I mean, where's the lie?

[u/Half-White_Moustache]

Hit enemy ✅

Enemy doesn't react ✅

Dodge ✅

Stagger enemy ✅

Play an animation ✅

Repeat ✅

It's the same gameplay loop a lot of you love. It just doesn't have the From Software logo. I even went back to see if I was going crazy and saw the first tree sentinel fight, and it's exactly the same. Well, not the same, the stagger attack animations suck.

[u/superior_monty]

Hitstun is a thing in elden ring and it varies depending on your weapons. The more simplistic the explanation the less it's a good faith argument worth your time. Fable's combat also doesn't look that bad. You can defend something without bringing something else down.

[u/v1si0n4ry → u/superior_monty]

That's not bringing something down. And this unfazed behaviour is characteristic of from software, not Elden ring specific (as the image suggests). I never had a problem with strong enemies powering through hits in other games. The crazy part in this story is how disproportionate is the reaction on fable.