I didn’t feel that in Elden Ring because you can ignore all that and make a good build or just not go to caelid super early

I felt it cause I was stubborn and refused to use summons and magic

Summons took the fun out of the game but seeing how I never used magic in any Dark Souls game before Elden Ring was my first and it was surprisingly good and it got even better after an update. OP even

elden ring sucks!

Dumbass

So fromsoft games don’t contain any of these?

From Soft games have moments and God Of War Ragnorak is like that from start to finish.

So is Hogwarts

Feels like you’re making excuses for the games tbh.

I’ve beaten both God Of War and Hogwarts on their hardest difficulties. Remind me of what excuses i’m making?

Critiquing bad difficulty is not making excuses

Matter of fact i’m about to beat Hi-Fi Rush on its hardest difficulty as well and that one has been pretty smooth

You’re making excuses so you can split hairs on what is and isn’t a challenge lol. A standard industry practice doesn’t become bad difficulty just because FromSoftware designs their games to be inherently difficult. The core formula is literally ‘keep losing until you don’t anymore’

Okay so name a game as balanced in difficulty as Sekiro, Dark Souls 3, Elden Ring and Bloodborne.

Games at also their hardest difficulties and don’t require cheese to get through

Halo 2

Castlevania for NES

VVVVVV

And games aren’t like that now (other than From Soft games) which is my point.

But really Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal on Nightmare, Resident Evil 2 on Hardcore, FF7 Remake on Hard. That’s all that comes to mind. Most games with multiple difficulties totally f*** up the balance.

That was a joke Halo 2 was balanced like total ass

Not sure what you even mean by that tbh because people cheese those games too.

I'd probably say The Arkham Games

In fact, FS games kinda encourage cheesing LOL

I never played them on their hardest so i’ll just take your word for it

*clever use of gameplay mechanics

SOULS DIEHARDS are hilarious but I would never expect an argument would start in the harry potter game thread

Thats literally ur fault not the game no duh the game was harder you ignored a pretty important main mechanic the game is built around (spirit summons) and a powerful optional one (magic) that is fleshed out n more powerful than ever

I was gonna say lmao

Legendary halo 2 is literally impossible for the most part and Jackals are THE boss of the whole game no matter what difficulty

Gow 5 optional area bosses are the most frusturating thing ever

More than Souls, Monster Hunter & whatever the hell

Game is goat besides those

Dont talk about cheap hits and literal sponges until you do the optional bosses & endgame content of Gow 5, even worst because its not flexible like a true rpg so you literally have to power through it instead of alternate legit methods, leveling or better char builds/equipment

The only bad thing about the game