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I was arguing that the game isn't "TOO hard" specifically. Of course it's hard, and as you said it's a subjective opinion. I just got annoyed at people stating it as if it was a fact. You could argue I did the same here, but the video says "honest thoughts" and I say "I think" and "in my opinion" numerous times in the video

I didn't even hear of this until you commented. Thanks for informing me, and I'm sorry if I spread any misinformation

If you’re trying to get views by saying haha hey guys look I liked the dlc to fine go for it but there’s tons of stuff for people to be mad at the new weapons are worse then the old ones they fucked up pvp with dash attacks you can’t roll out off the new leveling system seems lazy they didn’t give better co op or much lore other than make pre existing lore worse like jars/radhan

I can go on and on it’s good for a dlc but for two years it’s fine people are disappointed and everyone saying mad cause bad is room temp iq or under miquellas charm

Maybe take five seconds to read the dislikes before making a 13 min video

Also it’s fair to hate the kind of difficulty they put in even the I blow you up or you blow me up is way lamer then the dance of sekiro or base elden ring it feels like the same way they increased difficulty in Skyrim back in the day again feels lazy

Also it’s fair to hate the kind of difficulty they put in even the I blow you up or you blow me up is way lamer then the dance of sekiro or base elden ring it feels like the same way they increased difficulty in Skyrim back in the day again feels lazy I dislike the dlc I hope they do better in the future

Yeah, I've heard the final boss really overdoes the visuals and the attack spam. I guess I'll see how bad it is when I get to it... unless Fromsoft patches it lol

@@chriscastaway I can see them toning it down in some way

@@truebacon133 It definitely seems like a possibility if the overall concensus of that final fight is anything to go by. I wouldn't be opposed to it if it makes the fight more enjoyable for people

Definitely a 9.5/10 too imo so far. I actually fought both Gaius and Bayle today. Gaius wasn't as bad as I thought he'd be, although my first death had me say "I'm gonna cook that pig" lol. As for Bayle, I didn't think he was too aggressive, but the fact that he gives you no window to summon and/or apply spells at the start was pretty annoying. I also loved yelling "CURSE YOU BAYLE!" But yeah, the camera has been a problem for people since the gameplay got faster in Bloodborne, and some of the attacks in the DLC aren't any better imo. Considering most games are worth £50/£60 these days, having a £35 DLC the size of a whole game was a treat, and I think people should be focusing more on that

I hope people cool down about it, because it's a fantastic DLC. I'm glad you're enjoying the game, it's quickly become my favourite game of all time

I definitely hate the "boss becomes a regular enemy" trope in these games, especially in DLCs, but I think your point is just reinforcing by what I said in the video. This is the case for literally every Fromsoft game since Demon's Souls 15 years ago. Bosses become minibosses/normal enemies, certain rewards are completely useless if your build isn't made for it, certain enemies have a stupidly OP attack that can 1-shot you and the only way out is to kill it first. The advantage Elden Ring has over the other games is the ability to use Torrent for most of the areas, so you can skip a lot of the things you don't need/want. Just like the main game, it can be an inconvenience for a 1st playthrough, but then you'll know what you're doing for the repeat playthroughs. We'll see how I feel after I finish the DLC, but for now I have minimal issues with the way the DLC is. And to clarify, I'm not saying that ER doesn't have issues with it's difficulty, but "too hard" isn't the issue, in my opinion. I think the issue is that you can get seamless jumps in difficulty and not know for certain if you're supposed to be there. That's the blessing and curse with open world games, though, so I can't fully complain about it

Bad take. This company has gone above and beyond to make a fantastic video game and an amazing dlc. Sure it’s not perfect. Nothing is. That is impossible. People complained Elden Ring was too easy. Now people complain Elden Ring is too hard. It’s a tale as old as the souls games. If it’s too hard it’s just not for you friend, and that’s okay. I thought it was fantastic and easier than I thought. Probably because so many people were hyping up how hard it is.

@@PuffnStuff117I don’t remember anybody complaining about the game being too easy. Idk where everybody is getting that from.

I definitely should've clarified when I said that it's not too hard. Like you said, not everyone has the same level of skill, and "too hard" is very much a subjective opinion, and people are saying it as if it's an objective fact. My logic is "if it's too hard, how come people are able to beat it?" Because it's objectively possible to beat, and has happened frequently. I get that some of the bosses can be tedious. One of the bosses I got to just kept coming back and I was like "just stay down already!" But the argument that you have no room to be creative beyond a couple R1's is something you can also say for Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3, ESPECIALLY their DLCs, and yet people love them. So I don't get how people are hating this DLC for the exact same reason they loved the others. Obviously, when I finish the DLC, I might have different opinions, but so far I've been loving it. I even went to a certain boss I was likely underlevelled for and had such a fun time fighting them. I guess it comes down to what you want out of these games

Yeah, it can get pretty frustrating to clearly hit a button, only for the action to either be a bit delayed or not register at all. I also saw issues in the main game where an area wasn't loading and I fell through the map to my death twice. I'm sure they'll fix the issues as soon as possible

Thanks! I really appreciate you saying that!

My final moments on this Earth will be seeing the Shrine of Amana lol

Oh absolutely, and a PROPER remaster. They had a good idea with Soul Memory affecting PvP, but Fromsoft games didn't have a good multiplayer until Elden Ring imo. I'd love to see all the games remade to have modernized combat and mechanics

Yeah, I figured. I was a bit uncertain because you don't have to be human to get a summon come into your world. DLC is definitely a difficulty spike compared to the main game, but I enjoyed it... for the most part lol

I mean, true, but also DS2 was the easiest for my 1st playthrough by a country mile, and it's the one I know the least about

@@chriscastaway for me the easiest is ds3

@@jauneork278 Ironically, that's one of the hardest for me. It might be the input delay on my controller, but I can never seem to time the rolls right. That, and it was the first time I fell victim to roll catches

@@chriscastaway it's more that DS3 was when they started designing enemies assuming the player should ALWAYS have access to powerful rolls (high I-frames, low stamina usage, long distance, short recovery). They first added them in Bloodborne but the enemies were too easy or too unfair so they started designing enemies ASSUMING every player has access to powerful rolls. This leads to enemies having almost no downtime between attacks, much stronger tracking, incredible gap closers etc. Makes fights feel more intense but once you start to see the point you can't unsee it. Dark Souls 3 gets a bit tedious with this knowledge. Elden Ring solves this problem with ominous timing and input reading. Dark Souls 2 tried to balance this with the ADP stat. I understand your criticism about "changing things for the sake of changing things" isn't charitable to the design team.

@@nathancourtney94 "changing things for the sake of changing things" isn't JUST about ADP. It's also about the idea of losing max health after death, the fact that you get invaded despite not being human, putting fragrant branches of yore in front of areas to prevent exploration, the unnecessary extra fall damage, doubling the amount of enemies in Scholar, just to name a few. Obviously, opinions are subjective, and you can say it isn't charitable to the design team, but at the end of the day it's criticism like this that helps the design team see what they can do better in future, and I think they've done an excellent job since, even in DS3.

It's definitely a good game, and it's proof that a Souls game doesn't have to be hard to be enjoyable

GG!

Just sayin I beat Mohg on my 1st try and Pontiff took me less than 6 hours, both runs were my first time and... I levelled my Vigor a lot, and used Mimic Tear ashes for Mohg 🤣

Lmao damn those mimic tears are a treat😂 also sry if my first comment was rude i was thinkin about it after i wrote it i was just salty after the 6 hour stomp

@@IamGerbil Don't worry about it, I've had much worse comments in my short time uploading these Fromsoft vids🤣

Thanks! I appreciate the feedback! I will do that in the future vids

I definitely agree with you on that, but I think owing to Mohg's entire deal, he can get away with it as opposed to someone like Malenia for example. I think the 2nd fight with Margit is what makes Morgott's fight held in lower regard, because you can have the 2nd Margit fight less than an hour before the Morgott fight on a casual playthrough. Even then, I can definitely see why Morgott's is people's favourite in the game

I beat it in 30 sexonds

Interesting. What build?

That's definitely a fair point. That part is completely subjective, because I found out that my personal preference for lore tends to be complete badasses/final tests that encapsulate the story of the whole game. I guess my point there is less that the disgusting lore takes away from the boss, and more that the disgusting lore makes me feel weird for enjoying the fight, if that makes sense

@@chriscastaway well look at it this way you're enjoying fighting and defeating a complete scumbag evil guy which is totally understandable, it's not any different from enjoying the death or defeat of a villain you hate in a movie/tv show

I like this ranking, although seeing DS2 beneath it all would make a friend of mine very unhappy lol

@@chriscastaway Yeah DS2 just never clicked for me personally, I liked a few fights like Looking Glass Knight, Sir Alonne and Fume Knight, but combat just feels rather cumbersome at times and even though I liked Fume Knight, I died so many times trying to predict the right time to roll, and rolling in that game probably feels the worst of any game in the series imo

@@VargusDreadI absolutely agree with you on that. ADP really messed up rolling in that game, even with the max I-Frames

As I said, I don't count Stakes of Marika because there is the chance you might leave to level something up and come back, and you can't warp to Stakes of Marikas. So I base the runback from the Site of Grace, which includes the elevator ride you have to endure every attempt. Also, I 1st tried Mohg with a summon, so I never noticed it lol

I think if each attempt didn't require me to use torrent for 30 seconds just to get to Radahn while dodging his attacks, my memory of him would be better. For Astel, yeah the weapons you get from him are lame AF, and the design feels like someone just put a bunch of random stuff from other entities together and said "fuck it" lol

Godskins is definitely a soundtrack that has grown on me since my first playthrough, but I think it is kinda wasted by having it be tied to the Godskin fights. Imagine if someone like Maliketh had it instead, it'd be quite fitting for him and also a lot more memorable than his current OST... I genuinely can't remember what it sounds like 🤣

@chriscastaway this is true but that just means I get to hear it at least twice in one playthrough. 4 times if I decide to do the 2 solo apostles. I don't remember malikeths ost at all. Maybe because his health pool is teeny and he dies too quickly.

Thank you so much! I just woke up one day and decided to make some Soulsborne videos, and somehow people are enjoying them 🤣

@chriscastaway Honestly, since Elden Ring was released I've had a small obsession with FromSoft games. I first played vanilla ds2 way back and didn't really try any of the others after that until I'd played Elden Ring. And now Bloodborne is my favourite. Looking forward to more Soulsborne stuff

@@weirdybeardystuff9261That's a very interesting journey through FromSoft. I never managed to play vanilla DS2, so I was forced to play Scholar, needless to say it's my least favourite of the ones I've played so far lol

@chriscastaway yeah it's not the most orthodox. Just playing DS2 vanilla put me off playing DS2 at all so haven't picked up Scholar just yet but it is on the list. At the bottom. With the Rotten.

Woops... I slipped?🤣 But seriously, it really is a great DLC, it's just a case of one of them having to take the bottom spot. I'm in the process of doing an Elden Ring Main Bosses Ranked video, and I've run into the same problem 🤣

I absolutely agree with that, Ringed City's heights were definitely the peak of my experience, and the top 3 really do come down to personal preference. I think Halflight just annoyed me too much to justify a number 1 placement

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm having fun making these videos, and it's heartwarming to hear others appreciating them

Shhhhhh, don't expose me like that 🤣

Definitely a great fight, but I wanted to spread the bosses across all the games equally, so 2 for Dark Souls, 2 for Dark Souls II, 3 for Bloodborne and 3 for Dark Souls III

I think DS3 is severely overlooked in that aspect. Nothing beats DS1's DLC, but The Ringed City came close imo. I personally never got the criticism of "DS3 just constantly references DS1" because it's a sequel, that's what it's meant to do. That'd be like complaining Red Dead 2 made too many callbacks to Red Dead 1, and at least DS3 did it in a way that felt like it made sense and was respectful to the first game unlike DS2 imo

@@chriscastaway i don't have any problems with the callbacks and reused assets, sequels do that. I don't like how every boss seemed to be an attempt at making another ds1 dlc boss which kinda misses the point. The dlc was so good because nothing else was like it. If every boss is that fast moving, only the ones that are really good bosses shine through. I think elden ring suffered from this too but the player is faster in elden ring so it's just all faster in general

@@mememan5466I never thought about it that way before, but it's an interesting perspective. I always saw it as DS3 doing what Fromsoft always does, which was to improve/perfect aspects that they worked on in the past for better or worse. I definitely agree that by having all the bosses be fast paced, few stand out, and I guess it did bite them in Elden Ring because they had to come up with new ways to make the boss fights' challenge stand out

rlly trying to be different huh?

And basically surpassing it , manus is literally 10x more fun than artorias and honestly in ds3 dragonslayer armor and champion gundyr are more fun to fight your opinion basically sums up to “im a contrarian and because of that i think that this thing is trying to live up to something when its not “ sorry to say but ds3 sekiro elden ring and bloodborne have dar surpassed what artorias has contributed ; just because its a similar philosophy or style does not mean that artorias is better than the likes of gael or that kalameet is better than midir