Copanele's collection of trophies and experiences

[DrBloodmoney]

1 minute ago, Copanele said:

There has been some reports as of why they don't do it...but I don't want to open that can of worms on my checklist  

Yep agreed with all of the above!

I admit, I played as Alexios in Odyssey and I loved him as well, BUT! I played Alexios as a belligerent drunk who goes Malaka mode across Greece - not your usual Assassin's Creed experience, but there's little AC left in that game anyway.

Also, while I liked Bayek as a protagonist...I so wanted to play as Aya/Amunet instead....

 

Good point - Aya would have been great - it's actually odd, now that I think about it, that they didn't do a dlc where you do play as her!

 

1 minute ago, Copanele said:

P.S. While female Eivor is the canonical character in Valhalla, Male Eivor has the superior voice actor by far. A soft spoken male viking voice works way better than a Malboro chain-smoking female viking when it comes to dialogue and diplomacy, and it shows.

 

Damn you! - that's gonna complicate my usual go-to choice, of "Always play as the woman"... especially in 3rd person.

 

As I always say, "If I'm going to stare at a backside for 100 hours, it might as well be the more shapely one"

 

1 minute ago, Copanele said:

I should rename my thread in "Copanele's collection of trophies and AC experiences"  I could go on about assassin's creed for days...

 

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[Copanele]

 No. 189 - Nickelodeon All-Stars Brawl

Platinum Name: Leave everything to me! 

Hardest trophy: Unleash the DOOM!  - defeat 3 CPU on the hardest difficulty in a local battle

Difficulty: 3/10

 

I wonder sometimes, why are some games even made? I don't mean the EZPZ ones, those are clearly made to farm money off trophy hunters, I mean games like this one, who just sound good on paper but end up being some uninspired bland piece of software that make me constantly question why am I even playing it.

 

My experience with the Nickelodeon cast is super limited; All I watched is Avatar the Last Airbender (fantastic show, one of the best I've ever seen) and struggled through the first 3 episodes of Legend of Korra before quitting. I also know of the Ninja Turtles but never watched the cartoon. The rest...Spongebob is a meme but hell if I know who the rest are. So probably I am missing a nostalgia element here too. 

 

So I fired up this game ( @Yuber6969 needed a partner in onlinery and I am always up for some punchy kicky stuff) and the first picture that welcomed me was "you won a reward". And what a reward it was....the hellspawn, the Lord of Doom and Lasagna himself:

 

I swear, Garfield follows me everywhere, Hallowed be thy name, the Destructor of Worlds. Funny enough, seeing this screenshot and laughing my ass off was the best part of the game.

 

After quickly finishing the online, I went for the hardest trophy immediately, Unleash the DOOM!, which asks you to fight 3 CPU at the same time while they are set at the hardest difficulty. It took me a grand total of 15 minutes to FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADD 3 GODDAMN CPU ENEMIES. What the hell game, why is it so difficult to register 3 other enemies to fight on the same map???

The solution was : add all characters in the same team (had no idea you change teams via some obscure shitty button) and then change your character to a different team. All fine and dandy but...no explanation in the game whatsoever. The game assumes you've played Smash before (which I didn't, I never owned a Nintendo). Regardless to say, setting up the match was way harder than the actual match, where I beat the AI second try with Toph (again, thanks @Yuber6969 for the tip).

 

And this is the main problem with the game...too much time is wasted in the menus, in the options, in loading screens. A fighting/brawling game has to be snappy, with precise and easy menus, to get you into action as fast as possible. Don't lock me out into stupid menus if I press a button wrong, that makes me waste time. 

Also why are the loading times so long? The game looks like crap and it doesn't seem that it loads any massive details anyway.

 

The trophy list asks you to complete Arcade mode with every character. SWEET! I said, now I can see what each character can do!

By the time I reached the 4th arcade run, I ... put on the turbo controller to spam Strong attack while I was watching youtube videos ?

Maaaan, the gameplay is lame as hell. All you have to do is run around like a headless chicken and spam Circle to whomp the opponent off the map. Some characters have an abysmal moveset too, and the best character in the game Garfield did not even count for the platinum. A game really has to be mad boring if it makes me use the Turbo for Arcade runs...

 

So yeah, I have nothing much to say about the game. It is a free PS+ game but unless you loved Nickelodeon cartoons I don't see why you should play this. It's best if you skip this one altogether, there's so many better games out there.

Also whenever you start a match the characters start with a random line of dialogue from the show. I think I made April O'Neil say she is sickened by Leonardo or something. The lines have NOTHING to do with the match, they are just random lines. I think I was better off without the lines altogether.

 

THE GOOD:

- Garfield is in the game and he throws cream pies.

- It's a PS+ game so it's for free

- It's fast to platinum

 

THE BAD:

- Boring

- long loading screens

- lame gameplay

- feels like a complete waste of time

 

Recommendation: Blazblue Cross Tag Battle  I normally joke about this game BUT if you want a quality crossover game, with easy gameplay, easy platinum and sick ass soundtrack, better play this one instead.

[LancashireLad87]

I'll be attempting Nickelodeon shortly with a friend for the online trophies. I'm sure when Garfield popped up you were having flashbacks of Garfield Kart Racing  I've never played Smash either so I'm eager to see how they play in comparison to 2D and 3D fighters. Great write-up as usual man, cannot wait to give DNG Duel a go but I have to actually buy the game first lol

[Copanele]

Just now, LancashireLad87 said:

I'll be attempting Nickelodeon shortly with a friend for the online trophies. I'm sure when Garfield popped up you were having flashbacks of Garfield Kart Racing  I've never played Smash either so I'm eager to see how they play in comparison to 2D and 3D fighters. Great write-up as usual man, cannot wait to give DNG Duel a go but I have to actually buy the game first lol

Yep that was exactly my reaction. When I showed it to my wife she was "OH NO NOT THE KARTING"

That game ruined more than one person  

And yes I can't wait to grab DNF Duel also, now with a comprehensible tutorial (because I had no idea what I was doing while playing in the Beta lol)

[Yuber6969]

Congrats! I'm on the verge of platting the game (saving it for an event) and I agree with everything you said. The game is good for a palate cleaner and nothing more. I grew up watching some of the Nickelodeon shows and I can tell you that nostalgia does not save the game. Also, a faster way to get through Arcade Mode is to literally grab your opponent and jump off a cliff while holding them.  

[Copanele]

41 minutes ago, Yuber6969 said:

Congrats! I'm on the verge of platting the game (saving it for an event) and I agree with everything you said. The game is good for a palate cleaner and nothing more. I grew up watching some of the Nickelodeon shows and I can tell you that nostalgia does not save the game. Also, a faster way to get through Arcade Mode is to literally grab your opponent and jump off a cliff while holding them.  

Lmao I discovered grab exists when I played those sports modes. That would have been hilarious lol!! 

 

And yeah figured as much. No characters can save a game if they have no soul put in them. 

[Copanele]

WARNING - The following post will have Elden Ring boss spoilers

You have been warned

(also if you hate the series you won't probably care about this post anyway  )

The Foul Tarnished Experience - an Elden Ring story

Part 1 - The beginning

 

Another "This has nothing to do with trophies, what the hell?" post. It is finally the time to properly approach the newest Fromsoftware masterpiece, Elden Ring. Not in a platinum way, that thing was done and done a long time ago. Since I rather enjoy these "Souls" games (as in, I am absolutely in love with them), I have a personal target of finishing each and every game at the lowest possible level.

 

Why do I do this? Well since I ..enjoy...like...ok OBSESS over Fromsoftware "Souls and Soulslike" games, I also like to employ the famous SL1 challenge. It's just for my personal satisfaction, since the platinum doesn't tickle my "git gud" need. Plus, it's actually fun to think which weapons are most viable against bosses and how to approach a run where everything can one shot you easily.

Why Elden Ring? It's the only "Souls" games that I haven't completed yet at SL1. That and...well...Sekiro, although Sekiro has completely different rules.

What's different from previous Souls games? Unlike Dark Souls/Bloodborne, Elden Ring is an open-world game. There's a lot more to cover, there's waaaaay more bosses (165 to be honest even if most of them are reskins) and the damage and difficulty is way more brutal at a SL1. The game now focuses on you using every available resource, including summons, so it will be extra challenging.

What will I get out of this? Eternal satisfaction and that same friend who said I am a dumbass for doing DS2 fist only also now said that I should go touch some grass. He is probably right  

 

Prerequisites:

• Enjoy Elden Ring - There really is no use attempting this if you dislike the game
• Have the wikipedia near you - unlike the previous games, it's impossible for me to know the game like the back of my hand anymore. The Lands Inbetween is HUGE so yeah, I will have to use the Wiki for missing upgrades and such
• No Level up - Rune level will remain 1, means I have to pick up the Wretch class. I get 10 points for each stat by default, which limits my picks (aka 10 STR, 10 END, 10 VIG, 10 DEX etc)
• No Jolly co-operation - What's the point of a challenge if I can just summon a dude who piledrives the bosses for me?
• No spirit ashes (IF POSSIBLE) - Spirit ashes are like summons. While not being as proficient as a real player, they can aggro the bosses so I will avoid using them. THERE ARE some crazy shit bosses later on (Godskin Duo), so if I see that I just get absolutely ass blasted by a gank squad, I may use some wolves or archers. I will try my very best not to.
• Hunt for upgrade materials from the get-go - the beauty of this game is that the moment you get out the stupid crypt at the beginning, you can go almost anywhere. So upgrade materials, ashes of war, golden seeds and flask upgrades must be all collected before going HAM on the world.

 

Weapons&Items

• Radagon's Scarseal - This bad boy talisman gives you +5 to each stat but increases your damage taken. Since I get blasted anyway, having 15 STR instead of 10 really saves my bacon there.
• Strength Talisman - another trinket that gives me +5 STR. Indispensable for the weapon that I need
• A bow - No more mr Nice man, a bow is indispensable in this run. Heck, I might even use it to poison bosses. There's so many bitch enemies that can drop on your head that it's almost mandatory to play ranged for a good portion of the game. I will play with a Longbow then move to Pulley Bow once I unlock Mt. Gelmir
• Weapon of choice - I normally started with a Morningstar because it has blunt damage (everything with armor is weak to it) and it has innate bleed buildup. But I plan on switching to a Zweihander, also known as bass cannon to the veterans. The Zweihander is a staple of the series and it was always a fantastic weapon. As a sideweapon I will get an estoc or Rogier's Rapier. There's some enemies that require fast pokes (like Fortisaax and Placidusaax) and Rapiers work way better on them.
• Frost upgrade - unlike Dark Souls 3, frost buildup is broken in this game. Definitely need that upgrade, which is in Lucaria Academy. 

 

With all that being said, thus begins my SoulRune Level 1 run!

 

Progress so far: I upgraded my flask to +2 with 7 sips and I have the physick flask which gives me even more health. While running around collecting upgrades and Miner Bells I defeated the Two Demihuman chiefs, a Tibia Mariner, the Soldier of Godrick (duh), A Crystalian Blade and a random Cleanrot Knight. They were easy pickings but I needed the upgrades they were yielding, especially the miner bell from Crystalian Blade.

However I want to upgrade to the Zweihander, which requires 19 STR. For that I need 2 pouch slots for my Talismans mentioned above. One was on by default but for the second one I had to halt my hunt for upgrades and go for Mergit the Fell Omen, the absolute first major roadblock in Elden Ring. He's as much of a piece of shit as before, with his delays and such, but I managed to get him relatively fast. It did take me 6 minutes because of his shitty delays, could have been faster, but eh he's dead and that's all that matters  

@KindaSabbath as promised, here's one boss fight video. Not the best fight, mind you, but it will get better later on  

 

What's next- After defeating Margit, I will go after the Strength Talisman and finally grab the Zweihander. Then it's Limgrave and Weeping Peninsula cleanup time  

This challenge will take a VERY long time to complete, especially since I still focus on platinums more, but from time to time it's fun to return to Elden Ring and go for some more bosses.

Boss count: 6/165

 

P.S. If you wish to check all my other runs, I have the playlists here.:

• Dark Souls SL1 run
• Dark Souls 2 Fist Only SL1 run
• Bloodborne BL4 run
• Bloodborne Gun Only run
• Dark Souls 3 SL1 run
• Elden Ring RL1 run (in progress)

 

Thanks for checking in, will resume to the usual program  

 

Edited July 8, 2022 by Copanele

[KindaSabbath]

9 hours ago, Copanele said:

Why do I do this? Well since I ..enjoy...like...ok OBSESS over Fromsoftware "Souls and Soulslike" games, I also like to employ the famous SL1 challenge. It's just for my personal satisfaction, since the platinum doesn't tickle my "git gud" need. Plus, it's actually fun to think which weapons are most viable against bosses and how to approach a run where everything can one shot you easily.

This speaks to me haha! I think there’s something beautiful in learning the inns and outs of every nook & cranny, every item, every attack pattern and truly mastering a game. Sometimes you just need to go old school and find ways to crank up that difficulty, manually, and play your own “git gud” kinda game! I salute this mind set all the way dude ?
 

Excellent work though mate and thank you for the tag! I look forward to following your progress on this challenge, also catching up on some of the incredible feats you’ve already achieved in these other fantastic games! So I appreciate you linking everything right here in this post!

 

As someone who often gets distracted doing crazy shit outside of trophies I can definitely see the passion you have for Souls! It’s pretty cool man! I’m very much looking forward to what you do on Sekiro next since as it’s the only FROM game that I currently have experience with, but, I can tell you it has definitely got my thirst going and I want to play many games in the genre! 
 

The fight was awesome btw. Just gets me hyped up to play Elden Ring!

[Copanele]

4 hours ago, KindaSabbath said:

This speaks to me haha! I think there’s something beautiful in learning the inns and outs of every nook & cranny, every item, every attack pattern and truly mastering a game. Sometimes you just need to go old school and find ways to crank up that difficulty, manually, and play your own “git gud” kinda game! I salute this mind set all the way dude
 

Excellent work though mate and thank you for the tag! I look forward to following your progress on this challenge, also catching up on some of the incredible feats you’ve already achieved in these other fantastic games! So I appreciate you linking everything right here in this post!

Many, many thanks  that's the part that I love about this run, the fact that it quickly turns into a survival kind of game, trying desperately to figure out how to progress while monsters are after your ass, hungrier than ever. 

So far I think Bloodborne still takes the cake when it comes to difficulty, the BL4 run was insanely tough in the chalice dungeons, because Depth 5 chalices should be NG+3 level or something.

4 hours ago, KindaSabbath said:

As someone who often gets distracted doing crazy shit outside of trophies I can definitely see the passion you have for Souls! It’s pretty cool man! I’m very much looking forward to what you do on Sekiro next since as it’s the only FROM game that I currently have experience with, but, I can tell you it has definitely got my thirst going and I want to play many games in the genre! 
 

You know, I might actually start Sekiro in parallel, because well, I can't consider it a Souls game.

I will do a regular Sekiro no health/posture bar run, not a gauntlet run, because I want to also defeat the special minibosses. Can't go all gangsta in that game without facing O'Rin of the Water. Or the final Seven Spear who has his captains with him  it should be fun!

4 hours ago, KindaSabbath said:

The fight was awesome btw. Just gets me hyped up to play Elden Ring!

Glad it gave you even more reasons to look forward to starting this amazing game  

[AJ_Radio]

On 6/21/2022 at 5:40 PM, Honor_Hand said:

Will Ubisoft's constant pumping and milking of DLC for AC Valhalla ever end? Find out next season when Copanele gets to play most of their insufferable glitchy challenges or their sleep-inducing new quests. xxD

Very late reply but considering my burnout for Odyssey, Valhalla is now easily twice the length. 
 

*sighs* I literally have a love/hate relationship with Assassin’s Creed.

[FreshFromThaDeli]

If you continue playing Elden Ring until you are old, does that make you an Elden Copanele? 

[Copanele]

14 minutes ago, FreshFromThaDeli said:

If you continue playing Elden Ring until you are old, does that make you an Elden Copanele? 

Pretty sure I will become a true foul tarnished at that point? 

Elden Copanele does not sound too bad as a title either, lol! 

 

[Infected Elite]

ugh Nickelodeon All Star Brawl isnt hard, really, but it just isnt enjoyable. I platted the ps5 version once it came free to plus. The lifeless arcade with all brawlers was sleep inducing. The online was a drag, and to think, i paid for this Day 1 on a whim because it had Ren and Stimpy. It was less than 12hr later i returned for refund with like 50% trophies or something.... until plus. Then it was just a grind. Yes they added voices, and items that RARELY spawned, but the stages themselves are way too small and recovering from being sent flying is way harder than it needed to be due to clunky controls.

 

I've toyed with the idea of 100% the ps4 version, but the monotony that comes with it.... not a god damn chance.

 

Congrats on that plat!

[The_Kopite]

On 7/2/2022 at 9:45 AM, Copanele said:

THE GOOD:

- Garfield is in the game and he throws cream pies.

- It's a PS+ game so it's for free

- It's fast to platinum

 

THE BAD:

- Boring

- long loading screens

- lame gameplay

- feels like a complete waste of time

Sooooo what your saying is.....it's not a Game of the Decade contender? lol

 

Nice review, really like the Good and Bad part at the end, nice to see those points clearly labelled. Also like the recommendations you do, it's a nice thought!

 

Still considering playing this, potentially boosting with @KindaSabbath. Bet it would add a lot to anyone's trophy checklist thread! lol

[Copanele]

10 hours ago, Infected Elite said:

ugh Nickelodeon All Star Brawl isnt hard, really, but it just isnt enjoyable. I platted the ps5 version once it came free to plus. The lifeless arcade with all brawlers was sleep inducing. The online was a drag, and to think, i paid for this Day 1 on a whim because it had Ren and Stimpy. It was less than 12hr later i returned for refund with like 50% trophies or something.... until plus. Then it was just a grind. Yes they added voices, and items that RARELY spawned, but the stages themselves are way too small and recovering from being sent flying is way harder than it needed to be due to clunky controls.

 

I've toyed with the idea of 100% the ps4 version, but the monotony that comes with it.... not a god damn chance.

 

Congrats on that plat!

Oh man...getting it Day 1, that must have hurt  it's good that you could refund it though. 

Nah, one stack is more than enough lol

 

14 minutes ago, The_Kopite said:

Sooooo what your saying is.....it's not a Game of the Decade contender? lol

 

Nice review, really like the Good and Bad part at the end, nice to see those points clearly labelled. Also like the recommendations you do, it's a nice thought!

 

Still considering playing this, potentially boosting with @KindaSabbath. Bet it would add a lot to anyone's trophy checklist thread! lol

Yeah chances are it won't catch the podium ?

Thanks thanks! That good/bad part is the TL;DR of the post, if anyone doesn't have the mood to read  

Yeah, the good part is that the online section can be solved quickly. Game is pretty dead anyway so it should be easy.

[The_Kopite]

28 minutes ago, Copanele said:

Yeah chances are it won't catch the podium 

Thanks thanks! That good/bad part is the TL;DR of the post, if anyone doesn't have the mood to read  

Yeah, the good part is that the online section can be solved quickly. Game is pretty dead anyway so it should be easy.

Haha!

 

Sometimes sadly I don't have time to read a big post so yeah the good/bad part is appreciated!

 

Indeed, keep umming and arrring about it tbh. We will see lol

[Grotz99]

Plan to do destroy all bosses in the SL1 run including Malenia?

[Copanele]

6 minutes ago, Grotz99 said:

Plan to do destroy all bosses in the SL1 run including Malenia?

* Me after being shafted 70+ times in a stupid cave in Atlus Plateau by miners and random skeletons *

 

So far I got 17 bosses down, a +15 Zweihander, a +13 Morningstar and no Demigod killed  

[Grotz99]

31 minutes ago, Copanele said:

* Me after being shafted 70+ times in a stupid cave in Atlus Plateau by miners and random skeletons *

 

I hated that place too, especially since I went Katana dex build. Good luck, record some of the crazier boss fights.

[Copanele]

56 minutes ago, Grotz99 said:

I hated that place too, especially since I went Katana dex build. Good luck, record some of the crazier boss fights.

Yep RL1 build made me appreciate STR weapons more. Dex weapons just don't cut it in later levels. 

 

Also recording each of the 165 bosses, no matter how lame they are (even Soldier of Godrick ) I will do updates here every time I get one of the tough bastards though. 

[Copanele]

The Foul Tarnished Experience - an Elden Ring story

Part 2 - The first step is always the hardest

 

Introduction:

Soo...I said I will return to the normal gaming program, but truth be told...this game hooked me up. Again. I couldn't play anything, I tried to fire up some Tekken 6 or Cuphead DLC and, despite those games being great, my heart was yearning for more Elden Ring.

Therefore I decided to take a break from the classic trophy hunting schtick and actually focus on this Rune Level 1 run WHILE documenting my playthrough because hell why not let's try something new!

The RL1 in Elden Ring proves to be absolutely incredible, given how many options I have available. Even without summons, I can pick so many weapons, ashes of war and skills it's incredible. Not to mention that the game is absolutely gorgeous, wasting several hours just re-exploring the entire thing.

Obviously with the patch I discovered many new quests and NPCs so together with this new playthrough I will aim to complete every NPC sidequest, if possible. I will use a guide this time, first playthrough is always the sweetest and the blindest.

Please refer to Part 1 if you wish to see how this all madness started.

 

Starting the game, Item gathering and "oh god why" moments:

 

Obviously after creating my classic Level 1 character Astrid (Blonde viking themed Tarnished, always creating an Astrid for SL1 runs) and defeating the big bad boss Soldier of God, Rick, I entered Limgrave and again marveled at its beauty. Was called Maidenless by Varre and the very first target was meeting Melina and Ranni the Witch. Malenia gave me the ever-useful and beloved horse-cow Torrent, while Ranni gave me the Spirit Calling Bell. Then I darted straight to Stormhill's Shack and grabbed the Jellyfish ash from Roderika. 

P.S. When I mentioned "no summoning", I meant no boss fight with summons. Besides, spirit ashes at level 1 are pathetic anyway.

 

The best part at Elden Ring is that the moment you start the game you technically have 50%-60% of the map available to you. Which means you can go and gather all the goodies available to make your life easier. Which is way more convenient, comparing to the previous Souls/Bloodborne games where you had to do mental gymnastics in order to grab some potent stuff (stupid blood chunks from Bloodborne haunt me to this day).

 

With that in mind, the next first target for me, before even finding some decent clothes was Fort Faroth in Caelid. Why that place? It held the most critical Talisman for my build, Radagon's Soreseal. That bad boy Talisman raises your Vigor, Endurance, Strength and Dexterity by 5 points, which already opens up a huge array of weaponry for you to use.

Obviously snatching the damn thing was no easy feat, since you are a lowly lvl 1 Tarnished in an area way too dangerous. I used the Jellyfish to lure the swarm of bats (poor Jellyfish died almost instantly), had to outmaneuver a lot of rats, dying 3-4 times in the process but finally I managed to grab the damn thing.

Because I ran around like a headless chicken, Melina unlocked me the Roundtable, which means juicy upgrades at the blacksmith!

 

After that I needed an actually potent weapon. I am not a big fan of clubs, however there was one tried and true weapon who always served me right since Dark Souls 1 - The Morningstar, a beast of a spiked hammer which had both strike damage and inflicted bleed. It was laying lazily in a carriage in Weeping Peninsula so after eating 2 or 3 bolts and being haunted by rabid dogs, I could finally pick up the weapon. Went for some mines to get some precious smithing stones and upgraded it to be somewhat potential. Also picked a longbow from the twin maidens and a ton of arrows and I was set.

 

However, while I could easily clean up the smaller caves in Limgrave, this weapon was not enough. I needed something with a bit more oomph for the sneaky enemies. After searching the internet, I was pleasantly surprised to see that I could also wield the famous bass cannon Zweihander, but only if I could defeat Margit the Fell Omen for a second pouch upgrade and grab the Starscourge Heirloom from Caelid again. Grabbing the talisman was easy enough, however defeating Margit...oh boy. Well, actually it was still pretty easy, once you learn his bullshit pattern.

 

 

After proving myself of passing skill, I bought the weapon and I was mad ready now...

 

The continuation of "oh god why" moments:

...hell no I wasn't ready! I did mention that the map really opens up if you know where to look. So: went to Liurnia and grabbed everything I could in terms of upgrades, found the two Dectus medallion halves and yeeted myself to the Atlus Plateau, grabbed the Pulley Bow from Mt. Gelmir (easily the best bow in the game), reached the Volcano Manor by skipping the Fallingstar Beast (will return to you later, beautiful) and I pretty much stole as much as I could without facing a horrible death. Added an Uchigatana to the mix because fast slashy slash weapons are always welcomed.

 

I also whopped a Liurnia dragon ass so I can enter the academy and grab the Magic Knife which allows me to imbue with frost. Frost + Bleed = love.

With all that beautiful equipment, I finally felt ready to storm (heh) the Stormveil Castle and defeat the very first demigod, Godrick the Grafted.

Truth be told? Traversing the castle, fighting that knight in the cell and dealing with all the bird bullshit was harder than defeating the actual boss. Godrick was such a damn pushover that I managed to get him first try, WITH cutscenes intact.

 

 

After beating the multi-limb weirdo, I finally felt confident and conquered the entirety of Limgrave and Weeping Peninsula, defeating every boss in those two areas.

 

Final score:

Bosses defeated: 38/165

Areas completed: 

• Limgrave - Hardest boss: Crucible Knight
• Weeping Peninsula - Hardest boss: Ancient Hero of Zamor

Equipment:

• Zweihander +16
• Cold Morningstar +13
• Cold Uchigatana  +12
• Pulley Bow +6
• Torch for lighting the areas
• Inverted Hawk Heater Shield
• Buckler for parry god moments
• Crimson Hood (+1 Vigor)
• Raptor's Black Feathers (increases jumping attacks damage)
• Sage Trousers (because I need pantaloons)
• Radagon's Soreseal (+5 in VGR, END, STR, DEX)
• Starscourge Heirloom (+5 STR)
• Psyhick Flask - Crimson Crystal Tear (restores half HP)/Opaline Bubbletear (negates 1 hit)

Other memorable bosses defeated

• Commander O'Neill (Caelid) - defeating him helps you in getting Prosthesis-Wearer Heirloom (+5 DEX)
• Red Wolf of Radagon (Liurnia) - defeating him required in order to get the glinstone knife for cold upgrades

 

MAP PROGRESS

Spoiler

Ending Notes - what will be next:

 

I started off strong in this run and I plan on going even further beyond  my next stop may actually be Volcano Manor, believe it or not. I need to beat the Godskin Noble (easy to do with Sleep arrows) and then Praetor Rykard so I can finally open my path to Leyndell and grab even more upgrades.

After that...time to clean up Liurnia for good. Everyone must fall!

If you want to see my actual progress via boss defeats, you can check my playlist on my youtube channel  

Until next time!

 

 

Edited July 15, 2022 by Copanele

[Copanele]

The Foul Tarnished Experience - an Elden Ring story

Part 3 - The Lion, the Serpent and the Tarnished

 

Part 1

Part 2

 

INTRODUCTION: Another week without playing anything but Elden Ring. This game is seriously damaging my plans for other games, I even have fallen one spot in the Romanian Leaderboard apparently, the shame!(that was pointed out by a friend, I haven't checked my placement in ages).

The trade-off? I am enjoying this game even more than in my first playthrough! Due to the talismans, I actually started to test a ton of weapons that I ignored the first time around and I discover a ton of fun skills. So onwards I go with the stupid Rune Level 1 adventure, testing weapons and dying in a myriad of dumb ways.

 

VOLCANO MANOR: As I mentioned at the end of Part 2, I wanted to actually attempt Volcano Manor. I ignored Liurnia because screw magic books and darted towards the fiery place. The path was blocked by the Fullgrown Fallingstar Beast. I tried to fight it but after 10 attempts I used the classic "fuck it I will attempt it later" and ran past the damn thing, planning to return for it later once I got more juice in my weapon.

 

Volcano Manor is a beautifully grotesque place full of goodies and death. This area is definitely not aimed for a RL1 run, so all I could do is dart past the enemies, grab whatever goodies I could find (lots of upgrade stones) and... get stabbed, mauled, burnt to a crisp, eaten by snakes, eaten by mad people who crawl around in the dark, get thrown into the volcano Mishima style and so on. But even this is nothing compared to the very first major roadblock that I encountered - The Godskin Noble.

...what a shit boss that is....

Godskin Noble is a fatass with a rapier and dark fire magic powers. He is deceptively nimble for his size and his rapier packs a punch. His fire attacks are pretty easy to dodge however and it's the perfect moment to slap him... in Phase 1.

Once you get him to 50% Health, Phase 2 starts. The Noble starts spinning around like goddamn Sonic for a full on 10-15 seconds. You have to hide behind a pillar and pray that he doesn't glitch through the pillar and hits you, because that's instant death. However that's nothing compared to his actual dangerous move, a blitz fast multi-thrust attack that breaks your stamina and instakills you.

The only good part is that this fatass is mad weak to Sleep Arrows. So I gave up trying to beat him "Fair and square", fired up a couple of Sleep arrows and I put him to sleep permanently. Horrible boss.

 

After beating this boss, I could breathe easily, because the next segment of the manor was pretty chill in comparison. Despite there being a ton of enemies, the areas were large enough so I can avoid every annoying little serpent that wanted to eat me. So I reached the final boss' arena with relative ease, but not before upgrading the Serpent-Hunter to +6 first.

With the Serpent-Hunter properly upgraded, it was time to face the second lord, Rykard The Lord of Blasphemy.

 

This...was a luck based fight. The first phase was pretty simple since the Serpent telegraphed his attacks most of the time. However Rykard was an absolute pain in the ass, yelling TOGETHAAAAA and slapping me with weird i-frame sword swings and explosive skulls. What's worse, if he starts to summon his apocalypse, I am toast since I can't outrun that huge number of skulls. So...I kinda lucked out and beat his devouring ass at long last. 

 

 

With the second Lord done, I could finally get my third pouch and wear 3 talismans. Finally, an upgrade! I could wear Radagon's Soreseal, a STR or DEX buff AND another talisman, like the Ritual Talisman. What's best, my path to Leyndell the Royal Capital was finally open.

 

DUDE, WHERE'S MY WITCH?

However I remembered that there's one quest I haven't started - Ranni the Witch questline. Since I don't know how the game behaves if I progress too far (Fromsoft games have that tendency of messing up progression), I went for the Caria Manor to visit the blue magician girl. Ran past the multitude of hands (Miyazaki has a fetish at this point), dispatched Royal Knight Loretta with a bow (she uses projectiles, fuck her, I use projectiles of my own!), avoided the big momma dragon and found the tower...empty. Ranni was nowhere to be found.

 

After a brief panicking, I checked the wiki and apparently I triggered the Radahn Festival at some point, which makes discount Guts best boi Blaidd to go to the party and thus making Ranni disappear from her usual spot. To make her reappear I had to defeat General Radahn first.

 

Rykard was one thing, however Radahn was way out of scope for me right now. He's a monster of a boss and every single one of his hits is a guarantee instakill. Thank Elden Lord Miyazaki that I have so many options at my disposal, so it was time to get dangerous and cheap.

First off I grabbed the Chloranthy ri--erm Green Turtle Talisman for Stamina Regeneration. Then I upgraded the Antspur Rapier, because Radahn is super weak to Scarlet Rot and honestly I am not Ongbal to have the patience to RL 1 Naked Club only Radahn (I have a life too you know). Finally, I went after the single most hated skill in the entirety of Souls- Bloodhound Step, that is similar to the Bloodborne Old Hunter Bone dodge, aka my i-frames are infinite  I had to trick the Night's Cavalry from Dragonbarrow to fall off to his doom (too much HP for my taste) but I got the damn thing.

With all these items combined, I went to Radahn..

...and I died....

...A LOT...

Holy shit Radahn at RL1 is a piece of garbage! He is understandably VERY strong, however his hitboxes can pass through your shield. I died so many times because the camera could simply not keep up with Radahn's bullshittery. The spins, the slams, the gravity, I died over 50 times to this asshole.

But with abit of luck and help from the Tuberculosis Rapier, the monster finally fell and Ranni was restored to her place.

 

 

Final score:

Bosses defeated: 53/165

Areas completed: 

• Limgrave - Hardest boss: Crucible Knight
• Weeping Peninsula - Hardest boss: Ancient Hero of Zamor

Equipment:

• Zweihander +16Weapon became obsolete
• Cold Morningstar +13
• Cold Uchigatana  +14
• Antspur Rapier +13
• Pulley Bow +6
• Torch for lighting the areas
• Inverted Hawk Heater Shield
• Buckler for parry god moments
• Crimson Hood (+1 Vigor)
• Raptor's Black Feathers (increases jumping attacks damage)
• Sage Trousers (because I need pantaloons)
• Radagon's Soreseal (+5 in VGR, END, STR, DEX)
• Starscourge Heirloom (+5 STR)
• Green Turtle Talisman/Ritual Sword Talisman
• Psyhick Flask - Crimson Crystal Tear (restores half HP)/Opaline Bubbletear (negates 1 hit)

Lords defeated:

• Godrick the Grafted
• Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy
• Starscourge Radahn

 

MAP PROGRESSION

Spoiler

What's next: I think I will do a short trek to Nokron to get the bleed infusion stone, then off to Leyndell. I want to upgrade my gear more in order to tackle Liurnia, Caelid and Dragonbarrow.

Edited July 15, 2022 by Copanele

[AihaLoveleaf]

I can appreciate all the fun being had in this run so far, along with the ridiculousness of seeing the meme serpent boss destroyed while butt naked.

 

Also, seeing that Uchigatana brings out my inner Ken-sama.

 

[Copanele]

15 hours ago, AihaLoveleaf said:

I can appreciate all the fun being had in this run so far, along with the ridiculousness of seeing the meme serpent boss destroyed while butt naked.

 

Also, seeing that Uchigatana brings out my inner Ken-sama.

 

Oh man this is just the beginning! There's so many dumb bosses along the way  

And yep, in all the Souls games, Uchigatana is still one of the best weapons. That picture you shared remembers me of a certain spiritual elk/moose that I have to defeat eventually  

 

Also I did some updates:

• Updated the boss counter to 53/165. I did progress quite a bit after all.
• Added a "Map progression" in the spoilers in each post. I really hope the site fixed the spoilers tag and it can be opened.

[DrBloodmoney]

These vids are awesome man - you have the patience of a saint and the reflexes of a cat for some of these bosses with tiny windows for hits - that fight against the Fell Omen was tense as hell!