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Love this example 47:35 because while I can definitely see in this video how Elden Ring has a better soundtrack than DS3, despite the production I just bluntly prefer the arrangement and style of the Main Theme over the following use of Dragon, Godskin Apostle and Final Battle. Anyway epic video, too many awesome music recommendations

You're supposed to just hit them and not get back, good luck

16:41 lmao i'm almost sure i know the exact place the photo was taken in my city, the soundtrack is fitting also as we're living in 1984.

Joseph Anderson is the exact kind of gamer who plays games because they're hip and cool, not because he likes them.

I loved the base game’s soundtrack, in part due to a few specific songs, but I think the DLC blew the base game out of the water in musical terms

30:00 this is so true, I never struggled against the trolls on mountain top, because I fought that first troll you run into before stormveil castle so many times at level 8 or 10.

Amazing video

Great video! I like the more in-depth discussion of the two and the editing is amazing! I like them about equal myself, I really appreciate the more variety in Elden Ring but until the dlc came out (because damn there’s come crazy bangers in there Midra especially is perfect) I don’t think ER had quite the heights of Ds3 and I think that’s because my favorite ds3 tracks focus more on melody. I love tracks like Twin princes, Champion Gundyr and Abyss watchers. I really do think it’s very close tho. Also nothing on either come close to Ludwig on either imo. Completely different thing I was kinda disappointed you didn’t bring up Risk of Rain 2s OST during the soundscape in games section. That’s probably my favorite soundscape in any ost it’s so legendary. If you happen to not of heard it I really don’t think you would be disappointed it’s a huge favorite of mine, especially the Survivors of the Void DLC tracks

On my first playthrough subtle thing that has helped with some attacks is make sure you have volume up so you can hear some when attacks are coming. This clicked with me ok radahn

youre cracked bro i can barely beat her at level 700😂

I shouldn’t have to change. I don’t like that. If in every other souls game I was able to overcome a tough boss through sheer will THAT is what made the game fun. The whole genre is based on this very moral which is perseverance. I shouldn’t HAVE to change my build like Elden Ring forces you to do sometimes. And the bosses just aren’t as well designed. You are blatantly wrong if you think any elden ring boss is as well designed as Lothric and Lorian, Nameless King, or most of all Gael. Game is still great and fun, but not as good as dark souls or bloodborne.

I was on stream fighting one of the new DLC bosses just losing my mind and my friend was worried about me and thinking I hated the DLC. I had to ensure him I thought the boss was great and I was having a good time.

I respecced my FAI/STR main to ARC/STR for the Mr. Beast DLC final boss, poking him to death with Mohg’s spear behind an impenetrable wall for some poetic justice. I got to actually enjoy the second phase, its animations, music, and ambiance, without the stress of dying in 1.15 hits, and I feel zero shame about it. Not to mention, the DLC practically showers you with Larval Tears as if to say “hey, you got problem, take this.” You can always revisit the wall with more experience to see if you can punch it down raw, but when all you want to do is break the wall for the first time why wouldn’t you use all the hammers left in front of you to do so?

People that elden ring is too hard is just ridiculous, because you soo many options to make easier you have summons , you can play a spell caster you can look up op builds that destroys bosses.

24:36 Bro, that scene transition was sick.

16:15-ish: "The first step is to make sure that you are... not just staring at a pretty screen and being distracted." I don't know, man, especially in the DLC that's pretty much always been my first try. Just being amazed by the visual presentation and epic atmosphere and moves of the bosses. Second attempt is usually where I start trying to understand what's going on.

Love the video, this is why i have two saves going, sometimes i just want to dunk on some enemies, but sometimes i want to see what i can do.

I don't have footage of this, maybe I'll try and record some later, but I swear in my RL1 run my strat was to charge the serpent and dodge into the head.

your monotone delivery was painful to listen to.

good, based video! haha tbf, my only complaint with ER would be, that for the vast majority of my playtime it is, in fact, too easy

Thank you for this video, I had completely given up on beating Melania and I got her down less than three hours of watching this video. My friends who had beaten the game tried to explain what you did but they weren't putting the words in the correct order for it to click for me. God bless Siluria's Tree.

Strength is her weakness lol. Stack super defense and go ham. Thats what strength does. You need the dragon crest shield and crab or black flame protection. You can get 50 ro 75 80% damage reduction.

I know people always say to just dodge for a while but I do kind of the opposite because I don't really mind getting my clock cleaned out by the boss. Instead, I start as greedy as humanly possible and then I pare down the punishes to just the (mostly) safe ones. Something about absolutely curb stomping on a boss that wrecked me for a couple hours just tickles an ancient part of my brain.

...i mute and lisn to podcasts when retrying bosses :/

I think that the problem that a lot of people find with Elden Ring, without understanding why, is that a lot of the game revolves around optimising builds with having hundreds of different items and variations to choose from. You don't really have to become better, mechanically, as a player in order to make this game a breeze. Due to the size of the game, trying to learn every enemy moveset and counter with readitional rolls to avoid damage and then punish openings becomes very tedious, especially in the late game after 80 hours. Learning the effects of all the different items and then trying to experiment to find out each enemy weakness is just an absolute slog that really does require a 9-5 tybe job mentality. Most games will give you base tools and then allow you to get through the game building on those skills. With ER, however, mastering these base tools will have massive diminishing returns compared to just making op builds and healing non stop. It's the tradeoff for having a game that tries to cater to every single type of build under the sun and aslo why Sekiro was so challenging for many as the base tools could cary you through the entire game but you had to grind out that skillset.

trying to get back to the DLC for NG+, trying out a (much) less OP build. Smashed the entire base game but I've been malding at Mohg for some reason. This vid is really great for learning the fight, and what strats are gonna work. grats on a great hitless kill.

The best tip I've ever gotten was from one of my buddies who is a long time souls vet was "Don't get hit." Now, it sounds simple and like a "yeah, duh" kinda phrase, but it really is that easy. It's all about the engagement of your brain and what is going on with the enemies/boss on screen.

This is cool and all but is it really fun in the end? Completely subjective.

Bro the DLC OSTs cooked so hard i hope we get a followup vid

Holy reddit physiognomy

If your watching this, get back to learning the boss bro

Nearly every ground focused attack can be jumped(not rolled) over!

I just made a deflect build with a Great Katana for my second run of the DLC and annihilated most of the bosses with just that strategy. Only one it didn't quite work for was Romina, but that was due to her being a slippery little wench and running away every 0.2 seconds. I think the best advice is to just not force it. You are going to win, but that doesn't mean you need to try ramming a cube into a circle hole. You don't need to build change to find a cylinder to fit the hole. This is getting a little too phallic, so I'm going to drop this analogy now 💀

I was a huge fan of the shoegaze band, Lush, back in the early 90s. Those were my good ol' college days.

And you're mostly only touching the base game.....the DLC soundtrack as so many bangers that i felt like i was in the final boss on every boss in a way that was simply PERFECT CINEMA

What i find hilarious is that fromsoft are considered by many to be the pinnacle of video game difficulty even though games like MH exist. I'll always take MHW fatalis as an example, this fucker took me 6hrs to learn how to comfortably solo it, and consort radahn who countless people are crying about rn is a complete joke compared to it

Yeah everything I learned if it was learned on Google I wouldn’t know it bc a FRIEND told me WITH THEIR FACE

At 12:32, you ask why Joseph is opposed to hit trading, and I have a good answer for this. Games that are built on being "Hard but fair" rely on the assumption that taking damage is *always* the player's fault, and *always* avoidable. An inconsistent opening is inherently unfair, as players essentially have to guess whether bosses will retaliate or not. It doesn't *matter* whether you can tank the attack or not, what matters is that the RNG nature of the optional follow up takes away the player's agency to avoid it. You also missed his point when talking about Godrick's Stormbreaker/whirlwind. You go on about other Souls games having bosses that force players to play a certain way, but completely dodge the issue of this one being unreactable.

You can’t be mad and bored at the same time 😂

20:24 “ChatGPT defines…” lol. Lost all respect for that definition, chief.

Not saying I cuck every boss 1st try, but anyone who thinks a PvE video game is actually hard, needs to walk into the ocean and stay there.

Can confirm ONGBAL has hitless the final dlc boss a day after release. You’re completely correct, people complain just to complain and don’t try to learn the new material. Love your content, keep it up man.

Lol, not at all

Ahhh you have some top notch games running in the background!! I absolutely agree. Music is one of the most important aspect of games to me. Like.. I'm not a big fan of the gameplay from Octopath Traveler 2 but MY GOD that soundtrack made me straight up fall in love with it (ofc the story being amazing helped too 😂)

How u fanboys brainstorm about a broken mess of a game (still a good game) is beyond me. All this talk taking Malenia as an example, when is obvious that she wasnt even meant for this game. U guys care about this stuff way more than from software.

18:28 Hold on. You take extra damage when running?

Shields are good for judging/learning hitbox size, spacing, and timing

To be honest, I think even the bloodborne quiz could be super hard because outside of iconic moments in each soundtrack they can sound very similar in the gothy strings and eerie sounds department.

You the man. Impeccable taste in music my guy. Killed it with this video.

With the DLC out and there being a whole new wave of people crying about the difficulty, I have to give a reminder to people. It's ok to play the game. Not using summons is a challenge run. It's the equivalent of not using items in pokemon games. You making it harder for yourself to play the game and then getting mad that the game is challenging is your fault. Imagine someone new to pokemon picks up the game and nuzlocks their first blind playthrough. Then he complains about how unfair the game is, but also refuses to grind for levels, use tms, or Google what pokemon a gym leader has. It's not the game's fault you decided on arbitrary rules. You making the game unfun doesn't make the game unfun, you just suck and took on a challenge you weren't ready to overcome. A challenge runner I won't name to avoid toxicity recently made a 35-minute video that is very similar in tone to Joseph's video. He complained that his strength melee build wasn't catered to. He refused to craft, summon, infuse, use spells, use buffs, etc. and then complained that the loot in the DLC wasn't good. Despite you know, admitting he intentionally stops himself from engaging in 90% of the game. Let's ignore souls likes entirely for a second and rpgs in general. Imagine picking up a rougelike game like Hades, but refusing to upgrade, refusing to pick up items, and never talking to any characters. Anyone who has played even a little bit of Hades would hear that and say that the player in question is arbitrarily making the game less enjoyable for themselves for no reason other than an unhealthy amount of pride. Imagine playing a game like Rocket League and never using boost then complaining the game is unfair. That's the equivalent. People get so toxic and spiteful in soulslike games, and for what? Another player in a single-player game used a mechanic that the game was balanced around that they didn't use. Then they get irrationally mad that said person had an easier time. Like babe, you're just a toxic loser at that point