But after he became human he wouldn’t speak to me and then after I rested he DIED. I was fucking fuming, why in the ass would that be how his quest ends if you follow that path? Why wouldn’t he speak to me? Why did he randomly die? load of crap.

I don’t think she’s a bad writer (or wasn’t, at her best, with the HP series). The series was conceived of and developed as whimsical children’s fiction; hence why so many of the individual setpieces have become pop culture touchstones, because they’re so individually memorable.

Boc is introduced as an anomaly. He’s a demi-human—a species of typically vicious, ape-like creatures you’ve likely killed in droves before you find him—but one that can think and speak like a person.

You were probably a bit underleveled. I, on the other hand, was slightly overleveled because I had been terrified of facing Radahn after all I had heard about him, only to finally go after him shortly after the nerf without knowing about it, and trouncing him on the first try. I was pretty confused afterwards, since I…

In Dark Souls you had to be human to be invaded. You could choose to play online without risking invasion in those games, as well, just with different rules.

If you don’t summon other players, you will never get invaded in Elden Ring. The messages, genuine and otherwise, and the blood pools are too iconic a part of the franchise to leave out, IMO. 

Well, you need to store your boat for the winter here, and it’s a long winter. It’s more like selling space heaters to Eskimos.

Because Kiev has been the established English spelling. 

You seem to have a very weird definition of “hate”. Being critical about an aspect of a story does not equal hating the whole story. Even this article is essentially saying, “it was good but it could have been even better”. 

There seems to be a fair bit of variation between devices even as it is. I’ve seen a lot of people on YouTube suffer from massive stutter, but I only ever see it when transitioning from one area to another and have never experienced it in combat. 

I don’t think those were meant to be literal ninjas. They’re just guys with knifes and ski masks, a fairly standard criminal kit in a country where guns aren’t easily available. 

That depends on your build, some can take more punishment than the others. Bosses like Magrit can easily break your stride if you get hit, however, and if that happens you’ll be hit many times in a row and probably won’t survive. 

Dark City should collect royalties from The Matrix for all the scenes they copied.

I’m playing on PC. Besides a few overworld stutters when passing from one area to another I haven’t had any issues.

It’s probably not yet an imminent threat, but Putin already shows signs of paranoia towards his own people. He’s ordered several prominent FSB officers under house arrest, ostensibly for flubbing the Ukrainian espionage so badly. The more he starts lashing at the people close to him, the worse it’s going to get for…

Grinding is a lot easier and more fun than in other Soulslike games, since open world lets you explore all the other directions if one feels too difficult for you, and there’s tons ot things to find in the world. 

Also, don’t hesitate to use the spirit summons in a bossfight if it feels too hard, otherwise. I recommend the jellyfish spirit that poisons your enemies and the skeleton militia that keeps coming back after death. You get the spirit summoning bell from an NPC by resting at the Church of Elleh until nighttime, or…

I also accidentally crouch and jump off my horse a lot, but it’s never prevented me from also rolling when needed. I learned something valuable while doing it, though: raising your shield automatically uncrouches you immediately. 

God knows how

Just say that Luke’s hair isn’t naturally blonde but sun-bleached.