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elden ring Ruined Gaming for me imho

Part of that is just becoming more of an oldfag, but it's be...
olive gas station degenerate
  05/30/25
thought this would be a doodikoff thread imo
chartreuse corner hunting ground
  05/30/25
doodikoff himself was ruined by elden ring and subsequently ...
olive gas station degenerate
  05/30/25
it was boring and pointless and needlessly difficult and no ...
Red Splenetic Casino
  05/30/25
(guy who put his foolish ambitions to rest)
chartreuse corner hunting ground
  05/30/25
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haunting walnut stage
  06/01/25
Tears of the Kingdom
Heady space
  05/30/25
...
Alcoholic crackhouse
  06/02/25
there was just a new elden ring released yesterday
greedy carnelian rigor
  05/30/25
It's not the same. That one is a cash grab
Heady space
  05/30/25
That's basically a Minigame and requires "co-op" a...
olive gas station degenerate
  05/30/25
they just match you with randoms on the network though, I do...
greedy carnelian rigor
  05/30/25
You can't coordinate with the randoms without voice chat, me...
well-lubricated double fault
  05/30/25
Try Kingdom Cone Deliverance 2
vengeful address keepsake machete
  05/30/25
Cr. I started playing this last week and it's really good
cerise philosopher-king
  05/30/25
I beat KCD1 and it was decent but idc about continuing tbh
haunting walnut stage
  06/01/25
unbelievably jewish dogshit. try Clair Obscur
Ocher crotch nibblets
  06/02/25
Another oldfaq here. It took 20 hours of practice, but I got...
brilliant meetinghouse
  05/30/25
I've always been shitty at it (never got into any of the ori...
olive gas station degenerate
  05/30/25
The 60 fps lock on PC is lame as hell. And modding removes o...
greedy carnelian rigor
  05/30/25
Yeah it's baffling to me that the game as a whole was so wel...
olive gas station degenerate
  05/30/25
Fromsoft isn’t that big. Like 400 employees vs 18,000k...
haunting walnut stage
  06/01/25
why is the game so good exactly
bateful plaza
  06/01/25
- there are no difficulty sliders, the game is balanced arou...
olive gas station degenerate
  06/02/25
tl;dr western games are trash.
haunting walnut stage
  06/02/25
BG3 was a Triumph
olive gas station degenerate
  06/02/25
Im really talking about western Console-oriented games. Im n...
haunting walnut stage
  06/02/25
Sounds kinda fun Is the game still fun sober? In my exper...
bateful plaza
  06/02/25
yeah it's a single player game, not an online grindfest I...
olive gas station degenerate
  06/02/25


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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:07 PM
Author: olive gas station degenerate

Part of that is just becoming more of an oldfag, but it's been three years and nobody really seems able to replicate anything close to the whole package.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973651)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:09 PM
Author: chartreuse corner hunting ground

thought this would be a doodikoff thread imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973653)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:11 PM
Author: olive gas station degenerate

doodikoff himself was ruined by elden ring and subsequently wrote it off as Not That Good. Different problem.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973661)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:27 PM
Author: Red Splenetic Casino

it was boring and pointless and needlessly difficult and no story. "To avoid that boss' attack, you have to roll INTO his attack to dodge it" lmao give me a break

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973701)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:34 PM
Author: chartreuse corner hunting ground

(guy who put his foolish ambitions to rest)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973718)



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Date: June 1st, 2025 8:59 PM
Author: haunting walnut stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48979633)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:10 PM
Author: Heady space

Tears of the Kingdom

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973656)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 6:52 PM
Author: Alcoholic crackhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48981735)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:16 PM
Author: greedy carnelian rigor

there was just a new elden ring released yesterday

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973670)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: Heady space

It's not the same. That one is a cash grab

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973672)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: olive gas station degenerate

That's basically a Minigame and requires "co-op" anyway. I have No Friends.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973673)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: greedy carnelian rigor

they just match you with randoms on the network though, I don't think it even has voice chat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973685)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 1:44 PM
Author: well-lubricated double fault

You can't coordinate with the randoms without voice chat, meaning you need actual friends to use discord or teamspeak with.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973930)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: vengeful address keepsake machete

Try Kingdom Cone Deliverance 2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973787)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 1:41 PM
Author: cerise philosopher-king

Cr. I started playing this last week and it's really good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973916)



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Date: June 1st, 2025 9:00 PM
Author: haunting walnut stage

I beat KCD1 and it was decent but idc about continuing tbh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48979634)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 6:51 PM
Author: Ocher crotch nibblets

unbelievably jewish dogshit. try Clair Obscur

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48981731)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:59 PM
Author: brilliant meetinghouse

Another oldfaq here. It took 20 hours of practice, but I got to minimal proficiency in Elden ring. At that point I could do guard counters, back stabs, jump attacks, and mounted attacks, and then the game hooked me. I can't imagine better fantasy gaming.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973803)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 1:07 PM
Author: olive gas station degenerate

I've always been shitty at it (never got into any of the original souls games) but the game gives you tons and tons of options to basically adjust the difficulty as you see fit. The depth of play is hugely underrated, playing a caster build was way more fun than I expected

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973820)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 1:08 PM
Author: greedy carnelian rigor

The 60 fps lock on PC is lame as hell. And modding removes online functionality. Japs need to get their Engineering shit together.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973825)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 1:10 PM
Author: olive gas station degenerate

Yeah it's baffling to me that the game as a whole was so well done and they dropped the ball on basic shit like this. It doesn't support framegen without mods and the game (which came out three years ago) is basically unplayable at max settings unless you have a 5090. adds black bars if you try to play in 21:9 despite simple mods being able to unlock it. etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48973830)



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Date: June 1st, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: haunting walnut stage

Fromsoft isn’t that big. Like 400 employees vs 18,000k for ubisoft.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48979641)



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Date: June 1st, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: bateful plaza

why is the game so good exactly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48979639)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: olive gas station degenerate

- there are no difficulty sliders, the game is balanced around how much you want to take advantage of the various crutches it offers. this means you don't run into the game essentially breaking once you reach a certain level (whether its due to becoming too easy or a sudden difficulty spike) as the devs can more carefully balance each area/encounter knowing it's one-size-fits-all (numberswise at least)

- the open world genuinely sucks you in and makes you want to explore. it's beautiful, the player is frequently rewarded with some kooky encounter or powerful item a bit off the beaten path, and generally speaking the game has a good amount of variety. yeah there's still a bit too much copypasta in that some minor encounters are repeated too often, but these are the exception, not the rule. for the most part every area feels incredibly unique, and it's sort of revolutionary in that it feels like the first fantasy game to really envelop the player in an open world

- related to above, there's no "DOTHISTHINGLOOKHEREANEXCLAMATIONPOINTFOLLOWTHEOBJECTIVE" clutter/bullshit you get with most AAA open-world games

the main downsides are that some of the systems in the game are a too obfuscated for new players, there's a bit of a learning curve (and tribal knowledge when it comes to stuff like "caster-based builds are easier"), the engine optimization is absolute garbage, and if you do get sucked and end up exploring quite a bit in it's really fucking long (I think I clocked something like 90 hours on my playthrough)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48981590)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 6:49 PM
Author: haunting walnut stage

tl;dr western games are trash.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48981727)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 6:50 PM
Author: olive gas station degenerate

BG3 was a Triumph

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48981729)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 6:55 PM
Author: haunting walnut stage

Im really talking about western Console-oriented games. Im not sitting here shitting on Diablo and Starcraft or Engineering-based games.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48981738)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 7:11 PM
Author: bateful plaza

Sounds kinda fun

Is the game still fun sober? In my experience games like rpgs and path of exile etc are basically only fun when you’re on weed and I’m retired from weed now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48981778)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 7:29 PM
Author: olive gas station degenerate

yeah it's a single player game, not an online grindfest

I think it would actually suck to play high anyway. would creep me out + you need half decent reaction time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2Elisa#48981810)