Elden Ring | Ep. #20 | Hammer & Fickle

This episode features gameplay of Elden Ring from FromSoftware, 2022.

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Elden Ring is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware. It was directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki with worldbuilding provided by fantasy writer George R. R. Martin. It was published for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on February 25 by FromSoftware in Japan and Bandai Namco Entertainment internationally. Players control a customizable player character who is on a quest to repair the Elden Ring and become the new Elden Lord. [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elden_Ring]

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Look at the glisten on this man. he’s so freshly moistened. He’s continually moistened. It’s raining. He’s got a nice, nice, rectangular abdomen. He looks like a fisherman. He has, like, he doesn’t look like he lifts weights. He looks like he does backbreaking labor. You’re saying he’s all natural?

Kind of like Rocky and Rocky four. Yes. Yes, exactly. He’s got life made him that way. But prefer Baw. Baw. Baw Baw Baw Baw. Baw Baw. Baw Baw. Not my favorite Rocky movie. Rocky four. I think it might be my second or first favorite training montage though.

I think it’s like the movie is the movie of the Rocky movies. Like it’s the most like I would watch it. I would probably watch it more than I would watch Rocky. man, that’s. Rocky is definitely the better movie, right? Like, no doubt in my mind.

But there’s something about a movie like Rocky four that I get hyped when I see it. I don’t know. You know what I mean? Welcome back to Beer. Brazil has a reputation as a vibe. Hey, buddy. Well, I guess we’re digging straight. Fuck down. Dude. If.

If you bust out a shovel and just sat here for this whole episode and dug a hole, I mean, the wildest. Shit you have a lot of questions. I would imagine. Give it that groove. You just start building a base. Blow my mind. Base, Bill, you.

Say blow my mind or blow my mind. Blow like explode my mind. It sounded like you said below when you said blow, you said blow, right? It was like he was like below. As in follow my mo. Yeah, well, you’re saying the word blow. As I said.

It was a low bar. Low like the Jungle Book. Okay, blow that bear the bare necessities. Terry. You know. What’s this about? Who? What’s his nuts? Yeah. Yeah, well, who we talk about. nobody ever calls me that. Hey, what’s up with all What’s his nuts over here? Come on.

The voice of big mouth stand up. Comedian John Mulaney. Left his wife. Yeah. Left his wife. Body to you guys in the mood for a little. I’m not a cave, but I guess he got a cold. Look at anything with a big door. There’s a treasure. It’s dark.

You get a swing, your fists at a big dude with who should never be killed by fists. I’m in. Got it. Who? What an exciting, dramatic name for the catacombs. I think they’re talking about me. shit. Just from punch in there. Just, like, straight through.

Like fucking yamcha. Like Kung Pao into the fist. You leave like a can of spam. I didn’t. Not like that body language. I’m sorry. What is this? Because I’m not double handing the motherfucker we have to test. Stop it. But what do you mean is what?

Because I seem to, like, bounce off of him for a second. like the like, armor hit. But. Hello. Do you see that? Yeah, That’s this motherfucker home. Like, once you fall right in that hole. Not today. If we die and have to come back this way, I’m not promising anything.

Maybe we’ll get lucky. Stay calm, Erica. did not proc. Why do you keep saying that? The stake of America is the name of the checkpoint system in this game? what episode is this? What episode of this episode 20? Yeah. And ten is finally. Like, Hey, what’s Stick America all about?

What do you what are you talking about? There? I was like, once, okay, it’s like a bad choice of like, okay, it’s calling back for the previous birth. I keep saying it and it’s not funny to me. Over time, there’s got to be something reminding you of it. Hook these guys.

Not so bad, but when they swarm, Look at this. I don’t like. Like, like. I know they’re like, I’m not threatened by them. Like, from a gameplay perspective, but I really don’t like what their weapon looks like. It looks like it would really hurt.

It looks like it would be worse than getting hit with a sword. It looks real bad. What is that? It’s a a cycle, right? It’s like. It’s like a it’s like a f. It’s like two. It’s like. I don’t know what the vibe is on it, but it just seems gruesome.

Double, double, major motherfucker. Look at it. It’s like a fucking a physical. It’s like a fork that got bent, like the type of the serving fork that the who’s use on the roast beef but bent. Whose use. Whose use, who’s you. Who’s Do you. Got a cut of the roast beef.

What in the world is that. So we. Use. Probably not great. The DVD, DVD. Do we call it Obese. Beast because we don’t know what it is. We don’t know what the beast is. We have no whip. Okay. Hold on a minute. I should. Pay attention. I didn’t like that. What is happening?

This room is a dick, is what’s happening. This is in Sammy’s. boy. This is slanted. Sam’s haunted house. I don’t know what your Jill Valentine almost died in. Right there. You almost became a mario sandwich. I’m more like a panini. You became a mario prosciutto panini. Look at his face.

God damn trudging through this bullshit and look at this. Look at this. You know where I came from? Instead of men, there were fucking turtles. Fuck you. This is not going to be worth it. You don’t threaten me. All right, fellas. Mario’s fight aliens. Please help. Indeed. Mario fought ancient stone golems.

So while everything’s kind of like were you, you know, you keep showing up, gaining experience. This one really is given you vibes. shit. I mean, I guess maybe in the hair. And his fucking hands. And his chest, too. He’s got the fucking superintendent went, went wham

Is little fucking re What are the what are those leather straps. I think they’re like Yeah. Like he has boots. There that seems cheater. They’re gloves, cheater. And what. It’s not like. He’s boxing in a competition. But they’re like hard, like he’s got, like, ice. Like he’s got, like, fucking weapons.

Like, he’s like, strapping up his hands before so he can hurt people more. Yeah. Just doesn’t seem like you. You know what I mean? I think you’re. Talking about our character this whole time. This, this, this. this. Yes. This is, I think, like a steel toed boot for your hand.

As far as what? my God. But he’s got this, like, big, especially like in the Marvel versus Capcom era. He’s got these, like, big old, knobbly gloves. But yeah, he’s. Usually like fighter gloves. Yeah, I don’t know. They have like a Japanese, I think some symbol on them, like symbols.

It’s kind of wild. He’s Japanese, right? Yeah. This Ryu, are. You going to get your, your wish? Because we got to get our stuff back. What’s his last name? He’s never had one. The movie gave him a last name, but also. Yeah. Yeah. How do you. I’m surprised you remember that.

Yeah. Reels there. What was the name in the movie? You want to guess Hayabusa? You’re. You got the right first letter. Real Honda. my God. Wait. Real homes. They called him Real Hoshi. Real Hoshi. She. I like that. It’s weird, right? Because, like, there. There you go. You wanted that? Yes.

Kim has always had a last name. You know Kim. Masters. Right? So jumps right in my mind. But I kind of like it. Like he’s just, like, mysterious, wandering vagabond. It kind of works. What about. what about Balrog? What’s going on there? Well, you know what’s going on there with the whole fucking.

Well, but buddy, Mike. Bison. But he really is named Balrog, right? Like in America. Like that motherfucker’s name is Balrog. Yeah, but you know, he’s not supposed to be Balrog is must be Mike Bison. But is there like lure. Like do they explain it. No. Like you just gave me the

Fucking NBA jam guy you were. Yeah. Yeah. No, this is terrible. This actually is like, so annoying. Maslin. Fuck me, All right? I can’t be kidding. Who? Hold? My God. Nerves of steel. Did the last one have a have a fucking cape? Two? I think some of them have capes. Yeah.

Wow. Nice job. I was the cat. To worry about the cat right now. There you go. Kind of. He really did wait patiently. Didn’t know what? Ali. Ali, See, you’re busy. Wow. Wow. That does damage. Damn, That does damage. Am I in them? Yeah. Look at that.

It’s not bad. Yeah. One midnight gone. he switched sides on me. Eat it. Good. I’m glad. I don’t think the last one had fire breath. Come here. Look at those gaps. My quarterback have. Not only got ten What is he came out shooting. Was.

Talking about like would you fuck this this thing on screen right now I’m like, Where is this coming from? Like it. Was. Sanders coming from Ross. You think so? You’re not going to rise lately. Just years spent hanging with Ross? No, but yeah, I do kind of invoke. Yeah.

You just go to the same place. Just out of nowhere. I don’t know. We’re just like, yeah, if you think about and having. I think it’s so funny, you motherfucker. He was like. shit. You know what? What about Ground Slam? That’s what we’re talking about, man. That’s.

That’s what we need to be doing to everyone. You think I should just exclusively use it? You’re going to. Erase this guy’s hellhole. It really is possible. He’s going to go, and he’s going to go. You know what? What if I just ran? Yeah, Fuck it. We got. We did it.

You killed all these motherfuckers in little fucking f fork heaven, little fucking roast Beast Tavern. You see that thing? That was the Steak America, Ted. I missed it again. It’s like a lady holding up a half moon. Okay, That skeleton was like, I’ll. Hold these for you. Thank you. Dad. shit. Everybody done?

That didn’t make me feel good. If you catch them all with it, though, immediately the fight becomes easier mode. We all did. Yes, you did it. We? The cat was like, Is that what we’re doing? I can’t do. That. Is that what we’re up to? My kids see? Can he do this one?

Can I say, you know, Cat she from Final Fantasy seven. No. The like big white mogul with the cat on top. maybe. Yeah, That’s what this guy’s given. I know. It’s like a mythological creature, but it specifically looks like the one. Their third is dead.

That is not a steak, America. That’s a summoning. that’s a summoning. Cool. What’s a steak America, then? That’s the one in the overworld. There’s a look like that. Similar. Somewhat similar. Perfect. I’m going to stick to the first strategy, And then maybe I’ll bust slam. Once the cat’s free. Like, what’s the point?

You know, like, but slams away. Okay, Continue down to the goal. my God. shit. I felt that one. That was like the fucking Queen of Hearts vibes right there. Jesus Christ, you asshole. God, come here. That’s not good. What kind of damage they take from the flames?

Good damage, probably, but it’s all good. This one’s personal. Hey. Hey. Ooh, I do not like that. I don’t like how high up it goes. Where you can’t see it. Yeah, Yeah, right. You ready. Yet? Unbelievable amount of damage and, you know, and to. To. Wow, Look at that health. Look at that.

Take that. So tell me that’s not legitimately so broken. What you doing, buddy? You didn’t even get his way. He didn’t even take damage from the fucking. Like, don’t even have a hip box. Like, what’s going on? He just swung his sword right through you twice. Admittedly pretty fucking funny. Demi.

Demi. Human ashes. Is that booze? But like, mine doesn’t summon the to help them. In a mario, Nintendo 64 paper. Mario, They have a boo. You can, and he helps you. It’s called Bo because it’s like a boo with a bo. I see. I don’t I, I’m old as fuck.

That’s like 25 years ago. No idea. Fuck, I’m just kidding. I got to go. shit. You guys hold on. Chin kilts. Is there another Virgil? Right there. Where? Straight ahead. Like down is that he. Doesn’t look like an average Joe. Those are usually like it. Like is the wrong color, right?

Yeah, but we’re going to check it out. But first. But first. I think I went up here, I’m pretty sure, but Fist Sister, but a.k.a Mario Mineo. Every single one of these fucking messages this on the ground says I’m ha ha fist booty. Ha ha jab behind.

So no one’s ever written that before if. You say that it sounds like but dude okay if these guys drop this big hammer, do we get it? it’s not really a hammer, is it? It kind of like a. Rock, honestly. Like becomes a hammer when they, like, pick it up.

What the fuck are these guys doing? I remember what these guys are doing. Like you got the VAT knowledge on this? Well, I don’t know about, like, narratively, but I can. I can piece it together. Who the hell is that? Magneto. Look at him. He’s like, You have awakened to.

Work from The Hobbit. That’s the dude from Prometheus. I But that’s French shit at a michael Fassbender. Look at that. He’s got a fucking like dragon tat on him. Okay. On his butt. What a fucking loser. How you tell us. Real talk, guys. If you guys like what you see here

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I was going to say. I mean, you got one. We’re going to 20 are the vibe. Yeah, Okay. I could remember if you said 20 or 25. You said 20. Well, I was thinking 20, but then. Was a dolphin source from Jurassic Park just in the back. Yeah, He’s in here? Yes. Boo!

Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo boo! Trailer for that new dress. Our game. I don’t even know you’re talking about. What is Jurassic Park? Just kidding. Okay, Bye. I got my sky blue. Blue sky. Is it a scary? I don’t know why There’s not, like, a horror game. Jurassic Park game.

He almost looks like it’s entirely QuickTime events. That’s the sensation I got. But I don’t. Think it it like until dawn. Sort of. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, Yeah. All right. That’s. That’s. I didn’t see any game. That’s fair. That’s not, like, a bad idea. Like Jurassic Park until dawn.

They kind of did a telltale one, right? They should be. All you got to do is just do Jurassic Park. But, like, alien isolation, it writes itself 100%. Like, give me, like, Dino crisis. Actually, yeah. Somebody said this looks like drastic park alien isolation. Well, that should seem like a fucking quick time.

Yeah, if that’s. If that’s what it is. I’m ready for that. Raptors are so scary. What do we have here? The fake ones from the movies. All right. Yeah. Yeah. Bookends is like one of those libraries. Three was these. This is the turtle one. Coopers. Excuse me. Three Coopers

Can’t hide from me, you stupid Cooper. You stupid. You, you stupid. Stupid, stupid trooper. You fucking stupid trooper. Where? There, stupid trooper That. They can’t be far. Isn’t there some kind of, like, reveal enemy button? You see what the puzzle to be over? Do they make that car skip this dude.

You joke, but man like, that’s like a real thing in games these days. They’re like, Are you tired of this puzzle here? We’ll just move past it. Listen. I. As long as it’s an option, it doesn’t bother me. I think it’s a shame. But what are you going to do?

Like, Yeah, people are just going to look it up, right? I think just people like, I think people appreciate that, but I think they’re underestimating the effect that like putting that thought into somebody’s mind does during the game. I hear what you’re saying. I think I hear what you’re. Yeah, yeah.

I mean, it’s like and I don’t I think I think one could say the same thing about lowering difficulty too. Yeah. I mean, 100% like I’m fine with either. Like if the game’s like, you don’t look like you’re doing too good. Do you want to just make it easier on yourself?

I get why that’s there, right? I get why it’s there, but it’s like it makes me go like it like, changes my thought process. I don’t know. I remember this one. he’s, like, invisible, right? This shit wait to vote, you know, from the turtle who’s jumping in the water and.

Whatever the fuck he’s doing. It’s like the water is, like, rippling against him, but he’s invisible. Maybe. Weird effect, but we got it. Yeah. Or it is. Like, for example, like another thing like this. Like, exactly. Same thing where you’re, like, unconsciously changing the thought process of the player,

Giving them a lot to do, like more to do than they need to know how to do. It’s like it feels sometimes like you can’t move on or you feel like you need to be completionist about stuff. And I’m not saying like I have no self-control.

I can’t like, stop myself from doing all the quests. It’s like it it changes what the game is. It feels like it feels like it changes where the game is trying to tell me to do. It’s weird. Yeah, obviously game design is super difficult and super intricate as well. Yeah.

Finicky and every small tweak can have it and usually does have extreme ramifications. But you know, sticking to what we were talking about, like giving people options to lower the quote unquote difficulty of the game that they’re playing or I guess completely bypass

Some of the gaits that one would normally have to before they can access more quote unquote, content. Yeah, whatever, man. Like, as long as it’s an option and I don’t give a shit. Yeah, it’s really like I’m really I don’t even think I’m arguing for it not to be there necessarily.

It’s just like, I don’t know, like as somebody who’s not interested in an easy mode in a game, say, like Mario, which obviously is like for children to play. Even so, it makes perfect sense. Why after you die a bunch of times, like

There’s like a, like an easy mode button that you can press. But when I see that when I’m like struggling and like trying to be serious to put myself in the game, I’m like, the game’s like basically being like, Hey, you suck kind of. I, I yeah, I hear what you’re saying. Like.

I guess like on the part of the game developer, but it just feels like the thing that I guess I’m arguing for is like a little bit more consideration of where and how the difficulty levels or like easy things are given to you. I don’t know.

I should it feel like I have to refuse it. I feel like I should have to seek it. Does that make sense? Yeah, but I think that’s just ego speaking, which is like valid and. It just changes. It’s not really about like it feels bad. It just it’s like for me, right?

Like I’m not offended by the game telling me that. I’m just saying, like, it kind of feels like the game is giving you the feedback that you’re not doing well, that’s all. It’s like. It’s like, I don’t know if. That’s fair, but I also think games do that

All the time, which is like, you died, same thing. Or it’s like when your character like Marty goes. To do to do to, to. Like, yeah, that’s the game telling you you didn’t do so well. Yeah I, I don’t think that’s a new phenomenon

But I think the way in which it’s conveyed to the player, sure, some things are somewhat new. It’s like you’ve died like 15 times in the game’s like, Hey, you good? It’s like, I get it. It’s like gentle, some training wheels. It feels good.

Like if I was suffering and I was like, I don’t want to be like this anymore. If the game was like, hey, like, you want to just, like, be invincible now I’ll be like, Yeah, right. I get it. I get that it is balanced in that way, but it’s just like

It’s more about the concept for me than I’m complaining about it. Yeah, I’m not sure what the complaint is right now. I think that it when you deploy it without considering how it changes the game, I think it it makes the game feel worse for people who are trying to not use it.

I think it’s a bit of a reach to assume that they deployed it without considering how it would change. I think they gave it a lot of thought. I’m not saying it’s perfect. I don’t even use the motherfucker, but I’m like to to assume that like they didn’t think about it.

I think it’s a bit presumptuous. Not well, I guess what I’m saying is I think I would prefer it to be something that you have to seek out. Like maybe there’s a metaphor, maybe before you play the game you are informed that it exists and then you can go seek it out.

But reminding you that it’s there seems to be a communication from the game, that’s all. Because it’s based on counting how many times you’ve died or something like that. I’m thinking I might opt out of killing these guys because they’re actually, if I’m already poisoned, fuck it. Right?

Like, what’s the what’s going to change? Nothing, right? Yeah. Like you can’t get like, another poison overload, right? Honestly, what’s really fucked me up is the fact that I apparently can’t log on to those guys. Is it just because you’re, like, fa or like to. Not know. Like they have to be open?

No. just not at all. Sucks, Whatever. It’s not a big deal. Maybe just like Slaughter Festival. You’re poisoned. That’s the idea. Yeah, it’s a little dangerous, but it’s speaking of dangerous. Well, some don’t. Yeah, very little life. What’s up. Down here. Too? I can’t believe I.

I can’t believe you didn’t get killed by. No. Even though you whiffed. Yeah, I know. I’ve become one with the poison. You know what I mean? I feel like. I feel like the poison. Like once you have this mindset, it can’t hurt you anymore. Exactly. I’m not afraid. Yes, I am slowly dying.

Like, I feel like it’s very stressful if you don’t just say, you know what? I’m going to deal with it. I’m going to just have it, tank it. This is who I am. This must be what it’s like when people look

At a pack of cigarets and like nowadays they’re real blunt about it. They’re like, You will die if you smoke this. Please be aware it is no longer a maybe thing. It is going down. Yeah. And you’re like, fuck it. I still I’m bad boy. I want them.

What do you mean you want them? Like you have urged to smoke Cigarets. No, no, I just mean like, that’s, that’s the thought process is like, You’re being the guy. I see. You’re, like, accepting that you want. Them, right? And Shit, that’s like how I feel at fucking McDonalds now.

It’s not even a baby thing anymore. It’s like this burger. These are worse for you. These are like, like you can just get a better one of this and it’s better. Where is he? Like, I. Stop it. I am the poisoned man. Now. Can I get a refill on my self? Negative. Okay.

What do we do? The little satar men have green balls sometimes. I know we can craft them ourselves, but we must not have bought that one from Boy. We probably should. We should just, like, grab, like, five of those. Look at this asshole. there it is. Good Lord. They were like, Hey, he.

Had ballista. Hen ballista sounds like something that they made up, like for a movie when they need to, like, basically give someone a gun, but they like, it’s like, it’s like renaissance times. Like, here it’s like we need like a silenced pistol. I call it a hand Ballista Yeah. A hand blister.

Look, this sister. I’m cousin, the newest person brought us a hand Ballista. And then he does like some. Like, get shot. He does like some sick move. And then he’s like, Any questions? That’s in the truth. Xbox 360 a game looking for. I’m out. I’m out

Next time I’m Boudreau’s not even poisoned Yeah we’re good Great. Next time we’re going to explore more this area. We call this area sweeping peninsula. Fucking poison palace. Poison Palace zone No, no, that sound. That’s Sonic. We’ll see you guys later. Bon Jovi. Bye.