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unless you still haven't explored much beyond the starting areas around Limgrave, you just aren't looking hard enough... i have quite a few different weapons and armor already. the game is very good at rewarding you for being observant and checking every nook and cranny. pay close attention to areas dense with trees for example as there will sometimes be entrances to caves/dungeons hidden nearby. the bosses in the optional dungeons usually reward cool gear or at least very useful items. and sometimes they're just found in the open world, hidden away in obscure graves and stuff like that.
I had a dozen or so larval tears by end of the game. Plenty of opportunity to respec.
The first places I wandered to exploring were Leurnia and Caelid Got destroyed a LOT, but wound up with some good rune counts, some interesting items, and when I started going through some of the earlier areas, I pretty much waltzed through them. Eventually, I need to go back and hit the big bosses and progress some of the story stuff.
It's worth while. I used the helmet for 3/4 of the game.
I’ve found a lot, but it’s not dex based or is too heavy to use a full set. Most of it is useless for my build. The samurai class starts with a decent Katana and decent light armour.
Coincidentally, the Uchigatana is one of the most OP weapons in the game. Funny to start as a Samurai and potentially use that weapon throughout the entire game.
it's not as bad as the Goochigoochigoogatana though.
One of the biggest things I wish this game had was an appearance armor tab. Once you get to end game you realize that in most cases there are about 2-3 armor sets worth considering and everything else is pure fashion. Just wish I could wear the best armor but show my preferred fashion.
i was literally thinking about this very comparison just last night. the From games really are a modern reimagining of Castlevania. light on plot, a medieval fantasy theme that usually doesn't make a whole lot of sense but looks awesome, fun combat, exploration that rewards you with cooler/better gear, unlocking areas and coming back to them later, the ability to farm and level up if certain bosses are too difficult... it's all there.
this thread is now "Westwood's Elden Ring Blog"
Well, you guys got me hooked on it. XD
I preferred Diablo 1 on PSone with the controller >_>Just because I want my whack at the horse
KB/M is absolutely the best for FPS, some third person, RTS, isometric non-twin-stick control games (think Diablo), point and click adventuring, some simulation etc.
Arcade sticks for fighters and old arcade style games.
Pads for everything else, sometimes overlapping a little into any given genre.
Flight setups, wheels, or pads for sims.
Elden Ring, I could see using pad or M/KB actually per taste. If I was at my desk, I’d lean M/KB. But, I hauled my PC to the living room cabinet, connected a Dual Sense, and couldn’t be happier. M/KB isn’t great on the couch.
Those monk guys with the sword at the bottom are fucking tough for normal enemies. The boss there is pretty tough too at a lower level.
My strategy so far was knocking them off the edge, haha. well, the previous guards. not the monk things.
Most of the story is in the item descriptions. And if you read all of them-----most of it isn't actually as "vague" as you might think. Lots of dots to connect in there.
set your shader cache to unlimited in the Nvidia control panel.
disagree, that's not story, that's lore/world-building. it's something, and i'm cool with it being a background "optional" thing, but that's as far as it goes. and yes, it still is as vague as i said. specific events or characters are sometimes mentioned, but even then it's more like coming across a random factoid in a wikipedia article than it is a story.
This can probably be mitigated by having open NAT. I don't have any issues with online features.
as i said in my own posts, i understand that there's a place for games like this and those who have ADHD when it comes to story. all i was saying is *i personally* would love to see the From formula combined with a rich interactive story.
well tbf there's a difference between being spammed endlessly with inane dialogue and good, engaging characters and writing, lol. but yeah i know what you're saying.
I hear you on that. Give me gameplay. Satisfying combat will get me through 100 hours as long as it keeps progressing and it's fresh. Story (no matter how good) will never be enough for me to complete a 80-100 hour game. I'd much rather just relax and watch a good show on Netflix if I want meaningful dialogue, as even the BEST games don't really compare to the writing of TV/film plots.
I am the exact opposite. It takes a long time for me to start this game because of the lack of story/plot advancement. I put more time in if I want to know what happens next rather than just trying to find notes scattered all over the world and try to put together an story that will be full of holes if you didn't find all the other lore items. Even now I beat some boss last night and was like that's awesome, but then I got to some neutral hub thinking oh some kind of plot might happen, and was bitterly disappointed with the whole thing after talking to everyone there. If it wasn't for finding some video of some OP spells in the game someone posted I probably wouldn't have played last night, and now I am thinking I am pretty far away from being able to get any of those spells so my motivation is low to go back in.
This is why I wear mage robes!
That’s what I’m using right now, and one of the reasons I have points allocated to Dex.
Definitely a worthy weapon so much fun. My vagabond is 40 STR and 30dex only other things I moved are vigor and endurance at 20. Plus the blood loss ! Use born darts also ! Practically free and they scale like crazy with str/dex
