And now my Fingers ache.
Well, 99 actually.
And so below is my ranked list of top 20 favourites.
Poison swamps seemed an obvious choice, and it turns out Miyazaki loves them.
They’re in every Souls game.
But then in the final release he trolled us further and gave us Caelid.
Then FromSoft went andpatched it anyway.
18.Boundary breaking video hints at possible Elden Ring DLC
Well this was prophetic.
Nine months later, and that’s exactly what we got in DLC.
Come forth, warriors, and walk the path of champions.The free Colosseum Update is now available.
You know, the big iconic glowy tree that dominates every vista?
What was lost in artistry was gained in playability.
16.Elden Ring speedrunner finishes without dying in just 2.5 hours
This was the story that burst the floodgates.
Soon after release, one player managed to speedrun the game in just two and a half hours.
The next day someone else did it in under an hour.
Then it was half an hour, twenty minutes, 10 minutes… it became impossible to keep up.
According tospeedrun.com, the record for an Any% Unrestricted run is now just 3m 56s.
After 50 hits it would finally give way only to reveal absolutely nothing of use.
FromSoft then patched it a couple of months later, proving it was just a glitch all along.
Sekiro Dubi discovered a cut quest for some guy called Vyke.
He’s only the guy on the cover!
And how did that make him feel?
And very loved."
Of course, all hell broke loose.
But what about completing it without getting hit?
10.Elden Ring player stumbles on unknown invisible boss
Mods are dangerous.
YouTuber MythyMoo found this out the hard way when playing Elden Ring with an item and boss randomiser.
Still, the streamer spent hours dissecting the game and strategising to eventually win anyway.
Martin’s involvement in the game beyond a quick fact sheet of names and lore.
Then, by October, it turned out he hadn’t even played the game.
Apparently he’s too busy being an author and writing some much-wanted book or other.
8.Elden Ring players discover underwear cut from final game
More cut content, this time some snazzy underwear.
7.What would Elden Ring look like as a CRPG?
6.What if Elden Ring was a SNES game?
Ok, one more.
A gorgeous pixelated Erdtree, a mode 7 world map, and screen-filling bosses.
I need this to be a reality.
One player, though, had had enough and trolled the troll by - what else?
- hiding in a bush for three hours.
But one player became a pillar of the community for their services to Tarnished around the world.
3.Elden Ring boss beaten with an actual banana
Adance mat.
Elden Ring fans have found a whole host of creative ways to control the game.
The pacifist pope turtle of course, who remained still and won by default without lifting a limb.
Rune farming became a big deal, then, as players sought shortcuts to glory.
The biggest shortcut of all, though, was buying runes on eBay from other players with actual money.
I went undercover and did just that, purchasing 2m runes on the black market.
It was like meeting a drug dealer.
I quickly deleted my save file.
Was it worth it?
No, except to bring you all this investigative report.
