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Elden Ring not having a questlog is just dumb. I don't play everyday, I don't remember exactly where I went and did what, and coupled with bizzare questlines it

Elden Ring not having a questlog is just dumb. I don't play everyday, I don't remember exactly where I went and did what, and coupled with bizzare questlines it results in poor experience. So I wouldn't pull in questlog with rest of stuff. You need history if you have any sort of side quests.

Aeolun 1y ago
You can use pen and paper.
bluefirebrand 1y ago
Elden Ring doesn't really have side quests though Maybe 4 things in that game are what I would describe as quests and mostly they don't matter if you do them or not
surgical_fire 1y ago
Elden Ring is a game that I really wanted to like. I really tried to like. But it failed me, so I dropped it, never to return. I enjoyed the exploration, the setting, the cryptic writing. Even some of the more obtuse game design decisions appealed to my tastes, such as the lack of a quest log and a map that is just a geographical representation of the world, with minimal markers. It forced me to pay more attention to the world, recognize the terrain, learn the paths to navigate, etc. It was a game where I really was ready to lose myself in. But it ultimately failed to have minimal respect for my time, and for that I hated it. First when I accidentally killed a boss that could be spared. I didn't want to kill him, I just happened to be too strong and failed to react mid combo when he surrendered. The game fucking auto saved and I had to start over from scratch. Second time when I was in the middle of a conversation when I was interrupted by my wife. I couldn't load a game to watch the cutscene again. It fucking autosaved again. I had to read a transcript online to understand what was going on. Total immersion killer. Lastly, I remember a boss that took me like 40 attempts to kill. I am okay with the challenge. I am not okay with having to go through a mostly boring gauntlet of enemies for each attempt. It offered no challenge, I just felt like I was filling a form before each attempt. A long, 10m long form. After killing that boss I uninstalled. Rant over.

Aeolun 1y ago

You can use pen and paper.

bluefirebrand 1y ago

Elden Ring doesn't really have side quests though Maybe 4 things in that game are what I would describe as quests and mostly they don't matter if you do them or not

surgical_fire 1y ago

Elden Ring is a game that I really wanted to like. I really tried to like. But it failed me, so I dropped it, never to return. I enjoyed the exploration, the setting, the cryptic writing. Even some of the more obtuse game design decisions appealed to my tastes, such as the lack of a quest log and a map that is just a geographical representation of the world, with minimal markers. It forced me to pay more attention to the world, recognize the terrain, learn the paths to navigate, etc. It was a game where I really was ready to lose myself in. But it ultimately failed to have minimal respect for my time, and for that I hated it. First when I accidentally killed a boss that could be spared. I didn't want to kill him, I just happened to be too strong and failed to react mid combo when he surrendered. The game fucking auto saved and I had to start over from scratch. Second time when I was in the middle of a conversation when I was interrupted by my wife. I couldn't load a game to watch the cutscene again. It fucking autosaved again. I had to read a transcript online to understand what was going on. Total immersion killer. Lastly, I remember a boss that took me like 40 attempts to kill. I am okay with the challenge. I am not okay with having to go through a mostly boring gauntlet of enemies for each attempt. It offered no challenge, I just felt like I was filling a form before each attempt. A long, 10m long form. After killing that boss I uninstalled. Rant over.