Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin
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Julian The Apostate
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Thank god I hunted down all those ruin fragments and eagle feathers in the beginning, really starting to pay dividends
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Pasteton
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Is there a way to tell what level an enemy is that you’re fighting? I’m like 2 hours in, I’ve found no upgrades, using same axe I started with, found one shitty sword that i can’t even use. I have no idea where to go or what to do, or where I can actually get better gear , or how to play something else because I don’t want to do melee in this game.
Melee Fighting is retarded in this game, half the time you just swing into the ether, the camera is wonky and doesn’t catch up to my movement, I like to play 10 feet from my tv and there’s a noticeable lag on Bluetooth with my controller which makes parrying nigh impossible and dodging a pita. So id love a bow or some spells but there’s no fucking indicator of how to get those or when.
every video I see people on a horse. I’d love to get a horse. I see a couple enemies on horse back, assume I have to kill them to get it? Get totally buttraped by them, don’t even think I got any damage in, just staggered staggered dead.
Come into a camp of torch wielding dorks who I mostly one shot. Then randomly just in the middle of them is some helmet wearing asshole with a tower shield and spear I can’t even get a hit in on him. Get destroyed, come back and the whole camp is respawned? Fuck that.
The world is gorgeous and I’d love the chance to explore it. Outside of a god mode cheat I don’t see myself playing this much, I’m not a fan of games where you feel zero progress after 1-2 hours. Shame on me as I basically never played souls games I shoulda known this was strictly for fanboys
Melee Fighting is retarded in this game, half the time you just swing into the ether, the camera is wonky and doesn’t catch up to my movement, I like to play 10 feet from my tv and there’s a noticeable lag on Bluetooth with my controller which makes parrying nigh impossible and dodging a pita. So id love a bow or some spells but there’s no fucking indicator of how to get those or when.
every video I see people on a horse. I’d love to get a horse. I see a couple enemies on horse back, assume I have to kill them to get it? Get totally buttraped by them, don’t even think I got any damage in, just staggered staggered dead.
Come into a camp of torch wielding dorks who I mostly one shot. Then randomly just in the middle of them is some helmet wearing asshole with a tower shield and spear I can’t even get a hit in on him. Get destroyed, come back and the whole camp is respawned? Fuck that.
The world is gorgeous and I’d love the chance to explore it. Outside of a god mode cheat I don’t see myself playing this much, I’m not a fan of games where you feel zero progress after 1-2 hours. Shame on me as I basically never played souls games I shoulda known this was strictly for fanboys
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1) No. No level indicator, but you can usually go with "does it take more than 3 hits to kill random humanoid ish mobs (not big ones)? Then you might be in a higher level area or be under equipped.
2) Melee works well when you're used to it. Rare that deaths from melee feel "cheesy", but rather "that was my fault". It's quite tight, but if you have input lag, then yeah, that might cause issues.
As to increase your enjoyment somewhat, you could watch these videos
First video: Gives you a quick rundown on where to go to get some upgraded abilities that will help in the beginning and to get you past that initial hump quicker
Second and third video: These will be good if you're not used to From Software games. No real spoilers, just "things you can do", that might not be explained, but veterans of the games might know instinctively.
This one might be a bit spoilery in terms of locations, but gives a specific quick start if you're going mage to boost your power very quickly for help in the start of the game.
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You can lock on by pushing in the right stick if you're on controller.
You get the horse by finding a small amount of grace sites, don't think it matters which ones. (The little glowing things that let you rest).
You can find a decent longsword in a chest before the castle where you see a camp with 2 wagons guarded by soldiers. If you have a shield, equip it and hold L1 to block but I'm pretty sure you can crouch with L3 (pushing left stick in) and open the chest without alerting anyone.
You really just have to get used to the controls and the way the combat is but once you are able to take the initial enemies out you can keep resetting them to farm them and up your levels a little bit to help you equip weapons you might find.
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I’m realizing this comes down to effort. Some people just don’t want to put forth any effort while playing a video game. And that’s totally fine. But you’re right, if you want to turn your brain off when you play games, this likely isn’t the game for you.
Fogel
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Sounds like my first couple hours. This is my first soulsborne game and I got my shit pushed in quite a bit before learning what to do (gitin' gud), Now I'm over 100 hours in and loving it.
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Julian The Apostate
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Also when a enemy is stomping you just explore, get some levels and gear and come back later and whoop its ass. Don’t get bogged down on a mob you have no chance on.
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Ritley
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Bro he’s getting wrecked by normal soldiers, what is he going to go kill for levels, deer?
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Julian The Apostate
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Lol I thought he was talking about tree sentinel.
I had a hell of a time getting started as well and I’ve played a ton of souls games
Fogel
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He's talking about the spear dude in the first soldier camp with the great shield. He can be a bit of a bitch early on, especially for the 1st play through. One shot Radahn with my chonky str colossal sword boy. Not sure it says much about how strong he is or just how gimpy my sword/board was. Didn't do anything fancy, no ashes, and no cheese. Just let the NPC's pull agro and than jousted him with charged attacks. I think he got one attack off in phase 2 before I burnt him down.
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When I got Demon’s souls as my first ps3 game I played for about 2 hours before I said “fuck this cheating piece of shit” and put it away to play through Oblivion or something again.
A month later I picked it back up and when I got into a groove I thought “ah. I see where the problem was.”
A month later I picked it back up and when I got into a groove I thought “ah. I see where the problem was.”
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Srathor
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This game is punishing but fun. Everything is geared towards killing you fast. Take each fight like you are going to die 10 times even shmoes get a lucky swing and swords hurt.
I am quite a bit addicted and I SUCK at the fighting. trying to find stuff to make me suck less. But I keep finding new ways to die over and over.
I am quite a bit addicted and I SUCK at the fighting. trying to find stuff to make me suck less. But I keep finding new ways to die over and over.