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fire_bolt posted...

Hunter's March is the game's first skill check. Either you have the skills to clear it or you fucking don't

I mean, you could also come in with a different moveset, more damage, and more abilities. The area is very different when enemies take like, 10 hits to kill versus enemies that take 4-6 hits to kill. Like yes the whole game does require a certain level of skill, but Hunter's March is approaching Citadel levels of difficulty while being like. Literally in Marrow.

I do think that they attempted to pull an Elden Ring here. A soft-tutorial that not every area needs to be explored now. If somewhere seems difficult, maybe try somewhere else. Elden Ring has the first boss be insanely difficult to most first-time players, and if you ignore the Guidance of the Grace you can end up an early-game area that's actually way easier than where the game tells you to go first, but also helps you level up and get a few items too. If you're good enough to break down the front door, cool enjoy your game. But if you need to you can explore elsewhere and come back stronger. I think that's the message Hunter's March is trying to send. It's just not communicated especially well since there's rarely ever a "Hey this place is actually optional" flag just hanging around. To be fair though, the vast majority of people playing Elden Ring also choose to smash their face into the first boss because the game doesn't really make clear that you can go other places aaaand the game strongly pushes you towards that dungeon.