Games Inbox: Worst Elden Ring boss, Battlefield 2042 free-to-play, and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 2

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Worst of the worst Interesting Reader’s Feature about Elden Ring being the worst Soulsborne game. I’d have to say I do agree with a lot of the points made, although I’d still put it ahead of Demon’s Souls and all of the Dark Souls games. It’s nowhere near as good as Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice though, which for me are absolutely near perfect.

One of the major problems is the bosses, which usually end up being annoying and cheap, rather than clever or enjoyable. Maliketh, Astel, the Fire Giant, and the dreaded Malenia are all absolutely infuriating to fight against and waste their otherwise cool designs and interesting set-ups.

My absolute most hated though, and very possibly the worst boss From have ever done, is the Godskin Duo. It’s kind of like the inverse Ornstein and Smough from Dark Souls 1, as while they offer a daunting but fair challenge the Godskin Duo are just impossible if you’ve been focusing on melee and still highly reliant on luck and memorisation if you’re a magic user.

To me, it feels like something is just out of tune in the way From usually make their bosses. Maybe they felt they were going too soft with the rest of the game, especially the open world, but I’ve barely enjoyed any of the bosses in the end and that’s really spoilt my enjoyment of what should have been the best part.Cevin

The final step I have to say that since coming back Lucasfilm Games seem to be doing all the right things. Naturally their priority is Star Wars but they very quickly announced a new Indiana Jones game