My biggest "makes no sense" thing in Elden Ring: When you are fighting a boss (like Godrick) and halfway through the fight he starts to monologue, remove his own arm, and graft a dragon head onto his body, what the hell is my character doing while all of this is going on? Is he just watching and thinking, "Huh, this looks bad."
I don't know, personally I find having to actually be mindful of what I bring with me into battle or even when just out exploring to be a fun challenge. Take Skyrim for example, it's not a difficult game at all, but when you're just starting out, you really have to think about what items you found are worth bringing with you and what you'll have to sacrifice. I find that part pretty engaging
Same. After a while it becomes tiring to manage all the loot, that I anyway end up with unlimited inventory cheat. So it's better if the game itself allows that.
The statues you point at during Number 10 are the co-op summoning pools, not the ones for your spirit ashes. that's why they're always next to a grace or stake of marika, so your friends, or a helping stranger, can jump in quickly and you don't have to run to a special place before getting into the action.
Blows my mind that he got that wrong lol if he thinks those are for spirit ashes has he been activating them every time he wanted to summon spirit ashes 🤣
It happens very often in almost every video that they get obvious things wrong. I'm guessing one of their editors or more don't actually play videogames. Falcon and Jake probably read from a script and doesn't see the actual video when they make it
Fun fact: there are no rebirth monuments (Stakes of Marika) in Raya Lucaria. Presumably Rennala, who's husband was stolen by Marika, did pull that shit out so she didn't have to see homewrecker Marika's face all the time. Correction: I was wrong about Stakes of Marika and Rebirth monuments being the same thing. While there are no Stakes of Marika in Raya Lucaria, there are Rebirth Monuments that let you use Spirit Ashes.
@@thelaststeakbender3150 The same entity yes, but they were actually two individuals, two different persons with their own personalities. Even in the time of the shattering Radagon tried to repair the Elden ring, while Marika to shatter it.
@@Inujasa88 oh yeah you right. I guess that radagon leaving and him becoming one with marika are fairly far apart. Rennala would’ve had time before they merged
Then, after beating the end bosses, and becoming Elden Lord (or one of the other crazy endings), if you don't immediately start a new journey, pretty much the rest of map has no change and you interact with people who don't acknowledge it in any way, I wanted every merchant to grovel at my feet.
Everything in the lands between is technically already dead. Maliketh holds the rune of death which prevents spirits from fully dying. They're technically reborn after "death" because death is held within maliketh himself.
@@momsspaghetti4064 it was obviously a joke. I enjoy the game as much as any soul's veteran. Bloodborne will always be my favorite but I still think Elden Ring is a master piece.
Should’ve mentioned that Rykard, the lord of blasphemy, serpent king, allows a handy “serpent hunter” spear to just sit in his area for someone to come and kill him with it lol.
If I remember correctly, an NPC sits in the Volcano Manor at night and tells you that he left the weapon there. Might be an explanation, hope I didnt mix things up :)
He didn't keep it their, someone else did. He didn't know. Most baffling thing is, how this "monstrous" of a weapon gets absolutely shit the moment you are not pointing it towards that snake? Why? We can have Comet Azur but not this?
@@fahimfaisal7571 u do know that the Serpent Hunter Weapon is still an incredible weapon right? It has one of the best Str Scaling and also a special to attack while having your shield up... this means u can use shields with ashes of war and a hard hitting weapon while having your shield up
The fall damage is perfectly explained. All you need is some glow stones to drop, if they smash when they land unsafe drop. Can also jump down onto spirit springs with Torrent an be fine.
Bell Bearing is the perfect explanation for infinite inventory. You could put items in the bell bearing and no one can access it except you. Twin Maiden husks are the only ones that can unlock it. At least that's my in-head canon. Devs probably toyed with the idea of you losing yours to bell bearing hunter you find in the game. They probably abandoned it after realizing that how it can make already hard enough game unbearable.
To piggyback off this idea: think back to the very beginning of Dark Souls, and how Oscar of Astora threw down that corpse to give you the key to your cell. Why couldn't he just throw down the key? Why did he throw a corpse, and why you need to take a wispy "soul" off a corpse in order to get a key? My theory (which I almost certainly heard from somewhere else) is that most items in Souls games don't actually exist in reality until you need them to, and until then remain in a ephemeral form attached to a lost soul like a vivid memory. It's why so many items are found floating over corpses. This also explains why items seem to magically shrink or expand to confirm to their user (for example, Black Knight gear, or Gough's bow, all of which are originally WAAAAY bigger than you, but become much smaller to fit your purposes); perhaps these items have no inherent form until called upon by their users. Thus, if all you carried were memories of gear and items, which only gain form when they were used, then that would completely explain why gear only carries weight when worn, and why you could carry an infinite amount of anything. And to circle back: sounds and tones are strongly associated with vivid memories. Thus, a very distinctive bell could perhaps remind you of a person and everything associated with them, and from there provide a way to acquire the things those people carried or sold.
The first point the visuals dont fit with what you are saying , those are not Rebirth Monuments , those are the Summon Hubs for Player summons , the Monuments for the Ash Summons are simple Pillars and are found in a lot of Boss rooms directly , not outside of the Bossgate. Check the Tutorial in your inventory again , so you can see what they look like. Edit : i just realized the tutorial note dosnt show how they look like it was only shown in the pop up tutorial while playing , so the easiest way to see for yourself how the Rebirth Monuments actually look like is to google for the article on gamerant : Strange Elden Ring Rock Structures Actually Serve a Purpose I love the coffins , but im sure they just put them in as a call back / reference to Dark Souls 1.
he seemed to have confused the "Effigies of the Martyr" with the "Stakes of Marika" - I have to admit I wasn't aware how summoning pools exactly work until I looked it up in detail yesterday. Had a blast using my Small Golden Effigy for the first time properly in Haligtree.
@@jor840 thats not right either , now you are confusing this even more , but i just realized that i was wrong too (the tutorial in the inventory does not show how those look) so let me explain : Stakes of Marika - are to respawn the player , this has nothing to do with what was in the Video Effigies of the Martyr - Are the Summoning Pools for Player Summons which he shows in the Video and mistakes for : Rebirth Monument - Those are small Pillars inside Boss Arenas or in the open world close to Bosses or more difficulty areas , when you are close to them you get the Monument symbol on the left side of the screen and if you possess a Spirit Calling Bell you can summon your Spirit Ashes. The Rebirth Monuments are just small pillars (online there are lots of notes to offer hole from other players surrounding it) idk how to explain better how they look and if i post a link to a screenshot here my comment gets blocked. So the easiest way is to google for "Strange Elden Ring Rock Structures Actually Serve a Purpose" its a article on gamerant and it has a Screenshot posted so you can see exactly how they look like.
The inventory is sitting in the same dimension as where all your socks disappear to when you put them in the dryer. Only FromSoftware figured out how to get those items back
Lol the logic of the inventory weight... You're comparing that to other games like witcher, fallout, cyberpunk etc but questioning that should make you question where are all the items in the first place in any of these games. The only game that did that properly realistic is Death Stranding...
Number 10 actually makes sense . The statues are so small and plain looking that it would definitely go under a lord's radar . If they don't know what the damn things do, why would they destroy them? Heck, I probably would have ignore them if the icon to interact with them didn't pop up
it can also come down to what is sometimes called "the arrogance of power". In other words the boss believes they are unbeatable and won't destroy them.
The fact we are even discussing what a boss should do….it’s a computer program this shit ain’t toy story 😂😂 the lords ain’t meeting up for coffee while we aren’t playing game ranks is great but damn sometimes they are just dumb asf
Plot twist: Talisman pouches have to be sewn onto a person's skin using Magic, hence why certain creatures will drop one and you have to acquire pouches from certain people or areas
I think the stakes of marika have a sort of protection on them that keeps enemies or bosses from touching them, much like all of the enemy's get reset when a player rests at a site of Grace or a bonfire, I think if a boss touches a stake of Marika, he gets reset to his resting position in his ordinary spot or throne room, and since the stake is usually located outside of the fog wall, I think they either have an obligation or a restriction that keeps them in their boss room and prevents them from getting access to even attempt to destroy the statue, at least that would be a lore friendly way to go about it.
@@glistral3629 the shattering. The Elden ring is shattering and that's why certain parts of "the world" are not working properly, that's why only the tarnished, as in the last hope of the Elden ring, are able to see the erdtrees grace in the hopes that they will restore the ring and fullfill their "duty". Depending on how you play it. Sorry, I know that was a long-winded way of saying it, but I think certain stakes are starting to decay as they are probably some of the most fragile things powered by The erdtrees grace.
What’s funny is that Falcon points out the summoning pools, not the rebirth monuments. Rebirth monuments (from what I can tell) are completely unseen by the player. And the Stakes of Marika are literally the little Marika statues you find. I do like that divine protection theory though.
@@glistral3629 I think they're right and they are protected by Merika. But the fact some are breaking down could be due to the magic growing weak over time and from the amount of Tarnished slain at that site. I heard that the reason the statues are broken is a gameplay mechanic to visibly show how many have died there. In tact statue = Very few deaths at that area.
If there’s one in the world for an over world boss then you can’t get too far from them before the boss’s position resets so maybe that plays into it (aside from the obvious ‘game development’ pov)
i love this game, it's a masterpiece (for this last decade maybe) the game itself provide lots of entertainment values for me, and the youtube drama from its antis also provide lots of entertainment 🤣
For Arcane I want to suggest that it might be something like "knowing more about the world and its inner mechanics", so like knowing where to cut to make enemies bleed more. I must admit, joining it to Intelligence would make more sense, but in this world some wisdom might linked to "arcane studies, prohibited by the mages".
I was playing ghost of tsushima, and you can actually change your armor on the spot during a combat, imagine you tell your opponent "hold up let me change my clothes so I can beat your ass looking good" thats kinda badass tbf
Theres a very good explanation for half of the things you mentioned in the top1, but its TLDR lore that nobody really pay much attention because its scattered info all over the game. I never understood Farum Azula tho or even how my friend Beast Clerigy ends up there.
Got to the thorn wall and noticed my PS5 said that I'm 80% done with the game. I was like, "nah there's gotta be more..." Now I'm hearing about Farum Azula and everything in between and I'm stoked for the last 20%
For the rebirth monuments, it may be possible that their meaning may have been lost to time considering it is a demigod who gifts you the bell. If the secrets of the world in Elden Ring are ambiguous to us (our character) I can only assume that a majority of the occupants in the world also don’t have knowledge of such things. This can be seen by the way that Sir Gideon the All-Knowing has dedicated his whole life to trying to know everything, but he asks for the players help in finding any information. Just a little head cannon 🤷🏻♂️
A bit of a nitpick on that first note: those summoning pools (Marika on the crucifix) aren't for spirit ashes, they're for player co-op summoning. I learned the other day that those stone bollard/pole looking things that everyone says "If only I had a giant but hole..." to, are what allow players to summon spirit ashes and they're pretty standard looking. Keeping that in mind id understand why the bosses would just straight up miss them or not think to destroy them (if not accidentally) but I guess either way your point still stands. Maybe even more so than before since those are co-op summoning pools.
I see Arcane, being a stat that helps you find stuff, helps Blood loss buildup because it's easier to find the blood of your enemies if it's out of their body
I actually think they do address the inventory thing with a certain character design. When you summon Torrent he's got a bunch of bags and pouches on the back of his saddle, so it makes a kind of sense that where you keep your unequipped items. Still doesn't explain how you access that inventory without summoning him but that another video game thing
Another thing on that fall damage point, you can use rainbow stones to see if a drop is safe or not. If you drop a stone and it explodes before hitting the ground, then you're going to die. If it lands, it's safe. It's helped me a lot in my playthrough, and helps with learning how to eyeball your safe and dangerous falls.
Worst thing about fall damage is taking it after a double jump. It means you more than negated all momentum so why do you still die if you drop 100 meters on torrent, then double jump right before impact. So many games do this, I know it's to prevent cheesing, but if double jumps don't save you anyway make it so you can't double jump at max downward momentun so at least it's not that dumb
Another one nobody has mentioned is present in many souls games, actually all of them. The Ashen One, Accursed Undead, Tarnished, The hunter, is that they must be an absolute natural at ridiculously complicated and skillful martial arts. They take no time at all to instantly learn maneuvers that would take the most experienced martial artists and weapon masters, a lifetime to practice and learn. Waterfowl Dance for instance would take 1. An incredible amount of stamina, 2. Complete mastery of your balance and footing, extensive ballet training, master swordsmanship, and incredible grace. The tarnished, just by picking up this random long gold katana, is able to perform this unbelievably hard to do maneuver, on the spot. No training, no practice...he just...magically knows how to do things even Bruce Lee would have to train for, instantly...makes no sense and isn't realistic.
Exactly. My main problem with FromSoft games is that the main character never feels like having "character development" - not from gameplay nor story perspective.
I'll have you know that ballet training came complimentary with my hunter package, actually. But jokes aside... would you WANT this to be depicted more realistically? This is one of those decisions they kind of have to make because that's what is fun.
Hey man, what's your build? I'll try n give you some pointers. I could even help you if you're on PS (unless you're sticking to solo, like I did. In which case, I respect that.
Some basic things that helped me: -Try to use armor with more holy resistance -Pop Godricks Great Rune for more resistance -Use a weapon with high physical damage -Don’t roll from the falling stars just sprint -Unlock when he flies up so you can see the edge of the holy circle It’s a tough and annoying fight even after all that though. Good luck. 👍🏾
The _idea_ of using a magic coffin is what strikes me as nonsensical. Your character is like, "Huh. Empty coffin. Seems no one is using it. Guess I'll hop in." After the first one, I get it. Worked once, might work twice. But I don't follow the logic of the first one.
Have you heard about Elden Ring?......Have you played Elden Ring?........How's Elden Ring?......Anything new with Elden Ring?.........What else can we dig up about Elden Ring?......... How about more Elden Ring?..................What MAKES NO SENSE about Elden Ring is you can't stop talking about it.
Well it came out at the beginning of the year and it's already the best candidate for game of the year, I think it's worth talking about, especially when new secrets and stuff keeps getting revealed or people still need help on certain areas or concepts
From what I have understood, Crumbling Farum Azula is a prison outside of time and space. You are sent there by the Greater Will for burning down the Erdtree and it is only by defeating Maliketh you are able to escape.
Blood loss in this game is also a magical thing, like the mist that the skeletons in Mohgwyn's palace give off causes bloodloss buildup if you stand in it, as does the fire stuff that Mohg himself makes in the boss fight, so it makes sense to me that Arcane improves it.
This is probably going to trigger some people but the whole souls franchise makes no sense to me! Literally just trying to kill everything you see without no context or story. I understand why some people like it and what sense of accomplishment it gives them, but personally I like games driven by a story rather than mindless and stressful button mashing. Seems like a waste of time to do it again and again. P.S. please don’t tell me there’s plenty of story/lore you just have to find it blah blah blah. You know what I’m talking about lol
Its crazy how people still make videos about this game. I just took a break from the game. I don’t want to burn myself out from keep getting into the game
I like to think the mechanic of bosses having more Health with more players in the arena has to do with Soul/Rune levels, I like to think that lore wise players like tarnished would emanate their life Essence through their Rune levels so the more people you have the more noticeable you would be to undead or enemy creatures. Like zombies being able to detect living creatures or vampires sensing blood
The poach thing makes actually sense - we assume your inventory is in magical dimension, where from it has no effects on our character, neither in weight nor in buffs. Armors don't have pockets or anything like that, so you need a place for your talisman. Notice many of those are some loose items, not necklaces, therefore you need a way to have such talisman 'on you'. Put it in the pouch, which can be attached to neck/waist with a string.
I don’t feel like the idea of “experience points” is that abstract? The clue is in the name, it’s just a representation of gaining experience in something. Every time we do something on real life, we gain experience points, we just don’t have little bars that fill up. It’s just a visual representation of growth.
Everyone is tripping honestly the summoning pool statues and the monuments for summoning are two different things one is only for online stuff and the smaller ones that are more discrete are the ones for spirit ashes!
For me; the biggest thing that gets on my nerves is how you can jump down 2000 feet with your horse and then double jump and fully slow / stop your momentum and drop 2 feet after but ya die from that 2 feet. I get the reason but for this list it makes sense lol it tracks your total distance traveled from first leaving the ground
That doesn't work, actually. Double jumping at the bottom of your drop still kills you. It's not based on momentum, but based on your original jump point.
The arcane increases discovery, like how good you are at finding things and if you are good at finding things you know hot find better places to cut, thats what i think at least
Number 10 makes sense but its more of a good place to summon more than a restriction. You can still summon anywhere but most people put them there. Which is what they wanted
Why is it that all Falcon videos feel like filler material? The topics covered are often asinine, for example this very video. Mechanics that make no sense... It's a fantasy game. The idea itself is useless. I wonder if Falcon gets shafted on the scripts he gets or something
To add to the whole bell-bearing thing, with all these merchants who have them and sell the items associated with them, it's kind of goofy that you can get the bell-bearings but then have to hand them in and pay for the items, like with all these spells and weapons you can just sorta figure out, working out how a bell-bearing works and keeping all its stuff is just a step too far.
The talisman nullifies fall damage, unless it's lethal fall damage. You will always die from that, but with the talisman you can negate any or most fall damage that isn't lethal. There's also a spell that basically does the same thing.
You made a 14 minute video about how concepts from a dark fantasy world wouldn’t “work in real life”… your disclaimer is essentially just saying “we know this video is basically bullshit but we have a quota to meet”
MGS 3 had a similar mechanic with your inventory. Your item menu had but so many slots as you're running around but the backpack could fit everything plus a first aid kit and a radio, etc.
My biggest "makes no sense" thing in Elden Ring: When you are fighting a boss (like Godrick) and halfway through the fight he starts to monologue, remove his own arm, and graft a dragon head onto his body, what the hell is my character doing while all of this is going on? Is he just watching and thinking, "Huh, this looks bad."
same logic thing in all games/anime. The person transforming is invincible and you're not allowed to attack em until they're done transforming XD
The mc like goku only want to fight them at there best anyway else and it's not a total victory
Probably yeah
I mean, if you did try to attack it while it was transforming, something bad could happen🤷♂️
@@yukil.spencer3848 *Eren Yeager would like to know your location*
I have no problem with the inventory weight thing. I get so sick of playing inventory management instead of actual games.
The game was very forgiving in that regard. Couldn't believe i could just keep everything is pick up.
That why I prefer demon’s souls over the dark souls games, you actually have a limit.
Same. I like I can go into ng+ and get two of each weapon that I want to dual wield without being concerned with inventory weight
I don't know, personally I find having to actually be mindful of what I bring with me into battle or even when just out exploring to be a fun challenge. Take Skyrim for example, it's not a difficult game at all, but when you're just starting out, you really have to think about what items you found are worth bringing with you and what you'll have to sacrifice. I find that part pretty engaging
Same. After a while it becomes tiring to manage all the loot, that I anyway end up with unlimited inventory cheat. So it's better if the game itself allows that.
The statues you point at during Number 10 are the co-op summoning pools, not the ones for your spirit ashes. that's why they're always next to a grace or stake of marika, so your friends, or a helping stranger, can jump in quickly and you don't have to run to a special place before getting into the action.
The ones that are for summoning ashes are the "Try but hole" pillars
Blows my mind that he got that wrong lol if he thinks those are for spirit ashes has he been activating them every time he wanted to summon spirit ashes 🤣
The point he makes still makes sense tho lol. Bosses or enemies should have smashed them already
It happens very often in almost every video that they get obvious things wrong. I'm guessing one of their editors or more don't actually play videogames. Falcon and Jake probably read from a script and doesn't see the actual video when they make it
The dildos sticking out of the ground are indicators for your summons
At this point you might as well just ask why the bosses don’t leave their spawn areas and go have families
Lmao right. Why isn’t the bosses mom at the arena watching him fight? 😂
@@JTdaGoat2871yeah fr does his mom not support him 😭"mom get the camera I just beat the wannabe elden lord"
Inventory exists in a pocket dimension and only has weight when you pull it out. Solved. 😁
Damn that's deep. No pundits intended
Bag of holding
OH SHIT AND EACH PERSONS BELL BEARING IS THEIR OWN POCKET DIMENSION!
but what about 41 daggers that will destroy that Dimension or what ?
Game of the year.. Elden Cope. Fallout inventory makes sense 🤔
Fun fact: there are no rebirth monuments (Stakes of Marika) in Raya Lucaria. Presumably Rennala, who's husband was stolen by Marika, did pull that shit out so she didn't have to see homewrecker Marika's face all the time.
Correction: I was wrong about Stakes of Marika and Rebirth monuments being the same thing. While there are no Stakes of Marika in Raya Lucaria, there are Rebirth Monuments that let you use Spirit Ashes.
Well, that sorta makes sense. Although, Rennalas husband and queen Marika are the same person
@@thelaststeakbender3150 The same entity yes, but they were actually two individuals, two different persons with their own personalities. Even in the time of the shattering Radagon tried to repair the Elden ring, while Marika to shatter it.
@@Inujasa88 oh yeah you right. I guess that radagon leaving and him becoming one with marika are fairly far apart. Rennala would’ve had time before they merged
@@thelaststeakbender3150 spoiler, guys
@@KABLAMMATS nah. It’s a lore thing. You don’t see it in a cutscene or anything
Then, after beating the end bosses, and becoming Elden Lord (or one of the other crazy endings), if you don't immediately start a new journey, pretty much the rest of map has no change and you interact with people who don't acknowledge it in any way, I wanted every merchant to grovel at my feet.
I would have liked the last people in Roundtable and maybe pastor Miriel to acknowledge the fact I Elden lord right?
Yeah it’s so BS
i became Elden lord did sellens quest and then she said to become the Elden lord
Everything in the lands between is technically already dead. Maliketh holds the rune of death which prevents spirits from fully dying. They're technically reborn after "death" because death is held within maliketh himself.
Technically
Shows that game mechanics and plot mechanics mix famously well in Fromsoftware games
Elden ring is so realistic, I play as a maidenless tarnish, just like real life.
Why? Lol. You have so many features you are ignoring doing it that way.
Your playing it like it was a 10 usd game bruh. You spent 60 usd on Elden Ring. Do you not want your money worth?
😂
@@momsspaghetti4064 it was obviously a joke. I enjoy the game as much as any soul's veteran. Bloodborne will always be my favorite but I still think Elden Ring is a master piece.
@@daviddombrowski3253 lol
Falcon kills me with his descriptions. ‘Have enough Arcane and everyone becomes a hemophiliac.’😆
Should’ve mentioned that Rykard, the lord of blasphemy, serpent king, allows a handy “serpent hunter” spear to just sit in his area for someone to come and kill him with it lol.
If I remember correctly, an NPC sits in the Volcano Manor at night and tells you that he left the weapon there. Might be an explanation, hope I didnt mix things up :)
He didn't keep it their, someone else did. He didn't know.
Most baffling thing is, how this "monstrous" of a weapon gets absolutely shit the moment you are not pointing it towards that snake?
Why? We can have Comet Azur but not this?
@@fahimfaisal7571 u do know that the Serpent Hunter Weapon is still an incredible weapon right? It has one of the best Str Scaling and also a special to attack while having your shield up... this means u can use shields with ashes of war and a hard hitting weapon while having your shield up
@@travispeayarlal1485 and it has no requirements so you can use it level one
@@mushroomduck1345 oh wow didn't even noticed that, just checked and it's true
The fall damage is perfectly explained. All you need is some glow stones to drop, if they smash when they land unsafe drop. Can also jump down onto spirit springs with Torrent an be fine.
Bell Bearing is the perfect explanation for infinite inventory. You could put items in the bell bearing and no one can access it except you. Twin Maiden husks are the only ones that can unlock it. At least that's my in-head canon.
Devs probably toyed with the idea of you losing yours to bell bearing hunter you find in the game. They probably abandoned it after realizing that how it can make already hard enough game unbearable.
To piggyback off this idea: think back to the very beginning of Dark Souls, and how Oscar of Astora threw down that corpse to give you the key to your cell. Why couldn't he just throw down the key? Why did he throw a corpse, and why you need to take a wispy "soul" off a corpse in order to get a key?
My theory (which I almost certainly heard from somewhere else) is that most items in Souls games don't actually exist in reality until you need them to, and until then remain in a ephemeral form attached to a lost soul like a vivid memory. It's why so many items are found floating over corpses. This also explains why items seem to magically shrink or expand to confirm to their user (for example, Black Knight gear, or Gough's bow, all of which are originally WAAAAY bigger than you, but become much smaller to fit your purposes); perhaps these items have no inherent form until called upon by their users.
Thus, if all you carried were memories of gear and items, which only gain form when they were used, then that would completely explain why gear only carries weight when worn, and why you could carry an infinite amount of anything.
And to circle back: sounds and tones are strongly associated with vivid memories. Thus, a very distinctive bell could perhaps remind you of a person and everything associated with them, and from there provide a way to acquire the things those people carried or sold.
@@Tenchigumi make sense
The first point the visuals dont fit with what you are saying , those are not Rebirth Monuments , those are the Summon Hubs for Player summons , the Monuments for the Ash Summons are simple Pillars and are found in a lot of Boss rooms directly , not outside of the Bossgate. Check the Tutorial in your inventory again , so you can see what they look like.
Edit : i just realized the tutorial note dosnt show how they look like it was only shown in the pop up tutorial while playing , so the easiest way to see for yourself how the Rebirth Monuments actually look like is to google for the article on gamerant : Strange Elden Ring Rock Structures Actually Serve a Purpose
I love the coffins , but im sure they just put them in as a call back / reference to Dark Souls 1.
he seemed to have confused the "Effigies of the Martyr" with the "Stakes of Marika" - I have to admit I wasn't aware how summoning pools exactly work until I looked it up in detail yesterday. Had a blast using my Small Golden Effigy for the first time properly in Haligtree.
@@jor840 thats not right either , now you are confusing this even more , but i just realized that i was wrong too (the tutorial in the inventory does not show how those look) so let me explain :
Stakes of Marika - are to respawn the player , this has nothing to do with what was in the Video
Effigies of the Martyr - Are the Summoning Pools for Player Summons which he shows in the Video and mistakes for :
Rebirth Monument - Those are small Pillars inside Boss Arenas or in the open world close to Bosses or more difficulty areas , when you are close to them you get the Monument symbol on the left side of the screen and if you possess a Spirit Calling Bell you can summon your Spirit Ashes. The Rebirth Monuments are just small pillars (online there are lots of notes to offer hole from other players surrounding it) idk how to explain better how they look and if i post a link to a screenshot here my comment gets blocked. So the easiest way is to google for "Strange Elden Ring Rock Structures Actually Serve a Purpose" its a article on gamerant and it has a Screenshot posted so you can see exactly how they look like.
@@mistressminerva3382 haha sorry 😅 I just though he is showing a summoning pool statue in this part of the clip…
In short: every stone pickle that players leave the following message on: „If only I had a giant but hole“
The inventory is sitting in the same dimension as where all your socks disappear to when you put them in the dryer. Only FromSoftware figured out how to get those items back
Lol the logic of the inventory weight... You're comparing that to other games like witcher, fallout, cyberpunk etc but questioning that should make you question where are all the items in the first place in any of these games. The only game that did that properly realistic is Death Stranding...
*laughs in zipline*
Number 10 actually makes sense . The statues are so small and plain looking that it would definitely go under a lord's radar . If they don't know what the damn things do, why would they destroy them? Heck, I probably would have ignore them if the icon to interact with them didn't pop up
It's kind of like the buttplug things where you can use spirit summons. Even players didn't know what they were.
it can also come down to what is sometimes called "the arrogance of power". In other words the boss believes they are unbeatable and won't destroy them.
Also, you can tell that a bunch if them have been damaged so clearly all out destruction of them is impossible
The fact we are even discussing what a boss should do….it’s a computer program this shit ain’t toy story 😂😂 the lords ain’t meeting up for coffee while we aren’t playing game ranks is great but damn sometimes they are just dumb asf
They're also in the image of Marika. Desecrating them is probably seen as a no-no by most of the population of the lands between.
Plot twist: Talisman pouches have to be sewn onto a person's skin using Magic, hence why certain creatures will drop one and you have to acquire pouches from certain people or areas
I think the stakes of marika have a sort of protection on them that keeps enemies or bosses from touching them, much like all of the enemy's get reset when a player rests at a site of Grace or a bonfire, I think if a boss touches a stake of Marika, he gets reset to his resting position in his ordinary spot or throne room, and since the stake is usually located outside of the fog wall, I think they either have an obligation or a restriction that keeps them in their boss room and prevents them from getting access to even attempt to destroy the statue, at least that would be a lore friendly way to go about it.
What do you say about Stakes of Marika statues with broken arms?
@@glistral3629 the shattering. The Elden ring is shattering and that's why certain parts of "the world" are not working properly, that's why only the tarnished, as in the last hope of the Elden ring, are able to see the erdtrees grace in the hopes that they will restore the ring and fullfill their "duty". Depending on how you play it. Sorry, I know that was a long-winded way of saying it, but I think certain stakes are starting to decay as they are probably some of the most fragile things powered by The erdtrees grace.
What’s funny is that Falcon points out the summoning pools, not the rebirth monuments. Rebirth monuments (from what I can tell) are completely unseen by the player. And the Stakes of Marika are literally the little Marika statues you find. I do like that divine protection theory though.
@@glistral3629 I think they're right and they are protected by Merika. But the fact some are breaking down could be due to the magic growing weak over time and from the amount of Tarnished slain at that site.
I heard that the reason the statues are broken is a gameplay mechanic to visibly show how many have died there. In tact statue = Very few deaths at that area.
If there’s one in the world for an over world boss then you can’t get too far from them before the boss’s position resets so maybe that plays into it (aside from the obvious ‘game development’ pov)
So many Elden Ring videos by now that you can make a top 10 Elden Ring Gameranx Videos. And have a few left for part 2.
Yeah… the summoning markers are different from the summoning a real person. The stone dildos are for spirit summoning
I love that I got a notification for an elden ring video while I’m getting murdered by maliketh lol
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The biggest thing that doesn't make sence is Rahdahn's horse size lmao
i love this game, it's a masterpiece (for this last decade maybe)
the game itself provide lots of entertainment values for me,
and the youtube drama from its antis also provide lots of entertainment 🤣
Applying human & earthly logic to a game with non humans and not on earth is an exercise in futility. Also, MAGIC!
Exercise in futility for everyone except Gameranx, of course, who no doubt will make money for their efforts.
For Arcane I want to suggest that it might be something like "knowing more about the world and its inner mechanics", so like knowing where to cut to make enemies bleed more. I must admit, joining it to Intelligence would make more sense, but in this world some wisdom might linked to "arcane studies, prohibited by the mages".
I haven't played now in over a week and still obsessed with ER youtube content. FEED ME FALCON
👌🏼
Falcon is a bird. You are aware how birds feed their young, right? I just want to make sure you understand the consequences of your demand.
@@dudenameddylan2791 that's why I said it
I was playing ghost of tsushima, and you can actually change your armor on the spot during a combat, imagine you tell your opponent "hold up let me change my clothes so I can beat your ass looking good"
thats kinda badass tbf
at this point, youre just finding things in order to put "Elden Ring" on the title lol
This is the epitome of lack of content
Gameranx has become Elden Ring channel...
Killing dragons, legendary warriors, evil spirits and literal gods: ✅️
Throwing poop without instructions: ❌️
Theres a very good explanation for half of the things you mentioned in the top1, but its TLDR lore that nobody really pay much attention because its scattered info all over the game. I never understood Farum Azula tho or even how my friend Beast Clerigy ends up there.
Got to the thorn wall and noticed my PS5 said that I'm 80% done with the game. I was like, "nah there's gotta be more..." Now I'm hearing about Farum Azula and everything in between and I'm stoked for the last 20%
I'm still exploring the game. Stuck on a nasty Dragon right now. Love it!
Is my mother in law in the game?
@@stanettiels7367 godskin noble.
@@dascreeb5205 unreal banter 🤣
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😂😂. Much more accurate.
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😂👍🏻.
My fav rhing I think was in dark souls 2 where you go underground and then you end up on the surface nese a volcano lol
For the rebirth monuments, it may be possible that their meaning may have been lost to time considering it is a demigod who gifts you the bell. If the secrets of the world in Elden Ring are ambiguous to us (our character) I can only assume that a majority of the occupants in the world also don’t have knowledge of such things. This can be seen by the way that Sir Gideon the All-Knowing has dedicated his whole life to trying to know everything, but he asks for the players help in finding any information. Just a little head cannon 🤷🏻♂️
After multiple videos about Elden Ring, I strongly believe gameranx is going through 5 stages of grief with each video right now.
A bit of a nitpick on that first note: those summoning pools (Marika on the crucifix) aren't for spirit ashes, they're for player co-op summoning.
I learned the other day that those stone bollard/pole looking things that everyone says "If only I had a giant but hole..." to, are what allow players to summon spirit ashes and they're pretty standard looking. Keeping that in mind id understand why the bosses would just straight up miss them or not think to destroy them (if not accidentally) but I guess either way your point still stands. Maybe even more so than before since those are co-op summoning pools.
I see Arcane, being a stat that helps you find stuff, helps Blood loss buildup because it's easier to find the blood of your enemies if it's out of their body
Elden ring gave these guys an entire month of content.
And they're not done yet.
I actually think they do address the inventory thing with a certain character design. When you summon Torrent he's got a bunch of bags and pouches on the back of his saddle, so it makes a kind of sense that where you keep your unequipped items. Still doesn't explain how you access that inventory without summoning him but that another video game thing
Gameranx milking as much content as possible from elden ring until the next AAA Title😂
Much love though
Also I love that you can measure the fall lethality using rainbow stones
Sometimes they break on falls you survive though
@@grahambrake5495 there are occasions where they don't break, but you die anyway from the drop, especially in places where you're not supposed to be.
@@simj202 I’ve had it as well where it does break, but the fall is survivable
Another thing on that fall damage point, you can use rainbow stones to see if a drop is safe or not. If you drop a stone and it explodes before hitting the ground, then you're going to die. If it lands, it's safe.
It's helped me a lot in my playthrough, and helps with learning how to eyeball your safe and dangerous falls.
See this is the kind of advice that would have saved me *DOZENS* of hours of lost progress if someone had pointed that out. Thank you.
You know you’re out of elden ring video content when you start making videos like this 😂
Worst thing about fall damage is taking it after a double jump. It means you more than negated all momentum so why do you still die if you drop 100 meters on torrent, then double jump right before impact. So many games do this, I know it's to prevent cheesing, but if double jumps don't save you anyway make it so you can't double jump at max downward momentun so at least it's not that dumb
The random teleport traps were one of the coolest things
Another one nobody has mentioned is present in many souls games, actually all of them. The Ashen One, Accursed Undead, Tarnished, The hunter, is that they must be an absolute natural at ridiculously complicated and skillful martial arts. They take no time at all to instantly learn maneuvers that would take the most experienced martial artists and weapon masters, a lifetime to practice and learn. Waterfowl Dance for instance would take 1. An incredible amount of stamina, 2. Complete mastery of your balance and footing, extensive ballet training, master swordsmanship, and incredible grace. The tarnished, just by picking up this random long gold katana, is able to perform this unbelievably hard to do maneuver, on the spot. No training, no practice...he just...magically knows how to do things even Bruce Lee would have to train for, instantly...makes no sense and isn't realistic.
Exactly. My main problem with FromSoft games is that the main character never feels like having "character development" - not from gameplay nor story perspective.
I'll have you know that ballet training came complimentary with my hunter package, actually.
But jokes aside... would you WANT this to be depicted more realistically? This is one of those decisions they kind of have to make because that's what is fun.
Leveling up actually makes sense and it is explained in the lore
Please explain
I’m stuck at final boss damn.. can’t make a move without getting demolished
Keep pushing, you’ll get it eventually.
Hey man, what's your build? I'll try n give you some pointers. I could even help you if you're on PS (unless you're sticking to solo, like I did. In which case, I respect that.
Some basic things that helped me:
-Try to use armor with more holy resistance
-Pop Godricks Great Rune for more resistance
-Use a weapon with high physical damage
-Don’t roll from the falling stars just sprint
-Unlock when he flies up so you can see the edge of the holy circle
It’s a tough and annoying fight even after all that though. Good luck. 👍🏾
My brain hurts trying to make sense of this video sense!!
"Have high enough arcane and suddenly everyone's a hemophiliac." LOL!!! That's why I love your videos!
“But I build up Arcane and suddenly everyone’s a hemophiliac.”
This needs to be on a t-shirt.
Come on Falcon, I really loved your content, but Elden Ring have been milked to death, do another game
20 vids in the span of a month.
I hate that you have to give a disclaimer that you’re not bashing the game because all the Elden Rings fans will get butt hurt otherwise
another elder ring video............... yay
In regards to the inventory weight thing, I always envision having a bag of holding.
The _idea_ of using a magic coffin is what strikes me as nonsensical. Your character is like, "Huh. Empty coffin. Seems no one is using it. Guess I'll hop in." After the first one, I get it. Worked once, might work twice. But I don't follow the logic of the first one.
Have you heard about Elden Ring?......Have you played Elden Ring?........How's Elden Ring?......Anything new with Elden Ring?.........What else can we dig up about Elden Ring?......... How about more Elden Ring?..................What MAKES NO SENSE about Elden Ring is you can't stop talking about it.
Elden ring….. elden ring… elden ring…. Playing Elden Ring much? Seems to be a reoccurring theme as of late.
Well it came out at the beginning of the year and it's already the best candidate for game of the year, I think it's worth talking about, especially when new secrets and stuff keeps getting revealed or people still need help on certain areas or concepts
I hope you feel better, my dude
From what I have understood, Crumbling Farum Azula is a prison outside of time and space. You are sent there by the Greater Will for burning down the Erdtree and it is only by defeating Maliketh you are able to escape.
It's like 2:40 where I am and when the video switches from darkness to lightness my eyes are flustered by the solar flare of light😭
Blood loss in this game is also a magical thing, like the mist that the skeletons in Mohgwyn's palace give off causes bloodloss buildup if you stand in it, as does the fire stuff that Mohg himself makes in the boss fight, so it makes sense to me that Arcane improves it.
The hemophiliac line got me. lol
I hope you get to feeling better soon Falcon!
This is probably going to trigger some people but the whole souls franchise makes no sense to me!
Literally just trying to kill everything you see without no context or story. I understand why some people like it and what sense of accomplishment it gives them, but personally I like games driven by a story rather than mindless and stressful button mashing. Seems like a waste of time to do it again and again.
P.S. please don’t tell me there’s plenty of story/lore you just have to find it blah blah blah. You know what I’m talking about lol
Didn’t make it past Margit?
Maybe you should try out Lords of the Fallen. I read that it's like Dark Souls but with a story that you play through, including dialogue options.
How precious are souls like fans that you need to disclaim you arent hating on it. Lol
WoW, another Elden Ring top ten video, who would have thought 🤦♂️
Its crazy how people still make videos about this game. I just took a break from the game. I don’t want to burn myself out from keep getting into the game
Gameranx could make a whole new channel just for Elden Ring videos 😂 i think there's been at least 20 videos for this game
I like to think the mechanic of bosses having more Health with more players in the arena has to do with Soul/Rune levels, I like to think that lore wise players like tarnished would emanate their life Essence through their Rune levels so the more people you have the more noticeable you would be to undead or enemy creatures. Like zombies being able to detect living creatures or vampires sensing blood
soul memory was a bad idea.
Bag of Holding Included at birth 😜
The poach thing makes actually sense - we assume your inventory is in magical dimension, where from it has no effects on our character, neither in weight nor in buffs. Armors don't have pockets or anything like that, so you need a place for your talisman. Notice many of those are some loose items, not necklaces, therefore you need a way to have such talisman 'on you'. Put it in the pouch, which can be attached to neck/waist with a string.
This is a video about a game having video game mechanics
I am so tired of them always posting about elden ring!!! It’s so annoying
The last 5 bosses at the end of the game as well as the optional in farum azula remind me of an amazing heavy metal epic
How about that inventory storage and weight???? Two words---> PRISON POCKET
Oh wow, another elden ring video.
EldenRanx
Aren’t the statues in no.10 those small pole like things? the ones you pointed are the summoning pools
"Fever dream" sums up this game pretty well. Thank you for that!
I don’t feel like the idea of “experience points” is that abstract? The clue is in the name, it’s just a representation of gaining experience in something. Every time we do something on real life, we gain experience points, we just don’t have little bars that fill up. It’s just a visual representation of growth.
Everyone is tripping honestly the summoning pool statues and the monuments for summoning are two different things one is only for online stuff and the smaller ones that are more discrete are the ones for spirit ashes!
And yes they are in nearly every boss arena and are much harder to find then the Marika statues.
For me; the biggest thing that gets on my nerves is how you can jump down 2000 feet with your horse and then double jump and fully slow / stop your momentum and drop 2 feet after but ya die from that 2 feet. I get the reason but for this list it makes sense lol it tracks your total distance traveled from first leaving the ground
That doesn't work, actually. Double jumping at the bottom of your drop still kills you. It's not based on momentum, but based on your original jump point.
@@simj202 that's exactly what the dude said
@@qerzuk I'm sorry, my brain wasn't processing words right at the time. I was a fool.
Falcon sounds like he caught that avian flu that's been going around.
The arcane increases discovery, like how good you are at finding things and if you are good at finding things you know hot find better places to cut, thats what i think at least
Some bosses use ashes too
Number 10 makes sense but its more of a good place to summon more than a restriction. You can still summon anywhere but most people put them there. Which is what they wanted
13:46 Feels like a beaver dream 😂
*BEAVER* dream
Why is it that all Falcon videos feel like filler material?
The topics covered are often asinine, for example this very video. Mechanics that make no sense... It's a fantasy game. The idea itself is useless.
I wonder if Falcon gets shafted on the scripts he gets or something
To add to the whole bell-bearing thing, with all these merchants who have them and sell the items associated with them, it's kind of goofy that you can get the bell-bearings but then have to hand them in and pay for the items, like with all these spells and weapons you can just sorta figure out, working out how a bell-bearing works and keeping all its stuff is just a step too far.
Aren’t the summoning statues modeled after Marika as she’s found in the endgame? So most likely leave them up as they respect Marika.
You're in Farum Azula to get the rune of death, the one thing that'll allow you to kill (or deal damage to) a God. That should explain #1
there's a talisman that supposedly nulls fall damage, but it doesn't really work or I haven't been able to find what the "increase" fall distance is
The talisman nullifies fall damage, unless it's lethal fall damage. You will always die from that, but with the talisman you can negate any or most fall damage that isn't lethal. There's also a spell that basically does the same thing.
which is kinda useless if your vigor level is sufficiently high, in which case you only lose about 10% of your max HP
I like to imagine that there's like 30 mules directly behind you, off Camara, carrying all your stuff
You made a 14 minute video about how concepts from a dark fantasy world wouldn’t “work in real life”… your disclaimer is essentially just saying “we know this video is basically bullshit but we have a quota to meet”
we are so tired of these elden ring videos .. there are other games out there you know
MGS 3 had a similar mechanic with your inventory. Your item menu had but so many slots as you're running around but the backpack could fit everything plus a first aid kit and a radio, etc.