Fine. I'll beat this dragon. I've already tried enough times might as well finish it.
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Fine, I'll use a sword. I've already failed at magic enough times I may as well forget about it.
Holy shit I can just cut these fuckers down. Why was I wasting blue bar on Glintstone Pebble when I could have been using Square Up.
Lordsworn's Longsword, u my only friend.
I like having both options. And even if you're a pure spellcaster, there are spells like Carian Slicer that are basically a weapon made of magic
Dang yo, I suck at Elden Ring without me spells and incantations.
Ancient Dragons Lightning is a little too strong on big bosses
I got the first Dark Souls because it was touted as being super hard and shit, and from watching some videos I came to the conclusion that it was just pattern recognition and not actually that hard.
Which is kinda true, but at the same time the speed of the game does a lot of heavy lifting and the usage of old school game design (like NES era stuff) that was once only there to make a short game longer being used to make exploration even better without just giving you flashy stuff every few feet makes it so much better than I expected it to be.
Like I went from thinking it can't be that awesome to it becoming my favorite modern genre. 🤣
Dude, frr