I was expecting that the Mimics will return to Elden Ring or at least in a different Form in SotE. It's been 10 Years since they last appeared, so my guess is FS excluded them to be more surprising if/when they eventually come back. I saw a lot of new ER players don't clapping every Chest, so there's room for new traumatized players

Let me know if you guys have any ideas or suggestions for this area. Maybe new name, enemy types, traps and so on!

This is my ranking based purely on the lore of the bosses, I’m open to discuss. The explanation of the tiers:

Literal Satan - Bosses who are pure, irredeemable monsters that commited unimaginable atrocities

Pure Evil - Bosses who are still fully evil, but didn’t do that many fucked up things

Pretty Evil - Your average villains

Neutral/Monsters by nature - Bosses who are either fully neutral in terms of morality and/or aren’t sentient and are just of primitive nature you can’t really assign any morality to

Not that Evil - Bosses who aren’t of malicious nature and are just defending themselves from the player or have no evil intentions

Morally Good - Bosses who are pretty much the good guys in the story

Literal Saints - Bosses who are literal heroes

EDIT:

After reading some of the comments I definitely have to agree with certain points:

-I’d move Seath to Pure Evil

-Twin Princes and Gael to Morally Good

-Aldia to at least Neutral, but he’s probably near Pretty Evil

I didn’t expect for people to actually discuss this in depth, yall have some pretty good points ngl

Elden Ring x Funko please come out soon🙏

Всё таки я взял Dark souls ( сразу 3 части ).

Coming from games of the Zelda universe but seen so many playthroughs of Fromsoft games that I had to get Elden Ring when it released for the Switch 2. So far I’ve met quite a few hard hits, and the default setup of the controller setup doesn’t seem intuitive, I keep pressing the wrong buttons due to wanting X to jump etc. Is there a good mindset to begin exploring the game without feeling like everything kills you all the time? get good and all that, sure but for new ppl to the franchise; any good advice?

I’m doing a deprived run (plank shield, loincloth, and club) of dark souls 3 with my friend, and it’s reminded me that I love the club in every fromsoft game.

Not the large club, not the great club, not the reinforced club, just the good ol’ fashioned default club.

All of the others are awesome too and some are arguably better, but personally for me, my favorite is just the deprived’s club.

As someone who is partial to dexterity builds, and favors curved swords & katanas, it’s very refreshing to deal Strike damage, decent poise, and still have a fast enough weapon. The only downside is that I enjoy the feeling of slicing through enemies, but it’s been a fun change of pace.

Hey guys, quick question. I’m planning to buy Elden Ring, but I’m not sure which version to get.
I’m playing on a PS5, and I noticed that the PS4 version is cheaper and can apparently be upgraded to the PS5 version.

For those who have tried both, is there actually a difference between buying the PS4 version and upgrading it vs just buying the PS5 version?

Is the performance basically the same, or is it
better to just get the PS5 version?

Trying to save some money if there’s no real difference

Hey all. When ER came out I really wanted to buy it but thought it would be one of those expensive games that was too hard for me to complete. So when DS1 went on sale I bought it and tried it out. I really liked it and beat Gwyn. I'm almost done with DS2 now.

I'm not very good, but at least I'm getting most of the content I'm paying for so I'm happy.

But one of the things i'm missing out on is the multiplayer aspect. Multiplayer in this sense meaning both co-op summons and PvP. Watching some Oroboro DS1 videos on YT I realized how much I'm missing out.

I don't want to wait too long to play ER and miss it like I did with DS. Safe to wait and finish the series or should I jump on ER while it's still warm?

Ty!

Before I beat the end boss, Should I do the Frenzied flame ending since I already can get the burn mark? I already beat the boss and found the door.

Overall Game/DLC Ranking

Base Games

1. Elden Ring
2. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
3. Dark Souls III
4. Bloodborne
5. Dark Souls

DLCs

1. Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
2. Bloodborne: The Old Hunters
3. Dark Souls III: The Ringed City
4. Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss
5. Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel

Top 20 Hardest Bosses

1. Promised Consort Radahn - Elden Ring DLC
2. Isshin, the Sword Saint - Sekiro
3. Orphan of Kos - Bloodborne DLC
4. Malenia, Blade of Miquella - Elden Ring
5. Laurence, the First Vicar - Bloodborne DLC
6. Sister Friede - Dark Souls III DLC
7. Messmer the Impaler - Elden Ring DLC
8. Darkeater Midir - Dark Souls III DLC
9. Slave Knight Gael - Dark Souls III DLC
10. The Nameless King - Dark Souls III
11. Maliketh, the Black Blade - Elden Ring
12. Owl (Father) - Sekiro
13. Demon of Hatred - Sekiro
14. Artorias the Abysswalker - Dark Souls DLC
15. Ornstein and Smough - Dark Souls
16. Starscourge Radahn - Elden Ring
17. Dragonlord Placidusax - Elden Ring
18. Soul of Cinder - Dark Souls III
19. Ludwig, the Holy Blade - Bloodborne DLC
20. Rellana, Twin Moon Knight - Elden Ring DLC

Boss Count by Game

1st Place: Elden Ring - 7 Total

Base Game - 4

• Malenia, Blade of Miquella
• Maliketh, the Black Blade
• Starscourge Radahn
• Dragonlord Placidusax

DLC - 3

• Promised Consort Radahn
• Messmer the Impaler
• Rellana, Twin Moon Knight

2nd Place: Dark Souls III - 5 Total

Base Game - 2

• The Nameless King
• Soul of Cinder

DLC - 3

• Sister Friede
• Darkeater Midir
• Slave Knight Gael

Tied for 3rd: Bloodborne - 3 Total

Base Game - 0

• None, lol

DLC - 3

• Orphan of Kos
• Laurence, the First Vicar
• Ludwig, the Holy Blade

Tied for 3rd: Sekiro - 3 Total

Base Game - 3

• Isshin, the Sword Saint
• Owl (Father)
• Demon of Hatred

5th Place: Dark Souls - 2 Total

Base Game - 1

• Ornstein and Smough

DLC - 1

• Artorias the Abysswalker

I consider myself to be a big fan of the souls Series. I got every achievement in Dark Souls 1+2, as well as Sekiro. DS3 only had one play through and Elden Ring is in my mental backlog for some other time. I decided to try returning to the series roots with Demon Souls.

The Good:

Atmosphere in this game is unnerving and uncomfortable in the best way. You can feel the world is in deep shit with how bleak everything looks and sounds. Another thing to mention are the shortcuts in this game, they are very satisfying to find and unlock. The maiden here is my favourite because her accent sounds Czech to me. I believe there are no truly awful bosses, at worst they're annoying or forgettable. A lot of these guys have a trick you must understand before winning. I liked King Allant the most and even lost a level to him.

The Bad:

Health system in this game is whack. The hp penalty is rough and almost forces you to permanently lose half of your ring slots just to mitigate it. I had to upgrade vitality a lot to not get one shot in soul form by certain attacks. On the other hand, smaller damage means nothing because health weed is so plentiful. I didn't even have to farm and still face tanked everything. Boletaria drops and shops let you have dozens of ripe weed and heal everything mid fight. I imagine mages could probably spam spells for days.

Weigh limit is frustrating because you have to dump everything extra after returning to Nexus. What's the point? It just adds tedious procedures to the objective list.

The Ugly:

The game is so narrow, it feels claustrophobic. Narrow mines where a single enemy blocks your path, narrow bridges where stingrays try to push you away, narrow prison corridors etc. I upgraded strength to shield block everything because dodging just didn't feel viable. I want to see how devs did any of this stuff as a dex build.

Weapon upgrades are comical in how much stuff you need. A single +10 weapon requires a bucket of various shards and chunks, and there are like ten types of these rocks. I was 3 large shards away from upgrading sword to +9, but I really didn't want to farm.

Conclusion:

This game is full of jank and dumb mechanics, but it has a certain charm to it. I don't think I'll play it again though, the level design seems to strongly favor tanks over anything else.

Everytime I try a Fromsoft game I always bounce off of it, but I'm still trying to get into it because on paper they are masterpieces that I should love with every fiber of my being. I just can't seem to find the right mindset to be able to enjoy them

My experience with Fromsoft games for the curious in case it helps solve this problem:

Dark Souls 2 (I mostly meleed, but I do remember using spells on little enemies. Don't remember doing that for bosses 'cuz they were always in my face)
- Annoyed with Ornstein wannabe's down-slam spear attack that has a hitbox much larger than the spear itself feeling BS, that the victory meant nothing because that attack was so annoying.
- Dragon rider I remember struggling with. Though I ruined my sense of victory by being a goofball removing all my armor so I could use an oversized sword, and just press forward and attack to beat them first try.
- Dark area where using a torch scares away big monsters was annoying, so I stopped playing there, and just really wanted to stop playing when I loaded back up any other day I tried to play. That place is so boring
- That said, I only played this at a friend's house, so I couldn't finish it. So this time it wasn't the game's fault

Dark Souls 1 (Mostly halberd with the intention of using the scythe later, but never got the scythe)
- Phantom carried first boss a bit too hard, stunning it frequently. I still had to fight and almost died a lot, but it was my first attempt on the boss, and I felt like I ruined the experience for that boss. That said, I did use most of my estus, and had to do a lot of scary dodges (and it was funny seeing another phantom watch for a while, then when they tried to help, they immediately got smacked off the side instantly dying. This is more what I was expecting from phantoms lol)
- 2 and a half hours on Bell Gargoyles.. Just to beat it with gold pin resin. Going from 93 damage to 245 damage! So uhhh, felt like I cheesed that fight considering I didn't even know how to farm that stuff
- Stabbing souls after killing skeletons does not kill skeletons like in later dark souls games. Tried for way too long to run past and dodge, but when I realized there's probably a ton of necromancers, I gave up. Started using the spell to knock skeletons off the edge for permadeath which made me salty because it's that dumb goofy stuff I like saving for post-game humiliating monsters that gave me troubles, it feels awful for that being the main way to proceed forward in the game in a reasonable amount of time
- Spending hours stumbling around in the dark, only to find a dead end, realizing I have to stumble all the way back out when I had absolutely no idea where to go just absolutely ruined the mood
- I should mention, I was expecting a boss rush game, not a puzzle game that Dark Souls ended up being. So I figured I'd pick it up later when I had the right mindset. About to go play it tonight. Absolutely no idea which weapon I'm going to use as I have no idea what my preferred playstyle is as it shifts drastically between games all the time and I can't figure out why. That said, whatever I do, I will have some Vigor because instantly dying from one shot at full health is annoying, and I'll have some faith because I like healing and regen stuff. (Past couple years I've been addicted to the various types of "risky healers". Whether it be melee lifesteal healers that sacrifice their health to damage enemies & heal allies like Aurena in Shape of Dreams, or like in Monster Hunter with the Hunting Horn being as big and sluggish as the Great Sword, but without an easy defensive option like guard/dodge mechanic of other weapons)

Elden Ring (halberd/sword and board until I used Gut's Sword)
- I knew there was exploring, but I didn't think there was this much exploring. Caught me off-gaurd. There's pros and cons for this. I'm still trying to get into the feel of it. Right now it's really hard, because I feel like it goes from "turn your brain off" easy, to "Bash your head against a wall for many hours, you should probably get a bit stronger first so you beat it in a reasonable time". I just have a very hard time gauging the difficulties of the enemies
- That said, Margit was fun. Fought him for 50 hour with sword and board (no upgrades because I don't think I knew how, and/or think it'd be cheating). Then much later after killing other bosses, 1 hour with the Guts Sword, this time upgrading it to +3 (and using this sword for the rest of the playthrough)
- Jolly co-op with a friend for a bit. However, Deathbird was giving me troubles, and they just nuked him from afar with that holy scythe ranged attack kinda making me feel like I didn't really win. Relieved because while I love and hate fighting that boss, it's more on the hate side as it was probably the enemy with the most attacks that felt BS. Friend got absolutely demolished by Godrick trying to spam ranged attacks and had to leave, which I'm glad 'cuz main story boss, and I got to beat him in 1 hour by myself
- Rennala tested my patience with all minions constantly being everywhere. So I was pretty quick to go "two can play at this game" and summon doggos, but made the fight end in 20 minutes... Like the water part (but I'm a sucker for boss fights on water like that), but screw that first part for being sooooo boring. Kinda soured the mood, and stopped playing soon after and it kinda made me wonder why I'm bothering to play
- Last week I did another run with daggers, and then claws. Then got overwhelmed by how long it's going to take to clear all the areas, so I needed a break so I could get in the mindset realizing it's not going to be a massive boss non-stop like a lot of videos portray the game... Also so many relaxing moments in-between places that the game makes me very sleepy

Armored Core 6 (rotating between the 1 main core of sword, 2 missiles, and a gun, just with the rusty lookalike for a core to be fast, 2 Gattling tank when I was getting annoyed with a boss, or if something was just too annoyingly damage spongy, and 3 hovering missile boat being my favorite way to play because I love watching the enemies do cool dodges and stuff. Especially the ones that are nutty and are able to spam 6 dodges at a time)
- Went into the game with the mindset of "No more taking a break, we're forcing our way through this game". Thus I beat all 3 campaigns. However, I didn't really care about the majority of bosses (I do think I was tired for most of the game though, so probably my bad for forcing the game's completion). However there's a few moments of note
- Pre-nerf Balteus kicking my butt for almost 2 hours, but even if I did good I'd always run out of ammo. Feeling silly I decided to go double Ludlows, but apparently they do ludicrous damage and stagger. So beat him first try doing that. Still ran out of ammo that way, and uh, proceeded to stun-lock him by punching him to death. Felt like an empty victory because it felt so cheesy
- Getting Ibis to last hit multiple times with the main core. Got annoyed from Ibis running away all the time, and then proceeded to beat them first try quickly and with ease using the missile boat 'cuz the missiles would chase Ibis down. This made me realize how much of Fromsoft's difficulty can vastly change depending on what weapon you have, which kinda ruined my sense of accomplishment of pretty much everything in the games.
- The one good memory I have is one of the filler missions I was being careless with ammo, so I had to fight the helicopter boss with no health or ammo, and I had to hit it 5 times with the pile bunker (and that weapon is silly and cool, so I replaced the sword with it ever since I could use it). Felt satisfying to do it, even though it most definitely was not the hardest thing to do in the game

Like I can enjoy games being difficult, I grew up with games where that is the main focus. I can still love hard games because Rain World was a blast, and I spent 8 hours beating Challenge 70 (even if it's uh not quite like the rest of the game. spoilers if you look it up though, even if it's not canon). Spent 2 hours on Deltarune's Chapter 3 "secret boss" and that felt amazing (also spoilers if you haven't gotten to that part in the game). Omega Planetes in Monster Hunter was fun trying to solo it, even if I kept failing the DPS check anytime I fought it (Let's just say I've been lazy and using the same build for everything because I don't really care about damage as long as the quest doesn't fail. Monsters are tanky AF, so the numbers mean nothing to me)

Any help would be quite nice. I'd like to be able to figure out how to properly enjoy Fromsoft games sometime before I die =p

I’m kind of shocked there is no top post on here talking about the tarnished pack and its implications of fromsofts future in monetization of their games. Is there any talk of it anywhere else in the souls community, cause I thought it would cause some concern outside of steam reviews. It’s weird though cause this is after the Oblivion horse armor omen spread like wildfire. Now it’s known that that pack was where Micro transactions started, some even point it to Bethesda’s downfall. So I’m wondering what’s different here and why the concern isn’t showing? If any community would be worried for their company turning to greedy corpo shit, it be fromsoft. A community that treats Fromsoft as different from the other greedy triple AAA companies, why wouldn’t you be worried they may turn into them?

I do believe that the Duskbloods is probably safe from Microtransactions cause it’s a Nintendo multiplayer focused game. And none of their online multiplayer games have Microtransactions, not Splatoon, Mario Kart, Smash, so I think Duskbloods will be treated the same. So potentially, Duskbloods could be the last Fromsoft game that remains untainted by Microtransactions, if they start going down that route. What is the evidence you have that this is not the case and makes this different from Horse Armor foreshadowing Bethesda’s turn to Microtransactions?