I was listening to some soulsborne music the other day and noticed a major motif between the themes of Great Grey Wolf Sif and Ludwig the Holy Blade. Specifically the verse melody of Sif's theme.

A motif is a musical pattern that is recognizable throughout a composition, or multiple compositions for that matter. A great example of this in video game music is Toby Fox's work, he utilizes motifs greatly in his soundtracks for both Undertale and Deltarune.

Although following the exact same interval (though Ludwig's theme adopts a different interval in the latter end of the motif), Sif's theme is in the key of F# minor and Ludwig's theme in the key of G minor, however these sound very similar because G minor is only a minor second higher than F# minor.

I can't think of any specific reason lore-wise that would tie these two characters together, so I want to assume the composer just felt inspired by Sif's theme during their writing period. Either way, these are both absolutely amazing pieces of music and accentuate the series excellently.

Hello everyone. I am writing here because Lies of P does not have its own full-fledged fandom, as far as I understand. If anyone has found out, tested, then tell me, will there be an increase in elemental damage from the "Talent" characteristic? Purely theoretically and from the point of view of logic, I come to the conclusion that yes, there will be an increase in damage for the simple reason that the innate elemental damage of some weapons increases when pumping this characteristic, but doubts are still present one way or another. If anyone knows, then please tell me.

Also, if someone has information, then how much longer will the effect of elemental whetstones increase? Using a stopwatch, I came to the conclusion that initially it lasts 39 seconds (I started timing from the moment when the character completely lowered the weapon after sharpening with an elemental whetstone).

Universes beyond concept. (I haven’t played dark souls, the only thing I watched were the boss fights and the meme)

Praise the sun (mardu)

Create soldiers, then burn your opponents with various counters.

Commander: Gwyn, Lord of cinders

3 converted, 1 red, 2 white, 2 black mana

Legendary creature - Zombie noble horror

8/8

menace, first strike.

Whenever Gwyn attacks alone Populate for each different counter him. (To populate, create a token that is a copy of target token you control, multiple instances of populate trigger separately). These tokens create are tapped and attacking opponents other then defending player and you.

Tap: Target 1 other permanent, place up to 3 different counters on that permanent onto this creature (don’t move or remove the counters already on that creature)

Tap + 3 converted mana + sacrifice 2 tokens: Deal 4 damage to target opponent and goad all legendary creatures they control.

Dark blades (golgari)

Wither creatures, Exile those withered and bring them to your command

Artorias, abyss valor

Legendary creature - Knight Demon

4/4

2 black mana 3 green mana 1 converted mana.

Wither (deals damage in form of -1/-1 counters)

When Artorias, abyss valor enters the battlefield. All of your opponent’s’s creatures get -3/-3 until end of turn.

Whenever a creature dies, if it’s toughness was less then 1 exile it.

You may play creatures exiled with Artorias, abyss valor. And you may spend any mana as if it were the mana required to cast it.

Souls, dragons, and more dragons. (Jeska)

Play dragons from outside the game, Goad creatures every turn.

Seath the scaleless

1 red, 1 white, 1 blue mana.

2/2.

Legendary creature - dragon.

Invincible, Flying, evolve (whenever a creature with higher power then this creature enters under your control, place a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

At the beginning of each upkeep, goad target creature each opponent controls.

Pay 5 life + tap: Play a dragon card from outside the game with lower or equal power then Seath. It gains haste and it’s the only creature that can attack this turn also it must attack this turn. Then remove a +1/+1 counter from Seath

Sorceries of the shade (Bant)

Poison counters! Cast the auras and sorceries.

Najka, frail, souled, scorpion

Legendary creature - Scorpion horror warlock.

1 converted mana 1 Green, 1 white, 1 blue mana.

6/3.

Toxic 2, Trample. Hexproof.

Najka, frail, souled, scorpion is immune to deathtouch.

Players must discard x cards each turn, where x is the number of poison counters they have.

At the end of each of your turns, you may put a poison counter on yourself.

You may cast non creature spells that cost x or less from your graveyard without paying their mana cost. Where x is (number of poison counters * 3.)

This might turn into a gay romance

For people who have played GOW 2018 and Ragnarok, how do you feel about Ragnarok?

When I first played 2018, I adored it. It was new back then. However as I continued to play the game, I found it to feel very much like a chore.

That feeling almost completely carried over to Ragnarok almost three years later. Almost nothing about the game has changed. It has good combat, but it's repetitive. The main story is good, but all side quests feel disconnected. The worst part is that everything between combat and story is basically just a game of eye-spy.

The game is getting glowing reviews, but I don't get it, it just feels so boring.

I'm also playing on God of War difficulty for reference.

Not really related to dark souls but when will there be a Official elden ring wiki on mobile?

Now that I've officially destroyed this cheater several times, I feel comfortable sharing a few of the things I've learned. I know that there are different cheese strats, but I wanted to fight her with only the basics. So these tips are geared toward a solo, no spirits, no consumables, no ashes of war, basic talisman etc playthrough. Basically just a player with a standard weapon.

1. Use a light load. Many people may not know this, but your rolls travel a longer distance when you have a light load. Why is this important? There's no secret that Malenia has some incredible range. Keeping a light load allows you to perfectly out-space her attacks with your rolls making it less likely for you to get caught on successive attacks. It also helps you run faster and dodge through the waterfowl dance attack much better.

You might be wondering if taking off all your armor is all that productive during this fight. Malenia does a metric ton of damage even with armor on. For me, having light rolls allowed me to avoid damage altogether for many no-damage first phases. It was night and day different.

2. Find the spacing sweet spot. The hardest one for me, but if you can get her spacing down really well, you won't have to dodge many of her attacks and can bait out her attacks that leave her open for heavy punishes. When the fight mostly revolves around being in the right spot when she does waterfowl dance, good positioning is key.

This can be enhanced by having a long range weapon. Good spacing provides opportunities for fully charged heavy attacks.

3. Know the difference between her combo attacks. The best move to punish in the first phase is her combo attack where she lunges at the player with several strikes before ending with a final slash at her side. Always dodge through this attack on HER right side. Then if you know the difference between her delayed and regular attack, you can know if it's safe to punish or not.

Those are just a few tips that players may have missed. If I missed anything, feel free to include it in the comments.

No doubt most of us have been cooped up in Elden Ring lately. And I know this wiki is mostly dead at this point, but there's a few oldies that stick around and I wanna share my thoughts and have some discussion around it.

Minor early game spoilers

So let's get a couple of disclaimers out of the way, because my title ain't exactly the most optimistic.

1) I am only 30 hours in Elden Ring. Just made it to the capital.

2) I will be referencing other souls games. I have played and beaten DS1, DS2, DS3, and BB. I have not played DeS or Sekiro and thus they will not be mentioned.

3) I am playing the PS4 version. Unlike others, I have experienced very few if any technical problems, and they do not factor into my opinion on the game.

4) I don't dislike Elden Ring. There's a lot of things it does great, and a huge amount of quality of life stuff. I have no qualms saying it is the most technically superior souls game, in terms of just how many improvements it makes and just how much polished it's mechanics are. Just a few things to list.

• Powerstancing

• Jumping

• No more super long boss walks

• New Weapon Types (and the return of older weapon types)

• Character Recustomization at any time

• The lady that hugs you

Thats if course not everything that's great about Elden Ring, just the stuff that stood out to me and things that got me excited.

However, as much as I enjoy these many improvements, there's a few things that irk me about this game, and those few things are really hindering my enjoyment of the game.

For reference, here's my ranking of the souls games(worst to best).

DS2<DS1<DS3<BB

Right now, I would probably rank Elden Ring in between DS1 and DS3. Is this blasphemous? Well hold on, I have a very good reason. I won't deny the flaws that DS3 has, and I won't deny that Elden Ring is technically superior to DS3 in terms of gameplay and combat. However, there's one thing that makes DS3 have an edge over Elden Ring, and that's bosses. I believe that DS3 has the best bosses in the entire series, they are truly fantastic. And Elden Ring's bosses thus far have been incredibly lackluster and dissapointing, and from what I've heard from friends who are ahead of me in this game, the bosses don't really improve that much. That is a huge negative on Elden Rings record for me, as I value bossfight incredibly high in these games, really good bosses are really fun for me and are where I gain the most enjoyment out of. Can Elden Ring still beat DS3? Yes, it's certainly possible, remember I'm only 30 hours in, so there's plenty of time for Elden Ring to outperform DS3 in even more areas, if not bosses.

As for Bloodborne, I don't think Elden Ring will beat Bloodborne for me. Bloodborne is very special because of it's setting, atmosphere, and weapons for me, and Elden Ring has lacked any ounce of coming closs to Bloodborne in these regards. I may get lynched for this, but I find nothing special about Elden Rings setting. Don't get me wrong, the world is beautiful, it's probably tied with RDR2 for the most beautiful games I've ever played. But the setting itself just feels like generic fantasy to me. And the atmosphere isn't special either, I never feel any emotions while exploring, it doesn't evoke anything in me like the terror and spookiness I do when I play Bloodborne. The only thing Elden Ring could beat Bloodborne in is weapons, but that is to be determined.

So what do I think is wrong with Elden Ring? Well there's a few things. I've already mentioned the bad bosses and boring setting, but there's a few more.

The Open World

This open world, as far as open worlds go, feels incredibly lacking and barren. Comparing it to the open worlds of Skyrim, The Witcher 3, RDR2, or Fallout, and you can tell this is From Softs first try at open worlds. When I first started the game, I thought I would completely ignore the story and just go exploring, finding cool loot, rummaging through dungeons that I was told would be full scale huge dungeons. I was wrong. There's like nothing. It's just empty. You aren't at all rewarded for going out of your way to explore nooks and hidden paths tucked away. At this point I feel safe just riding past new areas on my horse because the game has taught me I won't be rewarded for exploring. The few things that there are are copy pasted basic ruins and church's with a basement and locked door with a chest inside. The dungeons I was told were huge are not huge, they are tiny caves with two rooms, one of which is the boss room. The only things that get close to the promised size are the mines and underground rivers, which is cool, but it still completely deincentivizes me from exploring more than just mines which are marked on my map and the rivers which I've already found.

The Items

There's an astounding lack of loot in this world. If the rate at which I'm finding weapons right now continues into the endgame, I'm confident this game has less weapons than DS3. I've been stuck using a weapon I don't want to be using for hours now, and there's just not many options to switch. Fuck it took me like 5 fucking hours to find a single weapon once the game started. You're literally stuck with your starting weapon for a pretty damn long time. I love customization in these games, the more variety the better imo. It's one of the few things I respect DS2 for, they got their weapons and fashion down pat.

Other Minor Pet Peeves

Some of the enemy designs are fucking terrible. Renalla is literally just Deacons x Elana and she won't let you breath for one fucking second. The giant hands in the manor castle are legit the worst enemies I've probably ever had the displeasure of fighting in all of these games. I'd rather fight both the fishing Hamlet sharks to get the Rakuyo.

A lot of enemies and bosses get copy pasted, and some of the enemy layouts remind me of Shrine of Amana in how unnecessarily liberally they're placed about.

In Conclusion

I don't hate this game, but I think anyone who says this game is a 10/10 masterpiece game of the century is either in denial or just refuses to look at this games glaring flaws because "muh open world dark souls". I honestly think this game would have been better if they ditched the open world, because my favorite parts of this game are the linear levels like Stormveil. Such a dissapoinment too, because the gameplay and combat is truly peak from soft, and it's a shame it's being blemished by the flaws in this game that prevent me from having as good a time as others seem to be having.