We were Forced to Play Elden Ring

[@tristandaries1129]

Born to play Visual Novels, forced to play Elden Ring

[@xcjsmith5310]

And he loves to parry!

[@liloma20]

good

[@Bonney-nz3qv]

He beat bloodborne so probly the rune and open world is the issue.

[@torahibiki]

And he also disnt finish it. He quit before elden beast. Didn't even bother with the dlc. Fking gacha players man. They will finish lootbox with the same enemies over and over. But can't even finish his journey.

[@slayeroffurries1115]

"play". You mean read? 😂

[@_Sh1ne_]

Hopefully, Garnt play Sekiro one day. He likes parrying, more linear experience and many tough enemies/bosses. Sekiro was literally made for HIM

[@WeirdTroll666]

fr

[@lucasrodrigues177]

Up

[@redpanpan7979]

Best souls game imo, tho it’s not rly traditional

[@kunstlerischesetwas1284]

I think he said he will play it. Just gona see when it will happen.

[@rdvansloten]

It’s just so repetitive and easy though. Most of the game can just be solved with spamming “parry” aka block aka invulnerability

[@slipinoy]

Joey was blessed. Soldier of God, Rick decided to gift him with an actual challenge

[@m33p0]

dude, that's Rick soldier of God. it's understandable if you die to him.

[@muhammadgharibaldy8064]

You mean Promised Consort Rick?

[@goldenclaw0034]

I love how Garnt bought item crafter in the same stream he beat Malenia 😂

[@TotallySaneDude]

Quoting a comment on Reddit: Fromsoft games are often described as having a "click" moment where suddenly everything starts to make sense. Some people restart 3 times before the Click, some don't get it until they're halfway through, some never get it at all. The Click doesn't even happen in the same way for everyone. Some people, it's slowly trekking through a castle, finally making it to the end, and slaying your first demigod, thinking about how you - not some prophesized main character - overcame a mountain. Others, it's finding the right weapon, realizing that little things like reach or the weight of the hit matter, and the game is not just waiting for enemies to stop attacking. Some don't even notice the Click once it happens; one day they just realize they enjoy a game they have to focus on and take somewhat seriously. I'm always a little sad when someone never experiences the Click, even when they give it an honest effort. F in the chat to all those that genuinely gave it a try and still didn't that Click.

[@barackobreezy]

yeah big agree, tried DS3 a while back, didn't click, couldn't get the combat and navigation down. played through elden ring on the recommendation of some friends and it just clicked. I've always loved exploration and open world though, but even going back to the more linear DS3, I loved it & its DLCs after seeing it through the lens of elden ring. it's a shame elden ring is such a toss up for some folks. I really think it's such quality, but a lot of the arguments against it rise from its open world formula. I think more people should use a wiki to outline their experience and just get lost in learning more about the open world & where some cool items, bosses, and weapons are. that's what made me fall in love with it

[@qinyima5693]

Agreed, after beating several early bosses in DS3, can't put controller down since, I think elden ring is even more addictive

[@Exel3nce]

As long as elden brings one to experience their actual good games, it achieved at least something

[@Eidolon5150]

Took me until my third playthrough where I could no hit some bosses.

[@DrVelvetPHD]

My click moment was getting the Halberd in DS1. I went from bouncing off the game two or three times, to getting to the lower Undead Burg with no deaths.

[@esmith2k2]

Man on the left has it right: 5:48. Once you play a fromsoftware game (any of them) enough, it finally clicks in your head. You understand the gameplay loop and it becomes relaxing. Explore, fight enemy, die to enemy, repeat until you beat enemy. Until that "click" happens, it'll feel like a crazy stressful struggle.

[@justzero6992]

Dawg i beat elden ring couple times and it still stresses me out xd

[@Foogi9000]

​@@justzero6992 Getting slammed into the ground by those Divine Beast Soldiers fuckers is anything but "relaxing".

[@indigoblack8127]

Garnt is fucking gamer

[@jeremyk7210]

Am I the weird one cause to relax I play soulborne games?

[@myniko]

Yes. Take advantage of that

[@digital_nex2247]

No once you learn them they become a breeze and very relaxing

[@MATCHLESS789]

DS1 is my ultimate cozy game.

[@shutup1037]

I think it's because walking around is cozy

[@hvprospekt]

That is just how souls games feel when you are at peace with the fact that you can die any moment.

[@jteknozasher496]

Garnt just basically described Sekiro. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is The Fromsoft game for Garnt

[@Zero-tk1hb]

Yeah, the moment you get that adrenaline you just get locked in. I did a run that i called "Warrior", i was determined to kill everyboss i encountered without healling (I don't have time for a no death or no hit run yet). The moment you are at 1hp and you just lock in so hard that you not even blink is the moment that the game goes from a 10 to a 100.

[@c8k5]

i just timed the attacks from the sound effects instead of visual cues on souls-games, since i found out that it's way easier to play like that.

[@vladislavdyakow]

Wow,that's actually smart,I also want to try this method,thanks for a tip

[@Xylus.]

​@vladislavdyakow this applies to a lot of other games too. Sound queues are always easier than judging a boss wind up. This is how people do full blindfolded runs of mike tyson's punch out.

[@barban534]

I feel Connor on that one about having to restrategize for every big fight in JRPGs. No game gives you that anymore. The closest you see it in is Metaphor Refantazia on hard mode. Some fights will make you wonder what abominations of gamers are living under Atlas's desk greenlighting main story fights like the Frost D boss ifykyk. I had to backtrack over 30 minutes of cutscenes to even stand a chance against it, and it is not about levels it is about consumables items (you can buy) and your class setups which is what makes it not grindy, but a puzzle.

[@TheBlackGarnet]

Elden ring the most beginner friendly of all the souls games.

[@gerushiiiii]

nah it's demon's souls

[@c1yro_22]

​@@gerushiiiii I wouldn't say that, Demon Souls cut half your health when you die so it's not very friendly with beginners Elden Ring and Bloodborne are very beginner friendly

[@digital_nex2247]

its not actually. that title easily goes to ds3. its the most well balanced game that’s not too hard and not too easy.

[@Cookie_Joe]

@@digital_nex2247 well-balanced sure, beginner-friendly just means you can make it easy the best, in this case, Elden Ring.

[@Simon-wd1cg]

nahh it's on you if you want elden ring to be the easiest or the most difficult fromsoft game ever

[@jayp4687]

So what I'm hearing from garnt is that he absolutely loves Elden Ring, and it might be the lesta attractive soulsgame to him because of the open world? we have a new souls fan people.

[@paniconmonday8847]

Joey should replay Elden Ring with Astrologer class. If so, then it's should be a cake walk for him this time, atlest for the first 5-6 hour.

[@Diego-vq8et]

hope the trio one day tries the seemsless coop mod, maybe that way would be more enjoyable for joey.

[@Ruuinx]

Garnt should replay DS3

[@kobiromano6115]

5:58 WAIT WAIT WAITWHAT?!?!?! You beat Bloodborne? My bro, you're a gamer

[@isaiah3259]

Garnt said he likes boss rush games so I hope he plays hollow knight if he hasn't already

[@camo4351]

Hollow knight isn't a boss rush game lol its a metroidvania. Its more about exploration than fighting bosses.

[@elduderino1287]

Is bro seriously complaining that the game didn't click for him after only 1 hour!?

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

Elden Ring has a huge playstyle shift in the Souls-like genre. In Dark Souls 1-3, Bloodborne, you can pick any build and beat the entire game. In Elden Ring, it takes influence from Sekiro. Some bosses are extremely strong to certain builds. Like the Crystalians, they absorb 90% of magic damage they receive, so can't use standard magic to it. Their skin acts like a shield, so attacking it with light attacks will feel like hitting a shield. But if you equip any lvl 1 standard mace and do 4 or 5 heavy attacks, you break its poise, and now its skin is shattered and all attacks will stunlock it. You can now equip a dagger and stunlock it without worrying about stamina. Some bosses are weak to poise damage. Some bosses are weak to certain status effects. To some bosses it is better to equip some gear that absorb a specific type of damage. I played the game for 600 hours before the DLC. I still have a hard time against many of the bosses. Then I find a unique tactic with a certain super hard boss that makes it almost trivial. It is such an amazing design.

[@weed_houze]

no. wrong. roll r1. skill issue

[@ArtoriasTheme]

That's quite an exaggeration. For example in DS1 there are main story bosses that are immune to fire, making it not possible to beat the game by just using Pyro, as one example. The ER Crystalians are not mandatory and you could run by them if need be or even just skip the tiny amount of areas they turn up in. I did ER with multiple single focus builds and didn't run into any major roadblocks.

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

@@ArtoriasTheme I did single focus builds as well. To beat the crystalians with my mage I did what I mentioned, equipping a lvl 1 mace. Still, we can feel the Sekiro influence in Elden Ring's bosses.

[@demne2300]

I thought I had one silly small sword for an entire game in sekiro

[@Stanzbey69]

@@weed_houze you the type of dude to complain about bosses being unfair simply because roll r1 doesn’t cut it

[@jamezgaming9061]

I love Margret

[@tastisoup678]

Not sure if Garnt has played it, but Monster Hunter would be great if he loves just jumping in and having the big boss fights

[@witcherye]

my first souls game was DS3 because I heard it had a character creator and I love character creators (I didn't know much about the series before that). Since I play games thinking of my character as an OC (because I write plots about them later), I didn't have a problem with dying multiple times because in my head it was part of the character's journey. As expected, I loved it and played Elden Ring after it and then DS1. I loved them all 💜 If I had to give one tip it would be that I think playing the souls games without thinking so much about how quickly to finish them is much better.

[@OmnishitpostENG]

When prime joey that beat bloodborne comeback ? That would be hype

[@_Sh1ne_]

Joey might be the first guy ever to die to Soldier of Godrick Genuinely impressive

[@adnanhussain9057]

I did as well. Elden ring was my first soulsborne game and i thought i could do whatever like other arpgs but i was humbled. Now i just beat consort radahn no summons last week. Feels good man

[@kunstlerischesetwas1284]

Never underestimate Rick, Soldier of God 🗣️🔥💪🏻

[@waypastthenorm8629]

i can totally understand joey"s take here. The souls games are what i use to relax because ive played them for so long and im used to them but i absolutly hate playing anything strategy based like xcom2. i know the game is amazing but something about it clicks wrong in my head and i end up stressed.

[@abdalla8558]

Those parries were filthy (I saw his malenia fight too)

[@jasonbratley9924]

This is so on point as I literally started playing Elden Ring a week ago.

[@KazanVT]

GARNT PLAY SEKIRO PLEASE

[@x3mslayer]

You ought to play Seamless Coop mod together, it makes beginner's experience much better. They start loving

[@mr.penguin4614]

13:37 I guess margit is 6 hours in..... when you spend 5 hours on the fucking Tree sentinel. LOL

[@KingOfDoma]

Here's the thing about Soulsborne games - *some people find constant death in a video game demoralizing*. Yes, the whole point is to keep grinding and not to give up, but when the game says "fuck you, try harder" over and over, some of us respond with "oh yeah? fuck you instead" and just stop playing. Obviously, due to the game's popularity, that's not a typical response among gamers, but I cannot see it being an unthinkable one.

[@Wayward9]

I only quit when the fights feel unfair. Most of the time playing Elden Ring when I died it felt like it was my fault and doing another run where I make it farther and dodge an atk I struggled with is so exciting. It rarely feels like there’s an attack you can’t dodge. Most of the time it doesn’t feel like a “fuck you” and more something you can learn from and try again. Plus the bosses and world is just so cool I wanted to keep playing. If you really struggle there’s always options like summons, magic, or looking up how other ppl fight a boss that makes it a lot easier

[@aliasonarcotics]

i don't think it's atypical. most people who play elden ring got carried by phantoms, often overleveled ones this isn't sekiro. the solo grind where you die over and over and the only option you have is to get better is not the typical experience. also as you get to the higher levels, overtuned ashes and spells can make up for a big part of a lack of ability

[@Wayward9]

@@aliasonarcotics I can only speak for myself and the couple friends who've played but I never used summons in a fight unless I legit thought it was unfair (looking at you Godskin Duo). I think a lot of ppl are the same tho

[@digital_nex2247]

@@Wayward9I can agree with godskin duo they’re pretty trash and someone like pre nerf consort radahn was unfair aswell and if you really want to drag it you can say that melanias water flow dance is also unfair even though it is dodgable. but all the other bosses are fair, if you get hit by a move its your fault. so you take the loss and learn from it learn from your mistakes instead of blaming the game.

[@Wayward9]

@@digital_nex2247 Yeah exactly how I feel. I soloed every boss in the game except for Gargoyle Duo and Godskin Duo. Malenia took me 300 tries but I loved doing it, meanwhile I quit after 150 tries of pre-nerf Consort Radahn bec that is just bs. Beat him since but he still kinda sucks imo. Pretty much every other boss is pretty fair tho

[@Jynz0]

Bloodborne is the only game I've rage quit. Whereas I loved Elden ring, the build diversity enabled me to find something I enjoy & am good with I just couldn't get on with bloodbournes combat

[@whyudoit4009]

when you get it clicking and find good blood gems on your weapon dawg its so fun

[@Cpach27]

Elden Ring is hard AF. A girl I randomly met last year sold me on the game. I struggled so bad. The next time I saw her, she recommended me some YT videos for help. I watched it and a few minutes into it. According to the vid, I had already goofed on my run so I stopped watching that video. I grinded and finally beat a few bosses. Then I got stuck. Coincidentally, at that time, that guys goldfish on Twitch beat the hardest boss. At that moment, I was like, "I'm gonna take a break." lol I saw my friend again and she asked me how I was doing with Elden Ring. Told her about that goldfish and how it really crushed my drive 😂

[@Doppelgamer211]

Im with Connor on this one. At this point, Dark Souls 1 is my comfort game that I go back to whenever I have nothing to do and need to chill out.

[@miguelmenendez2108]

Garnt should play wukong

[@alexsimper4153]

I respect Joey and Garnt as anime conoseurs and Connor as a gamer

[@ShinobiDrip999]

Most ppl are terrible at Souls games. It will click for you eventually and it will be the best experience ever. Imo Elden Ring is the best game ever made not named Mario or Zelda. Garnt you would LOVE Sekiro, it has the best combat system i have ever played. Its such a fluid system, it seems like a real sword fight if not of course a bit exaggerated. No other games will make you feel like a kid again than Souls games.

[@forgeryyy]

I really felt it when Garnt said "I ain't no bitch"

[@elysahatestostudy9364]

Sounds like Garnt would REALLY enjoy Sekiro!

[@dnnguyen8582]

Ok, for real, if Garnt like Boss Rush! He should play Black Myth Wukong - Best game 2024!

[@probro5280]

I think garnt would love wukong

[@slatersann3440]

Grant didn't play the DLC 😔

[@serbiagamingiscool515]

I mean, it stays the same in the dlc. You can always make the game easy by making a build that can utterly destroy even the final dlc boss.

[@kunstlerischesetwas1284]

Didn't he plan to play it one day together with Connor?

[@Exel3nce]

Thank god

[@marquisstevenson7036]

Tell garent to play fear and hunger Fr 😂 he will like that 😊

[@goldchris1111]

when you know a game well enough that self imposed difficulty comes into play its when i stop playing the game, it gets boring real fast after that

[@kaemonbonet4931]

Connor should take joey through seamless co-op

[@zs1570]

The entire difficulty curve of dark souls games is "Die once to this thing you haven't seen before", its only really been in recent years that fromsoft bosses have gotten mechanically difficult.

[@daveTHEdirty]

I'm trash! I beat dark souls 1 + DLC. I beat dark souls 2 vanilla. And I need to go back and finish three because I got to Prince lothric and rage quit. I absolutely cheesed my way through elden Ring.

[@teranasaurus_]

I have never been into souls game before Elden ring, now it’s my comfort game lol play it all the time.

[@JWalker444]

Pure strength is one of the easiest boss destroyers in Elden ring. Poise break central

[@zane770]

Watch "Come and See" and then Salo. Make it a batsu game where the first to get hard is given a wacky punishment

[@mobyhuge6334]

Nah having them watch Come and See is torture that film is too haunting

[@ScrapsandSlaps]

Garnt should try Furi

[@donquixote6939]

I'm currently playing lies of P, never played a souls like and I'm struggling hard but I love the game. Wukong was easy in comparison.

[@bibekpal7240]

Now grant leaving anime and joining eSports he found his spark 😂

[@SheikChannel5]

When will we move past Elden Ring, there are so many extremely good games but the discussion always goes to Elden Ring. Even FromSoftware released Armored Core 6 which was in my opinion a really well made game, or even Earth Defense Force 6 which is one of the greatest games I've ever played. We need an EDF 6 stream with the boys!!!

[@elysahatestostudy9364]

It was one of the most popular episodes because Joey finally watched Arcane

[@alexsimper4153]

Did garnt just called Margit, Margaret??

[@McDudes]

God damn Elden Ring and Punpun at the same time. Thats one recepiec to go mentalt insane. But still PEAK fiction. Guess having sponge bob was the only mental savior tough 😂

[@mattt__9260]

Not a gamer either, havent really played games in like 3 years but i was grinding elden ring like a mf and it isnt just worth it, its a shame not to give it at least 20 to 30 hrs

[@michaeliversen898]

Bloodborne is definitely not the hardest soullike game

[@GoldenStorm-gs7lx]

Especially if it is base game only. Then it becomes one of the easiest souls games.

[@Berzerker1]

Not the hardest but Orphan of Kos and Laurence were a bitch

[@simfora8053]

Playing my first Souls like game and it just makes me sad. I've slowly excepting that I'm not a gamer it's just sad. I'm 19 by the way, that should be like peak gaming and I'm sad get dunked on by like the tutorial enemy.

[@mp-gw8sc]

connor said it when he was talking about persona Elden ring doesn't feel right if you play it only for half an hour to an hour

[@im_aleey]

Garnt is a main character

[@maximumeffort1006]

The black flash

[@tazah101]

garnt should play DS3

[@FrozenAXL]

Once you played Sekiro, parrying and dodging in Elden Ring seems so dull. When you see the Malenia mod in Sekiro, you kinda understand even more. I hope for for grand mod project to bring sekiro battles into Elden Ring

[@waypastthenorm8629]

nobody tell garnt about sekiro

[@PureBassO]

I will unfortunately always be terrible at from soft games

[@Clayjar444]

Don't give up, skeleton

[@PureBassO]

@@Clayjar444 I gave after elden ring .... I've tried sekiro Bloodborne demon's souls remake and elden ring several times .... Multiple builds trying and trying and trying and never beat a single boss 😂

[@killerse7en1911]

don’t you dare go hollow

[@Kraxhor]

I used summons in the beggining of the game... But after that I just gone for No summon run.... :D The only ones with summons were Margid I think and Mistebogen warrior.... After that just sword go brrr Oooh and today I defeated Messmer :D I just wanna know at what boss Connor needed to use Summons lol

[@GoldenStorm-gs7lx]

It was Malenia. He used mimic for her.

[@barackobreezy]

in all fairness, malenia is still in the running for probably one of the hardest bosses ever if not in fromsoft history. I totally get some people just not having the patience or time for it. that's why the summons exist as an option

[@Kraxhor]

@@GoldenStorm-gs7lx oh her.... I needed 10 hours for her with a Greatsword... I died 300 times but I got her in the end. Solo of course.

[@GoldenStorm-gs7lx]

@@Kraxhor Garnt took around 300 tries to defeat her using parry. He fought solo as well.

[@Kraxhor]

@@GoldenStorm-gs7lx I know grant is giga Chad for going the Parry route

[@Wolfgang_von_Caelid]

Joey admitting that he didn't even play a full hour of Elden Ring, then when Connor says he played the (apparently required) 1 hour of Persona 5, Joey says "oh you didn't even get past the tutorial" actually made me ragequit the podcast due to the infuriating irony. It's even more baffling that Joey supposedly beat Bloodborne, yet didn't "get" Elden Ring? Shouldn't he then know that FromSoft games take a few hours to "get," which is exemplified by Garnt's experience? Idk, Joey gives off extreme "half-assed" vibes quite a lot on the podcast, guess this goes on the list. I forget what the context was, but there was an episode where they were all supposed to do X thing, and Joey immediately admits he didn't do X thing, and everyone got really pissed at him. This feels the same but less egregious. His loss I guess.

[@hectora.3220]

Joey acts like he is in his forties. Still has some energy to try stuff but it's already set in his ways.

[@invoicequaint]

Zero effort

[@lazz5207]

Dawg youre looking way to much into this lmao, some people just vibe with shit while others dont its that simple lmao

[@shinzo111]

He didn’t want to try and I doubt he actually “beat” bloodborne

[@Wolfgang_von_Caelid]

@@shinzo111 yeah 0 chance he beat bloodborne, once you "get" soulsborne combat, you don't get steamrolled by beginning area enemies like he apparently did in ER.

[@Mecha_Neko]

In Joey's defense, Elden Ring is WAY less balanced and linear than Bloodborne. But he's 100% right that Bloodborne encourages you to be super aggressive because of the rally system.

[@kazech5225]

anyone knows when he's going to play Sekiro ?

[@FayN_]

the beauty of fromsoft games is the dificulty is subjective like for me sekiro is the hardest game just because i don't have good sense of rythim or parrying

[@Exel3nce]

And then comes Elden ring and makes it objectively unfair and artificial

[@D4RK_FL4M3]

​@@Exel3nce baiting is so lame

[@Exel3nce]

@@D4RK_FL4M3 okay, cool saying that even tho it has nothing to do with it

[@D4RK_FL4M3]

@Exel3nce nothing to do with what? Youre baiting, kinda lame

[@Akash-k007]

In these 3 guys, Only gigguk has enjoyed the elden ring most....

[@JohnRodulfmantos]

they need to try bloodborne ASAP

[@anthonypolito9784]

Elden ring is a masterpiece

[@Eidolon5150]

Forced to play peak

[@davidkuykendall3778]

3 player elden ring.

[@redpanpan7979]

Blood borne was rly not hard only a few of the bosses gave me difficulty by elden ring, especially in the end game and dlc it becomes much harder than bloodborne

[@redpanpan7979]

I remember bloodborne had pretty much no difficulty except two bosses in the base game that was gehrmann. But that boss is completely avoidable if you choose the other ending

[@redpanpan7979]

The dlc has Ludwig and Kos and the rest are easy

[@zanderjuga]

Ayo maen Elden Ring 🤝

[@ShawnWeeded510]

If you cant play Elden Ring and stay calm you just struggle at controlling you suckage. Elden Ring is just DS3 with a jump button. Dark Souls is harder because it focuses on defense.

[@shksumit]

He is lying if he beat bloodborne but ER was harder than

[@andrekinoly8454]

they not anime man anymore ,they guymer🤣

[@pforgottonsoul]

i've beaten elden ring, but i kinda take joey's side in this. I have limited time with games so i much prefer when i have an easier time and i'm more there for the experience rather than the challenge.

[@IHuntWaifusAtNight]

same but overtime I realize because I didn't suffer as much as other people did. Some wins didn't felt something to be proud of my build is literally a Malenia obliterator build. Eleonora's Poleblade + Mimic, AoW spam. I got the lucky run where she's dead before she even does waterfowl or that phase 2 afterimage like attacks

[@kunstlerischesetwas1284]

For some people the challenge is the experience

[@Exel3nce]

It's about the fun not the challenge

[@pforgottonsoul]

@@Exel3nce what if challenge isn't fun?

[@Dovakinskywalker]

Bloodborne is one of the easier Fromsoft games

[@VooshSpokesman]

Love from a Rusty and Vaush fan!

[@kellsierlyxci639]

Based

[@VDA19]

Damn I can't imagine beating Bloodborne but STRUGGLING in Elden Ring. I played Souls 1-3 + Sekiro and Elden Ring was a breeze for me, apart from Malenia and the DLC which were actually challenging.

[@RetroSpark13]

30 hours on elden ring is nothing ive spent 512 hours on it...

[@ProfessionalRacist007]

Fr I spent 100 hours in Limgrave alone. Total 270 hours on main game + 180 hours on DLC These guys are a joke

[@rin_4659]

He did mention that he started just earlier that week..

[@warren3d2y]

Joey making excuses

[@Metamine0]

11:46 the boss rush game you're looking for is called Black Myth Wukong. There's a couple standard enemies here and there but the game is literally just a boss rush for the most part

[@GoldenStorm-gs7lx]

Does it have parrying tho?

[@Metamine0]

@@GoldenStorm-gs7lx not really, you could parry using a specific skill, but for the most part, you have to dodge. But the dodges, attacks, counterattacks, and spells more than make up for the lack of parrying

[@BasketCase-rr7tx]

I’m curious if you actually played Black Myth, because what you said is true of the first chapter, but once you get into chapter two and beyond there is actually a lot of exploring and a lot of regular enemies as the levels get very big and complex, even more so that souls games.

[@Metamine0]

@@BasketCase-rr7tx I wouldn't say it's exploration is more than Elden Ring. Yes, it's not a pure boss rush game, there is plenty of areas to explore for upgrades and your more bog standard enemies. But it's not even close to the level of Elden Ring, where the idea of an open world is taken to the max.

[@BasketCase-rr7tx]

@@Metamine0 When I said souls games I meant Dark souls not Elden Ring. The level design in Black Myth is more complex than any Dark Souls game, and its definitely not a boss rush. In fact there are some sections where you dont even fight a boss for hours.

[@Knifoon121]

Joey is so half assed. First time watches 1 episode of Arcane. This time, plays 1 hour of Elden Ring and gives up. This is his job, he can't find a little more time? The whole point was experiencing something you haven't given a chance

[@YamiAi]

Agreed. He needs to persevere more.

[@M.Andre67]

I'm genuinely starting to believe that people are just looking for excuses to hate joey, the point of this challenge is to consume the media recommended for only 1h, and then try to explain what they experienced in that hour. The three of them follow the same rules, but somehow people only find problems with Joey, I don't understand.

[@EpicBehemoth]

I just finished Persona 5 Royal last week and as amazing of a game it was, gods was it too long

[@Gsjsjdhkslsls]

Maybe Joey is just afraid to free the toxic gamer in him and be angry while playing 😂

[@shuriken05]

What I'm hearing from Gigguk is that Monster Hunter would be his thing he just likes doing boss fights only.

[@Thepotatohidingintheshadows]

I put a good 30 hours into Elden ring Always wanted to go back to it but I can’t because I know no matter what I will never beat this game Even if I have the best build best stats best weapons items there comes a point where at certain bosses you’re no longer playing but throwing your head against the wall Which is what makes soul games but I don’t find that fun If all my skills and stats still require me to die 60 times to beat a boss then I just can’t do that

[@triztenbeaner]

They dont "require" you to die thaaaat much. Unfortunately it appears this is a skill issue...

[@kunstlerischesetwas1284]

So you expect your stats to win the game for you?

[@Exel3nce]

Don't worry, it's only Elden ring. The others are fair and bakanced

[@Thepotatohidingintheshadows]

@@kunstlerischesetwas1284 I’m a casual gamer that enjoys the gameplay of something like god of war So yah what the guy before you said Skill issue

[@ManlyTear]

You don't need the best build tho' , nor to headbash for hrs on end on a troublesome boss. You do need, a decently strong build that you can use well, if you want to avoid hitting walls tho. Like, if I'd let you play on my latest Cuckoo Knight like char, who is very very strong if played right, you might not do well nor enjoy it cause you ain't familiar with what all the spells & weapon skills, and buffs it uses that leads to it being OP, which came from experimentation to learn what each do, how they combo with something else, etc However, if you do something like that on your own, and eventually find a decent synergy that feels just comfy for u to use, you can use it well, and if it'll hit a wall , say at a boss that's strong vs your build, you can still "evolve" it w/o actually respecting, adding that one extra buff, that one extra attack to your usual combos, mby throw in a 2nd weap using similar stats u sometimes swap to mid-fight. In doing this, you get more familiar with the game as a whole, so u enjoy it more as a whole.

[@Mehoyboi]

fromsoft games ask a lot out of you. the same way good animes do.. their games are so fire.

[@ebinku]

10:40 I have to disagree here that everything in this game is skill issue, because when you are first time playing you don't have much of the game knowledge, like what the enemies weakness are nor what builds are good or not. I would say that build is even more important than skill first time playing. Would Connor even defeat Malenia if chat wasn't constantly saying that mimic was OP? What skill did he had? Spamming jump power attack with Radahn swords? I imagine Joey couldn't enjoy it very much because there wasn't a chat hinting what to do because just seeing him heavy rolling already tells a lot. The difficulty of going with an unrefined weapon with no upgraded flasks or even the mixed flasks to fight against Margit is already challenging enough that even people that already beated this game will avoid, they will at least upgrade their weapon a little. So it is a double challenge upon yourself, like, you have no experience against this boss and this game's mechanics, and also you didn't explore anything.

[@randomdan1648]

Black Myth: Wukong normalised not losing your "souls/runes" when you die, i need this in more souls-like games, it's fucking peak!