You literally cannot get invaded in Elden playing solo unless you use the taunters tongue (hence why you always had help at the time), Bloodborne works in a similar way with its Chime Maidens. In this sense it’s far more friendly than some previous entries whereby using embers/humanity opened you to invasions and not…

I disagree, though it’s of course possible. Players engage in all kinds of weird and entertaining behaviour in Souls games PvP, as an invader you generally have little to lose; most won’t invade with a substantial amount of souls/runes so they don’t even bother retrieving them if they get defeated. As such, if I came…

Elden Ring fans left REELING by latest PvP strategy

Many other devs are capable of achieving this, if they had any incentive to do so. It’s much easier to focus on such hi fidelity assets when your game amounts to little more than a walking sim. On a personal level, I think striving for photo realism is an interesting technical pursuit but one that leaves me generally…

It’s an old trick in the souls series but it never fails to entertain.

“but there [are] a few things where Elden Ring seems to be doing things a certain way for a reason”

Probably wasn’t me you saw, but I left this next to the turtle near the two poison spewing pods just yesterday. I know Discworld but I wrote it randomly without that in mind at all. Glad to know someone might get a kick out of it at some point and well done to the person that intended the joke!

It wouldn’t be the first time.

Gabe: “If your customers want it, then you should figure out how to make it happen...”

“Also, we really need to stop calling current gen consoles next gen.”

The timing here really squeezes out the potential this comment had to sound stupid. And it had plenty of potential already.

Based on 6 hours playing only in coop, DL2 is one of the buggiest games I’ve played in years, so much so that I’m shelving it until receives further significant updates. Despite some odd downgrades in some areas from DL1, the core game is fun, looks nice enough and runs well but there are some truly immersion…

Yes, only men enjoy challenging games and they can’t wait to tell everyone about the games they’ve beaten because it’s seen as such a masculine pursuit.

Horizon: Zero Soul

Huge fan of your games, especially Yell of Responsibility and Concluding work of Imagination.

Miyazaki will remember that.

Watching a Troy Baker interview from the last couple of years, is to listen to a guy who has marinated too long in his accolades and success, well deserved though they may be. The way he speaks is so unrelatable and pretentious; he may only be worth a “meagre” 8 million but Jim Carrey’s, “how rich guys laugh at…

The bit about coming super close on the first try, then getting destroyed repeatedly is so relatable. I’m playing a gamepad endangering metroidvania called Aeterna Noctis and, upon initially coming face to face with one of its later bosses, whittled him down to well over half heath before dying. Since then I can…

That moment when you consider offering your opinion on a contentious Kotaku article, notice the shit-show rapidly unfurling below and decide to spend your time reading about Elden Ring horse crotch instead (is it a horse though?)

Like most movies based on a game, being a fan of the game itself will, likely, actively ruin your enjoyment of this one. Only more so as Nolan North and co are so indelibly linked to these characters. It’s like how people get annoyed when watching movies based on their favorite books only more intense because movies…