Ha, I didn't realise so many of you were such cold blooded murderers when it came to Patches! That means plenty of you will have missed out on him pushing you off a cliff in Mt Gelmir too then..
And there really is a ridiculous number of NPCs and associated quests. I have absolutely no idea how people have managed to naturally complete some quest lines. As I said before, I had a window open on my laptop with tabs for all the different NPCs as I came across them and it got to an utterly ludicrous number. Iron Fist Alexander has been one of my favourites though!
Brother Corhyn and Goldmask's joint quest line has been pretty funny and I think I still have one part of that to go.
As for the game itself, I'm really into the home stretch at last now! Maliketh is down after a few goes and I've got all the legendary gear trophies so it's just the last couple of bosses and the different endings to go now!
Ordina liturgical Town is insane. I've lit 2 of the 4 flames (please for the love of all that's holy tell me they stay lit after you die) but I'm not in the mood for dealing with frustration of that level tonight!!! I'm putting on guardians of the galaxy and having a break.
@Thrillho sorry, I must have missed that one. I'm right there with you though, never played ds1 but the platforming plus archers combo does remind me of anor Londo in ds3. I'm going to take your advice and watch a guide!
Quite a mix of bosses at the end and the final one was one of the most infuriating as I spent more time sprinting around the arena than actually fighting.
The hidden dragon boss in the Crumbling Ruins was cool but how the hell anyone found it without a guide, I have no idea.
And that platforming section to get the final ending can properly gtf.
I also have absolutely no idea what was going on with the story and all three ending were rather dramatically anticlimactic.
@Thrillho Yeah, that’s the boss(dragon) that I had missed! I quite enjoyed the mythology in this one though I know I spent a lot of time reading item descriptions and am still lost on a few things. I love the puzzle of putting it all together.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” C.S. Lewis
@Thrillho There are certainly a LOT of characters, all with differing motivations and allegiances. This is where the Martin collaboration shines through I think.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” C.S. Lewis
@Thrillho Well done man! So satisfying when the Plat trophy pops... especially after that platforming section haha
I agree with your comments on the story beats... I certainly don't need to be 'spoon fed' a narrative, but it would be nice if FS make their next game with a more cohesive plot ala Sekiro
Elden Ring was a great ride for sure, and 140hrs is amazing value for money right? You hitting NG+ now or putting aside to tackle backlog? I warn you, it is very difficult finding something to fill the void and I bounced off a few things!
@Thrillho congrats!! Enjoy some Vaati vids. I feel like I've got a bit more of the story (I think, ill watch a youtube video at the end and probably have missed tons) as I've went through than ds3 but less than bloodborne. As the number of items, bosses and areas increases, I think this style of story telling gets harder.
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I feel like the opening sequence dropped a whole load of story on you that makes utterly no sense at the time so it would be interesting to watch that again now!
It is cool that loads of lore can be hidden away in item descriptions but, as said above, there is such a vast amount of items that you can’t go reading through everything..
And no NG+ for me. I’m done. The reason it took so long for me to get through was that I insisted on trying to do EVERYTHING in the game and only started ignoring some dungeons and NPC quests towards the end as I just wanted to get finished, and realised how many of the rewards were kind of pointless; so many of the catacombs gave me ashes I never even looked at, let alone used.
@Thrillho I read through all item descriptions and use the spirit ashes at least once... probs one of the reasons why I will still be playing the game for a looooong while yet. 😂
But your normal gamer will probably not do that though.
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Well I've managed to beat Mohg after finding my way to their palace, made it through a good chunk of the Haligtree to Elphael and upgraded my moonveil Katana to lvl 10! Pretty productive night. The haligtree was awesome, I fell for way too many "shortcut here" messages though!!
@R1spam I found Mohg quite easy with my Mimic Tear as, weirdly for the Lord of Blood, they’re quite weak to bleed so the two of us with blood weapons made short of work of them.
I liked the Haligtree area but lost a fair amount of runes in that section! The Elphael section is pretty tough but there are loads of places you can jump over ledges and skip sections. There’s one section I remember just sprinting through as some of the enemies are pretty hard hitting.
OMG after weeks and weeks of trying, i finally killed Starscourge Radahn! But as soon as the trophy popped, it went to a screen with an Elden Ring logo at the bottom left. It didn't load anything, it just hung. I had to close the game and now, Radahn is dead but I don't have the items or runes for killing him. Just in the area with no Radahn and a place to return. Will this affect my story not having those items and related quests???
Can't think of anything good to put here just yet, watch this space...
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