And finally, my favorite Berserk reference is in Elden Ring apart from the sword fields. Elden Ring, like previous Souls games, conceals much of Elden Ring Runes the world's creation in the descriptions of items. It's often the best method to find out why someone has done something significant or the relationship between whom It stands to that homages to Berserk might be hiding away in the text for the flavor also.
The same is true of Guts' Dragon Slayer in Berserk The sword in the very first Chapter of the Manga is referred to as an "raw pile of iron" which is "much too large to be considered an actual sword." The characters are frequently stunned that Guts is able to wield such a weapon due its huge size, but because of his incredible ability, he's been able to make use of it to cut through just about anything that stands in his way. The two weapons appear identical, although that might be due to the fact they're both humongous freaking swords.
It's true that what's difficult for me might not be difficult for others. I'm pretty certain I've got some sort of mental block which immediately sets me on tilt while fighting the more real animals of Elden Ring, which was triggered by earlier encounters with frustration.
Whatever the reason the truth is that I'm not able to get my mind around them. They could at the very least be stopped by the roaring of their attacks and I'll be able to take down the magic wolves repeatedly if I get lucky, but every time I come across the gold poop, which suggests one of the larger bears are in the vicinity then I speed-tail it away as quickly as I can. Don't think about becoming an Elden Lord or defeating super-bosses like Malenia with no support the final battle against a bear is probably going to buy Elden Ring Runes be my biggest Elden Ring challenge. Pray for me.
