I beat the game

>>715555694 (OP)
You did
But you didn't enjoy it as much as I did
My victory is worth more than yours

for me I had yosh as my side kick for the bullshit unfun bosses

>>715555694 (OP)
You cheated not ONLY the GAME, BUT yourself.
You didn't grow.
You didn't improve.
You TOOK a SHORTCUT and gained nothing.
You EXPERIENCED a HOLLOW victory. NOTHING WAS risked and NOTHING WAS gained.
It's SAD you don't KNOW the DIFFERENCE.

>>715555694 (OP)
If it's an option the devs give you and it gets you to the end credits, yeah you "beat the game" if you use it. Anyone saying otherwise is a silly billy. Shit like save states when playing roms, for example, aren't dev intended, so if you beat Battletoads with save states you didn't beat the game.

Any self-imposed restrictions are just bragging rights/dick measuring.

>>715555751
>>715555924
Elden Ring bosses are the most dogshit in the series. They've gone off the deep end with difficulty and now make shit stupidly difficult because "from games are le hard xD". I felt no accomplishment when I solo'd them.

>>715555694 (OP)
Yes

>>715555751
you suffered
I had fun
who won?

>>715556274
Its like saying you did not beat fallout because you used strong weapon

I didn't, it sucked

How fun is a buffer build where you just buff your mimic tear?

>enter boss room
>summon mimic
>drink flask with cerulean hidden tear
>spam comet azur

>>715557125
kek

>>715555694 (OP)
But that's not where the game ends, it's not even the final boss

*ding ding

>>715557125
To be fair, who could have possibly expected a Killbot 9000 to just materialize before them like that?

>>715555694 (OP)
You summoned someone else to beat the game for you
>>715556390
Elden Ring bosses are the best in the series, you're just lazy and stupid. You want to brainlessly steamroll through the game like you could the baby PS3 games.

you beat an objectively easier version of the game but the important thing is you had fun

>>715555694 (OP)
really telling how everyone was saying this thing was op when the only way it doesn't die in like 2 hits is if you're already metagaming with s tier items. souls fans are all such posers.

>>715557424
skill issue, retarded shield knight needs to gitgud

>>715557629
anon they nerfed it into the ground, the current mimic isn't nearly as tanky as on release, there is video evidence of the og soloing malenia and other late game bosses

>>715557629
lol. All you need is to upgrade it with those white flowers and it becomes insanely tanky.

>>715555694 (OP)
Not only that
but you made soul trannies seethe
that's like a added bonus

In Elden Ring you poke chads for 5 damage after they do their sex haver combos

In Ninja Gaiden you are the chad

Is this thing still broken? I remember I killed every late game boss in 3 hits with it's L2 on my FAI build shortly after release.

>>715557436
>You summoned someone else to beat the game for you
>You summoned
>You
It can't beat the game for you if you don't summon it first. Player input is mandatory. By your logic, summoner classes (necromancers, etc) in ANY game are not a legitimate form of gameplay. After all, you summoned someone else to beat the game for you.

>>715557853
ah yes the common "uninteruptable anime combos" complaint

skill issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFRtMiMlfII

>>715557953
its one of the best pve weapon still, yes
imo it shouldn't heal but its purpose it to reduce the game's difficulty like many other items
its the hallmark of a newb player if you see it in pvp, though its viable there too

>>715557436
I like most of the ER bosses but I will always hold the opinion that PCR is shit tier, even after the nerf.

>>715557853
Just hit the enemy retard
https://files.catbox.moe/n67ieh.mp4

>>715558243
Post nerf PCR is very hard but perfectly fair. A bit one note and not the slightest bit reactive, but not bullshit. The only bullshit boss in the game at this point is Gaius.

>>715558004
>you summoned
You pressed one button. In most games, summons aren't cheating yourself out of gameplay. Elden rings entire gameplay loop is fighting bosses, by pressing a single button to summon a man to beat it for you, you're actively removing the main gameplay loop from your playthrough
>erm elden ring is about exploration, only half the game is boss fights
Then you're pressing a button to delete 50% of the gameplay. Why play the game at that point? I'll tell you why, becuase you think being able to say "i beat this h a r d game" makes you look like a skilled gamer. But everyone knows what you are, a lazy cheater.

>>715556643
I say this

>>715556510
>I had more fun than you by turning off half the gameplay
You would have had just as much fun watching a YouTube walkthrough.

>>715555751
Based

>>715556510
>not having fun by suffering
It's like you're a regular ass mortal or something

>>715558820
I don't think he's unfair, I really just don't find him fun on any build. He was also disappointing as a final boss desu

>>715555694 (OP)
>>715555751
>>715556421
>>715557784
nope, you didn't

and never will

>>715558243
>>715559065
>I like most of the ER bosses but I will always hold the opinion that PCR is shit tier
>I don't think he's unfair, I really just don't find him fun on any build.
based and correct beyond belief

>>715558820
>The only bullshit boss in the game at this point is Gaius.
What's bullshit about him? I want to know because im doing my 2nd playthrough and at shadow keep now. Did they never fix his charge hitbox? That was the only thing that frustrated me.

>>715558904
>you're actively removing the main gameplay loop from your playthrough
I didn't do that. The game devs did. I just pushed the button to activate that effect. I still beat the game as intended by the developers. It would be more impressive and I'd probably feel more acomplished if I didn't use it, but that's a self-imposed restriction and like I said, that's just dick measuring.

>>715555694 (OP)
>not playing with big brother oleg or engvall
You didn't beat the game.

>>715555694 (OP)
grats, was it fun? i enjoyed playing with an 80int build, magic is always more interesting and in-depth to me than melee

>>715558243
PCR just isn't fun.
He's like an amped up version of Golden Godfrey where its just a relentless several minutes of a boss constantly chasing you down without any flow or sense of back and forth.
Real Godfrey is a great fight, but Golden Godfrey is one of my least favorite in the game because there's no personality or sense of energy other than being mobbed by a tough boss. PCR is the same.

>>715559901
Yes, I completely agree with you that Fromsoft are retarded for having an "anti-gameplay" mechanic in their action video game.

>>715555694 (OP)
Yes you did.

>>715555694 (OP)
I didn't

>>715555694 (OP)
Erm, unless you beat the game with your bare fists, without estus and without rolling, you didn't actually beat it you just cheated and cheesed your way through the incredibly difficult bosses.

>>715561086
See, you get it: the state of the industry is trash. Nintendo did it too with the leaf that practically beats the stage for you in 3D World. Like, sure you can use it, the devs put it there TO be used but you shouldn't exactly feel proud about it if you do. You can still say you "beat" the game if you get to the end credits afterwards but your dick must be puny.

>>715555694 (OP)
yes you did mimic tear. your summoner didnt though, thats for sure

>>715555694 (OP)
Same, just beat consort with dung puppet

>>715557953
It's even stronger, there's a talisman that boosts magma damage in the dlc

>>715555694 (OP)
I've beaten every boss solo a couple times so I just use summons on ones I find tedious/annoying now desu (i.e. Rennala)

>>715557953
I beat the game using that and mohgs fork.
Mohgs fork just shreds bosses, Malenia barely moved.

>>715555694 (OP)
Depends. Did you trade hits on purpose? If yes, you didn't beat the game.

>>715566320
I literally don´t know how to dodge.

>>715555751
/thread

>>715555924
>>715566554
That phrase originated because someone used a unintended way to win by altering the game's speed.

Unironically, they cheated and didn't beat the game.

>>715555694 (OP)
thank you mimicbro, my only friend and lover

I kind of can't believe how many people actually used spirit summons. Did none of them play the previous games? They're not that hard.

>>715555751
I bet you used weapons, you casual bitch.

im still sad about the cool cut questline relating to this summon, why cant i have my mimic waifu inside me...

>>715568874
I still want to do a run where I use as many summons as I can. They're actually a cool concept, their only issue is how bosses have no idea what to do when they have multiple targets so they make the game way too easy.

>>715555694 (OP)
It's the only good one so of course I'll use it

>>715557953
Stand back

>>715555694 (OP)
Yeah the mimic did beat the game. You, however, did not.

>>715555694 (OP)
>health cost can't be healed while it's alive
it's so simple, why wouldn't you balance it this way??

>>715556390
>>715557436

>>715573113
Because then no one would ever use it

>>715573113
because like every game before, Fromsoft has no idea what they're doing and shipped a half-finished game again, and they only balance for pvp crybabies

>>715573113
>MUH BALANCE IN A SINGLEPLAYER GAME
kek

You did but i'm better than you.

>>715555694 (OP)
Same.

>>715556274
What if i savestate because putting password in older games are retarded?

>>715573208
I kneel.

I'm guessing all of the retards I get in Nightreign who don't know how passives work, run around without pinging anything, run past dropped loot, etc. are the RoB + Mimic players from ER

>>715573208
>ds1 gameplay is outdated, you're supposed to spam L2 or jump attacks now bro get with the times boomer
do eldenfags really?