I don’t get it. This is insanely boring.

me when I play a game that doesn't suit my tastes

>>713136242
This shit objectively sucks though. There’s basically no story, the lore is borderline incoherent, the world looks okay but isn’t exactly engaging, and the gameplay is just grinding lame as fuck enemies in the most boring combat imaginable until you beat edgier enemies in the most boring combat imaginable. It’s not my subjective taste. This game objectively blows.

>>713136465
Please shut up

thread bump limit here we come

>>713136465
Okay.

>>713136465
You no like spam ash war? yuo no like marriage with blue loli? WAT DO LIEK DEN?! HM?!

>>713137249
Pokemon!

>>713136465
>"objectively", says the man offering his subjective opinion

>>713136984
As if we don't have hourly "Elden Ring sucks, actually" threads that die after five minutes of people realising that the OP got filtered hard. Remember the four letter word.

>>713136465
Bro typed a whole thesis to basically say “I suck at the game and didn’t read item descriptions.” You’re describing 90% of classic RPGs and soulslike storytelling—what exactly were you expecting, a Ubisoft waypoint simulator? Let me guess, you skipped the tutorial cave too and cried when Margit curved your spine in half.

>>713137468
How is it subjective though? It’s factual that the game has little to no coherent lore, little to no story, no character personality, few interesting environmental things, like the game just has nothing going for it besides a general cool art direction. In fact I’m convinced that if it didn’t have that art direction you all would think it was shit. What’s subjective about this analysis?

>>713138137
>How is it subjective though? It’s factual that [subjective opinion]

>>713137972
Why do you guys just insist anyone who criticizes the game sucks? It’s such an obvious cope. It wouldn’t matter if they did suck either since both the game and the player can suck.

To answer your question though, I was expecting a remotely engaging game, not a mostly shitty grind simulator. The game really has nothing going for it other than the art direction.

>>713138197
So you think Elden Ring has compelling and coherent story and lore? I guess you find the characters’ personalities compelling too right?

>>713138137
>Interesting
How can something be factually interesting or uninteresting?

>>713138286
Yes. And that's my subjective opinion.

>>713136159 (OP)
The only souls game that I had an immense amount of fun playing was DS. I didn't think that Sekiro was as fun as people made it out to be, Bloodborne didn't turn out to be as fun as I hoped it would be and I dropped it after Gascoigne, I dropped ER after arriving at the Great Lift, and I'm too lazy to pirate DS3 because it looks uninteresting. Really I think that DS was lighting in a bottle. That game is magical.

>>713138304
Well if it is virtually non-existent or borderline incoherent I think that would qualify for factually uninteresting. How can irrelevant characters with no backstory whispering literal nonsense nothings be interesting?

>>713136159 (OP)
>waste bunch of time looking around finding nothing when trying to progress
open world is a meme

>>713138372
Explain to me what you like so much about the story and character personas anon. Be specific.

>>713136465
You could've opened with this aswell instead of using a youtube clickbait-esque thread post

>>713138459
You said that about the environments though, not the characters.
It's objective that there's not much going on with plot or characters but how much you value that in a game where it's clearly not the focus is subjective.

>>713138496
Exactly, dude. The game has fucking nothing in it.
> inb4 nuh uh there’s a guy who is a pot and some edgy monsters!!!
Yeah, but absolutely no relevance to a story, no backstory, no personality, no importance at all.
This shit is retarded lmao.

>>713136159 (OP)
Something happened and now you're there to do something or whatever, roll a bunch and shoot lasers from your sword and then roll through boss lasers and then everything ends. That's it.

>>713138585
Same principle applies. What is interesting about the environment? I agree that the art direction is pretty good…but that’s it. There’s nothing else in it, no fun areas, no comfy areas, no vibey areas, no interactive areas, nothing. What could possibly be interesting about that?

Also, the weapons and armor and shit are not even cool. I think you have literal untermensch edgelord taste if you think the characters or equipment look cool.

how dare u like thing i dont like >:(
how dare u dont like thing i likey .....

>>713136465
Maybe God of snore is more for you. Like 50% of that game is story and it's gameplay is even walking down hallways while the game gives more story

>>713138523
How specific? I like the way when I was playing the game it was like unraveling a mystery. Every item I found was a new fragment of lore that revealed a tiny morsel about the world, and so my progression through the game was not just rewarded with tangible things like runes for buying things or leveling up but also with knowledge. I loved talking with Miriel about the mystery of Radagon and hearing him hint about the statue that hides his secret and then discovering that statue and uncovering that secret. I loved meeting Ranni and seeing her as this cold-hearted objective-focused diabolical schemer only to progress her questline and realise she's a scared little girl who's just trying to save herself from a horrific system that wants to abuse her. I loved how Nepheli was left in this vulnerable state and I could have easily taken advantage of her by turning her into a puppet for my own benefit but instead I decided to lift her up and help her realise her potential. I loved the way the base game makes you think that Mohg and his pureblood knights are mustache-twirling villains and then you meet Ansbach in the DLC and he's friendly to you, he helps you, he asks you for help, and he makes you realise Mohg was a victim of his circumstances. I loved finding the "O Mother" gesture, realising almost instantly it's significant somehow, trying it on every statue I found, and then when I finally found the right place it was meant to be used the feeling was incredible. Not because someone told me about that secret, but because I found it myself through sheer perseverance.

You can ask more specific questions if you want me to be more specific.

>>713138929
Story as old as time

>>713136159 (OP)
Clear downgrade from earlier efforts

>>713139091
> oh you don’t like (pile of shit)
> maybe (pile of shit) is more your speed heh
> you just suck
*yawn* get new material

>>713139420
What's your favourite game?

>>713139129
based video game enjoyer

>>713136465
That's rough.
I liked it tho.

>>713136159 (OP)
holy filtered zoomyzoom!

>>713139498
Don't waste your time, he'll never answer that question.

>>713139129
Well, this is the thing. None of what you said is specific, not really. You like unraveling the lore? Okay. What lore though? There barely is any as far as I can tell. If you disagree or it’s just further along then I am, describe it. You can’t just say you unraveled it. You have to detail what you unraveled. As for the rest, sorry I don’t find a gesture compelling enough to justify sinking hundreds of ours into a game and going “10/10 perfect” lol.

>>713139498
Idk. There are too many good games to name a best game.

>>713139750
Me when if I refused to read since first grade.

>>713139750
This is the fundamental problem with "people" trying to "criticize" Elden Ring on /v/: they're all illiterate. There's no point in even trying to engage them because they cannot read the words on their screen.

>>713139750
>What lore though?
Marika was born to a race of people called Shamans originating from the Shaman village who were persecuted by the Hornsent. The Hornsent kidnapped and tortured the Shamans for horrific experiments designed to invoke the divine. In retaliation when Marika achieves divinity she persecutes the Hornsent and everything related to them, including her own children who were cursed by the Hornsent to bear their distinctive features.

If this isn't lore what the fuck do you think it is?

>>713139750
>What lore though?
If you blind yourself, cover your ears and scream, there is nothing and nobody can prove it to you.

I'll just ask here. Am I the only one that does not care for open world games? I played elden ring for about 200 hours. When I first started, I don't know how I ended up the lower right red region (cailed I think) so I spent hours fighting overpowered bosses. then when I went back to the other parts of the map, I could easily kill a boss in like 5 or 6 hits. It just doesnt make sense to me. Even after 200 hours in, I'm not really into the game. Like at least witcher 3 had a compass, and a checklist for people to talk to and stuff. Elden Ring actually wants you to learn its characters names and lore...which is something I can't do cause I find the story pretentious and boring.
All the vids I see of people fighting the toughest bosses are with weapons and skills you can't practically acquire.
I want to like ER, but I guess it's not something for casual players.

>>713136465
Your personal opinion is not objective. If you don't like it then don't play it, you control what buttons you press retard.

>>713136465
>objectively
ESL retard

>>713139813
Yeah of course. You know if you gave a definitive answer you'd get torn the fuck apart for your shit taste. Nice cop-out pussy.

>>713136159 (OP)
Certainly better than that Korean Bloodborne clone. Typical contrarian attention seeking. nothing new to see here.

>>713140128
There is a teleport trap chest real close to the start that can send you there.

>>713136465
TRVKE

>>713140001
>>713140002
Read it again niggers. The guy said he likes getting items that reveal the lore, but never details what lore is revealed by getting the items.

>>713140073
And the random items you pick up throughout the world reveal all this?

>>713140116
And yet nobody has a clear answer

>>713136159 (OP)
pvp is pretty fun when you get a good build going and can stomp a team of 3.

Thats all i worked towards its like a long ass dozen hour scavenger hunt for shit staying at a certain level so you don't get ass blasted by insane power creep. Then you just stop and invade forever. I've never even beaten the game fuck it.

I've for certain defeated many people who have beaten the game probably more than once so im sure that counts for something

>>713140128
People argue about open world vs not open world but it doesn’t even matter that much. Open world can suck just like linear games can suck. The world can also be good or not good. A game isn’t good or bad just because it’s open world. The make or break thing though is that the world has to have a cool vibe or be fun to explore. If it’s not cool or fun, it’s just tedious and boring.

>>713140345
>And yet nobody has a clear answer
None that you'll accept.
Youtube up tarnishedarchaeologist. This guy has a discerning eye and proves there's a ton of attention to detail in souls games. A fuckload of lore not written in item descriptions but implied through the environment.

>>713140139
Not an opinion. There are facts.

>>713140170
> your taste is shit
Peanut gallery comment from a literal retard with obviously shit taste since you’re defending this boring slop. Don’t care for your opinion at all.

>>713140515
So what you’re telling me is that there is coherent lore but you have to autistically comb through every detail of the game to even get a clue about just a morsel of it…?

This is what a great game is like to you?

>Ubishill gets confused and angry when people like different things the thread
Ignore.

>>713140358
Who gives a shit though? Elden Ring lovers always resort to “you just suck” as if that’s an argument in favor of the game being good, and now the critics feel like they have to explain how and why they don’t suck just to point out that the game is boring is fuck. Who gives a shit either way if the player sucks or not? The game is clearly garbage and that’s true independent of whether the player is good or not. The game doesn’t magically become better just because you’re better at it. If you like it more because you’re better at it, even though it sucks it’s not a good game, you’re just retarded and without self awareness.

The only thing I didn't like about Elden Ring is how repetitive catacombs can be, otherwise it's pretty kino

>>713140515
the guy just makes shit up as he goes for yoyos like you
thats the secret of youtube

>>713136159 (OP)

>>713140758
>The game is garbage because I don't understand it and hate gameplaym focused games. REEEEE WHERE'S MY MOVIE TALK ND WALK SEGMENTS

>>713140541
So what's your favourite game? If you reply to this with anything other than your favourite game or if you refuse to reply at all you are verbally and contractually admitting you're a disgusting faggot who takes cock up the ass daily.

>>713140791
It's not kino. There is no kinography.

>>713140615
It's called subtlety. I know not a lot of gamers can appreciate subtlety because they'd rather not chew their own food, but I think it's far more tasteful than exposition dumps.

>>713140345
>And the random items you pick up throughout the world reveal all this?
Yes you retard, you'd know this if you knew how to read.

>>713140985
When Melina offed herself it was pretty kinographic

>>713140345
>The guy said he likes getting items that reveal the lore, but never details what lore is revealed by getting the items.
>And the random items you pick up throughout the world reveal all this?
lmao you can't make this shit up

I don't get it either. The lore is the same zanzibart garbage over and over gin with no substance. Most action games and RPGs mog this shovelware open world trash.

>>713136159 (OP)
It really is. Just running around, and doing what exactly? lol

Fromsloppers have no brains and consoom the same trash since Demon's Souls or King's Field which are all shit games.

>>713140968
OP still hasn't replied to this meaning he is verbally and contractually admitting to being a disgusting faggot who takes cock up the ass daily.

>>713138730
It has all of those areas. Just go to youtube and look up top 10 smoke spots in elden ring. Find some nice places to light up.

>>713136159 (OP)
DS2 is unironically better than this slop

>>713136465
>no drive to overcome
>no fight or flight
>no adrenaline dump
>I wish I was being told a story rn
What kind of phenotype is this?

>>713141401
>look up top 10 smoke spots in elden ring
None were made by the OG so they're all faggot copycats

>>713141426
Every souls game is a trash hep of some sort. None of them are good games.

>>713140968
OP still hasn't replied to this meaning he is verbally and contractually admitting to being a disgusting faggot who takes cock up the ass daily

>>713136159 (OP)
That's what she said.

>>713140914
Wrong! It’s not garbage because I don’t understand it. It’s garbage because there’s nothing to understand.

>>713140968
I don’t have one. Seethe about it more I guess. I don’t know what to tell you. Your reply is off-topic.

>>713140991
There’s a difference between subtlety and being so hidden that you need to autistically pick apart every detail to get just a morsel of anything.

Fromslop is just a worse version of Bethesda overall without the soul.

>>713141957
you can
>listen to NPC dialogue
>Read item description
>Pay attention to your surroundings
if this is "autistic" then you're the type of person to never let go of the run button.

>>713141907
>Stop going off topic in my therapy blog
based retard

>>713141032
>>713141086
They don’t though. Unless this comes in only after sinking your entire life into it, there is no discernible or coherent lore that can be gleaned from random in-game loot after many hours of play. You’re not even being honest either. Most of the lore you do know wasn’t gathered in-game. They look it up and then they go “wow you can learn that in the game. So good!”

>>713141907
That's all well and good but with this reply here you are verbally and contractually admitting you're a disgusting faggot who takes cock up that ass daily.

Faggot.

shazam lost

>>713142223
>there is no discernible or coherent lore that can be gleaned from random in-game loot after many hours of play
You didn't even read the random in-game loot

>>713142193
> just listen to NPC dialogue bro
> the NPC dialogue: (in hushed voice) “well met, tarnished there are some who would dare not venture the lands between but you are a different sort” (this means absolutely nothing)

>>713142223
>lore has to be quick and easy to understand or it doesn't count as lore

>>713142335
I did. The “lore” that can be gleaned from in-game loot, at least to the point I’ve played, is either meaningless, incoherent, or so shallow that to call it lore is an insult to lore. And worse, only 1% of items are the latter.

From the other thread I think this is OP's favorite games.
>>713137312
What I consider good:
Mario 64
MGS3
RE4
Vice City & San Andreas
Dead Space 1+2
Advance Wars
Fallout 3
FTL
Master of Orion 1+2
The first Psychonauts, second one sucked
Hollow Knight
CK2
First three Halo games
XCOM 1+2
Oblivion
Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead had potential but the devs suck

>>713142439
Just because you're too much of a retard to understand basic English text doesn't mean it has no meaning.

>>713142425
No, it just has to be coherent. Elden Ring’s lore, from what can be gleaned from in-game loot alone, is at best shallow and aesthetically edgelordy and at worst totally incoherent or meaningless. Pace and ease have nothing to do with it. I mean, tell me. How many items do you have to pick up to gain a coherent understanding of what a tarnished is and why you’re there? Give me the list of items if you can.

>>713136465
If your first complaint about a video game is the story, then your opinions are not worth the space it takes up on the internet. Good day

>>713141440
> no drive to overcome meaningless edgelord slop for literally no reason
> this is supposed to be the livestock sentiment in your view
Oh brother. Why don’t you endeavor to overcome scarring up your face too moron.

>>713142641
In the English language, lists can imply an either/or my ESL friend. I could be saying it sucks because there is no story specifically, or I could be saying it sucks some thing, which may or may not be a story as one of the possibilities, is absent.

>>713141440
> he doesn’t want to break his spine so he can literally fuck his own face?
> he has no drive to overcome
> what’s his phenotype
Absolutely braindead retard shit. Unreal.

>>713142263
You missed one little loophole in your contract. See, you yourself are in fact a retarded faggot and so whatever contract you make is thereby null and void.

>>713142604
It's not coherent to you because you're retarded. It's coherent to everyone else.

>>713142641
If your game lacks a fundamental element then it's a shit game.

>>713143023
You still haven't replied with your favourite game meaning you are verbally and contractually admitting you're a disgusting faggot who takes cock up that ass daily.

>>713142726
>meaningless edgelord slop
>I should cry about it on the internet
lol, lmao
>>713142873
Well? Why are you a fucking quitter? You could be sucking your own cock right now instead of whining on 4chan.

>first 1-2 hours of a new character when you have to ride around and gather weapons/exp to make the game playable
a slog
>the next 10-15 hours of exploring early areas
comfy
>everything after the grand lift
not fun anymore
>the snowy mountains
already quit

>>713143063
Story is not a fundamental element to a video game. Go watch a movie or read a book

Elden Ring is not a good game. It's a shit game.

>>713143063
What's the story of pong?

>>713143324
What's your favorite game?

>>713143286
Story is what keeps anyone who isn't an arcade obsessed kid engaged with the game. It's why games with it stay up to discussion for years and are on most people's top lists since they respect your time.

>>713143507
What game would you say has the best story?

>>713143030
Lmao no it’s not. In fact the internet is filled with people pointing out that this shit is barely coherent and you guys always just freak out and tell them to git gud so you can keep pretending they’re wrong.

>>713143586
What game would you say has the most coherent story?

>>713143507
>It's why games with it stay up to discussion for years
>makes a thread to discuss a game with no story
What did he mean by this?

>>713143286
Yeah, if the game is fucking pong. Thanks for admitting your favorite game has less depth than pong.

>>713143332
Am I supposed to equate Elden Ring to Pong? Not exactly a good way to defend your game.

>>713143586
The whole world is filled with people who think that all bad people will conveniently get punished upon death and all good people will conveniently get rewarded upon death. You think popularity is a measure of truth?

>>713136159 (OP)
It was fun before they patched it.

>>713143647
>>713143695
What's your favorite story in a video game?

Fromsoft barely qualify as game devs and are behind the gaming industry by 40 years. Even DEI slop looks more polished than whatever they shit out.

>>713143641
This is a low IQ question. There is no MOST coherent. Coherence is like truthfulness. A statement is either true or it’s not. Similarly, something is either coherent or it’s not. There is no most, least, more, or less coherent. Anyway, to pick a game off the top of my head that had coherent lore, Bioshock.

>>713143695
I think you're supposed to rub your 3 functioning brain cells together until a thought emerges, hopefully one that tracks with the rest of the conversation.

>>713143789
I said what game would you say is the most coherent, not what game is the most coherent. No wonder you can't understand Elden Ring's story or lore, you can't even understand basic English sentences.

>>713143705
That’s true you idiot!

Anyway, it’s a bad analogy. One is fundamentally about something fundamentally knowable and the other fundamentally unknowable. Besides, the claim was not about what it is objectively but how it is to everyone else.

>>713143874
Oh, I see, you're right. So what's your favorite game?

>>713143842
There is no most coherent dumbass. Do you really not get it? That’s like saying which up is the most up? It makes no sense. Damn, it’s no wonder you like Elden Ring. You think in literal nonsense.

Elden Ring is garbage and whoever likes it should get shot. Same goes for all Fromslop.

>>713143507
>It's why games with it stay up to discussion for years and are on most people's top lists
Like Elden Ring? The game came out three years ago, still gets daily threads on /v/, and is considered by many to be one of the best games ever made. You're free to have your own opinion, but you're the one that made a discussion thread for a three-year-old game claiming it has no story while simultaneously claiming that only games with a story get discussed years after release.

>>713143919
Pokemon Snap

>>713143748
Probably NBA 2K

>>713136465
You’re correct. Play Demon’s Souls or Dark Souls instead (the original versions) because they actually have good level design encounter design that holds up the gameplay.

>>713144018
Most of the threads are people wondering why you livestock animals like this slop.

>>713143946
Do you not understand the difference between a person asking for an objective truth and someone asking for a subjective opinion?

>>713144053
No they don't. They're also boring slop to slog through since they have no story.

>>713144053
I played those. I think all from software games are mediocre at best. Elden Ring stands out because the natural slaves and human livestock insist with you it’s the best game ever when actually it’s a bit worse than the other mediocre from slop games.

>>713144134
>>713144163
What's your favorite game?

>want to make a le ebin berserk cosplay build or shit idk
>remember that i'd have to trek across the empty boring map for like an hour or two to level up and get the items i need
>replay Dark Souls 2 (Vanilla) once again instead

>>713144134
Ok nevermind then you’re retarded.

>>713140541
>shows his games
>its all jrpg's and visual novels
every single time

>>713136465
TRUTH NUKE

>>713144082
And yet they are daily discussion threads for a three-year-old game. That shouldn't be possible according to your positions, but here we are. So which is it? Does Elden Ring not have a story, or is story not essential to long-term discussion of a game?

>>713144018
Most discussion is shitting on the game and Fromslop. Other game classics don't suffer this and guess what they have: yes a story with beloved characters something ER or soulsslop lacks.

>>713142501
>the most basic bitch normie opinion ever
wow its nothing

>>713136465
You're right, king.

>>713144127
Holy fuck you’re retarded. Objectivity and subjectivity have nothing to do with it. A thing can be objectively coherent. I can subjectively perceive it to be coherent. But what it can’t be is objectively THE MOST coherent or subjectively THE MOST coherent. Why? The most implies a matter of degree when there is one. Coherent is a binary description. A thing cannot be more or most coherent. It’s either coherent, or it’s not. Asking what is an example of a coherent game makes sense. Asking what is the most coherent game makes no fucking sense. Get it now?

>>713144185
The Last of Us

>>713144185
Fruit Ninja

>>713144261
I just explained this. The reason for the threads is because we cannot believe what the fuck is wrong with you people that you’d like this slop. It’s shocking to us, like discovering for the first time at age 30 that your twin brother is a drooling downie or something? It’s like “what the fuck how is this possible?”

>>713136465
Great troll thread gj.
Never enter the arts man, you would fail hard at it.
Gl with ur office job or trade though.

>>713136465
SPBP

>>713144534
> *writes royalroad slop one time*

>>713144493
You've been shocked that people like a game that you don't for every day for three years straight? How long is it going to take for you to come to terms with the idea?

>>713144334
Oh, I see, my bad. So what's your favorite game?

>>713142268
Your fake discord posts lost kid
better luck next time

>>713144493
I don't understand how anyone can like Persona or Final Fantasy. Do I make constant threads about how Persona or Final Fantasy are objectively shit? No, because I'm not an autistic retard.

Be honest. Did you like the combat in this game?

>>713144634
Not just me. We aristocrats of the soul have been shocked that you human livestock can’t see the slop is slop.

>>713144713
But you soulstards clog up the catalogue so it's fair to shit on your slop. In fact it should be mandatory to ban your endless spam shit threads.

>>713144713
The difference is that Persona and Final Fantasy are just not that good while Elden Slop is complete and total slop. This isn’t my opinion btw. This is just how it is.

>>713144878
I thought all the daily threads were made by people shitting on the games. Now it's the fans that are clogging up the catalog? So ER does get daily discussion threads from genuine enjoyers of the game, despite not having a story and despite being three years old?

>>713144878
>>713144934
Yeah I guess I see your point. So what's your favorite game?

>>713144967
It's not just ER it's soulsborne or NR tranny OPs that I keep seeing.

>>713145080
Croc

ER is trash and so is ll Fromslop.You're no different from a FIFA or COD slurpper if you like these games.

>>713145080
Battletoads

>>713136159 (OP)
It is, stop falling for viral marketting

>>713144774
Hell no, its why I play magic in soul games. So I can keep the "combat" as short as possible. Unfortunately from has double down on "everything must be soul arrow" and making cast speeds slower. So you either glint shard or carian slice. Juggling malenia with not firestorm was hilarious however

>>713145365
Turbo tunnel is actually the easiest level in gaming history. Beat it first try.

>>713145360
>>713145423
What's your favorite game?

>>713145526
Jedi Power Battles

By god this site is dead. Did the middle east exploding kill all the shitposters?

>>713145694
Your mom is the middle east exploding.

>>713136159 (OP)
>NOOOOO YOU CAN'T JUST CALL THE GOTY BORING, YOU JUST DONT UNDERSTAND THE GAME AND YOUR SHIT AT IT. YOUR OPINION IS DISCARDED YOU CHUD.

>>713145526
Team Fortress 2

Fromsofts games literally have ONLY lore, they don't have outright baked in clear "story". To say their games have no lore is fucking retarded. Even the way architecture is designed is hyper specific and ties into lore. Literally even the difference in rock texture in one zone compared to another has lore connotations about a pleateau that used to be over here shifting or moving, finding similar features to something up above ground way down under ground tells you this place fell into the earth etc.

The story is always there but it is literally held together only by lore, it isn't really explicitly explained to you like a movie, the game treats you as an inhabitant of that world, not a gamer sitting on a couch playing a videogame. It doesn't tell you "why" things are the way they are, because that would break the 4th wall that an npc is explaining why the fucking sky is blue to someone that should know why the sky is blue in that world.

You have to literally treat the game like a novel where every description, every visual and cue is a clue to something.

I avoided playing it because it looked like a game npcs liked.

>>713145782
Ironic shit posting is still shitposting faggot.

>>713145782
What's your favorite game sharteen?

>>713136159 (OP)
Ok, then go play TLOU2 and you are set. Maybe thats more suitable for you.

>>713145986
This method worked well in Dark Souls, where the lore isn't complicated at all. You watch the epic cutscene explaining how the world came to be and all the major forces in it, and then every new bit of lore you try to tie into that existing framework. The main appeal isn't the shit you glean from item descriptions, though, but from meeting all the other Undead and being invested in their personal quests, which further motivate you to finish your own quest of linking the fire/getting to the Throne/etc.
Elden Ring just has lore and more lore. Melina's the only character I give two shits about and I want to learn more about her, but she's really only there to relay cryptic shit her mother said. I just couldn't care for any of the NPCs in Elden Ring as much as I cared for Solaire, Siegmeyer, Siegward, Anri, the Emerald Herald, the funny cat, etc.
I beat Morgott and I was going to go get the Flame of Giants or whatever, but I know that Melina's gonna sacrifice herself, and I just can't find myself to care about the game beyond her.
OP's right, the game's insanely boring. GRRM may be a great writer and the lore of Elden Ring's interesting on its own, but the way its adapted into a game is just boring as shit.

>>713144198
>le ebin berserk cosplay
Please tell me it wasn't Guts...

>>713146485
No, you're just old and jaded and don't want to read items and stuff anymore. I bet when you picked up a key item in Elden Ring you didn't read it's lore text did you.

See, many of us still approach it the same way since Demon's where even little consumable items you read the text.

Elden Ring is just big and means it has more minor stories and things within itself to tell, the overall story and plot is just as clear as souls is.

>>713146591

>>713146610
which reddit post did you steal this From?

>>713146784
What's your favorite game?

>>713146805
Fallout 4 with DLCs.

>>713146610
>old and jaded
I'm 19, man. Don't do me like that.
I did read all the lore texts, and while I do find the universe interesting enough on its own, the game just doesn't have any characters that can make you care about this world the same way Dark Souls did. The nature of the open world also makes it way easier to lose track of questlines.
Maybe it's just because Elden Ring's a different universe. If I have the opportunity to play Bloodborne one of these days, then I'll let you know if that's the case.

I just didn't find the world particularly engaging. Needed way more grit and despair. In-your-face gameplay works best under stressful, morbid conditions. ER gives sunshine and rainbows vibes 67% of the time. Gay.

>>713136159 (OP)
>>713136465
Hourly retard samefag discord tranny thread

>>713139582
zoomers love this game

>>713136242
How the fuck did this mindbreak OP?

>>713137468
>not immediately dismissing anyone who uses the word "objectively" when judging a videogame and trying to argue with them

>>713146663
KEK
But seriously, it surely must be possible to cosplay other Berserk characters. A Schierke or a Serpico build seems feasible across all the games. Elden Ring has so many weapons that you could probably make a Silat build as well.

>>713140968
Diablo 2
Not OP, just wanted to share as someone who is bad but likes des, ds1&2, and ER+nightreign
3 dicks me down at the first basic knight dude, don't feel like Pyro or sorcerer and not really sure what would be good for me

>>713136465
Dude my horny penis is getting bigger, you can’t just make me have a big horny penis XD

>>713147914
>Not OP
Then I wasn't asking you. OP has yet to answer this very simple question.

>>713147294
doesn't change the fact OP is a retarded zoomer who wasn't smart enough to put subway surfers on his second monitor so he wouldn't get bored every 30 seconds.

>>713148050
Yeah that's pretty gay, seems like an easy thing to do, or even top 3-5
He probably doesn't play videogames, he could be playing a game or talking about games he likes but instead opts to complain about a game he doesn't like in the first place, as if rationalizing his contempt for elden ring to internet strangers will somehow give him validation, pitiful really

>>713148437
I could even change the question from "what's your favorite video game" to "what's one video game you kind of like" and he still wouldn't answer because he knows people would rip his ass apart.

>>713136159 (OP)
And you're a fag
Eldenring is the peak of vidya and no game will ever top it

>>713136159 (OP)
True, the world lacks color and it offers nothing new besides the horse, dark souls 1 and 3 are more than enough to experience everything fromsoft has to offer for this type of genre/game

>>713140968
Dragon Dogma 2
Suck it fromslopers

Anyone that actively hates the Soulsbornering or Nioh games is objectively shit at video games. They're functionally great action rpgs, the best even, and if you dislike action rpgs that's fine - they're not your taste. But if you go out of your way to say they suck or they're bad, you were absolutely filtered by the difficulty.

The difficulty isn't even that bad, if you learn the mechanics and stick to them till you can actually play without dying a gazillion times, you can play the rest of the games without having to relearn because the hard part is over. It really is that fucking simple.

Join faggots. We oppress women here.

gg/NKuQGaxB

>>713140758
If you don't like the game then fine. You are not gonna change my mind on it. I've enjoyed it the two times I beated it. That's what retarded niggers like you don't get. Some people enjoy the quietude of running through the "empty" parts. The build variety. Even fighting against the same bosses from time to time. I may not grasp the lore but the first time going through it it made my imagination go into overdrive, I love it when stuff does that.

That's it. Niggas like it. You don't have to like it. But you can always fuck off and play something you enjoy instead of starting arguments with random people on the internet.

I like nightreign more than SOTE but I liked base ER more than both.
The weapons SOTE added were really cool.

The word objectively and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race