Anybody excited about Elden Ring?

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 26 May 2022, 06:20

yeah you are going to have a very bad time in late game if you neither summon nor use spirit ashes

User · Post by **User** » 26 May 2022, 08:43

well i am far away from the late game, but look forward to that

zim · Post by **zim** » 26 May 2022, 10:53

my man's doing a no horse / no summon run, at least put it on youtube

User · Post by **User** » 26 May 2022, 14:56

i have to use the horse sometimes, there is no choice

ironically, for climbing

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 26 May 2022, 17:53

this is basically just another videogame

User · Post by **User** » 26 May 2022, 19:41

it is definitely another videogame

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 28 May 2022, 04:28

its quite a good video game at that

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 28 May 2022, 04:29

is it though

zim · Post by **zim** » 28 May 2022, 05:15

you'll have to dedicate about 100 hours to it and let us know how you feel

User · Post by **User** » 28 May 2022, 11:13

i'm over 50 hours now

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 30 May 2022, 10:56

you've been at it nearly 3 weeks now and you've only got 50 hours to show for it? luke, you need to neglect more of your commitments

User · Post by **User** » 31 May 2022, 08:32

oh shit man, this game has altered my life, i am getting no fucking work done at all. i am behind on all my deadlines, one of which is this weekend. now i am at sixty hours. i am at one of those moments where i feel like i have explored everything in the areas i am comfortable in, but i can't beat about five bosses/dragons i know the locations of, so i am focusing on the weakest one but i just FUCKING WISH THERE WAS A FUCKING SITE OF GRACE OUT THE FRONT OF THE MIST INSTEAD OF MAKING ME RUN THROUGH THIS DUMB 30 SECOND OBSTACLE COURSE BEFORE I GO AND DIE ok i am done

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 04 Jun 2022, 05:43

oh yes,

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 05 Jun 2022, 05:52

User wrote: ↑
31 May 2022, 08:32
oh shit man, this game has altered my life, i am getting no fucking work done at all. i am behind on all my deadlines, one of which is this weekend. now i am at sixty hours. i am at one of those moments where i feel like i have explored everything in the areas i am comfortable in, but i can't beat about five bosses/dragons i know the locations of, so i am focusing on the weakest one but i just FUCKING WISH THERE WAS A FUCKING SITE OF GRACE OUT THE FRONT OF THE MIST INSTEAD OF MAKING ME RUN THROUGH THIS DUMB 30 SECOND OBSTACLE COURSE BEFORE I GO AND DIE ok i am done

30 seconds is better than the slog to get to O&S, just remember it could be so much worse

User · Post by **User** » 05 Jun 2022, 08:26

i know, i know. honestly everything is tamer in that respect and more forgiving. i have three great runes now

zim · Post by **zim** » 05 Jun 2022, 08:27

jawn galliano wrote: ↑
05 Jun 2022, 05:52

User wrote: ↑
31 May 2022, 08:32
oh shit man, this game has altered my life, i am getting no fucking work done at all. i am behind on all my deadlines, one of which is this weekend. now i am at sixty hours. i am at one of those moments where i feel like i have explored everything in the areas i am comfortable in, but i can't beat about five bosses/dragons i know the locations of, so i am focusing on the weakest one but i just FUCKING WISH THERE WAS A FUCKING SITE OF GRACE OUT THE FRONT OF THE MIST INSTEAD OF MAKING ME RUN THROUGH THIS DUMB 30 SECOND OBSTACLE COURSE BEFORE I GO AND DIE ok i am done
30 seconds is better than the slog to get to O&S, just remember it could be so much worse

nito and seath runs are some of my least favorite in the series

blue smelter demon in ds2 dlc might be the worst in the entire series (also horse fuck valley)

User · Post by **User** » 05 Jun 2022, 08:29

i still struggle with several dragons and a couple of other bosses and invaders around and i want to beat them before exploring altus plateau

User · Post by **User** » 05 Jun 2022, 08:34

i really like elden ring and have played for 90 hours now but i still think the first dark souls is better

with that said if was told that only one of the two could exist simultaneously, i would choose elden ring. i think if i played elden ring for the first time before playing dark souls i would be blown away and not notice the minor gripes i have

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 05 Jun 2022, 09:00

yeah, after having replayed DeS, as much as i love it i think at this point i've come around to DS1 being my favorite overall. elden ring has its flaws, but for the most part i think they did a wonderful job with transplanting the souls experience into an open world format.

for what it's worth, the overworld dragons can all mostly be skipped without consequence unless you're gunning for a specific dragon spell

zim wrote: ↑
05 Jun 2022, 08:27

jawn galliano wrote: ↑
05 Jun 2022, 05:52

User wrote: ↑
31 May 2022, 08:32
oh shit man, this game has altered my life, i am getting no fucking work done at all. i am behind on all my deadlines, one of which is this weekend. now i am at sixty hours. i am at one of those moments where i feel like i have explored everything in the areas i am comfortable in, but i can't beat about five bosses/dragons i know the locations of, so i am focusing on the weakest one but i just FUCKING WISH THERE WAS A FUCKING SITE OF GRACE OUT THE FRONT OF THE MIST INSTEAD OF MAKING ME RUN THROUGH THIS DUMB 30 SECOND OBSTACLE COURSE BEFORE I GO AND DIE ok i am done
30 seconds is better than the slog to get to O&S, just remember it could be so much worse
nito and seath runs are some of my least favorite in the series

blue smelter demon in ds2 dlc might be the worst in the entire series (also horse fuck valley)

oh jesus fuck i forgot about seath, yeah that run is fucking horrendous. i've never died to nito so that one's never been a pain point for me, but i guess having to re-run that wouldn't be very fun. i will take your word on smelter but it's been so long since i've played DS2 i have zero recollection of that

zim · Post by **zim** » 05 Jun 2022, 10:04

i don't know why but sometimes i struggle on nito and sometimes i one shot him. also four kings run isn't fun either.. a lot of them actually suck kind of hard

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 05 Jun 2022, 11:02

DS1 was very good about forcing you to learn bosses because so many of those runs were just awful. if you were new-ish to the series even the taurus demon route was pure hell

in truth though, a lot of the difficulty in those is self-imposed because you assume you actually need to battle your way through, or insist upon doing so out of some sense of honor. watching speedrun videos is instructive, in most cases even if you're not abusing glitches, you can actually just hold the run button and straight up ignore most of the fodder

zim · Post by **zim** » 05 Jun 2022, 11:47

jawn galliano wrote: ↑
05 Jun 2022, 11:02
in truth though, a lot of the difficulty in those is self-imposed because you assume you actually need to battle your way through, or insist upon doing so out of some sense of honor. watching speedrun videos is instructive, in most cases even if you're not abusing glitches, you can actually just hold the run button and straight up ignore most of the fodder

i watched enough ds1 speedruns that i feel like i skip half of ds1 now. if you start with the master key you pretty much have a straight shot to the gargoyles, spider bitch, and the shortcut back to firelink, ez mode. i've never been able to pull off the archives skip though, that's hard as shit

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 08 Jun 2022, 19:17

like 90% of the games i own, i have it but i haven't put more than a few minutes in

User · Post by **User** » 09 Jun 2022, 10:07

i loved disco elysium, i played it after the pandemic started. but it is way fucking short. it's more like shareware

User · Post by **User** » 19 Jun 2022, 18:14

120 HOURS

User · Post by **User** » 20 Jun 2022, 10:18

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 20 Jun 2022, 11:54

look at mr lighting up the volcano manor over here

User · Post by **User** » 20 Jun 2022, 17:34

zim · Post by **zim** » 20 Jun 2022, 21:24

luke out here conquering the lands between ...for now

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 26 Jun 2022, 04:42

why is your vigor so low

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 27 Jun 2022, 04:50

vigor isn't really important until after leyndell when enemy damage output starts to skyrocket

User · Post by **User** » 27 Jun 2022, 08:41

funny you say that cos i just finished leyndell and i have been putting points into vigor

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 27 Jun 2022, 10:14

the foresight is strong with you

i hope you have a truly busted offensive kit because even the overworld trash is about to get tanky as fuck. bloodhound fang carried me through leyndell but it became truly pitiful after that, i had to cave and respec for moonveil

User · Post by **User** » 27 Jun 2022, 23:07

i do not know what bloodhound fang or moonveil are, but i accept your wisdoms and will keep them in mind. mayhaps you refer to items i picked up and filed away without noticing, like 90% of the items i pick up in this game

currently in the snowy mountaintop of the giants

my most feared enemies are tree spirits, there are two i still can't beat, in the dunes cave and in the lake rot castle place, i mean, i can beat them based on my level, i just suck at fighting them

Paste Human · Post by **Paste Human** » 29 Jun 2022, 05:27

I might download Sim City 2000 and play it later. I'll be sure to post updates if any progress is made with that plan.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 29 Jun 2022, 05:29

please let us know either way

User · Post by **User** » 29 Jun 2022, 08:21

this is the thread to let everyone know about your progress in elden ring

check this out, i swapped my two swords for one sword, with two blades, now i never have to press D-pad LEFT i just run around like a proper battle mage with a seal in the left and two blades in the right

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 29 Jun 2022, 08:31

I still haven't started so my progress ain't great

User · Post by **User** » 29 Jun 2022, 08:38

no time like the present, as soon as you start your new promotion, it will only take at least 150 hours of your life

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 29 Jun 2022, 18:56

That looks very 3d

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 02 Jul 2022, 02:32

ive not played much more recently, got a save in ngplus3 and a new faith character which i am gearing up to do rennala.

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 02 Jul 2022, 02:34

here are some nice screenshots!

User · Post by **User** » 03 Jul 2022, 20:18

that second pic is some freaky shit

i am using the blood god serpent bosses' greatsword now, i like it

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 09 Jul 2022, 04:33

these basically my 3 builds ive used, the first is a very fresh faith build, like level 30

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 10 Jul 2022, 03:15

been playing dark souls recently and boy, does it not feel as snappy

User · Post by **User** » 10 Jul 2022, 12:47

i have to pause elden ring for over two months due to work piling up

i am level 160 something and done 160 hours and up to the fire giant

and that is where i will stay, possibly until 2023

User · Post by **User** » 10 Jul 2022, 12:47

i will not uninstall it, it will sit there in the background waiting for me

User · Post by **User** » 10 Jul 2022, 12:57

i checked and i played it for two months

160 hours so that's 80 per month

so that's two and a bit hours a day

damn bitch

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 10 Jul 2022, 19:37

Crazy ass hoebag

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 11 Jul 2022, 04:30

User wrote: ↑
10 Jul 2022, 12:57
i checked and i played it for two months

160 hours so that's 80 per month

so that's two and a bit hours a day

damn bitch

so youre that deep in and havent defeated fire giant?