The way the levels all interconnect and with shortcuts is genius, in a way it’s even more impressive than a large open world.Ĭombat feels alot older but retains the same spirit for sure. If I wasn’t referencing a guide on occasion I think I would miss how alot of things actually work, and probably would have ruined my whole playthrough by accidentally hurting an important npc. Like Elden Ring, I feel like From leans too hard in the obtuse design. Never made me feel rage or even much frustration though, accepting that repeated death is just part of the experience is such a nice innovation that From has brought to the genre. It must be that the programmers get a royalty everytime a players gets knocked off a platform to their death from a random out-of-screen projectile. Many of these difficult parts, like the first half of Sen’s Fortress or some bits in Anor Londo, feature fighting enemies while playing a janky platforming game at the same time. A solitary halberd silver knight was giving me more trouble than most bosses were.
In contrast, there are non-boss sections of the game that feel harder than anything that is in Elden Ring. Even the supposedly hard bosses, like the fat guy and teleport guy combo, has only taken me a couple of tries maximum. I did die a fair bit to a bull-like thing early in the game, but that felt like it was due to the confined space causing the camera to freak out and get me killed more than anything else. Elden Ring had its share of really easy bosses too, but there were also some really tough ones and I have yet to come up against an equivalent here. I feel like the bosses are much easier than Elden Ring. It’s interesting to compare it to Elden Ring: First stop though is Dark Souls remastered, which I have been playing lately and really enjoying. Now I feel like the rest of my gaming year is sorted: DS, DS2, DS3, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and the Demon’s Souls remake. Never touched a From game before besides a few hours in Demon’s Souls back in the early days, which turned me off by not having save anywhere, so I shunned all From games from then until now. After loving and 100%ing Elden Ring, I felt like I had come across a treasure trove of quality gaming.
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