Elden Ring (George RR Martin and From Software)

I just did Horah myself. Same strat with cold nagakiba and mimic to double up the freeze effect. I would have got him on 2nd go but controller battery pooped just as I had him - I thought he did some stuck in place spell, didn't know what was happening.

Too tired now to push on plus I'll keep an achievement for another day

Just did Elden Beast and it was harder than I anticipated. Then realised my gear and talismans had next to zero holy negation. A change of outfit and going with Tiche instead of Mimic and we got the job done on the next attempt. I'm going to try get a few of the endings in one swoop on xbox when I've a bit of time tomorrow

Is Yura the guy with the mousetrap helmet? I think got my beloved Nagakiba from him which is what I used to finish the game. Its just a big ass katana which I frosted up. Not as flashy as Moonveil but did allow me to add bloodhound step which then finally made the game feel something like Sekiro - although nothing comes close to Sekiro

Fingerprint shield with holy and the talisman that buffs against holy damage do wonders for the last two fights.

Yeah thats him, ooh I didn't know about the katana from him, im after Eleonoras polearm. I still haven't found a katana yet, was considering buying the base one but said I'd wait till I find a named one.

So I went and got that catacombs done and it's the base katana, least I didn't have to buy it and it's pretty sweet, thanks for the headsup😎

I noticed I'm pretty much the samurai class now, using a katana, got the Reed armor and Use a bow🤣

I seem to be seeing a lot more bloody fingers now, which is great as its just farming weapons at this point.

Also kept my eye out for the items someone mentioned as giving a boost to FP without putting points in mind, pretty sure I have 2 of them as of now.

Might actually turn out well, I can get those mind levels back with respec but still be able to use my summons with the items. Current goal is vigor 40, dex 40, endurance 25 and if I have enough strength 20. Not even sure I I need the strength but have found being able to use the large club against crystal enemies handy🤷‍♂️

Can't say I've ever played a game as densely packed with content as this, no pickup/trophy fodder, at minimum you at least usually get an enemy to face that's somewhat unique to an area.

Some of the content is somewhat copy pasted but just about unique enough for me that I've no issue spending a night doing lesser dungeons, probably 80% of the loot not that useful for class but fun none the less imo

I've 3 great runes, got a bunch of weapons.

Dual wielding a katana with a twinblade, both blood loss ,and working on levelling arcane for quicker buildup. Dex at 45(thank you talisman👌), arcane 14.

Feel like I'm entering the final phase of the game, lot of quests coming together.

For me, the best rpg I've ever played by a mile, God of War probably the closest but still. How do series like elder scrolls and witcher live up to this? The combat is so superior in elden ring to anything so far in either series, big hill for Bethesda or CDPR to climb regarding quality

Elden Beast is a pain in the neck.

The combat is what sets these games apart compared to other RPGs. The intricate world building is also excellent. God of War is probably one of the more similar ones in recent years.

Never been a fan of the Scrolls games so can't compare.

If you enjoyed this, you should give Sekiro a go, but it is a big step up in difficulty.

I got sick of this game in the mountaintops of the giants just after I got there. I'm 150 hours in is there much left? I'll probably get around to it eventually. Never finished DS3 though.

Yeah there's only really one area left after Mountaintop of the Giants. Not a massive one, but challenging enough, particularly if you were to try pick it up in a few months rather than being in the swing of things now. Two tough boss fights you can't skip either.

I just hopped on the horse and rode to the sites of grace and then the main boss fight in Mountaintop. Have to admit I was getting a bit sick of the game at that point myself and just wanted to finish. No horse in the next main area though.

After that area, there's just a couple of boss fights to finish the game. Depending on your build/skill, you could probably finish in 5-10 hours if you just bulled through the main path and didn't explore. It would depend on your luck with bosses though. Like I said, some tough fights.

I'm still playing away, I somehow got myself caught up in progressing the side quests to the detriment of everything else really, next step is dung eater and then ranni quest can continue, its a tad exhausting at times but I love each interaction giving a tiny bit more of the sense of the lore.

I guess I'm just a polearm guy too🤣

Used a katana for a bit but once I tried the godskin peeler with bloody slash ash of war I was hooked, between that at +18 and eleonora polearm at +9 I feel I'm doing well for weapons. Beat a certain duo in nokron and had hoped for a new twinblade option but scales better with strength so meh

Ancient ancestral guy in nokron still seems to be glitched, I missed killing him first go by a whisker but I spawned and he had died and I got the remembrance and runes when I collected my grave, didnt know what had happened until I just looked it up(he fell through floor seemingly🤔)

I've done a lot of co-op with a friend aswell, once we got the hang of the summons we have had some memorable moments🥲

Mohg is good fight if you haven't done it. He's tough but it doesn't feel completely unfair the way some of them do. Once you've beat him you can throw down your sign and help others, good way of rune farming, though a lot of the people who summoned me got instantly wrecked.

Man **** the shunning grounds🤣

Was exploring for an age before I found dung eater. He's now my b***h though, got his armor, weapon and summon. Although I will say putting rannis quest on hold was painful.

Finished a bunch of other quests now, mostly the ones that require the snowfield left which is next area on my list after the capital.

Made a decent amount of progress through the capital and a few of the underground areas in the last few days.

These areas are stunningly intricate and I've lost count of how many times I thought I'd explored an area and then on a run through you catch a glimpse of a drop down or some such.

Inventory is chock a block with all sets of gear. Finally changed armor from land of reeds set to raging wolf set, feels a bit more survivable.

Eleneora's polearm is just amazing, the ash of war can sometimes lead to gravity deaths but very fun to use.

I've 9 larvel tears now aswell, gonna respec at some point soon and try a different build.

Does anyone from here coop? I'd be up for getting helped/try helping others if people were up for it

Yup. The Shunning Grounds.

What's considered spoilers at this stage of the games life? Not really sure😅

Something happened after beating the final boss for that quest that made me question weather I want that ending. Lock's you out of all others unless you do certain stuff as well.

Beat the main boss of the capital as well tonight, powered his rune and hopefully to the snowfield, the fogged area on the map looks large so expecting multiple zones maybe.

The ruins really do start coming thick and fast when you get to a certain point,which is great. I've enjoyed being able to level consistently then.

Following the quests has slowed my levelling for sure, spending time going back to areas where your getting T1/2/3 loot that's useless. Exploration aswell, can lose hours to that

Ive enjoyed trying to piece together what I can...Still very confused though🤣