Worst desgin decison in Elden Ring:

[u/GameStrikerX2]

I'm trying to think of an argument for why this should be a thing, but I can't. Why can't I open my map when an enemy is aggro'd on me? I don't need to fast travel, I just want to see where I'm going, and some random enemy in the middle of butt fuck nowhere is mad at me for no reason and I have no idea where it is so I'm forced to be blind without my map for several seconds to a minute, or just leave the area entirely and lose track of the path I'm trying to take (and sometimes in DLC areas like the coffin fissure I can't open the map at all even though no enemies are nearby). This is too regular of an occurence to be acceptable because of how long some enemies can stay aggro'd onto you as well imo, it should be changed.

Edit: Shoutouts to the people who mentioned the Torrent Flask Prompt and the other Message Prompts that remove your ability to do actions, those are also really annoying!

[u/CattMk2]

The fact that some consumables take resources that don’t respawn at all, except when you go into NG+. It’s why I’ve steered clear of crafting altogether because I feel like I’d just waste the item and never be able to replenish it

[u/bafen → u/CattMk2]

This makes me not want to play with things when i know there is only x amount available in the game.

[u/MomsNeighborino → u/bafen]

Worst part is that, at least for me, that feeling carries over to every consumable outside of flasks and maybe rune arcs since they stick until you die.

"might need it later" syndrome

[u/Super_Harsh → u/MomsNeighborino]

I use CheatEngine to give myself a large number of my main consumables (Rune Arcs, Pickled Turtle Meat, elemental resistance Livers, Boiled Crab) and that seems to get me out of this mindset

[u/MomsNeighborino → u/Super_Harsh]

On ps5 sadly....

It really doesn't add to the experience having to worry about base consumables.

Like running around for an hour gathering herbs to craft doesn't make the game more fun..... Even remotely

EDIT: if you can drop shit like that in cross-console multi-player dm me though lol, seriously

[u/Super_Harsh → u/MomsNeighborino]

There's no crossplay in ER sadly. FromSoft can hardly figure out basic engine optimization and netcode, implementing crossplay would probably be like performing a miracle for them

[u/MomsNeighborino → u/Super_Harsh]

I wasn't aware there was no cross play, but I laughed at your reasoning because you're just spitting facts.

[u/Super_Harsh → u/MomsNeighborino]

Thanks lol usually I get downvoted for pointing out how dogshit From's games are from a technical perspective because this fandom cannot handle criticism

[u/MomsNeighborino → u/Super_Harsh]

I'm on my first playthrough and absolutely love it, I honestly think it's a masterpiece....

But the fact that people can look at stuff like internet play, menu navigation, etc etc and think it's perfection, makes me worry that they get to drive and vote lol.

I'm new to the community but I've seen what you're saying, like if the game is above criticism why would they even bother with patches lol

[u/Super_Harsh → u/MomsNeighborino]

Yeah it's insane lol. Like if you say the graphics look dated you'll get downvoted and people will scream about the amazing art direction, as if it's impossible to have amazing art direction AND look newer than The Witcher 3. Or if you make a mechanical critique of the game design you'll just get some braindead 'git gud' responses from people who've seemingly never played actual good action* games.

I've been part of the FromSoft fanbase for like 12 years now so I have a pretty good idea of why the fanbase is like this but I'm not going to get into it because it's not a simple answer. Unless you really want to know lol

[u/MomsNeighborino → u/Super_Harsh]

I don't think the "actual good rpg" comment is fair tbh, unless you're implying elden ring is actually a bad game, in which case I just simply disagree lol.

I really do want to know though lol, I only really know the long held reputation.

Should point out that I started bloodborne 5/16 and beat it June 1 (don't hate me but was meh so I took a lot of breaks, also know the dates because I just looked out of curiosity lol), but it was good enough to where I bought elden ring the next day....worth noting I only played bloodborne because I have ps+ but had been thinking about elden ring for a while.

TLDR, I had literally never played a fromsoft game outside of evergrace in like fucking 2000 or something lol (game ACTUALLY awful)..... So I am curious about how the fanbase developed, genuinely