Even MORE Terrible Gaming Hot Takes | Asmongold Reacts 

I’m a woman that’s been playing Souls games for a decade and it annoys me when people who really don’t actually care make statements about how sexist it is. I feel way more comfortable playing Souls games than tons of other games out there. These games feel safe to me and I have absolutely no issue with any of the female characters.

"Elden Ring has already lost players" as it currently sits at number 13 most played game on steam rn

Use summons, use magic, do whatever you want to take the boss out, the fun part about a game like this is to explore all the options at your disposal. Then come up with creative solutions to take the boss out.

Kratos being one dimensional is what people who haven’t played all the games hear but when you actually play it you find out about his emotional side. Even in GOW3 where he’s most set on revenge and killing, he’s still got all those moments with Pandora where he sees her as a surrogate for his own daughter who died.

I love the moment asmon realised that he did the exact thing about calling people pussys for using a summon, it was gold.

Old God of War had feelings too, most people just don't remember. The scene where he has to leave his daughter in the afterlife holds up.

I love the "I'm an adult, I have a life" defense. Cause I'm an adult, I have a life; and I enjoyed the game so much.

You can capture the exact moment asmo became self aware

I love it when he said "How many people will be playing Elden Ring in a year, probably zero" My brother in christ, the first Dark souls came out 11 years ago and still has a religious fan base.

The early God of War games certainly weren't Shakespeare but they have more depth than they are given credit for. Half the reason why Kratos is such a great character in 2018 and Ragnarok because of all his mistakes, trials and tribulations of the past saga. He's pondering and trying to make up for it with his love and growth of his son Atreus. He was always an emotionally deep character, just wasn't always presented in the best way.

Haha, this is why RU-vid content is great sometimes. The moment at 13:12 when Asmon did EXACTLY what ActMan makes fun of in just a few seconds was friggin hilarious, haha. Asmon even called him a "pussy" and that's what ActMan says players like Asmon would say. Love genuine comedic moments like that

I used a summon when I fought Malenia. No shame admitting that. I didn’t want to spend my day learning her every move and trying to execute perfectly. I do think it’s worth trying to fight her solo a couple of times. Just to get the feeling of how challenging she is. In my opinion Elden Ring is a masterpiece.

The moment Asmon realizes how toxic he’s been by making fun of people who summon is hilarious

I hate when people say that Young Kratos was boring character, the amount of things his story teaches us is just crazy... There's a nice comment I found about God of War and it literally describes how I feel about this series: - I think one of the key things people miss in regards to god of war is in fact... Kratos's story arch(encompassed across all GOW titles).. His story is told over the course of 7 brilliant games.. There is no vindication without suffering, there is no love without turmoil, there is no success without failure. there is no god-hood without first dancing with the devil. The reason Kratos is as lovable now as he is, is due to every game before God of Wars reboot. The angry, malicious, vindictive and cruel Kratos that we knew was changing in those games as well. These titles are not individual stories. They all encompass Kratos's story. Kratos's Dynamic character building began in god of war(the original) and every single game that has come and passed, has built his legend and our understanding of him. We grew/grow with Kratos as he grows because most of us can see his worst traits inside of us. I am 26 year old, I played the first god of war as a child, I now understand failure, pain, hurt, betrayal and most importantly BLIND ANGER... The lessons, the heartbreak and the growth this series emulates is a sheer stroke of brilliance. Any "decent" man should play this series, and take a REAL note from the story line of Kratos. Change before it is to late. In pursuit of redemption, revenge, destruction or pain.... you will always lose. Kratos in his reboot state... is simply teaching us.. it is not to late. We can choose to be better then what we have been or to forever remain in state of suffering. The path of righteousness is a path often walked lonesome. The path of wisdom may not be as exhilarating, but it certainly will maintain your safety and your sanity. You would not have Kratos from 2018 God of war without Kratos from 2005 God of war.

From 13:13 to 14:19 aged like fine wine in seconds that had me laughing so hard 😂

'The community reacts harshly towards female characters' maybe in FromSoft games as a lot of the female bosses are among the hardest in the given title. Lady Maria (Bloodborne), Sister Friede (Dark Souls 3), and Malenia (Elden Ring) are all human (or close to) sized enemies that hit like a truck and have such aggressive styles that generally force you to change play styles and epic scores accompanying them that they are also among the most memorable and, for me, favorite bosses in the series.

It’s kinda weird that the Malenia article author even chose Malenia to focus on in the first place - you would think someone like this would take much more issue with a character like Renalla for example, as she literally just sits about being sad about Radagon lol

"I am an adult with responsibilities, and do not have the time". Bruh, I had new born baby boy twins. I just slept about 4 hours a day and the game took me half an year to complete. But I did finish it.

Imagine saying Kratos, the guy that starts out by attempting to end his own life so that his suffering and endless torment would finally cease, the guy that accidentally slaughtered his own family and has their ashes glued to his skin, the guy that in the first game in a nightmare sequence you protect your family from deformed versions of himself and heals them by hugging his wife and kid and it ends with Ares taking the blades and murdering them regardless as he cries "No not again" , the guy that went to Elysium to see his daughter but had to abandon her again or else the world would end. Are we really talking about the guy that saw his mother die and went to save his brother from Thanatos and it ends with his brother dying aswell and him contemplating what he's become as the grave digger replies "Death" and he then was gonna cast himself again but stopped. Are we talking about the same guy that after finding pandora he didnt want to sacrifice her cause she reminded him of his daughter? The same guy that after killing Zeus the last of the pantheon he turned his blade against himself and tried to again kill himself to finally be rid of his memories. Kratos is by no definition at all the good guy, but to say he had no depth and is one dimensional is absolutely insane.

I'm a commercial fisherman with 5 kids. I beat Elden ring in 4 weeks, I didn't have to ignore my family and hardcore this game in a hole. That quantum guy just needs to get good son.

I mean if you were sent to destroy a random village, accidentally slaughtered your own family in the fog of battle, and then had their ashes bound to your skin to give you a constant reminder for the rest of your life, maybe you'd be one dimensionally angry for most of the game too. Kratos in original GOW games also showed his love and regret for his family through a few great parts of the games. The rest of the time was spent getting revenge in the most brutal way possible.. I can dig it

“Now he has feelings.” It is called character development, and having to raise a child certainly could change someone. Edit: I am NOT saying he did not have feelings in the original games or did not have a child before. I am going with the belief the person in the video said about Kratos’ feelings. Like where their logic is wrong, if their belief is true. A hypothetical situation.

As someone who is completely new to souls games, I played through Elden Ring 3 times on 3 different runs and found new shit each time, I didn't even know Rykard was a boss in my first play through, I wasn't about to join Volcano Manor and left them alone after stealing the wheel weapon. About half way through play through 2 I did a deep dive into the wiki to find out some stuff I clearly missed. Kind of funny but I think I managed to cheese Mohg in my first run, he was about to do his blood sky stab neheel attack and then I think I frostbite proc'd him and he staggered out of it. He never grew his wings and we ended the battle in his base form.

The way he smiled when he said cynthia and the way he imidiately stopped smiling when he said profesor Oak had me dead💀💀

still an absolute tragedy how youtube treated act man and did nothing to punish quantum.

I sure hope everyone here knows that Jennifer Lawrence was the 1st female action star.

Quantum: the game is already losing traction and players... ActMan: well if you would stop telling people to kill themselves... SAVAGE AF

Well... If Quantum wanted an easy mode on Elden Ring, he should have waited a year after the game's initial release, which was more than enough time for several players and content creators to discover methods for fighting bosses, farming runes, creating builds, literal game exploits, and routes that bypass the need to go through the first boss. As a new player of the game and those similar to it, I can honestly say that I've had it pretty good thanks to the efforts of those who came before me.

The first God of War opens up with Kratos trying to kill himself because killing Ares brings him no peace from his regrets. And one of the end showdowns is Kratos in a nightmare realm where he has to defend his family from them along with using the action button to sacrifice his health so they recover. The animation for sacrificing his health.. is Kratos hugging him while under attack. The second God of War even after obtaining godhood it does nothing to ease his suffering, all he feels is emptiness as he sits on his throne. When he reunites with his brother Deimos is he lets his brother kick the shit out of him because he feels guilt for abandoning him, even if he thought he was dead. He feels genuine happiness when Deimos forgives him and fights by his side and has family to connect with once again. This game ends with Kratos somberly carrying Deimos's body to his grave and him contemplating suicide once again. The original God of War's were about Kratos losing the little bit of humanity he had until all that was left was a rabid monster full of anger and self loathing.

Kratos has glimpses of what remains of his Humanity in the pre 2018 games. Heck, in the first game, the circle button was used for executions the whole game except for that one instance where, in the Battle at the Center of the Mind, you use it to hug his family. To protect them from berserker versions of himself. That's a perfect marrying of story and gameplay mechanics and that was from 2005! The "new" Kratos has this now in reverse. His Humanity is now in full display, and you see glimpses of the anger that drove him in the earlier installments. What was once a raging storm is now calm, peaceful day where the winds can suddenly shift in bursts whenever the situation demands it. Less out and out hatred and wrath, more like Tranquil Fury.

Asmon has grown a lot as a person, I feel like the old Asmongold would not have taken the "no summons" callout without trying to punch back.

21:05 "a lot of the people attacking were socially awkward weirdos" Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

Kratos was actually much deeper than people give him credit for in the original trilogy, there's even a pretty good video about this very subject on RU-vid. Difference is that the story took a backseat in these games and people just didn't pay attention, unlike now when gow games are treated pretty much like movies.

I’m very bad at gaming. And to be honest if not for RU-vid tutorials I might never finish elden ring. But I so fucking enjoyed it. So refreshing to actually play, not just watching 30 minutes cut scene and 2 minutes of actually playing like others do. I’m happy it won game of the year.

It's not that hard to implement an easy difficult, but it's just a thing of "Why would we waste a few hours doing this when we could spend those few hours laughing at you and enjoying ourselves?"

13:25 Im not sure if using summons even makes the fight easier. Imagine all that healing he gets by hitting the summon.

Kratos being terrible was kind if the point of tge first game (which I'll argue had a pretty damn good story) the fact that he never learned, only got angrier and killed people actively trying to help him in later games is where I 100% agree, Dad of Boy is honestly continuing his character arc from the first game

The Milenia chest beating moment was pure gold. 🤣🤣🤣

14:24 That moment when Asmon realize that he burned himself

“Kratos was a terrible character and he was one dimensional” I didn’t know Asmon was a game journalist.

I love how quantam is talking about Elden not being New player friendly and its the first Soul game for me an I killed Margit in 10-15 tries tbh its one of the easiest soulgame out there to me

DMC 1 and 2 Dante was kinda one dimensional moreso in 2 but if Asmon is referring to 3 then BRUUUUH.

i like how when ActMan mentions Cynthia, Asmongold smile, but the moment Oak is shown he just goes O_O

for anyone who doesnt know, kratos seems one dimensional from the outside but if you play the games you realize how much tragedy and sorrow is hidden behind his anger. he constantly shows hopelessness, rage and sorrow throughout the games. to claim he is one dimensional is to miss the forest for the trees. example: at the end of chains of olympus, atlas says to kratos "the olympians will betray you, you will never have what you want. can you really trust the promises of a god?" to which kratos replies "its all that i have atlas, its all i have." this is just one example from several moments in each game.

Ya know Asmon you're absolutely right - you should have to beat the game before you review. In fact, I think all games reviewers, in order to have their reviews published, should upload a livestream of how they played the game alongside their review. We have the technology. We just don't have games journalists with any integrity.

'old Kratos is bad character' bruh, half of new story is tell story about old Kratos LOL.

2:58 obviously he was paying attention to “kill kill kill” and not “but why tho?”.

They should worry more about their crime rates than video games

kratos started off one dimensional, but over his journey through the main trilogy and chains of olympus a lot of context was given to his character and you really started not only understanding his motivations but sympathizing with what he was trying to accomplish. I think kratos has plent of non one dimensional moments in god of war three and that game was the start of my love for his true character not 2018. Although 2018 and ragnarok both added a ton to his character I really think there was already a lot there from the previous games.

14:20 damn he got gott good. Makes me think he wrote this article so act man could react to it so asmongold could react to it and it was all planned by them

I was laughing so hard when you made fun of him for using summons because I knew what was coming. Your reaction to playing into the stereotype was hilarious. Amazing content all round.

Quantum: nobody’s gonna play Elden ring in 2023 2024: people still playing Elden ring

Being one denominational doesn't make the character bad, it just relies on the story and atmosphere around the character to advance things. Which GoW did very well in the first three installments

Gotta remember that one of the main reasons Kratos was angry was the death of his family. So it does make sense that now that he has another one, he softened up and had some character growth

Elden Ring was my first entry into souls games and while difficult at first I stuck with it and enjoyed it immensely. It's on my list as one of the best games I've ever played.

That entire Polygon article is just shattered by the mere existence, and even more so the community's fondness, of Nepheli Loux.

Okay Asmon sorry but Kratos isn't a one dimensional character in the first games. He may have an inclination to making one dimensional decisions but he is undoubtedly a character with depth. Your probably asking what depth? Remember Kratos at a young age was torn away from his family to go through spartan training. He had to deal with this and the best way he could cope with this was by being really close with his brother Deimos. Deimos was then taken from him who he swore to protect, this lead to a great character change in Kratos. With Deimos whom he thought was as good as dead Kratos took on a war path. This could be perceived as him being one dimensional but what else is he supposed to do. Kratos is also a good Husband, unlike most of the type of anger driven and ambitious tyrants most become. Kratos has never been shown to put his hands on his women or child. Its the little details and paying proper attention that will show you that Kratos is a character full of depth and complication. ( I would have just commented with just watch the video of the God of war games for the Greek Pantheon. But then you may have dismissed me and treat me like all the other idiots who disagree without any properly written out reason.)

Asmongold got owned @ 14:20 in the video . Actman got his ass good lmao 🤣🤣

Sekiro should have a easy mode! Also Sekiro mods: You can auto parry. Just turn on the mod, then you auto parry everything.

Graphics in game looks amazing. Almost feels like you could reach out and touch the armor your character is wearing.

actman calling you out over the no summons thing made me laugh my ass off

As someone who averages 45-60 hours a week. Spending the 2-3 hours at a time I could with all the boys, racing each other on progression was some of the most fun Ive had gaming in a while.

Im so happy that I had a friend who was a soulsgame fan who wasn't a asshole about it. We played Dark Souls 3 together when it came out and everytime I struggled he was like "come on! Lets try it again!" And if I became to frustrated he understood if I wanted to take a break. That positive and informative experience has made me a soulsgame fan. And im sad that so many were not so welcoming. But QuantumTV can stay mad

Asmongold’s opinion on kratos being one dimensional is like saying guts is being one dimensional during his black swordsman arc for being angry all the time

Thank you for mentionning "recency bias". That concept is even more of an issue with anime as almost no one mentions classic anime; just the more recent shiny graphical extravanga that ends up forgotten the next year.

"No one is gonna play Elden Ring in 2023" I'm just waiting for the DLC to come out, because we al know it's coming.

Nothing says "I have a life" like tracking down someone's mother's phone number just because you don't like what they said about you.

Bro really after the evolution from sonic Zelda and Mario go back and play what my generation had to play and we were grateful, man.

17:41 "-you'll be a footnote in a couple of months." I actually forgot that Quantum guy existed xD

Elden Ring is my first game from this company, and I’ll say it’s one of my favorite games I’ve ever played. Started about 3 weeks ago, and it is quite a difficult game. But I’ve tried to do it with no summons against bosses, so it being my first of these games I think I’m doing ok.

"Nobody will be playing in 2023" Brother we are almost halfway through 2024 and I am still finding new shit to do in Elden Ring.

Quantums take is hilarious, i was not a souls player before elden ring came out but now i have over 400 hours in it and have no intention of stopping. The game is just great. I started DeS recently and am planning to play through all of them. Elden Ring seems like a worthy goty contender to me

3:50 That instant face change lmfao

Just subbed after re-subbing to WoW (haven't played in like 8 yrs yet was a release player... co-workers told me Dragonflight was worth it and its all new to me so far!)... just wanted to say I appreciate the content and keep up the good work!

14:23 I was on the floor laughing cause asmongold legit called him the P word about using a summon.

Kratos is an amazing character. Old kratos literally suffers from everything. He lost his family, he lost his brother, his mother, his home, he was the embodiment of rage in old schools of god of war. New kratos has now finally found peace and has now a second chance. He has his son Atreus. His wife Faye. He has made friends,mimir freya,brok and sindri. He has now a second chance in life and finally is free from his past. Even better he is now the embodiment of justice and peace rather then the god of war.❤ the franchise is a masterpiece. I hope his helps.

I'm a woman that's been playing souls games for a long time. I will always accept my lady giving me a hug or giving upgrades in all of these games. You need a hug when you get your ass handed to you by dragons, men and women outside. Like damn these are some of the most fair and proportional women in most games.

Kratos was only mad he killed his own family instead of someone else's. Now he's got a new family and feels guilty, perfect way to deal with this storyline.

"I had a lot of fun trolling Elden Ring players..." -QUANTUM TV Yes, I'm sure he isn't justifying his stupidity as being intentional by calling it "trolling" because he got called out by the entire community for his idiocy.

Asmon just added himself to the worst hot takes collection by saying younger Kratos was a one dimensional character

"2nd biggest problem is the graphics" Elden Ring: Wins best art direction.

"It would not kill the developers to add a difficulty toggle." Sure. But FROM Software respects its players and has faith in your ability to overcome the challenges in the game. I wish more games were made without difficulty selection.

Spirit ashes are basically easy difficulty. It's not that hard to figure it out.

8:51 "I am sorry ma'am but you've been diagnosed with "woman""

15:00 I would've died if by any chance he would've shown a clip of Asmon shouting "BIIG DIIIICK DAAMAAGE!"

Just because a character is one-dimensional doesn't mean the character is bad. For example, Doomguy is a slayer who just kills demons and fights in hell and is one-dimensional, but he is still cool as fuck and is a good character

The only game that I have given my impressions on but never finished was Outriders. That game was extremely broken at release and the abysmal story didn't make experience any easier. Primarily I couldn't finish the game because there was a bug that constantly caused my game to crash. So I found myself irritated with it and shared impressions based on my current experience with the game. I feel bad that I didn't finish the game for my review so I didn't review the full game. However I went over why it's a bad idea release an unfinished game and described my time spent with the game. So I think it's fine to to give your impressions on a game if you played it for a few hours and have something to say about it. But only if you've played for a good amount of time and you have a detailed opinion that you would like to share.

My favorite review was the dude that attacked the first npc and was infinitely killed by him until he quit.

Sorry Asmon I can't agree on that Kratos take. OG Kratos still displayed a lot of depths especially if you venture into the spinoffs. There are a lot of people who can explain it better than me so I recommend Tactical Gaming Productions' video "The One Thing Everybody Gets Wrong About Kratos" as a good start.

Getting tired of opening a chest and going to the northeast of the map and being completely under leveled and dying of scarlet rot at the same time as fighting enemies that can one shot me. I just wanted some high level loot😢

I think the original GoW series had a lot going on that was easy to miss or forget, because it wasn't anywhere near as simple as "Kratos mad, Kratos smash" -- the story was pretty good and plenty emotional. The non-numbered games weren't spinoffs, they all told important parts of the story. He wasn't very one-dimensional at all imo 🤔

I understand that he's trolling whenever he talks about "play using spells, use summons means you're a pussy" but it's incredible how every time he says it, it makes me roll my eyes. 🤣

Yeah, Asmon clearly did not play the old GoW games. Someone saying that Kratos was a one dimentional character before 2018 is a telltale sign of a person that didn't play the og series.

Hot Take: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet played blind are the best main line Pokemon games. People often don't give Pokemon credit for good design because they lookup things online as they play. Bind playthrough is very important to Pokemon. For example, I recently replayed the DLC. One of the fights has elemental masks powering up a Pokemon in four phases. I forgot the order and my team got stomped. Reset knowing the order and steamrolled with the same team, only changing my lead Pokemon.

I miss characters being sexually ambiguous and their sexuality never mattered

quantum is like that one kid in the playground that throws a hissy fit on the other kids cuz he keeps losing.

Actually kratos was a great character, he had emotions unfortunately those emotions were mainly self hatred for killing his family and that turns into a mentally unstable monster, him destroying the universe because he continues to hate everything especially himself, the original god of war series Is a self destructive tragedy of a man who could forget about the past

When Asmongold was talking about like, that small niche of toxic players that treat it like it's their whole personality, it really reminded me of someone I used to know. He gave me really judging stares and stuff because I played Elden Ring as my first Soulsborne game and actually liked it, and would be kind of douchey when I would try to talk in conversations about it. This was especially prominent when I got into Bloodborne after Elden Ring.

rib splitting laughter at the no summons part

The issue wasn't you calling him one dimensional it's you saying that he's a terrible character. They aren't the same thing, you can have a one dimensional character who's freaking awesome. Like Asura in Asura's Wrath, the guy is literally just angry AF most of the time but he does the craziest coolest things