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I tried to restart from the beginning of the game but bounced off about ten minutes into Pathologic 2's intro on two different occasions. I wasn't able to get back into it at first, and there's likely a lot of reasons for this. I was playing it wrong. Pathologic 2 didn't explain itself to me. The introduction is far too long. I wasn't paying enough attention to my actions because I was treating it like a video game. I was choosing dialog haphazardly. I wasn't judging whether or not the people I talked to in the game world actually had my best interests at heart. I wasn't focusing on being Artemy. I was stressing out about the wrong meters. I wasn't in the z


Hunger, Exhaustion, Respect, Thirst, and Immunity levels must all be monitored constantly while playing Pathologic 2. It's a lot to keep track of, especially while trying to complete quests for NPCs without getting killed or, even worse, infected with the plague, and death can come at sudden and inopportune times simply because you decided it would be better to trade a lockpick for a single bullet rather than a piece of toast. It's a stressful experience whether you've been holding one mL of House of Wise Stress Drops ($65 per bottle) under your tongue for 60 seconds or not, and a lengthy one. The drops do seem to help, tho


The rest of the sorceries in Elden Ring have histories unrelated to the other schools of magic. Consequently, they feel less related and miscellaneous in comparison to the other sorceries. Nevertheless, they hold a unique place in Elden Ring lore because of their specific


Of the Glinstone-related sorceries, Gravity magic is one of the most unique. Rather than find its power in glintstones that crashed into the Lands Between long ago, Gravity sorceries come from the living Alabaster and Onyx Lords who landed in Elden Ring from space. Radahn, who is the only demigod to use Gravity magic, is said to have learned directly from an Alabaster L


What doesn't leave a person with a feeling of peace, however, is the difficulty spike in Elden Ring once a player reaches the Mountaintop of the Giants . It was annoying on the game's first playthrough and it was still annoying in New Game Plus, but after a while - and after eating a few pieces of chocolate - I realized that I wasn't getting as frustrated as I had the first time. Some enemies still seemed overly powerful and dying occurred more often than was necessary, but it seemed to me that I was getting less irritated this time around. Even repeatedly grinding for runes on that ledge near the Lord of Blood (no shame in wanting to get that Int up for Comet Azure) didn't feel as repetitive. Was I zoning out, was I in a groove, or was the CBD actually help


Elden Ring follows the journey of the Tarnished as they return to the Lands Between after their exile. The Elden Ring has been shattered, and the Greater Will calls the Tarnished back with the guidance of Grace in hopes that they will gather the Great Runes of Power that have been scattered, and make the Elden Ring whole once more to maintain the reign of the Golden Order over the Lands Between. The journey of the Tarnished climaxes at the Greater Will's Erdtree in Elden Ring 's Lands Between , where they can shape the future of the realm with the choices they've made and the characters they've hel

This occult mystery is related to the Nox people of the Eternal Cities, who used Night sorceries. This is because in Elden Ring the Moon of Nokstella that was cherished by the Nox is likely the same moon Ranni discovered as a child, as this would explain hers and Radahn's interest in the Nox. According to the Moon of Nokstella's description, the Dark Moon guided the stars and attracted them toward it. This suggests that the Full Moons in some way hold power over the Glintstone sorcer


Due to her grief, Marika shattered the Elden Ring after the Night of Black Knives. The Runes of Power that composed the Elden Ring were scattered with each of the demigods claiming a Great Rune. Radagon attempted to repair the Elden Ring without success, and became one (or rejoined) with Marika between the shattering of the Elden Ring and the Greater Will's punishment, as is seen in the opening of the cinematic Elden Ring Builds Ring Radagon boss battle when Marika shifts into Radagon. The Greater Will punished Marika by imprisoning her within the Erdt


Not much is known about the exact involvement of Martin in the game's fiction and whether or not broader outlines of endings or character trajectories are concerned, Martin himself having downplayed the role, indicating he worked out things more fundamental to the world and its mythology. Given the number of endings in Elden Ring , however, Martin could have had conflicting feelings about going into the project, unsure what the outcome would be for both himself and the game. He could have been searching for a way to start a new age of writing, much like Ranni's Elden Ring Age of Stars Ending starts a new age for the Lands Between, instead of looking to reclaim the glory lost with the downfall of Game of Thron