Elden Ring

Let's judge Elden Ring in the most reasonable, pragmatic way. Let's talk about the good and the bad as it actually is, without bullshit. The way I personally see the game,

Pros:
>art direction is good/great, a lot of variety
>ambient music is fitting
>a lot of options for customizing your playstyle (a lot of cool outfits too)
>the game does make you pay attention at all times
>the spectacle aspect is grandiose, great as ever
>voice acting is excellent
>sound design is excellent
>some bosses are indeed memorable
>memorable moments like going to Siofra River or Caelid for the first time
>legacy dungeon level design is pretty good or really good depending on what you find interesting
>some characters are quite interesting despite vague (as always) questlines
>animations are mostly good or great

cons:
>input lag
>completely unbalanced on all fronts
>throwing multiple enemies that overpower you in a combat system that is not designed for such encounters (using summons trivializes the game most of the time whether you want it or not)
>enemies are too aggressive and deal too much damage, especially later
>almost all of the bosses appear more than once, which completely destroys the charm of uniqueness
>dungeons are repetitive as well and the loot inside is mostly meaningless
>the map is too big for the actual content it offers
>the complexity of the regions gets lowered as you progress further
>being staggered by the smallest farts which creates extremely frustrating experience at times
>quests are very easy to miss due to a bigger world, another case of needing to look up a guide
>don't know what they brought George RR Martin for if the storytelling aspect is exactly the same as it was in Dark Souls games (which is good if you like that)

I honestly think I've covered pretty much everything there is to this game, the crux of the problem lies in your own perception, what you find more or less important, if the cons don't mean shit, then this game is a masterpiece.

Attached: elden-ring-1.jpg (1800x900, 200.17K)

I can't believe they shipped the game when the whole ARC weapon being bugged
And no one actually called them out
Fuck Fromsoft and their retarded fanbase

this is probably my favorite from game just because of build variety alone

i completed the volcano manor assassinations, rannis questline, have the cursemark of death but havent given it to fia. am i locked out of anything?feel like killing my fellow tarnished has a major effect on the game but theres no indication anything is wrong, havent killed fire giant yet in the mountains, i think im on the last stretch of things but im putting off going any further because im still wondering which way i should go

Elden ring makes me cry bros

Attached: 1643995309498.jpg (928x556, 24.62K)

>Cons
Tranny game

>>input lag
ahah silly consolefag

Fair critique, my main complaint is that there are too many ways to cheese through the game easily with no skill, I for one thoroughly enjoy gatekeeping retards but elden ring doesnt keep them out what with the OP magic and various summons/ mimic tear

cons:
>the open world is complete useless once you understand how the the game plays out you will avoid 99% of the dungeons because there's no fucking reason to go in there
>there's also next to no point in killing any open world trash mob

>fire giant
>last stretch
Nah. You still have plenty to do, especially if you haven't done the Haligtree yet.