I couldn’t handle Grandmaster this time around. The difficulty felt less consistent than Fallen Order. Bosses felt like huge spikes in difficulty.

Today I learned this guy isn’t just some actor paid to be annoying in YouTube Premium commercials.

Yes, but the problem is that the actual cause of inflation isn’t natural, it’s the result of companies just deciding to raise the costs of everything in order to increase profits (and that’s ignoring the mass layoffs recently). People are mad at the Federal Reserve because they’re not treating the cause, but the…

I hear you like launchers! So here’s a launcher that’ll launch your launchers so you can launch your games (and maybe even more launchers)!

I definitely did find myself getting lost when reading. It felt particularly dumb of me because well researched guides and builds came out incredibly fast.

I agree that that general opinion is wrong. Besides, those kinds of defensive replies in this thread can be summed up with, “You’re doing it wrong, git gud.” So I’m not entertaining those.

You know, I kind of forgot that mods exist for this game. On the one hand I see whey people might not like easy mode mods. On the other, I do still want to play the game a little, despite all the punishment it’s given me. I’ll look into those mods. Thank you!

Yep, I spent 20 hours or so grinding in Limgrave because I couldn’t progress past Margit. I hated that the first story boss was such a big roadblock that I was stuck in the starting area.

I’m with you 100%. I like the visuals and I like the scattered crumbs of lore cookies you have to piece together. I also don’t like bashing my head against the same boss or section of an area all day without making progress.

Elden Ring made me realize my gaming tastes have changed. Maybe it’s because I’m not 20 anymore, I don’t know.

This. I smelled BS from the moment I saw it.

I’ve been playing it split between my PC and my Steam Deck.  It’s been running perfectly fine on both (after the tweaking settings routine on Deck).

I don’t get it.

I get your point.  I can’t help feeling cynical about it.

I fully believe 343 is lying out of their ass about this. They’re using the excuse of avoiding crunch to cover for needing even more time to deliver on long overdue promises. I have no evidence of this, but they constantly say what people want to hear.

And no president wants to be the one that orders a smaller aircraft even though a bigger one doesn’t exist.

Especially true if one was bullied, like myself.  Why would I want to see anyone from school again, no matter how much they may have changed?  I’ve moved on too, no need to dredge up the past.

Money, the answer is always money.

Good news! It’s still a thing!

Good.  Shit was annoying at best, and downright creepy at worst.