The open world of **Elden Ring ** is large - larger than the worlds of every other FromSoftware RPG to date. As players steer their Tarnished characters across the continent known as the Lands Between, they can visit beautiful forests, mist-veiled lakes, golden plateaus, ice-swept mountaintops, underground cities, and hell-scapes of fungal rot. The Lands Between, however, is just one continent upon a larger planet. This begs the question; what exactly are the Lands Between... betw

The fourth King's Field installment really leans into the grimdark aesthetics that would come to typify the Souls series. It's ending, which takes place in the deepest, most corrupted pit of the Land of Disaster, is the best example of this. The boss is also a writhing mass of tentacles that only barely resembles a human, something which calls to mind the equally strange One Reborn from Bloodbor

The first of Elden Ring 's most obvious -- and practically necessary -- potion types is the Flask of Cerulean Tears . Aside from HP, players will likely need to manage their FP for things like Magic and Skills. That makes the Flask of Cerulean Tears important to pure physically offensive builds as well as Magic us

Sir Gideon Ofnir, The All-Knowing, is a mysterious character in Elden Ring . Sir Gideon is one of the first people the Tarnished protagonist meets at the Roundtable Hold, of which Gideon is also the leader. He is never particularly kind to the player, rudely brushing them off in their first interaction. Sir Gideon is responsible for the ruthless massacre at the Village of the Albinaurics, which he orchestrated to locate a piece of the medallion that grants access to the Haligtree region. Upon returning to Elden Ring’s Roundtable Hold with the medallion, the player is attacked by Ensha, Gideon’s lapdog. Gideon then lies to the player about trying to have them kil

When the player encounters Aldrich, the being engages in battle by manifesting powers it absorbed from Gwyndolin. Now nothing more than an amorphous black mass with an all-consuming hunger for powerful beings, Aldrich definitely stands as one of Dark Souls III's most horrific entit

Originally released in 2009, then later remastered for the Playstation 5 in 2020, Demon’s Souls was the first Souls game ever released. Demon's Souls ' Boletaria, before the colorless fog, was an entirely different land than the five worlds to explore in the game. By defeating bosses, various Archstones become available which allow the return to the Nexus. Originally, FromSoftware __ had planned on having a total of six chief Archstones, but had to scrap the final one due to time restraints. The sixth Archstone appears in Demon’s Souls as a broken artifact that cannot be used. In Soul Arts, a section is dedicated to art that imagines what the world of the Northern Limit and sixth Archstone could look like-from different territories, Roguelike Co-op gameplay creatures, and battles, and what their backstories might ent

However, for those 15 seconds, players will have an unlimited pool of FP to draw from, which makes it ideal for unleashing a steady stream of powerful spells. Meanwhile, the Magic-Shrouding Cracked temporarily boosts the potency of magical attacks. It's a seamless mix for a short burst of devastating magic dam

The Dark Souls , Bloodborne (and more) __ fan art kickstarter was fully funded in just one hour. The Irish small press, Tune & Fairweather, partnered with the kickstarter to create the physical deluxe-edition, large-format art book, Soul Arts . Tune & Fairweather previously published the acclaimed Dark Souls book You Died , a companion book to the Dark Souls video game. The final product of Soul Arts contains 256 pages of full-color illustrations, a foreword, and detailed descriptions of the game concepts and art. Within the Soul Arts book, the passion, adoration, and innovation of FromSoftware fans is on full disp

Reddit user Practical_Meat devised a detailed analysis and theory that puts Sir Gideon’s actions into perspective. The Reddit theory poses the idea that Gideon only encourages the player Tarnished to obtain the shardbearers' Great Runes so that he could kill them and take them for himself in one go. This makes sense given what he says in his boss fight; that no one will be allowed to take the role of Elden Lord. It’s good that the player Tarnished is there to make Sir Gideon pay for his acti

Once players delve into Flask of Wondrous Physick cocktails is when things start to get more complex but, in turn, much more rewarding for those willing to take the time to optimize their character as best as they can. One such potion combination is the Crimson Crystal Tear with the Crimson Bubble T

The bosses of Sekiro cast a long shadow on other FromSoftware __ games, as do many elements of the highly acclaimed Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Turning the focus away from complete character customization focusing instead on customizing the prosthetic of the main character. For Soul Arts, artists were invited to conceptualize a prosthetic and detail its combat mechanics for in-game use. Lucas Reiner conceptualized the sticky bomb prosthetic, which would utilize the hand as well as the arm. Reiner’s piece, and the entire Sekiro portion of Soul Arts, continues to show the endless possibilities of the admirers of FromSoftware __ ga