• RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You’re missing out bigly if you give up on Elden Ring. It’s the best game of the century, so far.

    If you can parry in Sekiro, then you should be able to dodge or block or parry in ER and win. If not, then go a different direction and level up or something. It’s an open world with tons of options.

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      9 months ago

      You’re only missing out if you enjoy soulslikes. If you don’t, you’re just going to be miserable

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        9 months ago

        I would argue that someone who completed Doom on nightmare is somewhat into the masochism of the soulslike experience

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          9 months ago

          Edit: I just realized you’re not the guy I replied to before. Points still stand, but they’re a little less relevant.

          I completed Doom Eternal on nightmare too, at least in my case I just enjoy the gameplay elements of doom significantly more than gameplay elements of soulslikes. They’re fundamentally different kinds of difficulty.

          But we can probably agree to disagree. Video games are preferences first and foremost. Different individuals like different ones, and that’s not only ok, but should be encouraged

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          They are fundamentally different games, Doom is all about movement and target prioritization while fromsoft games are focused on one-on-one fights that you die in 3 hits and your movement is very slow even on a light character.

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            9 months ago

            That is true if you look at mechanics. I was referring more to the actual gameplay loop and linearity of gameplay, which is very similar between the two.

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        9 months ago

        I’ve subtracted some words from your comment to make it more accurate:

        “You’re missing out if you don’t enjoy soulslikes.”

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          9 months ago

          Nah. Soulslikes are imo awful to play. There’s really nothing fun about them to me. There’s plenty of people who enjoy them, but they’re not a universally fun experience. I’d slam my balls in a door before needing to complete a soulslike. They’re not fun to me, and that’s completely fine

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      9 months ago

      It’s the best game of the century, so far.

      I don’t find hyperbole like this especially convincing.

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      9 months ago

      I love Elden Ring but I honestly don’t think it lives up to the other soulslikes. Aside from Melania and Milaketh, it’s not even a difficulty thing… I think the open world aspect just waters down all of its strengths.

      I ended up putting in 300+ hours before I beat the game because the PvP and co-op were way more fun for me than getting to the end.

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      9 months ago

      What’s good about it? I’ve seen people stream it and it looks really boring, just repetitive and dingy.

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      9 months ago

      lol it’s not even as good as any of the Dark Souls games. It’s probably FromSoft’s weakest entry in the last decade. And yes, I finished it solo all bosses…twice.