With 9 days until release, the Elden Ring subreddit is trying very hard not to die

pcgamer.com:

In the runup to the game's release, FromSoftware is gradually revealing more of Elden Ring's world, showing off the classes, and wheeling out Hidetaka Miyazaki for interviews. People are playing this thing, somewhere in the world, right now. Elden Ring is not a dream, it is actually happening.

If that feels a bit like I'm over-egging it, well I am: But for the Elden Ring obsessives this has been such a long time coming. The game was announced at E3 2019, but then went completely dark until June 2021. A small amount of time in the grand scheme of things, but a stretch that had the subreddit going bananas over a single tweet that gave them hope.

When the game 'leaked', in absolute potato quality, there was even a slight disappointment that Elden Ring was no longer just in the domain of pure imaginative fantasy. When the actual trailer dropped, it was reduced to inarticulate shouting.

It has been a long time for these folks. And of course in the runup to release, the subreddit is seeing an influx of new players to this domain of grizzled hype veterans. As Camping Obsessive puts it: «when you see an r/Eldenring newbie discussing the 'age of hollowing'...»

This article was inspired after I saw a screenshot of the Elden Ring subreddit doing the rounds on twitter. It's a more self-aware and amusing post than some give it credit for, written by Old_Wet_Hole (choose your usernames carefully, kids), and is titled: Is anyone else having genuine anxiety about dying before elden ring comes out? The text reads: «I drank two cups of coffee this morning, my heart fluttered a bit and my first thought was „Oh God please no, not before Elden Ring.“ I am 28 years old. I feel ridiculous.»

That is ridiculous, but it's also completely