r/gaming • u/MakisDelaportas • 1d ago

Rites of passage in different games

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Skyrim : Getting launched to space by a Giant.

The Witcher 3 : Farming too many cows in White Orchard will spawn this high level Chort to try and stop you.

Elden Ring : The teleporter chest in Dragon-Burnt Ruins that takes you to Caelid.

Feel free to add other examples.

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u/Behold_I_Am_The_Wind 1d ago

If we’re talking about trap chests from Elden Ring, then I think the Mimic Chests in Dark Souls are most notorious for this

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u/zgillet 1d ago

You don't get to a mimic chest in Dark Souls until Sen's Playhouse. You are LONG past the rite of passage.

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u/Mortumee 1d ago

And the consequences are far lighter in DS. Being killed by the mimic sets you back a couple minutes. The chest sending you into Caelid is far worse, you're stuck there until you can exit the damn cave. It's a delight to send friends towards that chest.

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u/zgillet 1d ago

Mortal Shell 2 has a very obvious nod to this in it. It's not as brutal, but it's there.

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u/JimmyGunZo 1d ago

Sens playhouse it's a much more fitting name, I'm calling it that from now on

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u/zgillet 1d ago

I've heard Funhouse, Playhouse, Torturous (Sen's Torturess), among others. Playhouse is my favorite :)

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u/Touchingastove 1d ago

Dark souls 3 does it in the first area of the game for the first significant weapon upgrade, so that qualifies

of course you get strafed by a dragon BEFORE reaching it

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u/TegTowelie Xbox 1d ago

At least they have a tell and can be locked on to, to discern a real chest from a mimic.

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u/pethris 1d ago

They can't be locked onto though, you have to look at the chain.

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u/TegTowelie Xbox 1d ago

Im pretty certain in 3 they can but i cant apeak for 1 and 2.

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u/pethris 1d ago

Nope, none of them. You have to wait until they're active to lock onto them, the only other way is to notice the tells before opening/attacking/throwing a charm at them.

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u/Behold_I_Am_The_Wind 1d ago

Or throwing a Llyod’s Talisman at it to put it to sleep and nab the loot

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u/pethris 1d ago

That's what I meant by charm, they're called Undead Hunters Charms in DS3

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u/AlphaI250 1d ago

Chests in elden ring can unironically be rolled away from on reaction (or just instantly if you want to be careful) so it's even worse

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u/24_August_1814 1d ago

Yeah and you could roll away from the trap chests in Elden Ring, so...

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u/AltGunAccount 1d ago

Going all the way through Sen’s Fortress of nightmares and then dying to the mimic in the basement is a classic.

Helps that it’s usually one of the first mimics that players encounter.

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u/Tiny_Rick85 1d ago

The first one you encounter in Sen's Funhouse is a treat.