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NPCs are abundant in the Lands Between and the Tarnished will have to choose their friends wisely. Certain NPCs will try to help and benefit the Tarnished. Others will try to hold the Tarnished back and are better off dead. How does the player decide which ones are safe to keep alive? There are the NPCs the Tarnished might want to keep around for a while in Elden Ri When **Elden Ring ** , FromSoftware's newest Dark Souls Iconic Weapons fantasy RPG, was released in late February of 2022, fans and...

Commander Niall is a difficult boss, but what makes him annoying is the two ghostly Banished Knights that he summons at the beginning of the fight. Winning the fight depends on how well a player can manage the two knights along with Niall himself. The knight with the dual swords is aggressive and should be taken care of first. But if a player defeats both knights, Niall will become aggressive. It is an annoying fight that may make players decide the Consecrated Snowfield is not worth Elden Ring ...

If players do choose to "be held" by Fia, however, it also results in a 5% decrease in max HP for players, as long as they have Baldachin's Blessing enabled. But anti_ideophobia didn't notice the initial loss, and so went the entire game without disabling this option, which they would have otherwise dPlayers sadly don't get to obtain this until late-game , but it has a weaker but still decent variant if players kill Alexander early on . It's essentially for boosting the damage for Lion's Claw an...

Players in Elden Ring quickly noticed the turtles in the game, and surrounded them with messages with the word "Dog." The meme spread and took a life of its own, with countless jokes being made calling animals in the game d In the Mountaintop of the Giants area of Elden Ring , players can encounter the being known as Shabriri , an undying avatar of the Three Finger's Frenzied Flame who has possessed the corpse of another NPC called Yura. Shabriri, soft-spoken, eloquent, and best Souls-like titl...

Ranni the Witch has also had her fair share or fan-made cosplays. In much of the same way Malenia is adored, Ranni is too, but she possesses more of a mysterious side that intrigues players rather than a fierce warrior-like persona. Ranni was one of the first Elden Ring characters to get attention online, and 2025 Gaming Trends many theories about exactly who she was and what kind of role she played in the grand story were passed around. It's no surprise that she is a fan favorite, and even the...

Boss fights are a staple in every Soulsborne game. Some of these bosses may be considered optional, so defeating them rewards players with cool items or runes/souls. However, there are other bosses that players must defeat if they want to progress through the game. But in every Soulsborne game, there are boss fights that many players can agree on being annoying, even if they aren't as difficult as some of the franchise's more punishing fights. And out of the many bosses that Elden Ring has , sev...

Given their popularly turn-based gameplay, the JRPG subgenre also lends itself well to the handheld and pick-up-and-play incentive behind the Steam Deck. That makes 2020's PC re-release of Persona 4 Golden a solid pick, with its extensive runtime particularly friendlier thanks to the Deck's form fac Early in July 2022, Bandai Namco reported being hacked by the ransomware group ALPHV, also known as BlackCat. It is a common occurrence for large gaming companies to be the target of hacker groups. E...

The player's legend would be spread online and become a meme. It grew to be so big that YouTuber "Garden Of Eyes" turned Let Me Solo Her into a summon . It feels awesome to have this powerful character besides the player, especially with their dress. Unfortunately, it is currently only available through the YouTuber's Patr Previous versions of Elden Ring had already revolutionized co-op gameplay mechanics first introduced in FromSoftware's earlier Demon's Souls and Dark Souls RPGs . Easily acces...

While players who want to get through the game more swiftly might find themselves skipping over Ranni's quest line, those who find the base storyline challenging may have an overall easier time by undergoing Ranni's st Both luckily and unluckily for players, Elden Ring 's patches have largely served to buff rather than nerf. This protects the health of the game by allowing new strategies to arise while avoiding taking away anything from the Elden Ring that players may have enjoyed. However, in p...