Elden Ring (George RR Martin and From Software)

Got burnt out trying to beat Baleful Shadow a few weeks ago and still haven't gone back!

Have to say, its somewhat refreshing to see so many getting tired by the end.

I didnt mainline the game at all, I started on launch day and took over 2.5 months chipping away at, but yeah, by the end, I was ready for it to be over.

I haven't gone back to it since either, despite having a bit of cleaning up to do.

For anyone looking for a sort of palate cleanser, I started Tunic (free on gamepass), and its quite the captivating game, like a cross between old school Zelda and Souls.

Ya I did. In the end I got her done. Gave my mimic a mace with frost and I used bloodhound fang and basically tried to keep her pinned for the first phase and after about 4 hours last night she is dead. Onto the beast clergy fella in crumbling farum now.

Got it on release but only had time to sit down and get stuck in this week. Loving it so far. Have about 6 or 7 hours played and already get the idea that I'm only scratching the surface.

Runs great on the PS5 and the combat is exactly what I would expect from Soulsborne, although striking from horseback is a bit hit and miss.

Well. Just finished it there. Elden beast took me a bit of time , mainly because he kept going away from me. He is fairly tanky.

great game but I need something different for a while.

Yes, and the main principle is you do not defend with her. She has the advantage in defense so you lean into attack and avoid, if you still fail you further optimise attack and relearn how to simply sprint instead of block or roll. Be flexible with your build. It's not dissimilar to other games, you can have a build that 90% walks the game but for some you have to be malleable. I found the majority of bosses considered hard easy but I naturally lean to agility/glass cannons and hit some unexpected hard stops like the Briar Knight - he destroyed me more than any other boss in the game until I simply stepped back and equipped a shield and then whup'd him on the first subsequent run easily. The game challenges over repeated patterns every now and again but over compensates when you correctly change things up.

Such a good game, tbh I prefer the exploration aspect over anything else really.

Pretty sure I've beaten most of what Limgrave has to offer. 17hrs in amd I've only cleared the first area really. Didn't expect the game to be so big.

Convinced a mate to buy it as well and we're having a blast.

Not sure about armor though,can improve weapons but not sure how to do the same for armor?

I'm a warrior,focusing on dex,strength and mind but not sure that's the best way forward? Still haven't put any extra into vigor yet which is at 11 and it's starting to be a bit of an issues having such low health

Any fan of the game would do well to stick a pre-order on one of these futurepress guides:

I purchased the Sekiro one on an amazon sale to help get the platinum trophy and they are stunning books - worth it for the artwork and print quality alone. Scalpers tend to buy them up and can cost 250+ if it goes out of print.

From the scalpers or the publishers?

From the publishers. Those are simply game map printouts, no new content, nothing creative in there, sold to people who already purchased the game which includes the content of those books. If they want to milk it then it better be with additional content like DLCs, not recycled content sold as new.

Well, at least they don't do NFTs...

It'd definitely be a "nice to have" as a collectible, but given how things in the game have already been changing through patches (including Patches' own questline and several others getting additional steps), I probably wouldn't use it as an actual guide and would stick to online guides which can be updated and easier to search & link to other pages etc.

Well, in this case, maybe. I still think it's a bit steep for derivative work based on something that was already payed for, but that's just me. They can do much worse, like NFTs and microtransactions, so I won't hold this against them :)

Does anyone know if Mohgs Shackle is patched? I've just gotten to him now and I've tried using it once three times five times etc before entering the fight nothing works he can still move.

I'm on the latest update can't see any mention online anywhere.