Gelmir Hero's Grave might be my least favorite moment in a From game. When I realized this game added jumping, I dreaded this exact scenario. I really hate when games put in a half-hearted attempt at another genre - stealth is usually the main offender but bad platforming tends to be worse. A forced bad camera angle plus a narrow platform that causes an instant death on all edges after a tedious, stressful path. I had stumbled on another grave earlier that was also annoying, but that single jump in Gelmir is unbelievable.
This is probably punishment for me always going with katanas in these games and gleefully taking up Moonveil. Elden Ring very much feels like the most exploitable From game - most of my deaths have been in the gap between summoning my mimic and healing at the start of a boss (I have long ago accepted that I am not particularly good at these games and realize the main draw for me is the exploration, so I'm happy to have discovered 'easy mode')
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