Even though I stated my stance on the subject before here is another -1 as a result of playing Elden Ring. Quoting Yahtzee from Zero Punctuation:
Usually when you find stuff in Soulsy games it’s a time for celebration. Ooh, new weapons. Ooh, upgrade stones. Ooh, a small porcelain cat with a mummified finger in its mouth. Don’t know what the fuck this is but maybe I’ll yeet it at a boss and see what happens.
Not so much of that in Elden Ring when half the time it’s just more f-ing crafting materials to add to the six tons of garbage we’re hauling around in our horse’s invisible U-Haul trailer.
That mirrors more or less my personal experience, when I stopped paying attention to what I pick up very quickly because it's worth hording for crafting sake, and crafting ingredients are very not exciting to find.
