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When does ‘hard, but fair’ turns into ‘too fucking difficult’?

I’m taking a break from reviewing the Shadow of the Erdtree so I can talk about difficulty. Why? Because it’s fucking FromSoft, and people want to talk about it ad nauseam. The difficulty, I mean. Mostly the hardcore onebros who have way too much of their egos tied up in beating the games in the… Continue Reading

Shadow of the Erdtree, a review, part eight

I’m back with more to say about the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC (FromSoft) for Elden Ring. I started on my first character’s NG+ playthrough of the DLC, and I noticed something that bothered me. It’s the same thing that bothered me with the main game and with most of the From games in general.… Continue Reading

Shadow of the Erdtree, a review, part five

Today, I was talking with Ian about how great it is when games have choices that you can make which will influence things later on. He’s playing Horizon Forbidden West right now and mentioned something in the first game that happened in that way. *SPOILER WARNING* Consider this a blanket spoiler warning because I’m going… Continue Reading

Shadow of the Erdtree, a review, part four

I’m back to talk more about Shadow of Erdtree, the DLC for Elden Ring (FromSoft). Here’s the obligatory: *SPOILER WARNING* I ended the last post with some judicious bitching about Igon, the favored NPC of this DLC. I want to repeat that I don’t hate or dislike him; I just don’t love him the way… Continue Reading

Shadow of the Erdtree, a review, part three

Post three about Shadow of the Erdtree, the Elden Ring DLC from FromSoft. In the last post, I ended by talking about the last boss. Obviously, *SPOILER WARNING* I tried Prince Consort Radahn two times with my Mimic Tear, Thiollier, and Sir Ansbach as my strength character. And got him to half-health. Could I have… Continue Reading