Fast Travel Convenience & Torrent On-Demand
Even when you’re not on-foot, Elden Ring makes sure that you’re not left in the middle of nowhere without the means of being able to get away in a flash, be it on the aforementioned Torrent, or by fast traveling to a Site of Grace.
Torrent can, quite literally, be summoned out of thin air with the press of a button (if you tie it to a quickslot) which has saved our screens from the blood-red ‘You Died’ splashing on our screens more times than we can count.
But even then, where other open-world games force you to visit a campfire (cough, Horizon Forbidden West, cough), or use some sort of consumable to fast travel to a point you’ve already unlocked, Elden Ring says “screw it, free fast travel for everyone, everywhere!”
There’s no real barrier to using either of these traversal methods, and it makes exploring The Lands Between all the more enticing. Get completely lost in some vast dungeon, or bump into an enemy you really shouldn’t be taking on yet? Then Torrent and the fast travel system will combine to return you to safety, ready for you to venture off in another direction, just to have a mooch around.
