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The Adventures of Peaches, Part Six
Jul. 23rd, 2022 08:02 amPeaches is currently undertaking a genocide run of Stormveil Castle, the first big "legacy dungeon" in Elden Ring.
To be clear, the only person being killed in Stormveil Castle is Peaches. But Peaches is dying a lot. Stormveil Castle is littered with dead Peaches.
Speaking of corpses, apparently the Misbegotten aren't the only cannibals in The Lands Between. They are most surely eating humans in Stormveil Castle too! The castle seems to be crumbling from an infestation of tree roots, and the mercenaries hired to guard the castle kind of have roots growing out of them too, I think. So tree-infested people living in a tree-infested castle are eating regular people, many of whom are hanging from meat hooks in a courtyard outside the castle kitchens. Neat!
Stormveil Castle is cool, but I wish Elden Ring weren't, you know... so intensely difficult and punishing. At a certain point I really don't think it adds anything to the game. Like, I think Castle Morne is fantastic, and I think the online consensus is that it's fantastic - it has an interesting level design, great environmental storytelling, good combat challenges, and good spatial navigation challenges. It's just a fantastic set piece all around, and a lot of fun to play. It's "hard," and you die a lot, but it's manageable. I understand the appeal of difficult gameplay, but the FromSoft games are really something else. If Castle Morne demonstrates anything, it's that not every one of these dungeons needs to be like this in order for people to enjoy them.
To be clear, the only person being killed in Stormveil Castle is Peaches. But Peaches is dying a lot. Stormveil Castle is littered with dead Peaches.
Speaking of corpses, apparently the Misbegotten aren't the only cannibals in The Lands Between. They are most surely eating humans in Stormveil Castle too! The castle seems to be crumbling from an infestation of tree roots, and the mercenaries hired to guard the castle kind of have roots growing out of them too, I think. So tree-infested people living in a tree-infested castle are eating regular people, many of whom are hanging from meat hooks in a courtyard outside the castle kitchens. Neat!
Stormveil Castle is cool, but I wish Elden Ring weren't, you know... so intensely difficult and punishing. At a certain point I really don't think it adds anything to the game. Like, I think Castle Morne is fantastic, and I think the online consensus is that it's fantastic - it has an interesting level design, great environmental storytelling, good combat challenges, and good spatial navigation challenges. It's just a fantastic set piece all around, and a lot of fun to play. It's "hard," and you die a lot, but it's manageable. I understand the appeal of difficult gameplay, but the FromSoft games are really something else. If Castle Morne demonstrates anything, it's that not every one of these dungeons needs to be like this in order for people to enjoy them.
