Video Games

[laxu]

I thought the Elden Ring DLC was really good for the most part, except the final area was underwhelming. The final boss was just ridiculous though. It wasn't fun at all. I lost track of how many attempts it took me to beat it. I even quit a few times and said it wasn't worth bother with, but kept eventually coming back because I couldn't leave it unfinished. After I finally beat it, I was so burned out because of it that I never played the game again and totally lost interest in it. I did manage to get my teenage son hooked on it. He has hundreds of hours in it and is currently playing Nightreign.

The final boss of the DLC is really like all the worst parts of From boss design thrown into one.

I also hate how most DLCs of any game try to cater so much to the hardcore players by amping up the difficulty. I want more of what the basegame did, I don't want "more challenging". Hell, even Astro Bot's free extra content misses this by adding just more challenge levels when those are often the least fun levels in the games.

 

[mbenigni]

The final boss of the DLC is really like all the worst parts of From boss design thrown into one.

I also hate how most DLCs of any game try to cater so much to the hardcore players by amping up the difficulty. I want more of what the basegame did, I don't want "more challenging". Hell, even Astro Bot's free extra content misses this by adding just more challenge levels when those are often the least fun levels in the games.

I remember the 2nd DLC for Nioh 2 getting really crazy like this, too. Not sure I ever finished that one.

As for Elden Ring… If you told me before SotE happened that I’d walk away from paid-for FromSoft content, I never would have believed you. I just got so tired of wandering around wide open spaces hoping a twinkly bauble would pop up and make the next boss (if I could even find it) slightly more survivable.