FromSoft should really just create a boss that kills you as soon as you enter the room no matter what just to see how many of you would still say crap like this.
"It's part of her lore to be broken and RNG-based."
ROFL... you folks are hilarious. Everybody had an easy time with Malenia, everybody was like SL40, everybody used slow weapons, nobody farmed... total cakewalk.
The amount of people that get on the internet and just outright lie is hysterical. PS5s record gameplay... anybody got videos? No?
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Oh, please. You're just saying this stuff to stroke your ego.
Sekiro NG+ with Kuro's isn't even close to Malenia; owl dad's secret fight included. I've beaten Malenia as well as every other boss in Soulsborne, and that's why I'm saying she's outright busted. The only other one that's even close is Isshin.
Harder is fine if it doesn't completely shut out builds and reduce the viability of entire weapon classes to near zero if not zero. Having to respec to beat a boss or clear an area isn't indicative of difficulty; it's indicative of poor design.
Elden Ring will likely get the same treatment DS2 got with Scholar down the road. People forget DS2 was damn near broken when it released as well. But hey, some folks who Rivers of Blood'd Malenia to death after 1000 ...
How is there an achievement of pride when she breaks literally every unwritten rule in the Souls franchise? It's a totally busted fight, and if you win you were more lucky than skillful since she didn't just RNG waterfall you to death. There's no skill or pride to be had.
I've beaten all of Sekiro NG+ with Kuros charm including the secret owl dad fight and Malenia is simply broken.
"the game never got difficult"
X.
You didn't farm at all and had no trouble with Malenia?
X.
You cheesed her like everybody else did... and that's the point. The fight's broken. Half the enemies just walking around in the later areas can stunlock you and deplete your entire health bar unless, like I already said, you're 175+ and using some OP build. The input reading is by far the worst part of the entire pile of broken mechanics in the late game.
Making the late game actually playable would be a good start. Everything kills you in 2 hits unless you farm levels nonstop.
Malenia's broken. Invisible assbags are broken. Mohg's broken. Every boss has AOE attacks with instant recovery and the ability to cover half the arena instantly. The attacks that aren't AOE have 359.9 degree range and ridiculous hit boxes with perfect tracking.
The first 75% of this game I consider to be one of the best...
Thanks for saving me a few clicks.
I've been playing it very spaced out, exploring everything at my own pace, and avoiding major walkthroughs and spoilers. I'd highly recommend doing this. Can't imagine blasting through this one.
I dunno... OoT has some stiff competition but is definitely in the conversation for best of the 80s/90s. BotW... not so much. Great game but it's got the entire Souls genre including Bloodborne to contend with not to mention the Mario Galaxys/Odyssey.
IT DOESN'T MATTER what Stone Cold THINKS!
Is there a botch button?
If by that you mean a game that a lot of people have waited a long time for developed by a studio on the decline that will do nothing to improve the formula and instead focus on meaningless graphics and animations while ignoring the concept of fun and inventive gameplay...
Yes. It's exactly like that.
Jokes on them I'm good through like 2027.
Agreed. Reviews are basically useless now. It's like the less fun a game is, Elden Ring aside, the higher the score. Realism != Fun.
RDR2 was a chore. It was a chore to control. It was a chore to find your horse. It was a chore to get to missions. It was a chore to collect loot. It was a chore to get all the herbs. It was a chore to reload a hundred times to get the damn cranes.
I wish Rockstar would make a fun game but they're dead-set on this realism crap and I just don't get it.
The entire point of having a list would be so each person can determine whether the service is worth it to them or not.
700+ games sounds great, but a list of games would be awesome so we know it's not 690 crap games and 10 good ones.
The problem for me is that there is no "remembering" I beat her. Her moveset is cheap, and if she catches you too close at any given moment and RNGs waterfowl then you're dead... not to mention getting caught sometimes by the herky-jerky coinflip hitboxes that accompany every down-diagonal tracking attack in the game even if you're doing everything right.
There's no sense of accomplishment. I feel like I got lucky, and I never, ever want to play the bo...