Topic: Elden Ring Hype Thread

@LN78 yeah, there was that npc at Roundtable Hold when you first arrive there that asks you to search for some tomboy (haven’t found her yet but he’s disappeared anyway). He seemed very Jon Snow/Robb Stark to me… almost to the point of parody. Apart from him though I totally agree.

@colonelkilgore I either missed that NPC or completely forgot about them!

@LN78 just googled him, his names Diallos if you have any interest in rekindling your recollection

@colonelkilgore Ha! You're right - he looks just like Kit Harrington. That can't be an accident.

@LN78 you wanna hear him speak 😉

@colonelkilgore Lemme guess - indistinct North of England accent?

@LN78 you got it 😎

@Voltan 😅😂great post

How's this gameplay going, I'm still thinking about purchasing it. Is it worth buying?

Radahn’s weapons are really cool and I may have to respec to use them.

@LN78 Other than the fact the god is called Two Fingers? Anybody who’s read GRRM knows he’s basically a creep so that one seems like less of a coincidence and more a dirty old man joke. But yeah, his influence was clearly early in development in writing a structure for the story, which From then filled in the gaps. I do feel like the NPCs are a bit more interesting and well-rounded this time round though.

So following you guys advice I’ve been going South. It’s definitely where your meant to be going lol. I don’t know, but with no waypoints my natural inclination is to head north it seems😂.

So I killed my first npc today & I absolutely didn’t mean to. I was at Castle Morne Rampart at night talking to the merchant & next thing I know I’m in a boss fight with the night cavalry.
Now this fight was just a total cluster f. Both on our horses & we’re wildly swinging our weapons about. Then the merchant gets aggrod. I die, revive at the grace right next to him & he’s after me again- so I took him out & the donkey as I figured it might be carrying his loot (it did not).
I eventually beat the boss as I knocked him of the horse, whilst surrounded by some rocks. After I got a back stab & a few hits in he tried to summon the horse again but got locked in place in the horse riding position.
A win is a win.

@nessisonett I've only read the "Song of Ice and Fire" books (right after Season 1 of the show) but I don't remember getting a particularly creepy vibe from them. I definitely get the impression that the inclusion of his name was more of a marketing ploy than anything else. As I said, if there was a FromSoftware checklist then this game would tick all the boxes - including the one for unnecessarily obtuse storytelling!

@nessisonett watch the vaati lore videos, it sounds like there is also a three fingers, and it’s got a whole thing tied in.

Beat Rykard. Absolute pushover if you have a particular talisman equipped. There always seems to be one of these types of bosses in FromSoftware games. That's me done for the day. Rugby time.

Was close to killing the Fire Giant, and then my game crashed. fml

While I get the sense that the GRRM thing was 95% marketing prowess and nothing more, I will say the NPCs is this game actually seem decent for once. There's a lot of straightforward character writing in addition to the usual cryptic FS nonsense.

With ER set to utterly dwarf their previous releases in sales (if it hasn't already), I'm hoping they build off this foundation for future games.

This game...

Will try and keep this relatively spoiler free - earlier today I made a decision to slaughter a NPC character, who I am praying is not important to game progress!

Post-murder, I returned to the Roundtable for some routine upgrading... only to find the whole area blacked-out, and I was ambushed by a pretty ruthless red phantom!!

Really took me by surprise, and only just managed to win the fight...with a sliver of health left.

Honestly - this has been my favorite moment so far of this astounding game. Having travelled multiple times to the Roundtable, and constantly perceiving this location as my 'safe space', it was an absolute 180-twist to arrive and then be ruthlessly attacked whilst completely unprepared.

FS, I salute you... it is 'rug-pull' moments like this which really make these games shine. Great experience!

@Snatcher Yeah upgrade your weapon. You will see better results in regards to your damage output than levelling up your character.

@Fight_Teza_Fight You can atone for your sins that will revive any Merchant NPCs that you have killed. I think it is in one of the churches, but I've not reached it myself so can't comment on where it is on how it works.

I think I might take the prize for the most deaths and swears before beating Godrick. For some reason I just couldn’t better my second attempt from last night when I was a sliver away for something like 20 to 30 tries. Finally done now and despatched the Tree Sentinel too.

I’ll be happy as long as I never see another bladed talon eagle ever again.