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elden ring Ruined Gaming for me imho

Part of that is just becoming more of an oldfag, but it's be...
big clown
  05/30/25
thought this would be a doodikoff thread imo
adventurous chartreuse old irish cottage
  05/30/25
doodikoff himself was ruined by elden ring and subsequently ...
big clown
  05/30/25
it was boring and pointless and needlessly difficult and no ...
iridescent odious codepig preventive strike
  05/30/25
(guy who put his foolish ambitions to rest)
adventurous chartreuse old irish cottage
  05/30/25
...
Multi-colored green yarmulke fanboi
  06/01/25
Tears of the Kingdom
doobsian gaming laptop orchestra pit
  05/30/25
...
Laughsome Puce Digit Ratio
  06/02/25
there was just a new elden ring released yesterday
Tan Home Pervert
  05/30/25
It's not the same. That one is a cash grab
doobsian gaming laptop orchestra pit
  05/30/25
That's basically a Minigame and requires "co-op" a...
big clown
  05/30/25
they just match you with randoms on the network though, I do...
Tan Home Pervert
  05/30/25
You can't coordinate with the randoms without voice chat, me...
Honey-headed Partner
  05/30/25
Try Kingdom Cone Deliverance 2
stimulating boiling water famous landscape painting
  05/30/25
Cr. I started playing this last week and it's really good
pearly harsh stag film liquid oxygen
  05/30/25
I beat KCD1 and it was decent but idc about continuing tbh
Multi-colored green yarmulke fanboi
  06/01/25
unbelievably jewish dogshit. try Clair Obscur
misunderstood canary institution
  06/02/25
180 recommendation btw
big clown
  03/27/26
Another oldfaq here. It took 20 hours of practice, but I got...
Marvelous gas station
  05/30/25
I've always been shitty at it (never got into any of the ori...
big clown
  05/30/25
The 60 fps lock on PC is lame as hell. And modding removes o...
Tan Home Pervert
  05/30/25
Yeah it's baffling to me that the game as a whole was so wel...
big clown
  05/30/25
Fromsoft isn’t that big. Like 400 employees vs 18,000k...
Multi-colored green yarmulke fanboi
  06/01/25
why is the game so good exactly
bonkers new version dilemma
  06/01/25
- there are no difficulty sliders, the game is balanced arou...
big clown
  06/02/25
tl;dr western games are trash.
Multi-colored green yarmulke fanboi
  06/02/25
BG3 was a Triumph
big clown
  06/02/25
Im really talking about western Console-oriented games. Im n...
Multi-colored green yarmulke fanboi
  06/02/25
Sounds kinda fun Is the game still fun sober? In my exper...
bonkers new version dilemma
  06/02/25
yeah it's a single player game, not an online grindfest I...
big clown
  06/02/25


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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:07 PM
Author: big clown

Part of that is just becoming more of an oldfag, but it's been three years and nobody really seems able to replicate anything close to the whole package.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973651)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:09 PM
Author: adventurous chartreuse old irish cottage

thought this would be a doodikoff thread imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973653)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:11 PM
Author: big clown

doodikoff himself was ruined by elden ring and subsequently wrote it off as Not That Good. Different problem.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973661)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:27 PM
Author: iridescent odious codepig preventive strike

it was boring and pointless and needlessly difficult and no story. "To avoid that boss' attack, you have to roll INTO his attack to dodge it" lmao give me a break

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973701)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:34 PM
Author: adventurous chartreuse old irish cottage

(guy who put his foolish ambitions to rest)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973718)



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Date: June 1st, 2025 8:59 PM
Author: Multi-colored green yarmulke fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48979633)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:10 PM
Author: doobsian gaming laptop orchestra pit

Tears of the Kingdom

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973656)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 6:52 PM
Author: Laughsome Puce Digit Ratio



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48981735)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:16 PM
Author: Tan Home Pervert

there was just a new elden ring released yesterday

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973670)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: doobsian gaming laptop orchestra pit

It's not the same. That one is a cash grab

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973672)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:17 PM
Author: big clown

That's basically a Minigame and requires "co-op" anyway. I have No Friends.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973673)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:20 PM
Author: Tan Home Pervert

they just match you with randoms on the network though, I don't think it even has voice chat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973685)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 1:44 PM
Author: Honey-headed Partner

You can't coordinate with the randoms without voice chat, meaning you need actual friends to use discord or teamspeak with.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973930)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: stimulating boiling water famous landscape painting

Try Kingdom Cone Deliverance 2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973787)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 1:41 PM
Author: pearly harsh stag film liquid oxygen

Cr. I started playing this last week and it's really good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973916)



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Date: June 1st, 2025 9:00 PM
Author: Multi-colored green yarmulke fanboi

I beat KCD1 and it was decent but idc about continuing tbh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48979634)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 6:51 PM
Author: misunderstood canary institution

unbelievably jewish dogshit. try Clair Obscur

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48981731)



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Date: March 27th, 2026 9:32 PM
Author: big clown

180 recommendation btw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#49775165)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 12:59 PM
Author: Marvelous gas station

Another oldfaq here. It took 20 hours of practice, but I got to minimal proficiency in Elden ring. At that point I could do guard counters, back stabs, jump attacks, and mounted attacks, and then the game hooked me. I can't imagine better fantasy gaming.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973803)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 1:07 PM
Author: big clown

I've always been shitty at it (never got into any of the original souls games) but the game gives you tons and tons of options to basically adjust the difficulty as you see fit. The depth of play is hugely underrated, playing a caster build was way more fun than I expected

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973820)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 1:08 PM
Author: Tan Home Pervert

The 60 fps lock on PC is lame as hell. And modding removes online functionality. Japs need to get their Engineering shit together.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973825)



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Date: May 30th, 2025 1:10 PM
Author: big clown

Yeah it's baffling to me that the game as a whole was so well done and they dropped the ball on basic shit like this. It doesn't support framegen without mods and the game (which came out three years ago) is basically unplayable at max settings unless you have a 5090. adds black bars if you try to play in 21:9 despite simple mods being able to unlock it. etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48973830)



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Date: June 1st, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: Multi-colored green yarmulke fanboi

Fromsoft isn’t that big. Like 400 employees vs 18,000k for ubisoft.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48979641)



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Date: June 1st, 2025 9:02 PM
Author: bonkers new version dilemma

why is the game so good exactly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48979639)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: big clown

- there are no difficulty sliders, the game is balanced around how much you want to take advantage of the various crutches it offers. this means you don't run into the game essentially breaking once you reach a certain level (whether its due to becoming too easy or a sudden difficulty spike) as the devs can more carefully balance each area/encounter knowing it's one-size-fits-all (numberswise at least)

- the open world genuinely sucks you in and makes you want to explore. it's beautiful, the player is frequently rewarded with some kooky encounter or powerful item a bit off the beaten path, and generally speaking the game has a good amount of variety. yeah there's still a bit too much copypasta in that some minor encounters are repeated too often, but these are the exception, not the rule. for the most part every area feels incredibly unique, and it's sort of revolutionary in that it feels like the first fantasy game to really envelop the player in an open world

- related to above, there's no "DOTHISTHINGLOOKHEREANEXCLAMATIONPOINTFOLLOWTHEOBJECTIVE" clutter/bullshit you get with most AAA open-world games

the main downsides are that some of the systems in the game are a too obfuscated for new players, there's a bit of a learning curve (and tribal knowledge when it comes to stuff like "caster-based builds are easier"), the engine optimization is absolute garbage, and if you do get sucked and end up exploring quite a bit in it's really fucking long (I think I clocked something like 90 hours on my playthrough)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48981590)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 6:49 PM
Author: Multi-colored green yarmulke fanboi

tl;dr western games are trash.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48981727)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 6:50 PM
Author: big clown

BG3 was a Triumph

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48981729)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 6:55 PM
Author: Multi-colored green yarmulke fanboi

Im really talking about western Console-oriented games. Im not sitting here shitting on Diablo and Starcraft or Engineering-based games.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48981738)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 7:11 PM
Author: bonkers new version dilemma

Sounds kinda fun

Is the game still fun sober? In my experience games like rpgs and path of exile etc are basically only fun when you’re on weed and I’m retired from weed now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48981778)



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Date: June 2nd, 2025 7:29 PM
Author: big clown

yeah it's a single player game, not an online grindfest

I think it would actually suck to play high anyway. would creep me out + you need half decent reaction time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731364&forum_id=2E#48981810)