Jul. 24th, 2022

rynling: (Gator Strut)
I was complaining about the punishing difficulty of Elden Ring yesterday, and my point still stands.

However! Parts of this game are much easier if

(a) you use a decent walkthrough, and
(b) you aren’t drinking heavily.

I didn’t 100% complete Stormveil Castle, but I think I was able to see everything worth seeing. Along with the help of a random NPC in bikini armor, I managed to defeat the level boss, who has one of the most over-the-top boss fight second stages I’ve ever seen. What he does is highly specific to his character and doesn’t make a lot of sense out of context, but I’ll try to summarize: He rips off his arm and replaces it with the head of a dragon, thereby giving himself a fire-breathing dragon arm.

I want to make it clear that the game plays this completely straight, and that all the character voices are provided by highly trained Shakespearean actors. It’s really something special.

Castles!!

Jul. 24th, 2022 08:19 am
rynling: (Silver)
After a long hiatus, I am once again picking up The Demon King. I figured that collecting some reference images would help me make progress, and along the way I ran into this fantastic website:

http://www.ancientfortresses.org/parts-of-castle.htm

It's very much a Web 1.0 design, and it's not easy to navigate. But someone clearly made it with love. Bless.

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