The appeal to adventure made from Elden Ring proved irresistible to many players when it was launched on February 25. It might be a bit too tempting for some players, since their desire to plunge headfirst into the game's stunning and brutal world, along with the game's tendency to Elden Ring Runes obscure aspects which other titles make very obvious, caused them to avoid the tutorial for combat in the beginning. Some players mistaken this place of instruction and learning as one of FromSoft's most notorious and dangerous traps.
After having your character customized after a light tour of the vast landscape, and having your unrestricted sexy mate handed at your feet by sly monster Grafted Scion, you find yourself in a dark cavern that appears to be abandoned as a Sid's toy from Toy Story. After settling in and navigating the cave, you'll soon have two options to choose from are: a door that is lit by the dappled glow of a glowing tree and adorned with statues that line the steps, and a pit where the ghost waits to entice you to jump into. While the tree's glowing glow is inviting but the dark, cold pit that the ghost is trying to lure you into actually houses the game's combat training.
A lot of games guide players to progress by using visual clues such as lights, and in this way, Elden Ring is no any different. The glowing tree literally beckons players to the game's vast open world. The pit's combat tutorial introduces players to the most important gameplay mechanics, such as blocking, avoiding, dodging and locking onto enemies it is a great training course, especially for players who are making their first foray into FromSoft's entire Dark Souls design ethos with Elden Ring. However, who can blame you for not stepping into the mysterious pit because a ghost enticed you to? In the end, Souls games are notorious for their ability to lure players into all sorts of dangerous traps. What can a player do to ensure that this isn't just another one?
If Bruno Dias, a writer and director at FailBetter Games, tweeted a picture with arrows that pointed at the exact location where the beginning of the game and the combat tutorial is in, some debate was triggered, with one side saying that Elden Ring's level design is an excellent illustration of rewarding and encouraging players' exploration, and another arguing that the game needs to cheap Elden Ring Runes be more explicit in indicating that the cave is an area for tutorials.