Elden Ring: YOU DIED on a horse

i've already notified the 3 people irl i know who give a fuck about my whereabouts and have let them know that starting at midnight i need to go away for a while, and that it's good for me. they all either understood or said they already knew i was going to do that

lol

do i get this on a 1st gen ps4

if it helps, i am! i'll be digitally downloading asap

If u ever upgrade to PS5 you can freely upgrade your PS4 version to PS5. I’ve heard this plays about the same as past souls games have on the base PS4.

Although your save file won't transfer from the PS4 to PS5 version from what I understand (but running the PS4 version on a PS5 is still supposed to be an improvement as far as FPS etc)

oh bummer, i wonder why you can't transfer your save? seems like one of those things you could at least do via a usb stick or something, even

looks like it'll be playable at midnight eastern, and i'm currently in central, so that's an extra hour to play tonight! :) i'm guessing there's probably a way to adjust my ps4's clock so that it seems like i'm in, say, new zealand?

if it helps, i am! i'll be digitally downloading asap

Ha judging from reddit the New Zealand trick works on Xbox, but on PS requires setting up a whole new account.

Ohhh, apparently you can transfer a save from PS4 to PS5, but not the other way around: https://www.aroged.com/2021/11/08/elden-ring-can-save-games-be-transferred-between-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-and-series-x-s/

I was initially hoping you could freely jump back and forth just so I could use whichever controller I want to, which is not the case. It's so dumb that you can't use the PS4 controller with PS5 games.

oh nice, on the save transfer! i'd hope that maybe there's a way to easily patch the game later so that it's easier to do and goes both ways (ps4 -> ps5 definitely the more common of the ways though)

I'm gonna have to get this on PS4 because we do have a PS5 but its my partners and he is a console hog and will be playing the new Destiny expansion and Horizon for the forseeable. So I guess I'll play it on the PS4. We can upgrade it for free anyway apaz.

and will be playing the new Destiny expansion and Horizon for the forseeable

when you all could be playing elden ring. this is...i'm sorry. i don't mean to create conflict. but they are just wrong here. this is like if FF7 came out and you were busy finishing final fight guy

i respect it in a way, but come on!

Posted this on the terrible opinions thread but I agree with Dunkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q38fjcyP1IQ

Dear mister Amazon, you fuckers promised this was shipping day and date, you can get me mothballs in 30 minutes but I am supposed to get this on SUNDAY I am dissappoint

I'm in

yeah, after Amazon similarly boned me on at least two different game releases i've stopped going that route.

xp

Having lost too many games with the system I downloaded them on, I am unwilling to download a soils. I need the artifact.

Dork soils

Was initially alarmed to note that pushing forward and R2 no longer produces a jumping attack but...theres a jump button

https://www.polygon.com/22949205/elden-ring-quest-log-journal-notes
I am into this idea! Everybody keep a journal!

already read, already prepared journal

85 minutes until a better world unlocks

took 4 nap earlier. the sock is clean. i am ready to die

Yep, there are definitely player left messages in this one. Landscape is like graffitied with them, haha. This is fuckin rad. So far Dark Souls meets Breath of the Wild is very much on point.

I am sooooo bad at these games! ha!

cleared a few dungeons though, although I still haven't managed to find anyone that lets me level up

I haven’t either. I’m also sloppy as hell at these games, but still manage to shuffle through them somehow.

Deciding to clear half of a mostly pitch black cave at the outset without a torch was pretty bold/dumb of me, but auto lock saved the day.

Couldn't sleep, playing Elden Ring. :)))

I've been playing it safe, just got the horse & leveling up lady though!

Me too! Just hit that part.

I'm not sure even dunkey agrees with dunkey.

I'm in too, seems to run fine on my old PS4, and it looks GREAT

I actually started the PS4 version on PS5, because people were saying it had more stable performance (for now). Whatever, it feels and looks amazing.

Found some cool stuff around the coasts. The first little dungeon boss walks like an Achewood character, it's great.

I managed to parry and counter attack the spider dude who attacks you outside the starting chapel, and I thought yes, game-breaker! Then he one-hit stomped me. YOU DIED.

Also I put the horse whistle in the pouch, so you can always use with a d-pad + button and don't need to switch to the item.

Although I have a bad habit of constantly clicking L2, because it didn't do anything much in past games, so I'm always jumping off my horse mid-fight.

Don't change horses mid-flight, as they say

I'm not gonna get a chance to get into this until next week, but have fun y'all

I love how uncompromisingly weird Miyazaki continues to be. Just as bizarre and auteur-y as ever. Totally does feel accessible and crossover without sacrificing anything thus far.

Oh btw, y'all want to choose an ILG keyword? That way you're more likely to see each other's messages, ghosts, signs, etc

If you can do that while still seeing some other public ones, I’m onboard. 90% garage marks over here, but there are the occasional helpful ones.

Yep! And you can have multiple groups too.

Oh btw, y'all want to choose an ILG keyword?

oh shit, that's a great idea!

cointandplick

?

(just trying to think of a short one we can remember and won't be used by others)

I played for 3 hours as soon as it was up, then got some rest. ready to go back in now!

due to a inside joke with me and someone else, i was forced to start as a Confessor, which is not really the playstyle i'm looking for at all (i could see a magic/intelligence build, but probably not faith). so, the early going has been a little difficult as i'm really weak and all the confessor/faith gives me for now is a minor heal spell that's too slow to be effective.

but it'll even out, i think - this seems like a game where any starting class can be highly modified

ugh i don't have the money or time to play video games and don't like hard games but you all are making me want to get this to be part of the communal experience

Lol, I intend to fully join the communal experience in a year, playing offline.

nice, i found a first map (love looking at it already) and also i think i may be engaged and may have to do some fingering as part of the deal :-o

i'm also in the bittorrent scene now, i didn't ask to be part of this

I literally zipped off to Montreal to get away from my PS5 because I have deadlines I have to meet and I knew I wouldn't be able to resist this game's launch date

Glad to see you're all having fun

may have to do some fingering as part of the deal :-o

― dig your way out of the shit with a gold magic shovel! (Karl Malone), Friday, February 25, 2022 12:04 PM (twenty-one minutes ago)

wait what is this game about

apparently there is a two finger method that is spreading across the land - this is from the game

That's probably GRRM's contribution