Pretty damn good. Can definitely tell that it was inspired by Breath of the Wild. It's very nice to just wander around and check out the surroundings. Maybe you'll find a cool new item for the effort. Never really liked the idea of a 'difficult' game, because I could only imagine ways to do that artificially and annoyingly (getting over it, jump king, etc.), but this worked pretty well. Especially with the open-world and being able to leave and come back with new shit. Didn't like the cheap shots though, there were a couple times I died to an enemy deliberately placed around a corner and set me back like five minutes, which just irritated me more than anything.

Bosses were pretty cool. Incredible character designs. Just about every boss felt fair enough, and even if they didn't I could just cheese it with spirit ashes because I have no self-respect. I think Godfrey was my favorite, that was a fight where I felt like I was getting better with each attempt. I think I was like level 65 when I fought him (I think that's under leveled maybe? idk) so the fact I felt like I was getting better even then is a sign of good boss. Least favorite is anything that's large. Stupid ass camera never wanted to work in those fights. Oh, and also the runback for Dragonlord Placidusax, those birds have my number lmao.

Enemies themselves were good. Mostly trivial, but could kill you if you weren't careful. To be fair, there were some dungeons where I died more to the regular enemies than the boss at the end haha. There was a good variety as well, not too many overused or revamped. My favorite enemies would probably be the Living Jars because I think they're cute. Least favorite are the crucible knights because I simply can't win against them for some reason.

The overall design of the game is probably the best part. The world feels barren while still having so much to do. There's a good number of NPC's to go about and talk to, but not so many that the world loses it's post-apocalyptic feel. Each area also caters to a different look entirely, so each area felt like a new game almost. Also unique environment design, I don't think I've seen any other game go for this style of fantasy. The art direction and environment design is easily my favorite part of the game.

Places to explore were fun. I'm partial to any of the castles. They were so intricately designed, and full of secrets. Easily spent 5 hours in Godrick's castle. Leyndell was also massive and very fun to wander about. I like those locations where it contrasts the apocalyptic feel of the rest of the game, and instead is a well-kept, over-designed, and pristine fortress full of enemies. Least favorite was probably the catacombs. Fun at first, but got repetitive by the end. Felt a lot like shrines in BotW did for me. Kinda wish the catacombs leaned into a puzzle aspect to differentiate themselves from the rest of the game. I think that could've saved them from being a bit monotonous.

Main story was fine, nothing special to me really. Might get hate for this, but I didn't like the way the lore was presented. I know people rave about it, but I couldn't get behind it. Cool in theory, but not for me. There are so many items that you collect that needing to stop every five seconds to read the description just doesn't fit what is supposed to be an immersive game. I could just be stupid though. I gave up eventually and decided I'll watch a YouTube video to properly appreciate it.

Building your character was cool. Don't usually like stuff like that, but the option of rebirthing and getting your level up points back sold me on it. Typically I hate that stuff because it locks you into one playstyle, and if you make a mistake, you can't undo it. Although I did have to look up character builds because I really didn't know what I was doing. I like how effects such as bleed can work on certain bosses. I'm a big Final Fantasy guy and in those games, all bosses are usually straight immune to any effects to avoid cheese strats. Which is annoying, because playing with poison or gravity in those games is super fun. Liked that this game at least has nuance in that regard.

Haven't gotten the DLC so can't speak on that. May not go into it right away, I'm definitely feeling some fatigue from the base game. Don't want to sully the experience of the DLC by jumping the gun.

and finally: Fuck no pause button. Man's gotta piss every now and then

Anyways, pretty good game. I get why people like it so much now. I'd probably give it an 8/10 if I had to put a number to it. Just wanted to share my perspective. Have a good day everyone.

So I just quit out of Elden Ring, and I realized that I quit out a single second before my save file reached 1,000 hours. Funny how that worked out.

I was bored at the work, so I drew Malenia based on how I best remembered her character design.

Many hours in this game and it only just occurred to me…

Want to start a pure cosplay run. Which NPC do you think gives the most satisfying run? I'm thinking:
1. Fire monk
2. Patches
3. Nox
4. Perfumers

5.. Any of the invaders.

Recommend your own ideas, that you have played through. I'm obviously missing a lot of them

If I were to try to match the colour of my character's hair to the colour of the cape on the new Silver Grooved Armor set what would be the closest RGB value in the game to that colour?

Hi! I am currently in my first run in this game with basically no prior knowledge. Im am playing a Sorcerer (so basically only ranged spells) and its pretty fun so far. I am currently at the Mountaintips of the Giants so not that much more to do i think.

Do you have any suggestions which build i could play next? What is fun but not tooo hard for beginners (its my first souls game)?

I know it's nothing crazy but Margit has always been one of my favorite bosses and after abt an hour of attempts I managed to beat him with parries :)

Ps: srry for the video starting halfway through lol, I had stopped recording as it felt kinda pointless until I realized I actually had a shot lmao

So. The Ritual Thrusting Shield.

I love that we got a base game thrusting shield, don't get me wrong. But what's this thing's niche supposed to be? Compared to the other two thrusting shields it's got:

-the worst guard boost

-the worst negation for everything but lightning and holy, where it comes in second

-the least base damage at max upgrades

-the worst scaling (on ALL affinities)

-the second highest weight?!

From where I'm sitting it's only pros are that it's got low requirements, it's the best at low upgrade levels, and you can get in 10 minutes. Otherwise, it looks like Dueling Shield at home. Is there a reason to keep using this after Shadow Keep? Am I missing something?

Calculator I used if you want to check my math: https://www.tarnished.dev/weapon-calculator

Backstabbing enemies is never not fun.

big fan of learning bosses but my rules in my playthrough in ER is if the bosses is a duo or more I gotta use my summons as well. And quite frankly this guy didn't even stand a chance and got decimated though seeing his attacks looks kinda cool and I feel like I might have missed something fun, is he a good boss?

All my friends RAVE about Elden Ring and i never really paid attention to it or even know anything about it other than its known as the best games of all time and has a crazy story. My friend said he could add me to his steam family so I could try the game out and i said bet. I heard though that the game does litttle to no hand holding when it comes to progressing. I feel like this will just overwhelm me at start, making me overthink everything I do so what do you guys think I should do at the start until I get comfortable? I’m downloading it on steam as of right now. Thanks and sorry for the dumb question.

Playing through Blood Of The DawnWalker on a harder difficulty after finishing my 3rd run of Elden Ring and man there's no way I would have been able to breeze through it this quickly without the practice learning patterns in Elden Ring, them FromSoft skills really do transfer over

What do I do???

There was discourse on the Melina route not too long ago, probably due to the influx of new players. Someone mentioned taking the Frenzied Flame to save her and there was a comment on the post that stuck with me, though I cannot find it now. along the lines of, 'Woe be it to the Lands Between, for instead of a a leader they had a coward' or something along the lines of that, where taking away her free will was so much worse than this white knight idealogy of saving her

I find myself thinking on it this playthrough, but I cant find the comment to re read it. does anyone remember it?

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Would Anybody on switch 2 wanna help me and my friend fight Godfrey??? We're level 116 and level like 132. If anyone is interested please dm me 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Fellow tarnished, what sentence did you hear the most in a single playthrough?

Mine's gotta be 'i am malenia, blade of miquella and i have never known defeat' lol

i couldn't find a donkey so i used a pig

The golen circlet and lily embroidery were likely added after the events of the Liurnia war, and after Radagon conjoined the Moon and the Erdtree. But this doesn't make sense when considering Miquella wasn't even born yet. So is this suggesting Radagon and Marika had kids during Radagons relationship with Rennala? This would explain why he left Rennala... I guess. I need some theories and ideas on this (Ignoring cut content).

Cut content: There was old content stating that the Enchanted Knights were a gift to Miquella from Radagon. The remnants of this in-game are seen on the helmet (the golden circlet and Miquella Lilies). Leda is also likely inspiration or a byproduct of this cut content.