slippyknotguy2140: A Souls game is hard? No way.
Noctizs: “People don’t like to run and randomly kill things and explore” - the guy that played WoW for 7639 years.
CrzyLion: "its not an achievement if you beat a boss in a video game, its programmed to be beaten"

Thats... literally every single puzzle ever. Of course youre supposed to feel achievement for accomplishing something hard what type of dumbass lack of logic is this.
katrinab8805: “People don’t want to run around and fight random enemies and explore to find these upgrades” … soooo people don’t want to play the game? Lol
shadowxhero4953: You either die a gamer, or live long enough to become a game journalist.- Charlie.
mintfloss15: elden ring gave this guy a mental breakdown
cornelbanut8177: The DLC is just the true Dark souls
Octo5043: Asmon better not laugh at players for using magic or summons anymore after his build
vwyd: calling parrying an easy mode while he had been power stancing jump attack spamming the whole game is crazy
01Ichirei10: The DLC really exposed people who think their hot shit but are playing on a crutch and now we get to watch their meltdown protecting their ego.
Jay-nv3xe: Having a bad time after making zero adjustments and then posting an hour long rant about it is pretty crazy work for a man in his 30s
sirdoobiehowzer3888: Always remember, Asmon is a casual gamer now
bruceleeroy4656: You've cheesed your way through the base game, you've laughed at the beginning mobs of the DLC that you've 1-shotted. But when the scaling kicks in and coupled with total disregard for game mechanics, you start to cry.
WWE2KUNIVERSEELITE: This game is so hard that it made Asmongold adjust. lmao.
literallyjesus7232: If xqc can beat the entirety of the dlc while fat rolling with a colossal hammer strength built, asmon has no excuse. It's just a skill issue smh
Klez13: This situation is the same as when Asmon ignored all the mechanics and texts in Monster Hunter World, complains about the game and says he has a lot of problems but refuses to understand how the basic system works and all the "AVAILABLE POSSIBILITIES" exists in the game, just because of "ego" or "laziness"...
IcyBlaze616: The only thing harder than Elden Ring's DLC is trying to listen to YongYea's Kiryu impression in the newest Yakuza game.
mirokucha: Asmon be like:

- I don't like stressful games
- chill games, who likes that boring shit?

the duality of man
RainVellicort: It's wild to me people will cry about difficulty but won't grow up and lose their toxic souls gamer mindset of "i have to make this game as hard as possible or i didn't actually win" like bruh. Use the resources they gave you, stop pretending the games too hard because YOU made it too hard for yourself
Rikukey: Stop trying to rush to the end. Stop trying to go in solo to brag and make others feel bad cause they used summons
PolarBear_ed: I remember people complained Elden Ring was easier than most Souls game. Miyazaki gave them what they wanted and still people complain.
ThatPicaro: thank god from software doesn't listen to streamers holy crap
kalzzzzz: Maybe now Zack will understand that Elden Ring is not just run with the horse and cheesing bosses with jump attacks
AyDrewZilla: Asmon realizing his same 1 attack won’t cut it
leojyagu6490: just gonna copypaste this wisdom from Floridagold

"You either die a gamer or live long enough to see yourself become a journalist"
goofygoober9719: It is unknown if a game journalist ever finished the dlc
ziad3041: "when a game becomes too hard, my options become too limited"
-brought to you by the guy who played the whole game with the same unga bunga jump attack with the exact same weapons
Swa6Eyes: Asmonds just pissed he couldn't double Halberd his way through the dlc.
illtakethatasacompliment5839: Damn. One jump attack won't take away 1/4 of the bosses' health. Time to learn and enjoy the game. It'll feel rewarding.
mynameed7720: I bet you 80% of the people complaing didn't experience the Ringed City DLC. "Bosses have too much health"...lmao...go fight Midir
olderbadboy: Elden Ring Is "Too Hard" for the average skilled players who don't take the time to progress with the RPG elements in order to become stronger !
Aeoniik: Asmons saying this guy changing his play style to parry is turning on easy mode.. what a bad take bro.
David-tt1ct: I struggle with this weird take that summons "aren't earned" since they are earned in the same way any other equipment is, killing certain enemies or through exploration.
By that logic using anything and everything in the game fall under the umbrella of "aren't earned" which is why, at least to me, this idea feels very artificial and illogical.
If you want to crank up the difficulty in a game by giving yourself extra artificial challenges that is fine but pretending that anyone who doesn't join you in that very specific form of artificial challenge is "playing easy mode" seems silly to me.
You could just a easily say anyone not playing lvl1, naked, no hit runs are play the game on easy mode.
Dannyaveragegamer: I love how difficult the game is, it forces me to try different tactics and builds. Plus the feeling I get when I finally beat a boss is hard to match.
mrchrisplays3855: I love how hard it is
dinoureta: It's basically an hour long rant trying to gaslight his viewers that the game isn't fun or badly designed because he is just to stubborn to admit he was so carried in his original elden ring run.
DevilCXLI: so a souls game is a souls game
jeoff511: asmon watching vids now just to try to rationalize his own shit opinion.
Doctor-Box: He says the bosses are too aggressive and he can't learn the fight, but he also ignores in game options like spirit summons that would give him the space to heal or learn the fight.
swaglordthe1th597: can't believe I have to explore in an openworld game, how tragic
comedianvip: Honestly, I’m not surprised that a guy who mains an MMO thinks that this is too hard
azur.j: Asmon seems like Quantum TV at this point
sojinnn: Asmon saying the higher difficulty limits people's play styles... bro limits himself with weird arbitrary rules about what is a 'true' way to play
RflXRyan: "When an unskilled player thinks he is skilled, it is he is who is best to watch for entertainment"
Helloworld.11122: The ultimate Elden ring boss is asmon’s room
ugotisa: He is yapping to justify his point but comes out a crybaby. Yomp yomp
seanfoodysmith3227: "it's not an achievement to beat a boss in a videogame"
blockchainballer4542: This is the same guy who beat Armored Core 6 with a literal McDonald’s themed Tank mech with dual Gatling guns and pre-patch grenade launchers. These kind of players are not trying to enjoy the game, they’re trying to “break” it by using the cheapest possible method.
You can’t be mad at Fromsoftware not giving us a way to cheat the game!
gojira1091: I'm praying they don't nerf bosses
GravelordWrust: "its not an achievement if you beat a boss in a video game, it's programmed to be beaten."

Asmon, this was a really fuckin' stupid thing to say. Absolutely idiotic logic.
fartlordsmellytoe3690: if they nerf the game because of complainers I will cry
Black6870: Whole situation reveals, how people dont play Elden Ring for fun but because it feeds their ego when they can brag about beating the game fast. Take that away again and they rage.
There are problems that are not mentioned enough imo, like reused mobs from main game, abundance of empty spaces on the map and whacky camera behavior when fighting large enemies.
aheahe7943: “People don’t want to run around and fight random enemies and explore to upgrade their character."
bro really just described every souls game ever.
wtf happened? in 2 years people went from "Elden Ring is what every game should be" to "this is too hard, waaah, why do I have to run around and explore??? i just want everything to be lit up for me and obvious like in wuthering waves where upgrading my character is just killing the same 5 enemies over and over for 20 minutes"
williamhornabrook8081: It feels super punishing to impose rules like "no summons, melee only" in this DLC. With spells and summons, I'm not absolutely rolling the bosses, but it's doable within a dozen attempts.
i_kemp_bush9523: Asmon coping because his bread-and-butter golden halberd jump build didn't trivialise the whole DLC
slaphappy-qb3jb: Tldr: no skill shitters are quitting because they don't have their crutches to fall back on and actually have to learn the game
Musashi42069: They want a souls game to be easier? this is old news
rebentytribe1716: The real secret of souls games:
experiencing pleasure in beating bosses while suffering and pretending that it was easy, and feeling superior to those who can't do it.
kiandronootto: Should't a $40 DLC be difficult thought? I mean you aren't paying for simple gameplay. I would rather it be a smidge away from being too difficult than it being too easy.
pixels_per_minute: So people just don't wanna play the game, then?

Running around, exploring, and fighting random stuff is like 90% of the base game.

If you have a specific goal in mind, then that's a little different. You're usually going straight for what you need, but the DLC is no different from the base game.

You need to run around, explore, and fight random stuff to get the levelling fragments.

It's probably not the best solution to deal with everyones max level characters, but it's a solution nonetheless. Players are just ignoring that requirement, creating self-imposed rules, and playing a hard DLC on hard mode.

The performance hits and boss design, however, are valid criticisms. Some bosses are very janky and obsessively aggressive.

Even without the new levelling system and if they were scaled to the base game, they'd still be incredibly frustrating to fight.
lxvxsxck: People need to stop crying and either use fu**ing summons as they were intended, or level up in the DLC as intended. Jesus Christ
austinculp7082: Asmin could just say he’s bad, bro really doesn’t need to go through this whole dance.
vickymeena8361: This is what i am getting from asmongold

"I want challenge and hard fights (that i can beat without seating too much, not the ones that takes too much sweating)"
iTzSpecialK15: This is the same guy who struggled with Stellar Blade
mashburnedead7486: Lmao they been bragging before Elden is easy, now they whine
kyonleb7667: So asmon is a casual gamer
danjohansenmusic: Asmongold: That boss is so easy, that was way too easy, I beat that fight really easy, no problem. quits game because it's too hard
jackwolstenholme8213: Asmon is a hard casual gamer who like to think he’s top tier.
judgmental8481: The DLC is hard. People who rely on staggering, over buffing for casting ect are having a very difficult time with bosses who (usually) punish one bad player behavior. For example, if you are a panic roll spamming stan, you will be embraced many, many times. I am on my ng play through of the DLC. This is, in the purest form, skill issue. The best example is Asmon complaining about golden hippo. Say you don't know how to position your character, without saying it. Has to be for content lmao.

Thanks for coming to my talk.
nomanmon: "I dont like how aggressive they are..." bro.
andrewmg5915: I called it. This is the same situation over and over after a FromSoft game.

- Souls get released and players think they will power through it
- Game has new mechanics the veterans have to learn so they complain
- Gaming personalities look bad playing the game then give their opinion on why it should be easier
- People will upload videos defeating bosses under a minute, proving that the game can be easier if you want it to be
- Physically impaired guy will record himself beating the game
- General players will learn the new mechanics and enemies' patterns, thus the factor of surprise goes away
- Gaming personalities eventually beat the game, they will say that it was challenging but not difficult
- The game is one more time raised again to masterpiece status
euh38264difje: asmon trying to move the goalposts on his reason for not liking the game because hes afraid to admit hes just too bad

Jun 25 2024

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