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@zvenlin

2 жыл бұрын

Very informative, looks like a great game but if you love mouse and keyboard maybe wait for a patch :d ( even with animation and spells it is a sort of hack and slash just not one that is dumb down to the bare minimum )

@666slateran666

2 жыл бұрын

Don't hold out on us, wouldn't mind Elden Ring content along side BG3 stuff. I'm here for it

@666slateran666

2 жыл бұрын

Also people talking about "delay" they just mean the attack animation wind up takes forever and most people aren't use to souls combat so it's alien to them. Comes second nature to souls vets.

@WolfheartFPS

2 жыл бұрын

@@666slateran666 yup thanks. Just corrected this in the pinned comment.

@THAC0MANIC

2 жыл бұрын

so how much did you get paid to play damage control?

I really enjoy the fact that if I find a certain area or boss too hard, i can go and explore other places and get stronger. That feeling of getting more powerful is so satisfying :p

@SolemnVisitor

2 жыл бұрын

They did this all the way back in Dark Souls 1 too. The Catacombs were right next to Firelink Shrine (basically the first area) and most new players who went that way and got their ass kicked realized "oh shit, I probably shouldn't go this way yet" and went up to the Undead Burg which was way easier and should typically be where you go first

@slayeroffurries1115

2 жыл бұрын

Or you can go stupid like me and try again and again until you defeat the boss

@toothlesstoe

2 жыл бұрын

@@slayeroffurries1115 That's what I do. Sometimes takes me like 80+ tries, but when I'm determined I will do it lol

@slayeroffurries1115

2 жыл бұрын

@@toothlesstoe yeah, it took me over dozens of hours to kill the Tree Sentinel at level 1 and over 100 tries to kill the Crucible Knight on the evergaol at level 18. Then later I killed the Crucible knight and bastard beast duo 2nd try and the Tree Sentinel duo 3rd try. This game truly is a journey

@stevebanning902

2 жыл бұрын

wow what a unique concept that totally hasn't been in literally every other RPG game for the last 40 years.

I am an old man, still play games, my first system Atari, and having played plenty, and Having not played a single souls game, I can tell a massive amount of love and talent in so many categories went into Elden Ring. It is incredible.

@WolfheartFPS

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers to that

@Kingeptacon

2 жыл бұрын

42 years young here. If you enjoy the combat and general gameplay loop, all the other Souls games are great too.

@superomegagigamega3106

2 жыл бұрын

older games were so much more difficult lol those new generation gamers are too braindead, even hard mode in games doesn't feel hard... could hardly feel the sense of achivement i felt when i finished stuff in nintendo or sega.

@dellcynsdevil9773

2 жыл бұрын

Its good to have you Old timer

@alexbeboolin7002

2 жыл бұрын

It think all of us will still be gaming when we are older

this is my first ever souls game and the shere excitement I felt after my first 3 hours spent in the game cannot be put into words. I love how the game forces u to learn your enemies, and sometime even leave and come back later. in my opinion this is one of the best games ever created and is one of my favorite games of all time.

@gamble777888

Жыл бұрын

Yup, it's a masterpiece and probably both the most accessible and also the most enjoyable game out of FromSoft.

@Jv19979

Жыл бұрын

I recommend dark souls 3. Such a good game.

My only real complaint was a lack of quest tracking, but like you say I didn't want a full journal. I think a RDR2-style journal of drawings and hints would have been superb though.

@yurilopes420

Жыл бұрын

you have it tho, most quests that give you an item will have the quest description on that item.

@xykane

Жыл бұрын

@@yurilopes420 dude theres like 0 tracking or guidance in elden just stop lol. Its cool in a sense but it jumbles up the story and ultimately makes newer players quit because they have no idea where to go or what to do

@yurilopes420

Жыл бұрын

@@xykane I'm a newer player and I didn't quit, you just have to not be a bitch I don't really know what to say 😂

@DannysMyNanny

Жыл бұрын

Most people I know haven't played this game, but Divinity Original Sin 2 is a great example of what I wanted from elden ring. They keep track of quests, but they never show on the map where to go. You have to figure it out for yourself.

@laurentiuspyo

Жыл бұрын

@@yurilopes420 lying to yourself lmao

“I feel like my character is moving underwater” MY BROTHER IN CHRIST, YOU MADE THE BUILD !

@strawhatrore2072

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up playing the devil may cry games on their hardest difficulty modes. The movement of the souls games is what kept me away when everyone was saying I'd love them. The hype of the open-world is what finally brought me in with elden-ring. But I think I can relate to this underwater comment, because whatever build you choose, it's going to feel that way coming from other titles like spiderman or something XD

@Anuca

2 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@irx_9gaming436

2 жыл бұрын

@@strawhatrore2072 fair. Dmc gives you some nutty movement, especially with the Vergil dlc's

@UnreliableUsername

2 жыл бұрын

Probably didn't realise their character has load restrictions and was heavy load

@Poodleinacan

2 жыл бұрын

@@strawhatrore2072 you can either build your character so it can fast-roll with heavy armour or wear lighter armour and still be able to fast-roll. It's the sacrifices you are willing to make for protection and maneuverability.

I like the fact that From Software respects their player base’s intelligence. I hate how so many RPGs today hold your hand like you’re incapable of figuring something out yourself.

@whiteglint8714

2 жыл бұрын

Elden ring has been a joy to play already and I'm not even that far in. Normally I don't pick up modern RPG games because they're usually poor.

@Slyest4255

2 жыл бұрын

Elden Ring is my first Souls Game. The game has been very enjoyable and I finally got the hang of it but it would've been nice to have some sort of direction in the beginning. Everything was so overwhelming in the beginning.

@sawyerprescott9650

2 жыл бұрын

my intelligence needs hand holding

@tranngockha6562

2 жыл бұрын

@@sawyerprescott9650 honestly, same

@ItIsGonnaGetWayWorse

2 жыл бұрын

Because those modern games have been made to cater to people who cant figure out things themselves lmao

This was the first video of yours I've ever seen, and going in, I expected this to be a somewhat toxic mockery of people who didn't like the game, but I was pleasantly surprised by how respectful you were of other people's opinions, even when those opinions were kind of silly. It's rare to see this kind of respect on the internet, and it honestly brightened my day.

@mr.mirror1213

Жыл бұрын

gh

@osys11

Жыл бұрын

You’re confusing respect with capitulation

@kyleward7417

Жыл бұрын

Too bad most of his counter arguments were garbage

@AbeHopwood

Жыл бұрын

To be fair though, I respect everyone who dislikes this game anyway. I obviously love it, I think it's the perfect medieval fictional fantasy world, I've always wanted a game like Elden Ring, and I think I've finally got it. But, after playing countless hours of it, I can see why people might dislike it. I won't lie, sometimes the game can feel so pointlessly hard that it's boring. I just want to chill out and enjoy myself, but I can't because of how hard everything is to kill. In order to play elden ring, you have to be in a concentration kinda mood, but that's not really the mood everyone is in after a long day of work. I personally think it deserved the GOTY, it's such a good and well made video game. It's obviously far from perfect,but honestly just what it achieved makes it deserve it, Ragnarok is in general a better game, but Elden Ring just deserves it. And again, I respect everyone's opinion on the game

@fatfurie

Жыл бұрын

@@kyleward7417 this is the average internet he was talking about lol

The “Delay" they are mostly talking about is let's say for example: when they are going against an enemy, when you trigger a certain animation and the enemy counters it. They see the enemy about to strike so they try to dodge them out the way. But the animation was still in action. So when the animation is over, it will process the action they inputed in between animations. Srry if it sounds complicated. It's really not

@Abyzz_Knight

Жыл бұрын

To simplify, they think there's a delay because for the most part you can't animation cancel in Fromsoft games. They think there's a delay because you have to commit to attacks. I had to unlearn the idea when I first played dark souls

@littlebird7383

Жыл бұрын

It’s called animation/command queue. If you start one animation before it ends then you’ll still finish the first and go into the second.

@mutilator97

Жыл бұрын

@@littlebird7383 I will admit though that the command queue can get really annoying when you input something early(because you can't always tell when an animation has completed), get hit, and then your character does the command you entered before the hit, making you get hit again. I genuinely feel like getting hit should reset action queues. It's really stupid.

@caio5987

Жыл бұрын

@@mutilator97yep totally agree This is more evident when changing weapons, there’s a big delay Other games immediately cancel the current animation and prioritise the new one making the process smooth

@jch8376

Жыл бұрын

That's good to know , so let the animation play out before making your next move? . I still don't like it but ok. What I don't like is that you can't strafe with out locking on your target . To its good not great game .

I will say, Elden Ring is my first real Souls game, and I felt the tutorial was fine. Gives you the basics and then it’s up to you to figure out the rest. I have 90 hours in this game and am starting my second character. I absolutely love this title.

@owendiaram3870

2 жыл бұрын

Wait until you find out about the "Naked with a stick" stratergy.

@swimmingmonke4942

2 жыл бұрын

The good thing about the tutorial is that it’s optional, new players have the option to learn more and experienced players can jump right into the game if they want too.

@joshuaxiong8377

2 жыл бұрын

i still think they should integrate a way to learn the more nuance parts of the game. for example, i didn't know they removed the universal kick until i found out on YT that it's a specialized move now. also, have a way to learn match-up knowledge efficiently without resorting to youtube.

@luddi6461

2 жыл бұрын

@@swimmingmonke4942 from what ive heard is that there are a lot of new players who overlook the jumping down part and end up with no tutorial

@YustinJ420

2 жыл бұрын

@@luddi6461 this happened to me. I accidentally discovered the tutorial cave after 30h into the game

The guy that said "it feels like moving underwater" I have a strong feeling a lot of people don't understand the equipment load and they're all fat rolling, or using weapons without high enough stats

@MaxinRudy

2 жыл бұрын

Surely they are fat rolling

@firelinksshrine1695

2 жыл бұрын

"Visions of plump sort"

@fuhjrvr7474

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaxinRudy I’m not it feels slow.

@jcdentongaming1304

2 жыл бұрын

@@fuhjrvr7474 get used to it because ohh boy the invader are going to use it to their advantage. And we really do love easy to kill host

@kaanozkuscu5079

2 жыл бұрын

@@fuhjrvr7474 see a doctor then.

This game is one of the greatest I’ve ever played. It’s extremely difficult and sometimes, I want to throw my controller against the wall but it’s rewarding and that’s what I like about it, it tests my skill level. AND THE LORE, its incredibly written. I’ve never been one to go into deep story but I could clearly tell it was written by the best of the best. 10/10 would recommend for anyone looking for a rewarding and massively detailed RPG

@THELORDVODKA

Жыл бұрын

The thing is, it's not extremely difficult we all just got too spoiled from other games. Only game with "sort of extreme difficulty" from souls genere is Demon souls. That's because their mechanics (if not abusing op mechanics) are bs difficulty. It doesn't reward being good it's just difficult to mess with you. All the rest make sense and will award you actually thinking about the game. Compared to some "extremely difficult" games souls are fair.

@Matheo355

Жыл бұрын

@@THELORDVODKA yes they are fair, but they are hard, don't try to deny it, rdr 2 skyrim any rpg that is not a souls like is a cakewalk compared to elden ring or dark souls

@THELORDVODKA

Жыл бұрын

@@Matheo355 Ye but why are you comparing casual stuff to souls in first place. I mean even Skyrim is difficult compared to Dora the explorer for ages 1-8. Souls tell you straight off that they will challenge you from actual GUI, to tutorials and actual gameplay. They aren't hard but aren't casual too.

@badtuber1654

Жыл бұрын

you must have only played 2 games, this game is ass. And I loved souls 1, this to me is unplayable.

@Jv19979

Жыл бұрын

People panic roll to much.

Being honest I was technically not introduced into elden ring, I had heard of it before and knew my friend played it, but nothing more really. So it was really a blind buy. Once I bought it I was surprised by the tutorial, and how other players could leave messages and try to kill you while not even being in your game. After getting brutally murdered and getting told I'm maidenless, I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out how to join my friend (didn't know multiplayer yet.) And when I couldn't do that, I made the mistake of trying to fight the tree sentinel and obviously, with me never having played a souls game I died. A lot. I ended up going the opposite direction and still died. The game wasn't telling me where to go and I was lost. So I left the game. For 2 days before I had the wonderful idea to search up how to beat the tree sentinel, unlike my giga Chad brother who beat the tutorial boss and tree sentinel on his 1st try, who like me had zero souls experience. When I beat the tree sentinel I got his halberd. And I legit thought it was one of the best weapons in the game. Then I found out about the paladin setup and was hooked. Great game from software, GG. tldr: Elden ring doesn't hold your hand. If you don't like that you can have other people hold it by SEARCHING IT UP. Edit: 100 likes, that's the most I've gotten on a stupid comment. And for that one guy doubting my brother, unlike me, he used strats for beating bosses, aka using samurai for the tutorial boss, and the horse for tree sentinel. If you're wondering how he knew how to do any of this, it's mostly because I showed him on my character save, before he made his own and copied what I did. Take notes beginners, if you want to beat the tutorial boss, stay light loaded with your armour and spam the bow with samurai. This strat also works with Malenia, "Blade of Miquilla" who has apparently never known defeat.

@CAMSLAYER13

Жыл бұрын

Lmao, i see no one learned the lesson the tree sentinel tried to teach

@marcoscunha511

Жыл бұрын

That's what pretty much everyone does. Then they bragg on how good they are for playing the game. DS series was always a niche game. It still is, but now you find everything online so easily that the masses jumped on the bandwagon.

@heyfell4301

Жыл бұрын

Bruh, I love to hear stories like yours, of players who learned these games the hard way, because Elden Ring purposefully tried to avoid that. It makes it so that you probably have, or at least should run away to get stronger and then just steamroll the earlier opponents, and there's no shame in that, it's what the game wants you to do and it is legitimate. But when I hear stories like yours my mind immediately go back to when I was a kid, picking Dark Souls 2 for the first time, not knowing that I-Frames existed, slowly learning to hide behind a shield, carelessly bruteforcing my way through areas and finding my first boss just to die a bunch of times trying to kill it. I wasn't supposed to get where I was, hell, to this day I ask myself how I got so far without even knowing what the "roll" button did, not even all the walkthroughs and speedruns I watched were enough, but eventually I learned enough to beat it, got to Dark Souls 1, went through all that suffering again, and by the time Dark Souls 3 was announced I was already experienced enough to declare these as my favourite games of all time. It shaped me as an individual and changed the way I approach videogames in general, and every time I hear about experiences like yours I am reminded of that feeling this game evokes.

@heyfell4301

Жыл бұрын

@@marcoscunha511 good thing there are a lot of people joining. Franchises that don't get new players are fated to age and eventually die, Souls avoids it by being (despite what people say) extremely accessible to people who are dedicated enough to really try it out. You have tools inside and outside the game to help you immensely, and that's how the series avoids fading into obscurity.

@marcoscunha511

Жыл бұрын

@@heyfell4301 you should never have to look anywhere else but the game itself to know how to play it.

I'm around level 60 now. Last night I spent about an hour back near the starting areas stomping enemies that gave me grief when I was low level. Sort of like a kid with an ant hill and a magnifying glass. Yes, I feel better now.

@GM_Darius

2 жыл бұрын

You know? Valid. I'll spend an hour a day or so if I'm frustrated just running around Limgrave, killing trolls and soldiers just to blow off some steam or relax.

@Scrublord96

2 жыл бұрын

To be honest I didn't have too much trouble with the starting enemies as long as it was two or three. I'm at lvl 20 rn with decent spells and groups are no problem

@pv0843

2 жыл бұрын

I'm around 150 now I went back to limgrave and now having the time of my life destroying enemies that gave me trouble in the beginning

@lolbuster01

2 жыл бұрын

Real catharsis comes from riding around on Torrent naked with no weapons and casually back handing things you pass. Never gets old.

@Rickrill

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it's not just me doing that 😅

6:50 “an open world where you can die almost immediately” “Hell yeah” My thoughts exactly

@edwinmendez3396

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

This is my first Soul's game. I've never played a game that makes you go through so many intense emotions... you go from awe while exploring, pulling your hair out from trying to defeat a boss... to an immense feeling of achievement when you finally beat that boss. Love it!

@KuriYellow

Жыл бұрын

Nothing beats the feeling of killing that boss that has been destroying you for days on end

This was my first Fromsoft game ever and other than the adjusting to the difficulty which i almost had no problem with, this game was flawless for me, I loved this game because, it felt to me like you actually have to use your brain for everything, and knowing you did that thing or completed a confusing catacomb or defeated a hard boss with strategy or skill gives you that rewarding dopamine and pride boost

@Goliadthehsiejsm

Жыл бұрын

YES!

@jamesbaxter8734

Жыл бұрын

Same! I just started like a month back, so I'm still learning. I do own DS3, but really never got beyond Firelink Shrine (just took me too much to get into that game at the time), and only tried Bloodborne as a trial download for about a day. So essentially, this is my first real FromSoft game experience, and it's been absolutely amazing. I thought Horizon Zero Dawn was at/near the top of my new all-time favorite games, but at this point, I think Elden Ring surpasses that and it's not even close.

@nemanjanemanjaa4551

Жыл бұрын

Please tell me you died at least 5 times to Margit?

To those having difficulty with the crafting of the coop item, there’s an erdleaf flower outside the church of elleh to the left, grab it, rest, grab it again repeat.

@sebicmiel4221

Жыл бұрын

Thank you man😊😊 So, infinite coop, right? :)

@v1ncent142

Жыл бұрын

@@sebicmiel4221 seamless coop mod..

The tutorial explains a lot in my opinion and dying in the very beginning of the game is a good thing. It shows you that dying in this game doesn’t mean the end of the world and that it’s a tool to help you learn and get better at the game.

@whiteboyrick1247

Жыл бұрын

I don't even think people want a tutorial, they want a goal to the game without looking for one. I completely understand this critism and it's one I tend to hold against the games like this, you're literally just sent out into a world and clueless about anything, surely being this old ass man who can fight demons, must have some idea of what the hell he is doing in life lol.

@KitsuneYojimbo

Жыл бұрын

And it shows you that deaths are bound to happen more often than not and it makes going back to kill the Grafted Scion all the more satisfying. It calls back to the Vanguard Demon in Demon's Souls.

@jyrxz4945

Жыл бұрын

@@whiteboyrick1247 games don’t need to be retard friendly yk

@jib7793

Жыл бұрын

@@whiteboyrick1247 It’s tells you to go to stormveil and the graces will help guide you. The whole point of the game is that you can do whatever you want explore however kill however you want it doesn’t force you to do anything. And if it had a mission for every single quest it’d ruin the whole point of soul games

@kyleward7417

Жыл бұрын

@@jib7793 "whole point is you can do whatever you want" yet the game starts off with the hardest tutorial boss in the franchise forcing people to go to different areas

About the tutorial bit.. my little sister usually only plays games like sims and is not experienced in videogames like this at all. She struggled with the tutorial and it took her about 8 tries to beat the first "boss" in the tutorial. But she still has a lot of fun so far (she is about 6 hours in and did not beat any bosses yet but who cares) and did beat her own "objective" to beat Varre (because he insulted her). There is nothing wrong with enjoying an open world game at your own pace and setting your own objectives. She does want to try to beat a boss soon though and it's fun to watch her play. So I don't get the criticism about difficulty settings lol

@jevislife5675

Жыл бұрын

you should realize most people dont have fun dying over and over lol

@Elbicho791

Жыл бұрын

@@jevislife5675 kinda strange if you Buy a souls game were diying Is a literally the most expected thing

@jevislife5675

Жыл бұрын

@@Elbicho791 exactly... which is why many people shouldn't buy souls games

@spurk1994

Жыл бұрын

@@jevislife5675 I love dying over and over again, its so fun trying to see yourself progress

@pretzneko

Жыл бұрын

@@jevislife5675people like YOU shouldnt get souls games fine, but people DO like souls games (including me)

As a dragon’s dogma player not knowing where to go is literally everyday for me. I’m just jealous they get to use a travel device when first starting out 😂

Being honest, this is my first souls. And although I did indeed get really frustrated after getting killed by tree sentinel for 3 hours, I managed to kill him. This just sent a feeling of accomplishment through my body. This is exactly why I love the game, instead of killing everyone in one hit, you’re the one being killed in one hit. This is why it’s my favorite game, although Skyrim held that throne for a while it became boring. After I got the best armor possible with the best enchantments available to me and one of the greatest weapons in the game my motivation to play it fell. I was an elden ring boss, enemies couldn’t kill me and I one shot everyone. This is why I love elden ring, I spent 30 minutes getting my ass kicked by margit the fell omen, I came back with better weapons and spells and managed to beat him. With all that, he still gave me one hell of a challenge, which in turn gave me that sweet feeling of accomplishment. Exploring the world is my favorite thing by a lot, I don’t get that feeling of annoyance of traveling from one end of the map to the other like in other games.

@iWXKi

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly leveling up and killing hard bosses is very rewarding in a sense High Risk High Reward

@shadebinder3599

2 жыл бұрын

Most people skip tree sentinel honestly, I think the boss was intended to show people how its open world and you can just skip something and come back later. I mean all the power to you if you manage to beat it right at the start, definitely a bragging point

@diegoalejandroramirez4116

2 жыл бұрын

@@shadebinder3599 Thing is, I had no idea he was an optional boss. The first time I saw anything related to Elden Ring, it was Markiplier’s stream of the game. He basically just spent an hour killing the guy, so when I got it, I assumed thats what I had to do.

@shadebinder3599

2 жыл бұрын

@@diegoalejandroramirez4116 haha no I understand, I wasn't criticising you. Its funny that you saw Markiplier fight it and fight you had to, when really he was probably just fighting it then for content

@CameronKujo

2 жыл бұрын

@@diegoalejandroramirez4116 you didn’t think to just….walk away

The tutorial is perfect. Clear, thorough, and completely optional. All you have to do is pay attention.

@NotTheHeroStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Tbh it's the best one they've had imo, I'm an old school souls player, but I went through the start slowly and I was really impressed with how nice they were on this one. Like yeah they game still dick slaps you like a bitch, but at least they are nice at the start

@restoringsanity8406

2 жыл бұрын

I wanted to say this as well. I think the guy complaining about tutorials didn’t know about falling down the tutorial hole

@aaron4135

2 жыл бұрын

It really isn’t I didn’t do it until I had already cleared limgrave lol

@trevorrovert3103

2 жыл бұрын

@@aaron4135 Whose fault is that?

@DaiPai1777

2 жыл бұрын

@@trevorrovert3103 ngl it's partly other players/the game as well. when i finished the openning boss fight by dying, the first thing I saw was a message on the ground next to the drop where you can do the tutorial and it said to drop down. being how the souls community likes to do a bit o trolling I just assumed more likely than not it was just some trick post trying to get me to fall down there so I ignored it and continued on in the game for a solid 40 hours until I came back out of curiosity about the unique drop at the top of the cave(the strength emote I later learned)and realized there actually was a tutorial down there. it gave me whiplash seeing the game give me basic tutorial prompts while down there when i had so much time into the game at that point lmao

One of the best things From did right was how well they reward curiosity and exploration. It's crazy how much content and secrets they put in there.

@calvinpeters653

Жыл бұрын

It's definitely better than what I've seen of Dark Souls, I've basically avoided them because they seemingly punish you for curiosity where as Elden Ring more so punishes you for greed

Elden Ring is my first souls game and I did rage quit quite a lot, but now knowing a lot more and gaining hours playing I can't stop

"This game has no storyline" Give Vaati a break, he wants to enjoy Elden Ring by himself too.

@Assassins6688

2 жыл бұрын

Even after knowing the lore the story is very bad, every enemy is just like a brainless zombie and the final boss is a mute redhead robot and a fkn space whale lol why not make marika the final boss it would be more epic the game would be a better story experience if it was set before the shattering

@PurpledNightt

2 жыл бұрын

@@Assassins6688 judging by ur comment u sound like you played the game to the ending or watched someone played it and i am amazed how you can survive through that since you hate this. Or you just watched an ending vid and complained about it.....

@oxelss

2 жыл бұрын

it doesnt need story it has Reena

@Assassins6688

2 жыл бұрын

@@oxelss ranni?

@unifiedhorizons2663

2 жыл бұрын

@@oxelss i didn’t care for renni… my friend playing as my oc and I’m playing has his

4th really said “no guidance” you can tell they dont listen or pay attention to the npcs at all. Rays of light pointing to where the next big thing is literally called ‘the guidance of grace’ lol

@qwormuli77

2 жыл бұрын

...I'm slowly starting to think that all those questions by the NPCs about your ability to see the guidance is a dig at all the people incapable of thinking, reading or following directions.

@Xzeren

2 жыл бұрын

Ngl, i didnt pay attention to that at all because i thought that as a previous souls player I would be able to figure it out, which i did.

@sluttyMapleSyrup

2 жыл бұрын

@@Xzeren I noticed the arcs of light, the "arrows" they put on the map, was like, "Sweet, the game's giving me some kind of direction for the "main quest"!" and then promptly went every other possible direction. I think Radahn's gonna end up being the first "story" boss I take down simply because it's required for a side-quest. I get the same vibes exploring and traversing this game that I do in BotW

@Obelion_

2 жыл бұрын

only thing which i find actually difficult to follow is the sidequests. as a new to souls player i can see you just missing every single quests or not even finding any to begin with. the way quests work in from games (reload area for things to happen) also imo didnt fit elden ring very well

@Hyraethian

2 жыл бұрын

@@sluttyMapleSyrup The ability to totally disregard directions is really what makes this different from the previous souls games (Don't @ me, in my mind this is still a souls game.)

An aspect that I really like about these games, is that they actually make the community important. Be it for game player lore reasons that you want to understand more of which I find quite fun!

Love the game but I do feel (personally) that the game should have 1- comparing armour stats when viewing in a shop 2- more description of what certain items do eg ashes of war 3- add in the tutorial how to apply spells and summons but that one is here or there. Easy enough to figure out. Other than those small things I love it

@ararune3734

Жыл бұрын

All the stats in general should be not just explained better, but explained, because they never are. I had to find KZread tutorials. There's a lot of room for improvement, but overall probably among the top few games I've ever played, quite addictive.

@garyreid2472

Жыл бұрын

@Ararune Argeed, I like the 'find your own path style' but just a how to do stuff. Eg using great runes etc

@ararune3734

Жыл бұрын

@@garyreid2472 Also the fact that you can't keybind sorceries/incantations/flasks is really daft. For some reason I'm stuck with clunky E + arrow, having to take my hand off the mouse. I did switch to a controller, but it's still not really great Oh yeah I had no idea about great runes, I would've never found the tower in Stormveil if I hadn't seen a video

This was my first souls game and the “lack” of guidance throughout the story was really refreshing to me..just riding around exploring new areas without a predetermined objective just made the journey exciting to me because I had no idea what was around the corner..I remember when I first started in limgrave I was getting destroyed by everything but as I played the game more I got better and better at timing enemies and the overall combat system..I have never played a game and felt the sense of accomplishment I felt in elden ring after beating a boss that takes you 10 plus tries to beat.. there doesn’t need to be tutorials just play the game and if it’s too difficult then it’s just not for you imo

@djbreal87

2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly the experience the Developers were going for. Happy to hear you stuck with it and enjoy it, I personally feel Elden Ring is the greatest game of our generation.

@Knights_of_the_Nine

2 жыл бұрын

Kind of awesome seeing all these new people to Fromsoft =p.

@XdeadpoolX-vg4xi

2 жыл бұрын

My brother played all the souls games and got all the achievements for all of them. He made out to be a really hard game. So when I picked it up I thought I was going to be living hell. It was. But not as bad as I thought. When I kept progressing and getting better Equipment the game got much funner. As for the no quest line aspect I just look what I need to do if I need guidance

@dramey

2 жыл бұрын

@@djbreal87 well ok it’s up there but in MY generation (2000’s) Mw2, Bo2, Mw3, etc. I would rather say it’s the best game since probably 2016 for me. Besides Red Dead Redemption 2. You know what screw everything I said Red Dead and Elden Ring are the best open world games I’ve played. I also like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild.

@dramey

2 жыл бұрын

@@XdeadpoolX-vg4xi the thing about no quest is I feel there is no objective besides the one it tells you at the beginning. Become Elden Lord. Travel the The Lands Between. Kill evil enemies. But most importantly… Get a maiden 😈

"You can die almost immediately" "Hell yeah" That was so genuine and you can see he is a Souls gamer lol

@WolfheartFPS

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@novoasud3

2 жыл бұрын

Cant be called a true souls gamer if you didnt try to beat the first knight at least once right after outside the map for the first time hahaha(i tried 10 times 👀)

@tinyhowie

2 жыл бұрын

@@novoasud3 Tried around 20 times on my butt naked wretched. Figured I'll try again on my next play through instead XD.

@novoasud3

2 жыл бұрын

@@tinyhowie We are all proud of you bro, you understand this game! Wise desicion, both trying and letting go hahahaha

@UnholyWrath3277

2 жыл бұрын

@@novoasud3 he gyobu 2.0 kicked my ass til I got my claymore

I'm very new to souls in general. And elden ring has captured my heart recently. And I think the reason for that is the sheer amount of possibility in builds and experiences. I have a hard time sticking with a character start because I want to try them all and mix and match ashes of war to different weapons. This game is crazy, and I hope everyone who enjoys video games enjoy this game.

@ararune3734

Жыл бұрын

That's me, I play 3 different characters at the same time, one is a Sorcerer, another is Godslayer Faith/Dexterity type of build, and my third one is Dragon Incantations Arcane/Faith build Coming into the game, I thought it won't be for me, I'm not very good at these types of games, but I was wrong, I got better and it's the most satisfying game I've played in probably a decade or so. Overall one of the best games I've ever played, even with all the frustrating moments of getting trashed

The journal idea is really good. An example of this is the Seluvius questline, where he told you ONCE that you had to give something to Renna, but I literally double tapped A and skipped that part. And when I thought that he could mention the questline again if I talked to him, never did. That really angered me a bit.

I feel Miyasaki wakes up in the morning, brews himself a nice cup of coffee, sits down and reads this 1 star reviews with a smile on his face to start the day happy...

@MRCrazyKorn

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly... I can see it. Lol

@naiiin6949

2 жыл бұрын

And for every one that at annoys him, he puts an extra poison swamp into elden ring dlc/the next souls game

@funynonsence

2 жыл бұрын

@@naiiin6949 is that why blight town exist

@urenatu

2 жыл бұрын

​@@naiiin6949 he must put extra zombie dogs too... there is a lot of zombie dogs. in every fromsoft games (i wonder if miyazaki has dogs)

@penultimania4295

2 жыл бұрын

I know that would be me if i was him 😃

This is the first souls-like game I've ever played. I didn't really see a problem with the tutorial. You just learn as you go

@yumri4

2 жыл бұрын

I was surprised they saw the need for 1 instead of having a few easier enemies at the beginning area to learn the systems on with a limit on spawns to a few hundred per enemy so you can't farm them but they will still be there for long enough for you to learn how to play. This would do the thing of allowing you to skip it or do it kind of thing and not be forced to. Included in the skip part would be not taking away the souls you would get from it either so no down side to skipping like in other games. So a little altar to how the design is done but not a lot. The enemies right outside the area are still like that but run away to fast and don't provide a target to try all the actions you can do.

@GuerrillaGorilla023

2 жыл бұрын

The beginning of Elden Ring was a cakewalk compared to Sekiro if you ask me. Technically, DS3 was my first souls game but I bought it on sale and never made it past the first boss because he was kicking my ass so hard before I got distracted by other games. I managed to get a good 1.5-2 hours into Elden Ring before the dying began which really surprised the crap out of me.

@GoldChocobo77

2 жыл бұрын

I think there is a sense of discovery in not knowing much coming in. I missed the short tutorial at the beginning in the cave. Then I must have googled “how to” questions a hundred times already, and without the KZread community answering questions I wouldn’t have enjoyed the game as much, simply because I wouldn’t properly use all of the fighting mechanics that aren’t explained, and die much more often. The community and help about the game really makes it so much better to experience, and who knows maybe thats what From Software also want, instead of a lengthy boring tutorial like in other games. Instead we have to ask more experienced players for help, just like we’d do in real life.

@GuerrillaGorilla023

2 жыл бұрын

@@GoldChocobo77 that's exactly what they want. The message system is a perfect example

@mamon7125

2 жыл бұрын

I remember my first "tutorial' ever played in a Souls game, back in 2012 with Demon's Souls. Getting absolutely fucked by that Vanguard with zero information about why i was there and what should i do, it was love at first sight! Been playing all souls games that came out since and i gotta say, people complaining about the tutorial in Elden Ring would'nt last 2 minutes back in the day when we only had Demon's and Dark souls to have fun.

i definitely agree with the quest journal type thing i think it could really benefit from a morrowind type journal that rights down something similar to what a NPC said just as a reminder to what you should do. if they were to do this you should only be able to use the journal in a grace

@RequiemOfSolo

Жыл бұрын

No thanks we don't need more soulless western rpg clones that guide and direct you thru the entire game and spoon feed you every bit of story. You already have literally hundreds if not more games like that to chose from. Let things be different, it's why they're great

@NikLoveGaming

Жыл бұрын

@@RequiemOfSolo I think what he mean if we had journal, we can know what our quest we suppose to do but without all that symbol or icon/mark on the map crap. I think it was a great thing but yeah its okay also to forget what we have to do because it is also a massive open world to explore.

Absolutely love this game and I'm finally starting NG+, but yes I agree with the need for a little bit of hand holding/journaling for NPC quests and dialogue. A lot of people end up going several days or weeks between play sessions due to work and other responsibilities, and I can't remember for the life of me where one specific NPC said they'd meet up with me 2 months ago.

Everyone: "Spell memorization makes no sense" D&D players: "Oh ok this makes perfect sense"

@andrewcullen2527

2 жыл бұрын

Ok as is magic and spell casting is strong but imagine if you could change in the fly, like holy F**k would that be strong. "Oh no my ice magic isn't strong" opens menu and just plops over to gravity magic "all good"

@sethwood1676

2 жыл бұрын

I actually like the dedication to the fantasy setting that wizards are practiced magicians that take years to learn spells. Like I really love that as opposed to sorcerers who also have limited spell pools but, don't know nearly as many spells because they happened upon it innately due to them just being "magic" in a sense. It's really a good show of fantasy.

@therealpoody7485

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, if I learned it 10 years ago, why don't I still remember it today!?

@therealpoody7485

2 жыл бұрын

That was a joke if no one caught it.

@ravenousmask4159

2 жыл бұрын

Those that want 20+ spells at once forgot this is not MMO Also almost every JRPG was inspired by DnD so yea.

"You're thrown into the game with no guidance, no map, no questline to follow." I, too, sometimes resent having been born. #gitgud

@johnodarod9629

2 жыл бұрын

feels like warframe back in 2016

@RealRevirg

2 жыл бұрын

And no maiden

@onepoundswallowtwopoundcoc3115

2 жыл бұрын

@@RealRevirg And a pompous arse to remind you of said fact. Imma be right back after I sheathe my blade in his chest.

@DarkTider

2 жыл бұрын

But... but...there is a specific floating light guiding you to your next location ....

@JohnnyWad309

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarkTider Dude I stopped following those damn things before I even got to Stormveil. These games for me.... I just really enjoy the gameplay in general. Spent most of my time wandering around from place to place.

You are so good at explaining things and treating opinions with respect, that is a very nice feature of your channel.

Two handing a weapon was like a secret I had to unlock by messing around a lot. Took a few days and nowhere was it stated. Same goes for using spells from horseback, power stancing, and all effects of weapons in off hand that still benefit while two handing the right hand weapon.

@dicklover4203

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but it took you a long time to figure out you can put a weapon in your other hand?

“You have to learn new mechanics for new enemies” I pissed water out of my mouth the moment that boar charged into his side. 😭😂 I fucking lost it, and I don’t know why. He really woke up and chose violence.

@absilint1318

2 жыл бұрын

never thought i'd hear the phrase "pissed water out of my mouth"

@MidnightSt

2 жыл бұрын

extra comical to someone like me who only plays games for the experience of exploring, understanding, and learning to use new systems/mechanics.

@sopadefideos5636

2 жыл бұрын

@@MidnightSt ??? Nice , you play videogames

@YoBeandon

2 жыл бұрын

I’m guessing he would rather have one build and beat the whole game with the same attacks? How would that be fun

@Quaaludio

2 жыл бұрын

@@YoBeandon you can literally do that though

This was my first souls game. There was a tutorial. That cave at the start where the boss was a simple soldier. Reading the prompts gave you basically all the info you needed on combat (albeit having to figure a bit out, like why my staff cant guard or stupid stuff like that but, you kinda figure it out fast) and the info is available to go back and reread. There's a ton of prompts during the first 5 minutes of the game as well. IDK why that was such a common complaint. I recall thinking how well the game leaded you WITHOUT giving you an objective pointer, the way the road is designed you feel rather compelled to go through the forest to the ruins and get your first map fragment. Going anywhere else is kind of (well i need to find a way there) like the swamps or beach. The tree sentinel is there to teach you not everything is meant to be fought yet and there's a cave you find on the way to the fragment which seems intimidating but with only wolves and an incredibly easy boss gives you an idea of what boss fights will be like.

@Vimes839

2 жыл бұрын

Your right about the wolf cave. The early game world is very carefully designed to teach you the lessons you'll need to play through the rest of the game. That cave, the first ruins with lots of enemies so you learn to be careful about how you approach fights, the ambush just past it to make sure you meet the level up npc and either learn ranged dodging or head off to explore southwards... Its better than any other Soulsborne game for damn sure. I don't blame people for missing the tutorial since you had to jump down to it though.

@fancydeeldo

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vimes839 i missed the tutorial because i was taught in previous souls games that long drops deal a lot of damage to you (i never got far in any of them, wasn't really a fan), so i thought it was a pretty blatant trap. over 20 hours into the game i went back, and only then found out about some pretty key information on stuff like guard counters and stealthing. i don't mind it as much since i chose not to go down there, but i would have prefered it if i didn't have to perform a complete leap of faith into a pitch black hole to find the tutorial. kind of a weird choice. i literally found the lantern before i found the tutorial.

@SlothhhKinggg

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the community, compa. Don't get discouraged! Coming from a vet, you'll be fine with hard work and dedication!

@Kurumi_Kazuha

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, u are giving me hope in humanity

@Kurumi_Kazuha

2 жыл бұрын

@@fancydeeldo dude there is literal light in the "black pit", u can see the warm lighting calling you lol. And... Is not that high, literally in any souls that is normal jump or just a tiny little bit higher. Just because u are a coward is not the game problem. And I'm beinf respectful, trust me

On the target lock part i think he talks about the fact that:if you want to target lock on an enemy you are runing away from with the same button is the look forward button, so the camera spins around to the direction where your character currently looking, but you are still runing backwards, so the character spin around too and start runing head first into the danger area.

@dicklover4203

Жыл бұрын

But that's like Super easy to deal with Like Move joystick/whatever u use to move

@studioreaper9646

Жыл бұрын

@@dicklover4203 you use mouse and keyboard, navigating on a horse isn't as easy as move the joystick to correct your movement on torent, to escape you need to push one or two specific bottons on a keyboard, if you are not used to it: to circle around enemies, you use the S and A or D key to do so while looking at them with the mouse, complitely reversing where you are goin with the target lock usualy creates panic and you'll push the wrong button. My first experience with it was: trying to target lock my character turned around complitely, lost site of the enemy, in a panic i wanted to correct but pused E which is a hotkey for quick item use and clicked while moving the mouse, my character complitely stoped, switched my weapon to fists and got punched in the face by a giant knocking me off of torrent. While i played trought all Dark Souls it wasn't a surprise and got used to it fast, but for a new player not locking on like in other games and even dying for trying to do so could be a bad experience.

@dicklover4203

Жыл бұрын

@@studioreaper9646 I use controller Have used controller forever now Don't tell me I don't know how to play I've circled enemies before and it really is as easy as moving the joystick to match the camera

@studioreaper9646

Жыл бұрын

interesting, but all Fromsoft games are a different experience on PC then console, combat is a bit easier, but navigation is pretty bad. Fun fact: On deffault settings you can't use the Special heavy on PC since it's the same key combination as the normal heavy attack, you need to asign a diffetent key just to use the Commet azura on the Sword of night and flame or get a controller.

@studioreaper9646

Жыл бұрын

@@dicklover4203 And we are talking about the PC experience, on a Keyboard and Mouse. mutch more buttons. On that note I know reading a long comment is bothersome, but at least you sould try, cause i think it was clear i talked about how it is different to react to sudden camera perspective change on PC, and i cannot stress this enough ON PC.

This was my first From Software game. I was nervous at first, because I heard they were very challenging, but I absolutely fell in love with learning how to defeat each new boss. I do wish it had a journal, better equipment management, and (cringe) a difficulty adjustment lol. Having said that, it is a very fun game and I played kb& mouse first time...just restarted a new game after months and trying the controller to get used to using it

This was probably the best ‘replying to low reviews’ video I’ve ever seen. You didn’t belittle or insult them, actually took the time to evaluate their points.

@squidhazard4583

2 жыл бұрын

I want belittling and insults!

@carebearkj4320

2 жыл бұрын

Trust me bud, there are a LOT of 1 stars that more than deserve that kind of backlash. I read one review that literally said they were gonna take FromSoftware to court for not advertising that the game was gonna be very hard and not for casuals. 🤣 Needless to say, that dude got clowned on.

@dexterjettster3412

2 жыл бұрын

My point is that he is actually looking at 1 star reviews and finding any merit they might have and addressing those points. The easy tactic to make a video like this would just be to clown on idiots, but he’s actually taken the time to look at real criticism. And he just ignores the stupid reviews that don’t deserve any serious review, which is the source of my praise

@openmended5948

2 жыл бұрын

@@dexterjettster3412 Had to take the other thing I said back since it turns out that ya another insultin bruh on here. My bad L😭L

@mechanicalmonk2020

2 жыл бұрын

I'm less than a minute in and he's already belittled someone ...

11:24 in regards to tutorial, right at the start there is an entire small optional dungeon that gives the tutorial.

@fengariii

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and it is plenty enough for you to get going in the world.

@mwperk02

2 жыл бұрын

Also the game has pop up tutorials whenever your character encounters new mechanics. picking up a bow or spell for the first time for example.

@visnau1126

2 жыл бұрын

I agree it is a good tutorial, however it is something that can be easily missed by a new player. I think maybe they should make it a little more obvious. I know this is how souls games are made but I dont see any reason to not make the tutorial obvious, it definetly would help new players.

@a3roflow90

2 жыл бұрын

@@visnau1126 how can it be more obvious? It's a hole, and you talk to the guy in the chair and he literally tells you "yeah, this is where you go to learn combat, down that hole there." I think it's completely the fault of the RPG mindset players have, where you're fed cookie cutter tutorial levels and can't progress until you're done. Those same people skip every cutscene; don't talk to every NPC 4 TIMES to exhaust all dialogue. It's baffling to me you think it needs to be easier than it already is.

@mwperk02

2 жыл бұрын

@@visnau1126 I dunno I found the spoopy ghost staring directly at the tutorial area pretty obvious. I am a souls veteran though so I might be more inclined to notice the minute details than a novice.

Elden ring is my first souls game, and the tutorial was fine, I really loved how rewarding getting good at the game was and without my hand being held

@kyleward7417

Жыл бұрын

The game was not rewarding and I hated the fact that my hand wasn't being held

This was my first game like this and I can honestly say I loved it. Everything they disliked was so likable. Skyrim taught me about equip load but the way you have to pretty good on your own journey felt more realistic. I tried the whole “hack and slash” in the beginning and realized I gotta actually time and strategize. This definitely got me into the souls series

"Delayed" is actually pretty accurate, almost every entity in dark souls and from soft games has attacks that are delayed, it's the reason it's difficult to dodge and why you can't just spam dodge everything. Edit : What I meant was mobs winding up their attacks and releasing them a second or two later to hit you if you panic roll to avoid the incoming hit.

@thepope2412

2 жыл бұрын

Adding a delay to rolling is just artificial difficulty

@yeetwchybaban

2 жыл бұрын

@@thepope2412 hmm

@thepope2412

2 жыл бұрын

@@yeetwchybaban ? Even with a mod that adds dedicated dodge button on pc, there’s still a noticeable delay between you pushing the button and your character rolling. Then you can go look at sekiro which does it the same frame you push the button

@co2_os

2 жыл бұрын

@@thepope2412 a delay in general or a delay after preforming and action, because if it's in general I personally never felt ant delay, if it's after an action, well that's how it's meant to be, you gotta calculate your moves. You can't just keep spamming my dude.

@thepope2412

2 жыл бұрын

@@co2_os no there’s a 100ms delay after you let go of the button and your character starts rolling. I’m used to having to do almost frame perfect counters in monster hunter, and if you time it the same way in elden ring you’ll get hit every time

I’m completely new to playing the series with this entry. I’ve always watched videos and knew about the titles but this is my first time actually playing and I’m absolutely IN LOVE with this game. For me having an experience with a difficulty curve I’ve never had has been amazing, I think it’s a great game and I appreciate the developers for trying something new but staying close to their core identity.

@DrJellyFanguzzz

2 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is, as a seasoned vet, this feels exactly like a souls game

@jordanartinial4593

2 жыл бұрын

I think you'd like bloodbourne if you have a PS

@stanleysteamer1816

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, completely new to the series....I'm blown away

@IHateGamma

2 жыл бұрын

i am in the exact same boat. i have over 120 hrs according to steam and have only just recently beaten the game and my god it was an adventure. easily my favorite game ive played. the euphoric feeling of beating a boss, wont say name in case of spoiler, that people are saying is the hardest boss in all of the franchise, indescribable. ive never experienced this level of difficulty and absolutely love that the game doesnt hold your hand.

@nicogonzalez5520

2 жыл бұрын

i’m also new to the game and i don’t really like it. Granted, i’m only 2 hours in and plan to give it at least 5 hours before i decide to give up or keep playing. some things as a new souls player: I love the open world aspect, just about every game I play has an open world aspect. I wish there was a little bit more sense of direction at least in the beginning while you’re trying to figure out the game. Especially for people like me who have never played a souls game ever. Farming is incredibly boring. People keep talking about the difficulty curve, but there isn’t much of a curve at all. You start off as the weakest thing on the world map aside from animals. Even the NPC at the first lost grace is stronger than you (I didn’t realize he could take damage and hit him while messing around. He killed me in two blows) The game does look fantastic though. i’m not gonna say it’s a good or bad game because after two hours I don’t think that’s a fair judgment for me to make. I will say though that I am definitely leaning towards “this is not a game for me“ and it’s mostly because of those issues I mentioned above. And the part that’s most disappointing about that is I was reading so much about how this game was supposed to be inviting to new players. But I don’t really feel welcomed into the game at all

One thing I love about elden ring is that when you explore it feels like an adventure. You usually find good loot to. For example I got this cool gravity moon sword by finding this secret dungeon.

The vagueness of both lore and npc questlines is literally a giant part of what makes souls unique and feel so much more deep and meaningful. The fact you can discover things about the world, and connections with characters etc by reading items, or seeing things in the environment and putting 2 and 2 together ON YOUR OWN without them hand feeding these things to you on a preset path, is exactly what I have always loved about souls games, and what makes them feel so much more immersive and rich and deep compared to soulless copy and paste side quests in other rpgs to fill "content" and a story that's delivered to you as if you are just watching a movie and not engaging with the world yourself. I heavily disagree on changing that aspect just to appeal to the "working formula" of mass appeal for more people.. not every work of art has to cater to every person possible. Then it's not really a work of art is it? If people really want every game to be the same damn thing over and over, I feel really sorry for them and what they miss out on.

@kdnu27

Жыл бұрын

I would argue with this storytelling strategy. First of all there's no story to begin with but the history. Your character doesn't take part in any events just uncovers the past. That made me completely detached from the bosses. Just another enemy to defeat, just bigger and sometimes mumbling some bs. For example I really enjoyed fight with Heimdall in God of War Ragnarok, because I had an opportunity to get to know him and instantly hate. That make the fight much more memorable than any of ER ones. With respect to quests I'd like to see some middle ground. Like journal with some hints where to go, but without straight gps route. I really liked Ranni's questline and I would like other questlines be designed as this. Don't get me wrong: as a guy who plays story-driven only games ER was suprisingly enjoyable and I most definitely will try next From Software game.

@RequiemOfSolo

Жыл бұрын

@@kdnu27 I can agree and see where you're coming from, but that's also largely an elden ring issue. ER was froms most scatterbrain, least cohesive and most shallow game lore/story wise. Going open world really took its toll and stretched them thin and you can see it in so many aspects coming from souls games. I couldn't care about a single boss or enemy when I saw them all suffering from open world syndrome, aka being reused and lore hamfisted in ways that solely justify their reuse, all while taking place inside an area that's a copy of another area. I heavily heavily implore you to try ds1 or ds3 and the dlcs. They are both much more deep and cohesive experiences in lore/story/world design etc.

It's important that new players die in the tutorial area as it sets the stage that dying is not a fail-state within the game. It teaches you that you need to keep grinding away at a challenge before you can overcome it and that just because a boss kills you the first time facing it the end is not nigh.

@georgemaccallum9435

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly it’s the best feeling when you get to go back and kill it

@calebhilderbrand7132

2 жыл бұрын

Died to renala for 3 days and just killed her today and I tell you never have I felt prouder of myself for killing a boss

@mfallen6894

2 жыл бұрын

@@calebhilderbrand7132 Congrats! If going into Renala blind it can be a challenge for sure, especially if you go straight from Godrick into the Lake/Academy at a fairly low level/weapon level. I did the academy after Caelid so I was already fairly high level for that point in the game and I still died to Renala probably 10x until I learned to just run far away when she spawns a dragon or giant, then dash back in and hit her with as many charged R2's as possible, lol.

@calebhilderbrand7132

Жыл бұрын

@Masterraccoon I’m on new game+ 3 now with a bloodrot frost build with malenias sword for faster hits and moonlight great sword for harder hits along with moon veil and rivers just in case I run out of FP 😎

There is a small combat tutorial in the game that I believe is easy to miss. In the first are there is a spot where you can drop down into a hole. This leads to some relatively easy combat encounters where it teaches you about parry, guard counter and back strikes. This path is completely optional and as a new player I decided to avoid the scary hole. It wasn't till many hours later that I found a cave that happened to lead me into that area. I wondered why tutorial type messages were finally popping up 20+ hours into the game and then I realized where I was.

@marvinbennett

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think the game should have the tutorial as the clear route instead of on the side. And for people on subsequent play throughs there should be a route to access the world quickly

@Camila-ox6be

2 жыл бұрын

@@marvinbennett souls games are distinguished by rewarding exploration, would find it contradictory. must say I just love to read younger players whine about it, saying they want games to hold their hand like its kindergarden xD

@miceatah9359

2 жыл бұрын

@@Camila-ox6be wdf u even smoking this game has mission markers lol just a design flaw if u hide ur tutorial like that might aswell just have no tutorial

@miceatah9359

2 жыл бұрын

@@Camila-ox6be not to mention that in terms of "rewarding exploration" this might very well be the worst fromsoft game

@dominika3762

2 жыл бұрын

@@Camila-ox6be why hide the tutorial? Sure, you could make it optional to skip but making it one of two routes is just bad design

I grew up playing old school rpg names and we kept a physical notebook for quests. I don't do that for this one but have often thought I should.

Damn, this was way more respectful than I was hoping for. Also anyone else watching this after the game awards?

The target lock centring makes perfect sense. If you hit target lock and you're millimeters too far the camera aggressively centres instead of locking. It's been annoying since Demon's Souls.

@mindflayer1177

2 жыл бұрын

I like and don't like it. I like how well it helps me lock smoothly between enemies, but if I even dare use an incantation, my spells miss like 67% of the time, so I just manually use my spells and lock on whenever I am fighting up close.

@paulp8268

2 жыл бұрын

So don't use it? Most of the time I don't. Make sure to turn manual attack aiming on.

@orokoji3877

2 жыл бұрын

@@mindflayer1177 really? i find that using locks helps me massively with my incants but i also use dragon incants which arent particularly hard to hit

@lukamarceta5241

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly target lock can be annoying depending on which build you're using, if you are aggressive melee player with huge ass sword locking is really good, but if you are a spell caster yeah I can see why it's annoying but that's because spellcaster build in souls games is known as the "easy" mode since a lot of enemies and bosses need to get close before they attack an you can just kill them before they reach you, I guess they made locking like that because they didn't want spellcasters to bee too op

@ChaosStep

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulp8268 nah I'll keep using it. I just won't pretend criticism of it doesn't make sense.

I just love the frustration and satisfaction this game offers. I remember playing Skyrim back in the day and finishing the main story in about 10 hours. Then I asked myself wtf is all the fuss about. On the second play through, I've started exploring every cave and location on my way to the first main objective. 60 hours in, level 30 something and still far from the gates of Whiterun... That's when I discovered the beauty of open world gaming. Now, for the first time, I'm playing a Souls game. First 5 minutes in... Dead. No map, no objective, a huge guy on a horse în golden armor, no clue of what is going on. Open map, see a glowing flame, start walking in that direction, seen by a guy, attacked... Dead. And I'm doing this 5-7 times in a row. Half an bour in, dead 15 times, I find a site of Grace on the nord of the guard outpost. The Light guids me towards the gate... I go in and a 4 storie mustached giant breaks all my bones with a single hit. So, I scratch my head and ask myself: is THAT the way I'm supposed to go!? You gotta be f....ing kidding! So I've started doing what I did în Skyrim... And now, at level 61 astrologer with a mix of strenght build, feeling almost like a God în the fight with Godrick... I get my ass kicked by Rennala. Hard... And countless times... So, back to the drawing board, back to exploring the southern part of the map, back to farming, untill I'm capabile enough to defeat her. And I'm sure that, when I'll come back to her like a true God slayer and finally kill the b...ch, I'll find, in my path, another boss that will crush me and send me back to exploring caves and leveling up until I'm good enough to finally kneel him. And that is, in (somewhat ) short, my experience with Elden Ring. Do I bate it? Sometimes, from the deepest corners of my guts. Do I let it win and rage quit? Oh, hell no! If I have to kill every 20 rune enemy in my way to get stronger, faster and tankier to defeat the next boss, then I WILL. So yeah, its not for everyone, but it definetly is the skyrim of 2022!

@soroushkowsarian3364

2 жыл бұрын

As you mentioned the beauty of open world games is to explore not to follow the narrative of the game as is , rebuild your character , make new opportunities, but keep in mind that there's a goal , so you won't ever feel like it was for nothing . Open world games are often times easy at first and then starts to show you the real game , but elden ring instead just let's you figure it out and doing so just makes it so much more rewarding ... Exploration in some games is fun but very much underwhelming, but in a lot of games it is very much rewarding .

@joshuasantiagojr5082

2 жыл бұрын

try a strength build for Renala! She staggers easily. :D For the second phase, I summoned the wolves which kept her summons busy while I continue staggering her. :D

@luvleycarbine3978

2 жыл бұрын

I'll be playing on my PC while my fiance plays on his Xbox. I'll be using cheats because I know how to mod and he will just be glaring at me sideways from his recliner after being slaughtered by the same boss for hours straight Bahahaha. He be doing that thing where he doesn't even fight the NPCs anymore lol.. he just runs past them to get to a boss lol

@narayami2334

2 жыл бұрын

​@@soroushkowsarian3364 exactly this. Eldeng Ring reaward the player a lot by exploring. as a dex/int build I found moonveil just by chance lol. Totally love that they dont give any hints or a "story to follow". The npc dont talk much and at the same time they tell you everything. I need to read items descriptions to know more lore about the game/quests... its trully a masterpiece and the best worldbuilding I have seen so far. Ranni quest is just totally amazing. a quest that makes you explore cool places and fight cool bosses... A quest that you can miss if you just follow the "main path". And the side-quest can change or even dissapear if you progress in the main story a lot. Im almost lvl 110 and didnt finish the capital yet. going into the volcano now. im with almos 130h game and I expect to put a lot more before finishing the game. And after finishing the game Im totally gonna ride again, but this time gotta look for quest at the wiki. theres so much to do on this game that we can overlook easily. oh, and its amazing that they made a open world where theres something to do in almost every corner....

@chillvro.

2 жыл бұрын

I don't get why you would say this is the Skyrim of 2022, this game is called Elden Ring and its open world is leaps and bounds better than Skyrim. Everything about Elden Ring is better than that half-finished trash. You can't just call this Skyrim because of the RPG fantasy setting, It's incredibly annoying seeing people force a comparison when clearly Elden Ring won't be remembered as Skyrim-like. It will always be remembered as Elden Ring and its mastery of the Open world will carry on to other games. No unfinished bullshit just pure art

There is indeed a "delay" in attacks, but that is mainly a translation of how heavy the weapons are. Big weapons have slow wind-up. Not abnotmal, but can be jarring if you arent used to it, which it seems many arent.

On the tutorial part. There is a tutorial in the game but it’s kind of hidden away in the start area. After the grafted scion and you go to the next area go to the right down the pit instead of to the left to the door

There literally is a tutorial area though, this is my first From Software game and I just went into the pit at the beginning and got a full tutorial damn near. The people complaining about no tutorial just don't read, pay attention or care to explore the world they've been dropped in.

@zephyr2130

2 жыл бұрын

I think part of the issue with that is the gave us the option of doing the tutorial. If you knew the series you just went out the door and on your way. If wanted the tutorial you had to jump down into the pit. I imagine a lot of people skipped the tutorial by accident tbh. However, they did pretty well with anytime you come across something new you got a pop up that explained the mechanic AND they had a great in-depth menu legend that explains all of the stats and what they do for you. You just had to actually look instead of being spook fed the information. My only complaint with this game, aside from the subpar PC performance is the lack of a quest journal. No journal left to your own devices works in the other souls games due to being more linear, in this open world that I legit have 100 hours in and just beat tonight, it's far to massive with way to many questlines to not have at least "you spoke to so and so and they said they were headed in this direction".

@DrWatson4

2 жыл бұрын

@@zephyr2130 honestly true the spoon fed part is so accurate these people literally want a straight tunnel with huge chunks dedicated to how each button works. I only got into the souls games a few months ago and started with blood borne which has NO TUTORIAL just drops you in the game no weapons or starting kit just nothing and no pop ups I’d love to see how those people react to that cause compared to blood borne Elden ring is exceedingly kind and tells you everything you need to know about how to play the game

@zephyr2130

2 жыл бұрын

@@DrWatson4 Bloodborne is still probably my favorite from soft game. Elden ring is damn good and I super enjoyed it but bloodborne just holds a special place for me.

@zagnetureszagzag5790

2 жыл бұрын

@@zephyr2130 favorite weapon? mine is chikage

@zagnetureszagzag5790

2 жыл бұрын

@@DrWatson4 favorite weapon?

I think the best way to describe the co op in elden ring is that all players are going through their own journeys, but just cross paths occasionally. Similar to what sol-air said in ds1

@readme_txt

2 жыл бұрын

Sol-air lol

@carrinhodemao6969

2 жыл бұрын

agreed, the game is fundamentally a single player experience and, at least for me, the multiplayer was always for you to call a more experienced friend to come help you when you've been stuck in an area for years.

@maj.peppers3332

2 жыл бұрын

@@carrinhodemao6969 Interesting, I never saw the multiplayer that way. I only feasibly played DS1 and Demons solo (Demons I had more "help"; DS1 I was entirely solo), after that, I just got tired of the repetition of "beat your head against this wall until it finally breaks" and found myself having way more fun with my friends. I pretty much play Souls games as co-op experiences now, and enjoy the challenge in a significantly less stressful way :)

@Kore_Cir

2 жыл бұрын

@@carrinhodemao6969 I only call ppl for help with bosses. I'd also actually recommend playing through areas offline. There's a bunch of ppl who use messages to grief others, by blocking ladders and levers with it.

@mlwtapout2358

2 жыл бұрын

sole heir

Elden Ring was my frist FromSoftware game and before I buy the game I watched tons of reviews so when I bought the game I kinda knew what to except from it. I also watched some videos explaining the basics such as explaining the levels or the flasks and how to increase them etc.. It was an incredibly experience for me since everything was completely new to me and I really took my time and didn't rush some powered enemies because I knew that I was so under leveled for them. after 8 months and after 500 hours of elden ring I can say it was one of the best games I've ever played in my life, I didn't hesitate to play older FromSoft games and I'm so glad that Elden Ring gave me the chance to experience these games.

I'm fine with it but I didn't figure out target lock until radagon and I was so excited when I found it out and it helped me realize that there might be other stuff that I didn't know how to do

This was my son's first soulsborne at age 16. I tried to guide him and give him a few tips but he learned stuff pretty quickly. He loves the game.

@WolfheartFPS

2 жыл бұрын

Love to hear it

@cheeks_of_the_boreal_valley

2 жыл бұрын

What better way to prepare a kid for life than to make him play dark souls? It's hard, unforgiving, sometimes frustrating... but every failure is a learning experience. It teaches you so much, from resilience to identifying patterns and adapting to adversity...

@MBulldog1979

2 жыл бұрын

@@cheeks_of_the_boreal_valley funny thing is he saw me playing those games but never demonstrated any interest whatsoever in the genre. And now he's really digging it.

@Royal_Fortune

2 жыл бұрын

@@MBulldog1979 You'll have to have him play the older ones at some point if he likes Elden Ring that much

@Obzerver

2 жыл бұрын

First reaction was 16 is not that young for a kid and slightly surprised this would be his first game in the series. Second reaction was realising he would have been 3 when Demon's Souls came out...

I'm now 60 hours in after buying it last week. I have a whole 30 minutes on the souls games collectively. This game is amazing and I love the whole experience. Sure dying to a fall or dying just before grabbing your dropped runes sucks but man the reward is so satisfying.

17:50 there IS delay on rolls on mouse and keyboard where the roll doesn't come out until you let go of space or your roll button. (Because roll and dash is the same button, dont know if its the same for controller)

I always have the feeling that every Fight in Elden Ring/Souls Games are like a dance where you learn the pattern and improve your own Skill

If there was a small journal menu that had a list of characters you met just so you could at least remember “oh ya I talked to a 4 armed witch in a castle at the top left corner of the map” or “oh ya that giant pot told me to go to a party in the south east” that’d be stellar. But from soft just doesn’t do that and Wikipedia exists

@jlfuwafuwa

2 жыл бұрын

Alexander Iron Fist! Exploring and stumbling upon oddball NPCs might be my favorite thing.

@rigolith

2 жыл бұрын

Because reading Wikipedia while gaming has always been fun. Nothing more immersivr than putting the controller down to read paragraphs on fextralife.

@pyromike7237

2 жыл бұрын

Especially if you quit and come back a month or so later and can't remember what questline you're on

@jameshetfield5382

2 жыл бұрын

@@rigolith Well, someone had to write down those guides. You technically don’t have to read them, they just make your life easier. I genuinely just check fextralife when I’m too tired to think or when I’m really stuck in a questline, but most of them are designed so you can solve by yourself, either by reading the clues given by the NPCs, or by continuing to explore. Every time something happened that seemed relevant to a particular NPC, I always went back and talked to them to see if they had any particular reaction, and if they handed me an item or gave me a specific mission, I made sure to read the description and follow it. Like everything else, literally everything, in this game, it doesn’t hold your hand, and to every FromSoft fan, that is a pro, not a con.

@Dawgfan005

2 жыл бұрын

Who plays games and wants to go to wikipedia to remember a side quest? Plus, it's an open world game, there is no order in which you are going to find these "side quests". I've enjoyed this game a little more than I originally thought I would. However, this game would just feel like it has a little more meaning or at least feel a little more solid if it had something as simple as a journal to track side quests.

I like the "weird looking knights with no affiliation" part, because every "copy-pasted" knight in the different areas have an affiliation with the main enemy of that area, they're even wearing colors and bearing the standard of their respective lord/leader.

@thefull9746

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@Guntfarm

2 жыл бұрын

please, they copy and paste the tree sentinel and erdtree monsters everywhere and you fight the tree root snake boss like three times

@Pillar_of_Salt

2 жыл бұрын

@@Guntfarm Was talking exclusively about the knights, but tree sentinels, erdtree spirits, nights cavalry, and death birds do get reused as bosses and some bosses get turned into normal enemies, however, they differ between areas. I can't name an open world game that doesn't do that anyway, so who cares.

@jackmcgibbon2849

2 жыл бұрын

@@Guntfarm they are Godfreys sentinels they keep watch over the different regions why wouldn’t there be more? Same goes with the erdtree boss they aren’t just random copy and pastes they fit in with their environment like enemies in all the souls games.

@grimkxdo

2 жыл бұрын

@@Guntfarm they aren’t copy and pasted if you knew the lore of the game you would know why they are scattered everywhere lol

Ive noticed on keyboard that there is a slight delay on rolling, but after a bit of playing you get used to it

As a m & k player, there is an option to turn prompts to m & k, if you aren't sure what keys do what you can just look at your key bindings and change them however you wish. Its not hard with just a little effort

11:20 There is a whole tutorial area before you even get to the outside world. When you spawn in and see that ghost sitting in the chair overlooking a cliff, you can drop down there. Go through that whole area and it will teach you all of the basic mechanics of the game from guard breaking to sneaking to archers and verticality to an easy little boss fight.

@kelban0822

2 жыл бұрын

I know a lot of people just see the door and go right to it, not dropping down the hole

@bob513993

2 жыл бұрын

@@kelban0822 And that’s their own fault for not paying attention. The ghost even tells you to take the plunge or something like that if you talk to it.

@EJones-dk8xc

2 жыл бұрын

@@bob513993 Yes it's "their fault" but if they're new to the game they might not understand you should explore everywhere and just go to the door. Having a very clear path ahead for them to take is naturally going to be what happens, and it's people like that who need the tutorial, so by putting it in a less obvious place it's actively hurting the people who would benefit the most from it.

@bob513993

2 жыл бұрын

@@EJones-dk8xc The point is that there isn’t a very clear path. Even the sites of grace only point you in the general direction the game wants you to go. There was a glowing, very obvious point of interest in the form of that ghost on the way to the door, and choosing to ignore it and what it says is entirely their own fault. This game did more than any other Souls title to give the player an actual, codified tutorial. Choosing to ignore the bright point of interest directly in front of you in favor of the one off in the distance is absolutely not the game’s fault.

@maudley

2 жыл бұрын

@@EJones-dk8xc sure they missed it this time, but the whole game encourages exploration, so if they end up making a new character or going into NG+ they'll get another chance. Even if they hit a wall they may try exploring. And so long as they don't refuse to try new things, they will likely figure out everything in the tutorial, given time. Missing the tutorial doesn't give permanent penalties. I don't see how it's a big deal, especially when you can get those tips (and better ones) from the internet and community in general. If they watch the first episode of someone's playthrough, chances are they'll find out about the tutorial. This is my perspective anyway, what are your thoughts?

11:23 love this, there is a tutorial, but as a new player I thought I was being trolled when told to drop down to the tutorial area, i love this, and have no complaints. Went back much later and did the tutorial and learned much even at that point, tis a rare gem in gaming nowadays, wouldnt change a thing.

@SilkyBadger

2 жыл бұрын

@@aSheepy Its not hard to find, it's right there, the silver woman in the chair even tells you so. I for one am tired of being spoon fed and only have praise for From Software and the way they approach these things.

@spactus

2 жыл бұрын

@@aSheepy the problem isn’t that it’s hard to find but most players already have trust issues in the game

@gneminerift7485

2 жыл бұрын

So, you too have that Dark Souls ptsd when told by an npc to drop into a hole?

@MattGamesYT

2 жыл бұрын

Also didn't go to the tutorial area, the voice acting made it feel like jumping down there would be another death, so didn't do it and went through the door instead lol.

@XYZ-ql1fi

2 жыл бұрын

@@SilkyBadger do you love them enough to possibly hand them another 60 bucks?!?!

HOLY FUDGE!! Last place I thought I find the answer to this little problem! I've wanted to place a incantations/sorcery but was unable to do it, now I remember. Thank you.

when it comes to delay, some inputs in the game activate on release of a button rather than the press of a button which is an issue a lot of the time

You are correct about the game needing some sort of journal. I love the idea of the notes you buy from merchants going into a journal, along with short notes summarizing the last thing an npc told you (we all know you can go 5, 10, 15 hours before moving an npc quest forward)

@bellamarquis8753

Жыл бұрын

Yes I lovedddd what they did in the witcher with notes about all the enemies you faced, characters you meet, potions and etc. so helpful

@HenriqueLoesch

Жыл бұрын

I honestly think the game doesn't "need" a journal, I played the game for more than 100 hours and I didn't forget any NPC, but I'm a old player of the souls genre and a die hard fan of strategy games so I pay a lot of attention so I can see the bias in my opinion. But what I think would be great is a Journal that you write yourself, some sort of item that you buy and allows you to write things down like the message system with some sort of guidance, which would be an awesome way to keep down the things you want to do and the npc' quests you're interested in.

This is my first FromSoft game. I think the tutorial was sufficient. Elden Ring is a game that encourages experimentation and exploration. People just have no patience.

@MsKeylas

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of people simply have no brains 🤣🤣🤣

@AMediumSizedKodiak

2 жыл бұрын

I have played every FromSoft game extensively and this one is by far the worst as far as optimization and the combat experience though. By far the best open world and story however.

@blueripper1558

2 жыл бұрын

The tutorial also is what shows you what your up against, this isn't no baby game

@dramey

2 жыл бұрын

@@AMediumSizedKodiak great optimization for me on console. And I’m on PS4. It’s smooth. I know on pc it was pretty bad but they are working on a fix for it.

@HolyHunterOfGold

2 жыл бұрын

@@AMediumSizedKodiak combat wise for me it’s been the best of them all

I mean it’s not until mid to late game when objectives are actually placed on your map like at the fire manor, if anything I think a good addition would be to have side quests added to a notebook to back track and read what they told you.

I like memorizing and having steps for magic to keep it strong and as a pseudo scholar type theme like in outward

Souls vet here - I almost skipped the tutorial by accident. The first area seemed like the tutorial and the jump down looked scary. I think a lot of these players didn't realize that the starting area wasn't the tutorial

@GM_Darius

2 жыл бұрын

I full on listened to the guy who was saying "This is the tutorial" and said heck that, I don't trust people telling me to jump down a hole! I didn't learn about gaurd counter for at least 20 hours after....

@phiwvey

2 жыл бұрын

@@GM_Darius i didn't learn how to two hand a weapon until i checked google

@tacticalpacklimbo129

2 жыл бұрын

@@phiwvey I’m not the only one?

@phiwvey

2 жыл бұрын

@@tacticalpacklimbo129 nope

@sizedoesntmeaneverything4157

2 жыл бұрын

​@@phiwvey I deadass knew you could two-hand a weapon cuz of the tutorial, but a friend had to tell me that two-handing a weapon can cause your stats to temporarily almost double, therefore letting you wield weapons you can't normally wield. It sounds like common sense but I was under the assumption you couldn't equip a weapon at all if your stats were too low. The pop up tutorial just says "boosts effective strength by 50%" which doesn't really convey that same message. Not even complaining but damn it would have been nice to know

I've been playing for 50 hours and haven't even fought the grafted guy yet. Just running around on my horse, running through towns and picking up their loot. Exploring dungeons, finding transports to different areas, lighting every bonfire I see, farming Souls, leveling up stats, just having a freaking beautiful time. Running away from bosses that are too strong for me, yesterday I went and beat Margit the first time I met him cuz I was So leveled up. In other words, this game does have an easy mode, it's called play a lot.

@jamesliggins891

2 жыл бұрын

"souls" "bonfires" man really does not want to let go of souls terminology, lol

@Kitsunary

2 жыл бұрын

I think most people just use the old terms since they're easier to say. The best I can do with "site of grace" is 'grass' and it's still awkward to say.

@onesandzeroes7390

2 жыл бұрын

If you beat margarita you can beat godrick, go get em and good luck!

@jamesliggins891

2 жыл бұрын

@@onesandzeroes7390 "margarita" lol

@m.acosta8774

2 жыл бұрын

You are quite literally me (or I am you!) - 50 hours playing the game and I just beat Margit and Godrick yesterday, and just beat Radahn about an hour ago. I have mostly taken delight in delivering myself into the hands of this hauntingly beautiful and wonderfully crafted realms to navigate and explore. Knowing full well that I could be crushed entering an old and dilapidated town's alley ways and going in at full speed with Torrent into danger just for the Hell of surprising every enemy foot soldier and artillery/armor in the area. It's just been an amazing experience.

honestly I felt at first It was very hard to understand what to do it took me a very long time to figure out just to learn how to progress in the story and I did think I would have liked more of a tutorial. But in the end I liked elden ring for the amount of detail that they put into it I had to really piece together the story it felt very different from anything else I’ve played, almost as if I was really in their world I very much enjoyed it

there was a tutorial, Elden Ring was my first steps into a dark souls game and the brief tutorial area after the first grafted scion fight set me up for eventually getting every single achievement in the game and ive been hooked to the game from release.

There is a tutorial, after dying to the first boss you awake in the Cave of Knowledge, and you will find a ghost that tells you to "take the plunge" which the whole damn cave is a tutorial itself, the game also tells you everything you need to know with prompts the moment you pick up an item for said mechanic. Elden ring is by far the easiest souls game to get into.

@jennie2740

2 жыл бұрын

i guess "take the plunge" might be a bit too vague to some people, especially new players, as they're not used to looking around thoroughly the way most fromsoft fans are. as someone who loves souls, i think the tutorial is perfect. it gets you through the buttons, as well as introduces you to a boss type play early (the knight, not grafted scion). though i have to disagree with the easiest comment. i think souls, 3 in particular, is the easiest. considering there's no crafting and you can pretty much summon as soon as you start. besides, with a much more linear path, it makes it easier for them to get to npcs and understand the method at which to obtain more.

@0001captainawesome

2 жыл бұрын

@@jennie2740 I guess it wasn't worth wasting 5 seconds of their time to try it and see what happens. Sekiro was the easiest for me followed by Dark Souls 2 and Bloodbourne. The last dlc areas in Dark Souls 3 were challenging for me playing solo at first.

@0001captainawesome

2 жыл бұрын

It does have more handholding than the other games, so did Sekiro.

@xuesajpg

2 жыл бұрын

Not for ppl who didn’t take the plunge lol

@biggiecheez112

2 жыл бұрын

True that

I actually like how they did the coop. Me and two friends will be playing elden ring on our own worlds doing our own thing while in a party chat. We just meet each other when one of us needs help then get sent back to our own worlds after the boss and continue what we were doing prior. Or if it's a boss we all haven't beat yet we just take turns being the host until we all have beat it.

@theStamax

2 жыл бұрын

Yes this! I have been doing the same thing and found it very enjoyable. It's like crossing paths from time to time with people who go through similar struggles as you. I don't think it was ever meant to be played fully coop as understood in other games.

@stevenc7877

2 жыл бұрын

@@theStamax yea i play this single player but i do like to help other players in their world for rune arcs. cant help get this feeling that someone was struggling with a boss and i come save a mfer... haha

@stevebanning902

2 жыл бұрын

lol you play games with other dudes while on party chat, even though you're not always in a session with them? do you guys go on dates too?

@1992airman

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevebanning902 ya we hold hands and kiss too lol. I don't see what's strange about it. We are playing the same game and are constantly summoning each other and asking each other questions about how we did or found something. Seems reasonable to be in a party chat.

@theStamax

2 жыл бұрын

@@1992airman My buddy and me are usually streaming the game to each other on discord as well and watch each other on the second monitor. Can definitely recommend. Would get a bit tricky with multiple people of course. @Steve for sure dude :P. And every time we help each other out we whack one another off /s

You can change the controller popups to mouse and keyboard in the settings

i love how certain side quest change the ending

Reviewer:"There's no guidance or map" Map and Grace: "Are we a joke to you?"

@el_androi1203

2 жыл бұрын

He did 0 research before spending $60 on a game, played for 30 minutes and has already decided the game is trash. That's the kind of people the gaming industry has to deal with.

@pilot7350

2 жыл бұрын

hmm i wonder why the grace shards are pointing that way hmm. people dont really take the time to 1 look at the key binds 2 try different combo key binds and 3 use google for help when they are stuck

@DrWatson4

2 жыл бұрын

@@pilot7350 yep compared to other souls games such as blood borne with NO TUTORIALS Elden ring practically spoon feeds you in comparison

@Bubbly_Dragon

2 жыл бұрын

@@DrWatson4 Yeah, I actually really like the ER tutorial. Short, sweet, and by the end you'll understand the basics in combat against standard enemies and bosses (though I think it should have been slightly more of challenge than what it was lmao). It sets up dungeons nicely too, with the free gesture and 200 odd runes for its completion DS1 still has the best tutorial section ever, but that's barely a competition as it is

@ciema

2 жыл бұрын

I just imagined this person start the game, open the map and yell "There's no map!!!" And refund it 😂 I went into the game blind, as a newbie and even I figured out how to unlock the map. And those silly arrows pointing all the directions for no reason at all. And then I went on exploring, met some npcs and realized pretty quick a lot of them tell you what to do... and then others are very misleading 😂

Love the line about enemies being copied throughout the game coming from a self-proclaimed fan of Skyrim. like I love Skyrim but it's a fact most enemies there are the same: melee guys, spell guys, bow guys, some beasts etc.

@GeteMachine

2 жыл бұрын

Skyrim is so overrated to me. Bethesda's combat feels like a mix between human bumper cars and bowling.

@Veridiano02

2 жыл бұрын

I mean... Elden Ring enemies can be melee guys, spell guys, bow guys and some beasts too... That's pretty generic, don't you think? There are dragons, who don't fight exactly like anything else, and both were actually tough enemies in both games. Skyrim was from 2011, a lot of change from there to here. The game is old, but then the open world thing was pretty new and unexplored, done only for certain MMOs like WoW, and the Skyrim world is still vast as hell and some of it's sidequests are still amazing. I mean, yeah, Elden Ring is amazing, probably the best thing I've played in a very long time, but Skyrim walked a path that wasn't safe back then.

@dotanon

2 жыл бұрын

​@@Veridiano02 In Elden ring I have seen: Humans encased in stone Horrible human centipede abominations Tiny shrunken warriors Harpies Giant bears Birds with SWORDS FOR FEET Birds with SWORDS FOR FEET that hurl EXPLOSIVES Giants with various weapons Giant golems with various weapon subtypes Various types of undead A weird fucked up bird with a skull face that looks oddly childlike that I would prefer not to talk about TIny stone blokes Giant dogs with two legs Giant birds with razor beaks Headless knights Mysterious beastmen who stare at trees and stomp their feet Floating Jellyfish Giant ants Giant rats Floating balls of electricity And all of the enemies in Elden Ring have their own movesets, animations, resistances (complete with actual tactile feedback like the stone guys who you need to 2 hand against). Plus every regular vanilla humanoid enemy who shares player animations' animations will vary based on how they are equipped. In Skyrim, you mainly have Draugr Falmer Normal Humanoids Dragons Bears Spiders Those Lich-esque draugr mages Dwarf machines Those hills have eyes guys in the misty area by Markarth And the humanoid enemies have movesets with very little impact or tactile feedback, leading to a spammy experience. They're all basically the same. Elden ring has far more enemy variety imo, and the enemies are actually significantly different from each other. Even the knights of the different areas fight differently, with some incorporating magic and others using incantations. Even the main draw of Skyrim, the Dragons, all kind of felt the same to fight. In Elden Ring different dragons have their own movesets and deadly attacks, you can't just fight them all the same way. When we talk about enemy variety it isn't an issue of generic or not, it's an issue of "Is this just a very generically programmed video game entity with a skin that makes it kind of more interesting, or is this an enemy that is responsive?". Skyrim enemy AI all kind of works the same. Their attack animations are all fairly simple. Different enemies in Skyrim don't really require all that much adaptation. Which means that, weather you're slapping a Draugr or a Barbarian, the way you fight them will be the same. It's an illusion of variety.

@simplyrohith2163

2 жыл бұрын

@@dotanon you didn't even mention half the lifeforms in game and still destroyed him 🤣

@restoringsanity8406

2 жыл бұрын

@@dotanon completely agreed with you up until the dragons thing. Skyrims dragons were wack yeah, copied movesets, same dragons all the time. But if you really pay attention all the dragons in ER have the same move sets, just varied by one or two moves(which coincides with the variant of dragon it is. I.E. the frost, rot, electric dragons having different moves based on their elemental) both games are fantastic though. (Side note you didn’t have to kill that man that hard😭😭)

There was a tutorial area at the beginning when you jump down the pit

You can actually switch the display prompt for controller or keyboard

I definitely agree with the "journal" thing. I kind of would like a somewhat list of what bosses I have beaten but understand why there isn't. I've never played a souls game and I'm about 50 hours into this game and having a blast. Like the not hold your hand and figure it out type of attitude the game presents

@be_cracked8212

2 жыл бұрын

A journal of sorts and the "figure it out" style doesn't have to conflict though. You could definitely implement it in a rudimentary form of at least keeping track of some things you have encountered. But oh well, I'll stick to a piece of paper then

@breakthebad1770

2 жыл бұрын

Journal is my need too. Especially a journey where you can sort quest even if they are subtle. Like some days back, I stumbled upon a guy which I had encountered maybe early in the game before like 50 hours and totally forgot that he said, go claim back my castle from here. Bosses could be really hard to manage because of how many they are but these subtle quest dialogues should be added to journel in the exact form in which npcs ask. Like if he says that may this thing lies beyond this area, so I could see what he said and get reminded that there was a guy I was supposed to help.

@Felix-dh9tl

2 жыл бұрын

I think its always a better way to learn things by yourself, you get better when people don’t always need to hold your hand

@hercufles

2 жыл бұрын

You can use pen and paper to make a journal yourself.

@luchesisuzana7643

2 жыл бұрын

Guess what, there *is* a journal of sorts - only for the questline bosses (like Godrick), but there is. If you talk to the guy in front of the First Step site of Grace, he'll tell you how you're doing on your progression in acquiring the items necessary to become the Elden Lord. Btw I find it incredibly funny how many people are completely adverse of just talking to the npcs. If you talk to them, the story becomes much clearer, you find the side-quests, and your overall experience becomes much better. One example is the sewing kit guy. He's that guy that was transformed into a bush, and who was scared to death of going into a cave. You tell him to be brave, he goes there, and when you find the cave there he is, dying on the floor.

my takes on a couple of these: -when people complain about the tutorial, it's most likely the case of them not expecting the "scripted" death boss to be _before_ said tutorial (which, btw, is rather in-depth compared to previous titles) -on the last part, about the "delay" on attacks, there is one, definitely: it's that little wind up before attacking that let's enemies punish you for mistiming your attacks

@jobhighschoolofcrosscity8430

2 жыл бұрын

istg, people think that you can attack instantly somehow, this isn't how fromsoftware does things. If you carry a big ass club, you won't be able to just instantly swing it around. I don't consider myself to be a difficulty junkie but I think that other rpg games sometimes have no noticeable difficulty.

@maj.peppers3332

2 жыл бұрын

I'm quite an avid Souls player (only ones I haven't played are DS2 and Sekiro) and I completely missed the tutorial. Thought the NPC was just giving vague lore/hints about what was to come in the game, and I thought the pit was just death so I ran straight to the door. I missed out on a few of the new mechanics because of this, and frankly, I don't think this was a good way to do a tutorial. DS1 has the best tutorial imo. Simple, easy to understand, without paragraphs of text. Here's an example, Guard Counters: Sure, you could give a paragraph explanation that's hidden away in a seemingly dangerous and not-so-obvious path, or take the DS1 approach and give us a floor message that says (PS5 controls) L1 to guard R2 after guard to counter Done. There's the tutorial on guard counters. Now give me a slightly more aggressive enemy so I can try it out and move on.

@Konpekikaminari

2 жыл бұрын

@@maj.peppers3332 I agree the cave wasn't the best choice, but the method, that's where we'd disagree I'm no vet, and I've always felt the "message" tutorial is a tad missable, the prompts help ensure we 100% see all the basic info we need at least once

@maj.peppers3332

2 жыл бұрын

@@Konpekikaminari Fair! I personally find large blocks of explanatory text to be intrusive, and kind of pull me out of the experience. No system is perfect unfortunately T.T

@strawhatrore2072

2 жыл бұрын

I missed the tutorial and got the bow and arrow controls walking into the river guardian. Having never played a souls game, but hearing about their difficulty, I assumed all enemies would be this hard and I had to grit it out and beat the guardian. Because the only controls explained to me were bow and arrow, I tried time after time to use the arrows to kill the guardian. Not having any explanation of how the two-hands system works, I kept trying to shoot an arrow with r1 and being confused why he swung his sword. So I assumed that the only way to get r1 to shoot arrows is to first look down the sight of the bow first with l1. If you don't use triangle, which is in the missable tutorial, this is the only option you can find. You now must try and make sense of this while the river guardian brutally runs you down on horseback. It was a great introduction to the series for me (sarcasm XD)

there's help with the storyline with the sites of grace pointing towards the story

I didn’t like any of the other souls games and I’ve tried many of them but I love Elden Ring. It is much much more helping to new players and the fact that it’s open world and if I’m getting destroyed somewhere I can just run away to a new area with Torrent is amazing. Truly a great game and I hope more people just give it a chance like I did. Really focus and take it all in the first couple of hours and it’ll finally click.

"Note taking makes sense in game as your character could write down information" Very true, but at the same time I feel like if you had a fire-breathing dragon divebomb you in real life, ya wouldn't need to jot down a reminder about where it happened.

@xymos7807

2 жыл бұрын

Probably to remind you of quests you started in the beginning. When I first started Elden Ring, I completely skipped over Diallos's quest because I was playing to play. When he left the Roundtable I couldn't find him in the world and said "oh well".

@kg888

2 жыл бұрын

Probably talking about side quests. Not other such things

There is absolutely no excuse for not knowing what you're getting into with a game these days. If people didn't do their research before buying a game, that's on them. I don't feel bad for these people.

@rdctd7348

2 жыл бұрын

For real

@r6scrubs126

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. One of my friends recently bought a multiplayer shooter and then complained that there wasn't much single player content. Literally watch ANY review and you'd have known it was online pvp focused. Can't believe you'd buy a game without even checking what kind of game it is.

@ryanblanchard2508

2 жыл бұрын

I agree but this game had a lot of hype and once those review scores hit, people that never played them decided to try. And in their defense, Miyazaki stated this was the most accessible game From Software has ever made and he expected more people than ever to complete it. He trolled them real hard in my opinion 🤣🤣 Also, attaching George R.R. Martin’s name to Elden Ring was misleading and definitely tricked some people. I actually think it’s hilarious honestly 😂😂

@Majuuub

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanblanchard2508 Miyazaki is right. This is the most accessible. Heck in dark souls 1 we was smacked in a undead prison with just 3 messages for a tutorial. Right outside of that cell wall was a boss immediately. This game gives you a chance with such a open ended world, with what seems to be purposeful farming locations.

@tlots3761

2 жыл бұрын

@@r6scrubs126 That's like buying pubg cause you wanted to discover the lore on this player unknown guy and why they own a battleground

I got it a few weeks ago and from personal experience it's hard af, but I is a very polished game and within the game with all the skills and weapons it really helps with the type of play style cause I've always used strength and magic builds