From Software Elden Ring - From Software's new game with writing by GRRM

[perfectslumbers]

So many questions, so few answers.

I can answer some

Spoiler

Radagon is Marika, although it seems that they can also split apart from one another and have children with one another. They represent each others duality, with Marika rebelling against the greater will and shattering the Elden Ring, and Radagon being loyal and attempting to reforge the ring. Why he left Rennala is up for interpretation. We know that it was after Godfrey was banished for being the first of the tarnished, but we don't know who orchestrated it. I could see it either being Marika trying to get more power by taking Godfrey out of the picture and making her other half Elden Lord. Or I could see it as the greater will trying to get Marika under control by making her more loyal half return to her. Marika was imprisoned in the erdtree by the greater will because of her transgression, shattering the Elden Ring.
Mohg is a creepy gay pedo and kidnapped Miquella in the hope that he could make Miquella his consort and become Elden Lord. Miquella was cursed to be a child for all of eternity, and it seems that Mohg put Miquella in the cocoon to make him become a god so Mohg could rule as Elden Lord.
Ranni orchestrated the night of black knives, and part of that was so that her body could be killed so she could escape the influence of the two fingers she loathed, although simply killing her body was not enough to fully escape so we need to do her quest line. The body she inhabits is a doll, not an actual flesh and blood body.
Malenia has a normal body, but one afflicted with the scarlet rot. The gold is her prosthetics. You can see her nearly naked in the second phase of the fight, with one prosthetic arm and 1.5 prosthetic legs.
Margit and Morgott are the same person, he shows up early to deter you but you beat his ass, then he shows up again and you beat his ass again, then you come to the capital city and kill him in front of his throne. Margit is an omen, meaning that at birth he was cursed with some sort of physical deformation, a bad omen. His brother Mohg is also an omen and as such looks similar.

 

[Silva]

Curratum , a high arcane helps by making enemies drop stuff which contain lore pieces. I've restarted as a bandit now and I'm getting much more stuff than I had with my previous (Prisoner) char.

P.S: and bro, do you really like to be "Currado" (fucked in the ass) in real life? No prob if you do, I respect all forms of love.

 

[Silva]

Using that "Crepus Crossbow" with my bandit and it's pretty good. It is found in roundtable hold, after the first Imp barrier that you open with sword keys. Im in Stormveil now and my cheesing tactic of dual wielding reduvia+bandit knife is useless against these knights. So, I'm sniping monks from far away and quickstepping/parrying in melee like good ol DS thieves do.

Edit: by the way, is there an amulet to increase damage if you are light load here?

 

[mediocrepoet]

Using that "Crepus Crossbow" with my bandit and it's pretty good. It is found in roundtable hold, after the first Imp barrier that you open with sword keys. Im in Stormveil now and my cheesing tactic of dual wielding reduvia+bandit knife is useless against these knights. So, I'm sniping monks from far away and quickstepping/parrying in melee like good ol DS thieves do.

Edit: by the way, is there an amulet to increase damage if you are light load here?

It's in the Limgrave area.

Spoiler

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Blue+Dancer+Charm

 

[Ventidius]

 

[thelegend]

The complete Lorethrough

 

[thelegend]

 

[deem]

 

[Brickfrog]

Would rather watch an isis beheading megacompilation than a single minute of any lore video.

 

[Lutte]

>part 1...

Out of 16 parts. My sides are dying, is there really an audience for this shit? just play the game faggots.

 

[Brickfrog]

The complete Lorethrough

>lore video
>1 hour long
>part 1...


edit: holy fucking shit, the man has made 16 videos about the lore, all but two over 50 minutes long. That's longer the runtime of the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. The extended edition.

Someone should help this man

 

[Curratum]

The complete Lorethrough

You can tell this is going to be an hour of shit just from the author stroking himself and fangirling over the intro as being the best in any From game ever.

 

[Brickfrog]

16 hours of that shit produced this quickly makes me think we might be dealing with some sort of Henry Darger-esque outside artist here. Art historians of the future will view these videos as the magnificent products of a fractured mind.

 

[deem]

I skipped through the video and it appears that he is just commenting on the game as he plays. It is not scripted and edited.

 

[Wunderbar]

The true Souls-like experience

eh, not a new idea

 

[deem]

Reminds me of the good ol' days of turning into a statue in DS3 and watching the invader run around the level befuddled.

 

[thelegend]

This is a series of 5 videos each 50 minutes long

 

[perfectslumbers]

The only Elden Ring lore I will ever be exposed to is what the npcs say. I ain't gonna sit around reading item descriptions or watching 16 hour youtube playthroughs.

 

[Ysaye]

I'm done with the "gameplay" right now, gave up on Malenia and finding the remaining two bosses with achievements.

I wish they would start posting some lore explanations so the whole bullshit in the game would start making some sort of sense.

Spoiler

How is the rot-afflicted one-armed girl in Caelid connected to Malenia who also misses her right arm and has red hair? You cure the Caelid girl with a golden needle, and there's also a Miquella gold needle which is used by the player.
Why does the poison manor with the Briar Knight boss have a room full of prosthetics, seemingly like the one Malenia is wearing? What does any of that have to do with the manor caretaker who is found behind it as a spirit? Set item descriptions made no sense.
Are the godskin noble and apostle really wearing old snakeskin shed by Rykard?
More explanation on who the fuck Radagon is and why he's merged with Marika and why he left Rennala to join Marika in the erdtree?
Why the hell is Radagon/Marika just hanging inside the erdtree, seemingly crucified on what looks exactly like the consumable rune arc item, and like the summoning pool statues and the crosses with victims on them across the land? Who put that person on the rune arc cross? Is this self-imposed martyrdom? What is going on in general?
What the fuck is Miquela doing inside of a furry egg in Mohgwyn's private BDSM chamber?
Why is Ranni's body made of what looks like rope or twine covered with porcelain?
Why is Malenia's body made of what looks like plastic or porcelain overlaid ontop of intertwined plates of gold?
Why is Margit's model used for half the mainline bosses in the game?

So many questions, so few answers.

With respect to the first question:

Spoiler

Isn't Millicent Malenia's daughter? I thought Gowry implied that when you go back and speak with him after applying the needle?

 

[fork]

You can tell this is going to be an hour of shit just from the author stroking himself and fangirling over the intro as being the best in any From game ever.

When it's in fact the worst.

 

[vmar]

I'm probably just gonna take a little break from this game and come back and finish it next week or something, if ever. Maybe I'm being a little negative because of my disappointment with Elden Ring as a whole, but the endgame has been absolutely horrible. I'm so tired of all these zoom zoom boss/enemy designs. Bloodborne is incredible but I don't want BB combat in every game From makes from now on. Maybe I'm just too old for this shit these days, as a teenager I would do master ninja runs on NBG for the hell of it but my reflexes aren't what they used to be. Getting 2 shot by some massive boss who's moving around the arena at warp speed spamming 360 aoe's everywhere just frustrates the hell out of me. I'm at a point with ER right now that I'm skipping all cutscenes and sprinting through the levels just grabbing items/bonfires, which is something I'd never do on a first run of a souls game. I'm at the final boss and the thought of starting ng+ or a new char afterwards sounds like the opposite of fun. I've never been so much in love with a game at the beginning only to be completely over it a little over halfway through. I definitely burned myself out by insisting on exploring everything, and now I just don't have the patience to continue.

I hope From's next game is something fresh, I still have faith in them but it seems like they bit off a little more than they could chew.

 

[Anonymous Wife Scholar]

When it's in fact the worst.

Here anon I do give you this cute real cosmic wife intro kino anon! I do! It is based moonpilled not PechaKucha nonsense CG intro kino anon! It is!

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Getting 2 shot by some massive boss who's moving around the arena at warp speed spamming 360 aoe's everywhere just frustrates the hell out of me.

The main annoying thing is a lack of an ability to save just before each boss encounter. I'd be fine with all the bosses if I didn't have to reset fifteen minutes of playtime every time I died. That adds up.

For me, it's about time, not challenge. When I was a kid, I had all the time in the world to "git gud" on whatever boss. Now, I just lose a few times and realize I need to either leave and power up or use a bullshit strategy to defeat them.

I'm still enjoying the game on the whole though.

 

[deem]

If you find bosses too difficult then summon help. Or play a different game.

 

[Great Deceiver]

Not even Astral, one of the coolest fights in the game, was spared the copypasta treatment. Profound sadness.

Muhzaki pls