Games Inbox: Elden Ring review accuracy, Horizon Forbidden West trolling, and beating Sekiro

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The Tuesday Inbox continues to debate whether Soulsborne games should have an easy mode, as a reader is upset at the thought of no FIFA 24.

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The hype was right I bought Elden Ring as a welcome change to Halo Infinite (which is fantastic, by the way!) and what a game it is!

I never really got into the Dark Souls games as it just felt too stressful for me, even though I beat a big boss and found that very satisfying.

But this game is just amazing from the off. The first enemy I met was the Tree Sentinel, who quickly destroyed me. But I’ve spent about three or four hours trying to get the Bronze Shield to drop from the nearby enemy camp (still no joy!) but I’ve levelled up, have my horse and better armour, and now fixated on finishing the sentinel.

So, I’m about four to five hours in and on the first location still, but learning the game and enjoying it a lot, and excited to (eventually) head out into the world.

I’d definitely recommend this game, it has a really great atmosphere which reminds me of Dragon’s Dogma a little so far.

The only issue is that I can’t seem to connect to online on the game for some reason, on Xbox. Anyone else having this issue and if so, how can I fix it?Tom

Time and energy There’s been a lot of talk recently about FromSoftware and the difficulty of its games.

I have played Dark Souls 1 and 3, Bloodborne, and Sekiro. I have never completed any of them, the closest I’ve gotten is Dark Souls 3: I’m currently at the last boss!

I feel there should be an option to turn down the difficulty, not necessarily make the games easy, but maybe a little less difficult.

I have a six-year-old son with severe autism and learning disabilities, and looking