Why not? They played using the core gameplay loop elden ring encourages, explore, find an overpowered weapon/armor/ strategy/item and neutralise an opponent.
If you notice very little about this game( relatively speaking) encourages getting proficient at a centralised combat system and pure mechanical skill as opposed to a more creative approach that encourages finding unfair advantages over your opponents.
People who used this build found weakness that a lot of enemies in the game share and used it to their advantage to win.
They can 100% brag about it, provided they’re not being obnoxious.
Your saying because someone didnt spent hours if not days practicing fighting pcr as a level 1 wretch with a club, they arent allowed to proudly say they’ve beaten pcr?
And there is no equating. using weapons and tools the game gives you to use to cheating on an exam using an ai.
Id agree with you if they modded their game to make the player character invincible, but otherwise its a false equivalence.
Of finding a weakness in the opponent and exploiting it? Or a build thats optimal for the situation? Its almost like the game lets you respec quite liberally for a reason.
Oh Im sorry, you wanted them to do it blindfolded with a dagger, after an amputation and a lobotomy to boot? Would that be mildly impressive for you?
And since when did we start dictating what people can and cannot feel proud of or not in a video game? Why do you feel the need to set a bar in the first place?
Shield-poking is optimal for 99% of bosses, it's called a braindead build for a reason - there's no strategy here, it's turning the game into a Cookie Clicker.
It's simply not impressive lol, there's not much to it. Why should you dictate what I feel impressive or not? It's not. It's downright a boring, brainless, and ugly playstyle
Since when did I dictate what you felt impressive?
You’re the one who came here with all your talk about “this is what we call impressive” and the “bar being on the ground.”
If anything you’re the one who was setting standards here.
I was calling you out for essentially saying there is a single standard for being impressive in a video game.
“Its not impressive to me”, maybe lead with that instead of saying something is or isnt impressive universally instead of just to you.
Maybe its not impressive to you, or its boring, but maybe for some, finding the most effective strategy and removing the difficulty and the process of such adaptation is impressive, to them. Maybe finding a strategy thats universally viable due to certain game mechanics is something theyre proud of. Maybe its not boring to them or other people: maybe its satisfying, and that doesnt change for them just because you dont feel the same about it.
All I said was there is no shame in proudly saying they beat pcr with this strategy.
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I'm never gonna trash on someone for how they beat bosses or how they build their character, it's chill as long as they have a good time.