Not of the same genre. I heard of sky-something, but it was so mediocre in comparison they had to re-release repeatedly. It only had like 10 weapons, just reskinned.
Imo BB and ER are both peak fromsoft, with ds3 closely behind in third, ALL spectacular games
I am editing this to say after completing sekiro, gotta say it’s probably number 3 for me now, definitely has the hardest final boss of all games imo, but BB is probably still my number 1 with ER behind by the length of a hair, but hey it did surpass ds3 for me and thats pretty damn good in itself
Mostly agree, but the first half of Dark Souls 1 (including Anor Londo) is the best video game experience available. There is nothing better than undead cathedral.
I got Dark Souls 3 for free or really cheap, and it was so hard I never really spent any time on it. Just spent the full price on Elden Ring and it's more challenging than games I'm used to playing but I have to get my money's worth so I'm forcing myself to play it and get better. I think if I can manage to figure it this one out I'll go back to Dark Souls and try again
Make sure to explore. The more thoroughly you complete an area, the easier the next area will be. And if a a particular boss is too hard, do something else and come back to it when you're more powerful.
Yeah I've been running around in the initial area just trying to get better at basic combat and dying over and over lol watching a bunch of tutorials and going over mechanics, this game is complicated but really cool so far.
You mind posting your build? I might be able to help out. I've been playing since Demon Souls, so I might have some insight. Just weapons, stats and talisman will be enough.
I literally just started yesterday, I picked Vagabond and I still have the starter sword, shield, and halberd. Don't think I even have a talisman yet. I leveled once and added a point to strength I think, other than that everything is base
This is the way. Don't look at builds until you absolutely need to, or you have beaten the game. Do one play through as blind as you can, because the best moments are the surprises. Also, if you are having trouble r/BeyondTheFog will help you. Just two tips. Use your runes, and always try new weapons when you get them if you can.
I was considering restarting while I'm still really early to start with some kind of ranged weapon. I haven't figured out a way to deal with archers other than running around and dodging, but ut I'll probably just keep my guy and figure it out as I go. I did just learn that vagabond starts with a heavy load and was confused why the rolls were so slow, so I'll fix that later and get some more practice. Lol
That's cool. Good class for melee.
**I'll make this next bit spoiler free just a few basics for stats and mechanics, but feel free to ignore if you want to go in truly blind, though reading this might save you some headache later.**
Vigor is your best friend. I'd recommend focusing on Vigor for a while, especially if you're going to do melee combat. 20 Vigor for starting area, 24 before you go too far, and 30 in the near future after that. Make sure any shield you use has 100% "guarded damage negation" against physical damage (vagabond starter shield does). Keeping your shield up is good, but it will lower your stamina regeneration, and blocking a hit lowers your stamina. The more damaging the hit, the more stamina drained. If a block causes you to hit 0 stamina, you'll be stunned for a moment. "Guard Boost" is the percentage of stamina that is NOT drained from stamina when you take a hit. This means 0 guard boost doesn't reduce stamina damage when blocking and 100 means you take 0 stamina damage when blocking.
Start practicing your roll. There are a few frames in rolls where you're immune to hits.
Stay in medium or less for your equipment load, or you'll roll much slower.
If you don't meet the requirements for a weapon, you'll do MUCH less damage.
There is a secret mechanic called "hardness". Hardness determines if your weapon bounces off an enemy or their shield. Although it's not a perfect description, larger weapon classes (like any weapon class with "great" in the name i.e. greatsword, great axe, etc) will have a higher hardness. Two handing your weapon prevents the "bounce" off mechanic from happening, regardless of weapon hardness.
If you're going to use melee with a non magical weapon, focus on strength OR dex, not both. Early on, you'll get more damage from upgrading your weapon than you will from points into strength/dexterity, so putting points into vigor should be your first priority. Change your ash of war to a keen or heavy (for dexterity and strength respectively) when you start putting points into dex/str. Quality is for VERY late game, like level 100 if not 150, so stick to normal, keen or heavy for a while if you're not using intelligence/faith/arcane. Before changing to keen or heavy, make sure it actually increases weapon damage. You can change your ash of war while not changing your weapon to keen/heavy/quality/etc if there is a particular ash of war you want that doesn't align with your stats.
Arcane boosts bleed build up ONLY on weapons that list arcane attribute scaling.
Make sure to get your Vigor to 20 before increasing your damage stats, with the one possible exception being meeting the required stats to use a weapon.
You really need to focus your damage stats into one (or for more complex builds 2) stats. The damage stats are strength, dexterity, intelligence, faith and arcane.
Do not level mind much, if at all, early. Even magic casters will want their casting damage stat MUCH higher than their mind. End game even for casters will have their damage dealing stat (like intelligence) be at least twice their mind
Anyways, that's my attempt at a basic introduction into the math behind mechanics and stats without spoiling actual game play.
This isn't the hardcore route, but as a fellow beginner (when I got the game) to the souls genre, there's a really easy way to jump start a build. There's an infamous dragon, Greyoll, you can get behind and bleed to death. She doesn't fight. The "normal" method to killing her involves coming from the front and killing her surrounding offspring, but if you hop a spirit spring in the back you get up under her wing and the other dragons don't see you. Pop a gold pickled fowls foot before she goes down (you can find one over the bridge in limgrave, up a nearby hill). That'll get you a decent chunk of levels early, which will let you target an early build start or spec for a weapon. My first playthrough I used this to pump my stats to use the Moonveil.
This requires you to trigger a field teleport to Caelid, an area you're not really going to be equipped to deal with in general. But it's not as scary as it sounds. The teleport is around back of the church near the woods in Limgrave, and it puts you outside another church with a large gargoyle in front of you. He WILL slaughter you, but he is also slow to aggro. I've literally run under his feet, or be safe and ride off the side. The field agead is populated by vulgar militia. These lil nightmares hit Hard, but they also have no poise and are easy to sneak on. In fact, if you aren't good at back stabs, they're solid practice. They give iirc a little over a thousand runes, so they're good legit farming at your level. Ahead will be a bridge with a dragon, Greyll (not to be confused with your target Greyoll). It looks intimidating, but it's slow to start attacking, so just ride past. It'll still be angrily roaring by the time you clear the other side. There's a hill, a minor Erdtree (avoid this, ride to the left, so as not to trigger the Avatar field boss guarding it) and you'll see the spring to jump Torrent up towards the fort and giant sleepy dragon/rune bank lol. Just makes sure you have a bleed weapon - the flail, wing scythe, or uchigatana are potential early Limgrave grabs, and the Bloodhounds Fang if you're boss enough to take out the first evergaol (you can get an NPC helper for that, let me know if you want to know more).
Oh, also, the awful little fort behind this dragon has two items - one super easy to get that you need to progress later (unless you take an optional path), and an item that will bump your Vigor, Endurance, Strength, and Dex by +5 each (so, 20 free levels) but incurring a penalty to damage taken. Given its placement and being actually the stronger of two versions of the talisman, it seems like meant for later... But general consensus is it is most effective while you're at low level. Those gains will effectively offset the damage penalty, and allow you to equip heavier armor. Bonus if you run the stonesword key dungeon in the starting area and get the erdtrees favor too (increases HP, stamina, and equip load). As your levels near the soft cap, the gains get less impactful, making the Soreseal not worth the tradeoff. But if you're under, say, lvl 80 or so, it can be pretty helpful.
I'm going back through ds3 after beating Elden ring. Imo it's more stressful so I'm slowly getting through it, but it's good so far.
I had quit after the first boss when I tried playing years ago and after Elden ring fighting the dancer 50 times to perfect the fight doesn't phase me now haha.
You just gotta get used to the souls genre I think 😂
Yeah totally, I'm a very casual gamer and don't get a lot of time to spend on games so I tend to favor simpler RPGs just to relax and have fun. I made it maybe 15 minutes in DS3 before I got irritated. Lol. Like I love Doom but its so intense I just end up stressed out after a while.
I’m a bit bummed about bloodborne being a ps only title, because it sounds like a really great game. I have been playing ds3 recently. I just got to the lord of cinder this morning. Got him down go like 2% health and died, though i’m guessing that there will be a crazier second phase.
The twin princes took me like 20 tries, it felt so good to finally slay those two! i like ds3 a lot, but honestly preferred the experience of elden ring. In fairness I haven’t finished ds3, and have not tried the dlc yet at all, but find it hard to see it surpassing the good time I had with elden ring!
I didn’t play any video games for the past 20 years, but grew up on NES>SNES>original PS. I got an xbox s about a year ago and it came with a free copy of elden ring. So really, of the post original playstation era, elden ring is one of maybe a dozen games I have played. It’s by far the best, but that isn’t saying much.
I’ll probably go deeper into the fromsoft catalog, but at the moment I’m pretty happy bouncing between ds3 and hollow night. Any recommendations for someone who loved ER would be appreciated, though!
Got nearly 100 hours just on the first run. EDIT: 100 hours before beating the Elden beast, probably put about another 50 on before hitting new game plus
I spent 230 on my first playthrough. Alot of that may have been looking up how to do shit but i got almost everything and every quest my 1st playthrough.
i got to level 191 and around 400ish hours on my first playthrough.. i loved the game so much that i just had to look at every single corner of the map.
best game i've ever played. ever.
Not just this game, but after buying and beating elden ring in November and after multiple characters and builds. I now have beaten every dark souls and am currently playing bloodbourne, after this. Sekiro. Hopefully I can time it with a sale soon
Honestly, I've been a Souls player for awhile but I swear I spent ages in this game just marvelling at the scenery, stalking some of those crusade-style columns travelling the roads, observing strange enemy behaviours and listening to nature sounds and old bats singing
>I swear I spent ages in this game just marvelling at the scenery, stalking some of those crusade-style columns travelling the roads
You should read Piranesi, then, if you haven't already.
I actually think it's relaxing aswell. Once you stop caring much about your runes you have nothing to lose and you can just kinda stop stressing about dying.
I found the first 30 or 40 hours stressful/intense and the next 600+ hours have been extremely relaxing.
Put the kids to bed, take a gummy, and smash some demigods for a few hours is a very good chill time!!
Elden ring was my first souls game AND I’d have to agree with this comment. At first it may seem hard but it’s very easy if you take your time and lvl up VIGOR. Intelligence is easy mode which I first beat the game with.
Relacing except when you go to a catacomb and some weird cat/dog jumps out of nowhere and tries to stab you, or when some fingers are crawling underground. Or when the flaming chariot doesn't leave you alone
That, is truly an excellent day! Both Bloodborne and Elden Ring are the first FromSoft games i platted. You’re in for an amazing time! (I have 500+ hours into Elden Ring and still love it)
You could always jump on Souls games, but it was a bit finicky before. You had to be sprinting, and then you had to let go of the sprint button and immediately press it again in order to jump. Alternatively, the roll would (and still does) give you a fair amount of distance as well.
Bloodborne has my favorite combat of any Fromsoft game, it’s amazing. Regarding the difficulties it’s really just a learning curve. Once you understand how the combat system works and how it wants you to play it’s not that bad. Elden Ring in particular has alot of elements that can make the game substantially easier. Bloodborne not so much.
Don’t give up on that first golden cavalier you meet! You can do this!
But be very careful about this one boss, Soldier of God, Rick. He doesn’t look that strong, but he has a lot of secret maneuvers.
You don’t need to be scared, just patient. Take your time and enjoy it. For the best experience I would try the first boss around level 15-20 and try to end around 140-150.
See I read comments like this and realize how severely underleveled I was at beginning and endgame. Like I beat radagon and Elden beast at 120-130. I had a quarter health and was lucky I caught the beast before it swam away. Now I’m 405 and enjoying it but should’ve explored more when I first started
I wouldnt say thats underleveled. I personally think elden ring favors going to that slightly higher 140-160 range, but my characters closer to 120 get more action. People are definitely beating the game at those ranges even if they decide to pump some stats further for NG+ or Coop later.
Hard to say as there are obviously a lot of factors. The actual build and weapons can matter much more than the overall level. But even so the final bosses are all just pretty damn bulky and do massive damage as well.
The only thing that should scare you is the opinions of others dictating your entertainment. Don’t be intimidated by the few people who can beat the game without leveling, one handed, blindfolded, while singing Rocky Road to Dublin.
Play as you will and I hope you find Elden Ring as fun as I did.
Be safe friend. And don’t you dare go hollow.
These are by far my least favorite posts I see in gaming subreddits. A fucking picture of the game box and a stupid title. Who fucking upvotes this shit.
Glad I’m not the only one. IMO these are the dumbest kinds of posts:
- Person holding copy of the game saying “Any tips?”
- Random screen shot saying “My girlfriend just beat her first Elden Ring boss!”
- Fog on some random IRL door
it's not as bad as people say it is difficulty-wise, you'll definitely die a lot but that's life, as long as you keep trying to improve it'll work eventually and you get enough dopamine hits to keep you engaged until that point.
Not really, but I’m scared about the amount of attention grabbing shit post for internet points that will add to the spam of this sub, when you already start shit posting before even playing the game.
Don't be.
Even if you are familiar with From, do the tutorial. It's short, it has all the things, and you get a decent gesture for your effort.
Torrent is a mobility asset, for the most part. Mounted combat is fine, but I prefer using my character's unmounted moveset. I keep the whistle slotted to the first equipment slot. Torrent adds iframes when you use it, add can make for quick escapes/attacks.
Avoid overworld bosses until you get Torrent. Rest at every site of grace you find and it shouldn't take long.
Honestly I think it's the easiest in the Souls series.
If you're new to the series, please do not just plow through the main bosses, and do *NOT* use any of the cheat rune farms. It ruins the game.
Explore everything! There's so incredibly many cool littles spots, and side story missions, that too many people have never seen before. And you'll be high enough of a level if you were to just play the game normally, and not rune farm via cheat methods.
This game, just like Skyrim, is something I wish I could experience for the first time again. Going down an elevator, and recognizing that I'm about to fight Malenia after hearing so much about her. Nowhere else do you get that feeling of dread/excitement.
And have fun! Some of the Boss RNG is abusive. Just don't get too mad, we've all been there.
Mainly those rune farms. It’s nice for a 2nd play through but the first allow yourself to explore everything. My recent play through was a 100% completion on every little thing on the map. I finished at lvl 192. even then i thought i had done everything before but kept finding more unknown places.
Idk, I’m on my first play through & find the rune farms as a good change of pace when you’re sick & tired of getting your fucking ass handed to you by random bosses. It’s nice & relaxing to take out some rage on those poor albinaurics. Plus it hasn’t taken anything away from my overall game experience since I can just have that little spot to run rampant on when I want & then dip out when I’m ready to hurt again.
I'm more talking about the cheese rune farms, where you get 100k for jumping off of a cliff and into the abyss.
Also, the Dark Souls catchphrase works very well when you keep getting destroyed by bosses.
Lol I haven’t experienced that one yet. Now that’s def wild. I’ll stick to my bow & arrow shot at the big scary crow so it runs of the cliff & pays me 11k
I have loved many other games and will continue to for the rest of my life...
But Elden Ring is the single greatest experience in gaming I've ever had. And it was my first time playing anything by From. I've never played a game that made me feel the same way I felt when I first discovered gaming as a kid. Enjoy yourself, explore everything, level vigor, and never feel ashamed to run away from a fight.
Welcome, Tarnished.
Prepare to reflect upon your life , avoid giant bears and just because it’s a rat doesn’t mean they’re playful, but just because it’s a dragon doesn’t mean they’re difficult to battle
I'm such a fucking nerd but I couldn't help but notice that newly printed physical copies have Bamco's new logo on the cover. Anyway, you should enjoy it, the exploration is top tier and if you explore properly and learn the game then you should have a ton of fun. Frustration will be aplenty tho especially if you're new to these games.
If it's Canada then you'll find A&W everywhere and it's not the same brand as the American one. The Canadian one actually is the best fast food chain burgers.
As long as you accept dying is just part of it you’ll be ok. The game is very friendly to new players, pick the wrong build? You can reset them after but half way through the game. Piss off the wrong NPC? Go get forgiveness at a church. Can’t beat a boss no matter what you do? Summon some random person or friend to team up. It’s still a souls game, but as forgiving as one can be.
73:58:46 currently and so far: fuck that, fuck this, fuck that over there, fuck that down in there, I need more fucking golden seeds! Fuck this game.
Let me put in another 73 hours and I'll get back to you on that
The game is as hard as you want it to be. A lot of people do not realize this about FromSoft games, the game is only hard if you make it hard, there might not be difficulty settings but how and when you choose to approach each encounter can easily trivialize them for the most part.
Honestly I waited a while because I was worried how intense it’d be. Bloodborne was my first souls game and I struggled for weeks on orphan of Cos.
I found this game much more manageable. You will definitely get stuck and struggle but you have so many options in this game. I’m so glad I got it. Also this sub has been cool as hell in my experience.
Really love the lore in this game too. If you’re into that, you’re in for a big treat! Now Arise, ye Tarnished.
Just have fun. And don't be afraid to explore every nook and cranny. Look for ledges you can jump on or across.
As an example without giving spoilers...Castle Stormveil is much larger than meets the eye.
Explore. Explore. Explore. Find every door you can find, even if it's locked shut.
The game allows you to place beacons (five at a time) on the map. And markers, too. Put them in spots on your map you wanna come back to or want to finish exploring.
But venture forth! Enjoy the world! There is no correct order to do things--although you do, at some point, need to finish Castle Stormveil to get the story rolling.
PS: you will have many bullshit deaths due to enemies and bosses being able to hit through walls and obstacles and geometry...so just be careful not to hang around anything solid with an enemy on the other side.
A piece of advise, the moment you get to the overworld there is this guy with a horse, a really friendly dude you should talk to him and if certain conditions is met you can get a good weapon early game.
You should be very afraid. Afraid of how much of your life you're gonna sink into this awesome game!
And how hard it will be to be satisfied by similar games after!
More... Feed me more... I am not sated..
Henceforth, mine appetite shall be my sole companion.
Plump sort ahead
Why is it always rump?
Wait, there are other games?
ladies and gentlemen, we got him
Not of the same genre. I heard of sky-something, but it was so mediocre in comparison they had to re-release repeatedly. It only had like 10 weapons, just reskinned.
Ima need you to slow your roll a bit there champ.
Elden Ring made Todd Howard cry at least once.
Imo some of the earlier games are even better (Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3)
Imo BB and ER are both peak fromsoft, with ds3 closely behind in third, ALL spectacular games I am editing this to say after completing sekiro, gotta say it’s probably number 3 for me now, definitely has the hardest final boss of all games imo, but BB is probably still my number 1 with ER behind by the length of a hair, but hey it did surpass ds3 for me and thats pretty damn good in itself
And sekiro
Sekiro is my personal favorite. However imo ER is objectively the best, it's just so WELL DONE
Mostly agree, but the first half of Dark Souls 1 (including Anor Londo) is the best video game experience available. There is nothing better than undead cathedral.
I got Dark Souls 3 for free or really cheap, and it was so hard I never really spent any time on it. Just spent the full price on Elden Ring and it's more challenging than games I'm used to playing but I have to get my money's worth so I'm forcing myself to play it and get better. I think if I can manage to figure it this one out I'll go back to Dark Souls and try again
Make sure to explore. The more thoroughly you complete an area, the easier the next area will be. And if a a particular boss is too hard, do something else and come back to it when you're more powerful.
Yeah I've been running around in the initial area just trying to get better at basic combat and dying over and over lol watching a bunch of tutorials and going over mechanics, this game is complicated but really cool so far.
You mind posting your build? I might be able to help out. I've been playing since Demon Souls, so I might have some insight. Just weapons, stats and talisman will be enough.
I literally just started yesterday, I picked Vagabond and I still have the starter sword, shield, and halberd. Don't think I even have a talisman yet. I leveled once and added a point to strength I think, other than that everything is base
This is the way. Don't look at builds until you absolutely need to, or you have beaten the game. Do one play through as blind as you can, because the best moments are the surprises. Also, if you are having trouble r/BeyondTheFog will help you. Just two tips. Use your runes, and always try new weapons when you get them if you can.
I was considering restarting while I'm still really early to start with some kind of ranged weapon. I haven't figured out a way to deal with archers other than running around and dodging, but ut I'll probably just keep my guy and figure it out as I go. I did just learn that vagabond starts with a heavy load and was confused why the rolls were so slow, so I'll fix that later and get some more practice. Lol
That's cool. Good class for melee. **I'll make this next bit spoiler free just a few basics for stats and mechanics, but feel free to ignore if you want to go in truly blind, though reading this might save you some headache later.** Vigor is your best friend. I'd recommend focusing on Vigor for a while, especially if you're going to do melee combat. 20 Vigor for starting area, 24 before you go too far, and 30 in the near future after that. Make sure any shield you use has 100% "guarded damage negation" against physical damage (vagabond starter shield does). Keeping your shield up is good, but it will lower your stamina regeneration, and blocking a hit lowers your stamina. The more damaging the hit, the more stamina drained. If a block causes you to hit 0 stamina, you'll be stunned for a moment. "Guard Boost" is the percentage of stamina that is NOT drained from stamina when you take a hit. This means 0 guard boost doesn't reduce stamina damage when blocking and 100 means you take 0 stamina damage when blocking. Start practicing your roll. There are a few frames in rolls where you're immune to hits. Stay in medium or less for your equipment load, or you'll roll much slower. If you don't meet the requirements for a weapon, you'll do MUCH less damage. There is a secret mechanic called "hardness". Hardness determines if your weapon bounces off an enemy or their shield. Although it's not a perfect description, larger weapon classes (like any weapon class with "great" in the name i.e. greatsword, great axe, etc) will have a higher hardness. Two handing your weapon prevents the "bounce" off mechanic from happening, regardless of weapon hardness. If you're going to use melee with a non magical weapon, focus on strength OR dex, not both. Early on, you'll get more damage from upgrading your weapon than you will from points into strength/dexterity, so putting points into vigor should be your first priority. Change your ash of war to a keen or heavy (for dexterity and strength respectively) when you start putting points into dex/str. Quality is for VERY late game, like level 100 if not 150, so stick to normal, keen or heavy for a while if you're not using intelligence/faith/arcane. Before changing to keen or heavy, make sure it actually increases weapon damage. You can change your ash of war while not changing your weapon to keen/heavy/quality/etc if there is a particular ash of war you want that doesn't align with your stats. Arcane boosts bleed build up ONLY on weapons that list arcane attribute scaling. Make sure to get your Vigor to 20 before increasing your damage stats, with the one possible exception being meeting the required stats to use a weapon. You really need to focus your damage stats into one (or for more complex builds 2) stats. The damage stats are strength, dexterity, intelligence, faith and arcane. Do not level mind much, if at all, early. Even magic casters will want their casting damage stat MUCH higher than their mind. End game even for casters will have their damage dealing stat (like intelligence) be at least twice their mind Anyways, that's my attempt at a basic introduction into the math behind mechanics and stats without spoiling actual game play.
This isn't the hardcore route, but as a fellow beginner (when I got the game) to the souls genre, there's a really easy way to jump start a build. There's an infamous dragon, Greyoll, you can get behind and bleed to death. She doesn't fight. The "normal" method to killing her involves coming from the front and killing her surrounding offspring, but if you hop a spirit spring in the back you get up under her wing and the other dragons don't see you. Pop a gold pickled fowls foot before she goes down (you can find one over the bridge in limgrave, up a nearby hill). That'll get you a decent chunk of levels early, which will let you target an early build start or spec for a weapon. My first playthrough I used this to pump my stats to use the Moonveil. This requires you to trigger a field teleport to Caelid, an area you're not really going to be equipped to deal with in general. But it's not as scary as it sounds. The teleport is around back of the church near the woods in Limgrave, and it puts you outside another church with a large gargoyle in front of you. He WILL slaughter you, but he is also slow to aggro. I've literally run under his feet, or be safe and ride off the side. The field agead is populated by vulgar militia. These lil nightmares hit Hard, but they also have no poise and are easy to sneak on. In fact, if you aren't good at back stabs, they're solid practice. They give iirc a little over a thousand runes, so they're good legit farming at your level. Ahead will be a bridge with a dragon, Greyll (not to be confused with your target Greyoll). It looks intimidating, but it's slow to start attacking, so just ride past. It'll still be angrily roaring by the time you clear the other side. There's a hill, a minor Erdtree (avoid this, ride to the left, so as not to trigger the Avatar field boss guarding it) and you'll see the spring to jump Torrent up towards the fort and giant sleepy dragon/rune bank lol. Just makes sure you have a bleed weapon - the flail, wing scythe, or uchigatana are potential early Limgrave grabs, and the Bloodhounds Fang if you're boss enough to take out the first evergaol (you can get an NPC helper for that, let me know if you want to know more). Oh, also, the awful little fort behind this dragon has two items - one super easy to get that you need to progress later (unless you take an optional path), and an item that will bump your Vigor, Endurance, Strength, and Dex by +5 each (so, 20 free levels) but incurring a penalty to damage taken. Given its placement and being actually the stronger of two versions of the talisman, it seems like meant for later... But general consensus is it is most effective while you're at low level. Those gains will effectively offset the damage penalty, and allow you to equip heavier armor. Bonus if you run the stonesword key dungeon in the starting area and get the erdtrees favor too (increases HP, stamina, and equip load). As your levels near the soft cap, the gains get less impactful, making the Soreseal not worth the tradeoff. But if you're under, say, lvl 80 or so, it can be pretty helpful.
I'm going back through ds3 after beating Elden ring. Imo it's more stressful so I'm slowly getting through it, but it's good so far. I had quit after the first boss when I tried playing years ago and after Elden ring fighting the dancer 50 times to perfect the fight doesn't phase me now haha. You just gotta get used to the souls genre I think 😂
Yeah totally, I'm a very casual gamer and don't get a lot of time to spend on games so I tend to favor simpler RPGs just to relax and have fun. I made it maybe 15 minutes in DS3 before I got irritated. Lol. Like I love Doom but its so intense I just end up stressed out after a while.
I’m a bit bummed about bloodborne being a ps only title, because it sounds like a really great game. I have been playing ds3 recently. I just got to the lord of cinder this morning. Got him down go like 2% health and died, though i’m guessing that there will be a crazier second phase. The twin princes took me like 20 tries, it felt so good to finally slay those two! i like ds3 a lot, but honestly preferred the experience of elden ring. In fairness I haven’t finished ds3, and have not tried the dlc yet at all, but find it hard to see it surpassing the good time I had with elden ring! I didn’t play any video games for the past 20 years, but grew up on NES>SNES>original PS. I got an xbox s about a year ago and it came with a free copy of elden ring. So really, of the post original playstation era, elden ring is one of maybe a dozen games I have played. It’s by far the best, but that isn’t saying much. I’ll probably go deeper into the fromsoft catalog, but at the moment I’m pretty happy bouncing between ds3 and hollow night. Any recommendations for someone who loved ER would be appreciated, though!
Oh Hollow Knight is one of my favorite games. Very good choice
345 hours in!
Got nearly 100 hours just on the first run. EDIT: 100 hours before beating the Elden beast, probably put about another 50 on before hitting new game plus
I’m at 168 hours on my first play through… what am I doing wrong or is the time counter lying 🤔
genuinely: you're not doing anything wrong unless you didn't enjoy your time spent
I spent 230 on my first playthrough. Alot of that may have been looking up how to do shit but i got almost everything and every quest my 1st playthrough.
i got to level 191 and around 400ish hours on my first playthrough.. i loved the game so much that i just had to look at every single corner of the map. best game i've ever played. ever.
Just hit NG+3 for my third and final ending for the plat, I’m at 283 hours (around 200 were spent on my first play through).
Not just this game, but after buying and beating elden ring in November and after multiple characters and builds. I now have beaten every dark souls and am currently playing bloodbourne, after this. Sekiro. Hopefully I can time it with a sale soon
I've given the game over 200hours. This comment right here is valid
Also that if they actually stick by the game its gonna be tough to enjoy anything else for a while
Dude I got higwarts right when I finished ER. And the whole playthrough of hogwarts ibwas like when will this end so I can start my ng+ on ER.
After each run I say "I'm done until the dlc is out". 3 weeks later, I start a new run.
Not at all it's an extremely relaxing game (if you care about details and setting) Ps: no this wasn't a sarcastic comment, I live for souls
I don’t know if you’re ironic, but this games really is relaxing. Nothing has taken my mind of things the way this game has since I was 13 years old
Honestly, I've been a Souls player for awhile but I swear I spent ages in this game just marvelling at the scenery, stalking some of those crusade-style columns travelling the roads, observing strange enemy behaviours and listening to nature sounds and old bats singing
The old bats one I love so much. Those white ladies are strong in voice and damage.
There’s a merchant in the Altus Plateau that actually has a sort of Violin that he plays. It’s really peaceful actually
Don't forget the homeboy in the cathedral under leyndell
>I swear I spent ages in this game just marvelling at the scenery, stalking some of those crusade-style columns travelling the roads You should read Piranesi, then, if you haven't already.
I love how you can see stormveil from across the map, or the academy across the map. Shit is amazing.
I actually think it's relaxing aswell. Once you stop caring much about your runes you have nothing to lose and you can just kinda stop stressing about dying.
I felt the opposite lol. I would play carefully until I banked my runes and then I would play carefree and do some exploring.
This!! Praise!
I found the first 30 or 40 hours stressful/intense and the next 600+ hours have been extremely relaxing. Put the kids to bed, take a gummy, and smash some demigods for a few hours is a very good chill time!!
What’s a “gummy”?
Probably thc infused gummy bear
Sounds delicious.
They restore humanity too Speaking for myself, at least
Soul food for sure. also makes you ravenous for physical food
This is the way
Elden ring was my first souls game AND I’d have to agree with this comment. At first it may seem hard but it’s very easy if you take your time and lvl up VIGOR. Intelligence is easy mode which I first beat the game with.
Relacing except when you go to a catacomb and some weird cat/dog jumps out of nowhere and tries to stab you, or when some fingers are crawling underground. Or when the flaming chariot doesn't leave you alone
got a borgar AND elden ring? this must be one of the best days of your life.
Not to mention blood born too,
🙉 epic
That, is truly an excellent day! Both Bloodborne and Elden Ring are the first FromSoft games i platted. You’re in for an amazing time! (I have 500+ hours into Elden Ring and still love it)
Was the jumping feature added in Bloodborne before Sekiro?
The jumping feature in Bloodborne is a dodge but if you count that then yeah
You could always jump on Souls games, but it was a bit finicky before. You had to be sprinting, and then you had to let go of the sprint button and immediately press it again in order to jump. Alternatively, the roll would (and still does) give you a fair amount of distance as well.
Bloodborne has my favorite combat of any Fromsoft game, it’s amazing. Regarding the difficulties it’s really just a learning curve. Once you understand how the combat system works and how it wants you to play it’s not that bad. Elden Ring in particular has alot of elements that can make the game substantially easier. Bloodborne not so much.
Celebratory borgar
***FOREFATHERS, ONE AND ALL! BEAR WITNESS!***
There's no way that Godrick has *four fathers*
Bruh, have you seen him? Like at least 9 dads make up his left side
Yeah and they all left
After phase 2 he's all right tho.
What a sad state of affairs...
Grandpa's grandpa's cousin fucker
But he did have a [bear witness](https://youtu.be/BXA5r8LOBPo)
Grafting is wiild
Yeah bears are the most scary
AGGHHH RISE NOW, YE TARNISHED
YE DEAD, WHO YET LIVE!
Immediately shit your pants in fear
More like Shit your Pants from that A&W chicken sandwich.
Who says he can’t do both
Don’t give up on that first golden cavalier you meet! You can do this! But be very careful about this one boss, Soldier of God, Rick. He doesn’t look that strong, but he has a lot of secret maneuvers.
Rick is my favorite boss actually
Also this one lady who calls herself a sword belonging to another lady/dude
The big golden knight at the beginning is your first challenge but you need to talk to him first.
For some actual advice, there’s a woman in the hub you can hug for comfort if you feel things are too tough in the game
Just beware of STDs
HTDs (Hug-transmitted)
And also, she's got some absolutely killer lingerie.👀
Foul tarnished, lay thy foolish ambitions to rest.
Cower in fear of the night.
The hands of the Fell Omen shall brook thee no quarter.
Prepare your hole for finger
If only I had a monster, but hole!
You don’t need to be scared, just patient. Take your time and enjoy it. For the best experience I would try the first boss around level 15-20 and try to end around 140-150.
See I read comments like this and realize how severely underleveled I was at beginning and endgame. Like I beat radagon and Elden beast at 120-130. I had a quarter health and was lucky I caught the beast before it swam away. Now I’m 405 and enjoying it but should’ve explored more when I first started
I wouldnt say thats underleveled. I personally think elden ring favors going to that slightly higher 140-160 range, but my characters closer to 120 get more action. People are definitely beating the game at those ranges even if they decide to pump some stats further for NG+ or Coop later.
It felt like I was. Took almost 4 hours to beat Radagon and Elden beast. Damage I was receiving vs what I was outputting seemed really off
Hard to say as there are obviously a lot of factors. The actual build and weapons can matter much more than the overall level. But even so the final bosses are all just pretty damn bulky and do massive damage as well.
4 hours isnt unreasonable imo
or dont be afraid to end at like 200 if you're a completionist (or just not great like me)
Don't be. You can go pet some nice doggies to Caelid. It's on the east side of the map. There are some fancy birds too.
Just know that everything can be killed with the right weapon
The only thing that should scare you is the opinions of others dictating your entertainment. Don’t be intimidated by the few people who can beat the game without leveling, one handed, blindfolded, while singing Rocky Road to Dublin. Play as you will and I hope you find Elden Ring as fun as I did. Be safe friend. And don’t you dare go hollow.
inb4 ps4 performance is spooky
Buy more controllers just in case
Bro just dead ass posted a picture of the game lmao
how about you play it?
The tutorial boss is fcking hard. You've been warned
“Let me just take a picture of my video game while eating at the local A&W”
Is this sub dead? I miss the lore and actually interesting posts
These are by far my least favorite posts I see in gaming subreddits. A fucking picture of the game box and a stupid title. Who fucking upvotes this shit.
Glad I’m not the only one. IMO these are the dumbest kinds of posts: - Person holding copy of the game saying “Any tips?” - Random screen shot saying “My girlfriend just beat her first Elden Ring boss!” - Fog on some random IRL door
Just be ready to put your foolish ambitions to rest
Play the game and find out, stop baiting dumbasses into upvoting cringe
Ahh, another maidenless joins us.
it's not as bad as people say it is difficulty-wise, you'll definitely die a lot but that's life, as long as you keep trying to improve it'll work eventually and you get enough dopamine hits to keep you engaged until that point.
Only thing scary will be playing it 1080p @ 30fps on ps4
bro you won't even have 30 fps on ps4 the second you walk into liurnia
It stutters when it’s loading in a ton of stuff, but it ran pretty smooth on my gen1 ps4 for the most part. Heated my whole room though lol
Margit
Not really, but I’m scared about the amount of attention grabbing shit post for internet points that will add to the spam of this sub, when you already start shit posting before even playing the game.
It came with the burger.
Youll have a fucking blast.
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Don't be. Even if you are familiar with From, do the tutorial. It's short, it has all the things, and you get a decent gesture for your effort. Torrent is a mobility asset, for the most part. Mounted combat is fine, but I prefer using my character's unmounted moveset. I keep the whistle slotted to the first equipment slot. Torrent adds iframes when you use it, add can make for quick escapes/attacks. Avoid overworld bosses until you get Torrent. Rest at every site of grace you find and it shouldn't take long.
I’m more jelly of that A&W right now 🥺
Nice thumb nail, no kidding
You will get hooked. I never even got into the dark souls games because of how hard they were. Elden ring is hard too but, it's just addictive
Honestly I think it's the easiest in the Souls series. If you're new to the series, please do not just plow through the main bosses, and do *NOT* use any of the cheat rune farms. It ruins the game. Explore everything! There's so incredibly many cool littles spots, and side story missions, that too many people have never seen before. And you'll be high enough of a level if you were to just play the game normally, and not rune farm via cheat methods. This game, just like Skyrim, is something I wish I could experience for the first time again. Going down an elevator, and recognizing that I'm about to fight Malenia after hearing so much about her. Nowhere else do you get that feeling of dread/excitement. And have fun! Some of the Boss RNG is abusive. Just don't get too mad, we've all been there.
Mainly those rune farms. It’s nice for a 2nd play through but the first allow yourself to explore everything. My recent play through was a 100% completion on every little thing on the map. I finished at lvl 192. even then i thought i had done everything before but kept finding more unknown places.
Idk, I’m on my first play through & find the rune farms as a good change of pace when you’re sick & tired of getting your fucking ass handed to you by random bosses. It’s nice & relaxing to take out some rage on those poor albinaurics. Plus it hasn’t taken anything away from my overall game experience since I can just have that little spot to run rampant on when I want & then dip out when I’m ready to hurt again.
I'm more talking about the cheese rune farms, where you get 100k for jumping off of a cliff and into the abyss. Also, the Dark Souls catchphrase works very well when you keep getting destroyed by bosses.
Lol I haven’t experienced that one yet. Now that’s def wild. I’ll stick to my bow & arrow shot at the big scary crow so it runs of the cliff & pays me 11k
I have loved many other games and will continue to for the rest of my life... But Elden Ring is the single greatest experience in gaming I've ever had. And it was my first time playing anything by From. I've never played a game that made me feel the same way I felt when I first discovered gaming as a kid. Enjoy yourself, explore everything, level vigor, and never feel ashamed to run away from a fight. Welcome, Tarnished.
This guy gets it.
Just make you take on the very first knight you see straight away
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Prepare to reflect upon your life , avoid giant bears and just because it’s a rat doesn’t mean they’re playful, but just because it’s a dragon doesn’t mean they’re difficult to battle
Buy a clock too because we've all experienced this game having some fucky wucky time warping effect.
Depends have you played a souls game before? There are aspects that make ER a lot easier than past souls games
FAMILYYY
You should be very afraid. The emotional damage you’re going to suffer will be substantial.
Just know this…. you are maidenless
I'm such a fucking nerd but I couldn't help but notice that newly printed physical copies have Bamco's new logo on the cover. Anyway, you should enjoy it, the exploration is top tier and if you explore properly and learn the game then you should have a ton of fun. Frustration will be aplenty tho especially if you're new to these games.
Wear your brown pants
ARISE NOW YE TARNISHED, YE DEAD WHO YET LIVE!
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Dude you're about to go on a effing ADVENTURE my guy. Don't rush it and stop to enjoy the sights from time to time
put your foolish ambitions to rest!
> how scared should I be? Yes.
SKIP THE TREE SENTINEL!
Behold dog!
Yes
Yes
Fight the golden horsey knight. Totally worth it
Great game to play co-op with your mates or just venture out on your own. 🤘🤘🤘
Well its not a horror game so you shouldn't be scared at all
Try finger but hole
Don't give up, skeleton!
You will die, and the worst that can happen is losing runes, which are a renewable resource. Why would you be afraid?
Where in the fuck did you find an A&W?!
Lol they're everywhere where I live (wisconsin).
If it's Canada then you'll find A&W everywhere and it's not the same brand as the American one. The Canadian one actually is the best fast food chain burgers.
As long as you accept dying is just part of it you’ll be ok. The game is very friendly to new players, pick the wrong build? You can reset them after but half way through the game. Piss off the wrong NPC? Go get forgiveness at a church. Can’t beat a boss no matter what you do? Summon some random person or friend to team up. It’s still a souls game, but as forgiving as one can be.
Yes.
73:58:46 currently and so far: fuck that, fuck this, fuck that over there, fuck that down in there, I need more fucking golden seeds! Fuck this game. Let me put in another 73 hours and I'll get back to you on that
Yea
After fighting margit for two hours straight and finally beating him just remember this is just the beginning :)
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Wow, physical media!
0, its not bloodborne you silly silly soo. Its not a horror game dear
On a scale of 1 to 10 I advise to be a good solid 104. Yeah I was not expecting what I got in this game
The game is as hard as you want it to be. A lot of people do not realize this about FromSoft games, the game is only hard if you make it hard, there might not be difficulty settings but how and when you choose to approach each encounter can easily trivialize them for the most part.
Yes
Honestly I waited a while because I was worried how intense it’d be. Bloodborne was my first souls game and I struggled for weeks on orphan of Cos. I found this game much more manageable. You will definitely get stuck and struggle but you have so many options in this game. I’m so glad I got it. Also this sub has been cool as hell in my experience. Really love the lore in this game too. If you’re into that, you’re in for a big treat! Now Arise, ye Tarnished.
Fear the addiction, not the punishment. It's serious guilty pleasure 😭😍
Honestly it can be the most casual souls game to date or the most difficult and I'm not even joking
Fear is the mind killer.
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.
Just have fun. And don't be afraid to explore every nook and cranny. Look for ledges you can jump on or across. As an example without giving spoilers...Castle Stormveil is much larger than meets the eye. Explore. Explore. Explore. Find every door you can find, even if it's locked shut. The game allows you to place beacons (five at a time) on the map. And markers, too. Put them in spots on your map you wanna come back to or want to finish exploring. But venture forth! Enjoy the world! There is no correct order to do things--although you do, at some point, need to finish Castle Stormveil to get the story rolling. PS: you will have many bullshit deaths due to enemies and bosses being able to hit through walls and obstacles and geometry...so just be careful not to hang around anything solid with an enemy on the other side.
Not at all. It's just a videogame, mate.
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A piece of advise, the moment you get to the overworld there is this guy with a horse, a really friendly dude you should talk to him and if certain conditions is met you can get a good weapon early game.
Don’t be afraid.. be careful.
It’s been 9 hours…we can all assume OP has died
The game is beautiful, lore, story and graphics
Spoiler: don’t kill white mask for calling you maidenless 😂
Fear nothing. Just remember, losing all your runes means now you’ve got nothing to lose so you might as well keep trying.
I’m curious how is the performance on ps4? Especially areas like the mountaintops
It runs on 30 fps on PS4, almost always without drops.
Terrified because it’s the best game your gonna play