Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Kolsykol]

The more I play of Elden Ring the more it grows on me, it definitely is VERY different tho it kinda feels like a different game with Dark Souls paint.
The world design and art direction is really incredible tho some of the best I've seen.
And I don't actually typically like '' grim dark '' stuff ( altho I love Berserk and the Souls games ).
But this is definitely an exception.
It doesn't really change that there's too much empty space imo but the world is definitely more interesting than in something like a Ubisoft game, it's essentially how you'd imagine the world of a Souls game to be it's very beautiful but also nightmarish.
It's just hard for me to get over that there's so much running/ riding around.

I kinda feel like I have to judge it as something else tho than another Souls game.
The first boss ( not the tutorial one ) is way too hard too and I looked up a bit of other reactions about it online and it's definitely not just me it's easily the most difficult first boss in any of these games by a longshot.
It seems designed to kinda force you to turn back and explore the world and level, not sure how I feel about that and I think a lot of people will just hit that wall and give up and quit.
So if any of you play and reach that part try and turn back and explore if it's too hard it seems designed that way.

In regards to the performance issues too, I may jinx it now and it may get worse later.
But I am past the initial section of the open world ( the first big area basically ) and I am exploring pretty far away from there and I haven't noticed any stuttering anymore.
So I dunno if it's just the early parts where the performance is awful take that with a grain of salt.