

But since you are a Tarnished that is “touched by grace” this means you are guided by the golden rays of the Sites of Grace to your destiny. I’m not entirely sure what that means, but as a tarnished you are able travel the Lands Between freely as you so desire. Not even close, and I am not even the littlest bit sorry. I have not explored the entire map, and I have not killed every boss. So, after a month of playing a few hours each night (again, 50+ hour a week job and 2 kids in sports) I have put over 100 hours into Elden Ring and I am nowhere near the end. This isn’t a game to rush or main line, this is a game you are supposed to slow sip and savor because it’s a once in a generation experience. It’s not that I can’t because of the difficulty, or because I moved on to something else and I’ll never go back, but because I refuse to look up any information about what to do and where to go, and I refuse to take any shortcuts that will ruin the experience of the game for me. I have not, and probably will not ever beat this game completely. Now that I’ve got my limited history with From Software games off my chest, I need to admit another thing. Because without being “forced” to play this game, I would have missed out on one of the best games I’ve ever played in my 30+ years of gaming. But our head editor has a way with words, and he convinced me to take it on, and boy oh boy am I happy I did. I really hesitated to take this review because of my limited experience with Souls games.
#Elden ring xbox full#
Not because I disliked the game, but with a more than full time job, 2 kids in sports and a backlog of games that is well over 100 games deep, I usually tend to move on from a game if it doesn’t grab my attention, or more often than that, a new game comes out that does.

I played about 5 hours tops of Dark Souls 3 and never went back.
