#is shrine of storms good level design or are there just five skeletons in a corridor you can't swing your sword in

[sevens-evan]

something that's really starting to bother me abt elden ring is how many bosses have like. That One Attack that's just wildly unfair/undodgeable/possibly oneshots you. like of the two (2) bosses i disliked in bloodborne, one was ebrietas who i disliked specifically because it has a grab attack that oneshots you. and it's very annoying to see fromsoft leaning into that kind of artificial, unfair difficulty when the real difficulty is so much more interesting

#evan plays elden ring #like a HUGE problem with demon souls and ds1 is how much of the difficulty is kind of bullshit #is o&s hard or is it just a matter of running in circles and waiting for rng. #is shrine of storms good level design or are there just five skeletons in a corridor you can't swing your sword in #y'know? #and then bloodborne is so fucking good because the difficulty is Earned #even orphan of kos like. the attacks are All telegraphed and dodgeable/parryable #it's incredibly fucking hard but it's not bullshit #whereas i was fighting the big skull scorpion guy in elden ring earlier #whatshisname firstborn of the whatever #his grab attack Is bullshit #so is margit's dagger move #idk it's just very disappointing to see #bloodborne feels in a lot of ways like the Pinnacle of their games (that i've played) #and idk why they would backtrack from that