Why Elden Ring is A Masterpiece | Asmongold Reacts

Asmongold reacts to "Elden Ring Is a Masterpiece" - Iron Pineapple's thoughts after 60 hours and discusses Elden Ring's strengths and weaknesses as someone who's been very dedicated to the Souls games.
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[@cameronharvey4746]

The chat during this video absolutely astounded me. I cant believe how many people there were that never played a dark souls game and instantly thought this game was bad for some reason. I seriously saw someone say "elden ring cant be game of the year because game of the year needs to check every box, elden ring has no story." Comments like this absolutely blow my mind. I am currently 22 hours deep and I genuinely think it might be the best game i have ever touched, and I am usually a really overly critical hateful Andy.

[@kamitorings]

different strokes for different folks. its all opinions at the end of the day.

[@blankstrinko9797]

I've watched a lot of streamers on KZbin, and everytime, I see a comment about the chat being retarded. Maybe twitch just mentally affects your brain in a strange way?

[@THamm-xt8jm]

Cuz they’re kids. Twitch chat is mainly full of children who wanna say crazy shit

[@JustS0meK1dd]

@@nilbadia2936 Why do you think that? I and everyone I know has been loving it. I'm 23 hours in and I can't wait to log on again after work and keep progressing. It's fine if a game isn't for you, but that doesn't mean it's bad. Maybe it just doesn't suit your playstyle, or maybe you don't like to be challenged by games and only play them for fun.... regardless, try not to be so hateful for the sake of being hateful. Just Dance 2022 is apparently a really good game, but I don't have any interest at all in playing it. You don't see me going onto Just Dance forums and being a little bitch.

[@justaguyonyoutube6490]

@@kamitorings opinions backed by absolutely nothing most of these people either didn’t play at all or rage quit on the first boss that they see

[@Wismic]

Asmon's chat simply cannot just relate to someone enjoying a game.

[@Clowncentral101]

@@propane593 most people these days concerning all forms of media bunch of crybabies

[@catsandpaper6201]

So true just hating on someone enjoying something

[@xviii5780]

@@propane593 Every LA stream starts with checking steamcharts. If this isn't insecurity, idk what is.

[@blueghost6]

People that spend time in twitch chat are kids anyway (Actual kids up until 16 y.o.). If you're a mature man sitting in someones twitch chat you really gotta think what kind of life your living.

[@portalmanHUN]

They're mostly WoW players. Not hating your game is unimaginable to them.

[@josephjones981]

This is legitimately one of my favorite games ever

[@josephjones981]

And I'm probably only 50-70 percent done

[@JumpingJacksism]

It is a great game. And there's been a few since the late 80s for me, but this is really good. Not as good as legend of the dragoon, but still great! 🥳

[@misantrope6267]

Love the game, I'm about 70% through now, but I gotta say that colossal weapons just suck really hard. Sadge

[@hiigherup]

i’m about 25hrs in and only lvl 32 samurai. i’ve never taken so much time just exploring and enjoying the little details and environments this game is truly special

[@jochar3216]

@@misantrope6267 good news it was buffed in 1.04

[@RoyalKnightish]

Complaining Elden Ring as "too hard" is like complaining Mass Effect (the trilogy, not the crappy one) as too focused on the storyline. Those people are barking at the wrong tree.

[@bearandthebull2372]

I would argue its a massive problem with fromsoft games in general.People didn't expect "story mode" levels of difficulty,but at this point every fromsoft game being ridiculously hard(by modern standards) gets annoying after a while. Alot of folks dont wanna keep slogging through a games challenge just to get to the sparse,but incredibly food,story and lore bits.

[@denimschaffer9439]

@@bearandthebull2372 at the end of the day it’s their creative vision and they have the right to appeal to a certain audience some video games aren’t meant for everyone and that’s fine

[@wayfa13]

@@bearandthebull2372 sorry there but wth do you even mean lol? "massive problem with fromsoft games in general" do you fail to see the irony in your words? Do you ask a cat to do tricks like a doge? expectations lol; the game is pretty much what Souls fans wanted and expected, so what's the issue? if it's too hard then make it easier by grinding some levels to make it easier like pretty much any other ARPG games. Did you say Blizzard made Diablo too hard when you stood in the electric flame breath and died? Cuz you can't face-tank that crazy dmg until you're farming. TrollSoft are just doing what they do and not every game is for everyone, and that's ok. No really, you're probably just horribly under-leveled or haven't even played the game. I don't and can't play CS or Fortnight or Apex etc as I'm too fkn old and slow, and I rage too hard and break shit; it's not for me. If you really have a "massive problem" with the way TrollSoft make games, have you taken it up with them? Cuz only telling us won't get your desired result unless it was only to complain ^_^

[@bearandthebull2372]

@@denimschaffer9439 You are correct but when they were exclaiming elden rings to be a "breath of fresh air" for the series,dont make the same ridiculously challenging game a 6th time in a row,slap on two new gimmicks,and then call it "FRESH AND NEW". If it's still a slow and methodical grind until you've mastered the enemies,all you realistically did was sell dark souls again but made it barren.

[@RoyalKnightish]

@@bearandthebull2372 How is it a massive problem?? Can we complain that ME has too much story? Can we complain Smash for a platform fight game?? Can we complain Mario Odyysey for being a platformer?? Hard difficulty has always been the meat of Souls Games. Story and Characters focused has always been the meat of Bioware games (that's why ME Andro got fuked hard). You don't complain for something that what it is about.

[@majesticslug3399]

In regards to what he was doing with gathering the giants in a group, large enemy's attacks hurt other npcs. You can use them to kill each other

[@Voldrim359]

Or some NPC battling other NPC... The troll kicking the dog was hilarious

[@unknownguyindo4356]

It can also massively backfire on the player if they didn't know what they were doing. Iron Pinapple is a Souls Game Veteran that pretty much tried every single tricks in the past game so he definitely know what he's doing.

[@erikhendrickson59]

I noticed that MANY enemies have large, circular sweeping attacks that can be dodged by jumping over the attack allowing for a jumping heavy attack.

[@erikhendrickson59]

@@vide0gameCaster Hah! Actually true!

[@Gameplato]

Flawless? No. Masterful? Unequivocally yes.

[@JackgarPrime]

There's never been a truly flawless game. In fact, some of my favorite games of all time have some serious flaws. But if anything, that can sometimes make a game even better.

[@teddypicker8799]

Why does it have mixed reviews then? Was gonna get it but haven't played one of their games since Demon souls on ps3 and a lotta people don't seem to rate it

[@selendile030]

@@teddypicker8799 what mixed reviews. It’s overwhelming positive reviews.

[@JeromeBakerSmoke]

@@JackgarPrime actually there is a small list of "perfect games" that gotta 10/10 gamestop score. Chrono Cross is flawless

[@williammccormick1092]

Look on steam is mixed because the pc port is unbelievably bad.

[@Randaddy25]

I can't put into words how it feels to finally run through my game menu and see Elden Ring. It's here. I boot it up and start playing and feel like a fucking child on Christmas. Feels fucking good man. Feels fucking good.

[@Ronin-kk4bt]

This game surprised me I don’t even like dark souls games but Elden ring is different the way it executes open world is just brilliant This world is alive it wants you to explore and it rewards you for it the game is great

[@Randaddy25]

@@Ronin-kk4bt I'm 100% a From Soft snob. Have every game and love them all. But, that being said, you're absolutely right. This one is just different. Not only is it gorgeous, but like you said, they made the world so alive and challenging. This is my number one game ever, at this point. Hope you get to enjoy it too!

[@Ronin-kk4bt]

@@Randaddy25 not gonna lie it’s hard as hell but even when you lose you want to keep trying so you can stronger and that is what makes this game so addicting is that you just want to keep getting stronger and stronger I really like that

[@Randaddy25]

@@Ronin-kk4bt it's a rush when you chip away at a boss or mini boss and each time you figure out a little piece that got you farther than before. Then you take the boss out and it feels amazing lol. Till you get to the next one haha. Keep on pushin, this game is so worth it!

[@keoni5013]

@@Randaddy25 I’ve been enjoying it too! Personally nothing beats bloodborne for me though. This game is still absolutely great though!

[@Auxified]

If spirit ashes are cheating then why isn't leveling up cheating too? By leveling up you are admitting you need greater stat bulk to win a fight. If you really mastered the fight you would be comfortable with the possibility of being one shot, no?

[@malcolmkahora5318]

Spirit ashes lowkey change the entire fight there not cheating just a different way to play

[@Auxified]

@@malcolmkahora5318 How is it not cheating? Just run when you are targetted and then attack while it targets your summon. Like 5 hours of playing a proper PVP game would teach you this basic principle. You can't win 2v1 without being able to attack in all directions at once.

[@thewalnutbucket]

@@Auxified *Laughs in Fire Giant*

[@keoni5013]

@@Auxified It’s not cheating because it’s an in-game feature, that’s why. If people wanna play with spirit summons then who really cares at the end of the day. It’s not your playthrough so do whatever you want there.

[@Butelish]

@@Auxified ahahahahahahahahahahahaha, spirits stupid as fuck and dying very fast.

[@FuryousD]

honestly the best fun i have had in souls games was finding ways to get overpowered with defeating as little bosses as possible so i could the go back and wreck them at a later point, idc about having challenging fights i just love the gameplay and collecting all the cool weapons and armour while watching videos about the lore of the world and stuff.

[@TheGallantDrake]

there we go! if you’re having a good time, you’re playing the game properly. good to hear from you :)

[@daedricdove6012]

Yes, someone who just likes to play the game. You're doing good!

[@itsinstinct_6756]

Honestly nothing wrong with that. That’s the beauty of elden ring you can play it in so many different ways and still have fun.

[@jonbonjesus1224]

That's the beauty of it. Your choice. The game has so much more to offer other than challenging fights.

[@joab757]

This game is a masterpiece. It gives me that feeling I havnt had since Skyrim. Well, and Zelda. Where you are dropped in a world and it’s up to you to figure out. Add to that the combat, epic bosses, and various builds etc., and it stands apart from everything else. TW3 was also a masterpiece, but because of its storytelling. It has the best storytelling ever created.

[@KenoxProductions]

TW3 is so great. Even to this day, 7 years later, I think it's one of the best looking games. The world and level of detail, both visual and gameplay, in that game is insane.

[@joab757]

@@KenoxProductions I will give Horizon credit. The new game and it’s detail may be unparalleled. For a major release. It’s nuts. But for me it just doesn’t have the heart that Elden Ring does. I love it when you are just dropped into a world and it’s up to you and the community to figure it out. That said, Elden Ring is even crazier than I first thought

[@ytpooper2670]

This is gunna be game of the year im calling it now, can’t wait for future dlcs too!! Loving the hell out of this game besides the stutters it’s literally everything I ever wanted from a souls game.

[@maxdowning649]

@LWKGD Have you played this game lol?

[@xbotLife]

Both games are overrated

[@ytpooper2670]

@@xbotLife Elden ring is in no way overrated, from soft delivered a masterpiece, have you even played it ? Or is it just too hard for you ? 🤣

[@jack8162]

@LWKGD bro we get it, you are playstation guy, relax

[@hiduck8247]

@LWKGD witcher 3 sucks bongo dick anyway. An open world game that gives you nothing for exploring

[@TBX182012]

I didn’t like souls games but decided to give it a try, I had been having a really great time with the game, is really for everyone who can handle failure and sees it as challenge, I was really wrong about souls games

[@crazydude5825]

Yeah the uber hardcore crowd gives the series a bad rap. The games are hard sure, but they really don't require a lot of talent. They require patience, practice, and perseverance. It's more about learning the games rather than just "being good". I know this game has been an eye opener for many people that had never tried these kinds of games before. I was the same way until I tried Sekiro. That game became one of my favorite all time games, and I still consider it to have the best combat of a From Software game (though Elden Ring has it beat in quite a few other ways for sure).

[@fachawassi]

not having horsey in coop seems bad, but when you think about invasions and how anoying would be to invade some fuck going around with his horse, then you understand it.

[@sosmotorcycles]

Over 200 hours in game and I still haven’t seen it all.

[@ThatGuyOrby]

Almost a year later (picked it up on day 1) and yeah, I'd still say Elden Ring is a masterpiece. An absolute perfection of the Souls formula. I wish they'd gone back to the armor/defense system of DS2 and gave us back upgradable armor but that's my only tangible gripe with the game. It will probably stay in my top 5 games of all time for quite awhile.

[@savary5050]

Why the fuck would you want more upgrades? Honestly the game would be 10x better with a severely reduced upgrade system, +25 is crazy.

[@DOOM_glazer]

Don't lie the duo fights in elden ring were all trash nowhere near as good as I and s or demon prince

[@ThatGuyOrby]

@@savary5050 Because, shockingly, I like actually having the option to tangibly invest in my character's defense instead of incessant buff stacking, because relying on a metric ass ton of temporary buffs instead of just being to upgrade your armor is a pain in the dick but necessary to actually make a half effective tank build anymore since From Soft decided armor doesn't matter anymore beyond just not flinching when you get hit. Which is legitimately stupid.

[@ThatGuyOrby]

@@DOOM_glazer Meh, that's your opinion. I disagree.

[@DOOM_glazer]

@@ThatGuyOrby name a good duo fight in er right now

[@kskiran08]

People pre-order Elden Ring joining the hype train and complain about the difficulty, happened during DS3 and happened when they released Sekiro. So many of them complained they want an easy mode. Listen, this is Fromsoftware there is no easy mode. People who can't handle it refund it and people who can will purchase this game without a doubt. GOTY for 2022.

[@defiled_amygdala3862]

There is an easy mode, it's called co-op.

[@jiboo6850]

controls feel clumsy and delayed. terribly annoying when you have monsters that are so precise and zone hit quite large. this game needs some work on controls. it should feel more free and alive. it's like you try to control an obese. disgusting. but the game is pretty. which is frustrating.

[@Kuroganemk2]

The trick is not to overfocus on that boss that can 1 shot you and try to discover other options. There are many caverns with easier bosses and as you kill you get more levels and better items.

[@Olivernight09]

@@jiboo6850 the game isnt a "go in and just fk it if they hit me cause ima zug zug"... If youve never played any soulsgames before then now you know.

[@jiboo6850]

@@Olivernight09 i disagree. even if souls are in the same spirit, it feels faster to interact with the character in tight situations. unlike ER.

[@davidbailey6397]

I did tons of side quests in my first play through and it still showed I completed 62% by the time I beat Elden Beast . After about 500 hours in with new game plus +3 I’m still finding areas I haven’t explored yet. Saying this game is huge is an understatement .When this guy said he thought he was 75 % of the way through with 60 hours in I chuckled .

[@GSDKXV]

Going through my first play through and I’m at 150 hours and just now reached the altus plateau. The sites of grace are really good at telling me where *not* to go

[@eric13zombie]

Elden ring was my first souls game and honestly, I like the easy games more because I have more fun but I guess the fact that it’s challenging makes it feel rewarding when I defeat a boss

[@DJRaabooataa]

Hell yeah the Challenge is often insane, but you can master every Situation. But believe me once you Play 1 Souls Game to the end, U will never Go Back to easy Games😉

[@eric13zombie]

Update I beat it finally

[@sethbishop6890]

@@eric13zombie nice!

[@nemesi8800]

I have never touched a Fromsoft game in my life. I have heard about all of the hype regarding the souls games. After playing hogwarts legacy last week I decided to buy elden ring and give it a try. I was going to buy it when it first game out but I never managed to click the checkout on my steam account. This is legitimately, one of the best games I have ever played in my life. Most of my life I was a cod player on console, moving to PC in 2014, playing DayZ, clocking a couple K hours, moving to games like CS:GO, clocking quite a few K hours there, playing a couple story games like Asassins creed. Nothing really gave me the satisfaction I used to have from playing games. Elden Ring blew my mind, in every aspect, storywise, combat wise, the world, the loot, the bosses, the enemies, the vast variety of melee attacks, spells, your incantations you can find. The side quests that build and build upon eachother. The levelling system is brilliant, it isn't overly complicated and isn't too simple. This game is quite literally the Goldilocks game of the century, it isn't too much or too little. Everything is almost perfect, a game can never reach true perfection, not while humans have subjective biases. At the same time, it is almost perfect, the devs have artistically handcrafted one of the best open world games I could ever feast my eyes upon

[@5dollarshake263]

I love reading reviews like yours from a person who had never played a game in the same genre as Elden Ring before because that's exactly where I am today, I've never played the game but I'm going to wait till the DLC comes out soon and then journey throgh the entire world at once.

[@drphilsranch6782]

⁠@@5dollarshake263, I wish I could go back and experience my first play through again. Trust me when I say you’re in for one of the best experiences you’ll ever have in gaming.

[@downhillgroovy5859]

I'm only 8 hours deep and only feel 2% in lol But I do agree. After playing 4.5 years of Black Desert with some Division and Division 2 in between... Elden Ring is masterclass game making. Im feeling like I won't be able to get into Plan8 after playing this

[@KenoxProductions]

After beating the game today: Holy fuck this game is at least 2x bigger than I thought it would be. I estimated that I would need about 60 hours of playtime to kill every boss and explore it. Nope, try 140. I tried to find as much as I could on my own until the final boss, but as I googled what I missed, I realized I completely skipped entire zones and some fairly major bosses even. One of the biggest, most dense singleplayer games I've ever played. Now I understand why there's copy/paste bosses and dungeons. If they had to design a unique boss each time, the game would probably had to have been delayed well into the next generation and might not have come to PS4 at all.

[@Gaudrix]

I can already tell I'm going to do multiple play throughs. First really great game in years that feels like they put so much effort into and polished it up. Only issue I've been having is some fps drops in some areas on pc. I'm on almost all max settings, but super beefy pc. The framerate seems choppy though sometimes and it the camera updates it's position off frame or something as you move it view around. I didn't have this happen in Sekiro on PC, the background was always really smooth when rotating camera around character no matter where I was standing. The stuttering can make me kind of dizzy so I had to turn off motion blur and just focus on my character as I pan around quickly. I have a 1080ti, 3200mhz 32gb ram, 12900k, on a 144Hz monitor so I can see the frame stutter more significantly. I shouldn't be seeing frames and choppy surroundings when I move the camera around.

[@patches_]

Try the fixes posted on the eldenring reddit. It worked for me, no stuttering at all anymore.

[@crimsonair8890]

@@patches_ Yep. Also, considering this can be fixed in like a month max easily on the software side of thing, while the criticism is justified, it means that the only widespread issue on PC is going to be resolved soon. This issue probably has to due with last changes on FromSoft's side due to being forced to add Easy Anti-Cheat at the last second because of hacker issues. While FromSoft could've addressed this problem sooner, it still makes me 100% more empathetic towards the problem in the first place. It's not really the coders fault for being forced, at the last second, to change something because of the executives 1 month late decision. Also, if you have a strong PC, you can manually fix the issues on your end, meaning the criticism isn't nearly as justified as it sounds (it shouldn't really warrant a 60% positive review on Steam). Sorry for ranting, had to get it off my chest lol

[@jack8162]

I haven't even finished the game and I am already pumped for NG+ lol. And I also had some stuttering with a 3070 ti and 11500 k, but somehow it kind of fixed itself a while after the second patch

[@jamrah8713]

@@crimsonair8890 I am certain its the easy anti cheat too. I loaded up the game without it and barely had any performance issues

[@maxlch5943]

Multiple playthrought ? Why its online ? Just grind one ?

[@ducasse8473]

15:51 one of the bad things about the souls community mindset. Judging other people based on their playstyle. Alot of the people that play these games have been playing this shit since demon souls. Of course they can beat the shit in elden ring given time. Youre just braindead if you're out here, turning your nose up at players just cause they're using all the tools given to them in a video game. Like this is going to be many people's first souls game. And it's the one with probably the most versatile build potential. And you're saying people just shouldn't take advantage of that ? 🤣

[@logan62097]

It’s also clearly been designed into the game to be used in most encounters, or there wouldn’t be so many options for summons. There’s even a boss that relies heavily upon you summoning NPCs, although I won’t spoil it.

[@hamokamo]

Also who the fuck is going to wank me off because I didn't summon in a bossfight? Where's my medal? In souls games, killing a boss is killing a boss, I don't care how people do it as long as they have fun doing it

[@normanbestboi9117]

The only time I believe it is reasonable to shame someones playstyle is if they glitch their entire way through it.

[@Lenno94]

@@scotaloo77g73 True. Come to think of it, there exists types of players based on how much time they've played the game. Randos bashing the game for its difficulty > Casuals having fun > Casuals beating the game and boasting > People replaying the games or getting to ng+7 for some reason > Invaders and duelists > Lore masters

[@Monolitus7]

@@Lenno94 I understand the others but I just never understood ng players like just w h y

[@spacecowboy6019]

100% they need to fix tree sentinel asap cause so many reviews on steam are like only an hour and theyre complaining about really bad stuttering making boss fights unplayable, and tree sentinel definitely has the worst stuttering out of all the bosses ive fought so far, and its the 1st boss many will try, huge blow on first impressions of performance

[@deathisnear2424]

@@XicorVT "xd git gud" arguements are my favorite. That person has nothing to add to the conversation at all. The freezes we're talking about are the game dropping to 20 fps from a solid 60 for a few seconds and full on freezes for seconds at a time. When the game isn't running poorly, it runs perfect fine, a solid 60 fps at all times outside the random drops and freezes. Which this issue makes a game like Souls near impossible to play as it can happen right when a boss is about to attack you, then you're fucked because the game is optimized like ass.

[@itsz3lus427]

@@XicorVT people aren't complaining about the difficulty of the fight but how poorly that fight runs performance wise.

[@naoko3749]

@@XicorVT They're talking about performance, not difficulty. If you can't follow the conversation, then don't pretend like you can keep up. Also, magic is easy mode in every Souls game. Your opinion is moot here because you've never actually tried a challenge.

[@LionsGoMew1078]

@@itsz3lus427 I’ve had no performance issues when fighting a boss with a 5 year old 1080. Only some stutters in zone transition/fast travel. Definitely varies though depending on specs as a friend playing on his laptop encounters “invisible bosses”

[@Darkvenom3]

@@XicorVT You sound like a whining bitch

[@mattgiove]

Elden ring was my first souls game, after beating it i tried DS3 ... bro ds3 is waaaaaaaaay harder

[@MetallicaKing48]

If you get stuck in a spot in the game, or you get stuck on a boss, simply step back into the world and start grinding. Figure out what you need for your character, as far as summons or whatever else. It makes a big difference later and it makes the fight a little bit easier. Upgrade your gear, upgrade your weapons. Whatever you have to do. The game gives you options, that’s what makes it better. For example, I had a hard time beating the Fell Omen. So I went back to beat some more optional bosses, went to the south of Limgrave in Weeping Peninsula and took on the begotten, the variant bosses of the begotten (one looking damn similar to a chimera), took on an erd tree boss, went back to the lake in Limgrave. I had taken on Agheel the white dragon, managed to kill him in two tries. With his heart, I went to the dragon communion on the little island south of the map and obtained fire breath by sacrificing the dragon heart. I went back to Storm Hill and found a cemetery full of floating jellyfish and obtained a decent summon for Godrick’s soldiers. Also another for undead skeleton warriors by beating Tibia Mariner, and went to find Patches by accident beforehand on the way up to Stormhill. I collected his ball bearing. I didn’t know that you could spare him. But I took the ball bearing to the round table hold to recover the inventory. And I seen the shackle availed for the fell omen. Once I had all of that ready, I went back and was able to dance with him. I was also a bit stronger since I had graded and leveled up more stats, and also upgraded my weapons with smithing stones.

[@ijustmakeinflammatorycomme9839]

That's literally souls though, every single one of the games has a few decent soul farms before bosses, enough upgrade materials, consumables, estus upgrades, it goes on. Anyone who says the games are easy is silly, but the game gives you the tools to make it easy

[@MetallicaKing48]

@@ijustmakeinflammatorycomme9839 Well I won’t lie, it’s been a while for me. I played Dark Souls, Dark Souls 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Mortal Shell (not a From Soft game, but is Souls-like). But it had been a few years for me, so I guess I forgot about the others having similar functions. But yeah man, you’re absolutely right. Which makes me cringe when people say that the game needs an easy mode, it has to be more accessible. Which shows that people don’t understand the difference between accessibility and difficulty.

[@erkansariaydin3800]

Elden Ring after almost 2 years later is still a joy to play through. There are honestly so many builds you can come up with, its crazy. Recently i tried the PvP. I never touched the online component of souls games and i must say playing colosseum was a fun surprise. The amount of salt in the duels can be sometimes a bit too much though😂

[@jonbonjesus1224]

lol i've tried experimenting with magic builds and dex builds but after a while i always end up re specing to a strength build. I'm a bit one dimensional like asmongold.

[@drphilsranch6782]

@@jonbonjesus1224, No matter how hard we try, we all return to bonk eventually.

[@SM-nz9ff]

Elden Ring is a masterpiece there is no question. FromSoft deserve this success more than any dev I can think of. Praise the Elden Ring.

[@jairusstrunk94]

Replaying it now with a friend. We have a mod the makes it full open world coop. No restrictions. It's great.

[@gainingsomeirlxp1897]

Most fascinating thing about the game is that it allows you to play the way you like. It suits you whether you like challenge, grinding, exploring, it has literally anything.

[@Capza]

"this game is overrated" probably doesn't even pass margit..

[@MrLutzig]

I have never played any Souls game. Not even something close. I really don't like the "Using spirits is cheating and you are just bad" mentality. It helped me through my first playthrough of Elden Ring. I tried the boss several times, noticed I was stuck and used my summons to make it easier. I think if you play Elden Ring as a complete new player, you shouldn't be ashamed to use summons or summon people to help you. It's a part of the game. Also it motivated me to play the whole game again, but this time I would beat the bosses without the summons and finally git gud. I love the game, in every way. And now I am playing it, without armor and just a stick. It's gonna be soooo much fun *Malenia laugh*

[@Terribadguy.]

I'm not a huge souls fan. I really enjoyed Sekiro and Bloodborne but that's kinda the extent. This game blew me away. As an artist, this game is a 10 on its visuals alone. I now consistently watch multi hour long lore videos (I really shouldn't have to to understand the story but that's a different discussion) solely because of Elden Ring. For me personally and how I feel about souls games, Elden Ring is damn near perfect. I can't imagine how great this games release was for long time fans of the series. Also for context I bought this game when it came out knowing I'd play it eventually and I started my first serious playthrough about a week ago. Im 40 is hrs in and just beat Radhan and the second ancestor spirit (thankfully the fucker only tried to heal once).

[@ashtonhaggitt216]

This game is actually a make or break for the RPG game community, rather it should be. Its been shown that with time and care, a company can release essentially a masterpiece. No need to pump a half assed broken game every year. AAA titles should be worried if the gaming community refuses to budge on standards and exercises that with their wallet.

[@gamingisscience]

He's wrong about spirit summons. I don't play to git Gud. It's about fun. Not everyone needs to have a superiority complex 😂

[@Kanorr]

I'm overleveled and I still get fucked because this is my first FS game.

[@dankyadventures4200]

Lol.

[@HitodamaKyrie]

Been enjoying the heck out of Elden Ring. I'm playing on PC and while I do occasionally get stuttering, it hasn't really been a problem for me. I fully recommend the game. If the performance issues are a concern of yours, consider getting it on a console.

[@tndrunning3328]

Elden Ring should serve as an example to developers on how to make a great game without ripping off your customers. No micro transactions, no battle pass, fascinating world, abundant options, replayability. There are imperfections but the pros outweigh the cons so much that the cons are practically insignificant. Elden Ring is a true masterpiece

[@SobBaget602]

100s of hours too

[@drphilsranch6782]

Elden Ring, and all the souls games for that matter, are perfect examples of what happens when developers actually give a shit about the games they make.

[@coryhardwick7308]

Graphics might be the most overrated aspect of game design. Gameplay is top of the list, with everything else falling below. Graphics are very far down on my version of that list, with art style being much higher. Seeing a game designer express themselves through the art style of the game is much more interesting to me than seeing an extremely photo real game.

[@tind9908]

Combat is supposed to be the meat of the game. But the exploring in this game is so freaking fun it’s just as fun as the combat

[@rtiq270]

@@xdarthpool6463 And then the lobster turns into a Grafted Scion because fuck you why not

[@jonathanb9966]

I love how people shit on summons because it makes the game easier so does having armored and weapons so why don’t you just punch the boss with your fist like a real man?

[@catsandpaper6201]

Why are people in chat calling this guy a nerd…? Like we are watching asmongold the Wow guy.

[@antigrav6004]

"who's more nerdy? The nerd or the nerd who watches him?"

[@jairusstrunk94]

He amount of freedom you get in elden ring is the best thing ever. All that without needing the world to follow your level. Is amazing. You can get up to the plateu without ever getting the medallion because they gave explorers a back door. I love it so so much.

[@reggaemarley4617]

THIS GAME ONLY TOOK 3 YEARS AND CYBERPUNK TOOK FUCKING AGES ARE YOU KIDDING? JP devs truly are built different.

[@malpheus4299]

It took longer in reality. They began development on Elden Ring at the same time as the DS3 ringed city DLC.

[@GuySmithSmoke]

Tree Sentinel. Its move set. I fell deeply in love. I knew...this was the second coming.

[@DDstreamz]

I’ve never played a dark souls game and I am absolutely in love with Elden Ring.

[@liamcusack8454]

holy smokes reading the scrolling chat is a good way to kill off some braincells.

[@larsondarcy101]

You can see the sheer joy of playing a great videogame on Asmongold's face and it is sooooo infectious!

[@Kingtiens]

I havnt enjoyed "exploring" a game world so much since morrowind.

[@kendspider]

I cheesed most of the bosses and I fucking love it

[@edwinsoto3223]

Its my first ‘Souls’ game and man its just so good, usually i dont put in more than 30 hours and just finish the game and leave but with elden ring, im like 83 hours in and still exploring. 😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@lootjunior]

So cool that Iron Pineapple had 60hours at that point making the video and didn't know that stormveil castel is in fact also optional :D I found that out afte rI defeated Godrick and my sister and brother told me they were in liurnia already long before killing godrick or Margit :D

[@ijustmakeinflammatorycomme9839]

I was one of those that skipped past it and got insanely over leveled fighting Liurnia enemies and travelled to caelid and went on a dragon spree😂 Was ridiculous when I decided to go back and wipe through Limgrave and Stormveil

[@vvnn3948]

KZbin comments >> his chat

[@aquariusmercy7979]

I’m still trying to finish the tutorial 😖

[@naut7845]

Something I think is super under appreciated with Elden Ring’s open world is just how fast it is to get a build going so you can play the game the way you want to. Gone are the days of having to wait until you’ve completed half of the story just to get your build some decent armor or the weapon you want to use. It feels really good and adds to the replayability when you can get a build functioning properly within an hour or two as opposed to about 4-6

[@knox_1434]

This game really did everything so well its amazing truely they did great and im so happy with it

[@kenbobcorn]

Haven't you seen the mixed reviews on steam? It's a stuttering mess that is unplayable for some. Story doesn't matter if the game experience isn't good - no matter how many bosses you have.

[@knox_1434]

@@kenbobcorn when has any game on release been perfect they will bring out some patches for it

[@JC5481]

@@knox_1434 almost every game that is not published by a AAA studio and has no multiplayer functions

[@JC5481]

@@RespectTheSourceMaterial It is unplayable for me at least, my controller isnt recognised and my main monitor isnt either, I have to play on mouse and keyboard in windowed mode if I want to play the game at all, but that is simply not an enjoyable expirience for me so I rather wait another week or so until this gets fixed. If it doesnt Ill be happy to refund it BTW I dont care about stuttering or framerate issues that some have, but the things I mentioned make the game infinitly worse for me

[@JC5481]

@@RespectTheSourceMaterial I read through what they announced is on their immidiate agenda and none of the points that I currently dont like about the game was even mentioned on there and updating my graphics card wont change the fact that the controller isnt recognised or that the game itself wont stay in fullscreen on my second monitor, those are things the devs have to change. The best expirience I had was when I could choose on which monitor a game is running on, but only a handfull of game have a feature like that and it shows me, that it is something the developers are in charge of, not the players

[@K1181-r4o]

I love Elden Ring but I think this dude forgets how huge Boletaria is. No fucking way Stormveil is bigger than 1/5 of the entirety of Demon's Souls.

[@kenziebarrow]

I mean i mostly use summons becsuse they are cool, and lrettu fun. I admit that they make the bosses way easier though but honestly if its in the game im gonna use it. Ill beat the bosses on my own when i do my next playthrough and have more skill

[@bandit_six5418]

Me: “Damn I think I’m actually making some progress” The game: “that big guy you killed was stopping a meteorite from hitting the earth. So now it hit and left a giant hole, you should go check it out”

[@brandonmalone1893]

Elden ring sucks.... You in way more than any game I've ever played...it's fuckin EPIC

[@NicoTown]

When people say an intentional mechanic put into the game by the developer as a tool is somehow "cheating" i cringe.

[@basicallyabush]

Elden Ring is truly a Masterpiece, I absolutely love it :)

[@Richard-fp1mk]

This is probably one of my favourite games of all time.

[@Justanidea5976]

Chat: PLAY ELDEN RING! Same Chatter when someone enjoys the game: Biased KEKW Bruh

[@tomasgarza1249]

The only thing I can complain about elden ring is how it destroyed my interest in videogames. Videogames that arent called elden ring

[@Kamgraphica]

I have never once played a DS game and I can honestly I had no idea what to expect. I have died so many times in ER because I was approaching it like all other RPG's... can I hack and slash my way through these mob.. absolutely not.. the one mob with the horn showed me why. On top of that I'm intrigued by the game style and overal tone and art style is familiar but not familar. I'm enjoying it so far.

[@insertedgynamehere___969]

Good luck, fellow tarnished

[@Kamgraphica]

@@insertedgynamehere___969 Aye you as well.

[@Gio_Panda]

Hope you're doing well!

[@tismo3749]

I’m not the best at handling my anger while gaming unless it’s to get rid of real life anger/stress. If I played this game, many controllers and headsets would be broken.

[@DJRaabooataa]

Well this is definetly No chill Game, depends on how Great your Skill is. when you are Bad ass in this Game Then you might chill. But for me i Play it when i have time and nothing Else to do.

[@sn00b_dude]

Asmongold more like Asmonsilver

[@hardlyhome314]

🤣

[@ScientistNoRyu]

Elden Ring was my most anticipated game this year and it's amazing, if it goes like this it will be my Goty 2022 DS3 was my first souls game and i bought it day 1, played for 50 h and stopped. I got 100% steam achievement in Sekiro and then made a new character in DS3 , finished it and the dlc's Elden Ring it's incredible and anyone can beat the bosses, i got stuck to Margit for like 2 hours, but you just need to pay attention to what the boss does, don't attack when the boss does a 5 attack move.

[@luizaiwass2006]

I beat Margit in some 6 to 7 tries, i tried 4 or 5 times, explored more, leveled my character, got better gear, and after that i killed "first try" when my character was stronger. Every boss in the game is beatable for everyone, you only need better preparation for the bosses you are strugglin with them, problably the most acessible From Software game.

[@justaguyonyoutube6490]

You can find a summon to help you if you walk past the giant and go into a room by the barricade they are op

[@ScientistNoRyu]

@@justaguyonyoutube6490 I It's fine i'm 48 h in now , just fought another boss for 2 hours and i tried to summon an npc but it made the fight even harder , in the end i killed the boss solo and it was amazing. The way i do it is way to an opening , i don't go in fast my big 2 h wep is slow

[@stonebeard2194]

Love the kaizo Mario reference… people bitching about difficulty have never spent multiple 8 hour sessions trying to get a checkpoint in a kaizo hack.

[@TheAEGISAlliance]

I keep seeing videos about how this game is such a masterpiece, basically for the open world, graphics, combat/gameplay... but not much about the storyline. It'd be a letdown for me if I pay full price for this game and there isn't a great story.

[@shashumgadimbo6857]

It's an unconventional story as with any other Fromsoft game Ask any dark souls fan and they probably didnt know what the fuck they even did in their first playthrough

[@fairmonkey4786]

There is a great story and lore but its not as direct as a lot of games. Its up to you to choose whether to delve in or not. Souls is more of a gameplay focused game

[@Chibipayne]

Because people don’t want to spoil the storyline …

[@royalecrafts6252]

Dont buy it then, just download it from a pirate site

[@satriosyarif8180]

You can defeat any of dark souls bosses without even knowing who they are. It's not really a game known for it's story telling.

[@GuySmithSmoke]

Cyberpunk was in development for "a long time."

[@Randaddy25]

FromSoft is in my top 3 developers. They just make phenomenal games that are difficult, but not only difficult, extremely difficult. The overall feeling of accomplishment when I beat a boss, is a great feeling. A feeling I'm after, like a crackhead looking for the next crumb. 😂

[@lordchaa1598]

This is the Skyrim of the Bloodborn series

[@Niall_Falco]

And there it is the skyrim comparison comment, ITS NOT!

[@Monolitus7]

@@Niall_Falco ikr it's like calling moba games league of legends

[@sledgedragon2677]

Summons ARE basically just the easy mode journalists want. On my first playthrough, I was using summons because fighting things with allies is fun. I didn't realize how hard some of the bosses actually are. Mogh kicked my ass without summons.

[@Igor_Kru]

crazy how elden ring has the most mechanically intense and advanced bosses, but due to the new mechanics and op magic, people may not realize it. SL1 runs will be BY FAR the hardest to do here

[@bendovahkiin8405]

mechanically advanced? all you need is a well timed roll , you beat the toughest Demi gods just like that. I think you mean they have cool animations

[@MrHarrilasagna]

I'll trade more dogs to get rid of the "Little Nicky" hell birds any day of the week.

[@LineArck]

This is the defining masterpiece that Cyberpunk was suposed to be.

[@Gaudrix]

Elden Ring is what happens when a company actually focuses on making a great game and nothing else matters. Iterate and improve on what you have made so far and polish it smooth baby. They don't need famous actors as characters or convoluted systems to trick you into playing. Just good solid game design and a game that actually feels fun. What happened to games actually being enjoyable instead of ploys to take as much money as they can get from you? I'm only 15 hours in and the game just feels different. I quit Assassin's Creed Odyssey after only 25 hours because it just felt lifeless. If I can pay money to skip parts of the game, then that means the game isn't that good and not seen as content by the game developer as it's not essential to actual enjoyment. Why is it in the game then? I paid to play the game, not to skip the game I've already paid for as I expected exciting content worth paying for. It's like starting a TV show and then at the beginning they give you an option to pay 10 dollars to watch a summary and just skip to the only good things in the show that matter. Why watch the fucking show if you literally aren't watching the show!? I can already tell I'm going to put a lot of time into Elden Ring. I love the simplistic HUD, you can just look at the world and be immersed instead of constantly looking at markers and UI explaining what you are looking at.

[@lov.2.g]

i agreed....the game never ends....its huge...under ground up in sky left right front back ...there is secret everywhere

[@xeryl_]

i love how his chat constantly shits on elden ring when they didnt even know you could stagger midir so you know cant take their opinion seriously

[@tubebuz]

..so much to discover and do? I only see traveling and combat.

[@Bruhmomentmeowmeow]

What do u want to do

[@schulz7139]

It’s spoiler free

[@TheAEGISAlliance]

@@Bruhmomentmeowmeow Storyline! I've heard so many great things about this game... except for anything about a good storyline,

[@Edgariki]

​@@TheAEGISAlliance Story line doesnt need for dark souls games. Its not that much important, there is no straight driving plot or character and usually ending its just obscure choice. Its isnt story driven game, if you wanna see a plot - buy different game.

[@hamokamo]

Did you expect cooking?

[@Rhodair]

dang chat was being weird, but I don't think most were hating just to hate - the reviewer was simply laying it on way too thick - I don't think people would be as annoyed with him if he'd toned it down 20% and made it simply "this is what I like about it" instead of "omg no one's ever down this before!" to things that should be baseline expectations in games - it seriously felt like he just doesn't know much about games and finally found an alright one

[@HitodamaKyrie]

Uh, Iron Pineapple has been making videos about Souls-like games for nearly a decade. Aside from him comparing Elden Ring to previous FromSoft games, I'm not sure where you're getting this idea of him claiming no one has done something before.

[@loopygordo]

@@HitodamaKyrie seriously lmao where did that originally comment come from. He's probably played and reviewed more souls like games than anyone on he platform.

[@damnjekyll]

With the, "whaddya meeean" at the end all I could hear was Jerry Seinfeld lmfao

[@Andi91]

its a good game but the 10/10 masterpiece reviews were a bit over the top in my opinion

[@alexanderanderson1431]

Why? Aside from frame drops on pc, why?

[@guji369]

@@alexanderanderson1431 bc open world games need much more than just good battle system to be perfect. It should be compared to witcher 3 , rdr, and skyrim now, and other than battle system i dont see anything that surpasses them.

[@Shyzenth]

if you saw atlest half of the game you would think otherwise, this is a game that opinion must be made 1 month after it came out and not right now, it's huge to digest in first days.

[@matthughes3779]

@@guji369 didnt witcher 3 skyrim both get 10/10?....

[@seraph4473]

Good thing nobody cares about your opinion

[@victorsos100]

It's a meh out of 10 for me. Definitely over hyped solid but over hyped.

[@liketobecalled]

It's game of the year, won like 300+ different awards, overwhelmingly positive reviews everywhere, maybe it's just not for you

[@smackmet9379]

Its just so rare that I have 2 games that I love release in the same year. Elden Ring shares rank 1 with god of war 4 and when Ragnarok comes out, I really dont know which one of those 2 deserves GOTY. 2022 is definitly a prime year for gamers.

[@lukewootton2614]

This is my first time playing this kind of game and it’s got me hooked… I haven’t been this interested in a game in a long time

[@laziestbones5989]

Try killing a bunch of rats in a cave and a super giant rat thinking your kicking ass to be trapped in the same cave with one of those bears I pooped myself

[@blueshadow3794]

The game is amazing truth be told, but i had to rush in the later stages of it because i got burned out and i felt that it was a bit too long. Now that i completed it, i won't be doing another playthrough for at least 2 years.

[@NetCmurder]

this my first souls game and im loving it even though i suck i cant stop playing it

[@damianlegion8455]

13:18 Man, 98% of the Soul's community had never played an RPG game, nor know how to fight in ways that doesn't involve brute force, rolling and luck. 15:57 Of course. I don't care about the fight, I just care about win.

[@jayselevi2756]

19:17 Alinity is looking different these days

[@jeffwagner4522]

i think they were intentional with the "nothing at the end of jumps" to keep you guessing.

[@Teek21]

I always summon players to help me, not that I can’t do it. I just like having other player around makes it little more fun!

[@airi2857]

ngl currently playing through the whole game with a friend using the seamless co-op mod, just beat malenia and man, ive never had so much fun playing a game before that it made me play it for 77 hours straight.

[@The_Roosta]

It's hard going from Elden Ring and Bloodborne to Dark Souls 3. Wish the movement was like Bloodborne in all of them lol.

[@jetrobertsdj]

I've always justified the use of spirit ashes as: "A tarnished could never kill a God -- but a tarnished that can harness the powers and skills of a God can." To me, conjuring spirits to fight is no different than using powerful spells and weapon arts from remembrances. It's all canon. It may not be NECESSARY in the game, but in the story it is made available for that specific purpose. That's why a notification pops up. It should never be shameful to play the game as it was intended.

[@Capza]

holy, his chat are worse than xqc's

[@Crozz22]

This guy: probably 100 hrs to do everything me: he must be speedrunning on god mode