I don’t know anyone IRL I can explain this to, or discuss this with
Played Dark Souls for a little, but not much. Elden Ring, I beat and loved.
With Demon’s Souls lately, and this week… I spent no less than 4 days going the wrong. fkn. direction.
Got my little mace, a shield, and a wand for spells (I like being a battle mage, sue me!)
This Maneater boss was beating my ass, so I needed some help.
Found out about a spell I could buy if I could save a witch. So, I went to that level and headed for where I thought the witch was, but I had the world tendency of black, so the game was so much harder and I couldn’t get past these double-spawning black phantom fat officials.
So, I needed some help. Didn’t even understand world tendency, had to Google that a couple times Found out about a way to reset neutral in the first act, if I got rid of some executioner lady. I go back, but she wasn’t there. Needed pure black world tendency, I guess. I go get my little stone to resurrect my body, got killed and then cheesed the executioner by accident because she fell into a pit after she spawned.
Okay, reset to neutral. Go back to area, past where the black phantom fat officials were, and fought my way to a fog door. Where was the witch?? Oh. Oh no.
I had to open a door, behind me the whole time to get a key for a gate nearby the spawn where I’d start each run, for the past four days. Before resetting my world tendency. AND I already had the dang key.
Okay. Pop myself in, get the next key, rescue some joe schmo?? Find out where the witch actually is, through a gate and up some stairs. Well, I’ve already had the dang disguise to get the guy to drop the stairs and could’ve rescued her so easy.
Got her, got the spell. But… Needed another memory slot, so I grind out 3 levels for 18+ INT and can now cast a big fire storm, thinking minimal damage. The spell destroys everything, and it’s fkn awesome.
I take that spell and go burn the man-eater boss dudes with ease in my second try, after fighting a black phantom mind flayer on some stairs and getting my ass kicked 4 times.
Man-eater dead, I can finally move on.
I now understand why folks said Elden Ring was so easy. Still, climbing castles and whipping spells and smackin’ heads with a mace is so freakin’ satisfying. I bought Dark Souls 1 & 2 on sale and I’m so excited to play them. Getting lost and back tracking and figuring out NPC quests, giving up on all that and googling just to find out it’s even easier than I thought or waaayyyyy more confusing is part of the fun. But a mace and an epic spell is all I need, IRL.
I fkn LOVE fromsoft.
I know a lot of people hate on ds2 but it’s honestly a good game. It has its faults. It’s definitely the weakest title, but it’s still a banger if you think of it in a vacuum instead of comparing it to other FromSouls games. If you like the genre, I highly recommend ds3. It is (imo) the most polished by far. I like it better than Elden Ring but that might be a hotter take.
Oh yeah, that’s me for sure. I try not to compare games or listen to the recommended meta or even listen to the hate for not playing a certain way. There’s just not enough wizard media that’s epic. Like Harry Potter was mid until Dumbledore lit up a fire tornado. But that was before J.K. became a J.O.K.E.
I just love it when I can be a knight running castles and throwing massive spells. It might make the game slightly easier, I guess? And people hate that, I guess? But I’m like, my dudes, where else can you cast a spell that calls meteorites to smash a dragon?? Or a freakin’ mana laser beam that melts a god?? Just because I suck at rolling and dodging doesn’t mean I’m not having the time of my freakin’ life!
I keep saying we need more of two types of media:
Epic spells from wizards, witches, warlocks (without a kid friendly setting like HP) that has huge, realistic storylines.
And solid, horrifying mummy films. The two 00s mummy films are fun, but a family-friendly type of fun. The 3rd and Tom Cruise’s version can go to hell. There needs to be an amazing horror version, or at least more of the mummy theme, imo.
Sorry for the rant lol. I don’t get out much. 😅
There is a Tom Cruise mummy movie?
The first two mummy movies are OK. I saw them in the cinema as a kid. Not all that great movies, but entertaining. The Scorpion King spinoff was fine too. 3rd mummy was not very entertaining.
Yeah, Scorpion King was fun when I was a kid.
The Tom Cruise one was forgettable. It wasn’t directly related to the OG trilogy, iirc. It has a lady mummy and was mid AF. The 3rd Mummy was awful with the recast of the main actress.ever since, I’ve been craving a solid mummy horror. Watching the 1st as a kid, when that guy gets his eyeballs taken, I was freaked. I can still hear the character sayin, “my eyes!” Without a tongue lol. Need a good mummy film!