Randomly select a site of grace and there’s an NPC just stood near it. Unfinished quest that escaped me 😂 Sank hours into it today, found more caves I had not discovered, items, minor boss fights. This game is relentlessly giving me content.
From all the reviews, those "leaked spoilers" turned out to really just be modded fakes, because almost everyone said the final boss might be the new hardest FromSoftware boss ever, and no one suggested it was anything other than original, while the "leaks" suggested it was a reused boss. Still, some of that footage was high quality so those fakers should get more into modding and less into lying.
I would take Fextralifes claim with a grain of salt. They also said that Baldurs Gate 3 had 17,000 endings. 120 hours is a wildly different number than all the other reviews I’ve seen
😢You forgot to cry about helldivers 2 Oh no the DBD guy couldnt beat the Boss 😢 thats so sad, i allwa,s look for the dbd guys to tell me about souls games Invading players in limgrave, ur so sht, why are people wachting you?
@@Sentinel_ICBM Radahn wasn't nerfed, how are people still repeating this. He was fixed. His hitboxes were broken. It had to be patched. That original patch also accidentally nerfed his damage but they reversed that soon after. The only change now compared with release is the hitboxes.
You can't say that without playing it. If something is overtuned then it absolutely should be fixed. And if an extremely experienced player is saying it need a nerf, then he's probably right.
@MarkHogan994 I would argue those hitboxes were necessary. Yeah his health and damage have been restored. But i find it's easier because the summons don't get hit/die as much because of the narrower hit boxes. Like, those hit boxes were for crowd control i felt.
While yes the difficulty of their games is obviously part of their thing. I've always seen fromsoft as a super gameplay oriented studio more than anything
these people complaining about the difficulty I'm sure is mostly because they all are rushing to share their review or opinion before the launch day so they get a piece of the attention hype cake. Since I was a kid it's the same: a boss can kill me 100 times, but if you just rest a bit and try in a couple hours or next day the boss won't last more than 10 attempts. rushing games will ruin your experience. most so on games like this which ask for patience and learning
Me: "Elden Ring is Miyazaki magnum opus its a real MASTERPIECE i cant even compare it to other action RPG, i dont even care if bethesda release Skyrim 2 or whatever its called if they made Elden Ring sequel" Miyazaki: "Elden Ring is not my IDEAL game but its close ill release my real game in the future" Me: *surprise pikachu face*
Be sure to temporarily blacklist any channels that you know will be speedrun ing their way to every boss and uploading it to appear in your recommended before you’ve even cleared the first legacy dungeon tomorrow everyone *cough boss fight database and Shirrako cough*
Elden ring already burned me out for being so massive and long, I am a completionist and also clocked 250 hours on my first playthrough. If Shadow of the Erdtree is going to be 200 hours too then it's too much. I liked Souls Games clocking at 100-120 hours for a completionist and 60 hours for casuals. Quality before quantity at this rate it feels needlessly large like an Ubisoft open world or Witcher 3 GoTY. Dark souls 1 and 3 were the perfect length for replayability and multiple playthroughs. Even Dark souls 2 was too long and mediocre with all the DLCs.
Bro I just realized, Elden Ring is what Fable 1 was claiming it would be. Instead of overpromising and under delivering, they under promised and over delivered. My life is complete, and Mr. Mizayaki can honestly just take an early retirement. This game isn’t fable 2 it’s Fable 2.0.
I've been good about avoiding spoilers. So it's THAT difficult, eh? Call me cocky, but I doubt it. I'll be surprised if anything can survive a Heavy Gargoyle Twinblade with Cragblade for any serious amount of time, besides the bosses. Even if the weapon(s) I use aren't fully upgraded. Doing so much co-op where I have less flasks and enemies are tougher than they are solo has more than prepared me for this.
The "criticism" about the DLC Map is usually because it looks much smaller than it actually is. The DLC Map is indeed smaller in size, but not in quality whatsoever. It's smaller but denser in content to explore. About the difficulty of the final boss of the DLC... Y'all might want to grab those Scadutree Fragments and Revered Spirit Ashes... just sayin Fr tho, it is the biggest challenge in all of Elden Ring and it might unironically put your sanity to the most extreme test. The fight and the soundtrack is still very fun though.
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Welcome to the Elden Ring DLC waiting room
Hope everyone has a nice day. Im waiting patiently on Monster Hunter.
@@TrustyTony yo same, just reinstalled rise to stay sane
You probably want to help the other to kill mohg if you kind enough
It's just a room full of people screaming with anxiety
Wish I enjoyed Elden Ring as much as you guys, it was my least favorite Fromsoft game. I'm going to play the dlc but don't feel any excitement for it.
Ratatoskr sacrificed his shadow of the erdtree virginity just to shield us from spoilers…..what a man 😭
He is the hero we needed lol
Our knight in shining armor
He would have sacrificed it either way. I have watched his streams this guy can't help but to be spoiled LOL.
As someone who also saw the reviews: It looks even better than I thought, we are eating GOOD
What are you talking about? He did it with GLEE. I was there. I heard the hapiness in his voice 🤣
even if self induced amnesia were possible, the moment miyazaki steps into a poison swamp all those memories would come flooding back
Miyazaki touching a poison swamp like Light touching the death note in the helicopter
If thats a pun, it's god-tier.
@@hitmanmastodon1580 FUCK so youre telling me ratatouille DIES at the end of the movie?
A plus comment 😅
Miyazaki: "I don't want to say too much about my ideal fantasy game because it might reveal stuff about my future projects."
*A few years from now:* FromSoft presents their new game franchise "Death Mired," set in an intricate and mystifying dark fantasy world twice the size of Elden Ring, consisting entirely of increasingly lethal poison swamps. (Also, shoes were never invented.) Prepare to Die! _Slowly._
It’s honestly amazing how someone so talented and successful hasn’t been corrupted by corporate greed I really respect Miyazaki I think he’s one of the best fantasy writers of all time and the current best game maker
It will be a sad day when he retires or moves on from the company. Those are big shoes to fill and it’s already shocking enough that Bandai Namco hasn’t strong armed FromSoft into monetizing their games differently.
@@thetaoist8 I assume that they aren’t willing to step on his toes about game design decisions because he accidentally started a huge trend with Demon’s Souls while also saving a failing project and the company itself
@@thetaoist8 Don't forget Sony's Bloodborne messenger hat "DLC"
To be fair his games are selling great. Elden Ring was a collosual success. DS3 sold over 10 million. Bloodborne over 7. Sekiro 10 million. He knows that with quality sales will come naturally and the companies image and fans trust will be at a high point
@@youssefessam3164This is true, but its worth noting that despite being an incredible work of inspired creativity the likes of which we'd never seen before, it was still outsold by Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2...
Each new Miyazaki interview makes me more and more of a simp. How is this man so humble?
Japanese culture my guy, the expectations there are so high for japanese people that huge things like this are the bare minimum expected in japan
Underpromise and overdeliver taken to extremes. Miyazaki is a filthy liar and makes himself look better by doing so.
You got the simp part right.
I’m only joking, but the simple fact is Japanese culture thrives in exaggerated politeness and humility. It’s nit real. Doesn’t mean anything, just business talk. Though I guess it’s better than the western equivalent these days of insulting your audience.
@@nathanielholzgrafe5274 bro you a fool fr
@@YourFriendlyGymRat That's just cringe weeb shit. Miyazaki himself is that goated
I wish yall a great time playing the dlc tomorrow😎👍
Tomorrow?!
Day and a half to go🎉
@@ManG1aze for me yes😁 some timezones will get to play it tmr
Im getting it 11pm tomorrow. Guess I'm not sleeping then haha
should be 8pm tommorow for me...at least thats what steam says but it happened plenty of times that it wasnt accurate tbh
So this really does seem like a soft sequel to the base game without actually making a second iteration. This is incredible. Looks like we’re really going to be getting our money’s worth.
Praise be to FromSoft.
That’s what an Expansion was back in the day! This is awesome!
@@ZanderSabbag Those were the days. I recall playing Shivering Isles for Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and being like: "This is better than the entire base game!"
@@ZanderSabbagTbf this was two years in the making.
I was certain the moment I saw the price, given their history with DLC.
I dodged the previews, dodged rata's streams, dodged the reviews. Any fellow goddamn ironwill chads in the comments?
Not exactly. I looked at the final boss leak, and if what was shown is true…FromSoft is about to take their biggest L yet.
I caught some glimpses from rata's streams, but my memory is bad so I have forgotten everything already
I got no self controll
I think I’ve watched every vaati lore video in the last few weeks. The days crawling by.
@@orlando5789if it's the leak I saw, then yeah we'll have some👶 that cry but I'm pretty sure most people are going to have a good time and not care.
As a modder that develops for a community.. Miyazaki's thoughts echo back in my own being, trying to create my perfect idealized version of this space sim called Freelancer, knowing full well that no matter how good it is, how much activity it has or what is the reception of it, I can not ever fully enjoy it myself, because I'd know almost everything there is to know about it.
That's some heavy stuff man, he created a game that millions already say is one of the best there ever was, yet Miyazaki stays humble and shares his silent regret that he personally couldn't share that exact same sentiment, sense of wonder and accomplishment as did so many others. Which might explain why he gives so much freedom to other directors.. he has a general idea, has a curated and experienced team that knows the formula to their own success (essentially extra copies of himself in a way) to create the next best thing that he also gets to enjoy.
This man is a god damned icon and someone to look up to, each game he was involved in was trying to be the best in its era from the resources available, but nonetheless what it was perceived as, it still inevitably had a role to fulfill in the idea that it was just another stepping stone towards "perfection".
Elden Ring is obviously my favourite of the entire From Software catalogue, but funnily enough Dark Souls II is in the second place (deep down its still my favourite, but I know it can't hold a candle to ER, not to mention the online aspects and the player count)
I felt extremely burned out after years of modding, but his sense of duty and indomitable march toward the idealistic game reinvigorated me, can't wait to shake off my responsibilities and finally get back to modding!
Dark Souls 2 is my favorite dark souls game as well. I never understood the hate.
@@altusshow7574 i suppose thats due to the gaming climate of its time, and the fact that it wasnt a "Dark Souls 1, II" that title essentially went to DS3
It was simply too different compared to the formula established by DeS and DkS, and no matter how tender, how exquisite, a LIE WILL REMAIN A LI- sorry I got carried away lmao
Hidetaka-san deserves a raise. And a happy life. He did so much for us.
I really hope they don’t nerf whatever this monstrosity of a final boss this is because I’m very excited to have something even more challenging than like a orphan of Kos, sword saint or Malenia, I’m worried it’ll already have a nerf before I even get to it
Just download game and the stay off line until you beat said boss.
If anything, the final boss needs a buff and new attacks and animations. I wont say much more
@@Satansclawps3 that’s a good idea but imo online makes the world so much more immersive and interesting and it’s not a good swap out just for a pre nerf boss that potentially won’t even get nerfed
@@vladz1 u def trollin💀, don’t say who it is tho cus idk yet I’ll find out myself
@@dylandooley8494 not trolling. The reactions to the leaked footage of the final boss are mid. Either its a day one build that needs patching,or the boss budget went into Messmer
Miyazaki is a visionary. As an aspiring game developer, I look up to him so much and aspire to achieve even a small fraction of what he has.
He is a great example for you, I hope you can learn from him and any other paragons there may be. Best of luck to you
The man is a genius. And that is an understatement. I've been gaming over 30 years and at this point the only games I find myself truly anticipating are Miyazaki's works.
ScottJund mostly had such a hard time with the last boss cause he was only at 11 tree fragments and there are around 20 or more in the DLC. Those that boost your attack and defence.
That's part of it. It's still the toughest of all bosses in From history according to a lot of people
Yeah Oroboro had 19 upgrades and didn't get one shot by the attack I got one shot by, although he barely lived with like 3% hp. We both had similar 70% on-screen damage reduction. I'd definitely recommend getting at least 15 of the upgrade level to not have a terrible time.
@@ScottJund Just to be clear, were you using your pure slicer mage? And if so, the boss wasn't get super magic resistant or something?
@@ScottJund What was your vigor at? Were you using all the health and damage negation talismans as well?
@@ScottJund The final boss isn’t actually radahn right?
It took me 230hrs for the main game on my first blind playthrough, what a relief to see someone take longer lol
i love the difficult aspect of fromsoft games and the sense of achievement I get when I finally beat a hard area or hard boss. thats part of what makes the games great.
I'll probably be disappointed if From Software leaves the dark fantasy "souls" genre that they have taught me to love so much over the past 10 years. Still, I know they'll be making games that they're truly passionate about, which resonates with me. Miyazaki giving in-house talent the control to create their vision is 100% the right direction for the company.
I think they can do high fantasy or abstract fantasy next. Myazaki has talked about a new type of fantasy he wants to create
I think about that too, but we have to consider how much content in the dark fantasy aesthetic we already have. Maybe a new approach to a new aesthetic can make us fall in love with something new.
I remember seeing a rumor that fromsoftware's next game would be focused on magic. Personally, I'm not much into it, but if there's anyone who can change that, it's these guys
@@youssefessam3164Miyazaki Fantasy genre, of course.
It’s amazing to me that some Japanese dude does western dark fantasy better than anyone in the world.
Additionally I think Japan in general does fantasy better than anyone.
I wish Kadokawa would get the Elric rights and make an anime.
I want to say this now. We are officially entering the post Elden ring age of from soft and no one knows what that’s going to look like. Especially with Miyazaki being the president but allowing hand selected talent that he worked with on projects begin their own director journeys and games free of his oversight. This has several branching possibilities and also I don’t think it’s just one new director. It may be up to 3 of them and most likely hand selected by Miyazaki and groomed for the position. It’s exciting because we will still get games from Miyazaki but now we may also get some other innovative projects to indulge! I’m hopeful because Miyazaki and his team has not failed us.
I am excited about the guy that did sekiro and I think he was also responsible for Armored Core 6. That guy is a combat designer genius
this could be very promising, in the possibility that we get games with positive characteristics and features that would be out of the identity and style of Miyazaki to do. Believing in the talent and personal style of a new generation of directors is a great move in all regards, because there wouldn't be a Miyazaki if he didn't had all the chances that he had, and even then it took everything coming into place at the right time for it to happen, the way I see it he wants to facilitate this process.
I want to read this comment again in 8 years and remember the excitement for the future of fromsoftware. I really believe in their vision and am optimistic for the future
When a video starts with Song of the Ancients you know it's gonna be good.
Only 30 hours and 20 minutes to go guys!!!
:) (hollowing slowly fading)
Less than this for PC Steam players. It releases 12pm EST June 20th on Steam. That's 24 hours as of this post
@@SerPodrick yeah I know. I preordered on both PS5 and PC, but I’ll play on PS5 first on my tv rather than PC monitor for a more cinematic experience
@@SerPodrick it actually comes out for pc at 6pm est not 12pm :(
@@DRNOval ever heard of timezones bro? Steam release is global.
I like Miyazaki's humor, I chuckled a good bit during this video.
That idea of value though, I think that's been lacking with the recent stint of Big Games. There are good people making quality work all over the games industry, but the one's hogging all the spotlight and being pushed are the live services where the only value is what goes into the c-suites bank account. Some of them sure aren't valuing their employees.
But a big $40 expansion on an already huge game that could easily add 150+ hours of gameplay that isn't grinding the same missions in Suicide Squad? That's good value.
The statement Miyazaki made sounds very similar to many older statements he has made about his ideal game. He seems to always put every idea he has into the next iteration of his game, like almost every game he has made has been his ideal game within the limitations available at that time.
Eurogamer 😂😂😂
They're as bad as Kotaku, just ignore them.
So you want to be in a perpetual state of being excited for the NEXT thing? I get it. To an extent. But dont become victim to destination addiction. The idea that happiness is in the next game or the next thing from FromSoft or happieness is somewhere else down the road. If happiness is always in the next thing, it will never be where you are currently.
Just one rando’s .02. Great video man.
I actually resonate with this very much.
For Miyazaki to achieve his dream game he has to either:- A)Add a ton of randomness to the game, as in build a Rogue-like game with the souls formula, or ... B)Guide someone else -someone he really trusts- to create that game by giving them his ideas for the perfect fantasy game and then letting them rip without getting into the nitty-gritty of the actual development, so when it's time for the game to be played he is surprised by it just like us (which is what I think he is doing now).
be careful guys, Once your at the top, the only way to go is down, might be by accident. please pray for FromSoft, his own co-parts might try to get him
What?! You can also solidify your position or create a bigger lead over second place.
It’s here boys. It’s finally here.
Knowing me, I'm gonna be putting at least 200 hours into the dlc 😂 Might as well just call it Elden Ring Part 2 at this point. Super excited to hear about what Miyazaki is cooking next, too!
Same.. I checked every nook and cranny of the base game twice over and loved every minute of it. Still I learned later after 300hrs that there were multiple things I missed. To this day, just riding Torrent around and taking in the sights and sounds is still a pleasure. DS1 and ER are my favorite gaming experiences of all time.
Some said they took 30 hours to do a completionist run of the DLC, tho. I take more than that to do a completionist run of Limgrave (and Weeping Pen.). I don't remember the exact time, but I always get to Margit between levels 39 and 42.
I guess I'll have to wait a couple more days and see it for myself. (how great it is to say that!)
i always wanted a more zelda-esque approach to Miyazaki's games. back then in the great hollowing i imagined skills or perks that would give this open world a more metroidvania sort of backtracking, not necessarily a grappling hook but rather more original things. i always recall to the castlevanias from ps2, where your summons also worked as skills from pokemon to traverse in different forms or just having a golem to break a wall and discover a dungeon, i believe extrapolating the freedom to a more creative sense while keeping it action rpg extremely focused on combat as usual could potentially be my dream game. also maybe a little more gothic approach to the fark fantasy theme, but if the spellbound leaked image is real i think we will be getting actually further from that in the future.
These help me get through work so much thank you
That news about the bosses literally made me audibly groan. Because I know it’s going to be torture, and I’m going to do it anyway.
It's fun, not torture
@@FSVR54 torture and fun aren’t mutually exclusive concepts
@@alanthe2 for me they are. You might be a masochist.
@@FSVR54 oh! Ok, cool!
"ONE OF THE BOSSES BEING MUCH HARDER THAN MALENIA"????OMG I AM SO READY SO READY SO READY
My theory is that the non difficulty focused game will be 'Adventures of Cookie and Cream 2'. Been waiting for a sequel for 24 years.
2 DAYS LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know I'm surprised at myself because normally I'd be looking for spoilers when something new comes out they don't bother me in fact make me wanna play, read, watch or whatever the thing more but this is one of those unbelievably rare times where I've gone out of my way to avoid as much spoilers as I possibly can and am going into Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree 98% spoiler Free if you will
I wouldn't call him a "liar". He's become very cautious about anything he says because it ends up either under misinterpretation, or distorted to the benefit of whoever uses this misinformation as "relevant" content.
Remember how he said that Elden Ring's campaign would be 30+ hours by following the main path alone? And then media said that the whole game was nearly 30 hours long 🙄 And let's not forget the typical "leak of the week" about Booodborne remake, remaster, sequel and PC port.
With the shift you expect by FromSoftware, are you nervous at all? OR do you have all of your faith in fromsoft at this point and you’re nothing but excited?
You keeping us from going hollow my friend thank you
Oh i have been loving these videos
What Miyazaki said is interesting. I wonder if the next souls game is going to have randomized elements. That way he can truly play and not know exactly what to expect.
If you actually read the Eurogamer review, the difficulty of the DLC is a minor point. The criticism the review spends the most time on is the DLC's more explicit story delivery and its increased guidance via developer messages. To quote:
"At one point, I enter a dungeon with an "official" message at the entrance, explicitly directing me to "hit them where they're weakest," referring to the dungeon's golem-like constructs. This is not a directive anyone wants to see in a FromSoft game; it is difficult to imagine someone making it this far in a Souls game and not understanding the point of a conspicuously red gaping hole in a large monster."
The review goes on to provide further examples of explicit signposting from the developers that the reviewer felt were unnecessary and took away from the game's sense of mystery and discovery.
Cringe EuroGamer.
Hire people that know how to play video games; hire someone that CAN beat it. It’s not like it’s a rare high cost skill.
Instead they prioritize “journalism” and intersectional identity. Gamergate is still relevant bc the competency crisis is still a major issue.
The thing with difficulty is that from soft games like Armored core and king's field have always been difficult even before miyazaki ( or that one horror game they made ) , so i don't think he's necessarily saying the new directors will abandon difficulty or challenge , and more like they might new types or genres that don't require it
Last boss so hard that mimic tear isn't enough? God damn. Melania is a pushover with mimic tear but hard as shit without... how freaking difficult is this boss?!
Miyazaki rules.
wishing everyone who saw the leaks a very drink a tonic of forgetfulness, the wait is starting to become unbearable now
I just hope they don't nerf anything.. please miyazaki, please.
Maybe I am naive as all get-out, but "harder than Malenia" was not on my SotE bingo card... kinda nervous now
What I understood is the hyper difficult boss is a secret final boss?
As in it is the final boss but is technically optional if you’re not going for that ending.
No, I believe the super hard boss is the final boss of the DLC. It's basically our Orphan of Kos or Gael of this DLC.
Offtopic but the footage on 2:05 was NASTY. imagine dying to a person that is 1 shot lmao
Miyazaki wishing someone would make a game as great as his so he can enjoy it the same way we enjoy his games
I'm honestly SO happy to hear about the size and difficulty of the DLC.
While I was preparing my 1st character for the DLC, I kept running into the problem that I wanted to make a build that is fun to play, but which at the same time doesn't completely melt bosses.
That was surprisingly difficult.
same here :D ended up with a cleric with some fire spells and gurranqs warhammer... what you got?
i find that it's mostly the mid game and mini bosses that suffer from this, the end game bosses are resistant to this for the most part
Please dont use nier music, i dont like crying
Currently having trouble with Mogh on my lv 90 character to get ready for the dlc. Thinking that maybe that is a sign that i am slightly underleveled for dlc on lv 90, idk... its just that 45 vigor has really hard time tanking him ( healing on Nihil is really close ), no i cant increase vigor and lower something else, then i cant use any of weapons i have.
My main char on lv 125 is ready thou, that should be fine :D
Good video to watch while taking a breather a bit XD
It’s a skill issue.
"People universally agree that Miyazaki is a filthy liar. The playable area is much, much larger than he said it would be."
The bastard!
"Many people said this is the best DLC. Not the best FromSoftware DLC, just the best DLC."
🤣
For serious, though, here are a few things I'm really, really hoping for:
-At least five or so of each new weapon class. Considering the implied size of the DLC I'm not terribly worried, but I really want varied options to choose from.
-Some way to farm Dragon Smithing Stones, or at least a large number to be found in the Land of Shadow. I've been saving the base game ones for the characters I intend on bringing into the DLC, but I really don't see what the harm is in making them farmable.
-More Asian or otherwise non-European style armor, in the medium to heavy class. Say, a heavy samurai armor to go with the great katana? It's just difficult to go tanky without turning the character into some kind of knight, and while I _like_ playing knights I'd appreciate other stylistic options.
-A Faith-scaling katana that deals holy damage. Like, not a great katana, just a regular one. I'm not even that into using the katana class but I always felt we were missing a holy version.
-Blessed Dew Talisman +1. Just a little more HP regen, please. It's really only useful outside of combat anyway so all it would do is cut down on the time standing around.
-A talisman or shield that regenerates FP. All the other health regenerating items have an FP equivalent and I see no reason not to include at least one passive option.
-Medium shields with 100% physical defense that aren't heater shields. Preferably some round ones. Give me a viking shield or something, please.
There are a couple more, like more features added to the armor customization (changing cape colors, maybe switching the cape of one armor on for another) or some mechanic that makes blocking while two-handing weapons more viable, but those are very particular to me and would likely be more invasive to implement as well, so I'm not holding out hope. Really, I'm just happy for more stuff.
I cant wait to get in I wanna see how difficult this final boss is if its pushing people 150+ attempts
Miyazaki embodies the respect for the craft, a true legend untainted by corporations
lol get gud Eurogamer
Something funny, especially considering what Rataoskr's been doing, is that I can't wait to NOT play Elden Ring. I took a break, but about a month ago, I've been playing Elden Ring and nothing else basically.
I have so many games I want to play, but I've been waiting until after the DLC goes through its life cycle. Mostly so I don't get my muscle memory mixed up.
Am I the only one who plans on hunting the Omen Knight? I fully intend on farming the entire armor set, as well as his weapons.
Omenkiller-posting
@@bladeseeker4238 You know what? I’ve got two cleavers and the full armor set. I’m gonna wreck him!
Damn you’re fast, first playthrough took me 300-ish hours to complete
Ooh I'm excited, I beat Rahdan pre-nerf although personally I didn't feel his nerf actually changed the mood of the fight very much. Excited to try to beat this DLC boss pre nerf, 160 deaths sounds like fun.
Miyazaki, is the only habitual liar, I trust completely.
Damn Myazaki literally suffering from success lmao.
man the nier replicant music🤌🏿🤌🏿
Holy shit, hearing the stuff about difficulty has me genuinely terrified.
I'd love to see Tenchu make a return
Miyazaki's cruse is that he cant even enjoy his own games, what a sacrifice
God I hope they don’t nerf that boss for a while. I really wanna try it pre nerf if at all possible
Eurogamer crying about difficultly is funny to me lmao
harder than maelania, nooo 😭😭you have got to be kidding me lmao
Gott the wait for the dlc is killing me.
Maybe entering this DLC at NG+4 was a mistake 0_0
RIP Sekiro DLC, your sacrifice to finish Elden Ring will be appreciated by many ER players. But not me.
Long live Miyazaki.
bro im acctually tweaking i had a dream about playing the dlc last night 😭
Elden Ring was my first Fromsoft game, my cousin got me into it and I ended up putting more hours into it than he did lol (several hundred hours). I also went back to try Demon Souls, Dark Souls and Sekiro, kinda amazed I didn’t get into the series sooner.
My first run of Elden Ring was magical, truly enjoyed it more than any other game recently. Even my (many) deaths against Maliketh and Melania (and that stupid Death Bird in the snow, omg I hated that thing lol).
That being said, this is probably the most I’ve ever actually been excited for DLC for pretty much any game.
I have no problem with the games continuing to be difficult, and I'm very happy about that, but I hope this excessive level of difficulty doesn't continue. The games don't need to be harder and harder with each game to the point where the difficulty becomes unfair, they just need to continue to be challenging, and you don't need to keep raising the difficulty artificially with more boss health, and attacks that are undodgeable or unreadable etc to achieve that. I hope this mentality does not continue.
Really wondering what a Miyazaki-less Fromsoft will be like... being as involved with video games as I've been for all my young life makes me fascinated to think what the future holds, I'm only 20, but in all the time I've been playing games I've seen many companies become dissapointing, many greedy and inmoral practices, and many unexpected succes stories as well.
The reason I'm such a fanboy for fromsoft is that ever since Demon Souls they haven't really been dissapointing once, even a game such as Dark Souls 2 I consider to be more enjoyable than lots of what's out there, and it pains me to think that perhaps my standards are too high or too unrealistic, but From is such a beacon of purity in the game industry to me, even with all the flaws some of their games have, even though I don't care for much of Armored core 6 and I have some grievings with Elden Ring, I always get the feeling that these games are so "pure", so "untainted", whenever I start a new game of theirs I feel like a child again, which is not something I can say for many things out there.
Hey Ratatoskr, what are your opinions on the Doom franchise? Are you excited for the Dark Ages? Do you not care about the games? I’m curious as to where your thoughts are on the franchise as a lot (but far from all) of our opinions overlap on games
I fully intend to explore every single tiny corner I can… my first playthrough of ER was 280 hours and I thought I had “seen/done everything,” but 16 playthroughs later now, I STILL find brand new stuff I’ve never seen or done before! So I imagine the DLC will treat me just the same!
I really want to know the true length of the DLC I understand cowboy said 35 to 40 hours, but I also understand other creators saying 50 and some saying 80. What I'm trying to get it is to do absolutely everything in the DLC is it 80 or is it 35-40. because for example, the main game everyone was saying 60 to 80 hours just play through but if you want to do everything it's 120
Every fromsoft iteration just gets more difficult, still it ever reach a point where it's enough? Honestly I kinda miss the simpler bosses from dark souls 3, I really didn't have that much fun with bosses like Mogh (blood) 2nd phase and Maliketh.. where everything is just exploding around you and you can't even see what's going on... so many times it's very unclear how your even supposed to avoid attacks. The 'hard but fair' motto is slowly going away
Completed Elden Ring a while back. Jumped back in to basically grab some talismans Im missing. Randomly select a site of grace and there’s an NPC just stood near it. Unfinished quest that escaped me 😂
Sank hours into it today, found more caves I had not discovered, items, minor boss fights. This game is relentlessly giving me content.
From all the reviews, those "leaked spoilers" turned out to really just be modded fakes, because almost everyone said the final boss might be the new hardest FromSoftware boss ever, and no one suggested it was anything other than original, while the "leaks" suggested it was a reused boss. Still, some of that footage was high quality so those fakers should get more into modding and less into lying.
I would take Fextralifes claim with a grain of salt. They also said that Baldurs Gate 3 had 17,000 endings. 120 hours is a wildly different number than all the other reviews I’ve seen
I have ONE spoiler request. Do we FINALLY HAVE the Crystal Chakram as a weapon??
i just wanna know if the dlc will be compatible with Convergence mod...cant play ER without Convergence
😢You forgot to cry about helldivers 2
Oh no the DBD guy couldnt beat the Boss 😢 thats so sad, i allwa,s look for the dbd guys to tell me about souls games
Invading players in limgrave, ur so sht, why are people wachting you?
I hope they don’t “nerf”anything.I love Moseszaki.
Same. I was a bit disappointed when they originally nerfed Radahn.
@@Sentinel_ICBMi miss old radahn too but remember hes supposed to be an early game boss
@@Sentinel_ICBM Radahn wasn't nerfed, how are people still repeating this. He was fixed. His hitboxes were broken. It had to be patched. That original patch also accidentally nerfed his damage but they reversed that soon after. The only change now compared with release is the hitboxes.
You can't say that without playing it. If something is overtuned then it absolutely should be fixed. And if an extremely experienced player is saying it need a nerf, then he's probably right.
@MarkHogan994
I would argue those hitboxes were necessary. Yeah his health and damage have been restored. But i find it's easier because the summons don't get hit/die as much because of the narrower hit boxes. Like, those hit boxes were for crowd control i felt.
While yes the difficulty of their games is obviously part of their thing. I've always seen fromsoft as a super gameplay oriented studio more than anything
I’ve gotta get 90 more levels on my new character in 2 days!!!🤩
these people complaining about the difficulty I'm sure is mostly because they all are rushing to share their review or opinion before the launch day so they get a piece of the attention hype cake. Since I was a kid it's the same: a boss can kill me 100 times, but if you just rest a bit and try in a couple hours or next day the boss won't last more than 10 attempts. rushing games will ruin your experience. most so on games like this which ask for patience and learning
Me: "Elden Ring is Miyazaki magnum opus its a real MASTERPIECE i cant even compare it to other action RPG, i dont even care if bethesda release Skyrim 2 or whatever its called if they made Elden Ring sequel"
Miyazaki: "Elden Ring is not my IDEAL game but its close ill release my real game in the future"
Me: *surprise pikachu face*
Be sure to temporarily blacklist any channels that you know will be speedrun ing their way to every boss and uploading it to appear in your recommended before you’ve even cleared the first legacy dungeon tomorrow everyone *cough boss fight database and Shirrako cough*
Elden ring already burned me out for being so massive and long, I am a completionist and also clocked 250 hours on my first playthrough. If Shadow of the Erdtree is going to be 200 hours too then it's too much. I liked Souls Games clocking at 100-120 hours for a completionist and 60 hours for casuals. Quality before quantity at this rate it feels needlessly large like an Ubisoft open world or Witcher 3 GoTY. Dark souls 1 and 3 were the perfect length for replayability and multiple playthroughs. Even Dark souls 2 was too long and mediocre with all the DLCs.
Bro I just realized, Elden Ring is what Fable 1 was claiming it would be. Instead of overpromising and under delivering, they under promised and over delivered. My life is complete, and Mr. Mizayaki can honestly just take an early retirement. This game isn’t fable 2 it’s Fable 2.0.
I've been good about avoiding spoilers.
So it's THAT difficult, eh? Call me cocky, but I doubt it.
I'll be surprised if anything can survive a Heavy Gargoyle Twinblade with Cragblade for any serious amount of time, besides the bosses. Even if the weapon(s) I use aren't fully upgraded.
Doing so much co-op where I have less flasks and enemies are tougher than they are solo has more than prepared me for this.
Hang on... you're telling me... there's a god damn PRO who was made to GIVE UP AND USE MIMIC TEAR IN A BOSS? AFTER 125 DEATHS? HUH
The "criticism" about the DLC Map is usually because it looks much smaller than it actually is. The DLC Map is indeed smaller in size, but not in quality whatsoever. It's smaller but denser in content to explore.
About the difficulty of the final boss of the DLC... Y'all might want to grab those Scadutree Fragments and Revered Spirit Ashes... just sayin
Fr tho, it is the biggest challenge in all of Elden Ring and it might unironically put your sanity to the most extreme test. The fight and the soundtrack is still very fun though.