I was recommended the game because I liked Dark Souls 1 but hated the second. I don’t like it one bit. The loops are just not fun for me. Exploring is punished instead of encouraged.

[–] McBinary@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Loops?
What is punishing about exploring? Elden Ring is probably the easiest souls game, you can just mount torrent and leave everything in the dust.

[–] lorez@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Teleporting you to a very hard area cos you touched something. Torrent is there cos the vast majority of the space is empty and serves no purpose gameplay wise.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just dodge the trapped chests

[–] lorez@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do I know which are the trapped ones? Why is the game programmed to be so extremely against you? Is it some form of sadism? The whole game atmosphere reeks of despair. I understand taste may vary and a lot of people like it but it’s just not for me.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ones that have smoke are trapped, you can dodge roll backwards after seeing the smoke

[–] lorez@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's one of those things I should have noticed on my own. To me that means I don't care enough for the game. We just didn't click.

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is exploring punished?

[–] lorez@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For example teleporting you to an area that is tough as nails just cos you dared touch something.

[–] ProffessionalAmateur@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You can always flee the area though