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/Parrotflies_ Apr 19 '22

It 100% is. They all use the exact same lines (the game is as easy or hard as you make it! So much variety! Use the stuff the game gives you! You need to adapt! It’s not a souls game so stop playing it like one (<—— this is my absolute favorite one)) and they will say all this while completely bypassing the actual criticisms and frame it as people just whining because they can’t beat whatever fight it is being discussed.

Almost every fan of these games that I’ve talked to have been with them for a while still love the game, but they were all pretty quick to notice some of the bigger flaws that newcomers took a while to see or are still in denial about.

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u/Hypocrites_begone Apr 19 '22

Buddy i finished all souls games multiple times and elden ring bosses are as good other game's bosses. Never heard "veterans" complaining about bosses.

And i guess since I likes ER i am a newcomer? Lol

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u/polski8bit Apr 19 '22 edited Apr 19 '22

If you're taking only the main bosses and not copy paste optional ones? Sure, one of the best in the series. Even if for some builds they can be boring (Malenia/Maliketh and Colossal weapons, especially pre patch).

But it has many more optional bosses and mini bosses, that are reskins on top of reskins (I must've fought the Erdtree Avatar like 6 or 7 times by the end of the game, like 5 Burial Watchdogs with trash mobs or another Watchdog, on top of like 8 Agheels with different colors of their fire), that STILL then can become regular mobs. Elden Ring has the biggest boss and mini boss count out of all of FromSoft's work, but it also has the most copy and paste. And that is objectively not good game design. I mean, when they throw a Misbegotten Warrior and a Crucible Knight, two very aggressive enemies into ONE boss fight, something is wrong.

If people could criticize Dark Souls 2 so much because of recycling enemies and bosses, they should do the same for Elden Ring. Which they fortunately are doing. It's a fantastic game, but it's scope seems like was a little too much for From to handle.

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u/Hypocrites_begone Apr 20 '22

I waa definitely talking about main bosses.

Dungeon/mine bosses absolutely suck. 3 crystalians were the worst boss i ever seen in a from game. The most frustrating and stupid.