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"As somebody who's played all of Miyazaki's games over at least the last decade, this is clearly the most ambitious game that he's done," he says. "I mean, I love his games, but seeing some of the gameplay mechanics stuff that he's tackling, he and the team are tackling this time, of the setting, working with another creator in terms of story. I love it."

The other creator Spencer mentions is, of course, Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin, who has worked on the story for the upcoming open world game.

According to Spencer, Elden Ring is Miyazaki "expanding his horizons." He also says that leaves the room while Spencer plays. "I think that's because I'm a bad player, and then when he comes back we'll have a conversation about things that I think," he says. "He's so passionate about what he does. It's one of the things I just love about getting to work with him on some of these games and seeing them come to our platform."

"expanding his horizons."

This is exactly what I want from From Software. Breaking away from the tired Souls formula got us Sekiro so this sounds great. Really hope we get to see gameplay soon.
 
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This still isn't Bloodborne levels of bad but its still not enjoyable either.
A version of Elden Ring exhibiting macrostutters (not just microstutters lol) due to EAC or some other reason is currently much worse than Bloodborne levels of bad 🤷‍♂️


Runs pretty bad on PS5 too. Agar PS5 khareed ke bhi PS4 version chalana hai to kya faida :p
You say as if PS5 maintains the difference with any meaningful level of consistency lol
You say as if the PS5 drops that low or falls behind the Series X with any level of cooonsistency 🤣
 
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Alright so, played it for a while.

The performance although disappointing in general, all souls fans from consoles are used to this. I adjusted to it almost immediately.

Everything else is top shelf! The stealth mechanics, the open worldness of it all. Its great.

People new to the souls games will still find it challenging, so there is that!

You will either absolutely Love it or hate it with a passion!
 
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Apparently, you can make the game more approachable/easier if you focus on open-world exploration and upgrade your stats/weapons based on what you find - something not available (aside from soul farming) in previous games. So perhaps more people can play and have fun in this one. I would like to try it at some point.
 

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Defeated two bosses! No upgrades, no level ups. Just me and my trusty KATANA!

The exploration feels so fresh for the franchise, love it.
 
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Defeated two bosses! No upgrades, no level ups. Just me and my trusty KATANA!

The exploration feels so fresh for the franchise, love it.
Oh so you started of as a Samurai right ? I havent started the game as of yet but went through the traits of the starting characters. Samurai and Confessor are 2 of my shortlisted character clasess. I might just go through with confessor since i want a hybrid (melee + magic) build.
 

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Yes, Samurai!

Game is extremely easy once you explore a bit, prioritize exploration at the very start. Light as many bonfires as you can.

The new summon feature should help all the offline lonewolfs too, this game is most accessible in the series.
 

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A version of Elden Ring exhibiting macrostutters (not just microstutters lol) due to EAC or some other reason is currently much worse than Bloodborne levels of bad 🤷‍♂️
Bloodborne was still worse. It never ran above 30fps and frame pacing was never consistent 🤷‍♂️
You say as if the PS5 drops that low or falls behind Series X with any level of cooonsistency 🤣
Series X (and PC) has VRR. PS5 doooooes not 🤷‍♂️🤣
 
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Defeated the first major boss.

Man, the summons are OP! Also, they put the bonfire right next the boss fights in this one lol

Bahut easy ker diya hay isko.
 

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Started playing a little while ago. Yeah, the game's really easy so far. Beat this Tree Sentinel goof on the third attempt. His pattern is easy to follow and he's way too vulnerable after some of his attacks lol.

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Can't believe Powerpyx recommends facing him after level 35. I was at the starting Warrior class level 8 🤷‍♂️

Has not paused to 0fps for me 🤷‍♂️
Not yet, you mean 🤣

 
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Are you wondering whether Elden Ring is harder or easier than Dark Souls, Demon’s Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro?

The answer: It’s the hardest FromSoftware game so far, harder than Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro.
Wat...
 
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So far, It is the easiest From Soft. Game in all of them in how it makes the boss runs streamlined by placing the "bonfire" right next to the boss area.

Also, has OP summons you can use to aid you.
 
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