4:09 these are exactly my thoughts on SM2 as well, everything was a downgrade in comparison to SM1 except gameplay which is really all that matters to me. The only thing good about the game awards was Guilty Gear announcing a new character Elphelt. Everything else was torture and miserably boring, this was the first game awards I watched and thank god I had friends to watch it with, because if I didn’t I’d be found later with pieces of my brain on the floor due to the cringy dialogue from the people there. It’s insane to me that AC6 won best action game when Hi-Fi rush was much better, truly sad the studio for that game got shut down in favour of garbage that’s soon to come out of Microsoft.

It's HILARIOUS how every single soul fan has a cringe Profile Pic in the comments 😂😂 All of you it's just a bunch of Weebs and you need to play more games rather than anime rpgs 😂😂😂 Those japan people are so cringe 😂 Anime lovers and souls fans are the same. Those people are living jokes 😂 They're not critical at all

Git gud💀

W hating bro

I like Elden Ring and think it is a cool game and can be enjoyed at times, but my God, do that add stuff in that seems like its just there to piss players off and make the game difficult just for the heck of it. Something as simple as trying to drop down from a ledge 4 feet below you can lead to a frustrating death when your character decides to leap 7 feet for some reason instead of dropping straight down from a slow walk... Anyways, my main gripe is the endless running around like a chicken with your head cut off trying to find out where to go or what to do next(the base game is not as bad as the DLC as this imo). And the worst is when your in a dungeon and you wade through the annoying nonsense and booby traps for 30 minutes sweating and playing super cautious only to get killed and have to start all over. It should just start you near where you die. Its like playing Chess and if you make a bad move, you must restart the whole game from beginning. Only reason it is there, imo, is to frustrate the players and to attract an audience people who like to watch streamers rage and milk the game for content. Overall, the media acts like Elden Ring(base game) is a 10/10 but I'd realistically give it a 8/9 due to these reasons and the Shadow Of Erdtree DLC is a maybe a 6/10. DLC is Super overrated imo. Even more open spaces and boring dark colors as the base game. Way more annoying for no reason other than to be annoying.

What do you think of monster hunter world?

I agree with you. I’ve played most FS games and none of them are hard as FS idiot fans claims. Elden Ring is boring, clunky, empty, with almost the same shit like previous FS games. Calling this a masterpiece just because they’ve added a mount, changed the story and made it open world is fcking idiotic. I’d give it a 5/10.

A souls fan said skill issue to me for criticizing the game, I’ve seen this same loser commenting on a critique of his sacred cow ds2 for a full year now repeating the same two words like a broken record, I’m pretty sure he’s the person you’re making these videos for lmao. I swear those type of fans ruin the community for everyone who’s actually intelligent, and has a brain that thinks outside of saying two phrase’s. Again these people aren’t the majority, they’re a very loud and annoying minority of souls fans.

33:03 ds1 is very trolly lol, but it’s another reason why people like the games they find it interesting how much thought Fromsofts puts into killing the player. Miazaki has said that he made these games as a homage to the older games that heavily relied on trial and error to make the player play longer and insert more coins, he liked that style of game but I can see he’s slowly moving away from the more time consuming aspect of it which I appreciate. I played ds1 3 times and it’s pretty boring, the level design is the only thing that made me want to replay it. DeS is a lot better than ds1 imo, it’s a much tighter experience and has a lot more thought put into it from what I can tell.

30:59 I don’t think fromsoft wants to balance their games, you choose how hard you want the game to be. It’s another thing many people love about the games, the difficulty options are baked into the game instead of being options in a menu.

Ok I watched it WHY THE HELL do all of these reviewers also always bring up celeste? What is this psyop?

Haven't watched the video, I'll just ask, how about I just don't play them? Why MUST I play them?

I don't really agree with your statement that soulslikes are just rote memorization. The first boss I ever fought in a Fromsoft game took me 15 tries to beat. I was killed over and over as I attempted to learn how to play the game. But that was just the tutorial boss. The next boss took me around 20, and that's when I really learned things like how positioning is important, stamina management is important, and that choosing the correct weapon can make a big difference. Afterwards, I beat the rest of the game's bosses in five tries or less. Same with the next soulslike I played. And the next one. If it was just memorization, I would have taken 15-20 tries on every single boss I ever fought because I would have needed to memorize them perfectly in order to have any chance of winning. Instead, I can often beat a boss the first time I challenge them, before I ever have a chance of memorizing attacks. In addition, even if I had memorized attack patterns, it still takes reaction speed to determine what attack the boss is going to make next (because it could be any of their 7+ repertoire of moves) and decide on an appropriate course of action. Just knowing what the boss is going to do doesn't mean you'll execute perfectly every time. That takes practice, just like any skill. I agree that the difficulty of these games is often overstated. They certainly aren't the hardest out there, and if you play cautiously and intelligently they can in fact become very easy. They aren't mindless by any definition, however. Some of my favorite parts of these games are crawling through dungeons, looking around corners and spotting traps before they are sprung, often leading to a surprise attack on an unwary enemy or even the chance to use them to my advantage, killing enemies without swinging my weapon once. If I really was as stupid as you think I am, I would have just charged in without thought, gotten demolished by the boulder/spike trap/flamethrower and remembered it next time, instead of seeing it the first time and adapting accordingly. Edit: About your criticisms of losing souls when you die, you compare it to your money being stolen. I think that you're being a little unfair with that. If you are playing intelligently, you aren't wandering around with more souls than it takes to level. It would probably take you 20 minutes at most to get an equal number of souls back. It would be like losing five dollars. You're not really going to feel that bad about it, maybe mildly irritated. Also, you say that the RPG mechanics don't matter anyways, the game is just memorization. Why do you care about your souls at all?

24:35 act man isn’t a basement dweller tho, he goes the gym and knows martial arts. He makes pretty mid content imo, people watch it because of the quality editing and a unique way of reppresenting his points, but overall his videos lack substance.

if the combat was a 100th as epic as they try to make the game look (and fail) it would be a good game, instead they have oversaturated a shitty niche they over-committed into creating ONLY bcuz it wasnt already being done outside of other shitty dungeon crawling jrp type games, its basically the worst possible jrpg/ps1 fighter crossover imaginable.

Ok I watched the video, this video is just you insulting a fanbase for liking a genre and calling them basement dwellers. It’s fine if you don’t personally enjoy trial and error in a video game, but that’s what souls games are built upon, you learn the bosses and enemies through trial and error that’s the entire appeal of the genre, a lot of people find this fun and enjoyable but ig if they do they’re losers. I wonder what games you personally enjoy. I’m guessing you’re making these insults because people told you to “git gud” or “skill issue” in general these terms are used jokingly and the people who use them unironically are losers, the words aren’t meant to be taken seriously for the most part, but insulting and generalizing an entire fanbase based on your interactions with them is kinda weird. some of your points I agree with but I think if you represented them in a less insulting more cordial way you wouldn’t be getting dogpiled on. 27:38 this point really only applies to all the dark souls games, I highly recommend comparing Ongbal fighting ds3/bb bosses to ER or Sekiro bosses you’ll see how much depth both games have to offer. I’ve had my fair share of negative interactions with souls fans, I once criticized a boss for having a true undodgeable attack documented by literal no hit runners and someone told me skill issue even tho I’ve no hit many of the bosses, so I understand your frustration with some of the player base. I’ve also had many positive interactions with souls fans as well, just having cordial conversations and criticizing the games. Sorry for the rambling but I think you made some decent points, imo all the dark souls games are pretty mediocre for many reasons they only really have solid level design, art style, and music, the only good games they made are ER, Sekiro, AC6, and DeS at least imo.

mini mini you call these mini QTE got me so good 😂😂😂 loved the video

Such an obvious troll job from an obvious troll channel lol

Completely separate to the video but, subhuman is a insult one would use on say, someone who was sad the assassin had missed trump on his attempt. That is a subhuman. Someone who thinks roll, attack, roll, attack, roll, attack is 10/10 game design and the peak of video game combat is just ignorant or a moron.

I liked the Lore it was amazing Some areas and map explain you the story/ like the caild you see the scarlet rot destroyed everything caused by Malenia..... Each area Each character in the game Each bosses has their own unique story Well you wanna get deep into it you should consider watching lore videos It's definitely worth it Combat, it isn't great as sekiro or Bloodborne but i love the weapon variety that you can find and make it easier for you (unique Ashes of war) Summons Some interesting parts of the map I had done one of the most interesting side quests which was Rannis quest line which i liked it so much for a single quest there was a beautiful map (i did the Ranni ending age of the Star) And some great bosses such as Godfrey i liked him and his lore I did other endings called Golden order And regular ending So far i enjoyed But they were some parts I didn't liked like that Malenia Boss fight till this day i still don't like her because of how unbalanced she is...... I have recently beat the legendary game called sekiro it was perfect Absolutely beautiful game I ever played So About Malenia felt like she should've been in sekiro 2: fire giant yeah cool Boss fight but a bit Big to games camera 3: the Elden beast yeah he actually flies around yeah but it's still passable and like the lore behind him So besides these bosses i enjoyed the game so far And just because the game isn't made for you doesn't mean it's overrated I saw the comment section and the criticism sounded legit It seems like you haven't understood something.... Well we all have Tastes you can't just you know call the game boring Or just say people who criticize you They're fanboys....

I liked the video but you can argue the Eldenring dlc falls out of the learn the pattern mindset because of the switch ups with combos but at the end of the day its about timing and learning the moveset and thats it the only skill is you seeing something come at you

Those youtubers are so overrated dont know what people see in them

I hate how the combat in these games is just about rolling at the right time and nothing else. Like enemies will do a 180 turn in the air to hit you, some attacks look like they shouldn't reach you but then the boss magically slides across the floor to hit you, random AOE explosions, etc. Makes it feel like positioning doesn't even matter

He's trying to hype his channel with the dlc hype, you can see that he doesn't reason and attacks anyone who likes the game. So keep mocking him guys, let's raise a new lowcow to the internet lol Get good casual :p

It's funny because Ninja Gaiden Black is what I consider the hardest game I know. People think Elden Ring is a harder game than Ninja Garden Black. In all Dark Souls games all you do is dodge and attack. In Ninja Gaiden Black, you also dodge and attack as well but the combat has depth and you have different combos per situation. If I make someone like a souls veteran or souls god play chapter 1 on master ninja, you can bet they won't beat the first red ninjas that appear in the game.

Not sure I appreciate being called a waste of skin for enjoying something.

holy shit unironically you made me realize alot of bs about the dark souls franchise and elden ring

Never has a souls fan described or named what's the skill these games require. The fact that you are just implying that coping data and then pasting it somewhere is a skill, is the most clear indication that you are a lifeform way lesser than humans and most animals as well. Imagine being proud of having the functionality of a broken record, to the point that you need to brag about it to everyone on the internet. Apparently by your definition if you stare at a wall for 10 hours you are a skilled wall starer. A parrot is a skilled speaker even if it has no clue what it's saying and never tried to practice it's speech. So is a record even though it's just an inanimate machine made by someone who actually had skills. Drinking from the toilet is a skill and people who aren't willing to do it is only because they have skill issues, are bad at it and they need to git gud and are also jealous of those who can, according to souls fans. There are many synonyms of the word skill: expertise, expertness, adeptness, dexterity, ability, prowess, mastery, competence, competency, capability, efficiency, aptitude, artistry, art, finesse, flair, virtuosity, experience, professionalism, talent, cleverness, smartness, ingenuity, versatility, knack, readiness, handiness, know-how. Most of them don't even remotely fit your definition of skill. Reading a completely nonsensical gibberish book and memorizing it doesn't mean you mastered anything or you became skilled, or an expert at anything, or you acquired an ability, became more competent or efficient at anything, or you finessed anything, or you got any kind of experience, readiness for anything or you know-how to do anything. You just stored completely pointless data in your brain and you can parrot it for no reason at all. It doesn't help you with anything anywhere at any point. When you mention the list of your skills to someone, if you mention that you have memorized a book of gibberish, then you are insane and pitiful/laughable. Maybe someone will create a video game that asks you to write down the content of that book and you will play it and beat it to feel good for yourself after wasting all that time to memorize an entire book. The rough textbook definition of skill is: the ability to do something well. You can argue that you can memorise generally, but i don't know if the word ''well'' fits anywhere here. Every lifeform has basic memory. Is basic breathing a skill too? If you are not dying from lack of oxygen or choking on your spit, it means you are doing it well and you are a skilled breather right? I guess everyone is, but if that's the case then who are the bad breathers? Can we really say that we do something well if there is no one beneath us to compare them with us? Everyone can actually beat these simple games. There are people who whine because they don't get handled free instant gratification like game journalist and they proceed to call these games hard because they are not just lazy when it comes to their job, they are also lazy when it comes to thinking why exactly they failed and what were they really playing, so they just proceed to simply call the games hard. An inaccurate word spouted from their mouth out of pure laziness. Then there are smart people who drop these games early on because they realise how boring they are. If you take the least skilled game journalist and physically force them to finish any of these games, they will definitely succeed. Same will happen if you force a grandma who never touched a video game and pretty much anyone, since there is no actual skill requirement nor a talent. A genuine skill would be something that can actually be carried on to other things like depth perception. You can walk, run, drive any machine whether ground, aerial or underwater and play many video games well, such as platformers. The higher your skill level of depth perception, the better you become at all of those and there are also many other things you can do with that skill as well.

Never has a souls fan described or named what's the skill these games require. The fact that you are just implying that coping data and then pasting it somewhere is a skill, is the most clear indication that you are a lifeform way lesser than humans and most animals as well. Imagine being proud of having the functionality of a broken record, to the point that you need to brag about it to everyone on the internet. Apparently by your definition if you stare at a wall for 10 hours you are a skilled wall starer. A parrot is a skilled speaker even if it has no clue what it's saying and never tried to practice it's speech. So is a record even though it's just an inanimate machine made by someone who actually had skills. Drinking from the toilet is a skill and people who aren't willing to do it is only because they have skill issues, are bad at it and they need to git gud and are also jealous of those who can, according to souls fans. There are many synonyms of the word skill: expertise, expertness, adeptness, dexterity, ability, prowess, mastery, competence, competency, capability, efficiency, aptitude, artistry, art, finesse, flair, virtuosity, experience, professionalism, talent, cleverness, smartness, ingenuity, versatility, knack, readiness, handiness, know-how. Most of them don't even remotely fit your definition of skill. Reading a completely nonsensical gibberish book and memorizing it doesn't mean you mastered anything or you became skilled, or an expert at anything, or you acquired an ability, became more competent or efficient at anything, or you finessed anything, or you got any kind of experience, readiness for anything or you know-how to do anything. You just stored completely pointless data in your brain and you can parrot it for no reason at all. It doesn't help you with anything anywhere at any point. When you mention the list of your skills to someone, if you mention that you have memorized a book of gibberish, then you are insane and pitiful/laughable. Maybe someone will create a video game that asks you to write down the content of that book and you will play it and beat it to feel good for yourself after wasting all that time to memorize an entire book. The rough textbook definition of skill is: the ability to do something well. You can argue that you can memorise generally, but i don't know if the word ''well'' fits anywhere here. Every lifeform has basic memory. Is basic breathing a skill too? If you are not dying from lack of oxygen or choking on your spit, it means you are doing it well and you are a skilled breather right? I guess everyone is, but if that's the case then who are the bad breathers? Can we really say that we do something well if there is no one beneath us to compare them with us? Everyone can actually beat these simple games. There are people who whine because they don't get handled free instant gratification like game journalist and they proceed to call these games hard because they are not just lazy when it comes to their job, they are also lazy when it comes to thinking why exactly they failed and what were they really playing, so they just proceed to simply call the games hard. An inaccurate word spouted from their mouth out of pure laziness. Then there are smart people who drop these games early on because they realise how boring they are. If you take the least skilled game journalist and physically force them to finish any of these games, they will definitely succeed. Same will happen if you force a grandma who never touched a video game and pretty much anyone, since there is no actual skill requirement nor a talent. A genuine skill would be something that can actually be carried on to other things like depth perception. You can walk, run, drive any machine whether ground, aerial or underwater and play many video games well, such as platformers. The higher your skill level of depth perception, the better you become at all of those and there are also many other things you can do with that skill as well.

sounds like a skill issue git gud

This video contains a large volume of inaccurate and half-inaccurate claims. Souls boss fights are a rhythm-based system. Each boss contains a different rhythm, different delayed hitbox AOEs, and different resistances to specific strategies and damage types. It is not an unfair or unpredictable system. In fact, most of the bosses you encounter can be killed on the first try if you know how the combat works and are capable of base observations. Your contrast between souls and games with freer motion such as DMC5 and Ninja Gaiden is also weak. In these games there is little to no punishment for unoptimal movement or using the wrong attack at the wrong time. It is designed to make you feel fast to give the illusion of complexity. You can beat both of these games on the hardest difficulty using basic combos. I know so because I did so. IN CONTRAST, in souls games you have to make moves with confidence because there is a true scarcity of time and room to navigate. It is not afraid to make you feel incompetent through picking apart your early mistakes. You most certainly seem like the type who felt incompetent due to bad input control or bad observation and fell back upon the crutches the games leave for incompetent players such as yourself. You respec'd to int, picked up some variant of crystal spear or comet and pressed r1 from halfway across the boss arena. You would rather record a 28 minute long video full of cope than use an underpowered melee weapon and learn the rhythm game via a battle of attrition. Your opinions are bad because they are predicated upon your weakly-veiled irritation due to giving up halfway. I am not proud of beating these games because as you said, it is not much of an accomplishment. It is a glorified patience trainer, which you probably hate because you were raised on an ipad.

i cannot speak for DS series but i've multiple times played through Elden Ring, Sekiro and oncealso lies of P and Wo Long fallen dynasty and i can say that the Souls Genre is the hardest Story game genre there is. maybe the older games have a one sided Combat and arent as hard and Just need practice and Analysis, but i mean with lies of P and Sekiro and the upcoming soulslikes as well as with the super hard Elden Ring dlc, it is clear that the Genre is evolving and getting moren complex and therefore Harder. Lies and Sekiro Bring prostetic Tools to enhance the Combat & intense parrying. in Elden Ring you can Parry as well with a dual wielded shield and have a great variety of weapons, potions, spells, thus a way to cheese every Boss by analysing their attack pattern and figuring out the windows when to attack.

This channel is the embodiment of "quit having fun" meme. Not every game has to be perfect and some people will enjoy them for certain parts they like. I loved Dark Souls series cuz of it's brilliant, structured and inspired atmosphere and style like i've never seen before. Despite it's flaws I still loved the game, it has great replayability value but yes of course not the best of all. It's a great feeling when you achieve that build that you want. If you think you really hate the souls combat gameplay then you'll probably hate Monster Hunter even more. It's almost the same dodging and attacking, telegraphed boss fights with bloated hp. Yknow stuff that you called "boring" and "repetitive" to you.

You have some valid criticisms but most of this is just "i didn't have fun therefore game bad." And before you say "cOmPrEhEnSiOn iSsUe" like some 14 year old reddit kid who just learned the word "comprehension" and wants to sound really smart, you need to comprehend that these games just aren't for everyone. So here's a helpful tip for you, go play something else. What's a game/genre that's fun for you?

40:03 LOL this fool saying he beat every challenge in Celeste sent me. I bet he doesn't even know about the golden berries.

"basement dwellers thinking they have infinite time in their basement and their parents are immortal" is a crazy insult tbh

“40+ hours pretty much impossible for a first timer”, dude’s just bad a Dark Souls.

Try Nioh 2. Soulslike bosses but way better combat. You can do crazy combos of your own while dodging the boss attacks.

My dude went to the “fans live in their basement” cliche. I thought that was more of a tongue in cheek joke than a lazy superlative. You are what we call a simpleton. The type of simpleton that calls other ppl stupid while propping themselves up as brilliant. There’s no way you’re a game developer, and if you are, your work has been seen by anyone other than the imaginary friends in your moms basement

The opinions of the creator doesn’t bother me bc they’re just video games, but good lord was this boring to listen to. Even if you have good points, you have to keep us from falling asleep

hey i never played any FF game i want to join the franchise with the hope of gooe combat gameplay and story which you would recommened idc too much about lore tbh

Imagine having so little going on in your life, you make a 30 minute video on the internet bashing people who enjoy a genre of video game you can't get into. You're a literal pathetic joke mate.

Not going to lie but this video made me laugh, keep making videos man 😂✌

bro didn't get past the asylum demon

these games are great lmao

Could be a bunch of good arguments if not for all the hatred you spice them up with. Makes it seem as if you hate on a popular franchise and its supposedly moronistic fanbase so that you can - ironically - stroke your own ego by proving that you are better than all of those people.

If Mythical level Rage bait was a person and made a KZbin channel.

The graphics are dogshit 😂