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Trying Elden Ring on PC in Steam's two-hour return window!
It's prettier and runs better than Dark Souls: Remastered, but the interface is still surprisingly clunky, I'm still not particularly enjoying the combat, and I'm still not finding the basic game loop compelling; and now there's berry picking and other conventional open world stuff on top of that.
I toggled the Blood option off.
If going more modern in the series has been less compelling for me, I wonder if I went more ancient... |
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And I am getting weird urges to re-purchase this (I hurried through so I could refund it on Steam if I wasn't liking it, but the hurrying probably didn't help the liking) and play it in a super-chillout sort of way. = oo
There was also some speedrun I was watching--probably on Twitch? darned if I can find it now--by a guy who estimated when asked by the presenter that he had maybe 2000 hours in the game and of course he was just running past everything to hit certain bosses for certain things; he got backstabbed and killed by one minion he tried to skip by at the base of a ladder though ^ _^; oh and he got one apparently unfortunate random twin boss who smushed him after a bit, and this was all somehow really endearing.
I kind of am not keen on all the traversal...but then whence these urges to chill out and wander? Oh NO. Well I should probably just re-buy it and stop feeling guilty about having refunded this game I am now feeling unwonted urges for. But I should play Demon's first! And III, which I went ahead and bought for some reason in the last day of the sale! (Skipping II; my excuse for bypassing DS:R and II is that the lighting is all washed out in meshy areas in them, har. I suppose if I love all the others I could always go back to them someday right right.) |
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Making a character and starting Elden Ring! And getting bent out of shape over how the game hides the level up option until you happen to sync 4 waypoints ("Sites of Grace"--not quite as cool as Souls bonfires ; D)--not that it tells you that will happen so for me as a newb it's just "I can't level up, how do I level up????" which seems like a pretty key thing the tutorial just doesn't cover.
2:33 - Options
5:29 - Character Creation
47:09 - Oh! Base Template faces!
57:59 - Intro
1:02:00 - Tutorial
1:09:42 - Grafted Scion
1:15:37 - Cave of Knowledge
1:29:11 - Soldier of Godrick
2:05:16 - Groveside Cave
2:12:40 - Beastman of Farum Azula
2:32:05 - Gatefront Ruins
2:33:52 - Melina (can finally level up!)
2:52:45 - witch Renna
3:11:27 - Boc the Seamster
The pure black skin color didn't have the sort of sparkly quality it has in Dark Souls III so I went with the She-Hulk look instead, that's how original I am! = D Took me a while to realize each character "class" also has a set facial type that's unique to it, ie you couldn't just change from one to the other with the detail sliders! OH. So that's why I was stuck with the massive nasal ridge going Warrior...probably in DS3 too. = oo Much happier with "Truth-Seeker's" facial type--which I was too chicken to try tweaking with the fun-house-mirror sliders ; D--yay!
I was getting a bit of a nauseous feeling after a while--aside from my bad play ; D I think it was something with the camera; for next time I've turned off the "Camera Auto Rotation" and "Cinematic Effects" Camera Options, and changed "Camera Speed" to 7; the manual camera movement isn't as sharp as in the Souls games, but hopefully that'll be enough to stave off nausea. ^ _^ ("Camera Auto Rotation" gradually turns the camera as you run left or right, so you can make big curving paths along the landscape without having to move the camera manually with the right-analog stick; convenient for overland trekking, especially since it frees your right thumb to use the Run button, but it means the camera is constantly moving itself around and I think that was messing with my sense of balance. 8P) (The copious wind-tossed foliage might also be contributing but we'll see. ^ D^) |
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Going in quest of a longbow, then heading toward where I hear there be zweihanders...
2:40 - heading north
7:25 - how about east
22:22 - invaded!
29:14 - Melina
30:20 - Roundtable Hold
39:55 - Camera Auto Wall Recovery
41:05 - Twin Maiden Husks
51:35 - clearing the encampment
1:06:31 - Lordsworn's Greatsword
1:31:40 - Night's Cavalry
1:56:40 - crab jumping
You have to get Melina to teleport you to the secret meeting place--Roundtable Hold--where there's some kind of scam to make money off you being yet another chosen one, and also a couple adorable very dead women who will sell you the longbow and also that thing that says it'll summon a defender when you get invaded--still a bit unclear on whether I'll have to keep reactivating that. To get Melina to teleport you there--after that you can fast-travel there yourself--you have to find a waypoint outdoors in an area that is NOT the starting area--Limgrave--or the peninsular area SE of the starting area; I tried going north but there were like skydiving wolves and big cliffs and gorges, so I found myself pushed into this gruesome red desert to the east, where I promptly got invaded. ; D Hm gotta look up rules on invasion, too...
Couldn't toggle back to two-handed while in Roundtable Hold, once I had Barnacle Smith (not his name) upgrade my club. That was weird.
There seem to be a lot of at least visual references here to that TV show the expensive fantasy writer whose name they stuck on this game also had his name stuck on... ; P
You can loot chests that are kinda hidden on the backs of those huge dark wood wagons! Got a greatsword off'a the one at the north end of the guard encampment; it's not great--not even sure it beats the plus-2 club, really; its uh whatever weapon arts are called now isn't nearly as good but eh well we'll see, I guess it did okay in repeated jumping attacks on that giant crab at the end. ^ _^
Turning "Camera Auto Rotation" off definitely helped with the nausea I'd been feeling in the previous episode; and midway through this episode, found that turning off "Camera Auto Wall Recovery" prevented the camera from rotating off walls in narrow corridors, which was also a bit disorienting.
I like Camera Speed 7--the default is 5--for camera rotation speed--it kinda compensates for the darn slow-in, slow-out motion of Elden Ring's camera--but it might make the bow's free aim (LB) a bit too touchy--aiming is fast, though! Maybe I can get used to it.
So there's an extra-tough horseman with a huge ax on that one bridge south of the guard encampment, but only at night; by the time I got back it was just the regular horseman.
Oh you don't have to hold the Run button while on horseback, just press it once and the horse shifts into high gear. : )
Hm I watched a video that said if you kill those little ball-rolling beetles ("scarabs"), you get handy rewards and stuff, so I guess I should. |
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Going in quest of a Zweihander!
0:23 - SE Limgrave
5:38 - Bridge of Sacrifice
6:20 - Weeping Peninsula
6:31 - Irina
11:23 - Castle Morne Rampart
22:25 - Castle Morne
29:39 - electric bat canyon
34:35 - Morne Tunnel
43:53 - Church of Pilgrimage
52:52 - Weeping Evergaol
53:11 - Walking Mausoleum
58:22 - Minor Erdtree
59:41 - Chanting Winged Dame
1:14:33 - Isolated Merchant's Shack
1:26:23 - Zweihander beach party
1:51:31 - not up to Tree Sentinel just yet ; )
1:59:07 - Stormfoot Catacombs
2:03:45 - Stormgate mid level
2:07:42 - Stormhill Evergaol - Crucible Knight
2:10:45 - Stormgate troll
2:19:37 - Stormhill Shack - Roderika |
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Tweaking the free / manual / zoomed / down-sights / L1 / LB / whatever you call it aiming speed of the bow--longbow in this case--for a game controller
2:17 - Steam Input
5:04 - in practice
6:27 - note on guarding
Coming from FromSoftware's earlier Souls games, the way the camera moves faster while free-aiming the bow with L1--aka LB, but I'm on a DualSense so ; )--in Elden Ring was really throwing me. Fortunately, since I'm playing the Steam version of the game, it was easy to tweak the aiming speed using Steam Input:
- go to the Steam Library page for Elden Ring
- click the little controller icon in the upper-ish right side of the library page
- click the "Edit Layout" button in the Steam Input window that appears
- click "Joysticks"
- click the drop-down menu for "RIGHT JOYSTICK BEHAVIOR" and select "Create a Mode Shift"
- click the Gear icon for the newly-appeared "RIGHT JOYSTICK (MODE SHIFT)"
- click "Select Mode Shift Button(s)" and choose L1 (LB), then click off to the side of that selection window to accept and close the selection window
- move the "Horizontal Scale" and "Vertical Scale" sliders until the aiming speed feels good
Somewhere around 64 for both is feeling like a decent starting spot for me.
It may cause funky feeling when using L1/LB for something else in the game, such as Guarding. (I don't Guard because I'm a neanderthal. ^ _^)
If you ever want to remove the Mode Shift, set its drop-down menu to "None"--this will deactivate it, but the settings you made in it will be restored--at least they were for me on the same computer after a few minutes ^ _^--if you bring it back later by choosing "Create a Mode Shift" from the "RIGHT JOYSTICK BEHAVIOR" drop-down again. |
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15:20 - bad beach grinding
31:44 - Stormgate troll
43:53 - Night's Cavalry (Limgrave)
50:54 - Stormfoot Catacombs
1:26:57 - Erdtree Burial Watchdog
1:43:40 - Stormveil Castle
1:50:37 - Margit, the Fell Omen
2:29:05 - birds
I was really slow to work out that Sorcerer Rogier was an NPC summon rather than a player summon. ; D
Oh TALismans--you can start equipping more of them. Talisman Pouch thingy I got from beating Margit gives another slot. Gotta use that.
Got ideas from some videos for jumping over rather than rolling past some attacks--like maybe the huge axe of that night-time mounted bridge guard south of the guard encampment? Also jumping or even crouching might help to cancel buffered moves, which generally seems a lot harder in ER than it was in say DS3--via rolling or 1/2-hand-swapping, anyway.
At least I figured out I can switch between bow and 2-hander by holding Triangle (aka "Y") and double-tapping L1 or R1. Not great and I keep fumbling it in duress but I think I'll get there...
Having used Steam Input to lower bow aim speed (a right analog Mode Shift via L1) to 64% is working nicely so far.
Wait videos are telling me Ashes of War are freely swappable?! Oh. The game does a terrible job of making that clear, if it is indeed the case. I'll have to try that out...on a backup weapon...
Haven't tried the Zweihander's jumping/running/crouching attacks.
Google is telling me that you can only have one spirit ashes summon at a time (and you maybe have to rest between anyway?) and 2 co-op player summons--well, usually only two co-op summons total I think, be they spirits, NPCs, or players--except that there are apparently very rare circumstances or boss fights in which three allies (players, or 2 NPC & 1 spirit...) can occur--and then there can also be one more player, an invader--or one ally player and one invader who also summons an ally, or something. 'p' |
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Up & down in Stormveil Castle
0:00 - Ashes of War & other new mechanics
24:22 - opening Stormveil Main Gate
27:09 - the back door
53:30 - Brick Hammer
1:15:16 - spinny knight
1:44:39 - Stormveil rooftops
1:59:33 - Imp Statue & Stonesword Key; Iron Whetblade
2:03:24 - Grafted Scion
2:26:27 - Mimic's Veil
2:42:53 - Commoner's Headband (Altered)
2:47:52 - crouch-sniping
2:55:54 - Sorcerer Rogier's chapel
3:12:52 - Roderika in Roundtable Hold
Ooh it looks like I can go back and talk to Roderika and Hewg back and forth and she'll advance to spirit tuning, and also a hood will appear where that memento thing was on that pile of bodies with the dogs. 'p'
Also I gotta use that Golden Seed she gave me to power up my Flask.
Ah, the Grafted Scion butcher thing with all the arms WAS the thing that one-shot me in the tutorial. ; D
And with a bit more peeking at the Fextralife wiki, yeah it looks like I got just about everything on the upper Stormveil rooftops, so don't have to worry about that area anymore.
Liking the look of Commoner's Headband (Altered), this might just have been the best possible "helmet" I could have found. ^ _^ |
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Found an NPC summon to rumble around with in the MASSIVE Stormveil Castle
4:01 - Roderika & Hewg
11:48 - comparing spirit ashes
28:32 - Stormveil - right ramparts
1:00:54 - Lion Guardian
2:24:22 - Nepheli Loux
I occasionally find myself overcompensating while trying fine aiming of the bow, so I'm gonna drop my Steam Input "Mode Shift" right analog joystick speed scaling from 64 to 63.
Hm okay a couple things I gotta do that I learned from the fextralife wiki afterwards:
- the big "Omen" guy in the main castle courtyard can't crack that statue open--you gotta lead the troll all the way in there to whack it
- from the site of grace next to the birds, there's apparently a spot you can drop down to from outside the wall, at that part where the wall juts out--and some stuff down there |
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Exploring some tricky areas in Stormveil Castle
8:07 - Crucible Knight hidden area
57:59 - getting troll to break statue
1:39:05 - Stormveil catacombs
1:48:39 - Ulcerated Tree Spirit |
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Taking on the boss of Stormveil Castle, going after his Great Rune, then exploring more areas in Limgrave
5:58 - Godrick the Grafted
35:44 - beating Godrick
1:12:34 - Two Fingers
1:38:36 - golems (Stormhill)
1:58:45 - Divine Tower of Limgrave
2:34:14 - "Prophecy" Painting site
2:41:41 - Warhawk spirit
2:57:47 - Stonedigger Troll
The Great Rune stuff seems incredibly convoluted, like they were really desperate to pile on a lot of playtime-consuming systems. 'p'
Godrick's got the really annoying, wide-sweeping attacks of some of the worst From bosses--but then, the doesn't really chase you down in his second phase. So, they actually salvaged it into a decent boss fight. ; ) |
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Exploring southern Limgrave and some related areas
9:43 - Flying Dragon Agheel
41:44 - Dragon-Burnt Ruins
54:21 - Bloody Finger Hunter Yura
1:04:14 - Dragon-Burnt Ruins - basements
1:33:15 - Sellia Crystal Tunnel (Caelid)
2:05:16 - Swamp of Aeonia
2:12:34 - losing to Fallingstar Beast
2:41:56 - Warhawk gets stuck in door ; D
2:54:51 - Greyoll's Dragonbarrow
3:12:50 - ambushing the caravan (southern Limgrave)
3:26:27 - Bloody Finger Nerijus NPC invasion
3:41:02 - vs Nerijus w/ Yura
3:49:57 - Mad Pumpkin Head (Waypoint Ruins Cellar)
3:51:40 - Sorceress Sellen
Oh wow fextralife says you can get Yura as a summon vs Agheel, after you've talked to Yura (I hadn't before Agheel); you'd have to find the summon sign at the appropriate Stake of Marika.
Hm I might take a quick poke at Fallingstar Beast without a summon--the summon may have been causing it to do its AOE attacks more; comments on the fextralife wiki make it sound like if you go up close with plain hand-to-hand it could be more of a straightforward fight; I'm still bad at that so probably won't work until I'm like way higher level, but maybe worth a shot just to see. -- Well okay it was probably just one comment saying that and it'll almost certainly just get me murdered even faster. ; D |
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Exploring southern Limgrave and nearby coastal areas
13:20 - definitely failing to kill Fallingstar Beast again
18:45 - Limgrave west southern beach
41:19 - Limgrave west northern beach
44:47 - footprints in the sand
51:27 - land octopus
1:12:34 - Coastal Cave & Boc the Seamster
1:23:26 - defeating Demi-Human Chiefs with Old Knight Istvan
1:40:12 - Church of Dragon Communion
2:08:40 - leap to Weeping Peninsula
2:09:30 - Demi-Human Forest Ruins
2:16:19 - footprints in the forest
2:17:42 - Earthbore Cave
2:23:35 - defeating Runebear
2:47:55 - hill fort
2:59:26 - defeating Bloodhound Knight Darriwil (Forlorn Hound Evergaol)
3:03:34 - definitely still can't beat Crucible Knight (Stormhill Evergaol) |
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Blowing around Stormhill:
8:11 - golem
14:51 - jellies, owls, & boars
45:08 - learning to ride rings around trolls
50:08 - Deathbird round 1
1:14:51 - Deathbird round 2
1:38:26 - Alexander, Warrior Jar
1:59:14 - electrical field |
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14:58 - springhare punts glowing skull! ^ _^ |
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Ransacking northern Limgrave!
0:00 - Stormhill
21:10 - Stormveil path
30:34 - Boc the Seamster
41:19 - Recusant Henricus
45:23 - Limgrave Colosseum
50:16 - smoldering field
1:00:41 - golem
1:11:05 - land octopus gorge
R2 stab w/ R2 uppercut follower sure knocked Henricus for a loop, gosh! |
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Exploring mostly the northern part of East Limgrave
0:37 - mad dash S from Artist's Shack (wrong clue ; D)
3:27 - sleeping bear basement
16:30 - Siofra River Well
30:13 - "epic" air-to-air jump attack on bat 'p'
30:20 - "Homing Instinct" painting goal
41:02 - NW East Limgrave
1:07:38 - Kenneth Haight
1:17:36 - Tibia Mariner (Summonwater Village)
1:32:46 - Anastasia Tarnished-Eater (Smoldering Church, Caelid)
1:41:06 - Gael Cave entrance map confusion 'p'
2:03:28 - Alexander, Warrior Jar (Gael Tunnel)
2:11:42 - Putrid Avatar (Caelid)
2:24:43 - Flask of Wondrous Physick (Third Church of Marika)
2:27:55 - Bestial Sanctum (Dragonbarrow)
2:33:20 - bear vs wolves (East Limgrave)
2:41:56 - jumping the crab (south coast, East Limgrave) |
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Getting through the Siofra River cave world below Mistwood, including two big bosses, one of which I needed the wiki to find:
23:53 - Ancestor Spirit
1:59:30 - the hidden warp
2:22:59 - Dragonkin Soldier
2:31:20 - defeating Dragonkin Soldier
2:44:35 - exploring SE Weeping Peninsula
3:03:20 - Forest Lookout Tower
3:06:48 - Hand Ballista
3:15:05 - Crater-Pocked Glade
3:24:02 - Impaler's Catacombs entrance
3:26:32 - She's dead.
Ah, the fextralife wiki page on Blaidd says Blaidd wasn't down in Siofra River because first I'm supposed to meet Ranni the Witch somewhere in Liurnia. = P So I guess I'll have to remember to pop back down into Siofra once I find Ranni in Liurnia... = P
I gotta stop trying to use the Flask of Wondrous Physick; as in previous Souls games, I'm just too dumb to remember to switch back to my healing flask after using anything else in that shortcut box, so inevitably I'll hit Square, thinking it's healing me, and then I don't actually get the heal because the healing flask isn't highlighted anymore, and I get croaked. ; D |
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Rambling around eastern Weeping Peninsula:
10:54 - Three Wise Beasts riddle
14:14 - Oridys's [sic] Rise
26:16 - Night's Cavalry
50:20 - Callu Baptismal Church
52:59 - Ailing Village
1:13:20 - Deathbird
1:26:57 - teleporting scarab beetle
1:48:15 - Castle Morne Lift
1:58:33 - jump attack KOs 4 'p'
Oh I didn't realize I could target the rider and horse separately! |
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Starting off at 46 hours playtime, I think level 52 or so (ended at lvl 54, anyway) (I'm slow ^ _^), finishing Castle Morne and bumbling around eastern & central Weeping Peninsula, taking out some small copy & paste bosses and catacombs.
I did get killed twice by poison flowers though! ; D
0:00 - Castle Morne ramparts
37:21 - Leonine Misbegotten
1:00:42 - Impaler's Catacombs
1:20:22 - Erdtree Burial Watchdog
1:25:08 - flower party
1:37:21 - Demi-Human Forest Ruins
1:40:50 - Morne Tunnel
1:52:03 - Scaly Misbegotten
2:07:25 - Erdtree Avatar
Finally figured out that white jellyfish = friendly, red jellyfish = unfriendly. ^ _^ |
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Bumbling around central & western Weeping Peninsula and some small dungeons:
0:37 - lightning valley
7:15 - Tombsward Catacombs
20:51 - Cemetery Shade
40:41 - Tower of Return
41:20 - transporter trap to Leyndell, Royal Capital
1:15:42 - Walking Mausoleum
1:26:52 - Fourth Church of Marika
1:35:04 - Witchbane Ruins
1:38:15 - Sorceress Sellen
1:51:40 - Tombsward Ruins
2:01:01 - D, Hunter of the Dead
2:06:16 - Tombsward Cave
2:14:08 - Miranda Blossom |
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Finishing Weeping Peninsula, taking another shot at a tough Limgrave boss, then finding a way down into Liurnia:
0:00 - start
0:58 - Ancient Hero of Zamor - Weeping Evergaol - Weeping Peninsula
7:50 - Night's Cavalry - Limgrave
43:49 - Church of Irith & Sorcerer Thops - Liurnia of the Lakes
50:08 - Execution's Greataxe skeleton
1:31:15 - Adan, Thief of Fire - Malefactor's Evergaol
1:45:25 - dang these little vulgar militiamen
1:56:31 - crabs
2:12:00 - Birdseye Telescope
2:13:07 - Rya the Scout
2:17:11 - Revenant
2:21:02 - teleport to Academy gate
Uh wait so I didn't have 18K runes in this episode--so I didn't lose them. I think? Huh. Senior moments. ; D |
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Exploring Western Liurnia:
0:00 - Academy gate - central Liurnia
9:26 - Lobsters?!?
53:15 - lobster shows me what's up = o
1:00:58 - Boilprawn Shack
1:12:13 - I get eaten by an octopus
1:25:00 - Nepheli Loux & Village of the Albinaurics
1:40:58 - Omenkiller
1:56:58 - back to light load! ;"D
2:02:30 - Converted Tower shortcut
2:09:39 - Erdtree Avatar
2:21:32 - Edgar the Revenger
2:28:07 - singing bat
2:34:26 - glow trolls
2:55:37 - caravan trouble (mage balls 'p')
3:29:01 - teleporting invisible mages 'p'
3:33:36 - Smithing Master Iji
Oh shoot I still gotta take a grape to that blind girl I think.
Got a copyright claim on music in the video! It's just the game soundtrack occurring on its own during gameplay, the 2022 game Elden Ring with music composed by FromSoftware Sound Team, but 52.00 to 52.10 of the video was claimed to be using a 2024 track called "Saxo" by some group called "Franarchy," claimed by "The Orchard Music on behalf of REAL LIVE." ; P I've disputed the claim. |
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Exploring North Liurnia:
0:00 - Smithing Master Iji
2:34 - Caria Manor environs
12:09 - The Ravine
22:34 - Fingercreepers
48:00 - Ruin-Strewn Precipice
1:27:23 - Magma Wyrm Makar
1:52:59 - White Mask Varre (Rose Church)
1:55:45 - Lesser Sanguine Noble
2:12:34 - Glintstone Dragon Smarag
2:23:15 - Ensha of the Royal Remains
2:25:20 - Royal Remains Armor
2:45:29 - Smarag round 2
My DualSense was freaking out! Dropping inputs--especially noticeable on the analog sticks. Restarting the game and power-cycling the controller fixed it. Never had that problem before! : P
Engvall wasn't very good at engaging Smarag. The even more expensive Lhutel the Headless and his spear throwing didn't seem a TON more effective... I dunno. |
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Exploring central & east Liurnia:
16:56 - Tetsu's Rise & three wise beasts (Sorcerer's Isle)
37:09 - no Boc
42:21 - Walking Mausoleum
1:06:15 - abductor virgin
1:10:58 - Death Rite Bird
1:27:55 - lesser runebear
2:06:15 - oh there's Boc 'p'
2:16:27 - spectral troll
2:25:44 - Lightseeker Hyetta
Seamster Boc isn't placed quite where his map marker appears in his position outside the Academy's NE gate. 'p'
I think I keep calling the Walking Mausoleums "Wandering Mausoleums." ; D |
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Eastern Liurnia:
0:00 - messing w/ that spectral troll some more
17:30 - Night's Cavalry (Liurnia South)
35:33 - Highway Lookout Tower
50:25 - Tibia Mariner
57:46 - Leyndell Knight
1:09:51 - Artist's Shack - Resurrection Painting
1:19:23 - Jarburg
2:09:55 - Preceptor Miriam (Carian Study Hall)
2:22:38 - one-shot by rat ; D
2:37:55 - School of Graven Images
2:41:15 - Ainsel River Well
2:46:52 - Golem
2:50:12 - Giant Ants
Oh jeez according to the fextralife wiki there's another Night's Cavalry in Liurnia, farther north.
Kinda frustrating I gotta do other stuff in other areas before I can finish the Resurrection Painting, Jarburg, and Carian Study Hall things. : P |
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1:35 - Ainsel River
50:41 - Malformed Star
1:05:00 - Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella
1:11:44 - runes invisible?? ; D
1:29:10 - cheesing Flame Chariot
1:39:53 - Mausoleum Knight
1:54:39 - Walking Mausoleum 1
1:59:14 - Walking Mausoleum 2
2:05:54 - Erdtree Avatar
2:18:07 - this sniper is a really good shot = o
Was brain dead and ran into boss fight with 15K runes (and then forgot to pick them up when killed! 'ppp').
(Oh hm I dunno if I noticed before that the compass--which also shows direction to dropped runes--isn't rendered during boss fights.)
(And then my second-dropped runes were marked on the compass but invisible after the boss fight!) |
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North-east Liurnia
0:00 - Church of Vows - Preceptor Miriam
6:31 - I fail at Sorcery
42:55 - I fail at map reading
56:48 - winding up the boring NE plateau
1:29:51 - Frenzy-Flaming Tower
2:05:29 - Festering Fingerprint Vyke
2:14:27 - Church of Inhibition
Couldn't find a simple explanation of how Sorcery works in the game. I guess I need to equip the right staff or talisman or whatnot? Then maybe you load up spells on the top d-pad tab, uh, somehow? Under Sorceries in Inventory? Anyway I'd need to pump lots of stats to do that so I'm not gonna; think I'm better off just whacking things with sticks.
Also I was coming off a migraine--from not getting to bed on time all week probably ; D--and I think my brain wasn't working very well. 8 P |
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Dungeon diving in Liurnia:
17:55 - Lightseeker Hyetta
19:54 - Lakeside Crystal Cave
36:02 - Latenna the Albinauric
54:30 - Road's End Catacombs
1:08:49 - Spiritcaller Snail
1:30:58 - Bols, Carian Knight (Cuckoo's Evergaol)
1:53:28 - okay 'p'
I can't dodge big, delayed swings for beans. ; DDDn
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Tripping around tiny dungeons in Liurnia of the Lakes:
2:14 - Academy Crystal Cave
15:45 - Crystalian (Spear) & Crystalian (Staff)
22:42 - Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel
56:02 - Crystalian
1:00:09 - Black Knife Catacombs
1:09:02 - thought this 2nd crab came out of a newly opened room 'p'
1:34:10 - w/ D Hunter of the Dead vs Black Knife Assassin
Pretty sure spending too long rambling around the open world has addled my ol' brain. ; D I fell down mine shafts at least five times! ; DDDDD
So maybe Academy Crystal Cave is a way into the Academy that gets around using one of the keys? |
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The tallest tower and the last couple tiny dungeons in Liurnia:
0:00 - how to play naked (but not necessarily well ; D)
4:29 - Academy Crystal Cave to highest tower
11:15 - Stillwater Cave
20:30 - Cleanrot Knight
23:34 - Cliffbottom Catacombs
1:15:12 - ah
1:27:00 - Erdtree Burial Watchdog
I really gotta remember about those Rainbow Stone things for checking safe fall distance. ; ) |
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Entering Caria Manor:
1:31 - fingercreepers
22:17 - Engvall gets ambushed
1:22:13 - Engvall vs Troll Knight |
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Upper reaches of Caria Manor:
6:02 - lotta fingercreepers
16:19 - jam
34:55 - awkward with an abductor virgin
48:07 - Royal Knight Loretta
55:13 - Three Sisters
1:08:24 - Glintstone Dragon Adula
1:15:54 - Ranni's Rise
Okay so I guess Renna WAS just Ranni under a fake name; that's what the fextralife wiki says, anyway. : P Seems unnecessarily confusing! ; D |
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0:00 - Three Sisters
21:20 - Pidia
44:22 - "Resurrection" Painting site
1:00:23 - Onyx Lord (Royal Grave Evergaol)
1:04:14 - Red Wolf of Radagon
1:10:13 - Temple Quarter
1:20:04 - Academy Gate Town
1:48:17 - Finger Reader Crone
1:53:03 - hidden scarab beetle |
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Before entering the Academy, a few last field tasks in Liurnia:
0:00 - South Raya Lucaria Gate
7:34 - The Four Belfries
20:54 - Crumbling Farum Azula
51:19 - Bloody Finger Ravenmount Assassin
52:42 - Yura, Hunter of Bloody Fingers
1:02:06 - restless wolf leg
1:15:50 - Preceptor Seluvis' secret cellar (Three Sisters) |
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Into Raya Lucaria Academy:
1:04:14 - abductor virgin
1:17:00 - Red Wolf of Radagon |
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In Raya Lucaria Academy, Liurnia of the Lakes:
0:00 - courtyard
25:46 - pinball
43:53 - Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon
55:54 - this is where it gets confusing
1:31:48 - academy secrets |
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In Raya Lucaria Academy, Liurnia...
0:00 - Academy rooftops
21:02 - high page
37:42 - Sorcerer Rogier
1:22:42 - Sorcerer Thops
1:28:53 - Caelid
1:50:47 - monstrous crow
2:05:20 - Putrid Avatar |
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Caelid
31:09 - Knights of the Great Jar
51:35 - the one I managed to beat
1:10:29 - greatbow jerk at Fort Gael
1:54:47 - bug basement
2:20:12 - fire troll & freeze!
2:24:01 - Decaying Ekzykes
2:29:20 - Ekzykes gets caught in the cliff
2:41:21 - rat bbq battle |
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Caelid
1:15 - Redmane Castle warp
4:26 - beastwars
24:22 - Lion Guardian
31:52 - troll potted
34:55 - crows steal my p.o.g.
51:15 - Commander O'Neil
1:02:35 - Sellia, Town of Sorcery
1:44:55 - pot troll
Gotta:
- check that painting I got in Sellia
- get back to that hut at some point
- check that sick girl again at some point?
- get that loot outside the gatehouse next to that hut
--and lots of other stuff around that whole area sheesh |
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Caelid
0:50 - Nox Swordstress & Nox Monk
5:08 - Chapel of Anticipation
10:08 - Grafted Scion
35:16 - Liurnia's lobster-disguised Grafted Scion
38:03 - Roundtable Hold - Rogier & Nepheli
46:31 - Millicent (back in Caelid)
1:06:28 - try rolling (secret cave)
1:11:56 - Greyoll's Dragonbarrow
1:32:55 - Elder Dragon Greyoll
1:56:10 - Battlemage Hugues (Sellia Evergaol) |
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Caelid
26:02 - Putrid Avatar
1:05:37 - Lenne's Rise
1:18:42 - Flying Dragon Greyll
1:43:24 - Bestial Sanctum cliffs
The NE Dragonbarrow open world feels a little underdeveloped. 'p' |
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Falling off tall structures in Caelid
0:58 - Bestial Sanctum buttresses
39:35 - silly baby dragon
55:08 - Divine Tower of Caelid
1:33:20 - accidentally landing on Isolated Merchant
According to Google search result's talking mouth thingy, "bestial" is pronounced like "bes-chul"--not "beez-chial." |
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Hitting 100 hours. At character level 88.
0:00 - west Swamp of Aeonia
41:56 - Caelem Ruins
59:47 - Mad Pumpkin Head (Hammer) & MPH (Flail)
1:09:18 - Gael Tunnel
1:19:26 - Magma Wyrm
1:25:09 - Gaol Cave
1:39:22 - Frenzied Duelist
1:55:33 - Fort Gael
2:14:06 - Caelid Catacombs
2:19:53 - Cemetery Shade
2:25:46 - Sellia Crystal Tunnel
2:28:02 - Fallingstar Beast
2:40:23 - Sellia Hideaway
3:03:12 - Putrid Crystalian (Staff), PC (Ringblade), PC (Spear)
3:09:55 - Fort Faroth
3:33:16 - Grand Lift of Dectus
3:34:23 - Altus Plateau
Oh oops the Magma Wyrm had his sword from the start, he didn't "take his own tail" like I mumbled. : P
Heck, by this list of the game's major dungeons https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Legacy+Dungeons , I may only be a third or even a fourth of the way through the game. ; D
Smithing Stone 6 seems to be purposefully rare; you get later ones but not 6s until later lands, like you get 5 from a certain field boss--actually another Fallingstar Beast or something like it--in Altus Plateau, and others from other areas I don't even know how to get to yet. I think I'll take a shot at that Altus field boss; maybe I can upgrade my weapons finally if I can take them out. : P
That impossible 2024 "Saxo" by Franarchy music track copyright claim by "The Orchard Music on behalf of REAL LIVE" struck for the third time, this time on 10 (!!) segments of the video, most about 10 seconds long--three were bigger: one about 50 seconds, another about 3 minutes, and one ~6 min--so there are little jumps throughout the video. The claim appears to be on the generic Caelid--or wherever--dungeon exploration music. ; P |
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A misguided but still somewhat fruitful raid into Altus Plateau, then clearing more dungeons in Caelid
4:47 - Fallingstar Beast (Altus Plateau)
22:00 - Dragonbarrow Cave
49:47 - Beastman of Farum Azula (Throwing Knife) & Beastman of Farum Azula (Cleaver)
58:18 - Divine Tower of Caelid
1:18:36 - Godskin Apostle
Smithing Stone 6s aren't as much of a weapon upgrade bottleneck as I'd thought--'cause I still need a bunch of Smithing Stone 5s. Oops! ; D Silly me. 'p'
Fextralife wiki says there's a breakable statue north of Sellia Crystal Tunnel in Caelid w/ three Smithing Stone 5s in it; you gotta get a nearby dragon to smash the statue open. I'll have to try that.
Altus Plateau and the city east of it look neat after the muddle of Caelid. ; P
It isn't very clear from the wiki--or the game--but I guess I have to beat the big boss in Redmane before I can get into the top of the Divine Tower of Caelid? Blargh. They could'a let you in and then said you don't have the item to activate here or whatever.
The bottom of the tower was kind of interesting, at least, and I actually kind of enjoyed that boss fight. And heck the fight against the Beastmen in Dragonbarrow was pretty fun, too. Dang those guys hit hard. ... Even cheesing that darn cave bear at the start of that cave was sort of interesting, although I didn't quite figure out how it sometimes one-shot me but other times didn't. And I don't think those poison arrows confused it...but something was definitely different about the AI the last time I went at it, where it was then hanging back instead of trying to rush at me. And how did I miss that opening to the right in the cavern where you first encounter it? Man.
Seem to have hit the point where I have to armor/talisman up to survive certain encounters; that happened in Dark Souls 3, too--although that game overall felt harder, but then again I'm probably still in the early game (!!) here in Elden Ring. ; D So: will I hit the point I hit in DS3, where I'll absolutely need co-op help to beat certain bosses? Co-op is really fun of course, but when it becomes required, that's a drag that puts me off replaying...although I suppose since this game is about 3x more active, it won't be as hard to find help when needed--but it does become a consideration that could put me off replaying; it's definitely put me off wanting to replay DS3, anyway. Would it be better if you didn't need to activate a consumable item in order to see co-op summon signs?
I'm so ridiculously dependent in Engvall (drat these names) to survive against bosses already. ; D It's definitely what I wanted for previous Souls games--a robot co-op buddy--although I wish he wouldn't vanish all the time...which I suppose is what makes the delicate balance feel a bit terrifying...which I suppose is what Miyazaki always wants, ie the player on edge. Dang that guy. ; D I hope he keeps having fun making these player torture chambers for a long time to come, 'cause what else would I do with myself? (Play a lot of Angband, I suppose? I've never got real far in that roguelike and have no idea if it gets boring after x playthroughs. ; ))) |
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9:01 - dragon busts statue
23:03 - Redmane Castle
1:08:11 - Starscourge Radahn (Wailing Dunes)
Fextralife wiki says there's different stuff to do in Redmane Castle now; I'll hafta go back there. |
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After defeating Radahn in the Redmane Castle festival, running into two STRONGER opponents around the Wailing Dunes:
0:00 - War-Dead Catacombs
55:26 - Putrid Tree Spirit
2:56:56 - survived getting swallowed! = oo
3:03:57 - You can't swallow me, I'm swallowing youUUUUUU!!!
3:17:25 - cliff golem
Finally had to learn about Rune Arcs and Physicks. ; D
OH I see, the grease was getting used--but I'd still have 10 showing in my inventory after I respawned because you can only carry 10 at a time, so it was pulling from the overflow in my storage chest.
Still gotta
- defeat that golem
- fix Radahn's Great Rune thingy at the Divine Tower of Caelid
- check the post-festival stuff in Redmane Castle
- investigate Radahn's new "red spot" crater in Mistwood (East Limgrave) |
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Trying to defeat the "unique" beam-shooting, halberd-wielding golem on a ledge overlooking Caelid's Wailing Dunes:
4:51 - the golem
1:06:03 - getting Lion Greatbow
1:23:03 - Lion Greatbow vs golem
1:51:23 - Divine Tower of Caelid (upper)
2:00:33 - Starfall Crater
2:09:51 - Nokron, Eternal City |
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In Nokron, Eternal City
32:13 - Mimic Tear
1:37:10 - big red fox
1:55:50 - dumb
1:57:05 - dumber
1:59:05 - bow vs Regal Ancestor Spirit
2:04:24 - sword vs RAS |
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In Nokron, Eternal City
15:56 - Mimic Tear Ashes
25:25 - big ball!
32:06 - Mimic Tear clone!
50:30 - Siofra Aqueduct knights
1:10:16 - D, Beholder of Death
1:18:31 - D, Hunter of the Dead
1:24:22 - Fia, Deathbed Companion
1:30:23 - the secret room
1:51:09 - D, Beholder
Wait is "Fia" short for "necrophilia"? = o |
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2:10 - Valiant Gargoyle & Valiant Gargoyle (Twinblade)
30:59 - didn't realize hadn't summoned Engvall gargh could won it here
39:55 - getting triggered after my own stupidity ; D
47:42 - flying coffin to Deeproot Depths
My mimic tear clone does help generate more critical hits or whatever they're called with her zweihander, but also seems to die easier than Engvall, even when I armor her up. I suppose eventually I'll get better armor... (Although I secretly like to flatter myself in thinking that the CPU just doesn't know how to play in my cheap, desperately cowardly way har uhh.) I guess I'll probably try to level it up more, too.
Man those bosses were sure into dumping their poison, eesh.
Speaking of which, I also babble about my paranoia over representation in early '60s Kirby comics and my own characters, which nobody wants to hear which uh I guess is why I can't seem to help myself from inflicting here on the internet, that wonderful and terrible emotional sponge of last resort, oh dear. |
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Bears, basilisks, and sky-spanning giant tree roots in Deeproot Depths
0:00 - barrage of basilisks!
11:31 - grouchy cave bear
30:37 - bear again
1:34:43 - magic coffin ride to Ainsel River Main (briefly)
1:48:03 - cave bear 2 = oooo
1:53:24 - high root act w/ greatbows & basilisks
Waah waah I miss dungeons waahh waah ; D |
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A bad bear and two optional boss fights--and maybe wrapping up a character story?
0:00 - Deeproot Depths
1:52 - bear
12:17 - Fia's Champions, Sorcerer Rogier, & Lionel the Lionhearted
28:31 - Fia
35:09 - warp to Leyndell, Royal Capital
41:52 - Melina
43:43 - Boc the Seamster removes capes
48:36 - Smithing Master Hewg mutters about god-slaying
57:02 - Crucible Knight Siluria (Deeproot Depths)
1:05:33 - Ainsel River Main, Uhl Palace Ruins, & Ainsel River
1:45:55 - Nokstella, Eternal City
Fortunately the bear's AI broke this time. ^ _^ |
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0:00 - slimes, snails, ant riders (Nokstella, Eternal City)
1:14:12 - Mushroom Crown (Lake of Rot)
1:20:56 - Dragonkin Soldier
1:46:31 - Ulcerated Tree Spirit (Grand Cloister) |
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0:00 - Grand Cloister (Lake of Rot)
17:13 - Astel, Naturalborn of the Void
49:30 - vs Astel w/ maxed Engvall ashes
1:09:30 - Redmane Castle
1:12:47 - Misbegotten Warrior & Crucible Knight
Oh I remembered what I'd been thinking about when the comparison to these slick Elden Ring boss areas I've been seeing lately popped into my head--I was thinking about how Virtua Fighter 5--through to VF5 Final Showdown--was sort of the apex of Sega AM2's years and years of slick arcade graphics, that smooth surprisingly low-poly style they had that just evoked things so well with relatively little detail; how that was a different approach than the intricate environments of these FromSoftware boss areas but still showing a pretty high mastery of the craft. ... I suppose those weird twisted teardrop sprite strings in Astel's antechamber were all right. ; ) |
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0:00 - Altus Plateau
12:41 - Godefroy the Grafted (Golden Lineage Evergaol)
25:58 - crafting Rainbow Stones from Ruin Fragments
35:58 - Night's Cavalry
48:15 - ogres? (can't find these on fextralife wiki)
1:12:09 - Tibia Mariner (Wyndham Ruins)
Oh yeah I gotta take that Beast Eye or whatever to that guy in east Caelid.
Oh Tibia's Summons was a Sorcery. 'p' |
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0:00 - Altus Plateau
30:50 - Eleonora, Violet Bloody Finger (Second Church of Marika)
44:14 - Mirage Riddle
1:19:16 - Mirage Rise
Still gotta:
- use that knife key thing in Liurnia
- take that thingy to that beast guy in east Caelid |
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0:00 - Altus Plateau
13:25 - Wormface
45:38 - troll destroys own wagon
59:36 - Sanguine Noble
1:03:47 - Magnus the Beast Claw (Writheblood Ruins)
1:34:11 - Godskin Apostle (Dominula, Windmill Village) |
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48:07 - Ancient Dragon Lansseax |
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0:00 - Altus Plateau
17:11 - Black Knife Assassin
21:53 - Sainted Hero's Grave
1:11:40 - Ancient Hero of Zamor
1:19:07 - Tree Sentinels |
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0:00 - failing west from Altus Plateau
11:49 - Maleigh Marais, Shaded Castle Castellan
15:33 - Anastasia, Tarnished-Eater (Mt. Gelmir)
24:35 - Lesser Ulcerated Tree Spirit (Capital Outskirts)
55:00 - Valiant Gargoyle
1:03:52 - Margit, the Fell Omen (Commoner transformation)
That was a lot of surprise boss-types! Maleigh Marais was the only new one.
Yeah it was Anastasia in Caelid as well as here in Mt. Gelmir--and apparently she'll show up one more time in yet another land, too! She doesn't seem to be getting any tougher, though... |
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0:00 - Capital Outskirts
5:16 - helicopter skellys
7:50 - skeletal snails
31:35 - big guy guarding tree
40:20 - three golems
50:29 - Draconic Tree Sentinel
55:32 - Great Horned Tragoth vs Draconic Tree Sentinel
1:08:07 - Blackguard
1:08:46 - crusty crab
1:17:39 - gorilla bear breaks statue
1:29:43 - Altus Tunnel
1:39:51 - Crystalian (Spear) & Crystalian (Ringblade)
1:47:30 - Perfumer's Grotto hidden entrance |
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0:00 - Leyndell, Royal Capital
37:30 - falling off onto the rooftops
54:10 - jump! |
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0:00 - Leyndell, Royal Capital
15:36 - Lion Guardian
21:56 - Lesser Omenkiller
55:20 - Valiant Gargoyle
1:19:40 - forgot R1 not great vs rats ; D
1:22:35 - jumping R2 great vs rats = D
1:27:52 - Lesser Ulcerated Tree Spirit
1:48:59 - hug mob (Insane Albinaurics)
(I uploaded that hug mob bit ^ as its own blooper video: https://youtu.be/F1Vf914ljF0 .)
Leyndell is FINALLY another big non-open-world area, first one since Stormveil Castle at the start of the game. So that's nice although I'm starting to hope Miyazaki's next game is just one huge castle & dungeon with less of the bumbling around at ground level stuff, even inside the castle--ie I want to be in weird 3D mazes either deep in the ground or way high up in kooky towers. ; D
Remaining directions to go:
- big doors at both ends of main street
- ratty sewer
- giant root
Also I'm starting to fantasize about a level of running around on giant flowers--as opposed to giant roots. ; D |
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0:00 - Leyndell, Royal Capital - Subterranean Shunning-Grounds
1:09:46 - Leyndell Catacombs
1:25:37 - 1st fake catacomb
1:40:08 - 2nd fake catacomb
1:46:11 - fake boss fight
Those stun-ignoring attacks of the Omens are a real pain; it suckers you into trying rush for that fourth hit to get the stun, then throws in one of those when you're already committed and it's too late to get out of the swing to dodge, then wham and it's a one-hit kill combo on you, wheeee. ; D Should'a been patient and just swung one at a time, of course--but of course I couldn't resist mashing for that stun... |
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0:00 - Subterranean Shunning-Grounds [ Leyndell, Royal Capital ]
1:10:50 - Dung Eater
1:21:40 - Dung Eater also
1:25:54 - Mohg, the Omen |
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0:00 - Leyndell, Royal Capital--to east end of main street
37:15 - oh it's like Roundtable Hold
51:21 - "Flightless Bird" painting
56:29 - "Flightless Bird" painting site
1:09:50 - warp to Isolated Divine Tower
1:21:31 - Godfrey, First Elden Lord
Places to go:
- boss fight w/ creepy girl assist
- up the big root past where I got off for the last boss fight (forgot to check this)
- elevator down to ramparts
- two Morgott seals: far end of main street and bottom of Subterranean Shunning-Grounds |
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0:00 - Leyndell, Royal Capital
2:50 - Morgott, the Omen King
27:50 - Subterranean Shunning-Ground jumping puzzle
59:47 - light my eyes
1:33:28 - hiding it in the mirror 'p'
That jumping puzzle was pretty weak, and then I didn't realize going along to the meeting down there would like permanently scar my character and change her eyes. Buuut you can change it visually in the usual make-up mode afterwards so no biggie I guess.
I was still so annoyed I didn't even realize I didn't need to be in that part of Darkroot Garden. ; P
I suppose I'll use that needle whatever thingy to get rid of the flame if I ever get the needle and remember.
Leyndell places to go:
- elevator down to ramparts
- Morgott seal: far end of main street |
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0:00 - Capital Outskirts
5:52 - Fell Twins
9:51 - Divine Tower of East Altus
28:45 - secret elevator nook
32:59 - Leyndell, Royal Capital (ramparty bit in the middle)
56:52 - Forbidden Lands
1:07:09 - Night's Cavalry
1:23:32 - Night's cheese
1:40:54 - Black Blade Kindred
1:50:09 - beating Black Blade Kindred
I'm so crabby to be back in the open world after Leyndell dungeons. = PPPP |
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0:00 - Perfumer's Grotto (Altus Plateau)
13:25 - Omenkiller & Miranda the Blighted Bloom
22:21 - Sealed Tunnel (Capital Outskirts)
48:08 - Onyx Lord
56:55 - Leyndell, Royal Capital
1:35:37 - Erdtree Avatar
Fighting through headache fuzziness at the start there but it didn't turn into a migraine and things got kinda interesting--if maybe a bit too branching!--in the city. |
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0:00 - Auriza Side Tomb (Capital Outskirts)
37:09 - Grave Warden Duelist (& baby pots)
46:27 - the stone bridge
1:42:09 - Aurelia & Aureliette
Still gotta get Dung Eater to invade me in the Leyndell moat I guess. |
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0:00 - Mountaintop of the Giants
22:00 - (Duplicating) Erdtree Avatar
52:09 - DETH RUUF TOWER ;P
57:09 - Tibia Mariner (snow)
1:20:16 - Death Rite Bird
1:37:57 - the cheapest junk ; D
1:42:39 - or this cheapest junk ; DDDDD
OH man they're just cloning old field bosses and giving them more damage stuff 'pppp'
Oh yeah I still gotta get Dung Eater to ambush me at the Capital Outskirts moat. : P |
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1:56 - Blackguard Big Boggart (Capital Outskirts)
2:49 - Dung Eater invasion
16:35 - Wandering Mausoleum (Mountaintop of the Giants)
28:57 - Castle Sol
1:11:10 - Commander Niall
1:23:22 - Haligtree Secret Medallion (Left)
The fextralife wiki says Commander O'Neil--from the central swamp in Caelid--is "another variant" of Niall.
So now that I have that second half of the Haligtree medallion I can supposedly go back to the uh grand lift of rold or whatever and select a different destination. |
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0:00 - Frozen Lake - Mountaintop of the Giants
13:30 - Map: Mountaintop of the Giants, East
18:32 - frozen by Borealis the Freezing Fog
30:08 - Hidden Path to the Haligtree
38:36 - Consecrated Snowfield
1:04:05 - Map: Consecrated Snowfield
1:09:26 - Stalwart Horn Charm Plus 1
1:13:40 - Borealis the Freezing Fog
1:33:03 - lotsa lobsters
1:44:26 - "Sorcerer" painting site
1:55:52 - Spiritcaller Cave
2:01:52 - Inaba, Disciple of Okina
2:15:37 - Godskin Apostle / Godskin Noble / Spiritcaller Snail
So I was going for the east map, then the medallion to protect against the dragon's freezing breath, which led me to the west map. 'p' |
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0:00 - Roundtable Knight Vyke - Lord Contender's Evergaol (Mountaintop of the Giants)
20:25 - Heretical Rise
55:08 - Guardian's Garrison
1:01:48 - Chief Guardian Arghanthy
1:11:27 - Flame Peak
1:44:32 - beast-a-thon
2:15:45 - Bloody Finger Okina invasion |
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0:00 - Church of Repose (Flame Peak)
1:26:31 - Fire Giant
Oh dang the fextralife wiki says there was a summon sign for Alexander (the animated pot) INSIDE the southern boss arena fog gate. Sheesh. Oh well the boss is actually not so hard once you work out the fairly simple first and second phase patterns--you just gotta back off a few times, basically. |
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0:00 - Giant-Conquering Hero's Grave (Flame Peak)
45:48 - Ancient Hero of Zamor
52:25 - Forge of the Giants
58:20 - Crumbling Farum Azula
1:14:26 - a Farum Azula dragon
1:30:08 - mortuary or whatever |
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0:00 - Crumbling Farum Azula
35:29 - Stonesword Key to bonus area
1:01:06 - lesser Farum Azula dragon |
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0:00 - crucible knight (Crumbling Farum Azula)
56:15 - Dragonlord Placidusax
1:51:44 - Lion Greatbow vs Placidusax
2:07:50 - greater Farum Azula dragon
2:18:15 - 2nd crucible knight
2:32:42 - crucible knight jumps out da window!
Forgot about that Lion Greatbow--pretty good at taking out dragons, it turns out, even with my button fumbling. Oh hey my Lion is only at plus 5, I could probably pump that up to 10. And if I'd allocated one more FP flask, the fight against ol' 'Sax would'a been a lot less troublesome. ; )
Well, would'a helped too if I'd looked up those two Physick tears that sounded a bit too good to be true, 'cause it turns out they weren't doing anything for me in that fight. ; D |
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7:42 - Crumbling Farum Azula
15:37 - Draconic Tree Sentinel
50:41 - Maliketh, the Black Blade
1:55:58 - Maliketh w/ Rune Arc
Oh that was a Draconic Tree Sentinel. They're sure building those tough these days. 8 P
There was an NPC invasion by Recusant Bernahl in there, according to fextralife wiki, except I haven't done the uh volcanic whatever stage yet to advance some questline or other, so it didn't happen.
Maliketh was too fast and too low-surface-area for the Lion Greatbow, turns out. ; D Rune Arc's HP boost sure helped vs his DOT damage, which could add up fast. |
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0:00 - Leyndell, Ashen Capital
10:41 - Boc the Seamster
1:10:45 - Crimson Amber Medallion plus 2
1:16:10 - Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing
1:48:47 - Erdtree's Favor plus 2
2:06:27 - Kenneth Haight
2:14:30 - Nepheli Loux
I'd failed to distinguish "Leyndell, Royal Capital"--which I played through some time back--from "Leyndell, Capital of Ash" in the fextralife wiki game progress route guide, so I was confused about where the game's endgame actually WAS ; D. And somehow I'd failed to find it elsewhere by googling--probably everyone else just took it for granted that it was obvious. ; DD I wanted to know so I could be sure NOT to stumble into it accidentally, because I want to do the DLC first, and make sure I have a chance to try to tie up other loose ends.
So as everyone else probably knows, the endgame IS in Leyndell, Ashen Capital (that's a different version of Leyndell, Royal Capital, that appears after a certain plot point--you'll know because the game teleports you there to make sure you don't miss it. ; D), which for some reason fextralife calls "Capital of Ash" in their route guide. Ashen Capital is basically a big ash dune with a few treasures scattered around a doorway into a series of end game boss battles. I did the first battle--which is quite easy--but I'm going to leave the rest--which you might have to do back-to-back? not sure--until after I do the DLC and everything else.
Cute misdirection with NPC Haight: you meet him early in the game and he seems like an obvious lying jerk, so I didn't want to work for him, so never progressed his quest--but in the game's usual completely unintuitive way, his quest gated my best girl Nepheli Loux's quest, so her quest never progressed and I hadn't been able to figure out why. ; D At least it's a pleasant twist to a quest (Haight's), for once, rather than the usual depressing type--so really caught me by surprise. ; )) Similar to the imaginary twist I was fantasizing about for Boc, actually.
Oh yeah I should check up on Boc's quest. And supposedly Sellen's quest can be advanced in Gelmir, which is where I've been planning to go next. Eh maybe I should take another stab at those three Limgrave field bosses some time here, too. ; D |
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0:00 - Mt. Gelmir stony terraces
28:04 - Volcano Cave
38:07 - Demi-Human Queen Margot
42:50 - Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast
46:25 - I get rolled
1:09:35 - Mt. Gelmir map
1:21:56 - Volcano Manor
1:25:58 - Inquisitor Ghiza
1:35:58 - joined the Manor (Tanith)
1:37:22 - Rya & Knight Bernahl |
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0:00 - Volcano Manor Spirit
3:57 - vs Gurranq, Beast Clergyman (Bestial Sanctum, Caelid)
5:01 - don't show me a Talk prompt during a fight, I won't notice it apparently ; D
20:08 - Volcano Manor |
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0:00 - Volcano Manor - lava slugs
20:50 - Magma Wyrm
24:16 - Whipsie
26:23 - Godskin Noble
48:53 - basilisk gang |
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0:00 - Volcano Manor
12:21 - Potato Head
38:28 - Serpent Hunter
40:16 - God-Devouring Serpent
44:48 - Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy
57:30 - Tanith |
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0:00 - Divine Tower of West Altus
15:54 - Ulcerated Tree Spirit
37:46 - Unsightly Catacombs
49:01 - Perfumer Tricia & Misbegotten Warrior
51:59 - Perfumer's Ruins
1:03:49 - lake & plants
1:10:37 - Sage's Cave (discovery)
That "Tonic of Forgetfulness" from Tanith's chair is for Rya's questline, fextralife wiki says, but it sounds like since I didn't do Tanith's assassination missions, I can't advance Rya's quest anyway. 'p' |
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0:00 - Sage's Cave
14:54 - Necromancer Garris
17:17 - Black Knife Assassin
46:16 - Wyndham Ruins
49:51 - Wyndham Catacombs (discovery) |
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0:00 - new items tab but oh can't remap d-pad/sticks
2:24 - Wyndham Catacombs (Mt. Gelmir)
25:25 - Erdtree Burial Watchdog
40:00 - Old Altus Tunnel (Altus Plateau)
50:00 - Stonedigger Troll
58:03 - Shaded Castle environs
1:28:11 - Lux Ruins (Altus Plateau)
1:31:04 - Demi-Human Queen Gilika
1:38:20 - found "Champion's Song" painting"
1:40:12 - The Shaded Castle
Turns out The Shaded Castle is my new least-favorite kind of castle, a castle that's a swamp. ; D |
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0:00 - The Shaded Castle
17:59 - IS THAT a BOWLER HAT?!?!!
35:29 - kinda get mauled by two jerks for a while |
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0:00 - The Shaded Castle
2:28 - Elemer of the Briar
7:19 - Seethewater River (Mt. Gelmir)
18:03 - Seethewater Cave
34:22 - Mushroom outfit
41:46 - Kindred of Rot x2 |
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0:00 - Fort Laiedd environs
16:27 - into the fort
24:47 - Magma Wyrm
30:04 - Alexander, Warrior Jar
1:04:22 - Demi-Human Queen Maggie (Hermit Village)
1:10:48 - Primeval Sorcerer Azur
Ah Azur is apparently part of the Sorceress Sellen quest so in theory I can go talk to her and get a task now that I got Azur's thing. |
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4:15 - Alexander, Warrior Jar (Crumbling Farum Azula)
10:50 - Jar Bairn (Jarburg) (& failing to find Diallos)
43:53 - Death Rite Bird (Caelid)
51:48 - Millicent (Caelid)
56:23 - Millicent (Liurnia)
58:45 - Millicent (Altus Plateau)
1:00:58 - Millicent (Mountaintop of the Giants)
I never spotted Diallos again after he left Roundtable Hold, and no poachers ever showed up in Jarburg. 'p' |
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1:47 - Sorceress Sellen (Waypoint Ruins Cellar)
6:00 - Sellia Hideaway
10:54 - Master Lusat
22:59 - Sellen's request (Waypoint Ruins Cellar)
28:49 - Sorceress Sellen (Witchbane Ruins)
45:04 - Witch-Hunter Jerren (Witchbane Ruins)
54:39 - vs Jerren |
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Consecrated Snowfield
0:00 - shopping
5:25 - caravan
32:47 - lesser runebear
43:57 - rotten duelist
49:14 - lesser dragonkin soldiers
54:39 - Albinauric wolfback archer(s?)
Huge monsters lurking everywhere in raging snowstorm = fun? ; P
Also I kept forgetting to check my health. 'p'
Fextralife wiki suggests fighting the lesser dragonkin around their ankles, like trolls. |
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2:00 - wasting time chasing respawning giants 'p'
52:17 - Yelough Anix Tunnel
1:08:57 - Astel, Stars of Darkness
1:20:42 - w/ Lion Greatbow
1:31:40 - Yelough Anix Ruins
1:38:20 - Engvall disappears??
1:46:30 - Engvall reappears??!?? |
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0:00 - Consecrated Snowfield
3:39 - Consecrated Snowfield Catacombs
38:37 - Putrid Grave Warden Duelist
39:48 - Rotten Gravekeeper Cloak
48:28 - oh right the wolf |
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0:00 - Consecrated Snowfield
4:01 - octopi
8:33 - Cave of the Forlorn
24:05 - Misbegotten Crusader
33:22 - invaded by Anastasia, Tarnished-Eater
37:42 - invaded by Sanguine Noble
42:25 - lesser runebear
49:30 - portal to Mohgwyn Palace |
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0:00 - Mohgwyn Palace
18:03 - red albinaurics
51:48 - invaded by Nameless White Mask
54:23 - 2nd try 'p'
55:41 - giant crow
57:46 - 2nd try 'pp'
1:00:58 - 3rd try 'ppp'
1:03:00 - invaded by 2nd Nameless White Mask
Fextralife wiki says there are gonna be three of these Nameless White Mask invaders in this blood swamp, at different spots. 'p' |
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0:00 - Mohgwyn Palace - giant crows vs blood geysers
7:16 - Nameless White Mask (#3) invasion
26:10 - red albinaurics
32:55 - Dynasty Mausoleum steps & red zombies (putrid corpses)
43:11 - giant putrid slime pushed up on gravestones 'p'
1:02:40 - sanguine noble
1:04:19 - I scared this merchant ^-^
1:05:29 - noble comes back?? |
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0:00 - Mohgwyn Palace - Dynasty Mausoleum
26:52 - Mohg, Lord of Blood
44:35 - Leda |
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0:00 - Consecrated Snowfield - lesser runebears ; P
32:38 - fireworks (Walking Mausoleum)
39:43 - light beam & ghost glitch?
53:11 - Latenna |
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0:00 - Consecrated Snowfield
9:05 - Death Rite Bird
20:29 - Albinauric archers
27:36 - putrid grave warden duelist
33:20 - black knife armor
40:19 - Ordina, Liturgical Town
43:15 - evergaol
45:20 - lesser black knife assassin
49:26 - second lesser black knife assassin |
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0:00 - Miquella's Haligtree
43:49 - Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree
54:14 - Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree
57:17 - Millicent |
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0:00 - Ordina, Liturgical Town (Consecrated Snowfield)
10:25 - fashion souls - long boots
36:31 - Miquella's Haligtree |
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0:00 - costume conundrums 'p'
11:10 - Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree
24:55 - 1st Putrid Avatar
32:42 - Lesser Crystalians
35:14 - Revenants w/ Engvall
57:05 - 2nd Putrid Avatar |
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0:00 - Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree
0:50 - Lesser Crystalians
24:22 - Lesser Kindred of Rot
56:26 - disabling Windows "HAGS" to fix OBS game/mic audio interference/dropout problem my videos have been having lately!! |
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0:00 - Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree
2:05 - Malenia, Blade of Miquella
7:55 - w/ Engvall
27:05 - w/ Scythe (blood loss 'p')
45:16 - phase 2 - Malenia, Goddess of Rot
1:32:12 - w/ **** **und (player)
1:36:52 - w/ Princess Rennala (player)
1:53:15 - Isolated Divine Tower
2:04:30 - Hand of Malenia
Oh, Princess Rennala blocked (with a shield). There's an idea. ; ) And she popped some kind of buff on both of us. Also I didn't try that one blood drain summon ash that's supposed to be good vs Malenia. |
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0:00 - start
9:35 - Putrid Tree Spirit (Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree)
26:02 - vs Millicent's sisters
40:00 - Millicent
48:03 - Gowry (Caelid)
50:33 - curing Flame of Frenzy w/ Miquella's Needle (Farum Azula) |
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Starting the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC
0:00 - Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum
1:41 - Realm of Shadow
3:15 - Gravesite Plain
19:47 - Logur, the Beast Claw
37:25 - stubborn sitters
OH the fextralife wiki thinks Logur is a reference to Logan, aka Wolverine, the clawed Marvel Comics superhero--and he does have similar height and hair.
OH and on the map it says you can press R1 to toggle to "Lands Between" map aka the base game, so apparently you can just warp between points of grace in either one whenever you like. |
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0:00 - start
0:52 - costume review
2:34 - making costume
14:21 - vs Sega Maniacs
1:11:05 - finally
1:15:08 - wrap!
Lei-Fei's stance & kata-based moveset is exactly the type of thing I'm bad at and I feel like I get stuck and can't move but ehhh I did okay except for Lau who just steams in and I can't usually out-punch him and I feel like I get stuck in punch strings and he blocks and then its over. 'p' If I can break the fight down to like specifically ranged knock-down moves...
dfGK - silly double windmill flip kick
bf(?)GK - thought was fGK at first but that wasn't working well; anyway, a flip kick
PKx3 - rangey hand-swipe w/ two-hit knockdown follow-up
bPP - fast knockdown
ufGK - in-place jump knockdown
ffP - one-punch knockdown (?)
bK - decently ranged toe kick, kinda like what I'd like his dfK to be
db(?)K - little shin kick knockdown or otg, works pretty well following punches
fPK - some kind of power punchy thing, s'okay
Kx3 - h/l knockdown combo, can kinda work from neutral start, unless it doesn't ; D |
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0:00 - Gravesite Plain
1:31 - Black Knight (Church of Consolation)
25:39 - Scorched Ruins
46:56 - coal kicked by Furnace Golem
58:33 - Knight of the Solitary Gaol (Western Nameless Mausoleum) |
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0:00 - Gravesite Plain
14:39 - Redmane Freyja
16:52 - Hornsent
39:43 - curious springhare
50:20 - deadly little trees
56:06 - giant electric sheep
1:01:27 - how u beat an electric sheep
1:03:21 - curseblade
Maybe I just got all the boring parts of this map out of the way, because man was this a whole lot of boring.
Except where I was getting owned by a giant electric sheep (they don't seem to be in the fextralife wiki under any name I can find). But that wasn't really very fun either because they were just too fast and precise for the camera to keep up with. But then it gets even worse in a way because it turns out to beat 'um you just stand on a little cliff and they roll into the cliff and just roll against it, stuck, while you fill 'em with arrows.
And some troll things got stuck in little trees next to an even smaller little cliff.
And a maggot-faced man gave me a "map" of three crosses on a napkin. |
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0:00 - Gravesite Plain
1:55 - Church of Benediction
14:18 - electric sheep
21:48 - sunset
40:16 - Prospect Town
44:18 - night-only object
1:07:17 - Moore (Main Gate Cross)
1:10:15 - Ansbach
Still no dungeon. 'p' |
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0:00 - Belurat, Tower Settlement
6:48 - spider-scorpions
23:03 - I die off a waterfall while fighting horned warrior 'p'
28:25 - Fire Knight Queelign
37:25 - ladder-chopped! 'o'
57:00 - Divine Beast Dancing Lion (w/ Redmane Freyja)
1:02:09 - wild thing (cosplay w/ Divine Beast Head)
Got mic cut-out during that boss fight with the dramatic music & two NPC helper battlin' sounds going off--my JBL Quantum 100 analog headset mic can't cope.
I've ordered a USB headset with a condenser mic on it, we'll see how that works out in my hard-walled kinda echo-y apartment; I don't have to project my voice as hard into a headset mic, so hopefully it won't be as echo-y my old Snowball stand-up condenser mic was.
The USB headset is supposed to arrive middle of next week. I'll probably work in some Pac and VF episodes in the meanwhile, the Quantum does better in those. |
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0:00 - Belurat, Tower Settlement
24:50 - The Toxic Depths
35:56 - Lesser Ulcerated Tree Spirit, toxic variant
47:10 - Horned Warrior
49:57 - Poisoned Hand
I'm the cheapest jerk. ; D
My new ATH-M50xSTS-USB headset did good here, no audio dropouts. ^ _^ Yay! |
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0:00 - Belurat, Tower Settlement
5:03 - the third door
6:16 - stew!
10:08 - Hornsent Grandam
52:46 - Hornsent
53:55 - Redmane Freyja |
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0:00 - Gravesite Plain
29:26 - Gravebird Armor
36:06 - Belurat Gaol
50:58 - pot ladder
52:55 - grabbed by Jar Innards! 'p'
54:35 - big jar trick |
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0:00 - Belurat Gaol - jar maze
16:50 - innards ambush!
18:06 - physics burp
21:35 - Demi-Human Swordmaster Onze
Oh wait used a Great Ghost Glovewort for Engvall--and now one for Mimic Tear--so only missed two of the four. ' p'
And yep forgot used Engvall already last session and no Point of Grace in-between--and forgot Mimic Tear takes HP. ; D
I've already cleared Malenia so can probably beat game sticking w/ Engvall--so can hold off raising FP for Black Knife Tiche until New Game Plus.
Hm Swordmaster Onze actually looks an awful lot like my departed ol' buddy Boc the Seamster. |
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7:46 - Ainsel River (Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella site of grace)
11:56 - Night's Sacred Ground
14:14 - "Not destined to open"?!?
20:16 - Nokstella, Eternal City
22:02 - Nox Swordstress Crown
28:53 - giant bowling ball (Silver Sphere)
33:45 - ceiling ball
35:04 - Great Ghost Glovewort
38:57 - Silver Sphere vs Silver Tears
41:52 - mimic w/ zweihander hurts 'o'
54:36 - Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum (Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint site of grace)
So I'd forgotten to go up the stairway right next to the Nokstella, Eternal City entrance and missed the whole upper level there. ; D |
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0:00 - Gravesite Plain
3:12 - Ghostflame Dragon
26:53 - Ellac Greatbridge
55:58 - AIs fighting
1:01:19 - Ruined Forge Lava Intake |
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