So. I’m romping through the second playthrough of Elden Ring in about a third the amount of time it took me the first playthrough. I’m around 35+ hours and in the Volcano Manor. I did not get there until roughly 100+ hours in my first playthrough. I think it’s actually more than that because–and, again,… Continue Reading
I’m nearly done with my second playthrough of Elden Ring. That’s a joke because during my first playthrough, I was convinced that Leyndell Capital was the last area of the game. No idea why, but I was. So when I reached it, I was thinking I was in the end game. This was a bit… Continue Reading
Talking about that Elden Ring again. Warning, there will be spoilers throughout the post. Early-ish game spoilers, but spoilers, nonetheless. In this case, it’s the comparison of the first playthrough versus this one. As a reminder, trying to do a pure strengthcaster this time, with an emphasis on Strength and Intelligence. I’m twitching, though, because… Continue Reading
If I wanted to, I could write a paean to Elden Ring that makes a solid case for how it’s a game changer. Literally. They took the tired old open world formula and made it exciting again. It’s funny because there were a few people at Ubisoft and Guerrilla Games who griped about Elden Ring… Continue Reading
I started a new Elden Ring playthrough as the Prisoner. Because of course I did. I’m leaving the first playthrough as is (and I’m still finding new things every day!), but I wanted a fresh new start. The Prisoner is the classic Strength/Intelligence hybrid (with very little Faith, unfortunately), and I’m already stronger a few… Continue Reading
Ever since I got out of the hospital, a weird thing has been happening. I get my tight eight every night (which is strange in and of itself), but once a month or so, I have a few days in which I have difficulty sleeping. Then, on the fourth or fifth night of this, I… Continue Reading
Still thinking about Elden Ring. I probably will be thinking about it for a long time–maybe for the rest of my life. Yesterday, I took care of two field bosses, one that gave me so much trouble when I tried to fight it earlier. Again, spoilers for end game content. This was the Full-Grown Fallingstar… Continue Reading
So. I’ve accepted I cannot save-scum for the two endings I need for the Elden Ring plat. It’s actually freeing to let go of the unrealistic hope and just move on. I’m going to be playing this game forever, anyway, so it doesn’t really matter. Ian was telling me about his adventures in Raya Lucaria… Continue Reading
More musings about the end of Elden Ring. First post here. I still haven’t figured out a way to fix the save-scum issue I have so I can get all the endings now, but I have a few more ideas to try. If they don’t work, then I’ll just have to do it the old-fashioned… Continue Reading
I beat Elden Ring yesterday. I wanted to put that on it’s own line because it’s weighty with import, at least to me. (By yesterday, I mean the 16th of April). First, though, I have to get out of the way that even though I took great pains to set up save-scumming so I could… Continue Reading