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

[Wunderbar]

I had no problems with distinguishing between Melina (Schwarzenegger's girlfriend from Total Recall) and Malenia (she reminds you her name each time you die).

 

[Lyric Suite]

Miquella, Millicent, Melina, Malenia.

Did GRRM just used a fantasy name generator when he came up with this shit?

 

[Vibalist]

Miquella a dude, though.

Also, the letter 'R' is just as prominent in many characters - Rennala, Radagon, Radahn, Rykard etc. There must be some reason for this.

 

[Vibalist]

Also, shout out to the name Placidusax, which sounds like a mix between an indie band and a rare STD.

 

[NJClaw]

Miquella a dude, though.

Also, the letter 'R' is just as prominent in many characters - Rennala, Radagon, Radahn, Rykard etc. There must be some reason for this.

It's the same with the letter 'G'. There's Godrick, Godwyn, Godfrey, Godefroy (lol)...

Martin said it's a coincidence all these names start with his initials, but I'm sure he is just bullshitting everyone.

 

[CyberWhale]

Miquella a dude, though.

Also, the letter 'R' is just as prominent in many characters - Rennala, Radagon, Radahn, Rykard etc. There must be some reason for this.

GRRM

 

[Lyric Suite]

Holy crap so he just put his own name in the game.

Dude.

 

[Kjaska]

Also, maybe I didn't git gud there, but attack such as Godskin fatass rolling around for up 10 seconds. How do you even avoid something like that? Or is it just designed to trade estus charges from the player?

- having your Mimic hold the aggro
- standing on the stump of one of the destructible pillars
- using doge step weapon art (or snek jump)
- putting them to sleep with St Trina sword

 

[NJClaw]

Also, maybe I didn't git gud there, but attack such as Godskin fatass rolling around for up 10 seconds. How do you even avoid something like that? Or is it just designed to trade estus charges from the player?

- having your Mimic hold the aggro
- standing on the stump of one of the destructible pillars
- using doge step weapon art (or snek jump)
- putting them to sleep with St Trina sword

The easiest way to dodge that attack is to just roll through it every time he gets close to you. You can also avoid it by running away and circling in the other direction, but I find it to be harder to execute and less reliable.

 

[volklore]

Miquella a dude, though.

Also, the letter 'R' is just as prominent in many characters - Rennala, Radagon, Radahn, Rykard etc. There must be some reason for this.

It's the same with the letter 'G'. There's Godrick, Godwyn, Godfrey, Godefroy (lol)...

Martin said it's a coincidence all these names start with his initials, but I'm sure he is just bullshitting everyone.

Spoiler

Rs are radagon and rennala's line offspring, Ms are Marika/Radagon weird 'incest but not incest because they actually are one and the same' offspring i.e direct spawns of Marika, that includes Melina who's heavly hinted at being Marika's daughter/spawn. Gs are Marika and godfreys lineage. Margit and Mohg don't really fit in there since they are supposedly part of godfrey and marika's lineage, but I guess the fact they were cursed and hidden away could explain why they were named differently

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

You can block it it completely with a 100% physical shield, though I am not sure how much stamina it eats up. Didn't bother me much but I had high guard boost. However, he does it multiple times, and knocks you back, so sometimes he can knock you into a wall or an obstacle and then roll on top of you until eating through stamina and health. So you have to reposition yourself between his fat rolls.

Another example of a retarded attack though. Aside from looking really dumb, it takes forever, and requires the player to be a spectator for 10-15 seconds.

 

[Efe]

mohg and margit are Marika and godfreys lineage too and they dont start with G

 

[volklore]

mohg and margit are Marika and godfreys lineage too and they dont start with G

Yes, I mentioned they are the only ones it doesn't work for. But they were cursed (omens) and hidden away below the city from birth. Which could explain why they are named differently, not unlike GoT bastards are not taking the family name of their father. Would be a very GRRM thing to do.

 

[Caim]

Miquella a dude, though.

Also, the letter 'R' is just as prominent in many characters - Rennala, Radagon, Radahn, Rykard etc. There must be some reason for this.

It's the same with the letter 'G'. There's Godrick, Godwyn, Godfrey, Godefroy (lol)...

Martin said it's a coincidence all these names start with his initials, but I'm sure he is just bullshitting everyone.

Spoiler

Rs are radagon and rennala's line offspring, Ms are Marika/Radagon weird 'incest but not incest because they actually are one and the same' offspring i.e direct spawns of Marika, that includes Melina who's heavly hinted at being Marika's daughter/spawn. Gs are Marika and godfreys lineage. Margit and Mohg don't really fit in there since they are supposedly part of godfrey and marika's lineage, but I guess the fact they were cursed and hidden away could explain why they were named differently

The M's are Marika's kids, the R's are Rennala's kids and the G's are Godfrey's kids.

 

[volklore]

Also, maybe I didn't git gud there, but attack such as Godskin fatass rolling around for up 10 seconds. How do you even avoid something like that? Or is it just designed to trade estus charges from the player?

- having your Mimic hold the aggro
- standing on the stump of one of the destructible pillars
- using doge step weapon art (or snek jump)
- putting them to sleep with St Trina sword

Sleep pots are easier, a single one gets them to sleep.
Otherwise if you have space (only applies to the volcano manor and the duo if you kill the apostle first), if you sprint sidways in a large circle, the roll never catches you, it doesn't turn very well. Although you need good stam because that roll attack really lasts long.

 

[Nathir]

Please allow me to reiterate my earlier point: I play games for fun.

So does everybody else.

 

[Brickfrog]

Lol

 

[ELEXmakesMeHard]

Lol

I swear I come from a different timeline where Butthead was always wearing an Iron Maiden shirt instead of AC/DC. My brain had already started working on a pun about that.

 

[Brickfrog]

I swear I come from a different timeline where Butthead was always wearing an Iron Maiden shirt instead of AC/DC.

You def stepped through an interdimensional portal without realizing it cuz he's always worn ac/dc here. Let me be the first to welcome you to your new timeline!

 

[dacencora]

Hey guys, been a little bit since I’ve been in this thread, but if anyone else was thinking about shelving ER to go back and play Demon’s Souls for the first time, I would definitely recommend it! The combat is MUCH slower. I kind of like how slow and methodical it is. Took me a while to kill the blue glowy boy in the first world, and he kept healing himself, but yeah it was far more forgiving and so much slower than ER. So yeah, if you are digging the atmosphere but want a little bit better intro, I would definitely say to try Demon’s Souls.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Sir Krabbus is the stuff of nightmares.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

Reminder that 8 years ago, people had meltdowns and labeled DS2 as the weakest FromSoft game because of shit like this...




E D I T :

Spoiler

The main difference being that: in DS2 that was the result of rushed/poor programming, which was subsequently patched out ; in ER this is the intended design, therefore never to be corrected as the devs genuinely don't see anything wrong with this

 

[ELEXmakesMeHard]

Melina when you're entering the Frenzied Flame Proscription:

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

 

[Lyric Suite]

Melania ditched me as well the bitch. But then again the last time i saw her was 2000 hours of gameplay ago. Probably went partying with Chad and left my Maindless ass dry again. Cunt.

Actually, you can probably pick her up again and it may be worth looking at a wiki to do so unless you're completely against it. I was so anal that I got through her quest legit the first time, but this time, I've been a lot more haphazard and had to look it up because she disappeared.

Unlike the tailor, she locks some good stuff behind her quest.

Occationally i read a wiki but for the most part i'm just going with the flow.

I have to ponder about some the choices they made for those quests though.

Just the other day i happened to learn that you are supposed to meet Alexander in Liurnia after his fight with Radahn. You are supposed to help him getting unstuck again and he gives you three exalted flesh as a reward.

The problem is that, who is going back to Liurnia after Radahn? Did they add that encounter as a "reward" for people who dared Caelid before moving to Liurnia? Apparenlty missing that isn't going to break his quest but still.

Same with Patches tricking you in Mt. Gelmir. The only way you can see it if you get to Mt. Gelmir before reaching the Volcano Manor, and the only way to do that is probably by way of the Abductor Virgin in the Academy, doing the Abductor Virgin duo boss fight then decide to go around exploring Mt. Gelmir before finishing up the Academy or Liurnia, which seems unlikely. I of course went to Volano Manor through the snake lady and i assume most people did as well.

Lastly, if you kill Rykard you can meet Patches outside the fog gate in The Shade Castle. Apparently there's a way to face Rykard before finishing up the Volcano Manor missions, but again, why would anybody want to do that? And if you go through all the Volcano Manor missions, it's likely you already cleared The Shaded Castle and why go back there.

And those are the various steps i ended up reading about who knows if i missed anything with other NPCs.

If the idea is to give people some interesting discoveries for going unusual routes through the game, ok, maybe, but since this is a game where you can go 50 hours before meeting the same NPC again i would have preferred to have all the encounters within reach of a normal playthrough if anything so that you get to meet the NPCs somewhat more frequently.

Of course, in my case i didn't get any reward for getting to the capital "early" but instead i broke the Boc quest and killed him because i was curious about the sending gate in the Deeproot Depths and got to the capital before clearing Mt. Gelmir. I mean, i doubt i would have thought about using the "you are beautiful" pate on my own anyway but still.