#but there arent a lot of *jumpscares* in elden ring so its not the kind of scary i dont like

[pikkish]

Got any opinions on the enemy designs in Eldin Ring and/or soulsborn games in general?

I like the designs but I haven’t played any of the games yet, but I probably will eventually.

Don't worry, you're not alone, Elden Ring is my first soulsborne game too lol

Generally speaking, my thoughts on the enemy design ranges from "oh wow thats cool!" to *chuckles nervously* to "THANKS! I HATE IT!"

Like, for example, you have the dragons! they have the common flaw of the wing membranes being poorly attached to the body, but otherwise they're very cool! they've got some very detailed feathers, and there are several different variants that have different models and spit different elements- and apparently there are some very cool boss dragons later that I haven't even gotten close to!

Or Starscourge Radahn, an absolute beast of a man who towers over you! he was a general and a demigod who fought the plague spread by his sister to a standstill- at least until said plague rotted out his mind to the point that he went mad to the point of cannibalizing both the enemy troops and his own men. His has actually been one of my favorite boss fights so far.

then there are some of the more uncomfortable enemies. Like your classic disembodied hand, except the hand's smallest finger is longer than you are tall, and also there are twelve fingers instead of five.

And Godrick the Grafted, guy with a bunch of extra limbs, not the worst thing I've seen, not even when he lops off his own arm mid-fight, rips the head off a dragon corpse, and slaps it on his chopped-arm to give himself a dragon head for a hand.

Or the. uh. erdtree burial watchdogs. They're, uhh. they're not great but they're like,, carved out of stone, statue constructs, so like, creepy gargoyle, not a huge fan but hey it makes sense.

then we have the Kindred of Rot and hey. hey buddy? like, is it not enough that you're already a giant hell shrimp?? do you really need the uh. the tiny human hands on the end of every one of those limbs? is that really necessary?

Or this one's called the abductor virgin?? and it hecking. the skirt opens and arms made of snakes come out to drag you into the skirt and trap you iron maiden style and deal a ton of damage to you and there's nothing you can do about it??

H. HEY FIRE CHARIOT?? I DON'T LIKE THAT

DON'T LIKE THAT.

DON'T LIKE THAT.