I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella. And I have never known defeat.
I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella. And I have never known defeat.
I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella. And I have never known defeat.
I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella. And I have never known defeat.
I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella. And I have never known defeat.
I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella. And I have never known defeat.
I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella. And I have never known defeat.
I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella. And I have never known defeat.
I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella. And I have never known defeat.
I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella. And I have never known defeat.

After beating the basegame 3 times & the dlc there are a thew things i noticed:

1. The game really likes tree's. Golden Trees, Big Trees, Sentient Trees, Dead Trees, Burning Trees, Tree Knights???
2. Never take a nap in a coffin, you will wake up at some f*cked up places. (Of course you do)
3. NEVER take advice from somebody who played the game before you did, chances are they are 100% wrong and biased because they think there is a "correct way" of beating the game
4. Just play the game the way you want to, this community has some really weird people thinking they do some sort of "pilgrimage" for beating this game a certain way & you're wrong if you dont do it the way they did.
5. Speaking of point 3, Age of Order Ending (Goldmask Dude) is the best one, you cant tell me otherwise

Great Game

I have only killed the first boss so far, it is making me enjoy games again. The way i play is not watching online guides and just exploring.. This is by far the most nostalgic way to play and i recommend to anyone else to do the same.

Truly one of the greatest adventures. Everyone you love and careful will die and you will love every second of it. Praise the Sun.

A cinematically painted drama that makes you feel both the delight of an adventurous child newly born as well as the greed and grief of an elderly, living his last moments. Nothing less expected from the greatest co-op in the contemporary art history (literature, cinema & video game).

You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you say it
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lovely, lovely
I'm so lovely, lovely

This game is the completion of the dark souls formula. A formula that had already greatly influenced the action/RPG genre. The combat system has been refined. We can really jump and do jumping attacks. The addition of the shortcut function (with triangle) allows us to use a multitude of objects much more easily than before. The addition of the open world and the buffalo horse is refreshing. The settings are very diverse. Concerning the Bosses, they are in greater number and with a multitude of patterns. The only thing I didn't like is the PVP. There are only 4 players and the invader is helpless and always alone against 3 players, so he has to make a lot of effort and double it. If there were 6 players, it would have been better, like Dark Souls 3.

First of all this is coming from a guy who didn't had any love for souls-like genre. ELDEN RING is a perfection of it's art. This isn't just a game but also a life lesson. It doesn't matter if you lose because you can always improve yourself and comeback and conquer. This game is even worthy of being the greatest of all time. ELDEN RING gives it's players an enormous freedom in this amazing open world. You can explore like crazy in this game, without a doubt this game has the best exploration there is. Hands down to one of the best lore I've ever seen. A potential #1 for me for sure, or maybe a shared #1 <3

Graphics 5/5
Lore 5/5
World 5/5
Bosses 5/5
Combat 5/5
Soundtracks 5/5
Torrent 500/5

The game is so immersive, rewarding, satisfying and repetitive. What more can you ask for ? Best bucks I've ever spent !! Thanks to Miyasaki, GRRM and Fromsoftware.

0/10 Jar Bairn and Diallos made me cry.
10/10 Malenia stuck me with her sword.
10/10 Patches is still an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
0/10 Master Hewg made me bawl like a child.

Play this game for the challenge. Love this game for the storylines.

TLDR : If you like quest based games (Witcher, Cyberpunk etc.), probably not for you.
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Hm. It's a very well made game, looks good too. World design is great, enemies are nice to fight. But I just have an issue with motivation.

There seems to be this deep story, but I can't find it anywhere. I'm just running around killing stuff. NPC's (the few that exist) all seem to mumble some nonsense, adding to the confusion. There's lots of stuff to see, it just doesn't make any sense. Probably another 50 hours and the story and world will explain itself but after 12 hours I'm sort of struggling to continue because I have no goal. "Become an Elder Lord!", sure...but why? What is the purpose? At least give me something to aim for, outside the end-result of beating the game. I guess I like quest based games WAY better than souls games.
I also don't like how all enemies respawn after resting. Sure, that means you can farm them for XP, but it also makes battles feel pointless. Kill enemies, rest, rinse and repeat. They are all at the same spot doing exactly the same thing. I'm not used to that.
Don't know what to think of the message system, it seems to spoil more than it helps.

I guess the whole point of souls games is beating the bosses. That's your motivation. I just don't seem to care for that much, I like a good story and NPC interaction way better than this. Your character is basically an "empty shell". Don't like that at all.
Can't see myself finishing this game.