According to the item descriptions of certain Elden Ring armor sets, ” The Land of Reeds has long been locked in a miserable civil war, during which time it has remained alienated from the cultures of its neighbors. Little wonder that the entire nation has succumbed to blood-soaked madness, or so it is said. ” __ This piece of lore suggests the Land of Reeds, a country outside of the Lands Between, is a fantastical version of Warring States-era Japan, right down to the brutal wars of royal succession fought between rival clans. Certain sanguine weapons such as Elden Ring ‘s Rivers of Blood katana and Eleanora’s Poleblade also suggest many of the warriors in the Land of Reeds have been corrupted by the rampant use of blood magic bestowed upon them by the Outer God known as the Formless Mother. Within the game of Elden Ring , the friendly Reedlander NPC called Yura has devoted himself to hunting down Tarnished ” held in thrall by cessblood ,” while hostile Reedlander NPCs such as Okina seem to be perfectly at home serving the cause of Mohg, the Lord of Bl
Olenford’s Staff is essentially just a weaker version of the Witchtree Branch. That weapon can be acquired in many places and isn’t even unique. Despite this, the Olenford Staff actually has higher requirements to wield than the branch, anchor and this useless weapon feels like a joke from the develop
The Wooden Shield mainly exists to make fun of about the lack of shields in Bloodborne . There are only two shields in the entire game, with the second, the Loch Shield, being added in DLC. The first shield is definitely more of a useless joke weapon, though. It can only be used as a bludgeon, making the game much har
HBO’s House of the Dragon has successfully rekindled the week-to-week Game of Thrones excitement, and there are several noteworthy games to play for fans eager to get their dark fantasy fix in more places than one. Shows like these have cemented the fantasy genre’s place in the mainstream, and role-playing video games are arguably the best place in the gaming medium to get immersed in these kinds of wor
Unsurprisingly, many of FromSoftware’s acclaimed action RPGs are easy recommendations, but there are certainly several other well-known franchises that provide rich fantasy worldbuilding, drama, and act
It does have some virtues, though, as it swings low to the ground, which can be used to hit smaller enemies like spiders easily. It’s also only a one-handed weapon and can change into a scythe. While all these boons are impressive, it still pales in comparison to other trick weapons in the g
The swan song of the King’s Field franchise, King’s Field IV —known as King’s Field: The Ancient City in North America—takes place in Heladin, a kingdom cursed by an artifact known as The Idol of Sorrow. Players embark on a quest to rescue the kingdom by returning the idol to its original resting place, though that’s, of course, much easier said than d
After defeating Godfrey, the First Elden Lord in his persona of Hoarah Loux, Elden Ring players will receive a Remembrance with the following description: ” When Godfrey, first Elden Lord was robbed of his grace, becoming Tarnished, he took with him his kinfolk and left the Lands Between. After the Long March of the Tarnished came to an end, Godfrey divested himself of kingship, becoming a simple warrior once mor
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Elden Ring .] After the Night of the Black Knives, Queen Marika was driven to the brink and shattered the Elden Ring. The artifact’s shards were taken by her children, in the form of Great Runes, and then began a brutal war known as The Shattering, from which no one emerged victorious. Marika’s children, all of them demigods, fought for control over the Lands Between. However, Elden Ring ’s story emerged from seeds that were planted way before this conflict even be
The rich, detailed world-building of Elden Ring stems from two creative sources. The mythology, prehistory, and semi-divine champions of Elden Ring were designed by George R.R. Martin, author of the dark fantasy novel series A Song of Ice And Fire . Hidetaka Miyazaki and other convention-beaking Elden Ring developers then took Martin’s base setting and used it to create the beautifully ruined Lands Between setting players encounter at the start of a playthrough: a once-prosperous kingdom torn apart by a civil war fought between the Demigod children of Queen Marika, haunted by strange monsters and alien beings, with secretive conspiracies searching for the power and methods needed to create a new
Meanwhile, Elden Ring might go down as one of the highest-tier open-world gaming experiences . Its open world is rich with something and somewhere meaningful to discover in every direction, detailed dungeons, and an exhilarating sense of verticality thanks to its above and underground loca
Some fans think their difficulty isn’t enough, however, and desire an even greater challenge from these games. Yet the games contain plenty of weird, funny, impractical, or just plain weird weapons that can make a playthrough tougher. For players seeking a true challenge, using these weapons is a great way to increase the difficu