Elden Ring
I know I'm very late to this party but as a fan of their earlier works I'm glad I finally get to play this game, gifted to me by Juris! It's also the reason I've stopped playing chess for a bit... but...
View ArticleElden Ring: Didn't expect pathetic sort
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]You know you are late in playing a game when the very first room is full of player made graffiti. It isn't very long until I run into the first monstrosity which... my...
View ArticleElden Ring: First off, fingers and then time for down
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]Camping for the night after exploring some of the monkey lands I am approached by Melina, who offers to be my maiden and is from an order of women that like fingering...?...
View ArticleElden Ring: Be wary of invisible sort
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]Beyond the barnacle folk is a massive and wondrous magical valley of night basking in the stars. I assume those are actually gems since I'm very far underground, but...
View ArticleElden Ring: Dog, O friend
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]It's back to scouting mode in the opposite direction of disease land where I'm treated to some nice but very rainy scenery as I sneak past some soldiers and steal some...
View ArticleElden Ring: No joy ahead
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]Feeling more courageous now after adventuring with Blaidd, I return to the well fortified stone bridge in the South and decide to rush it on horseback! Some how this...
View ArticleElden Ring: Why is it always undead? Therefore try undead
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]Returning to the Roundtable Hold from that venture at Castle Morne, I discover it's not such a safe place after all having to defeat invaders Ensha and Alberich. Lucky...
View ArticleElden Ring: Be wary of fingers all the more giant
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]After all my dragon dodging I decide to check how bad the dragon at the starting lake is. The answer is pretty bad because he flies A LOT. I instead continue past him...
View ArticleElden Ring: Let there be monarch
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]Beyond that handsy manor is a cliff face that doesn't get me closer to where I was trying to go, but I do find the tower of doll witch Ranni who recruits me into her team...
View ArticleElden Ring: Praise the lift
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]With Stormveil conquered I revisit some sites that I felt I could handle now, killing Alduin Agheel the lake dragon, scaring off the magic dragon Adula (similar moveset),...
View ArticleElden Ring: Reinforcements required ahead
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]Lady Tanith runs Volcano Manor and her bodyguard is... Crucible Knight? Anyway, this group are basically killers of Roundtable Hold people which works fine with me since...
View ArticleElden Ring: Why is it always monarch?
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]Instead of chasing the falling star I return to Volcano Manor and get a new mark from Lady Tanith. As this one is up in the plateau I explore a bit, dodging hands and...
View ArticleElden Ring: Ahh, jumping...
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]Nokron is primarily inhabited by three things: living vikings (who are easier to fight than their spirit versions below), zombies with magic weapons and mimics - one of...
View ArticleElden Ring: Seek hole, and then edge
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]Of course I hop into the coffin which turns out to be a magical lift (wut) that takes me to the roots of the giant tree and is home to giant flying ants and headless...
View ArticleElden Ring: Didn't expect weak foe
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]Despite killing Morgott the way to the tree is still blocked by... thorns. Erm. Yes, because there's nothing as solid as a wall of thorns in this world I guess? Melina...
View ArticleElden Ring: Let there be suffering
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]Finally reaching the forge of the giants, Melina self immolates to burn the giant tree that's blocking the way and somehow I am transported to a crumbling island floating...
View ArticleElden Ring: Could this be a friend? Therefore enemy
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]It seems the Godskins are haunting me as I explore some towers I previously missed, which proves great practice as they fight individually in these instances and I can...
View ArticleElden Ring: Behold, dastard!
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]All that delay has finally set the tree of thorns properly ablaze and I find myself back in the ash covered capital where, unsurprisingly "Sauron", the leader of the...
View ArticleElden Ring: Lord, O Elden Ring
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]To take a break from the black knife assassins I go talk to a white mask assassin instead who cuts off one of my fingers and insinuates that I can use it to get an...
View ArticleElden Ring: I did it!
[Part of my Elden Ring journal]Harpies and fungus folk live in the tree house village but again, I have rooftops and shortcuts that I can use to dodge most of them and then absolutely cream the mounted...
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