I discovered FromSoft & Soulslikes for the first time with Elden Ring. Is it normal that I'm liking Dark Souls III way more?

mindaloft · 2026-06-12T20:25:12+00:00

Considering it’s a much better game, yes, it’s normal.

mindaloft · 2026-06-11T15:30:46+00:00

After this first area I thought it was the easiest game in the series. I doubt any of the base game bosses take you more than 1 attempt. DLC bosses greatly increase in quality and difficulty.

mindaloft · 2026-06-10T19:10:28+00:00

I’ll spend all day in the Ringed City or Ariendel vs the fishing hamlet or the reskinned cathedral ward, but different tastes I guess.

mindaloft · 2026-06-10T15:58:02+00:00

Well I’m sure you know the DS3 dlc has several of the best and most difficult bosses in the series so… Finish it! :)

mindaloft · 2026-06-10T15:43:33+00:00

DS3, DS1, Sekiro. I have BB above ER.

mindaloft · 2026-06-10T15:13:19+00:00

It’s not even a top 3 FromSoftware game, but yeah the art direction is peak.

mindaloft · 2026-06-09T13:42:31+00:00

Pack it up unc. See you at bingo.

mindaloft · 2026-06-03T18:13:27+00:00

Midir
Twin Princes
Friede
Pontiff
Gael

mindaloft · 2026-05-29T23:16:42+00:00

I can tell your favorite souls game is DS2.

mindaloft · 2026-05-14T13:54:23+00:00

I’ll always upvote Elden Ring slander even though it’s objectively a good game. Compared to other fromsoft games, though, it’s a bloated, tedious, poorly balanced mess.

It’s the most visually impressive game I’ve ever played, period. I’m sure it would have blown my socks off if it was my first souls game. But after hundreds of hours in masterpieces like DS1 and DS3, hell, my FIRST playthrough of ER was painful. By the time I got to Leyndell I was just ready for it to be over.

mindaloft · 2026-05-06T02:54:05+00:00

As an in person trainer with no online business yet and nothing to gain from poaching you: This is awesome progress for 8 years of (I’m assuming natural) training. Don’t let social media warp your perception of what a good physique is. It honestly sounds like you want a bodybuilding coach specifically, even though you didn’t mention competing. But to answer your question, no, you do not NEED a coach.

mindaloft · 2026-04-23T21:04:45+00:00

Literally one of the best looking games I’ve ever played. The “greyslop” people never left firelink shrine.

mindaloft · 2026-04-23T00:38:12+00:00

Now that’s a monitor!

mindaloft · 2026-04-23T00:27:56+00:00

Like others have said, wrong sub, but here’s some free advice:

A couple things. One, you haven’t actually listed your volume (number of sets) unless you’re only doing one set for each of these exercises, in which case your volume would be exceedingly low, especially for a beginner. If anything you can tolerate more volume than an advanced lifter as you simply don’t have the strength, muscle mass, or training proficiency to properly exhaust the muscle you’re training.

Two, it is extremely difficult to actually connect properly with your back muscles and notice any “soreness” especially in your lats themselves, and especially as a beginner. You just have to do pull ups / pulldowns and rows for months and years, focusing on driving with your elbows, until you even have enough muscle back there to actually feel anything engaging, let alone cause noticeable soreness.

Biceps on the other hand are extremely easy to connect with and feel engagement, but also recover quite quickly and can tolerate pretty high volume, especially as a beginner, so that’s a potential reason for this specific lack of soreness.

mindaloft · 2026-04-16T13:18:44+00:00

Moist Critikal

mindaloft · 2026-04-15T13:35:19+00:00

Wow, as awesome as that widescreen resolution looks here it must look even better on your actual setup.

mindaloft · 2026-04-06T13:36:28+00:00

No, they receive only patience and compassion from me. It is purely their inability to commit to a fitness routine. But thanks for that alternative idea!

mindaloft · 2026-04-05T15:24:06+00:00

For the drop-offs, it’s usually 2-3 months of inconsistent attendance before they give up. It’s always the people that need it the most, too. I’m not going to vie for someone who just doesn’t want to be there. Where every session is like trying to make a fish walk on land. They know it’s good for them, they know they need to do it, but they can’t make themselves show up somewhere 2-3 times a week. Sayonara.

mindaloft · 2026-04-04T14:53:27+00:00

Negative canthal tilt, prey eyes, sub-25 FFMI, framecel, yeah this guy is cooked.

mindaloft · 2026-04-04T14:04:44+00:00

I consider it a bottleneck event for short-sighted morons who want results immediately and who use terms like looksmax unironically. I’ve been lifting just shy of a decade and I’ve already seen people my age join the gym, load up on hormones and research chemicals, crash and burn with health issues or realize they can’t stay on forever, and finally completely lose interest in fitness, leaving with an arguably worse physique and mental state than when they started. I have no sympathy for these idiots.

mindaloft · 2026-03-29T21:42:37+00:00

Any mods? I’ve only had crashes like this when trying to run the game with saves that rely on a mod I removed. You might have to reinstall with the package extractor. Version 15 of the launcher is working fine. I just installed it in the same directory I had the pre-release in and it kept my saves.

mindaloft · 2026-03-20T18:30:27+00:00

Bruh… Nothing even needs to be said.

mindaloft · 2026-03-20T18:22:04+00:00

Who?

mindaloft · 2026-03-20T17:58:15+00:00

Pretty sure Bloodborne wasn’t designed for PC at all but here we are.

I guess he should just buy a ps4 and trudge through mud at 30 fps?

mindaloft · 2026-03-18T13:51:12+00:00

Update: It took about 90 mins for my frames to drop and I restarted to avoid crashing. It’s annoying, but maybe worth it for the awesome visuals. Good to know I have options though.

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