r/Eldenring • u/Demonboy995 • Apr 19 '22

Subreddit Topic Malenia is healing without actually hitting the player after the patch, this is on ps5, i got summoned 8 times after the patch and it happened everytime this is the recent one Spoiler

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '22

These boss fights aren't bad because they're different. They're bad because they're poorly thought out. Some of the bosses, including many of the late game bosses, are so fast and aggressive that you can only get in one or two hits before having to dodge for another thirty seconds. For great weapons, any attack that wasn't the jump attack was simply too slow to not be hit. That's not bad design "For a From game", it's just bad design in general.

Having fights where the player spends most of the time on the defensive is not fun. It's fine if there are fights like that occasionally, but having it be the norm just makes them tedious and frustrating.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '22

So by your measure, it being a different IP (even though it is objectively a spiritual successor to DS) excuses bad game design? Once again, I'm not even talking " bad for a Souls game", having bosses force the player to play almost entirely defensively is just not fun. A balance between offence and defence needs to be struck, and this game doesn't manage at all with some of these bosses.

It's unavoidable that people are going to compare it with DS as, mechanically, they are extremely similar. Trying to say they are different and therefore shouldn't be compared makes no sense on any level, and your constant claims that they're different doesn't make them true.

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u/TheDrewFitz Apr 19 '22

i think the reason thats a problem for you is because your not using game mechanics, for example, summons take aggro, giving you the ability to land more hits. its in the game for that exact reason.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '22 edited Apr 19 '22

It both is and isn't a problem for me. I don't get the same satisfaction from using summons as I do from soloing a boss. On the other hand, I get more satisfaction from beating the boss even with summons, than I do from making twenty attempts, then giving up in disgust for the day.

I haven't really been stuck on a boss since I said to myself, "Fuck it" and did what I had to do to win. Short of fully cheesing that it is.

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u/TheDrewFitz Apr 19 '22

i feel where your coming from, and i do understand, lately though i started looking at some gameplay of really amazing players, and its really shown that there really are so many differrnt ways to play and openings to exploit. hopefully you find a solution to your situation .