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There is a 'story' you can follow in this game, but you really don't need to. You can completely ignore it and be fine. It's not like other games where they force you to do things.
First Souls game? They aren't for everyone but are amazing experiences as long as you have some patience and willingness to learn from your mistakes.
Yea, first Souls game. I'm sort of hesitant on it because it seems like every video I've seen was some crazy hard boss that you just wipe continuously on. Not quite my style.
Damn you should have said that first. Dying on bosses repeatedly, while you learn their move-set, how to avoid damage, how/when to deal damage etc is kinda a core tenet of the genre :\
Since its your first Souls-like:
there's not much to add really, you can't fix the stuttering that still occurs in the game when it loads sections of the world so that's something you just have to learn to live with until/if it gets patched (unless you're one of the lucky ones who it doesn't bother at all.)
yea the open world I'm sort of looking forward to. I don't mind getting gear to level up some and returning to a boss as opposed to running the same thing over and over again.
Eh, not really. He's pretty easy to beat if you use what the game gives you. You pretty much just start off by running forward and spawning as many as you can. Once he's attacking the NPC's, ride in and do as much damage as you possibly can. Before he gets to the phase 2 50% HP point, make sure you do an absolute shitload of DPS that you possibly can at that point so you can get him with only 1/4 HP tops. Then just ride around on your horse spawning the NPC's and let them do the rest of the work. You can ride to the other side of a hill to avoid those purple rocks that will instant kill you. His meteor slam thing is easy to dodge on horseback. He's pretty vulnerable to bleed and/or rot.
I can use kb/m, but the entire game seems to be based around controller. All the options are like,
you'll be back some day...
I couldn't figure out if I was too low for that, or I just sucked.
Probably. But not at $60.you'll be back some day...
I suggest playing Sekiro first, and seeing if you like that. If you can beat that game, Elden Ring will be easy to pick up. Elden Ring will be pretty daunting if you generally don't understand the mechanics of how their games are designed. Sekiro is harder, but because it's a linear experience it doesn't have that initial trolling like Elden Ring does.
Haha, I would not suggest Sekiro for a first timer
Eventually, just about any character will become strong enough and the player will learn enough, to survive a long time. And even "mow" through some enemies.
That's not really true. Sekiro had tons of optional mini-bosses/enemies, and it's something you learned in that game. If you went off the main-line path, you could expect to find enemies that would kick your shit in, and there were plenty of skippable foes as well. That's why I enjoy Sekiro over the Dark Souls games, it had far more freedom of movement, stealth, choosing your battles, etc. A lot of that is in Elden Ring.Haha, I would not suggest Sekiro for a first timer
Probably just pick up Dark Souls 1 or Demon's Souls remake (if you have a PS5) and kick around in that for awhile. To get a sense of what these games want from you. Demon's Souls opening training level and then Boletaria Castle's first area, are a fantastic traning primer for souls games. Demon's Souls is legendary for a reason, afterall.
Also, Elden Ring isn't trolling. Its teaching you from the very beginning, that you aren't supposed to be face every single thing you come across---the moment you first come across it. This is a large world which you are meant to explore and move around in. And if you come across an enemy or an area which is too harsh for you-----go somewhere else and come back later (or try to sneak past it or run past it). You haven't always been able to do that in Dark Souls games. You can sometimes, but not to the degree of freedom which Elden Ring's world allows.
Eventually, just about any character will become strong enough and the player will learn enough, to survive a long time. And even "mow" through some enemies.
From the very start, the 3 easiest starting classes to "mow" through some early enemies are the Vagabond, The Hero, and the Astronomer. The for starting physical damage, the Hero hits the hardest but, their starting shield is not 100% physical damage blocking. The vagabond doesn't hit quite as hard, but does have a 100% phsyical block shield. The Astronomer has two attack magic spells. You have to manage your magic bar and you can't take hits. But...you can kill a lot of early enemies from a distance.
The single reason I don't suggest a first timer play Sekiro----is because its much more narrow about the combat and what the game wants from you. And is in a sense, even more skill based, around a specific set of skills. Dark Souls (and Elden Ring) have a whole lot more freedom for players to adopt their own style.
I suppose, but for some it's going to be far less rage inducing knowing that you only need get better with what the game is throwing in your face, versus Elden Ring where you open a chest and it transports your level 2 character to a level 50-60 zone within the first 10 minutes of playing.
I understand your point but, thats fairly spoilery
The game is also reportedly very sensitive to peripherales and any drivers which are initialized as "external"------which apparently can include the way gamepass installs its games. I have seen people report large reductions in stutter, by unplugging USB devices which aren't need to play Elden Ring. and also by uninstalling everything related to gamepass.
What's the matter Colonel Sanders? CHICKEN?
