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But does "that world" amount to anything more than branding at this point? It sounds like exploration will be minimal, RPG advancement and reward minimized, etc. I wondering where they'll find room for creative play as opposed to mashing buttons with your BFFs. Granted, From's combat mechanics are always top notch... I just worry this is going to be too stripped down.
Anyway. I'll be over here playing the PS5 port of Demon's Souls again.
Hell you can do it in boss fights too; it'll just respawn you right outside the fog gate when you resume
I'm fairly confident it'll be about the same price as SotE was ($40 usd)
But of course I'll be buying it even if it's full price
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picked up Fez last week as I heard about it being an inspiration for animal well. Finished the second ending today. Pretty good puzzle game although a lot of stuff is really too hard or obscure for me to figure out. Really liked the main mechanic, but the gameplay is a little clunky. Animal well really did such a great job with the platform and metroidvania elements.
Anyways still a really good puzzle game.
Anyways still a really good puzzle game.
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Both are great, absolutely loved Outer Wilds. It's a rare proper adventure that doesn't hold your hand and every run learn something new.
Tunic was one of my favorite games of 2022 - soo cool
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It's starting off really slow so I'm excited to start getting into the deeper aspects.
I'm def signing up for it
Hopefully I actually get selected this time; didn't get selected for the original Elden Ring network test
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Several hours into Tunic, it's a pretty fun game at this point. I'm not spoiling anything, but it's extremely vague about how to play the game, and it reveals it by having you discover pages to the instruction manual (which is almost like a strategy guide if you were around in the 90's). But that's written in some kind of weird language that you can't understand. It's really interesting.
Anyways so far, the RPG and collecting elements are great, the visuals are really good, the exploration is good too. But the combat does feel really clunky, like it's a lot harder to fight than it needs to be. I can't tell if that's intentional or not...you could say part of the challenge is getting past the clunky combat, but I think of really good combat like Hollow Knight where it's so fluid.
I'm at the point where I have to beat a couple hard bosses to progress, and I can't grind to get stronger, so will have to actually learn the strategies and keep working on the combat.
Anyways so far, the RPG and collecting elements are great, the visuals are really good, the exploration is good too. But the combat does feel really clunky, like it's a lot harder to fight than it needs to be. I can't tell if that's intentional or not...you could say part of the challenge is getting past the clunky combat, but I think of really good combat like Hollow Knight where it's so fluid.
I'm at the point where I have to beat a couple hard bosses to progress, and I can't grind to get stronger, so will have to actually learn the strategies and keep working on the combat.
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The combat gets easier when you gain more skills, but it's definitely tough for a good while. The early bosses don't have a whole lot of moves though, so learning them isn't that much work.
Loved the strategy guide, it has a lot of stuff and also a bunch of hidden things that I would have never been able to figure out myself.
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The strategy guide is so cool! You zoom in and see the texture of how it was printed, just like you were zooming in on an actual piece of paper. Plus the hand written marked up notes with ball point pen. It's just so cleverly done.
I played and loved Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past as I was a SNES kid, and this definitely feels familiar to that. Especially
now that I'm in the ghost world and seeing how the map is slightly different. Also love how they flipped the quest so what seemed like me doing the right thing now seems like I was the bad guy?
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Kiddos got me a Series X for Xmas. Banged out Indiana Jones over the last few days. (Great game)
I’m debating whether to even try Elden Ring. Im worried about the quick rage quit potential with it.
Anything else cool out there atm?
Elden Ring is probably the least rage-y of those games because it's open world. You can usually go off an explore and out any challenging parts off indefinitely.
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F it. Downloading. Been wanting to try it for a while and even if I hate it, at least I can say I tried.
Vagabond or Samurai to start? (These seem to be the consensus opinion as best newb starting classes)
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F it. Downloading. Been wanting to try it for a while and even if I hate it, at least I can say I tried.
Vagabond or Samurai to start? (These seem to be the consensus opinion as best newb starting classes)
Samurai is fairly easy to start. Relatively easy.
Have you never played any Souls game?
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No.
Damn!
It's hard for me to gauge how hard it will be for a brand new person. I played Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1-3, Bloodborne, and Sekiro so Elden Ring wasn't totally hard to me.
The hardest part was the bosses had new tricks to shake you out of habits developed playing the other games which won't be a problem for you. Only everything else will be.
Maybe knight is better than samurai for newcomer. You can play a bit more defensively. You're not stuck with your starting class anyway.
The main thing is to take it slowly and prioritise vigor as your main stat.
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