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

[Cheesedragon117]

Note to self: Kill turtle pope next time I see him.

Here's a tip for when you try: Miriel has very high hardness (Hidden stat that determines if your weapon will bounce), so use Whips, the Coded Sword, or Carian Slicer, as these weapon's attacks cannot bounce.


He actually does drop something special, for what it's worth.

 

[Silverfish]

Yeah but that's the point, why aren't they?

They aren't descended from, or associated with, Manus.

 

[Skinwalker]

Gwyn, his children and presumably all people who lived in Anor Londo weren't exactly humans, but rather this world's version of "numen" - much taller than normal people (hence, humans being called "pygmies" in this world).

There's plenty of "creative" approaches to size, e.g. the wolf boss is normal-sized in the Artorias expansion, but is a giant wolf in the main boss fight. For some reason.

Again, this has been very consistent as the FromSoftware soulsgames style from the very beginning, and only total retards act as if they've just realized this in Elden Ring. Take it, or leave it.

 

[gabel]

Fuck Fromsoft fans.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

As a rule, I only attack animals that attack me first. They're usually wolves or stuff like that.

 

[Silverfish]

Fuck Fromsoft fans.

*Loses to Margit for an hour*

"Actually, this game is dumb and also the fans are dumb."

 

[Reinhardt]

Pretty sure he's unkillable.

You can kill turtle Pope, hes just really durable.

but can you ride him?

 

[mediocrepoet]

Pretty sure he's unkillable.

You can kill turtle Pope, hes just really durable.

but can you ride him?

Well, there's a bunch of those anime sex mods, so probably.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

I think I'll just use my old NG+ save for the expansion. I really don't feel like playing through the whole thing again.

Okay I was wrong and Lies of P is not better than Elden Ring.

No shit sherlock.

 

[Cheesedragon117]

Fuck Fromsoft fans.

*Loses to Margit for an hour*

"Actually, this game is dumb and also the fans are dumb."

Hey! Margit is optional, at least. Just beat two Demigods, go to Altus, beat Draconic Tree Sentinel, go to Leyndell, beat Morgott. Boom! Annoying early-game boss battle skipped.

 

[Joryyyy]

Yeah but that's the point, why aren't they? Why is everything either this or that strange creature, even when they belong to the same faction? There's no consistency anywhere. There's always been an element of "whatever seems cool" in FromSoft games, it didn't start with Elden Ring.

Size in Fromsoft games is supposed to represent power, not the canonical size of the creature/being. That is why size is often inconsistent. Most knights in Anor London are suppose to be of the same God race as Gwen but they have wildly varying sizes to represent different strength levels. This is a common Japanese media trophe, particularly in anime.

 

[Ravielsk]

This aspect of unreality in FromSoft games was always there, and was always something you just had to roll with it (the alternative being animu).

Absolutely, but there is there has to be some kind of setup for what the player is supposed to roll with. Dark Souls for the most part bothers to set things up before it expects the player to just buy into them. Before you fight your first hollow the game announces where you are, what you are and later also what you will be doing. Then as you progress through the game you naturally get a greater understanding of how the world works, its state and the big players. By the time you leave Anor Londo you know mostly everything important to have some kind of investment into the world and its fate.

In Elden Ring the game asks you to become Elden Lord without ever, even at the ending when you become one, explaining what that even entails. Basic concepts that every single piece of the game jerks off like Marika, Elden Tree, Golden Order, Radagon, Outer Gods, Greater Will etc. are only named dropped and never elaborated upon. Even rudimentary character motivations like why Ranni helped you in the beginning or why she partook in Godwyn's assassination or why Rykard feed himself to a snake or even why the Elden Ring was shattered or... well basically anything of actual relevance.
None of those are ever really covered or explained. At best you get a non hint like the turtle medallion that only creates more questions. The end result is a world that is simply impossible to give a shit about because you have essentially 0 understanding of what that world even is. In fact I would argue that the further you go the less comprehensible it gets because of all the questions the game keep layering without ever even acknowledging.

Worse yet ER had so many opportunities to smooth all of this over with its NPCs and ghosts. Absolutely nothing prevented them from using Melina as a kind of narrator for the more important places and events. Ghosts could have easily spoken more than 2-3 sentences and the merchants could have easily sold some lore books along cookbooks and tips. They even had a cut mechanic where you could gather enemies into a sort of bestiary. The world and the story are simply very badly presented because the souls formula does not scale up to open worlds (at least not without major alterations).

 

[Lyric Suite]

I think it's the open world nature of the game that messed that up. I don't think Miyazaki had any clear idea of how to rework his narrative style to a game that was both less linear than his previous ones as well as three times as large, so he fumbled it up.

 

[MasPingon]

Ravielsk interacting with NPC's in ER:

 

[Cheesedragon117]

More (some new, some not) official screenshots from Twitter:



I can't wait to +25 that dueling shield.

 

[Ivan]

Shieldspear? wtf lol

 

[Child of Malkav]

They're dueling shields.

 

[Correct_Carlo]

My only save is NG++, so this dlc will prob be too hard, but I really don't want to redo the whole game. Dilemma.

 

[Bendu]

The DLC has its own scaling, so you should be fine.

 

[Stoned Ape]

Shieldspear? wtf lol

They're "Stechschilde"– thrusting shields.

 

[Gahbreeil]

Hey, hey. Help a n00b out, I'm actually scared of playing the game after reaching the beginning of the Academy. Dying twice is a big no while most enemies require me to die before I learn how to defeat them.

Any advice would be helpful. I can share a few screenshots as well.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Hey, hey. Help a n00b out, I'm actually scared of playing the game after reaching the beginning of the Academy. Dying twice is a big no while most enemies require me to die before I learn how to defeat them.

Any advice would be helpful. I can share a few screenshots as well.

Post build, also items. You probably need to level up more.

 

[Gahbreeil]

Screenshots, 1920x1080

 

[Yosharian]

I mean that's not a lot of vigor

 

[Anonona]

I'll recommend to focus in vigor early on, most of your damage will come from weapon upgrades. So is not really worth it to focus on attack stats beyond the bare minimun to use your weapon of choice untl your weapon gets high scaling. High HP makes a big difference, specially first time through while you are still learning the game. The minimun Vigor recommended is 40 to be able to take at least 1-2 hits without dying later on, but you can go over that depending on your build.