Bioshock boys: lettuce prepare ourselves for the 2023 GOTY

[beddachedda]

That's like 10-15 hours in if you explore all the caves and everything in the starting area first, which feels right to do since Margit is way harder than any other first Souls boss that I can remember. By that amount of time I was halfway through Demon's Souls and had seen way more interesting stuff

It gets 'better' once you really start to dig in to stormveil, feel like you've got a handle on things, then progress a little further and the whole world busts open

Seeing the map expand and expand and expand and you're just like how the fuck more can it go was awesome

 

[rcm]

It gets 'better' once you really start to dig in to stormveil, feel like you've got a handle on things, then progress a little further and the whole world busts open

Seeing the map expand and expand and expand and you're just like how the fuck more can it go was awesome

There was like 20 times where I was like "ok this map can't get any bigger" and then it got bigger

 

[rcm]

That's like 10-15 hours in if you explore all the caves and everything in the starting area first, which feels right to do since Margit is way harder than any other first Souls boss that I can remember. By that amount of time I was halfway through Demon's Souls and had seen way more interesting stuff

Do Stormveil Castle and beat Godrick.. Stormveil's design was amazing

 

[ostinato]

It gets 'better' once you really start to dig in to stormveil, feel like you've got a handle on things, then progress a little further and the whole world busts open

Seeing the map expand and expand and expand and you're just like how the fuck more can it go was awesome

and then you reach Nokron and holy fuck.

 

[Highlander_77]

If anyone can tell me a point at which Elden Ring undeniably becomes amazing, then I might be open to getting there

Everything up to and including Margit is nothing special other than it being an open world souls game and the big glowing tree looking cool. Bloodborne, right out the gate, was much more stylistic and had more intense combat imo

 

[preston]

Nice steady duck @preston


I hate that I've become accustomed to such low t behavior from u

I don’t even remember the “feel” of the gunplay, just that every aspect of the game was too easy, especially as things progressed. The game was at its best towards the beginning, when the mystery and ground hog day aspects were still fresh

 

[preston]

and then you reach Nokron and holy fuck.

You could peel out Nokron, Caelid, Haligtree, Stormveil, and probably several other areas that would be considered some of the dopest game world areas in modern gaming history, and ER has them all in the same fucking game - it’s insane

 

[obscure/renegade]

The combat in wolong is in incredibly satisfying once it clicks. You get this rhythmic back and forth like sekiro but less reactionary and more aggressive.

Lock on system and camera are absolute shit. The camera y and x axis feel weird and there's an acceleration I don't like. I'll get used to it.

Armor is amazing. Fun designs. Titty physics. Sliders to the right.

You can do a weapon swap deflect and combine a high deflect weapon with a polearm or hammer.

Level design is ass compared to anything from software does.

I'll probably sink in 300 hours.

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[Highlander_77]

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This is part of why I just game on console now.

 

[obscure/renegade]

That's like 10-15 hours in if you explore all the caves and everything in the starting area first, which feels right to do since Margit is way harder than any other first Souls boss that I can remember. By that same amount of time I was halfway through Demon's Souls and had seen way more interesting stuff

10-15 hours is "barely started". Genuinely. That's about ~1% of the total hours I have in the game.

Margit isn't bad at all. Go in with the intent of learning what he can do, not to beat him but to sort out his major skills. Practice your avoidance. Then go in and start blending that with your combat. You can even summon a helper if you want.

 

[obscure/renegade]

This is part of why I just game on console now.

I genuinely believe that Hoggy hogsterwarts would have been better on console, just for rapidly flipping between spell combos of more than four types. I'm thinking of the four spells, tapping a shoulder button and then continuing to rock someone.

 

[NULL_bits]

It gets 'better' once you really start to dig in to stormveil, feel like you've got a handle on things, then progress a little further and the whole world busts open

Seeing the map expand and expand and expand and you're just like how the fuck more can it go was awesome

The way it unfolded was just god damned amazing. I went in totally blind and at first I was like “alright, this is a decently sized map”

“Oh shit it gets bigger!”

“Holy fuck it gets even bigger!”

“Jfc how god damn big is this fuckin’ map!?”

“Wtf there’s a whole-ass underworld too!”

 

[obscure/renegade]

The way it unfolded was just god damned amazing. I went in totally blind and at first I was like “alright, this is a decently sized map”

“Oh shit it gets bigger!”

“Holy fuck it gets even bigger!”

“Jfc how god damn big is this fuckin’ map!?”

“Wtf there’s a whole-ass underworld too!”

There aren't enough superlatives to describe the majesty of that game.

 

[Niccolo-daddy]

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guess i'll wait until patches iron this shit out.


Like a dragon: ishin! has its own problems with going to unreal engine. LOD lags so much. Feel like for some japanese studios PC is an afterthought.

 

[obscure/renegade]

guess i'll wait until patches iron this shit out.


Like a dragon: ishin! has its own problems with going to unreal engine. LOD lags so much. Feel like for some japanese studios PC is an afterthought.

I'm interested, but like you I am gonna wait a few.

 

[Sphygmo]

I don’t even remember the “feel” of the gunplay, just that every aspect of the game was too easy, especially as things progressed. The game was at its best towards the beginning, when the mystery and ground hog day aspects were still fresh

Too easy?!??


I've been dying a lot lol

 

[Sphygmo]

I always forget how massive and thicc ur gaming abilities are

 

[Yoritomo]

If anyone can tell me a point at which Elden Ring undeniably becomes amazing, then I might be open to getting there

Everything up to and including Margit is nothing special other than it being an open world souls game and the big glowing tree looking cool. Bloodborne, right out the gate, was much more stylistic and had more intense combat imo

For me, it's the world design. It really is set up in a sort of linear fashion. Game progress has you looping around the map like it's a giant staircase. It did "open world" design where there are no vistas you can't eventually reach.

The story telling is obtuse, but still solid. Gameplay is deep. I wouldn't want someone to play a game that's not resonating with them but there are lots of reasons Elden Ring is something special within the genres it straddles.

Highlights for me are invasions, the ash of war and weapon systems. Stormveil, Leyndell, Godfrey Fight

 

[crotch]

For me, it's the world design. It really is set up in a sort of linear fashion. Game progress has you looping around the map like it's a giant staircase. It did "open world" design where there are no vistas you can't eventually reach.

The story telling is obtuse, but still solid. Gameplay is deep. I wouldn't want someone to play a game that's not resonating with them but there are lots of reasons Elden Ring is something special within the genres it straddles.

Highlights for me are invasions, the ash of war and weapon systems. Stormveil, Leyndell, Godfrey Fight

did u see that guy that made a paper leyndell it’s amazing hang on

 

[crotch]

like leyndell could’ve been it’s own game lol

 

[crotch]

check out this cool shit

 

[Niccolo-daddy]

Holy shit

 

[obscure/renegade]

like leyndell could’ve been it’s own game lol

So many hours in that place.

 

[Yoritomo]

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The PC performance has serious issues. I'm playing it on my high spec machine. Has some texture flickering for me, even though the frame rate is fine.

4070ti
13700k

 

[Keksim]

GOTY (for now). Finally beat it today