Entry 444 - Elden Ring - Disc III

 

Oh Elden Ring, what a pain in my ass you were when you first arrived.  Disc 3 arrived as a duplicate copy of disc 2. I immediately opened a ticket with Bamco and nothing happened. I tried reaching out every way I could and hit brick wall after brick wall.

After nearly a month of this I finally put a charge-back in on my credit card and magically I started hearing things back from the manufacturer. They sent out a new set of disc 3 and gave me a 25% discount on top of it, not a bad deal... just a frustrating experience.

All that trouble, was it worth it? For the completeness of the box.. probably? For the music contained within, probably.

Disc 3 contains many of the most memorable moments in Elden Ring: the boss themes. Unlike the first two discs of the set, there are no calm moments here - only soaring themes of the most brutal moments of the game. All those boss fights that I got stuck at for hours... Godskin Apostles? Yep. Lansseax? Yep. Mohg? Also yep.

What continues to impress me about this record set is how well the music flows together. There was a lot of thought put into the order of the tracks and how well they flow together. Each one of the discs feels like its own mini album, and it makes digesting a box set the size of Elden Ring a lot more manageable than if it was done in a more haphazard way.

Elden Ring continues to be one of my favorite games in recent years. Just a week ago I booted the game back up and started a new character, just so I could play the game in a different way than I have before. The world is so huge that I forgot more than I remembered - its a great feeling.

Eventually I will get to the final disc in this set, but until then I can finally say that I enjoy this music for what it is. Far enough removed now from the bullshit that was getting this figured out - I can finally enjoy the music for what it is.