{"id":6366,"date":"2026-10-18T00:05:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T23:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wmaus.net\/?p=6366"},"modified":"2026-10-18T00:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T23:10:54","slug":"elden-ring-after-109-hours-its-still-no-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wmaus.net\/?p=6366","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring: After 109 hours, it’s still no fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The problem with Elden Ring is that it’s absolutely no fun to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game manages to trigger your defiance and your ambition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You want to beat it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some locations are visually stunning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some areas have a great atmosphere and you want to explore them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when you’re done exploring… You notice that you only found some junk that you will eventually sell for a fistful of “runes” (the in-game currency, if you will).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did you spend hours exploring that dungeon, these catacombs, that castle, that ruin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don’t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next time you rest, everything in that place will be reset anyway, just as if you had never been there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to progress the game, you will have to fight certain “bosses”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which usually is an exercise of repeatedly dying until you’ve figured out their attack and defense patterns and their weaknesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s not exciting, it’s not even really challenging, it’s just unbelievably annoying and it’s just another thing that gets in the way of even remotely enjoying this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the obstacle is finally out of the way, it makes you feel nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re not even relieved that you can finally move on in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You just feel empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that is why I hate boss fights with a passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They just get in the way and add absolutely NOTHING worthwhile to the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When do game designers get this through their thick skulls?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Probably never, because the basement dwellers define themselves over boss fights, and they’re a big chunk of the paying customer base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of Elden Ring’s game mechanics evolve around the demands of those basement dwellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that is why after everything is said and done, this game is absolutely no fun to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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