#getting to do that with mini ranni was so FUCKING fun lol and it gave ranni SO MUCH more character

[butchladymaria]

i did overall really enjoy elden ring… in hindsight though, i think the reason i didn’t get as into it was because as i played i couldn’t help but feel that it had a problem with cohesion. there’s so many beautiful areas and different stories and mechanics and themes and symbols, but at least while i was playing i felt like it was just too Much. there was a lot of breadth, but at the expense of depth. i don’t know if this is a general critique or maybe just a matter of it not being my cup of tea — i just feel that the story and game mechanics are pulled in so many different directions that it just doesn’t all work together in the end. there was a lack of cohesion, something i think open-world games run the risk of already. but where games like skyrim and breath of the wild succeeded by having a consistent throughline, i felt it was missing in elden ring. the game was absolutely stunningly gorgeous! i just wish there had been a bit more tying it all together.

i’d love to know more about other people’s experiences though!!!

#it kinda felt like everyone was just fucked off doing their own thing #one of the best pair of areas though in my opinion are caelid and the haligtree #because theyre so deeply connected to the relationships and interactions between characters #even volcano manor got that benefit!!! #but so many other places im just like ok but why #why is that whole town in liurnia sunk. just for funsies. we r not telling <3 #i even think of other fromsoft games like bloodborne. u ask me what bloodborne is about in 3 words im gonna say werewolf eldrich horror #but elden ring didnt feel like it had that cohesion for me #like its trying to be About so much that it kinda fails to be about anything at all #also so many enormously important plot points are just so fucking easily missable dont @ me i was here for when they didnt even #give you npc markers 😭😭😭 #i really unironically think the game would have benefitted so much more if there were more sections where you could coop with npcs #dont Tell me millicent is on a journey. Show Me. let me go with her #let me runn around with blaidd in nokstella #getting to do that with mini ranni was so FUCKING fun lol and it gave ranni SO MUCH more character #but like …. the other characters feel so flat in comparison idk #this is a whole other post tho lol #elden ring