Okay, I clearly have a FromSoft problem.
In my Bloodborne review, I talked about how I had initially picked the game up when I first bought a PS4 and bounced off of it pretty hard after hitting that first major difficulty spike (stupid sexy Cleric Beast). Then, prompted by nothing other than boredom and a lack of anything else to do, I picked it up again much later and absolutely fell in love with it, plumbing its depths, defeating every boss, and scouring every area. It wasn’t long before I realized that Bloodborne was one of my favorite games of all time. I went from bitten to smitten, from doubter to devotee.
And wouldn’t you know it? It turns out I had the exact same experience with Elden Ring: initial investment, a hard bounce after that first surge of difficulty (Margit, you turd-burglar), and then an eventual comeback where I was captivated, carried away, and empowered, oscillating wildly between acting as a conquering hero and a humbled little bitch. I was blown away and gobsmacked and ready to declare this one of my all-time favorite games too.
No bones about it: this is a great goddamn game… and a total time-gobbler. I’m about 150 hours into it and am still (despite having already gotten one of the endings) chugging along and playing it here and there.
Plus, I still haven’t beaten Malenia. Fuck Malenia.
So yeah. Another positive Elden Ring review. Toss it onto the rubble pile with all the other ones.
In my Bloodborne review, I talked about how I had initially picked the game up when I first bought a PS4 and bounced off of it pretty hard after hitting that first major difficulty spike (stupid sexy Cleric Beast). Then, prompted by nothing other than boredom and a lack of anything else to do, I picked it up again much later and absolutely fell in love with it, plumbing its depths, defeating every boss, and scouring every area. It wasn’t long before I realized that Bloodborne was one of my favorite games of all time. I went from bitten to smitten, from doubter to devotee.
And wouldn’t you know it? It turns out I had the exact same experience with Elden Ring: initial investment, a hard bounce after that first surge of difficulty (Margit, you turd-burglar), and then an eventual comeback where I was captivated, carried away, and empowered, oscillating wildly between acting as a conquering hero and a humbled little bitch. I was blown away and gobsmacked and ready to declare this one of my all-time favorite games too.
No bones about it: this is a great goddamn game… and a total time-gobbler. I’m about 150 hours into it and am still (despite having already gotten one of the endings) chugging along and playing it here and there.
Plus, I still haven’t beaten Malenia. Fuck Malenia.
So yeah. Another positive Elden Ring review. Toss it onto the rubble pile with all the other ones.