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on November 26, 2025
<br>In some of the critiques of Elden Ring (including its easily improvable co-op) published on social media sites, game developers asserted that Elden Ring has bad UX, short for User Experience. In the context of video games, UX/User Experience refers to a branch of video game design focused on making a game intuitive and emotionally satisfying to play. To create a good User Experience in video games, UX developers will use play-testing, player feedback, and even psychological analysis to fine-tune aspects such as the user interface, the sensory feedback players receive when they press controller buttons, and how quickly players can grasp the game's rules and go<br> <br>Both Torrent and horses in Skyrim are similar in how they help overcome obstacles and traverse their respective worlds. While the horses of Skyrim certainly can't leap nearly as high as Torrent, the horses are known to be able to glide up mountains through glitches. This glitch has been the source of thousands of memes online and makes Skyrim 's horses some of the most beloved in video ga<br><br><br> Located in Caelid <br><br> Gowry is an old wizard who is held up in a shack right outside Sellia, Town of Sorcery. He warns the Tarnished of a young woman who is dying of rot, tasking the Tarnished to go save her. Killing Gowry provides the Tarnished with his bell bearing and the Flock’s Canvas Talisman, which increases the Faith attribu<br><br> <br>Both Elden Ring and Skyrim feature a plethora of dungeons spread across the map. It's impossible when wandering to not run into one every now and then. Dragons on the other hand are a bit rarer. Skyrim has specific locations where players can fight dragons that will in time respawn. Elden Ring , on the other hand, has set locations only for each dragon, and unlike Skyrim , there are no respawns for these creatu<br><br><br> Located in Murkwater Cave <br>The legendary Patches (NPC) is the definition of an NPC the player should not kill. An argument can be made that Patches should never be killed in any of his iterations throughout FromSoftware’s games. In Elden Ring , Patches can be found in Murkwater Cave and is the boss of the dungeon. When the player gets him down to half health he will beg for forgiven<br><br> <br>One mistake players make in Skyrim that every player should avoid is swinging their blade willy-nilly, as NPCs in both games can be killed. The enemies wandering around in the game will always attack players and can be found either roaming around the world or in caves and dunge<br><br> <br>Speaking to Fia after Rogier has studied the Knifeprint, she will mention that Rogier has been in a good mood since the Tarnished began helping him. His strong mental fortitude sustains him, despite having such " grievous wounds. " She comments that the Tarnished is a champion to Rogier and hers<br><br> <br>There are three giant, inaccessible arenas players can travel to in Elden Ring 's open world - one in Limgrave, one in Caelid, and one in Leyndell, the Royal Capital. Each of these arenas bears a close resemblance to the Colosseum of Ancient Rome and <a href="https://eldenringworld.com/articles/guardian-s-remembrance-quest-guide-stages-rewards-and-tips.html">Guardian Remembrance Guide</a> are stylistically associated with gladiator-type enemies who wear serpentine adornments. Players can't access the interior of these arenas in the base Elden Ring game, but may be able to uses these arenas as PVP hubs when the next Elden Ring DLC comes out. A player versus player boss battle like the Old Monk fight from Demon's Souls would be particularly appropriate in such an arena setting, potentially invoking the bombastic spectacle of Roman gladiator matches, a sentiment already represented in Elden Ring 's historically inspired armor sets , or letting players fight each other on horseback in the style of knightly jou<br><br> Initially located in Stormveil Castle <br><br>If the Tarnished goes down the stairs next to the Secluded Cell site of grace in Stormveil Castle they will come across a woman standing over a body in a room. She is Nepheli Loux , a warrior and adoptive daughter of Gideon Ofnir. If the Tarnished ignores her warning and chooses to attack, the Tarnished can slay Nepheli Loux. Doing so will grant the Tarnished with a Stormhawk Axe. This weapon is peanuts compared to what the Tarnished will get if she is kept al<br><br> <br>Though Miquella never speaks or interacts with players in Elden Ring 's main game, it's possible to construct a hypothetical Miquella boss fight scenario simply through examining his in-game lore. According to certain item descriptions, Miquella was a master of Golden Order Fundamentalism, and would likely wield incantations such as Triple Rings Of Light or Radagon's Rings Of Light in a boss fight. Miquella, like his sister Malenia, was an Empyrean - a being capable of becoming a vessel for an Outer God's power - but also created Unalloyed Gold Needles capable or cutting people off from the influence of said Gods (like the one used in Elden Ring to help Millicent fight the Scarlet Rot). If players did wind up fighting a Miquella possessed by an Outer God like the Formless Mother, they might be able to end the fight by stabbing Miquella with one of his own Unalloyed Gold Needles, freeing him from the influenced of the possessing deity. According to the description for the Bewitching Branch item, Miquella was also supernaturally charismatic and inspired fanatical loyalty in this subjects; this lore detail could be the basis for a boss fight where Miquella summons waves of faithful servants to defend hims<br>