now that the dust has settled, what made Elden Ring the best game in recent history?
open world dark soul
well there's hardly any competition. about the only game i like just as much is unicorn overlord.
>>730997061armored core 6 was the superior game.elden ring just got more attention because of normies and their allergy to mecha games.
>>730997061>generic fantasy open world now with soulslop combatnobody outside of the ER playerbase cares about this game.It invented no new mechanics, no new game elements, nothing.
>>730997204>Nobody but fans of the game care.Amazing observation. Truly the Sherlock Holmes of our time.
>>730997061It was more like a sandbox for post BB souls combat. Pretty boring. And even the so called legacy dungeons were tedious.DeS and DS1 are still unmatched.
Why do they feel the need to never evolve past their cryptic bullshit? It's always the same dying world gimmick that got old since DaS1. Is this because of Japan's stagnation? When they hop on new trends they tend to do the same more.
>>730997363Insane sneak.
>>730997061It's easily the worst Souls game. Adding a billion miles of pointless empty space, a useless crafting system and 500 unbalanced weapons is not an improvement.
>>730997467>/v/ when the story doesnt have yellow paint
>>730997061it was decent
>>730997467I think the story is great because I love the walls of cope text people type out when people point out it makes no sense, has no emotion, and it tries to ride vibes instead of telling a story. I love when DLCs come out and prove half their theories wrong and the shitfit they throw until they rationalize the new wave of garbage. I love watching the pigs watch their favorite lore ecelebs and parrot them as if it was their own opinion.
>>730997618plays nothing like decent
>>730997061Worst Souls gameI used to put it under DS2, but nah it probably really is even worse than DS2 desu
>>730997061I own 5 physical copies of Elden Ring and 3 copies of Armored Core 6
>>730997627what's a decent game then?
>>730997694decent III
>>730997694Civ VII
>>730997467I think cyptic bullshit needs to die and they should resort back to classic storytelling through dialogue and cutscenes where the npcs talk. None of this aura farming nonsense when the beast says forgive Zanzishart before dying. Item descriptions are the worst way to deliver lore and should be banned for good.
>>730997467This. I need more cutscenes. Every 3 mins there should be a 1 min cutscene where an NPC talks at me. There's too much gameplay.
>>730997709This BUT sincerely.
>>730997694RE4, RDR2, MGS3, Blood, Half Life, and FF7 list goes on
>RDR2kys
>>730997709They should have cutscenes since the gameplay in these games suck and there's no real motivation to care for them unless they finally get a story. Worst movie game beats the best souls game.
>>730997061>Elden Goyslop >Anything but mediocreLMAO
>>730997853Tranny take
>>730997808>RE4nigger game>MGS3sandnigger game>FF7weeb, opinion discarded.
>>730997853More people care about the jar and Ranni than just about any other video game characters in this decade. The jar doesn't even have a cutscene.
>>730997874imagine dying to the easiest boss in the game, lmao
>>730997061
>>730997467The funniest part is how they hyped up GRRM's involvement as a writer in the marketing. Then the game comes out and the story is literally a CTRL+F find-replace hackjob on Dark Souls. Must have been an easy gig for GRRM because he contributed literally nothing.>>730997709>anyone who criticizes Elden Slop must like movie games!No nigger we just wanted a Fromsoft game with a new setting and a new story instead of Dark Souls 3.5Bloodborne and Sekiro actually advanced the series and Elden Slop is a gigantic leap backwards
>>730997882>trannyLike the freaks who enjoy this garbage. >>730997909Nobody but soulsfags care for soulsfaggotry. You ask a random person on the street who either Arthur Morgan or Ranni is, they'll most likely recognize Arthur Morgan. This FOMO trash didn't last a year in the public conscious.
>>730997709This post got them bubbling
>>730997984Tranny Reddit take
>>730997983Bloodslop and Shitkiro are both just as bad as the rest of the series. Bloodslop even more. Shitkiro needed alot of work on its narrative and I mean a ton of manpower to keep Miyazaki's shitty influence of cryptic nonsense out of it and make the protagonist likeable and memorable for once.
>>730997109The open world is the main thing hurting the game. More like open-ended and content-rich. If that was condensed down into something with less filler it would be an 11/10 game
>>730997061It's the fact that it makes so many things well it's almost unbelievableThe open world is expansive and charming, rarely getting boringThe combat is engaging and fair most of the time, and you can play in so many different stylesExploration is fun and each region feels so different from each other, and most of them are absolutely gorgeous/interestingThe NPCs are mostly interesting too, as well as the main bossesThe music is always at least adequate, and sometimes just straight up amazing, like Altus Plateau and Bayle's themeThe main quest is very good, and some side quests are great.Elden Ring is that game that, if you analyse it by its parts, you'd most certainly find better games in all aspects, but I just cannot think of a game that does so well across the board.If I had one criticism towards Elden Ring would be those stupid repeated bosses, like fucking Godrick and Godefroy, but that would be it.
>>730997874Looks like DD2 troons are awake.
>when your game is so basic gameplaywise and can't be bothered to add a story to hold it togetherFromslop needs massive firing. They keep making the same shit forever and eventually that bubble will burst by now.
>>730998160>so basic gameplaywisehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBPqksG9nbA
>>730998221It's dodge/roll with an easy rhythm game attached to it that even the worst gamers can beat it. There's no challenge in these. If you want a game with more engagement and difficulty in that nature then play Sifu.
>grafted together "lore" even more retarded than the usual>empty lifeless world full of trash items>over-tuned aggressive bosses that are a slog to fight against>gang-bang PvP only>dogshit balanceThey ruined the souls formula, it's a 6/10 game.
>>730998302https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RFSyLb5dRE
>>730997706Western dev moment
>>730997467Stagnation. Same reason why numbers go up and gacha are very popular there. Souls just happens to match their creative bankruptcy and slop line. Auteurs and creative people like Kojima and Suda are becoming rare these days as the country deteriorates within leaving us with soulless corporate slop coming out nowadays.
>>730998339But it's better than anything else lately.
>>730998608E33 and BG3 made me realize how sloppy, uninspired, and poorly done soulsslop truly is.
>>730998339>a hulking menace terrorizing limgrave with the threat of attaching people to its bodypretty cool i think, rykard is less cool because it's the same story except he eats them instead, but the result is effectively the same.
>>730998667>E33i will never play this retarded game with pokemon combat
>>730998608E33 clears it easily.
the glorious seethe almost 4 years laterdiscord trannies still upset, 41% of them MIAlove to see itgotd
>>730998732better than dogshit washed down and time wasting roll/dodge boring combat
>>730998814yeah if you're a nerd nigger
>>730998667>>730998750>E33 and BG3Ladies and gentlemen, the 'people' shitting up Fromsoft threads.
>>730998705terrorizing who exactly? zombies?nothing in this game makes sense in the slightest, they are riding the Berserk aesthetic for nearly two decades
>>730998890Do you play vidya besides Fromslop? If so you have a miserable life only knowing shit games and having shit taste.
>>730997061>best game in recent historyI enjoyed Ninja Gaiden 4 just as much if no more, so it isn't the best.
>>730998890It's also RDR2 trannys
Elden Ring is the worst game in recent times and soulsslop is never good unless you're braindead.
E33 mogs it
>Elden Ring the best game in recent historyAre you sure about that big lie?
>>730999419Tranny take
>>730998964Do you play anything besides astroturfed streamer shilled FOTM sloppa? E33 and Bestiality 3 both suck shit. One's a menuslop moviegame with gay sex and the other is a menuslop moviegame with parrying
>>730999051I haven't played BB and DsS and I really didn't like ds1 and ds2, I also think they are average at best even for their time. Nevertheless, every fromsoft title after ds2 was a masterpiece or close to it.
>>730999476better than rollslop 0 context sims
>>730999051>tranime watcher Post discarded
>>730999512If you're a troon maybe
>>730998904>terrorizing whoyou obviously, since you got filtered
>>730999078>>730999251BASED
>>730999561nah I beat Malenia pre nerf, terrible boss
>>730999051Bloodborne and Sekiro were good, faget
People can't defend these games. It's always git gud or filtered. There's no context nor weight nor soul put into these games just empty shallow worlds with 0 narrative, 0 thought and care put into their worlds, 0 thought put into their game design. If you want true difficulty sims there are 1000s of games that do that but much better than Fromsoft's output.
>>730999675Tranny take
>>730999667No they weren't. They're trash games that are no exception to the slop they come out from.
>>730997983What was Zanzibart's tax policy, did we ever find out?
>>730999748nope, they were innovative and evolved the combat system in different directions, BB has also the best lore out of all Souls games
>>730999675>People can't defend these games.
>>730999675Objectively correct
E33 and BG3 made this garbage irrelevant.
>>730997061Gaymers being subhuman goycattle./thread
>>730997619like your Wall of Cope?KEK retard
Fromsoft ruined an entire generation of video games.
>>730999860BB is rollslop since the dodge button is the same as roll. Also BB's lore is the same cryptic bullshit as souls. No exceptions exist in fromslop's library unless you're talking about Sekiro which is also a shit game with terrible design too like the rest of them.
>>730997874>slopposter>not a brown parrot, barely even humanLMAO
All the things that make ER different from other Soulsgames are things that make it more like any other game.
>>730998302>that even the worst gamers can beat itexcept for you, and a large portion of /v/ that still cries about 'artificial difficulty' to this dad and needed two Radahn nerfs to beat the first one.LOL
>>730997061that's not Outer Wilds
It's a good game if you're braindead. All it did was make rollslop open world and Ubisoft now.
>>730999862>Has no argument only a shitty ms paint imageConcession accepted
It's unimaginative goy slop carried by brand name alone. This genre is gay just like mumble rap.
>>730997562Based. Everyone saying Elden Ring was good is a nigger. /v/ really is a brown redditor board. Has been for ages sadly.
lol
>>730998112>troon still pushing that DD2 was anywhere near a decent game.
>>731000006BB storyline kinda makes sense, it does contain a certain amount of bullshit but you can actually create a chronological timeline of events that happened in the region. The are some blank spots but you could argue there were intentionally left vague to be open to interpretation. The Lovecraftian atmosphere is amazing, game's strongest point.Only a total ignoramus would not see Sekiro's combat system as an interesting development at the time. It's enough to say the whole industry was impacted by the "parry-slop" virus from that point forward.
>>730998339Based Aryan chud truke
>>731000409It's good design you fucking chud. That their engine cannot handle dynamic NPC behaviour a meta-commentary on the state of videogames or something
These games are loaded with poor design choices and awful visuals because of poor performance and terrible code. That's ok as long as there is an audience with terrible taste to slurp this shitty unfinished slop.
>>731000409And people give Bethesda shit for its engine this is actually atrocious
>>731000467BB is a mess and the lore doesn't matter if there's no narrative to tie it back to. It's the same bullshit as souls. The atmosphere is samey with unimaginative copy paste graveyards and greyslop visuals. Sekiro's combat is just Simon's Say and bop it where you click the right qte to win which is lazy design and done better by any action game.
>>731000720I wonder with people who criticize this harshly, what games do you consider worthwhile?
>>731000720That's alright anon, not everyone must enjoy Fromshit. Still, those are the strongest games Fromsoft produced to this date.
>>731000802Nioh 2 and Monster Hunter 4 for starters. I know it's too much for Fromsloppers since they can't get into better settings and gameplay. For narrative I would recommend Disco Elysium or BG3. For a better rhythm game: Sifu is right there.
>>730998667Do waitfags really?
>>730999476>astroturfed streamer shilled FOTM sloppabut that's elden ring...
>>731000871Their strongest games aren't that impressive and far worse than the average David Cage game.
It's a good game, I still prefer Nioh series tho.
>>730997467There's a reason why we call him Hackzaki. The cryptic nonsense is a filler for lack of actual storytelling talent. Sadly, fromdrones think that this slop style of presentation is actually genius.
>>731000932>>731001021I would also pick Nioh over ER any day of the week, but while it has much better combat it was poorly designed on most other fronts (storyline, level design, itemization). Hoping for large improvements in Nioh 3.
>>731001073I wish someone killed this hack already so we can get actual adventure games and not killing sims.
>Suddenly everyone and their moms hate ERNever change /v/
>>731001284Agreed
>>731001284>woke western slop with no gameplay
This game puts me to sleep and so does all Fromshovelware crap. RDR2 is much more fun than slogging through an empty world with nothing going on in it.
>>731001486B8 tranny take
>>731001461better than shit gameplay
>>731001408>Paid fromshills on/v/ are dwindling>S-suddenly anons hate ER!!!Kek
>>731001408hating [popular game] is a /v/irgins favorite pastime
>>731001284>oldfag RPGs and point&click Sierra shitcompletely different genre and largely unplayable nowadays
Imagine having a melty about a game 1 year before it comes out and still having it 4 years after it was released. I really don't get it, it's the same images and word salad every time. Did the fag buy a pass and just let a bot lose on any thread he finds?
>>731001486>EMPTY WORLD IS MUCH MORE FUN THAN EMPTY WORLDWhat did this retard mean by this?
Zanzibart should have lost to Soi of War sequel since it's worse than woke since it doesn't have a functioning story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsXnlE9C2AI
>>730997204>Generic There's slander then there's being a bitter retard. There's nothing "generic" about Elden Ring.
>>730997706
>game does reasonably well>people on /v/ like it>some schizo latches himself onto itis this gonna be the fate of any game that has a lot of discussion around it
>Fromsloppers when Fromslop releases the same exact game with the same assets, themes, and gameplay as before at full price.
>>731001683Imagine shilling a trash open world game like ER for 4 years straight lmao
This game is garbage just like with all Fromslop trash. You niggers try to convince sane people otherwise but it's great knowing that most aren't convinced.
>>730998103nah open world is necessary, it's why games like skyrim are classics. people enjoy freedom.
>>730997467the story is optional and that's a good thing
>>731001861Motherfucker it's bursting at the seams with fantasy tropes. It even renames goblins to pretend it's an original idea.ELDEN RINGLORD OF THE RINGSjesus christ get a fucking gripI love Elden Ring but it is extremely generic.
>>731002569Yeah, because LotR had eldritch horrors.
>>730997061Skyrim with zelda combat
>>731002376They could have done it with a smaller world. You have the same kind of freedom in DS1 (if you know what you're doing). Hell, even DS2 gives you some options. I also think part of the appeal in ER is the art style, the game is really beautiful in a way that DS isn't (aside from the ugly armor sets oh my god why)
ITT: impotent 'cordsister (samefag) rage
>>731002376skyrim is dogshit faggot
>>731002837well yeah
glorified boss rusheverything is delayed attack + input reading everything between bosses is painful fillergorgeous world but nothing to dobosses have mmo tier healthinsane grind for a fromsoft gamestory just doesn't work game is designed for content creators
@731002893bait isn't even worth a (You).
>>731003910>bosses have mmo-tier healthif you have a terrible build, yeah.
>>731003707better than your favorite game
One thing that Elden Ring surpasses most of its competition in is its artistry, atmosphere, and variety of environments. This doesn't have much to do with pure gameplay, but it's something the game does very well. it's simply beautiful, and the new areas always offer new things for the player to contemplate.Compare it to Zelda BOTW/TOTK, those games probably have the worst art direction in the entire history of AAAs, everything is gray as fuck, there's no contrast, there's nothing but an ugly and uninteresting world, with shitty textures and assets that look like they came out of a shared package with the new Pokémon games.That comparison is perfect for highlighting the astronomical distance between Elden Ring and most games with a similar scope.
>>731004121>if you have a terrible build, yeah.>just click on your favorite content creator for a meta build guideno thanks
the sad thing about er is that it made nioh look like a masterpiece in comparison
Elden mid...worst From game ever...
>>730997061To longBoring side areas
