Tom and Ben about Elden Ring

19 thoughts on “Tom and Ben about Elden Ring”

1. 10/10

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2. early

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3. I agree it is very good – however, I don't think anyone can say otherwise if they are a content creator without facing backlash lol

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4. It looks like Ben and Tom are sitting cross legged on a loveseat facing each other talking about their new game. Adorable

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5. Removing the kick makes this game a 11/10

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6. Just got back to playing Bloodborne after two years so I could get an idea if I want to get this game. Tbh it's much easier than I remembered. First my goal was to just kill the crow lady, but then I also ended up killing the man with the cage on his head on my first try.

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7. As someone who utterly hates Souls Games (I prefer actual fighting games, rather than roll roll stab sim). I have to say that the world is really Impressive , the Graphical design reminds me of Berserk a lot of time.

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8. I just wish my pc could run the game 😅

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9. Really enjoyed a lot of this game, and also gotten tilted as fuck fighting Malenia and going through most of tornado land, would definitely like to see a bit of tuning on the endgame, but 10/10

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10. As someone who has been playing From games since Demon's Souls I think that this games gameplay and build variety are clearly the best of all From games but the map design, aesthetic and lore are worse than dark souls 1, dark souls 3, bloodborne and even sekiro. If you go into this game and play it like a traditional souls game you will likely start geting bored by your third or fourth region of killing gargoyles, skeletons or minors every dungeon, you will also likely be overleveled for most of your playthrough (if you are playing it like a tradional souls game, meaning if you are doing every single dungeon, exploring every single part of the map, etc). Personaly the aesthetic of these games is very important for me, and I find that most bosses cant compare to the other games bosses. Again this is just my opinion but I find that the best areas are by far the "Legacy Dungeons" (the big castle main areas), which essentially play as normal fromsoftware areas with the adition of jumping and stealth (which I think are great mechanics). I also love the lore of these games, in Elden Ring however I feel that the lore is even more vague than in the other games to a level that makes it a detriment to the game.
    After 80 hours of non stop playing this game since release I still cant explain what the aesthetic of this game is, if I had to explain it I would just say: "It's Dark Souls but every now and then you see someone with a few extra limbs or red hair"

    TLDR:
    – Open World is a detriment to the complex and detailed map design of a traditional Fromsoftware game
    – Combat is by far the best in any Fromsoftware game
    – Has no discernible aesthetic besides red hair and extra body parts on some people
    – Has incredible build variety
    – Dungeons are all either Skeletons, Gargoyles or miners (with the occasional demi humans)
    – Bosses are not as memorable as some of the other FromSoftWare games
    – Jumping, Stealth and the horse are fantastic features
    – Love FromSoftWare, love Elden Ring, I don't think it is better than Dark Souls 1, Dark souls 3 or Bloodborne.
    – haveniceday

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11. What sucks is there's a Point of No return and Tom Asked "Hey chat should I do this" before ending his stream and he had so many NPC Quests active and stuff he was doing and chat said yes so he kinda lost out on the quests he was finishing

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12. never played a souls like before and it is in my top 5 games of all time

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13. Elden Ring is the best Souls game I've played since Bloodborne

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14. The pve of Elden Ring is fantastic, basically a big improvement on top of everything the devs learned from the souls games + bloodborne and sekiro. The pvp unfortunately has a ton of issues for anyone planning on playing through more than once, or invading until the next fromsoft game releases. Lots of broken mechanics which can make the game trivial or oneshot players with little counter play, and you can only have either 3 cooperators vs 1 invader or 2 co op vs 2 invader for a total of 4. So the the online is a big step backwards from dark souls 3 where you could have a total of 6 players, for an otherwise amazing game.

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15. I am excited to come back to Elden Ring once it's been kinda "routed." One of my favorite games is DS1, because if you know the game intimately it is trivial to skip three-quarters of the game and just fight the 4 great souls, the dlc, and gwyn. There's already been a handful of these found for Elden Ring, so hopefully a casual like me can bring a run down to a 15 hour commitment once a good ymfah video comes out. Even so I'll still come back to DS1 for randomizer runs.

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16. To add to the kick point in dark souls even if you did want to kick 90 percent of the time you would just light attack

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17. It's very good, and I will absolutely rather play any of the others.

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18. I agree with Ben a little. I mean, it's a gorgeous open world, and it carries all and more of From Software's little details and attention. BUT.. It will never quite top Bloodborne for me, which felt like it had such a precise vision and it super nailed it.

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19. Ah, i found it irritating they removed the kick

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