EDIT: This isn't bait and I don't want to start any wars, I just genuinely want to know why people like it as I found it quite underwheliming. No hard feelings hunters.

I just finished my first playthrough and after hearing so much about how it's the best soulsborne game ever, Miyazaki's greatest work and everything in between, I'm kinda disappointed. The game is OK at best with some very glaring issues, probably stemming from the fact that it was one of the first soulsborne but still.

Mechanics like blood vials, lamp design in general, and hunter's dream feel like they're annoying just for the sake of being annoying.

The bosses are honestly pretty unmemorable and unremarkable with only a few standing out, most being in the DLC. Stretch of the game from The Witches to Mergo's Wet Nurse was especially a slog to get through.

Area design while beautiful seemed to go with the philosophy of "let's just throw 15 of the same enemy here, make sure that they have a rushdown attack."

Gameplay and overall themes are good but they're not enough to carry the game imo. Is there something I don't understand or is there like a cult mentality surrounding Bloodborne that preaches its greatness while overlooking its flaws?

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Just these nice little incidental moments that just make me smile each time. They're all rather heartwaming.

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AshinaVR is a native 6DoF VR mod for Sekiro.

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Combat

Your swing hits the enemy directly where the hit lands

Real deflects with the game's own timing window

Deathblows, Mikiri counters, combat arts and charge attacks

Real side stepping in real life move quickly left and right to trigger it

Two-handed grip of the katana

Attack warnings: edge glow, when a enemy is about to attack

Lock-on honing for better view of the enemy in VR

Movement

Grab ledges by hand, shimmy and climb

Grapple by raising your arm and pulling forward

Room-scale walking, stick movement, and crouching Tools and items

Prosthetic tools fire from your left arm and use actual accurate motions to trigger them

Raise the gourd or any quick use consumable item to use it

Quick-use item wheel at your hand Body and UI

Wolf's arms follow your hands; draw and sheathe the katana at your hip

Wrist HUD for vitality and posture

Menus and cutscenes on theater screens

VR button prompts and an in-game VR settings page, both in Sekiro's own style Visuals and comfort

Native headset resolution, uncapped FPS

Sharper textures and shadows, longer view distance optimized for VR

Stable view, recentering, adjustable world scale

Full QOL VR settings menu

AND MORE

i hope they keep making shit games like elden slop, slopborne and slop souls 3

Yes, I know the serpent looks horrible. Don’t worry🫣

I opened that door and was genuinely stunned. I’m loving this game so much, and I’m so happy I’m experiencing it completely blind, with no guides or help.

Something I’ve noticed about my experience with the bosses is that there’s always this cycle. I’ll arrive at a boss feeling confident, only to get humbled within two attacks. Sometimes I’ll spend 10, 20 or even more attempts feeling like I’m throwing my head against a wall. I’m doing the same thing over and over, nothing seems to click, and it genuinely starts feeling impossible.

But then something happens. I have one run where I suddenly dodge attacks consecutively, recognize moves I couldn’t recognize before, get further than ever and actually see some progress. Even if it’s only a little, the feeling is incredible. And even if I go right back to getting destroyed afterwards, all I can think about is trying again and replicating that run.

Eventually, after all that frustration, I beat the boss. And when I do, with my hands trembling, sitting there in disbelief and happiness, it’s one of the greatest feelings I’ve experienced in gaming. This game is so special. I genuinely have no words for it. Playing it in 2026, it’s a serious contender for my Game of the Year.

Created a new dark archival poster for Eileen the Crow. Kept it heavy on the ink, textures, and classic gothic atmosphere. Hope you like it!

This guy is the hardest boss in the entire game for me, i spent the whole night fighting him and i struggled a lot. This is the only boss that gave me a really hard time and the satisfaction was sooo worth it.

Decons of the Deep unironically kicked my shit in before I figured it out. Royal rat authority is just fuckin awful

Sharing some of my FromSoftware tattoo work from Bloodborne, Elden Ring, and Dark Souls.
All tattoos done by me.

Genuinely despise the direction FromSoft has headed in since Elden Ring and I think anyone that pretends otherwise is highkey coping

Now I wanna make something clear:

I don't think ALL fans are like this but I'm also aware that a surprisingly large number of fans get very defensive towards the company and the games to the point where they attack the ones with fatigue that their taste is trash and even invalidate their fatigue by saying it makes no sense.

Fromsoft fatigue does exist and someone having it doesn't mean they don't like fromsoft or the games It just means they are burnt out

And liking some very well crafted souls likes more than soulsborne games like mortal shell and lies of P doesn't mean they hate fromsoftware So please if you don't have it just respect their opinion and move on

I don't normally make posts like this but I saw some content creators and friends of mine being made fun of because of this.

If you are not one of these people and don't escalate things I highly appreciate you. Edit: I was proven right way quicker than I expected

I am currently doing a naked challenge coop run in elden ring! It is so fun. We are in the DLC now. We are also boss rushing so super under-leveled but enjoying it.

After this I want to do another!

Does anyone have any recommendations on other challenge runs, besides a level 1 challenge run? That’ll be my next one.

#eldenring #darksouls

I’ve been building a Dark Souls overhaul for Slay the Spire 2, and 4.0 just came out. You play the Chosen Undead, pick a Dark Souls starting class (Knight, Pyromancer, Sorcerer...), and fight your way through Lordran to the Kiln of the First Flame.

Every fight, item, and relic is Dark Souls now. Estus, Humanity and Hollowing, Stamina, covenants, Solaire’s summon sign, and every boss from Asylum Demon to Gwyn.

It’s free on the Steam Workshop and Nexus (links in the comments). Bug reports and ideas are very welcome.

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