>>712763427 (OP)
Literal peak of the Souls formula

are you really playing on 720p?

>>712763427 (OP)
going down this elevator for the first time was the greatest gaming experience I've had in ~15 years
Genuine, unfiltered kino.

Discovering the scale of it for the first time

>>712763427 (OP)
it was decent but sadly too overtuned and bloated

>>712763706
60% of it is reused assets though..

Because it finally showed the scale they before only implied.

The environmental art, build variety, and lore (until you realize it doesn't really coalesce into anything solid, the alchemical shit is a cool aesthetic).
The open world (until you realize it sucks on repeat playthroughs and the side dungeons suck).
I still prefer the Metroid-like structure of the first half of DS1.

>>712763859
and you use the same clothes all the time
why the fuck does it matter

>>712763914
>until you realize it doesn't really coalesce into anything solid
Completely false
Elden Ring successfully implemented a mythology based on that with actual metaphysical and sociological implications

The Fell God is quite literally Saturn in the ancient conception of Sun King and depicted like ancient alchemical tomes.

>>712764563
There's no coherent setting that the game is based around

>>712763427 (OP)
was?
it still is!

>>712764641
>im too dumb to understand basic alchemical symbolism, therefore, the story means nothing
based retard

>>712764563
I guess what I meant to say is it doesn't really say anything about anything it represents. There's no message, just expression, which I guess is fine in a way but I wanted more.

>>712764641
Wrong again, but it's understandably actually too in depth for the masses to catch many of the classical and reneiasance era references in the lore.

>>712763427 (OP)
>Why was [dogshit game] so [meaningless buzzword]

>>712763914
>I still prefer the Metroid-like structure of the first half of DS1
Lordvessel has the be the biggest gaming blunder of the millennium. Completely killed an amazing gameloop

>>712763427 (OP)
Culmination of everything good

>>712763463
That's not Lies of P.

>>712765045
Literal proof of ER doing too many things at once.

>>712765238
your game is shit

>>712763427 (OP)
>sold as a random fortnite funtime sidequest
>has some of the best characters and music in the series
why'd they do this bros?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0yz457hVec

>>712763427 (OP)
Just started this game after beating DS1 on Xbox 360 about 4 times. What am I in for and what will I think of it?

>>712765303
No. It does exactly what it needs to do. It's a very authorial and inspired as work
>>712765483
Nightreign is full of lore implications of its own for Elden Ring

>>712765518
>"holy shit this combat feels so much better than ds1"
>"why do the bosses hold their attacks for so long?!"
>"wow, what a view!"
>"havent i seen this boss 3 times already?"
>"oh wow the snow area is such dogshit"
>"man, this boss is so good and this is a beautiful game"
pretty much in that order

>>712763427 (OP)

Not only it was not "kino", I realized I like focused Dark Souls/Sekiro experience. The so-called "legacy dungeons" is what I want. I don't like the open world in Elden Ring. I don't like searching every corner to find some shit consumable 100th time.

At the end of the game, I was exhausted and decided to not play similar games. I haven't bought its DLS's either.

>>712766296
>I don't like the open world in Elden Ring. I don't like searching every corner to find some shit
and I do, the game was made for me who was so exhausted by hallway murder simulators

>>712763427 (OP)
It wasn't.

>>712763427 (OP)
It was.

>>712763427 (OP)
Would be perfect if they shrunk the world by 50%

>>712763427 (OP)
In hindsight, it is kinda mid, innit?

>>712763427 (OP)
It would have been better if the coop wasnt ass.
But yeah if you play it solo its the best game in the series.