If you plan on playing Elden Ring, here's a big tip: have a journal (or, my version, a TextEdit file). You can put markers on the map, but there's no quest log or NPC appendix, and you'll find it very helpful to keep track of what's where and who wants what
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Trust me: a quest log would make this a far worse experience. One of the reasons Elden Ring is so special is that it doesn't feel like so many other open-world checklist games. Quests and NPCs weave in and out as you play. They're opaque and surprising and brilliant
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Based on the reactions to this, I think a lot of people are misunderstanding the nature of Elden Ring's quests — this isn't like, say, Horizon, where you're constantly being bombarded with tasks. Quests in this game are subtle and rare, more like puzzles than errands
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If there's one thing I love, no sarcasm, it's keeping a notebook for a physical quest log
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YUP I'm gonna be ready for this.
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souls games have never had any of this, and adding it just because it's a huge world would be surrendering to open world design tropes. fuck yeah, i'm buying a notepad.
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My NPC buddies watching me leave their quest lines unresolved as my attention span shrinks further with each dungeon.
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