While it’s certainly no slouch in terms of difficulty, Elden Ring gives its players as many tools as it can to help. One of those tools is a sort of minion summoning item called Spirit Ashes. You collect these over the course of the game, and can summon them in specific areas for some big […]
Triangle Strategy carries a lot of old school JRPG DNA, from the more obvious Final Fantasy Tactics to games like Ogre Battle and even Fire Emblem. It does its own things too, of course. But one key part of the experience is promoting units, pumping them up to be more powerful than possible out of […]
In Triangle Strategy, the new tactical strategy JRPG from Square Enix, you can use a special kind of item to make your characters stronger. These are called Medals. They come in multiple varieties, such as Medal of Bravery or Medal of Valor. These items are deeply important to progressing through the game, so it’s pretty […]
Let me explain that headline. I’ve found myself struggling with games like Sea of Stars in some ways. Often there’s this vibe of “they don’t make games like this anymore” that rings entirely false in my mind. JRPGs have stuck around in various forms over the years, including the classic 8, 16 and 32-bit styles. […]
Elden Ring is a new game, a popular game, a complicated game and an online game. You can certainly play Elden Ring in offline mode, but if you like to keep the game’s online features on, eventually you’ll hit a snag. Especially as the game is still new and being adjusted for feedback and bugs, […]
Square Enix Manga & Books, the twitter feed for exactly those things, dropped several announcements this morning for upcoming publications. While the titles include a new Final Fantasy VII Remake novel and NieR Automata manga series, the arguably biggest news is a reprint of a Final Fantasy XIV novel. Related: NieR: Automata Anime in Production […]
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To make your armaments better in Elden Ring, you need Smithing Stones. So, so many dang Smithing Stones. And it seems like you find more than plenty as you play, but if you want to try several different weapons you need a lot more. Luckily there’s a solution at the Roundtable Hold, but it requires […]
March 1 2022 got weird for a certain New York-based media company. The Gizmodo Media Group (GMG) is one of the few unionized media companies, with staff for websites including Kotaku, Jezebel, Lifehacker, Jalopnik, The Root and of course Gizmodo forming the GMG Union. That group is now officially on strike, as GMG leadership allowed […]
As you make your way around Elden Ring’s first area, you’ll no doubt come across the Bridge of Sacrifice. That’s where you get to learn what a giant, flaming ballista arrow tastes like. On the other side, though, is a woman named Irina, who seems content to just camp out in Godrick territory. Clearly she’s […]
