I think it’s safe to say that I love Elden Ring (FromSoft). I’m still playing the game on a regular basis. I have the first character waiting at the end of the game because I know better than not to have a late-game character in NG ready for the DLC.
Why do you need to do that? I hear you asking. Isn’t accessing the DLC a simple case of going to that option in the menu? Or starting it over from the beginning? Nope. Let me tell you how to get to the DLC in the first Dark Souls, which is the most elaborate one. In order to get tot he DLC, you have to go to the Darkroot Basin and kill the Hydra there. Then, you have to goc the the Duke’s Archives (which is in the mid-game) to kill one specific crystal golem in order to get the Broken Pendant. Then you have to back to the lake where you killed the Hydra–oh, did I not mention it was in a lake?–walk to the back of the lake and kill the golden golem there. A woman will emerge from the golden golem and talk to you about Oolacile where she’s from. Hm. I’m not sure which of these you have to do first or if it doesn’t matter.
After killing the golden golem, you’ll have to rest at a bonfire. Then go back to where you fought him. There should be a black abyss that you get suked into. Bam! You’re in the DLC. How the hell did someone figure that out? I have no idea. I remember watching a vide from Vaati Vidya about The Ringed City DLC for the third game. There’s a puzzle in it that involves using a spell in a swamp of abyss to turn into a humanity and then slowly, agonizingly, make your way to a nearby area where a ladder will suddenly appear. He said he spent about ten houls trying to figure out the puzzle because he didn’t have a, well, Vaati to watch for the solution.
So, yeah. I have her sitting in the late game, frolicking around, waiting for the DLC. I am so excited by it, by the way. There was one still image released, and that was it. so many rumors about what it’ll be. There are leaks taht it’ll be the size of two DLCs, which is very exciting.
My second character is in NG+, ready to go into NG++. She’s my true strengthcaster, and I love her. She’s the one I’ll probably push into NG+++ and beyond just for the LULZ. I had to go into NG++ for the plats of all Souls games, and I’ve gone up to NG+5, I think, for DS III. She’s rocking Blaidd’s weapon and can bonk chonkily with the best of them.