Elden Ring: YOU DIED on a horse

This is gonna own me isn't it.

There has been much Oroboro watching in our household this past month

just bought the lil baby xbox series s in a chip-shortage panic, just in case they disappear again before this comes out

I also got the lil' baby Xbox, the first Microsoft console I've ever had! Personally, I think it's great as an affordable, stand-alone Game Pass machine

are they readily available?

though frankly i don't think i can hang with that joystick

got one at a gamestop on myrtle ave, looked like there were tons

https://kotaku.com/the-elden-ring-community-is-now-arguing-over-horse-crot-1848315650

They should split the difference between Dark Souls and Red Dead Redemption and make horse genitalia prominent, dynamic and a stat. Because you know there would be hundreds of level one players who will put every single soul into horse dick.

Counterpoint, you should have a separate character creation menu for your horse, complete with gender and appearance sliders

Why not both! Customizable horse would be next level From. Hell, you should be able to *play* as a horse, that would be rad.

If they did have horse dick, what stat would it scale with

Luck

girth

all horse dicks aside, i am really fucking hyped to play this game

I'm medium hyped! I literally beat Gael for the first time today yay

I cannot wait. I may have said this but the weekend it comes out I'm going to be in Florida playing a gig and visiting my folks, and it's going to be tough avoiding spoilers!

Josh is always worried about the horse parts

Haha, I actually never worried about my horse (named My Horse) in RDR2 ever! Nor did I ever notice its gender or genitals, come to think of it. Maybe I should have paid closer attention?

Wait, there were horses in Breath of the Wild, weren't they? I don't think I ever used a horse, except the one or two times a fight required it.

yes there were horses, and yes we had a many post discussion about it

Shows what an impression they made. All I remember is that they offered me no benefit so I stabled them. Where they remain, virtually, to this very day.

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/01/28/an-interview-with-fromsoftwares-hidetaka-miyazki/

I have been keeping up and everything looks incredible, but the most important feature so far is that you can find tailor's tools and add a cape (and who knows what else?!) to your outfit.

this is gonna happen fairly soon and i'm genuinely a little nervous as i simply don't have time.

there might be a slight dip in unemployment in early march

so this is getting "greatest game ever" reviews!!! https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/feb/23/elden-ring-review-an-unrivalled-masterpiece-of-design-and-inventiveness

Will this be worth playing on PS4?

I was wondering that, I've yet to make the upgrade. Given that DS3 makes my console wheeze like an asthmatic chain-smoker, it might be a stretch, though that game does itself run fine...

I think noisy PS4s are due to age and dirt/dust, not power. I have a slim I got ... whenever I got it. 2019? Anyway, mine barely makes a peep.

i'll be playing on ps4 for sure

i have an ancient one, loud as fuck. if it bites the dust while trying to run elden ring, i will consider it a fitting death

YOU DIED

...it's true, my ps4 is/was a horse. a loud, annoying horse!

Seems to be fine on PS4, there's just less grass on the ground. :)

Needless to say, I'm extremely excited. Going to start playing on Sunday, and I gave myself a late birthday gift of taking Monday off.

i washed out my largest poopsock and i've informed my loved ones that something is happening and i have to go away for a while

something poopsock-related

I’m one month into three months of paternity leave, PS5 plus Elden Ring arriving tomorrow - excited for my small baby to experience it’s first From game

Ha, nice. It's wild to me that my friend with a 8 month old has much more time to play video games than I do (because his free time is from when the baby goes to bed to whenever he decides to do so, whereas I spend time with my partner at night and we go to bed at the same time, weird huh).

all my gaming time is now playing switch games as my 4-year-old directs me, we have 831 moons in mario odyssey.

i put my lil baby xbox next next to my home office setup so i can sneak in some elden ringing on company time.

PSYCHED. Took Friday off for this bad boy.

Okay I've ordered it

reviewing almost as well as *checks notes* GTA 4

Listening to this and not watching, but hell yeah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdstSHeoNGA

The reviews are all exactly what I want to hear. I guess this is gonna be my weekend. I demand everybody liveblog!

Iron pineapple is my go to guy for enjoying from games, if he likes it that much I am all in

Glad to hear that it's a bit more forgiving in a sense cuz you can go off and grind when you get stuck, which is less of an option in the other games, and I am baaaaad at these

i watched the review above and minor quibble but this shit is not stunningly beautiful its grody as hell, looks like an amazing game tho

Yeah idk if “stunningly beautiful” is a thing I’d associate with From, but there are moments amidst the gnarly, gloomy grime that are pretty and/or awe inspiring.

That review in particular’s also limiting itself to the first two main areas of the game for spoilerage sake.

jeez these reviews are HYPE, i keep running into critics begging you to buy the game even if you don't like souls games
fextralife guy called it "skyrim but with online and good combat and no bugs and ingenious developments... definitely game of the year and possibly game of the decade" and ouch i guess i don't get to leave the house for awhile? lotta complaints about PC bugginess so i am hoping the ps5 investment was the right call.