Your right about the poor fan service. Such a missed opportunity to find some way to fight godwyn in his prime. I am so pissed. Don't get me wrong, this dlc got so many things right. But damn. The lack of Melina and gloam eyed queen, lack of godwyn. And no elden John. :((( so many missed opportunities
Yup. Of all the directions they could have taken the DLC, bringing back a character of the base game is probably the most boring one they could have chosen, and something I didn't even think was on the table.
Damn, finally someone i totally agree with especially on the bosses. In my no summon run ive been punishing bosses hard by being aggressive. Even if youre not dodging everything it feels more epic that way. You're trying to give them a hard time while they are doing the same. Its super fun. Just give them hell. Also I think you can dodge the combo from radahn with a backstep, forward roll, backstep. Don't quote me on that tho
Thanks! Yeah I think full out aggression is the best approach to Elden Ring boss fights. It's significantly easier if you just shut them down through repeated stance breaks and it's also the most fun way to play the game imo. For the Radahn combo, I've only seen it work if you use the 'Fine Crucible Feather Talisman' that increases your I-Frames on backsteps. On a base level, I'm pretty sure the backstep does not have enough I-Frames to clear the first swing so you always get hit.
Very good critique, I especially agree with the remarks on the open world and enemy variety. It's easily my biggest complaint that I'm surprised more people aren't echoing. To add on to it, while the areas looked beautiful from a distance, they also felt less detailed and interesting on closer inspection. The shadowlands map is so big and well crafted on a macro scale but empty and half baked that I feel as though it was intended for a full blown sequel with more time and funding. I think Fromsoft is moving on from souls and elden ring for now and wanted to wrap it up to move on to other projects. Also, I made the mistake of going through at NG+6 for the first go and the mother of fingers has a pretty compelling moveset when you can't trade except for the undodgeable laser attack.
Thank you! Yes, I agree. An area like the Abyssal woods comes to mind as an example. It looks amazing and sets the mood well with the music plus the message of Torrent ignoring your call because it is scared. Thats the macro level. But on closer inspection it's only a 3 min stealth section, which itself is also optional because you can just go above the enemies. I still like the area. They tried something unique with the open world. But it does not feel fully realized. I would love a completely different direction for the next game. Elden Ring does sometimes feel like 'Dark Souls 4 + Open World'. I was using savefile backups to refight the bosses and did about 6-8 kills for Metyr. I didn't find the moveset that interesting. To me it kinda falls in line with Commander Gaius, where you just dodge their attack and attack them afterwards like a Dark Souls boss. Which is cool once in a while, when the presentation and atmosphere of the fight is as good as Metyr's.
Yup like those shadowmen enemies that are literally in every area like theres barely any variety and i feel like the level designs in previous souls games were much more compact with different enemies and their placements as well. The legacy dungeons also felt way too short. But i still loved it
Radahn would be better if not his invincibility and they just slowed him down slightly in phase 2. I’ve also found that he can sometimes do his grab in a summon, and if he does, he’s invincible that whole animation. Like 15 seconds where he’s just standing there and yet can’t be damaged at all. Possibly the only decent reason to summon for this fight because summons were totally useless in this fight because they can melt quick - yes, even high level mimic - and often spend a lot of time running around to ensure they are right in the target zone, getting knocked down only to run right back into the hit zone again.
Thank you! Nothing major changed. There was a moment where I didn't line up two clips properly so there were a few frames of just a black screen. The volume was also too loud for one voiceover clip so I lowered it. Things not many people would notice probably, but I know it would annoy me forever if I didn't fix them. x)
@@GehrmanGaming Hot take: I like Malenia's Wataerfowel Dance, because with a Greatshield, Waterfowel dance becomes much easier to fight against because you can use the shield to block the first wave of the attack, then dodge the next to waves of the attack.
Your right about the poor fan service. Such a missed opportunity to find some way to fight godwyn in his prime. I am so pissed.
Don't get me wrong, this dlc got so many things right. But damn. The lack of Melina and gloam eyed queen, lack of godwyn.
And no elden John. :((( so many missed opportunities
Yup. Of all the directions they could have taken the DLC, bringing back a character of the base game is probably the most boring one they could have chosen, and something I didn't even think was on the table.
Damn, finally someone i totally agree with especially on the bosses. In my no summon run ive been punishing bosses hard by being aggressive. Even if youre not dodging everything it feels more epic that way. You're trying to give them a hard time while they are doing the same. Its super fun. Just give them hell. Also I think you can dodge the combo from radahn with a backstep, forward roll, backstep. Don't quote me on that tho
Thanks! Yeah I think full out aggression is the best approach to Elden Ring boss fights. It's significantly easier if you just shut them down through repeated stance breaks and it's also the most fun way to play the game imo.
For the Radahn combo, I've only seen it work if you use the 'Fine Crucible Feather Talisman' that increases your I-Frames on backsteps. On a base level, I'm pretty sure the backstep does not have enough I-Frames to clear the first swing so you always get hit.
Great review. Agree with writing said.
Thank you! :D
I literally never tried to jump any meelee attacks from Rellana xD
I will try it the next time
This is probably the best critique of elden ring out there, you perfectly captured all my gripes with the dlc
I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)
Good video dude
Thanks man!
Very good critique, I especially agree with the remarks on the open world and enemy variety. It's easily my biggest complaint that I'm surprised more people aren't echoing. To add on to it, while the areas looked beautiful from a distance, they also felt less detailed and interesting on closer inspection. The shadowlands map is so big and well crafted on a macro scale but empty and half baked that I feel as though it was intended for a full blown sequel with more time and funding. I think Fromsoft is moving on from souls and elden ring for now and wanted to wrap it up to move on to other projects. Also, I made the mistake of going through at NG+6 for the first go and the mother of fingers has a pretty compelling moveset when you can't trade except for the undodgeable laser attack.
Thank you! Yes, I agree. An area like the Abyssal woods comes to mind as an example. It looks amazing and sets the mood well with the music plus the message of Torrent ignoring your call because it is scared. Thats the macro level. But on closer inspection it's only a 3 min stealth section, which itself is also optional because you can just go above the enemies. I still like the area. They tried something unique with the open world. But it does not feel fully realized. I would love a completely different direction for the next game. Elden Ring does sometimes feel like 'Dark Souls 4 + Open World'.
I was using savefile backups to refight the bosses and did about 6-8 kills for Metyr. I didn't find the moveset that interesting. To me it kinda falls in line with Commander Gaius, where you just dodge their attack and attack them afterwards like a Dark Souls boss. Which is cool once in a while, when the presentation and atmosphere of the fight is as good as Metyr's.
Yup like those shadowmen enemies that are literally in every area like theres barely any variety and i feel like the level designs in previous souls games were much more compact with different enemies and their placements as well. The legacy dungeons also felt way too short. But i still loved it
Name a open world game that do it better.....
@@Staycoldyounglore wise makes sense they are everywhere
Your brain is half baked not the dlc
Radahn would be better if not his invincibility and they just slowed him down slightly in phase 2. I’ve also found that he can sometimes do his grab in a summon, and if he does, he’s invincible that whole animation. Like 15 seconds where he’s just standing there and yet can’t be damaged at all. Possibly the only decent reason to summon for this fight because summons were totally useless in this fight because they can melt quick - yes, even high level mimic - and often spend a lot of time running around to ensure they are right in the target zone, getting knocked down only to run right back into the hit zone again.
Reupload? What changed? I like the video much ! Thanks for the tipps.
Thank you! Nothing major changed. There was a moment where I didn't line up two clips properly so there were a few frames of just a black screen. The volume was also too loud for one voiceover clip so I lowered it. Things not many people would notice probably, but I know it would annoy me forever if I didn't fix them. x)
@@GehrmanGaming Perfectionist ;D
I love this part 33:47. This is why Malenia is my favorite Fight in the game.
Yeah Malenia is a fantastic fight!
@@GehrmanGaming Hot take: I like Malenia's Wataerfowel Dance, because with a Greatshield, Waterfowel dance becomes much easier to fight against because you can use the shield to block the first wave of the attack, then dodge the next to waves of the attack.
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