{"id":2836,"date":"2022-02-20T13:24:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T19:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ggndev\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2022-05-08T14:45:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T19:45:57","slug":"i-bought-horizon-forbidden-west-so-i-can-enjoy-elden-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/i-bought-horizon-forbidden-west-so-i-can-enjoy-elden-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"I bought Horizon Forbidden West so I can enjoy Elden Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last night I streamed Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qp_rODBEqdU&amp;list=PLR1K80hMYbxNCYziXKeHuaD60TZTl7E1D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(which you can watch the recording of here<\/a>); I had planned to stream Breakpoint and chat about Elden Ring, but that didn&#8217;t happen because of Ubisoft glitches. Anyway, the stream went magically well; I didn&#8217;t die even once, which is.. Unheard of for me and souls-likes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I installed yet another update to my PS4 and then loaded up <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/game-guides\/ghost-of-tsushima-guide-list\/\">Ghost of Tsushima<\/a>, only to get a little bored with it after a few minutes.. And then I saw the promo to grab Horizon Forbidden West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t planning on getting it initially; with Dying Light 2 before and Elden Ring after, when was I going to have time to play it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, with <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/dying-light-2-stay-human-review\/\">Dying Light 2 being a flop for GGN<\/a>, it occurred to me.. I&#8217;m going to hate Elden Ring if all I do is play that constantly for the next few weeks with nothing to break up my frustrations when I die too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Souls-likes and I rarely completely get along; Sekiro is awesome, and one of my favorite games, but I&#8217;ve never gotten very far (in fact, I progressed further in the stream than I did anywhere else, and I was basically starting right after the prologue).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elden Ring offers me more opportunities via it&#8217;s open world so I can avoid too many bosses until I get enough levels &amp; gear to move forward a little more comfortably, but I have know doubt that I will hate boss fights like Margit like I hate them in all Souls-likes games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, instead I will work on reviewing both Horizon Forbidden West and Elden Ring at the same time; Elden Ring gets my main focus, but HFW will be my &#8220;stress relief&#8221; game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll see how that works out come Thursday at 11 PM CST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I streamed Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (which you can watch the recording of here); I had planned to stream Breakpoint and chat about Elden Ring, but that didn&#8217;t happen because of Ubisoft glitches. 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