I'm still not back to gaming yet. No internet other than my phone. Hopefully soon.Please keep us informed how your run works out!
Is your home infrastructure now in a state, which allows some serious gaming? Hope so for you!
I'm still not back to gaming yet. No internet other than my phone. Hopefully soon.Please keep us informed how your run works out!
Is your home infrastructure now in a state, which allows some serious gaming? Hope so for you!
Well, on PC you're pretty much stuck with all the Dark Souls games, if you've not played them. I've played very little of them, the first one I've stopped and restarted the most. So if you've not played them, I guess those are your best bet. I'm currently playing the remastered version of DS1 with m&k and it seems fine to me. As good as Elden Ring, I'd say.@danutz_plusplus and others: I like the idea to use this thread for all FromSoftware games and am looking forward to your experiences.
In fact I have a question related to this:
Since I love Elden Ring I would like to try one of the other games. Which one would you recommend? Since I don't play on console or with controller, my requirement would be that is has a good PC-port, which is playable well with keyboard and mouse. I found Elden Ring to be playable very well with KB&M. Also I am only interested in offline play (if possible; I wouldn't mind friendly visits, if offline is impossible, but PvP would be a no-go for me). Is there an obvious candidate with these criteria?
If there are several to recommend, my next criterion would be: I love exploration, character development and itemization in Elden Ring. On the other hand I am not particularly interested in boss fights, so it would be good if the game does not (only) consist of a series of boss fights.
I'm surprised that after playing so much you still have the fire to play again. I think I'd be burned out. At least that's how I feel after each one playthrough of these games.Back to Elden Ring: I have now finished my third run and got the last missing ending (frenzy flame), so I have all trophies now.
I love this game and will surely start another run, probably with a fresh character now, probably I will try a sourcerer (though it will be hard to play without my beloved katana and bow, but I will see...). But before I do that. I would like to try something else for a change...
It's an absolutely gigantic game, and I really cannot imagine replaying it (at least for years to come), especially with the difficulty curve. So if there's even a chance they're gonna launch some expansion I want to take it all in, in one go, and no spend 150h to then have to do it all again if they do release more.Just curious, but why did you stop playing Elden Ring? Burnout?
Why do you feel like you would have to replay it just to experience the expansion?It's an absolutely gigantic game, and I really cannot imagine replaying it (at least for years to come), especially with the difficulty curve. So if there's even a chance they're gonna launch some expansion I want to take it all in, in one go, and no spend 150h to then have to do it all again if they do release more.
It depends on how the expansion is structured. Is it attached to the end, or is it somewhere in the middle? Is is sprinkled throughout?Why do you feel like you would have to replay it just to experience the expansion?
I hear you about the balancing though. It can be very annoying when you're in the middle of a playthrough and then they tweak a bunch of items and stats. That's one of the reasons I waited as long as I have.
Is that the boss you fight in a small room? That's about as far as I ever got in DS. I only tried him a few times before losing interest. I didn't find anything enjoyable about that encounter at all. It felt like trying to fight someone in a closet.About the Capra demon, tell me about it. Terrible fight. But I managed to find a faster way to get to him for repeated attempts. It was faster for me to just run from Firelink, avoid all the low-level warriors and go through the tunnel, that you unlock a grate for, and come out directly in the Lower Under Burg. And then just run up to the Capra demon door. That fight took me 5-10 tries I believe, but had I not had that fast way back I probably would've either stopped or farmed for more souls.
Yeah, that’s the one. He’s ok alone but he has two dogs which makes it particularly hard.Is that the boss you fight in a small room? That's about as far as I ever got in DS. I only tried him a few times before losing interest. I didn't find anything enjoyable about that encounter at all. It felt like trying to fight someone in a closet.
True, but what I don't like about DS is that you eventually get to points where you have to fight a boss in order to advance. That's where I think Elden Ring is superior since a lot of bosses are optional and you have more areas to explore vs needing to defeat a boss to open a new area.Well, that’s pretty much the point of these whole games imo. All sorts of encounters where you have to figure it out. Extremely frustrating to attempt repeatedly, but once you manage it the reward of overcoming the troll developers is amazing.
Indeed, though you do lose some of the interconnectedness of the world. Not in that it can't still be done in an open world setting, but just that the budget and time spent working is probably allocated in more places, and I imagine some will lose.True, but what I don't like about DS is that you eventually get to points where you have to fight a boss in order to advance. That's where I think Elden Ring is superior since a lot of bosses are optional and you have more areas to explore vs needing to defeat a boss to open a new area.
That certainly appeals to my sorry assJDR13 said:That's where I think Elden Ring is superior since a lot of bosses are optional and you have more areas to explore vs needing to defeat a boss to open a new area.
I ended up using a trainer for that fight. It made me feel a bit dirty though...Is that the boss you fight in a small room? That's about as far as I ever got in DS. I only tried him a few times before losing interest. I didn't find anything enjoyable about that encounter at all. It felt like trying to fight someone in a closet.
As I mentioned, the moment I found my path I'm not going back in going into Blighttown in any other way. Basically, I go into Blighttown via Firelink/Valley of the Dragons, kill the 3 big dudes pretty easily. And then, all the way down to the bottom you only have 2 of those fiery chaos flies, a couple of small flies which you can mostly ignore. And the big rotating wheel that you jump on and ride all the way down. Then you got 2 more chaos flies and you're at the bonfire down there.I think Blighttown has broken me. I'll have to do some Googling on the alternate route.