@@heisenberg4939the minimum you need to do offline is radahn and mogh but to get to mogh early offline you need to get to Altus and do varres questline
The only issue Elden Ring has, in my opinion, is that you're limited on how much you can swap your build per playthrough. What if you used up all your larval tears on builds and your current build just isn't cutting it and you're on the final boss? You're pretty much screwed. Larval tears should be a purchasable item from the vendor at the round table hold.
@@user-dy7bv3qs4jyou know damn well these complaining babies aren't going into ng+... especially not for the dlc. They don't even know that when you ng+ in dlc your tree fragments stay, but you can go gather more from the same known locations
To be clear, people reviewing something negatively is not review bombing. Otherwise, any and all non positive reviews are reviewed bombed and that's just a ridiculously silly concept.
Giving a game 1/10 because its ”too hard” is review bombing because a review is supposed to look at a variety of aspects. So that one negative cannot possibly push a game like elden ring to a 1/10.
It is _not_ harder, the 'issue' here is that ER opened up Fromsoft to a larger audience. An audience that _isn't_ familiar with their gaming practices when it comes to difficulty, specifically DLC-related difficulty.
Just untrue. Ive beaten ds1-3 and BB countless times and ER doesnt even compare. Every combo has delayed attacks and every boss is hyper aggressive. Ds3 you had Gundyr who'd punish you for trying to heal without an opening, nameless king had some delays on his attacks. Every main boss in this dlc has both of those qualities and hits much harder. Theres more tools at your disposal in ER like summons and items but the core gameplay is a huge step up in difficulty lol
@@CR-og5ho yeah the games all have different combat speed and aggression you should know this and realize they want you to adapt. Elden Ring gives you more tools than ever before. Bring in summons if you need them
Bro I’ve beaten every souls game multiple times on multiple ng+ play throughs. The bosses in this dlc are much harder than previous games besides maybe Orphan and Laurence. Gael and Midir are a joke compared to even Rellana.
havent seen anyone say its impossible, its just at the difficulty level where its more annoying than fun. fragments have nothing to do with bosses that are insanely aggressive or mobs that hide around every gd corner just to knock you off a ledge
@@lostbankai6521 it's better than having journalists that aren't into video games and don't even know anything about gaming pretending they know what they are talking about
If you are struggling at this game at all, you are 100% the problem. All the tools needed to give you an easier experience are already present and available; you just aren't using them properly or at all.
@@Grassdia Orphan of Kos was 1,000 times easier than Midirr. He’s weak asf to parrys. U can even bully him just like Lady Maria. Midirr one shots so easily even if he blinks.
Seriously, nearly 30 respecs per playthrough isn't enough? There's only 5 damage stats to build around, that's enough to try basically every type of build like 6 times each.
It's not too difficult it's just badly designed. Half the bosses your actually fighting the camera and visual clutter/consistency/trickery. Edit: It's also poorly optimized for PC
you gonna keep saying git guud till devs gonna do you like in helldivers2 where bots drop a whole legion of devastators every 2 seconds literally and you gonna admit that the game have reached absurdity . when this happened there literally most playerbase went with get guud mentality staying silent about it no one daring to mention it till everyone had to admit this is just silly and we caused it because we did brag a lot and got punished for it on purpose. call this one easy and you gonna get harder and harder games where you die 1000+ times while holding your tears and saying get guud like parrots to keep that pride and "veteran" status many here brag about
Elden ring was my first fromsoftware game and absolutely love it. This game requires time and effort along with exploration. Whenever things get difficult use a walkthrough guide from RUclips
I’m not sure if they patched it since this video came out, but the dlc doesn’t actually scale with new game plus. Enemies have the same health and your weapons deal the same damage as a regular play through
I’ve only a few bosses left before I’ve cleared the entire dlc. The only thing that changed in the dlc is you can’t just brute force everything anymore.
Thus dlc is only as difficult as you make it. Go get scadutree fragments, get a +10 mimic tear, get revered ashes, and a bleed build. That will annihilate every boss
It's suppose to be hard and they said the scaling would be different so high level players can't breeze through are that much of a b!tch you have to play a modded version
No it’s absolutely isn’t. When did gamers become so scared of a serious challenge. Yes From Software games are challenging but that’s the whole point in playing them. If you don’t like a challenge play another game where you can choose the difficulty and stop blaming the game for your clear lack of tenacity. Practice makes perfect, and trust me as a veteran of Soulsbourne, when you finally conquer a seemingly impossible challenge, the sense of satisfaction is something else. Go hard, git gud, and don’t go hollow my friends.
If the DLC is too hard you need to tweak your build. It’s like people don’t want to change their strategy. If one way doesn’t work try another way. That’s the logical thing to do.
Because the game has several mechanics and tools to make the game easy all you have to do is explore the map. But certain people are too lazy to actually go out and get them and would rather just flip a switch and the game be easy.
Difficult? Just as any FromSoft game. Annoying with over-the-top special effects obstructing player's vision and messed up camera? Yeah, sure. That's pretty much it.
Yeah you just dont buy the pc version of Fromsoftware games, at least not day 1. Souls was always a PS3/4/5 franchise that just happened to release somewhere else too
It just forces you to change your build up and then it becomes easy and very enjoyable. For instance rot rapier and finger shield for Radahn is easy mode
It's not a simple yes or no question. There are millions of combination of builds in Elden Ring, some are too hard for DLC, some are too easy. And then there is the skill issue.
You can Summon to Oblivion and destroy Bosses from affar, it's not unbeatable. You can actually modify your setup and strategy for every boss you struggle with. Far from impossible.
FFS… Did you do your homework before posting this clip? It’s already been shown that most of the backlash regarding difficulty is due to reviews from Chinese reviews. The other much smaller amount of negative reviews from English speaking players are due to poor performance
you gonna keep saying git guud till devs gonna do you like in helldivers2 where bots drop a whole legion of devastators every 2 seconds literally and you gonna admit that the game have reached absurdity . when this happened there literally most playerbase went with get guud mentality staying silent about it no one daring to mention it till everyone had to admit this is just silly and we caused it because we did brag a lot and got punished for it on purpose. call this one easy and you gonna get harder and harder games where you die 1000+ times while holding your tears and saying get guud like parrots to keep that pride and "veteran" status many here brag about
There’s some bosses that need patching but that’s to be expected on a first release. Overall it’s not too difficult, just try to actually play the game maybe?
It's about as difficult as one should expect after needing to take out one of the top 5 bosses to enter it.
2 actually. You need to kill radahn as well
2
@teen2ten you need to beat margit and godrick and if you don't do varres questline, you also need to beat dragonic tree sentinel, godfrey and margott
@@heisenberg4939the minimum you need to do offline is radahn and mogh but to get to mogh early offline you need to get to Altus and do varres questline
No. Can we move on now?
Maybe one more time, after all the topics "too difficult" make people see red and push them to criticize and defend. Also it brings views so...
man frfr
So you’re saying final dlc boss is easy?
@@mrfirestar9604 it is not supposed to. and it is not that much harder from the other bosses
Foreal 😂😂😂😂
The only issue Elden Ring has, in my opinion, is that you're limited on how much you can swap your build per playthrough. What if you used up all your larval tears on builds and your current build just isn't cutting it and you're on the final boss? You're pretty much screwed. Larval tears should be a purchasable item from the vendor at the round table hold.
so you should max out all the stat then 😂
@@hieuhuhong1993summon help? Spirit ashes? Keep trying until you finally beat it? Git gud? Lots of options.
Find more larval tears. There are videos that help with this. Nobody wants to put the effort in and that’s why people keep struggling.
Technically with new game plus you can get infinite number of Larval Tears, or evenly max out most stats, then you do not need Larval Tears to respec.
@@user-dy7bv3qs4jyou know damn well these complaining babies aren't going into ng+... especially not for the dlc. They don't even know that when you ng+ in dlc your tree fragments stay, but you can go gather more from the same known locations
In the beginning definitely yes. But after leveling up your scadutree blessing, you stop getting one shotted and it becomes a lot easier.
Tree Sentinel all over again
like how many times?
@@OMEKS_1I for once was so happy to see Tree Sentinel in Cerulean coast. Time to try the parries again.
Imagine the outcry if it was too easy?
Omg great point man. Hell hath no fury, and rightfully so.
Yawn. Play farming simulator instead.
Kids crying that someone suggested a difficulty settings in a one player game 😂
To be clear, people reviewing something negatively is not review bombing. Otherwise, any and all non positive reviews are reviewed bombed and that's just a ridiculously silly concept.
Giving a game 1/10 because its ”too hard” is review bombing because a review is supposed to look at a variety of aspects. So that one negative cannot possibly push a game like elden ring to a 1/10.
Said the review bomber.. People review bombing to get something to be their way is review bombing.
Everyone in the comments thinking that IGN is asking them personally 😂😂
@@NoGo-nl5ll They are not, they don’t care about your opinion. Leave a like and move on.
Scadu Fragments, that is all.
Of course !!!!
And change your weapons
Until you get to promise consort radahn
Tank him. Not hard once you figure it out.
It is _not_ harder,
the 'issue' here is that ER opened up Fromsoft to a larger audience.
An audience that _isn't_ familiar with their gaming practices when it comes to difficulty, specifically DLC-related difficulty.
Then why are souls vets complaining?
Just untrue. Ive beaten ds1-3 and BB countless times and ER doesnt even compare. Every combo has delayed attacks and every boss is hyper aggressive. Ds3 you had Gundyr who'd punish you for trying to heal without an opening, nameless king had some delays on his attacks. Every main boss in this dlc has both of those qualities and hits much harder.
Theres more tools at your disposal in ER like summons and items but the core gameplay is a huge step up in difficulty lol
@@CR-og5ho yeah the games all have different combat speed and aggression you should know this and realize they want you to adapt. Elden Ring gives you more tools than ever before. Bring in summons if you need them
this is so true, we are getting people who are not familiar with the game. you have to be a fan from the beginning.
Bro I’ve beaten every souls game multiple times on multiple ng+ play throughs. The bosses in this dlc are much harder than previous games besides maybe Orphan and Laurence. Gael and Midir are a joke compared to even Rellana.
This is basically fromsoftware's answer to people who said Vanilla Elden Ring was "Too Easy"😒🙄
With spirit summons, yeah, pretty eassy
@@pabul929 and that's what Miyazaki wanted to fix 🤔
As stated in the video, Souls DLCs are always more difficult than the base game. It is not a response to anything.
@@bar_bar9315 but Miyazaki knew what he was doing with this one 😏
mfs going to fight bosses without leveling up or making builds then complaining
Exactly! That’s dumb af lol
Or using summons or some of the many other tools the game gives you
Excatly 😂
No. its difficult but not impossible if you actually put effort into it instead of whining that its too hard on the internet
Based
So.. Git Gud \_/
Its difficult but summons broken builds and scaudtree fragments make it easy
havent seen anyone say its impossible, its just at the difficulty level where its more annoying than fun. fragments have nothing to do with bosses that are insanely aggressive or mobs that hide around every gd corner just to knock you off a ledge
@@Kanha..2000That's called bad game design
Love Krupa talking about his approach and then watching Rory do the exact opposite
Man this discussion is getting old and annoying
Don’t watch 🤷🏿♂️
No one asked, don't watch, simple
Only last boss is truly difficult. The rest can be beaten if you collect enough scadutree fragments and revered ashes...
It’s as difficult as you want to make it
Literally
100%
Exactly.
It's amazing how easy the game gets if you step back and explore the map.
@@senatorarmstrong4662You mean look online because the map is too empty and boring?
5:50 don't act like sacred tears and golden seeds don't exist, scadu fragments still fit very much within the established gameplay loop
the last boss actually makes appreciate the fact that the rest of the boss was actually fair
The hardest enemy of the Tarnished is the camera.
and gravity ofc
You control the camera, dummy. It's always been yourself.
Apparently gamers are the true game journalists here lmao.
@@lostbankai6521 it's better than having journalists that aren't into video games and don't even know anything about gaming pretending they know what they are talking about
Exactly
@Rnerdy197 Facts bro! 💯
My biggest complaint at this point is the furnace golems. I’m so done with these 😂
It's as difficult as the journalist who can make a jump in Cuphead tutorial.
Honestly only the final boss was difficult compared the base game.
Some of the base enemies were wayyy harder but otherwise totally agree
It’s not….
except for the final boss 😢
Bale the Dread...
no + skill issue
You need to upgrade your scadutree blessings but the final boss is from another planet as well as the camera during the boss fights 😅
Spending hours just cruising around looking for fragments just to beat bosses is so tedious.
If you are struggling at this game at all, you are 100% the problem. All the tools needed to give you an easier experience are already present and available; you just aren't using them properly or at all.
It's hard because we all stopped playing ER ages ago. The DLC is like jumping into MidGame Content while underleveled.
Yes, you guys stopped playing ages ago and didn't prepare for the dlc.
Is it difficult? Yes. Is it too difficult? No. Now move on people. The game gives you so many ways to make things easier if you want to use them.
The whole damn point is for it to be a challenge.. and to find any way to get pass it ..this coming from a guy that got smacked around at lvl 265
Also, coming from a guy that got smacked around at level 404.
DS3’s difficulty wasnt harder than Bloodborne’s dlc
yes it was, BB is pretty easy to be fair, even in the DLC
Base game no but midir was harder than anything bloodborne can throw at you, base and dlc
@@russellmuscle7434midir is pretty easy if you’ve played er cos he literally just has the dragon moveset also Orphan of Kos would like a chat
@@Grassdia Orphan of Kos was 1,000 times easier than Midirr. He’s weak asf to parrys. U can even bully him just like Lady Maria. Midirr one shots so easily even if he blinks.
Seriously, nearly 30 respecs per playthrough isn't enough? There's only 5 damage stats to build around, that's enough to try basically every type of build like 6 times each.
It's not too difficult it's just badly designed. Half the bosses your actually fighting the camera and visual clutter/consistency/trickery.
Edit: It's also poorly optimized for PC
ist it hard? Yes
Is it Too hard? Hell NO
What should those do who say it is to Hard?
GIT GUUD!
Exactly like it's suppose to be a difficult skilled game. The game just ain't gonna give you wins for free.
you gonna keep saying git guud till devs gonna do you like in helldivers2 where bots drop a whole legion of devastators every 2 seconds literally and you gonna admit that the game have reached absurdity .
when this happened there literally most playerbase went with get guud mentality staying silent about it no one daring to mention it till everyone had to admit this is just silly and we caused it because we did brag a lot and got punished for it on purpose.
call this one easy and you gonna get harder and harder games where you die 1000+ times while holding your tears and saying get guud like parrots to keep that pride and "veteran" status many here brag about
GET MODS, HELL YEA!!!
No man there is atleast two base game bosses harder than any boss in DLC .
Sekiro was harder than this
Does IGN only have bad 'journalists'?
no , since its not them who complain but the playerbase . after you why it was on mixed few days ago ?
Elden ring was my first fromsoftware game and absolutely love it. This game requires time and effort along with exploration. Whenever things get difficult use a walkthrough guide from RUclips
The video should be named “Is Elden Ring exposing people?”
It's exposing their skill.
Elden ring skill check DLC.
Explore and get the scadutree fragments easy as that
I’m not sure if they patched it since this video came out, but the dlc doesn’t actually scale with new game plus. Enemies have the same health and your weapons deal the same damage as a regular play through
"which major did u study for this journalist job?"
"major skill issue."
This is the 3rd major gaming news outlet that i've seen releasing video of this exact same topic in the last 24 H. coincident? weird...
Haven’t bought it yet, but considering how easy the game is with mimic year and a dedicated STR build I’m not worried.
It is probably too hard, but people who love it will find it ok.
No. Scadutree Fragmenst. Plus 3 Defensive Talismans. Boiled Crabs,Boiled Prawns. Use them. That's it.
I’ve only a few bosses left before I’ve cleared the entire dlc. The only thing that changed in the dlc is you can’t just brute force everything anymore.
If you ever feel like a boss is too hard just respec to mage
Thus dlc is only as difficult as you make it. Go get scadutree fragments, get a +10 mimic tear, get revered ashes, and a bleed build. That will annihilate every boss
The hardest difficulty was European Extreme in MGS3
No
It's suppose to be hard and they said the scaling would be different so high level players can't breeze through are that much of a b!tch you have to play a modded version
Scadutree design feels forced and unnecessary. Balancing difficulty around it has this side effects lot of people hated.
It’s Elden Ring so expect the same difficulty as the base game if not harder on some bosses. Finished it.
No it’s absolutely isn’t. When did gamers become so scared of a serious challenge. Yes From Software games are challenging but that’s the whole point in playing them. If you don’t like a challenge play another game where you can choose the difficulty and stop blaming the game for your clear lack of tenacity. Practice makes perfect, and trust me as a veteran of Soulsbourne, when you finally conquer a seemingly impossible challenge, the sense of satisfaction is something else. Go hard, git gud, and don’t go hollow my friends.
If the DLC is too hard you need to tweak your build. It’s like people don’t want to change their strategy. If one way doesn’t work try another way. That’s the logical thing to do.
No it's not, "play the game the way you want it but only 2 builds out of 10 are able to beat it" is not logical, just bad game design
No, it's in the perfect sweet spot
That's exactly the problem don't tie your buffs to items you have to find
Its not difficult if u hve alot of time to waste grindding lol
Why are we asking this question
Because as usual, gamers are throwing a fit about a game.
Because the game has several mechanics and tools to make the game easy all you have to do is explore the map. But certain people are too lazy to actually go out and get them and would rather just flip a switch and the game be easy.
Just take your Scadutree vitamins
ahahahaahahahah
Difficult? Just as any FromSoft game. Annoying with over-the-top special effects obstructing player's vision and messed up camera? Yeah, sure. That's pretty much it.
Yes.
The irony, it's the journalists now telling everyone else to "git gud scrubs"
It doesn't matter and it's difficult year but you always find your way out to difeat the all boss
For some people its not difficult, for some people its difficult.... let them judge and give a score based on their own experience.... 😅
They made a bad, boring, frustrating and unimaginative game. Once the hype is over, people will start realizing this.
Only hard bosses were Messmer and the final boss. BUT pair it with horrible performance issues on a brand new, $3000 PC build, yes, it's hard.
Get your money back
I'm playing on a PC with a ryzen 7 7700, rtx 4070 with 16gb of ram at 1440p with Max settings and I've experienced exactly 1 dip in framerate
Yeah you just dont buy the pc version of Fromsoftware games, at least not day 1. Souls was always a PS3/4/5 franchise that just happened to release somewhere else too
@@TheBestFlow1000 I've already beat it & played more than the 2hr refund period on steam. Loved it, just disappointed in the performance.
It just forces you to change your build up and then it becomes easy and very enjoyable. For instance rot rapier and finger shield for Radahn is easy mode
Use everything they give you to your advantage. Only issue is they want you to explore, but that can break the games quest systems.
No gamers this generation is just less skillful than those who proceeded them
It's not a simple yes or no question. There are millions of combination of builds in Elden Ring, some are too hard for DLC, some are too easy. And then there is the skill issue.
You can Summon to Oblivion and destroy Bosses from affar, it's not unbeatable. You can actually modify your setup and strategy for every boss you struggle with. Far from impossible.
It’s so ironic how when you pick up your first scadutree fragment the game explains what they are and do
And people just ignore them and complain about the game being hard to the point the dev has to make a post and say to pick them up.
Elden Ring made people at comfortable by being bad at the game, hidden by their level or build
“The hard is what makes it great”
-Jimmy Dugan, A League of Their Own
FFS… Did you do your homework before posting this clip? It’s already been shown that most of the backlash regarding difficulty is due to reviews from Chinese reviews. The other much smaller amount of negative reviews from English speaking players are due to poor performance
This video should've been a RUclips Short.
The answer is no.
No, but the last boss is extremely unfair and most importantly not fun to fight like Gael or sister Frieda
Skill issue
@@austin0_bandit05 toxic issue
So that's how you pronounce "Scadutree"???
No
you gonna keep saying git guud till devs gonna do you like in helldivers2 where bots drop a whole legion of devastators every 2 seconds literally and you gonna admit that the game have reached absurdity .
when this happened there literally most playerbase went with get guud mentality staying silent about it no one daring to mention it till everyone had to admit this is just silly and we caused it because we did brag a lot and got punished for it on purpose.
call this one easy and you gonna get harder and harder games where you die 1000+ times while holding your tears and saying get guud like parrots to keep that pride and "veteran" status many here brag about
No it is not. Whining people just aren't picking up the recommended items, that's all.
But how to beat that first tree sentinel...
After all the Ls IGN took from people. Mfs at IGN took an opportunity to take revenge and roast people having the game being too hard. 💀
If it were too easy, people would have complained even more
They are hard but very doable even without summoms, appart from the final boss second phase of course..
Difficult but not impossible. Fromsoft's DLCs are known to be more difficult than the base game. The peak of Fromsoft's games is their DLC.
The old hunters dlc was way more harder imo
Without even having played it, no.
There’s some bosses that need patching but that’s to be expected on a first release. Overall it’s not too difficult, just try to actually play the game maybe?
NO. Salty players just needed their daily supply of attention.
Yes it’s hard but practice make perfect,I started on my ng+ which make it harder so have had to use summons but have beaten 3 bosses so far.❤
for me it still feels unbalanced.
"explore the world"
and find 89% useless or worse loot than in base game.
patch ur game fromsoft
It's not "Shadow tree" 🤦
?
@@XSETMando they keep saying shadow tree fragments, instead of scadutree fragments
@@danielbaynes2911The prefix "Scadu" is old English for "Shadow" though.
@@MrSunshine72Untrue, can’t actually find any evidence of that at all. ‘Sceadu’, yes.
Finally, someone pronouncing Scadutree appropriately.
Skadoo
@@CrooKdLetterJnah. “Shadow”
Scoobie-doo tree?
Challenging is what makes this game a masterpiece
Yeah the skibidi tree blessings won't save you from radhan
They need to increase the potion limit in the DLC
You already have 14 potions. You can make 14 mistakes if not more... just git gud man cmon
It feels just as hard as the base game to me