I am hearing so many good things about this damn game that I may break and finally try Elden Ring.

I have to be absolutely sure that the PC issues have been resolved, though.

Elden Ring is undoubtedly difficult--much harder than any of From Software's previous games.

That's all I needed to read to not waste my valuable money and free time.

If you find that kind of overwhelming, punishing, under-rewarding gameplay satisfying with absolutely no accessibility options for other types of players, then more power to you.

I just know I'm going to be disgusted with all the publications screaming "GOTY!" for the next ten months.

So I've completed Journey 6 in Elden Ring, and gotten the Frenzied Flame ending, bringing me up to 85% Achievement completion percentage. I have one more optional boss to beat which will require going into Journey 7, and a whole bunch of legendary loot to find for the last of the achievements.

The final boss took dozens of attempts and my successful attempt brought me down to my very last health flask.

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I conquered the final battles of Elden Ring yesterday afternoon before 2022 bowed out, and I immediately went back for more on New Game+, or Journey 2, as this game calls it.

Enemy health and damage slightly increases, as does the amount of runes players get. While key items important to the story have to be found again, players keep their loot, weapons, and armor, so for the most part, Journey 2 is an amusing cakewalk and victory lap in the beginning.

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I have played nine 2022 games.

So what the hell, let's take a chance, and make it an even ten.

...but would you believe me if I told you I was under Medium Load with no talismans?

So after updating two stories, I realized that after completing NG+7, reaching max level, and installing one mod, that I still have not gotten my fill of Elden Ring.

What to do now?

Why, try to do it as fast as possible, of course.

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Bitch, you're like 35-2 against me. At the very least, that's knowing defeat a liiiiiitle bit.

This is a video of my disastrous first attempt at Melania on NG+. My successful strategy both times has been: be crazy aggressive, do high, staggering damage, and hope the mimic isn't a fucking moron.

That didn't work until like the sixth attempt.

Afterward, they wanted to see my gaming setup.

You remember the co-worker I told you about who was thrilled at the lesbian dragons in my Freedom Planet story?

Yeah, I showed her the Malenia fight in Elden Ring tonight.

I will never forget how absolutely enthused she was when we got to the nudity in Phase 2.

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Yay.

So in my last blog, a reader asked how taking the Lifesteal Hand of Malenia mod and fighting her with a considerably buffed version of her own weapon would turn out.

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Certainly hope we get more news on Make Your Mark Chapter 4 soon. Even if it doesn't involve Opaline on fire.

In other news, if you've grown tired of my Elden Ring blog entries, good news; this is likely the last one for awhile. I'm likely done until the DLC.

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Not in the sense you're thinking of!

My obsession vice completely normal amount of playing Elden Ring continues. I completed Journey 5 tonight without activating a single Great Rune (this game's version of buffs). Through this playthrough, I maxed out Endurance to 99.

So let's take that and put it to the ultimate 'blocking whore' test.

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This fucking cunt is clearly going to take a long while.

Eat shit and die, FromSoft.