Elden Ring DLC.... What in the ACTUAL F&#% Was MIYAZAKI On With This??

Elden Ring Erdtree DLC is.......... a different type of challenging. Erdtree dlc first impressions
Defeating this STUPID Boss • This Boss MADE ME UNHI...
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[@hurdthenerd]

I just posted about this in the elden ring community. After finishing this dlc, i genuinely find it hard to have fun.. they are so focused on making the game artificially hard, they forgot to have fun. Bad camera angles, enemy’s with terrible tracking, un-balanced, terrible hit boxes..list goes on. The quality is good the execution not so much.

[@TheGamer2323]

if you point out any flaws in these games though people will counter that with saying ''just git gud'' I can't stand these heathens 🤣🤣

[@jameswtlocs]

@@TheGamer2323 I was joking btw😭

[@CensorTube84]

⁠​⁠@@TheGamer2323 “Heathens” 🤣🤣🤣

[@hurdthenerd]

Yep, on my post a bunch of people talking about how easy they can do this or that , “skill issue” . It’s Pointless debating with them.

[@BurgersAndRemy]

This is the most accurate take on the game, especially the artificially hard part , when it first came out I thought I was the only one thinking this , I was thinking I know I can't be trash lol but this shit really hard, I know they gotta come with a patch lol

[@thatguysixx]

Watching this live was something 😂 that man Miyazaki a psychopath

[@SimplyAhkBen]

He probably was bullied as a child. Elden Ring is his ultimate revenge 😆.

[@menofglory7154]

As someone who beat the boss first try and I'm on New Game+ 3, not going to say get gud. But...just be patient with the boss, try to understand his mechanics and if you're 10 rounds in just go explore the map more and come back to him.

[@chasejackson7248]

If you played the game thru 3 times you should beat him fairly easily, one playthru and all the platinum trophy is all I needed.

[@menofglory7154]

@chasejackson7248 from what I've gathered the difficulty for the DLC spikes with each new game plus level. But I agree, to me at least the boss was fairly easy.

[@TremelJackson]

In my brutually honest opinion, most fromsoft games are not worth finishing a majority of the time because of how unbalanced the combat can be, they're games can be just as fun as a COD match with a bunch of cheaters using aim bot.

[@xbleedzlinez]

That boss looks stupid as fuck😂

[@ry-daprophet.b1461]

Im level 251, and i use my legendary mimic tear level 10, and was able to beat him on the 3rd try. Yes this DLC graphics is nice, but it's more about being frustrated than having fun.

[@Thiago_Alves_Souza]

7:50 " I hate the way that you talk, I hate the way you walk..." Mans turned into K-dot

[@achutamanduru2063]

damn i was just thinking that 😂😂

[@fawkingenius9369]

I was gonna say the same shit lol my man K Dotted the shit out of Elden Ring 😂😂😂

[@NeroSpirito444]

When I see you stand by melania, I believe you see two bad bitches

[@Thiago_Alves_Souza]

@@fawkingenius9369 sucka gonna write Meet the Empyrieans or something

[@Jaysplash99]

Jeremy thoughts on that Boss: let me say I'm the biggest hater I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress I hate the way that you sneak diss, if I catch flight, it's gon' be direct

[@KennyJordana]

This lame and unoriginal comment got 85 likes and a heart from the content creator of this channel just for copying K. Dot's lyrics 🤦🏿

[@KNGDDDE]

​@KennyJordana man its almost like he quoted a currently trending super star with an appropriate allegory. Sometimes we have to ask ourselves why we're salty about things.

[@Jaysplash99]

@@KennyJordana OK and?😂

[@Jaysplash99]

@@KNGDDDE Bro mad for nothing 😭

[@BigWisper]

It’s definitely in response to the community calling elding ring the easiest. Bro wasn’t having it

[@geronimo1595]

The whole community been saying that so they did ask for it....

[@kingoflegends712]

Bro Messmer and Bayle…………. Nvm I don’t even wanna talk about it

[@agasthya9128]

🤣🤣🤣

[@oswaldchesterfieldcobblepotGk]

Elden ring is the easiest souls game but it makes no sense to be like Yall said it was easier hold this sekiro cheese real quick lol cause the dlc and the base game feel like two different games. I mean the level design is even different so that's not good game design lol it's equal to saying oh Yall that it was easier so we taking out leveling everyone is soul level one have fun like wtf

[@AlphaDwg]

@@oswaldchesterfieldcobblepotGk it’s exactly like when you first start Elden ring and the tree centinal can one shot you. People just got used to be over leveled.

[@TruckNgamin]

Bro 2 hits took all his health bar that’s tuff 😂😂

[@codliokoNine]

Sparking Zero SAVE US

[@DrezzyEFTP]

Don't forget blackmyth

[@sameold23]

Yuck

[@SimplyAhkBen]

Agreed, I am waiting for Sparking Zero and Dragon Age Veilguard.

[@poweredbythemakyostar8896]

Oh you mean raging blast 3 lol

[@battlerifle8642]

@@SimplyAhkBen Brother said dragon age veilguard looool

[@echos9396]

Man I’m glad someone else said it. Fromsoft sometimes does too much with these bosses.

[@TheRiddam]

Cant we have ANY games that are really just hard? What other games are actually difficult?

[@jonathankabasele985]

@@TheRiddam zelda nes

[@elijoker]

4:06 that Japanese accent sounds like Akeem from Coming to America 😆🤣

[@buddyhall5330]

Damn a Japanese accent that sounds African...AC shadows moment...

[@tbhaver]

Well, he does look like Eddie Murphy.

[@playoffstevo]

Roll towards the attack and jump attack his butt, you got this bro 😂

[@freddart5163]

Where yo gameplay I'd like to see you do it

[@TheGamer2323]

@@freddart5163 LMAOOOOOOO everybody on stream got all the answers but never see a shred of gameplay from them

[@playoffstevo]

@@TheGamer2323 I just put the clip up, don’t ever disrespect me

[@playoffstevo]

@@freddart5163 just posted the gameplay

[@user-qp6uy4rw6y]

@@TheGamer2323 Yall called his bluff and lost, take notes.

[@dococ3561]

I’ve been seeing a lot of trash ass streamers beating this boss fairly quick. I’m not saying you bad at the game but yknow gang

[@sleezy2953]

Lowkey he kinda is..

[@Rico_Carny]

​Did you beat it@@sleezy2953

[@DistinctionDino]

Honestly I think this is a case of people chasing a trend. I’m not saying he is but you know it’s hot right now and I just don’t think he really feels like playing, personally probably going to play the dlc in like a month when I’m in the mood.

[@AK46supr]

I dont think thats his point my dude

[@zachanator2011]

​@@AK46suprthe what is his point if the og comment disproves his entire statement

[@YaBoyMirage]

I actually like how hard this game is. It makes me want to play DS1, 2, and 3. Even Bloodbourne and Sekiro😂

[@scrublord7922]

All goated but sekiro hits DIFFERENT

[@aaronbrown944]

DS3 the one i might play it again and beat again and finally do all the dlc’s

[@joppekim]

Elden ring was extremely easy from the beginning to end. Only Malenia made me stuck for about 7 tries. But yeah the older games were much harder.

[@Von803]

Why play DS 2 lmao??

[@Loakum]

I have such fond memories of Dark Souls 2. I unlocked the two rings of illusion. Those rings makes your sword and shield invisible. To unlock them you have to play the entire game without dying or using a bonfire. Yes, I’m that dude when it comes to souls games.

[@TheOnlyTaps]

Man's was vex we didn't even get an outro 😭😭😭. And yeah got no comment on my end with regards to the DLC. Haven't even played the base game yet, still sitting in the backlog.

[@Tonio5100]

My boy feeling like Kendrick towards Drake with that 1st boss...... I HATE the way that you walk I HATE the way that you talk I HATE the way that you dress 🤣😭🤣

[@JazzyJeff2891]

A-HYUCK 🤪

[@shawnsanders3636]

ELDEEEEN RING!!!!!!!!

[@righteoushand]

Y’all wild a fuck!!!!! My boy is in pain like me in this DLC!!!!! And I fucking love it!!!!!!

[@NightmareonAnyStreet_]

😂😂😂

[@TheGamer2323]

This is just my first impressions of the Erdtree DLC after my first session of it last night. Feelings may or may not change lol

[@r58302]

Keep trying bro we believe in you. You will be our Elden Lord -guppy

[@DecimatedSoul]

They aren't gonna get better Jeremy it only gets harder from after the lion

[@KNGDDDE]

Hang in there man. Might wanna invest in some regen. The name of the game is endurance. Now FOCUS!!! 💀😂😂

[@KNGDDDE]

​​@@DecimatedSoulI found the lion harder than renala. She was easier to track and slower. The lion... it's the aerials for me, and the cheap aspect is how they only let u lock on to his most mobile part; his head. So in between my screen doing matrix dodges to stay locked on I had to also try reading his attacks lol. It's OD. If he wasn't 2 tapping it'd prolly be a fun hack n slash. I actually like the over the top moves, I like dancing dragons irl. I like this boss lol.

[@clippityclapclap]

@@KNGDDDEfuck no the lion is more easier hit that ass with scarlet rot and he’s done but the toughest would probably be prime radahn or Romina in st bud

[@sheriffshereef2675]

Told my mimic tear to get his ass back over here

[@regdexter4014]

meanwhile somewhere a 13 year old has beating that boss multiple times 😂😂😂

[@BEARDEDSLOTH802]

My 13 old son is awesone at these games lol

[@LuffyDYami]

mfs will have the most optimal build and cheese the boss and be satisfied w that and go a comment “ it was easy for me get gud” 💀 lmao

[@KNGDDDE]

Eh, idk if u can make it thru the dlc like that. So far I've had to tune my build a lot more for the event.

[@shyff2188]

Don’t like the way they handled difficulty in this game, this is not the only boss that has this problem. One or two shots, no matter your level, health, defensive talisman etc you’re just dead regardless. Makes these upgrades feel useless. The one I’m stuck on right one is even more toxic in my opinion. Once I’m not having fun anymore, I’ll use summons to get past it, I have nothing to prove to anybody.

[@KNGDDDE]

Ove used summons the whole time. I realized elden ring was an rpg from fallingstar beast in caelid. i found him pretty quick, didn't beat him until vig was up and I'd switch the a great hammer. I don't think you can enjoy this game with git gud confinements, especially not the dlc lol.

[@LordSiah]

I hate to tell you but that's actually kind of false when I was fighting messmer I don't know if you got to that point yet but he impaled me and for most people that's death was beast of vitality and a whole bunch of incantation buffs and some talismans and 67 vigor I'm able to survive his impalement pretty much all the time unless I just didn't have the buffs on I'm sorry the upgrades aren't useless you also just have to be good at the game lol I'm not saying that to be funny like for real it took me 10 hours to beat Mesmer I had already killed him three times but I killed him right after I died cuz my summon got the last hit in I won't lie to you that like my biggest problem with elden ring is that it doesn't teach you how to play the game it honestly just beats you into submission either you quit or you learn simple

[@shyff2188]

@@LordSiah I’ve platinum the main game, beaten other souls games & just beat the final boss of the DLC so no it’s not just a « git gud situation ». You took the example of Messmer which I think is one of the best bosses they designed & my favorite fight of the DLC despite the fact it was the 2nd hardest to beat for me, that doesn’t change the issues that come with making these items feeling useless & some of these bosses being cheap af. You tell me if you feel the same way when you get to the final boss, but nothing you just said is relevant to my point, I know what souls games are.

[@jared5706]

We’re in for one of the greatest jeremy ✨C O N T E N T ✨ arcs of all time 😭😂☝🏼

[@InnerRise]

i was born to experience this.

[@Nytellem]

THIS IS ACTUAL FACTUAL! The content just don’t stop! And I’m here for it!

[@zorro8027]

I personally don’t see an issue with the difficulty. Beat the lion in 2 tries; run is on my channel.

[@KNGDDDE]

Definitely gotta see this build lol

[@superstrat5826]

NGL you can't say shit if you only have a +7 flask lol.

[@BEARDEDSLOTH802]

Hes better than you

[@patrickrattigan4980]

I feel like From fell in love with their own legend of difficulty. Alot of it is needless. Ask yourself a question.......what other dlc they made had its own fucking scaling

[@christopheryanez]

It goes back to DS1, whenever they released the “Prepare to Die” edition. That right there was FromSoft embracing the be difficult for the sake of being difficult attitude

[@GripChief]

Stop being proud, just use spirit ashes or co-op. You don't need to force yourself to solo everything on the first try

[@crackhead2able]

No. That’s the Baby way out.

[@lilrockpro]

Bro this is the exact reason why I stopped playing souls games, people will say it’s a skill issue but the grind these games put you in is exhausting and just results in me not having fun where I could play another game and just chill. That’s just me though

[@SimplyAhkBen]

I don't blame you bruh, too heck what the fanboys think. I pray the souls genre dies out!!! Miyazaki needs to be humbled for designing a game so fricking hard.

[@SoraFan23]

Let me ask you something. If the game had a "Diffuclty option" setting where you can select "Easy, Medium, Hard" would you still play it? I've seen this argument before many times and lets just say most of the gaming community gets very triggered with this question.

[@lilrockpro]

@@SoraFan23 Yeah absolutely, I just think the grind of a souls game gets tiring and it becomes a stress instead of an enjoyable gaming experience

[@SoraFan23]

@@lilrockpro Thats fair.

[@themitickgamer]

​@@SimplyAhkBenWhy do you hope it dies out?? Just don't play it, simple.

[@ramenguy65]

One thing that blows my mind is that 2 years later, apparently playing the PS4 version on PS5 is still the ideal way to play to get consistent 60fps. But I've been seeing performance issues across the board with this dlc. And the true boss on the one you're on is unfortunately the camera, a common opponent in these games.

[@Spageddieoz]

Ayy man im not tryna backseat or anything but watching u fight on stream you should get ur flasks to +12 and the most flasks u can you’d be surprised how much it helps. Other than that man I wish u luck for the rest of ur dlc playthrough, divine lion is kinda cheese but I believe.

[@ValkyrianWyverian]

I don't play souls like games, but I can relate to your frustration since I play monster hunter. When that iceborne dlc came out, eventually it started to feel like the monsters just never stopped attacking. Or the window to attack them was very small. I suspect that when developers make these dlcs, they're taking into account all the builds and tools that players have access to. So in essence, the devs are trying to one up the community and its speed runners.

[@Resignedbc27]

Im on my third boss. Definitely tough. Also if you think this dlc is tough. Play demon souls it's has 2 to 3 hitting enemies just like this dlc Where was the complaining about demon souls?

[@aidancav]

thats tough in a diff type of way

[@Resignedbc27]

​@@aidancav aint as hard as demon souls

[@Jaidon30]

@@Resignedbc27Demon souls is easy😂

[@christopheryanez]

I hate to break it to you…Demon’s Souls is my personal favourite. It was my very first experience back in 2011 with souls games. I’ve touched all games after OG Demon’s Souls and I can say for certain that Demon’s Souls is 100% the easiest. You can get away with so much by parrying lol. Especially on PS5 with all the great QoL improvements they implemented. It was known as a super brutal title because it was janky af on the PS3, inventory management was a pain, and it was the very first entry in the series so people weren’t too familiar with the series at the time. DS1-3 have easily surpassed Demon’s Souls in difficulty. Compare DS3 bosses with the gimmick bosses in Demon’s Souls: night and day. Demon’s Souls difficulty is mostly with the level design which I love about it. Most fans agree that the “real” experience starts NG+ since enemies hit harder so that just tells you what base game is gonna feel like. Another thing about Demon’s Souls is that it doesn’t try so hard to be hard for the sake of being hard

[@hollowficate]

Jeremy did you heard what Miyazaki said? Turning down the difficulty will "break the game". Watch how these FromSoft fans will praise and worship Miyazaki. The Souls community is without a doubt one of the most toxic community out there. They won't say this out loud but they just love gatekeeping the game.

[@Th3RidiculousOn3]

I agree with you on Frame Rate. Some times it dips. I think the Lion Dancer is an incredible boss. It took me like 10 tries. You can do it if you persevere bro

[@durdurs8048]

Gamer’s struggles in this dlc IS NOT Miyazaki’s fault. Ifykyk 😂😂

[@KNGDDDE]

How? He's the chief of the design? They missed the mark and didn't learn from the base game. These games are supposed to be challenging, not hard. Is getting combo'd into renalla phasetran to death hard? Is getting grabbed 4ft away from bayles mouth hard? Is not perfectly weaving thru greatsword tornadoes with no world collision hard? Neither of these instances challenge me past not getting hit, this isn't difficulty. It's a shxt test. The fun and challenging aspect to me has been build crafting. I have become much more proficient at synergizing my build, though it's cost me not being able to run my fun weapons.

[@BEARDEDSLOTH802]

You are incapable of rational thought.

[@borrachoboss5168]

I’m enjoying the difficulty of the game. Makes you strategize. Feels very satisfying when I beat bosses.

[@CMoney280]

Jeremy does bare minimum exploration, doesn’t redo builds, ignores advice, and then ends up complaining about the experience HE created lmao cmon bro. It’s hard as fuck but not impossible

[@KNGDDDE]

You kno how long he'd be exploring as a new player getting ready for the lion? 2hrs, and that's just apeedblitzing to frags and the mini bosses holding them.

[@S1lverArr0w]

@@KNGDDDE And we would be seated for the best part if not all of them 2 hours. I don't care about that shit. As long as he's enjoying the game, having fun, cussing out chat on Twitch, throwing out bans and progressing, i'm there. I'd rather see him grift for success than being stuck in the same loop like that Rellana boss.

[@BEARDEDSLOTH802]

If you need to create a whole new build on a whim your game sucks

[@Micah-Woods]

😂😂😂 my man's lookin stressed right now

[@ajanimandara9048]

I’m on the last boss today I love this dlc and game

[@infamouskidd8767]

I don’t know how y’all play this shit lol. It isn’t fun to me at all but that’s just me.

[@SimplyAhkBen]

Some of the people who defend these types of games are Sadist and Mashochist. The Souls games would test your sanity and stress levels.

[@maliquedavis7719]

Miyazaki was in that dev kitchen with an apron and some perc 30 Talking about "I'll show you FN's what real difficulty looks like"

[@malikelliott8652]

Kinda why I stopped with souls games. It's made to frustrate you. And on top of that they don't allow you to move the way you're supposed too. I'm tired of cheesing bosses to the point where I can't even express myself with the moveset givin with any weapon. Bosses can move freely. But you can't. You have to rely on i-frames to win. Which is wack asf. The adventure aspect of it is cool. But I hate the combat given. And if we're goin to die no matter what lvl we're on considering how high health can go and damage resistance or armour then give us a better combat system we can actually enjoy and deal with for these enemies that takes skill. It's no such thing as get good. Just cheese the enemies. Lol people really fight to suck dick. You can't utilize your skill. just cheese. Mfa don't even stumble when you attack them because of poise lvl. Shit is dumb asl. You also get hit by hit boxes that aren't even a part of the weapon. Hit boxes are to big. Why tf am I getting hit still and I'm outside of their range of attack?

[@SS-jf9ls]

kai cenat beat the first boss in like 15-20 tries 😂

[@Final_Dawn]

I beat it at my 6th try. But I had an op blood build, and I found almost all the scadutree fragments in the first area. So that kinda helped.

[@ProfessorSpade]

Kai isnt that bad of a player , he is better than most including gamer

[@sleezy2953]

@@ProfessorSpade Thats sad cuz kai not really a gamer like that compared to "thegamer2323"😂

[@Kinginafrica]

Kai is trash, go cry about it 😂😂😂

[@Digital.midori]

Messmer is cooking his ass now tho lol

[@ItsTheGuild]

Did you go around and get the shards first or you boss rushing like everyone else? You don’t have to fight everything lol

[@BEARDEDSLOTH802]

Collecting things isnt skill

[@DrayClay]

Hard for the sake of being hard. No real innovation just pure insanity.

[@deonlecount4557]

Please git gud bro the difficulty is how we true souls players love it. Go play my little ponys.

[@Setofhornsandahalo]

The camera sucks but that’s nothing new. Change your build or learn its pattern.

[@MewinMoose]

Miyazaki just a hardcore sadist and his fans are beyond delusional for defending him

[@MakaveliCVW]

Ugh lol I love the difficulty in from soft games ever since bloodborne I have been completely hooked and it changed gaming for me

[@francistein8409]

youre just dumb 😂 get good buddy. the game is single player. take all the time you need to be better

[@blockchainballer4542]

Nah bro… fromsoftware makes very high quality games and there’s good reason to support and sometimes defend them. But they are not everyone’s cup of tea and that’s ok.

[@geronimo1595]

Elden ring has so many ways for people to make progress in the game you have to be joking

[@MakaveliCVW]

@geronimo1595 I think it might be most people's first souls game and haven't had the patience to learn the game mine was bloodborne and I almost stopped playing after dying in the first area 30 times lol but I kept going cause the game looked so awesome and it was the best decision I ever made cause they are my favorite games now and I have played and beaten them all except dark souls 1 and 2...most people don't have the patience or don't ever want to die in a game but it's apart of the game and a lesson everytime...I am pumped to finally play the dlc

[@mickjagger223]

Real ones are playing Daxter this weekend instead of this stress inducing TRASH!!!!.

[@KeepingItFishy]

Shadow of the erdcheeks 😅 First Boss is a Avatar: the last airbender 😅

[@MichaelChapmanArt]

Let us know when you meet Messmer 🤣🤣🤣

[@b-41subject57]

😅😅

[@fernandosepulveda7297]

4:02 lmao why is miyazaki speaking with an African accent.

[@burd7455]

Combat in FromSoftware games. Swing, back off, swing back off, swing back off. How riveting. lol

[@christopheryanez]

Can’t forget the roll roll roll roll roll roll roll…action packed roly-poly experience

[@needum9212]

I can’t play from software games. I always try but I’m just not having fun. I don’t have the patience for these kind of games 😂

[@drewtube6838]

Messmer is crazy 😂. I seen Kai Cenat on that boss for hours.

[@clippityclapclap]

He isn’t that hard if u hit him with frost or scarlet rot he’s done but u have to know his moves.

[@yusseff111]

I think you missed the scadutree fragements bro

[@b-41subject57]

Yeah you definitely need those. They raise your stats and your summons stats specifically for this DLC. So, yeah, he needs those.

[@b-41subject57]

Same lol

[@SirBranDon24]

You think this is hard? Try dark souls 3 ringed city dlc.

[@smeegshuman]

Ringed city wasn’t that hard

[@untouchableghost1156]

Oh my GOD that shit is 10x worse

[@tylerblair318]

This shit is exposing the fucking out of people's skill and ability. DS3 was WAY fucking harder. Even Bloodborne was infinitely harder with that fucking Ludwig fight.

[@smeegshuman]

@@tylerblair318 dude Ludwig is only hard in phase 1. In phase 2 if he uses his charged attack where he holds the sword up you can practically kill him by the time he finished the attack.

[@aza1479]

That was the best

[@inspiredglue2056]

I wouldn't say that it's artificial difficulty or anything along those lines. While saying "get good" is generally toxic to say, the DLC is definitely very hard and I see that as a good thing. For me, the DLC is near perfect and my favorite piece of gaming media.

[@KNGDDDE]

It's mostly artificial to me. I've enjoyed the newer enemies, it just get obnoxious. Especially these poise knights. I'm in the shadow keep rn and boi, they have these knights with fast, bs tracking fire balls. 12x hit combos AND THESE MIFOS DO NOT STAGGER. 2 handing doesn't matter lol, it's so fxcking OD lol. Gotta pull out the great weapons now, they also have like 10k health. So ur taking down 3-4 of these dudes per section and for wat? SMITHING STONES... They don't even drop a lot of runes lol. This is wat I mean by artificial, ur better off just running thru most stuff. Enemies with gud drops are usually isolated.

[@christopheryanez]

It’s definitely artificial difficulty lol, it’s FromSoft’s specialty and they know being hard for the sake of being hard makes them stand out…especially when fanboys will drool no matter what they take out of the rusted oven.

[@inspiredglue2056]

​@@christopheryanez Have you played the game? Also, why do we have to get frustrated with people for, oh no, finding joy in a game that is by most considered incredible?

[@BEARDEDSLOTH802]

Youre fucking high

[@kei7540]

I have similar feelings. Like I paid 40 bucks to experience some new content but now I gotta go back the the base game map and grind and farm just to have a chance against the new enemies or just cheese everything which isnt fun. 😂

[@itachi93674]

That’s your own fault actually get good at the game or don’t play it. Better yet go play Horizon Zero Dawn it’s meant for noobs like you

[@XiggyJ]

I love you Gamer, but this is a cope. You said that the late game bosses in the base game weren't hard because their move sets were easy to read, they just dealt a lot of damage. Now with the lion boss, you are struggling to really read his moves, but it still deals a lot of damage, what do you want, sucka? The bosses aren't hard in the DLC, you say? Come on. 😂😂

[@Green_Matrix]

Git gud

[@joppekim]

This is the same debate that happens at every souls release. Some people think it's hard and unfair, others think it's fine. You just need to adapt different playstyles and push through. Like the dancing lion fight i did on first try. It was VERY close and i was lucky. But that boss has movesets which clicked really well for me. It is like you had to dance to the music because it felt like his fight was synced up really well with the music. I found it extremely fun!

[@KDARSENAL141]

It’s been a while since I played Elden Ring. DLC lookin crazy!

[@UNCHARTED2FANATIC]

Nah they definitely built the difficulty around people using co op and mimic tears

[@Gamingistherapyforme]

Yup.. I got no shame. If the boss is gonna be cheesy. I’m going to cheese back lol we earned that mimic tear in the base game so why wouldn’t I use it. People have to much pride over a video game.

[@zachanator2011]

​@@GamingistherapyformeEXACTLYYYY I'll never understand peoples energy with that. The game literally gives you a mimic tear to use and I completely agree if a boss if Gona be cheesy then cheese. I think the fromsoft devs know they're bosses are cheeseable

[@malikelliott8652]

But you shouldn't have to cheese in the first place. When you have a dodge mechanic. You should be able to dodge incoming attacks. Instead of getting hit by overly sized hitboxes. Forcing you to cheese. Which takes no skill. That is the main problem with dark souls games. What's wrong with actually being a skilled player in defence and offense. Instead of cheesing?

[@zachanator2011]

@@malikelliott8652 just because you have to cheese doesn't mean every player has to thats the point. You might find the hitboxes impossible but players like "let me solo her" don't share that same sentiment. If the game forced you to cheese then players like him would never be able to win. He literally just dodges all the bosses attacks and the other players who can't beat the same boss are standing right there to witness it

[@malikelliott8652]

@@zachanator2011 wtf are you talking about. I should be able to dodge attacks. Point blank period. You act like I don't know how to dodge incoming attacks. People don't want to cheese the games at all. But that is literally how you have to play it. There is no skill aspect to it. It's a cool game. But the combat system Is trash. I know how to fight in a combat rpg adventure game. Or fighting game period. These souls like games don't require true skill. Like being able to dodge a clearly incoming attack. It requires you to look for patterns to exploit. Which you will die again and again until you see the pattern. You can't go into a new boss battle blind to the attacks. Trynna dodge incoming attacks you can clearly see coming. The game isn't meant to be played that way.

[@blvd6969]

All i heard in this video was a skill issue

[@RealEroSennin]

It’s really not that bad lmao

[@derekosgood3230]

That's why I don't play games like this lol I'm thinking about it. It looks great, but I just don't have the patience for these difficult ass boss battles 😂

[@MakaveliCVW]

This game is honestly pretty easy compared to their other games and there is so much to do that u can always come back to a boss or area once u leveled up and it ain't grinding to me cause there is always something new to see and do

[@derekosgood3230]

@@MakaveliCVW I believe there's a lot to do. But as far as difficulty I usually hear the opposite. I don't mind difficult games but it just depends on how crazy we're talking.

[@MakaveliCVW]

@derekosgood3230 if u haven't played a souls game u should give this a try, there will be a learning curve but I can assure u this is the easiest by far, go with a magic/melee build and if u take the time to really understand these games they will change gaming for u...I used to think they were punishingly hard but I took the time to learn them and now I believe they are challenging but fair and it makes exploration and combat all the more rewarding

[@jonathankabasele985]

i didnt beat no boss without summon

[@godssalvation87]

Sounding like kendrick from euphoria at 11:01

[@SuperAriel35]

That boss is a pain in ass. As a mage I was able to destroy the boss . But it took some time. All your complaints about the boss are valid.

[@StayBusy88]

There’s no way I’m playing this shit I haven’t beaten the base game of Elden ring 😂😂

[@thepooch2296]

People are complaining because they actually have to think. Try different builds for different bosses. The first dog boss is much easier with ranged magic attacks. It's literally a skill issue.

[@christopheryanez]

“Different builds for different bosses” that is sad lol

[@thepooch2296]

@@christopheryanez How?

[@K.thai18]

I don't get why people are excited to get their cheeks kicked in, I couldn't understand it on my end

[@HoundxOfxJustice]

Trash at a trash game...Cope

[@Supre3m3Kai]

Broken enemy scaling and making enemies have extremely erratic behavior is NOT difficulty. It's just BS!

[@djblakk3535]

This whole genre has been overhyped and overrated for years. Glad yall finally wising up

[@SirCartierNY]

They’re finally waking up

[@AverageJ0e150]

IGN review is saying the same thing they had to switch back to their end game weapons to be able to deal enough damage

[@Nytellem]

This was Drake, After Kendrick had that concert. 😂

[@greendusk93]

0:36 ERDCHEEKS

[@fernandosepulveda7297]

Tears of the cuckdom

[@fernandosepulveda7297]

Hes always talkin smack on a game if its not PlayStation game

[@kenmasters2231]

you could'nt have sold me more on this DLC...thanks.

[@Final_Dawn]

Just wait til you meet the boss on the top of the mountain 🤣 that boss is harder than Midir. It's probably the hardest boss in FromSoft history.

[@DecimatedSoul]

Well I'm pretty sure they are gonna nerf this dlc bc of the feedback from everyone, at least I got to fight them prenerfed but NG+ is not fun at all double damage so basically 2 shotted by any Boss in this

[@godssalvation87]

They tried to make it bloodborne-like but it dont work on a slower movement gameplay.

[@christopheryanez]

Thaaaaaaaaank you. DS3 was also Bloodborne: The Dark Souls mod. Enemies felt like they were from an entirely different game. The player? Same ol’ roly-poly lackluster combat. Really sad when a simple mechanics like deflections, seamless dashing, and posture would’ve added so much to both DS3 and ER

[@cantala13]

What did yall want miyazaki to do? Make the DLC the same difficulty as the regular game? So yall can come in there with your broken ass build and completely obliterate the whole damn thing? Freaking learn hout to optimize your build for max damage, don't just level up weapons and try to run up and smack stuff, the DLC isn't for the weak....oh and ummmm....git gud.

[@cpfantastic5576]

Ok, make it harder but balanced. That what we got right there is just broken.

[@cantala13]

@cpfantastic5576 but it's not broken bruh, yes the bosses are hard, the problem is people wanna jump in the game and run to the bosses in the first 2 hours, you gonna get destroyed, explore the map as much as you can, get stronger, level your character more, raise your attack and defense with the new leveling system, im getting past bosses, are they hard? Yes they are, are they impossible? No they aren't, the game feels balanced to me, it feels just like I started eleven ring for the first time, you people just wanna bully the DLC like you've been doing for the last 2 years, I can guarantee if I got a look at thegamer2323 stats and set up he isn't running an optimized build, you can't just level up weapons and think you're gonna run around and just r1 shit to death...git gud, that phrase means soooo much more than people think.

[@cpfantastic5576]

@@cantala13 Cringe nerdish comment, stop.

[@cantala13]

@cpfantastic5576 what was cringe or nerdish about what I said? Come, let's have a healthy adult conversation about it, please expound on your point.

[@SPACECOWBOY705]

We all knew Jeremy not built for these FromSoftware streets.

[@Th3RidiculousOn3]

The idea of the game designs in From soft is, yes we as the player “Are the cockroach.” As you said. And we as the minuscule being we are, Must figure out how to defeat Godlike bosses. Once you do the feeling is overwhelming.

[@christopheryanez]

That’s it tho…you’re a cockroach. You may upgrade your character to become a legendary cockroach but you’re still gonna be a cockroach. A game like Nioh 2? You start as a roach and will genuinely feel like an in-game boss towards the end. FromSoft refuses to give us that kind of experience for their soulslike titles

[@SirBuckford]

Couple of things I feel like people don't understand: 1. People are underestimating the impact that the fragments will have. The reason enemies do so much damage is because From wants you to explore and "level up" using these that you find. And, each time you level the blessing you get a 5% increase in your attack damage as well as 5% damage negation. And this adds up to I think a total of 50% for both of those, which is HUGE. I'm nowhere close to getting all of them and enemies already would need to get in a good 6-8 hits in to kill me. 2. The Dancing Lion isn't the first boss. The Blackgaol Knight isn't the first boss. That's what people don't get, those are "DEAD END" boss fights, they're "optional." You're not expected to just run blindly to the first boss you see in being able to drop them. Find the fragments, collect new gear, and learn your playstyle. I really really hope they don't nerf this DLC. I'm already hearing it sounds like they did nerf it after the reviewers played it but before we did. I've been wanting this kind of challenge for so long and I feel like outside of 1 or 2 bosses from the base game, I didn't get that kind of rage inducing hopelessness that I wanted. And I've done a sizeable bit of this DLC already and still feel like I haven't even found that challenge yet. 10 deaths isn't enough. I want to die 50 times to the same boss as I learn how to fight it. I need that feeling that Bloodborne first gave me.

[@agasthya9128]

Same here. I literally defeated Rellana on my first try 😂 People hyped that boss so much and I beat her in 1 min. Even messmer I defeated in 1.5 mins on my 5-6th try. I use mimic tear offcourse. I have used npc summons for Bayle and Consort radhan because of the npc questline, I think it was justified to take their help. And these were the only two bosses that were actually challenging to me in the whole dlc. Also they made the fight enjoyable.

[@Blag_Cog]

I've felt this way since I played Sekiro. Instead of doing something new, they are just limiting what the player can effectively do until the player has perfectly memorized a pattern. Its like beating your head against a door until you've found a structural weakness and the door collapses lmfao. In effect the door now no longer feels like a door because you know where the button is.

[@demetriusbowman3120]

They don’t limit you in the slightest. There’s a myriad of ways to tackle each boss, Gamer just ain’t find it yet and that’s okay. Kai, a newbie souls player, beat this boss in like an hour or less.

[@Blag_Cog]

@@demetriusbowman3120 They absolutely limit what you can do. You have to dodge the attacks until you've learned the pattern. That is literally the only expected way to beat them as a first timer.

[@demetriusbowman3120]

@@Blag_CogNo it’s not. You just don’t engage with the mechanics enough. You can cheese this boss with a good shield, or starfist and crag blade. You can also use broken shit like mimic summons, player summons, or just high intelligence meteor. You block, parry, or roll EVERY BOSS. He’d probably have an easier time with a great shield. The game does not FORCE you to dodge only. Get creative.

[@TheGamer2323]

@@demetriusbowman3120 kai used a op blood build where he was doing like 1000 damage per hit but yall fail to mention that LOL. suckas love to say ''well so and so did it so IT'S YOU'' without the context lol 😂😂

[@Blag_Cog]

@@demetriusbowman3120 Most of what you suggested are completely unoptimal ways of playing. How could a random player be expected to use high intelligence meteor? I mean think for a second whats necessary to get that. Does that mean everytime our build doesn't work we should restart the game and build a new character all over again?

[@SirCartierNY]

16:11 this is what people think is fun somehow💀

[@xeno7233]

I mean you can summarize any game with its basic mechanics, it's not much of a valid point of criticism

[@SirCartierNY]

@@xeno7233 from softwares games rely heavily on this combat loop. It’s getting stale. Sekiro was my favourite game they made and that’s because it felt different by not restricting the player as much.

[@Hunterese123]

Bruh don't play the game if you dont like it, simple​@@SirCartierNY

[@zachanator2011]

​@@Hunterese123they the hype train bangwagoners they all gone fall off eventually

[@malikelliott8652]

Lol it's a skill issue. It's not your fault at all either. You have to cheese enemies to win in these games which is lame. Instead of using basic dodge because you can see an attack coming. You would have to rely on i-frames. They take skill out of the equation period which is why it's difficult. I stopped playing these types of games. It's a bs experience.

[@Xayjohns]

Shoot, i never finished the main game after near 200 hours. So this DLC is basically called "ELDEN RING: Who, Me?".

[@lordrikudouzero9119]

Same! I got stuck at the last boss but I’m glad. The dlc is fun and crazy, getting powered up with the new upgrades does help tho.

[@Xayjohns]

​​@@lordrikudouzero9119 It's like every now and again, I want to play it again but I just don't want to get aggravated again, lol.

[@TR0YX0]

Woke up at 5am and this man was still on this boss.

[@CensorTube84]

😅

[@John_Smith5]

Lmaoo

[@Asupernaruto1]

And this is why difficulty modes exist.

[@itachi93674]

Elden Ring doesn’t need difficulty modes. You either get good or quit. Too many scrubs trying to play this game when they have no business playing the game in the first place. If you don’t have the time and willpower to learn the mechanics of the game you should eat a dick and play mine craft

[@MikaelLundin-x3c]

I didn’t have any problems with the difficulty of the DLC, pre nerf. I consider myself mediocre at these games, but I found the difficulty fair. What I didn’t like about the DLC 1. Some of the areas feels empty, like they created the area first but didn’t find any content to fill it with 2. There is so much lore questions that weren’t answered, but I didn’t expect them to, because they prefer to leave it open to interpretation 3. The bosses with forever-combos and attacks delayed forever which makes it very hard to time. Don’t like that kind of boss design where it doesn’t allow you to heal. Yeah, still a 10/10 for me because I’m a FromSoftware stan 😂

[@Banbro88]

The narrative is a mess, the pacing, the lore, Miquella is an absolute disappointment. All the hype, the immersive trailers to enter the Land of Shadows, run around for 10 hours and then eventually kill Miquella with little to no explanation, some fucking cutscene of Miquella monologuing " boohoo I want to be a god "? Stop it. (1) Encounter Design. Some of the enemy encounter design in the DLC is reminiscent of what people railed on Lords of the Fallen for. There are several points in the DLC where FromSoft has placed enemies in nooks and around corners for the sole purpose of trying to cheese you and/or knock you off a ledge. Has this always been present in Souls as a means to encourage players to be cautious? Yes. Have they taken it to a ridiculous extreme this time around? Yes. (2) Character/World Scaling. After playing some of the DLC, I've really started to believe that FromSoft started this project without really having an idea of where/when in the game the DLC was going to exist. There are dozens of incredibly confusing points where you might reach the end of a legacy dungeon, go through several tricky enemies, open up a secret corridor, and see a shiny, only to realize that it's a Smithing Somber Stone 1. This is the earliest weapon upgrade you can get, and completely useless at this point in the game. For example, there's an Ancient Dragon Somber Stone just prior to Mohg's boss room, which is required to even access the DLC. You might enter a mine and find a mix of Smithing Stone 2/3, and enemies drop Smithing Stone 4, all of which is completely outclassed and is easily purchasable for anyone who has made it to the Altus Plateau. Basically, the rewards you get for overcoming the significant challenges the DLC poses for you are usually not relevant for your character by the time you get there. With some of the enemy design, I get the strong feeling that they created a base template that they'd just multiply by a series of modifiers later, without really doing significant testing and balancing. (For context, this is how the base game works. Enemies have a base template, and area modifiers exist to multiply their stats by certain percentages to scale the difficulty. This is one of the most criticized elements of the main game, since the scaling has a tendency to go off the rails by the time you get to the Mountaintops of the Giants) The player scaling is also confusing. FromSoft was clearly worried, especially with the DLC releasing so late after the base game launch, that players would enter with max leveled characters and steamroll it. As a result, they put in an upgrade system where you must burn discoverable key items to boost your absorption and damage in DLC zones. However, this creates a really confusing feedback loop for the player. If I'm struggling to damage enemies, is it my weapon? Should I be leveling? Or have I just not had enough DLC upgrades? If I walk into a boss arena and get 2-shot with 60 vigor (the softcap) and every defensive talisman I can equip, is there something wrong with the setup I have, or do I just not have enough DLC upgrades? The system they've put in place makes it difficult to know if you're at the expected power level for an area or boss, since there are now multiple different character upgrade systems that you have to work with. (3) Speaking of bosses, this might be my area of greatest disappointment. My earlier statement about getting 2-shot with full defensive investment and 2k+ HP is not an exaggeration. These bosses do not mess around. More than the damage, however, their design is the point of frustration. FromSoft has shifted hard into bosses that constantly run away and force you to chase them in recent years, and there's still plenty of that, but they've also dipped more heavily into bosses that rush you down and almost never stop attacking. My largest gripe here is not the "difficulty" of boss design like this, it's that it invalidates and prevents you from using all the tools that the game gives you. Find a new weapon with some really cool combos? Great, you'll never use them on a boss like Messmer. Best you can do is a single hit before you're rolling for your life again. Find a cool new spell or incantation? You're going to get slapped out of the wind up half the time, and the boss is programmed to immediately dodge the other half. Want to cast a spell or trade with a hit while the boss is attacking? Bad move because you just did 1/30th of their health bar and they just immediately killed you with a full combo. This brings things back to the Elden Ring summon system. There is a specific upgrade in the DLC for summons, as well as tools to heal your summons or buff you after they die. However, mainly what I've found is what has been true in the base game for years. The bosses cannot handle summons. If you're struggling, just bring in your favorite spirit summon and demolish the boss in a single try. This happens because the bosses are programmed to be extremely aggro and never stop attacking, but they can only deal with one enemy at a time. Because they make no attempt to actually defend themselves, as soon as they're forced to deal with more than one enemy, they collapse like a house of cards. If you want to go no summons, 1v1 only, you're going to be in for a lot of frustration. If you want to bring in summons, you'll steamroll the DLC. This is not good boss design. Oh, and don't get me started on reused bosses. I knew I was in for a treat when I found two ulcerated tree spirits (one of the most annoying base game bosses) in the first two hours. Two years and you're still reusing the most reused bosses from the base game, FromSoft? For shame. (4) Narrative and Lore The bosses lack personality. When you look at base Elden Ring I think some of the bosses definitely leave an impression at the start, during and after the fight. I vividly remember fights like Malekith, where he goes from decrepit Clergyman to death incarnate or Malenia, where she gracefully fights with her prosthesis and transforms into the terrifying rot goddess in phase 2. Hell, even if Godrick or Morgott are easy to me, I still remember their fights because of their dialogue. In those terms, I think the DLC is a bit of a let down. Take Rellana as an example. She is supposedly related to Rennala and her cousins, and is Messmer's finest swordswoman. And what does she get? Nothing. No intro cutscene, no dialogue. She doesn't even say anything to you when you die. And I get youre supposed to see that shes related to Rennala with her moon attack, and that FromSoft prefer subtle not direct storytelling, but I think some of the bosses definitely need some sort of interaction with the player. I mean, you're fighting THE MOTHER OF FINGERS, and there is no intro cutscene or anything? The only bosses that I can remember are Messmer and Mesmer comes and goes with 0 fanfare, he is a nobody that came out of nowhere who nobody cares for despite being a child of Marika. , The Lion dancer and the final boss, my third gripe with the DLC To me, this is maybe the biggest disappointment. This is your first AND LAST expansion for what is arguably the biggest game you have made. And you really put "prime" Radahn as the final boss? Im not a lore scholar, but from what Ive read, this decision does not really make much sense? Wouldnt it have been better to, for example, put Godwyn as the final boss, with how interconnected he is with literally everything in the game? Sure, you'd definitely have to pull of some mental gymnastics to make that happen, but it would have at least been an original concept, and our first glimpse into what Godwyn was capable of. But instead, we got "prime" Radahn who does not say anything to you. I think making him the final boss is a dumb decision, because his fight in the base game is already so iconic and insane. He shoots arrows of gravitiy, rains arrows down, throws meteors and literally divebombs into you like a meteor. HThis "prime" Radahn has like 3 sword combos and 3 moves where he showcases his sorcery abilities. In comparison, take a trip down memory lane and remember what characters From made as their final bosses to their DLC. Manus in DS1, Orphan of Kos in Bloodborne, Sister Friede and Gael, arguably From's best boss, in DS3. It feels very unoriginal, and totally unlike FromSoftware to reuse a boss as the last boss of your biggest and last expansion. Also, he takes zero damage but that's something a discussion for another time. The main problem is the lore. I saw all of it and it left me utterly dissatisfied. At the end I ask myself why can't I join the "villain"? He even asks us to join him. You can do the Lord of Frenzied Flame ending and destroy the world but that is too far? Overall, I just think it's not a good DLC. Also, an in-game cinematic from the gameplay trailer is just not in the game, that would have huge lore implications. It's OK to say it's a good game but has a narrative that's shoved down our throat with nothing hinting at it in the EXTENSIVE, lore driven base game. Gameplay is a 7 maybe 8/10 but what dragged it down immensely was the narrative, lore, pacing, and overall confusion, which is a solid 5/10. Combine that with the difficulty for the sake of being difficult and voila, you get the rating. For a game so hyped and praised by youtubers and streamers, with the base game having such a high rating, all the other Soulsbornes having such a high rating, such a low score CANNOT outright be summed up as " u need to git gud " .

[@brixzusjaeger3385]

Ya know what? This dlc isn’t that difficult. Like most of you beat the base game over level 120 with OP builds and people spamming ash summons and summoning friends to make the game easier. Yeah play as you want it’s fundamentally in the game……but I appreciate the difficulty. I fuckin love it! Because from software put in items in the dlc to buff your character. And the boss you’re complaining about I respectfully disagree. That boss was fun trying to figure out ways to beat it. I’m tired of developers making things easier. If you are struggling honestly it’s a skill issue to be brutally honest.

[@alirelax8761]

I get your point it's hard to me too. My advice is to change your weapon to ( Bloodhound Fang. It's the most broken weapon in the game / easy to get, easy to use , and have skill like when you hit they can't hit you back, very, very strong, especially losing blood.

[@TedRay77]

Like your review and thoughts. I really do not want to offend you or downplay your struggle. But how did I beat the boss on my 4th try? It might be time to re-evaluate your playstyle and re-think re-apply game mechanics. Get some sleep, you might be surprised when it "clicks" :) hope you can still enjoy the game.

[@LazerEtched]

I don’t want to defend the DLC cause I haven’t even played it yet. But someone who recently started playing and absolutely loving Elden ring hearing all this makes me excited. I couldn’t imagine them releasing a DLC and it being easy enough for people to blast through it in 4 to 6 hours and feeling like they wasted $40 because they’re over leveled. Maybe it is going to be unfair for sure. All I’m saying is I think the backlash would be WORSE were it not enough of a challenge versus almost unfair.