• ceenote@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    In the past games since Dark Souls, the DLCs have consistently been some of the highest quality parts of the games. If they can do that for Elden Ring, that’s good cause for getting hyped.

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    10 months ago

    I have no idea what that trailer was about, so that tracks with FromSoft, and I love them for it, and I will be playing this. Probably after another base game playthrough

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    10 months ago

    This gives me a deadline to actually finish the main storyline 😅. Absolutely mental how big the base game is!!

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      10 months ago

      I reallllly hope we don’t have to finish the story to jump into the DLC. After an almost 200 hour first playthrough I thought “oh man I want to do this again!” I got a quarter way through NG+ and put the game down and didn’t get around to finishing it.

      I loved Elden ring as a concept, I think it was an extremely interesting twist on the formula. However for replayability I feel like it suffered heavily. The vast open world takes a long time to get through (mainly if you’re really trying to beeline directly from point A to B.) And if you need specific items or materials I feel like having to replay the various tombs /mini dungeons would be more chore like than fun.

      I only came to this realization after playing demon souls and bloodborne for the first time recently. There’s very little filler a person would need to go through when replaying those older fromsoft titles. I’m so torn though because I really liked exploring in Elden Ring.

      Sorry for the novel lol

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        10 months ago

        I’m gonna guess here, but I bet the DLC will be after an endgame boss in an optional area. Quickest way to access it (and potentially get demolished) is to do the PVP storyline. Vague I know but I don’t want to spoil too much for anyone going blind

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          10 months ago

          Ohhhh after seeing the trailer I bet you any money you’re right. I guess the one nice thing is that area also is good for farming exp. So if you are needing to access it quick it might not be so bad…

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            10 months ago

            I’m doing my 3rd character run for the dlc and I plan to rush to it. We had the same idea on quick level ups :)

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    10 months ago

    What a banger trailer, felt goosebumps all throughout. And seeing how everything showed in it is from in-game engine is majestic