It can be said that after defeating the evil omen ghost in the entire game, it can be said that the familiar taste was ushered in after officially entering Stonewell City.
As an open world, it can be said that "Elden Ring" has brought surprise to many players, but it also has a special feeling, that is, it lacks a bit of flavor and feels a bit like a Souls game.
Although the big tree guard at the beginning has become a refund teacher for countless players, when exploring the Dragon's Breath Land, he accidentally entered Galede because of a trapped treasure box, and he was even tortured and confused.
Or maybe some players found the right path and came to the Weeping Peninsula below Nimgofu.
But this is an open-ended gameplay. Players still feel more like they are playing a traditional RPG, but the difficulty is higher, where three or five soldiers can kill themselves.
To be honest, this kind of large map-style exploration makes players feel that the content is very rich.
There is a lot of content that can be explored interactively, and there are new discoveries almost everywhere you go.
Even on maps, such as Moren City in the Weeping Peninsula, players can still see soldiers from different camps fighting against each other.
If you dig deeper, you can understand the plot of this area, that is, the Weeping Peninsula was once the territory of the demihuman race.
But later it was conquered by Ge Fulei and then included in the sphere of influence of the Golden Clan.
After conquering Morn City, the Golden Clan sent nobles and soldiers to station here to rule, and the residents of the border areas also began to settle here.
Many years later, due to experiments or the reproduction of different species, hybrid demi-humans were born on the Weeping Peninsula. They had high intelligence and were dominated by the human nobles and soldiers here. They became underground slaves and were tortured. .
As Elden's Ring was broken and the Golden Clan was in decline, Greg in Stonewell City was unable to govern such a border castle, and over the years, the number of hybrid demihumans was increasing.
As the subhuman queen was hunted and killed by local humans, riots finally occurred.
The hybrid demi-humans who were slaves rose up and fired the first shot of the uprising in the border area.
The former servants raised their hatchets and began to resist. Traces of the battle can be seen everywhere here. The corpses of Greg's soldiers fell to the ground in a mess. It was like a purgatory. The corpses of countless soldiers and residents piled up in the open spaces in the city. The stench and the sky-high stench. Countless flies turn this place into a dead city.
It can be said that from the perspective of boss battles and fragmented plots, players are very satisfied.
But as a Souls game, it still lacks something for players to look forward to.
That's the design of the maze.
Although various dungeons are also full of mechanisms, they are still a little different from the place imagined by the players.
Putting aside the plot and the difficulty of boss battles in the Souls game, what makes players look forward to it the most is the well-designed map.
The three-dimensional map in the prequel to Dark Souls, the intricate Yharnan Village in Bloodborne, and the Ashina Castle and Minamoto Palace in Sekiro.
Coupled with the unique mobs and various traps in the game, it can be said that these points are what players are looking forward to.
However, the wild maps and various strongholds in "Elden's Circle" do not allow players to feel that subtlety.
Including the monsters in various ruins, regardless of the treasures obtained through exploration, many players still feel that it is just a pile of monsters alone.
Except for brushing runes and rising up at the beginning, in most cases players ride their own spiritual horses to avoid these difficult mobs.
But after arriving in Stonewell City, the various three-dimensional designs, as well as clever elevators and shortcuts, as well as the traps that run through the Souls series, all made players shout, this feeling is back!
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After defeating Malkit, the evil-omen demon, triggering the plot dialogue of 'Witch' Melina, Song Ren came to the blessing point of the Grand Round Table.
Here he met a new friend, a teacher who could teach him prayer. Unfortunately, he was a very heroic knight.
I strengthened my weapons with the blacksmith and experienced Feiya's hug in the small room.
I have to say that this girl named Fiya is the Welfare Girl in the Ring of Magic!
Song Ren never expected that there would be a hug.
The only thing that made him feel pain in his balls was that after hugging him, probably because he was sucked, his upper limit of health was inexplicably reduced.
In addition, the most painful thing for Song Rendan was that in the lobby on the first floor of the Round Table, he was actually invaded by an NPC Red Soul. The Red Soul holding a sickle beat him so hard that he was unable to fight back. .
Especially recruiting ashes, facing this red spirit boss, there is no way to use it.
Fortunately, he spent the runes on his body before triggering the red spirit.
"The next step is to go to Stonewell City in the main plot and find the limb."
After getting ready, Song Ren had no intention of delaying it. Having just defeated the evil omen demon, he could be said to be full of confidence.
The red spirit in the Round Table Hall
It was just an accident.
After passing through the gate where the evil omen monster was defeated, there was the gate of Stonewell City, where Song Ren met another NPC.
Fire flickered in the damaged city wall next to it, and there was a small room with an open door. After entering, Song Ren saw an NPC standing in the corner talking. He was tall and pale, and even had a huge shackle around his neck. He saw After arriving at the faded person, he took the initiative to say hello.
'Excuse me, that guy over there... could you come over here? '
'You're a fader, right? If you want to enter the city, I advise you not to enter through the main entrance, but to enter through the cave over there. No one else knows that path except me. '
Looking at the wretched NPC in front of him, Song Ren's first instinct was that this person was not a good guy.
"From the small road? There must be a scam!" Song Ren decisively chose to refuse.
'Okay... That's right, it's normal for you to have doubts... I respect your choice. If you want to go in through the front door, I will shout to open the door. '
'. … But think about it again, is this okay? I advise you to think about it carefully. '
After thinking about it, Song Ren came to the gate anyway. After all, he only had more than a thousand souls in his body, so would he die
What's the big deal? And his intuition told him that this npc must not be a good person.
But as the door opened, Song Ren's brows furrowed.
Because blood stains can't deceive, Song Ren saw countless blood stains on the road ahead, no less than those on the big tree guarding the road when he first went out.
"How did these people die?" Song Ren also had some curiosity in his heart as he controlled the character to run over.
'Whoosh whoosh whoosh... '
There was a sound breaking through the air, and Song Ren soon understood how these people died.
After passing through the large intersection, a group of soldiers were waiting there, and there were hidden ballistas on the high walls on both sides.
Without reacting at all, he was shot into a hedgehog by a crossbow.
"So, this guy is really a good person!?"
Resurrection came out of the bonfire and returned to the room again. The previous NPC was gone.
At this time, Song Ren also felt a little guilty.
He misunderstood a good NPC!
Think about it carefully, when he went to the church for the first time when he was playing Bloodborne, didn't he also regard the weird old lady in red as a bad guy
With this feeling of guilt, Song Ren followed the seemingly safe path, but soon Song Ren felt the full flavor of the soul.
The path is remote and narrow, and there is a black eagle wielding sharp claws here. He often hides in the woods and gives him a vicious blow.
Here, Song Ren learned to press the lock button at all times.
Entering the small attic, the soldiers in the distance would throw flames, and the barrels that looked like roadblocks would explode directly, making him feel full of malice.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. What really made him feel helpless was that when he was looking for a key, he was stabbed in the back!
"So the key should be here, right?" Entering a small dark room where he couldn't see his fingers, Song Ren discovered the treasure box hidden in the corner at a glance.
However, before he ran over to pick it up, he heard a strange laughter coming from behind him.
'Hey hey hey hey... '
In addition to this weird laughter, there was also a clanking sound that made him despair.
The entrance door is closed!
At the same time, there was a sound of metal collision from the corner in the other direction. After pressing the enemy search button, Song Ren swallowed silently.
There, a knight wearing silver-white armor and holding a sword and shield was walking toward him with eager eyes.
"Fuck! Who is it!"
As the knight emptied his health bar, Song Ren could not help but curse.
More than 10,000 runes have not been spent yet!
Resurrected from the resurrection point and moved forward cautiously. As long as he lost a little blood, Song Ren would drink the blood bottle to ensure his own safety.
Because if he dies again, then Rune will really be gone.
After going through thorns and thorns all the way, he finally came to the small dark room on the second floor again. Song Ren went in tremblingly, but what surprised him was that this time the door of the small dark room was not closed again.
But something happened that made him even more confused.
"Fuck! Who stole my money!? Why is it missing more than three thousand!"