


Think my Rivers of Blood bleed build + maxed out Mimic Tear is cheating? Okay. They are guided by the feeling that what they’re doing is more real, more vital than what other people are doing. If they don’t use the Mimic Tear, the Mimic Tear is cheating.

If they don’t use the wiki, the wiki is cheating. So, they resort to making up a set of rules-one that conveniently maps onto however they play the game. We are all equal in Hidetaka Miyazaki’s eyes.įor some gamers, that’s a tough pill to swallow. Because without a lower difficulty setting, there’s no objective separation between these players and anyone else playing Elden Ring -even the button mashers like me. These are people who, deep down, wish Elden Ring did have an easy mode. Of course, there are scolds who think looking it up is cheating. It’s already as easy as you want it to be.
#ELDEN RING MENU FREE#
Because-and I cannot stress this enough-I used the massive collection of information gathered by gaming journalists and wiki editors, available free at any time, for help at every step.Įlden Ring doesn’t need an easy mode. I experienced this perfect game in all its glory, and it got easier and easier the whole way. Crafting this build took me across the Lands Between, through much of the main storyline, and into some dope side quests, too. In my case, all I needed was a grinding location, a special katana, some choice bell bearings, a specific summon, and a collection of talismans. Through the awesome power of looking it up, an unskilled gamer like me can craft a build that clears out the highest-level Elden Ring bosses in like, 45 seconds. Not sure what to do next in Elden Ring ’s massive open world? Look it up. And if it was easy for me, it can be easy for almost anyone. After playing Elden Ring on and off for a few months-and getting no more skilled in the process-I have now beaten the game. I even wrote an article about it for esteemed satire site Hard Drive.īut it turns out I was wrong. And when I first started Elden Ring, I thought it was a hard game. I’m more likely to give up on a hard game than to finish it. I don’t have the patience to learn an enemy’s moves.
