I’m getting to the point now where I’m considering myself more and more of an Elden Ring expert. I’ve immersed myself in it. One play-through on PC, plus two speed-run New Game Plushttps://www.vg247.com/elden-ring-new-game-plus-explained runs in order to see a few of the game’s various endings. Then, on Xbox, an all-new file, with an all-new build. I’ve spent a disgraceful amount of my time when not playing the game indulging my newfound Soulsborne lore goblin tendencies, too – scrutinizing wikis, Twitter, Youtube, and message boards to piece together the less obvious bits of the lore. I’m deep into it.
A lot of this has enhanced my experience of the game. Being well into the lore has made those rare pre-boss cutscenes and practically every item description more fascinating, for instance.
My favorite has been doing an all-new save file after finishing the game a couple of times already. As well as switching to a magical-focused build – a completely different direction to my main file – the biggest difference is the knowledge that’s pre-loaded into your brain. It transforms the game, in fact. It’s still hard, but those panicked early runs at a boss where you die just to learn its attack patterns are gone. So is the relatively random chance of exploration; you know where things are, and plot a path through The Lands Between that suits your planned character build.
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