Downloading now. Any way to play it any earlier than midnight?
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Downloading now. Any way to play it any earlier than midnight?
On console you can change region to New Zealand.
On Xbox yes, not PS.
Been seeing lots of hype about this one. Might try it once it goes on sale.
Same here. I kind of want to give myself a rest from Souls stuff for now.
My 90 minute review. Very cool, very easy to get lost. Spent all my souls on Crafting that seems largely useless.
Walked into a boss I’m not high enough level to beat. Got him down to 1 hit and died. We’re back bay bay.
Played for just over an hour last night and I like it, I like it a lot. Some serious grinding will occur over the weekend.
I've got 40 quid in Tesco club card points hopefully it's in stock there going to bin Hades off for a bit and go balls deep on this.
It’d downloading. PC version, cos I’m a scumbag…
Not had this much fun with a game in about 25 years.
My Wretch says hello:
https://i.imgur.com/i6nDJcY.jpg
Gran Turismo's preloading instead. Might pick up a copy on holiday if I get the urge.
I've found almost no items.
Weird typo for "winner."Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike
I'm in a similar boat and I'm hoping that because it's a much bigger game things are more spread out than they were previously rather than just reduced entirely.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
Beat my first boss tonight, which caused me a ludicrous amount of trouble until I worked out that if you roll at him he really can't hit you.
Have to say, I'm loving it.
2nd boss down. On a roll.
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Originally Posted by Yevrah
:henn0rz:Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Lads I've got items coming out my arse and I've done the 'starter' area and a bit of the South only
Wander about, there's stuff everywhere. Use the horse, leg it around.
Also congrats Yev, saw you struggling with that boss. Always a good feeling.
9 hours in now and I've seen enough. This is a bona-fide, must buy, masterpiece.
You are making me proud big Harv.
:D
Cheers DS and thanks for the congrats on the boss too. To go from fisting it hard to beating it with ease was joyous.
3 bosses down. First time that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
https://i.postimg.cc/NfJqYrCd/FMh-Ypl5-WYAII4z-L.jpg
This is Bob, freshly bloodstained from another victorious stint on the battlefield. 11 and a half hours in and we're level 21 (Strength and Vigor 20, everything else 10) and have a +4 Longsword and a massive shield.
Not really sure what to do now as every boss left in the starting area hands me a new arsehole when I touch them and those further afield are even worse.
How much did you roll?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
:D 2nd one you could just go toe to toe with and for the third I was on my trusty stead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
Typing that gave me an idea and we're 4 down now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr8QC4TnVjw
Spoilers obvs, but you do meet this dude really early on.
I've just started downloading it. May regret it as I've not really played much of these style of games so it's probably going to be ridiculously hard for me, but oh well, I needed something new to get stuck into.
Don't miss the tutorial like a lot of people are - when you come to a certain area you'll see a ghostly dude on a chair overlooking a fall - speak to him, dont run by him!Quote:
Originally Posted by Browning
Horseback combat is easily the best in any game. Its so satisfying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Yep. They have absolutely nailed all things horse.
Trying to kill the Tree Sentinel now... Only managed to get him down to 25% so far.
What other bosses have you killed? I killed the Beastman in the wolf cave, but not found any others so far.
Think I'm at 7 or 9 bosses. Loads of Dungeon ones, Tree Sentinel, and the first 'major' boss. Game is fucking huge.
Got the bastard. The Golden Halberd looks great, but no chance I'll get 30 strength to wield it anytime soon! 😁
6 or 7 I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elbastido
A cat claiming to be a Dog, the tree sentinel, beastman in the cave, wizard on a boat, dude on a beach outside a castle and two demi Gods are all definites and there may be another I'm forgetting.
Was planning to hold off for a while but I've caved.
It's downloading now.
Best decision Mahow, we're genuinely talking one of the best games ever here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
Don't see what the big deal is. They made me the Elden Lord.
https://i.imgur.com/FfUMfni.png
:D
Back on.
https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust
Fuck me I've gone absolutely miles. I've killed my first of the I presume 4 main bosses (as thats normally how this game works)
Just did the tutorial and decided to sneak up on what turned out to be the tree sentinel. Hit him a couple of times and did pretty much no damage, I ran but the bastard followed and wrecked me.
I've just been transported via opening a chest to much further North than I've ever been, it looks unreal.
Beautiful moment that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
I've cleared (as in seen, barely killed anything) most the map on my horse. World is insane.
There's also a huge holy shit moment, which you'll know when you see it. Not even worth putting in a spoiler as it's what cemented this as the best game ever for me.
If you do wanna know, say. Blew my tiny little mind.
Really glad Souls clicked for ya Yev as always thought you'd love it, being an Elder Scrolls nut.
Definitely don't wanna know about that holy shit moment, I know so little about the game and would rather keep it that way.
What level are you and what skills are you ranking up?
Couple points in vigor when I was being one shot by things, everything else in STR/DEX. PM me the moment DS.
I went Wretch so started level 1 and it gives 10 every attribute.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
20 Vig, 20 End, 24 STR right now. So level 34. 12 in Int too due to my mask giving +2. I always do STR first playthroufh. No shield, two hand weapn.
Same here on the Wretch DS. Cheers gents, sounds like I'm not fucking myself through my level up allocation. :D
You can't go wrong really mate, just pick a discipline you want in the build and put everything into it along with Vig and End.
Each stat has a soft cap and hard cap anyway, always is in Souls. There is zero point n ever going above that hard cap as its a complete waste of time, currency and efficiency.
I have officially kicked everything off. It's all gone down.
Got this far and the baby woke up....
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I'm only going to get to play a few hours each evening so progress will be slow. Started last night and picked the class second from last on the list, the one with high magic as I usually like to go that route. Unfortunately it's been no use so far as the only 2 spells I have are a healing spell and some kind of stealth thing that I don't really see the benefit of- nothing that helps too much with combat. As a result I've still found myself investing in strength so I can get better weapons, and health so I stop dying so fast...
Can't beat anything that even looks like a boss at the moment.... best I can do is take out a camp full of soldiers including the big guy in the middle. The troll thing that jumps down on you just past that beats the shit out of me no matter what I do.
Bait attack. Roll to distance. Let him do it, run in, couple of stabs, rinse repeat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Browning
Once you get roll i-frames down you can roll everything up close.
If you can’t beat em. Run past em.
Yea, I did run past him, but then it leads me to an actual boss who is ever harder. Time to explore somewhere else when I play tonight I think.
Beastman in the cave, DONE.
Level 37 and with 30 strength I can finally use the Tree Sentinel's weapon. :cool:
Got to the first boss and he has been slapping me hard.
I need to explore more.
I think I've died about 30 times so far.
Watched Yev for about an hour earlier. No clue what was going on but it somehow had me hooked.
Not really sure I have a clue either 7om. :D Beat the guy at the castle only to realise what was after him was even harder. :cab:
The festival of war :drool:
What a moment. Shame I can’t actually do it yet. Off to farm.
Pottering around not knowing what to do and I get to a field where all of a sudden lightning starts striking the ground. I decide to run a bit so I don't get hit but so I can still look and see what is causing it only for some rams to come up and almost kill me.
Is the thing that improves stamina and carry weight worth levelling up? Reached a point where I have enough strength for the time being and need to know where to go next.
END is always worth improving, more stamina in battle and higher equip load is always greatQuote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Cheers. What level of health should I be aiming for DS? Is level 20 enough to end game it with?
Last night's session saw more slow progress, I can now kill the troll, but I haven't even dared to attempt the boss again yet. I'm now focusing on improving my health and then I'll probably work a lot on figuring out magic and upgrading that.
So far I'm enjoying it, but I'm a bit confused about why there's basically 0 story whatsoever. I have no idea why my character is roaming the land killing random people and creatures for no apparent reason. I'm told this side of things picks up once you beat the boss and I hope that's the case, otherwise it runs the risk of becoming boring before too long.
Watch this, Oroboro (Souls legend) gives you the soft and hard caps of each stat. No spoilers at all, just preferred ranges for levelling:Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgq4CADdr8w
Essentially after the hard cap your returns diminish massively so it isn't worth it. You'll prob be finishing the game between level 120-150.
mah boy so proud
https://i.gyazo.com/7f03334130f7b781...1a09257f71.png
I'm kind of stuck... everything I want to take on is a bit too high level. I can't find Smithing Stone[3]s anywhere and it's 12-15k to level up and I cant find anything to kill to make it worth my time to farm.
Installed. Confessor. Let's go [tomorrow].
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcr9FRWiKtk
Jim Sterling with a lukewarm take. Someone probably said 'get gud' once in his chat and this is the response.
Pulled the trigger and bought - first game I've bought on Xbox since getting Gamepass ages ago. Hyped.
Level 68 now. Map just keeps getting bigger. Rocking a fucking insane sword.
Best game ever.
Fuck me Sterling got old years ago. Had their moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
It's been fascinating see him shift from, "Boo, capitalism!" to "Boo, transphobes!" to "Boo, GAMERS!"
Never seen him before but I watched that video and as a result a newer one popped up in my recommendations which seems to be him calling it the best game ever.
Yep. The best game ever whilst he spams roll backwards. :D
Silly cunt knows ya roll forwards, smh
I think I’ve wasted €36.
Don't like it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
Nah. It’s not for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Wandering round an open world with no idea where to go or what to do and all I can do is pick flowers and kill tortoises or else I die. Skip.
If I have to watch a YouTube video to know how to play a game from the very start, I’m not gonna.
Damn right. And shields down by default.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
FOMO is a bitch. Always been and always will be the way with Souls games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
What I might do when I pick it up is start taking notes just to find out what things are where. Mainly as a way to figure out where the dead ends are and stuff.
Map comes with 100 markers which have been a Godsend, I just have a note or two to remind me what each marker means.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
What sort of stuff do you mark?
I use diamonds for traders and skulls for bosses.
Stick with it Baz, it's genuinely beyond brilliant.
I'm sort of leaning more towards what Baz is saying.
Took a break for a couple of days away from the game and will jump back in tomorrow, hopefully that will help me.
Might watch some videos on the game too.
It's definitely a throwback to 80s/90s games where it explains little, but far more daunting on this occasion as it's that in a massive open world.
And DS and Phonics know far more about these games than I do, but happy to help with any questions I can answer.
It is pure early 90s design. Zero handholding, here's the thing figure it out. It's highly daunting, and Dark Souls 1 took me three attempts for it to click.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
But when it does, nothing else beats it. Literally anything you want to know about the game, ask Baz. It's actively encouraged to help each other. Read everything. Listen intently to all conversations in game. There's a help section at the end of your inventory where the game tells you all the mechanics.
Overall, explore, learn. Learn the iframes in your roll. Learn not to panic and pick your hits. Learn when to run the fuck away. You can't play the game wrong.
My only advice is to embrace that rolling makes you invincible. I've never learnt how to block in these games ever. They attack, roll. They don't attack, fucking smash em. Not sure when they're going to attack, run slightly too far away until you learn when they will. Even the biggest bosses only have 3-4 different attacks. Learn the animations.
Okay, based on my souls experience, I'll give the following advice:
- Upgrading your weapon will probably do more good than launching your stats up.
- Get used to the rhythm of a fight. Check how many strikes your stamina bar will give you, etc.
- It looks like boss arenas are fairly spacious. Just be mindful of where you are so you're not panic rolling into corners.
- As for the bosses out in the open, maybe watch out for any mobs. Clear them out in advance if you have to.
- Don't be afraid to run into a room of danger if you just want an item. Souls come and go. They'll come back again.
- But if you really want to keep hold of your experience, try to die somewhere easy to get to. I'm sure I've seen people run into sites of grace, die immediately and then respawn on their bloodstain.
Hit the 50 hour mark last night and a cracking session all round. Upgraded the Golden Halberd to +4 and then twatted the shit out of Goodrich with it, before taking out another 3 bosses. Feeling quite tanky now.
Only 9 hours in - somehow managed to miss the tutorial and need to do lots more exploring. Made it to Stormveil and killed Margit on the first go which was a nice surprise. I'll be going on the hunt for upgrades for my flasks next I think as I've found one golden seed so far.
This game is utterly brilliant though, they've done a grand job on it.
Twinblades are up to +15 :drool:
Jesus, are you ruining everything?
I pretty much 3-4 hit all the minor enemies but I'm getting my shit pushed in by the bosses I've discovered. I think I've missed some huge area or something because I seem to only be able to head in one specific direction which seems counter-intuitive.
Similarly I've reached a point where I still have loads to do in the areas I can access, but can on face value only see one way out of those areas.
I have three areas open to me. One you both may not have found yet. It requires 'the lift'.
I've got to the lift (amazing scenes) and what's above it, but can't get through the former or beat the latter. That said, beating Godrich may open up some lift stuff but haven't explored that at all yet. Looking forward to doing so. Playing this game blind is amazing.
Its absolutely insane how vast this is. Nearly 50 hours in and only two main bosses down, and every single hour or so I'm discovering somewhere new.
I wish once you had maps there was still some sort of fog to show where you haven’t been. I’ve taken to not picking them up so I know where I’ve explored.
Plan for tonight is to get my second Great Rune as I’ve unlocked access to the third and fourth but need to find a Great Rune and a key I cannot for the life of me find to access either of them.
Just been warped to a place where the art direction and imagination has absolute blown my tiny mind. Sat there for about five minutes taking it in. Fucking hell this game, feels like I, and we're, playing something monumental here.
I'm nowhere near where you are and I already think we are. It'll go down as at least one of the greatest games of all time. It's astonishingly well made, like they were in the mind of the future player's heads as they were making it - I've just experienced the most satisfying exploration reward I've ever had in a game and it came from exploring every inch of the map (I had access to).
I’ve decided to try and get to Stormveil Castle like the weird looking person has told me to, before writing this off for good. I also got some new boots.
I feel its the first open world game to not guide you towards every sight, reward and thing you can do. BotW was almost there but you would see something on the horizon and be rewarded with about one of 6 identikit things. It feels as if you can miss literally half the game in this, FROM have just placed wonders everywhere and let the player go off and do whatever they want. I went on some exploration North of Stormveil earlier, realising I'd missed a chunk and ended up in a glorious looking labyrinth style dungeon that took me about three hours. Not a single second of boredom, frustration or tedium.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Its wonderfully structured, and the whole map flows so well.
Might not be for you Baz, but I'd at least give it every chance. The way I just got what I wasn't expecting to get but was ecstatic when I did simply can't be achieved with the standard compass marker and text objective.
Going directly there will have you spazzing the disc into a bin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
What should I do then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
I’m level 10, just started, and have pockets full of flowers.
Have you bought yet Raoul? I suspect you'll love it if/when you do.
Another cracking session for me last night. Reached the second big boss, up to level 60 and have opened up two absolutely beautiful areas. Feels like I've more than scratched the surface, but would be surprised if I'm any more than 40% through, feels like there's still an absolute fuckton to do, let alone still to discover.
If I were you I'd explore the opening area and try to level up. Put points in Vigor until you settle on a weapon you like and then level up strength or dexterity (depending on which stats your weapon scales best with - the lower the letter the better). If you explore enough you'll come across a load of useful stuff and many bosses. If a boss hands you your arse on a plate move on from him for now and onto another one or just keep exploring and levelling up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
I'm genuinely rubbish at the boss combat in this game (albeit getting better) but I've now killed every single boss I know about in the first area and there are loads of them. No matter how shit you might be to start with if you persevere you'll get there and it's so rewarding when you do.
Defeated my second great tune. Got to the capital and it’s fucking incredible to look at.
I'm not in it yet (bar the bit you can see from the warp), but the run up to it, the lift and the boss that's based above it (so you're looking down on the two statutes) is one of the best, if not the best, moments I can recall in gaming.
Cool. Like how the railgun in Quake kills you if you're in water. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
Not yet but I might get involved. I've been playing Ass Creed Egypt and enjoying it but have a bit of FOMO for this, and I think it'll be more interesting to play along with TTH rather than jump in later. Never played a Souls game but this is probably up my street. Was watching the Giant Bomb Quick Look and liked what I saw of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Once again something massive has happened and I’m not exactly sure why or the consequences of it. The lore of these games baffle me.
Second big boss down and up to level 65. :cool:
I'm at that dungeon now. Feel a little OP at level 75 tbf. Two hitting almost everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Fuck me that boss was silly easy. Each heavy attack doing a fifth of their health bar.
Build right now. No shield, two hand, Great Axe +13. Absolute war.
https://i.imgur.com/0v4ZsIU.png
If this were a normal Souls game, that'd be NG+ numbers.
Yeah I'm seeing end game level chat around 120-150. Guy I know is already 106.
My friend just pointed out the very easy way to find maps and I feel like a fucking mong.
My current set-up level 60:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...10/unknown.png
Not posting my armor set as it could be considered a spoiler. If you guys have got to that level you probably know what Im referring to.
edit: @Dark Soldier: if I'm using a D/D weapon for str/dex is is better to have 60 str and 0 dex or both equal. I don't know how the math works in this game.
Both equal, its a 'quality' weapon. I don't know if that applies to ER, but in previous Souls games you wanna level both. So your build looks good. My Axe is a B in STR, nothing in DEX, hence pure STR.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
Yeah, absolute piece of piss. I'm slightly confused about what I need to do next, but testament to this game, I don't care.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
Have died to the Mini-Boss dude at Gatefront Ruins too many times now, so gonna level up a few more times and try again with a greatsword. I assume that'll be a slower weapon though so might not make it any easier...
This game is hard but still enjoying it.
Love this look
https://i.gyazo.com/c4dfffdd8399a307...991fefb3ef.png
That is pretty swish.
Got into the city last night. Incredibly picturesque.
Going there next, just doing a questline first. Its ridiculous how big this is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Okay, I cheesed my way to 30 vigour and 20 strength, and the knights at Gatefront still twat me without a problem, even at level 38. :o
Baz, are you walking down the centre of gatefront, agging the guards in the middle and getting mobbed by the rest of them from either side? If so, you could probably be double the level you are and you'd still die.
If you pick them off one by one/three by three you should be fine at level 38 and you must have been killing something fairly comfortably to amass the runes to get to level 38 in the first place. :cab:
Yea, I can't see how Gatefront is an issue at level 38, I don't think I'm even that high (though I must be close) and I passed that area ages ago. You should be one shotting anyone you can get a sneak attack on by now, with the exception of the main guy. If you're getting jumped by too many just summon your wolves and let them distract the excess enemies.
Bob update.
https://i.postimg.cc/cHsw8gBh/bob.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Xqq5QRhy/stats.jpg
Quite the tank right now, albeit I clearly need some better armour.
The disappointment when you kill something and they don't drop any items is real.
Killed some big ugly thing with a massive sword on the beach and nothing.
If you up Arcane (which I wouldn't recommend doing ahead of other stats) the drop rate of items increases.
The city is something else. I'd assumed you'd be restricted as to where you could go (like with Anor Londo from DS1), but no, the whole thing, as big as it appears on the map, is there to explore.
You can also use this fowl feet consumables to up drop rate. It's what I did and got a full knight set from it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
@Yevrah - you done any major bosses to the East? Did the big one yesterday. Holy shit that thing is insane. Took me a good hour or two.
Think I’m gonna start again and focus on magic rather than melee.
Can you have multiple games on one account?
You could in Dark Souls so don't see why not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
Very little at all. Done next to nothing of Caelid and haven't even unlocked whatever's east of the city yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
Mate that area jesus christQuote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Downloading now...:help:
City done. Need to farm some runes as my Vigor feels a bit low again now.
What levels are you Phonics for overall and Vigor? Not sure where to go next with each level up so would be useful to know.
You cleared the city out with 20 Vigor? Respect.
I've literally just got to the city (did East section first) and my Vigor is mad compared to yours phonics :D
https://i.gyazo.com/0ab9e5b0f9a96c92...64167ceb3f.jpg
New weapon. Its R2 is insane. I am in love.
https://i.gyazo.com/602837e226f7a860...3a570b1911.jpg
Started up as a Samurai. Killed some giant dickhead on my second try and then went to the beach. Shit a brick when I saw these two octopus/squid things mooching about so bailed on that idea. Game looks amazing
I found the big pot in Caelid. Thought it was a bug. Didn't want to attack him and couldn't work it out so had to google it.
I need that Talisman.
Made a wretch. All black, looks like a mining statue.
Need to get a staff/that bottle opener looking thing pronto and learn some magic.
Melina: "Have you heard of the finger maidens"?
Me: :naughty:
So I think im approaching late game. You see the size of that map, and it keeps expanding? That ain't the half of it.
92 hours in and I don't think I'm anywhere near. :D
Bob finally has some decent armour though and the Endurance to wear it.
https://i.postimg.cc/zXvXJCZk/bob.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/rpX8C7dh/stats.jpg
Mate I cannot stipulate how vast this is. Its insane that any dev pulled this off, especially during the whole Covid thing.
I am literally getting one hit at this point. I need like 150 thousand souls to get a respectable amount of bigot and no idea where to go to get it. I need to find these demi gods I think. Or just kill fucking Radahn but fuck that.
How are you so levelled Yev. I don’t get it.
I might just use the remembrance’s and fuck the weapons off.
You must use that word a lot for autocorrect to pick that up. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by phonics
I even corrected it and it did it again.
I've done a fair bit of grinding. Best place I've found so far, which is almost impossible to fuck up is starting at East Castle Rampart and following that through killing everything (bar some guys in a room together who mob you) until you get out into the main bit of the city where the broken coach is. Takes about 3 minutes and is good for 15k+ runes. I'll whack a video up next time I do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
Just realised I was wearing a Talisman that increases the amount of damage I take in return for a couple of stats...
Whoops.
I'm at level 122 lol
Later game areas give you runes for fun.
Where are you considering late-game. I could run about the city but it's a wee bit tedious. Although I have gone from +14 to +17 so maybe it'd be pretty easy now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
I'm doing a specific quest that takes you to several locations, each one progressively more high level. Stuck at a boss, but I came out the previous areas with about 500k souls. Did it again minus the bosses and had about 200k. Each time took me like 2-3 hours though. It wasn't a grind, combat was just fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
I did grind the cannonball early game though for a 10 level bump. I'm at 90k plus for a level now though, so prob gonna stick round here. Did Radahn last night also.
Volcano Manor? I had fun with that one. Stuck on the last bit of the chain though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
Ranni.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
Clearing out Caelid and just beat:
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The latter of which involved some disgusting cheese.
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Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
Fought my way all the way up there looking for some quest content. You have to beat Radahn to do it. Several skull emojis.
Lol Yev > PhonicsQuote:
Originally Posted by phonics
There's nothing worse than the frustration of fighting a boss for the first time and almost beating him except you got cocky and then spending the next 30 minutes trying to get him down to less than 80% of his healthbar
Looool well holy shit this new Spirit I've got is absolutely fucking ridiculous. Laughably so. Hilarious to watch, especially with it being a +10. I can sit back and watch a battle as I chill, don't even have to join in.
Love this game so much.
I don't have enough FP for any of the good ones :(
This one doesn't work off FPQuote:
Originally Posted by phonics
I’m not very good at this. Where am I meant to go first?
Follow the grace lights for a couple of bonfires.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike
Then have a wander about.
My ‘run away from stuff approach has taken me across the map!
https://i.postimg.cc/SRfR6nGJ/33-DA3...BF7288-DED.png
I’d like to say I look badass, but I just don’t
https://i.postimg.cc/qBxvZC87/0872-E...FB5-CA1-F8.png
I followed this and it got me most of the essentialsQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike
I have been working on one boss on and off for about 2.5 hours of game time. I finally beat him. My reward? Armour that’s worse than my current set and 3k runes. Down bad. Am up to a record setting 25 Vigor though.
I had no idea Radahn was a hard boss as I've stayed away from the internet with this game until now, but here it is, first timing him. Spoilers if you've no idea who he is obvs.
https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust/video/1418027750
Rather embarrassingly it took me longer to find him than it did to kill him. :cab:
And DS, I have a couple of questions.
How did you get to the East of the map, beyond the city, without going to the city first?
In Nokrom there's a lit up acropolis style building on top of a cliff standing alone, is it possible to get to that?
I went East of Limgrave, not North East.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Do you have a screenshgt of the building?
Well watching that clip was very depressing.
He took me ages too. Yev is just elite.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
HOLY SHIT just watched that. No wonder it was easy.
You fucking skipped the second stage of the fight Yev :D Staggered him when he was due to enter it. Its a known bug on a lot of the bosses. Most the attacks weren't there lol
I think another 26 levels might help. Time to find some cheap farming place tonight and just grind it out for a few hours.
1.5 hours of straight farming the same 5 minute lap later:
https://i.imgur.com/i1HOJva.png
Going to do another hour tonight and pop em all in vigor. Get to 35 VIG and even out the DEX with the STR and then just go to bed. Then take it out on Radahn tomorrow.
Up to level 17 or thereabouts now. Sacked off trying to complete some castle down on the bottom-right of the first part of the map after getting my head kicked in by some guy who looked like The Hamburglar and a Knight with a brutal sword which had some crazy bleeding effect.
Ended up croaking one of the smaller bosses in a cave with a load of wolves which wasn't actually that bad, and I've got my plan for tomorrow which is to go and talk to a werewolf guy that Santa Claus put me on to.
Overall enjoying it a lot. Reminds me of Shadow Of War in some parts. The controls are taking a lot of getting used to though, and there's some weird decisions as to how they work - weapon switching feels like it could be far simpler and the menus are terrible.
You should never be weapon switching tbh. This feels like one of those protecting fromsoft comments but it’s just not that type of game. I could do what Yev did technically. He’s doing double my damage. I could finish the game in a secret way but I havent levelled accordingly. but it’s just not how the game works.
However On that front, My one complaint about the game is that ranged attacking is still completely useless.
Ah, I see. Thought you said ages ago you'd unlocked the whole map.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
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Agree completely on the ranged stuff. The melee combat feels visceral and modern, while using a bow and arrow feels like I'm hitting a tin can with a pebble and revolves around a mechanic that would sit better in a 90s game.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
You lost me on the bolded bit mind, care to elaborate?
My issue with weapons in this is not the weapons themselves, but the upgrade system. Can't think of how they could do it better but I've never played a game where I've picked up so many weapons yet used so few as once you get past a certain point nothing is going to be as good as whatever you're currently using if you've upgraded it.
:D I'm dealing in 'big boy strats' here, it's the way Bob rolls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
Talking of which, Bob update. He's found a new friend, which after some serious grinding to get Mind up can now come with him.
https://i.postimg.cc/N0Dh5kcg/bob.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/bJVKRYrW/stats.jpg
Achieved a shit load over the last two days, with what seemed like some heavy hitting, main story bosses beaten and I think we're approaching the end game.
Yeah, I think this is it. I'll probably just unequip the bow and have my katana only. The bow combat (in a world with Horizon or even the AssCreed games) feels horrible, comparatively. Even horseback combat isn't as good as in AssCreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
I did learn last night that you can attack on a specific side if you use L1 or R1, which should mean I'm a lot more handy in mounted combat...rather than just spinning around in circles flailing wildly :moop:
You’ll still do that, just on both sides.
For those of you who've played Dark Souls... (and a spoiler for Elden Ring)
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Drunk posting. Forgot to put a enter in the middle. There’s a third finish. You get told about it in the area after the city.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Yes. Seek Belfries in Lurnia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
I took that picture having warped there from the Belfries, but was wondering if you can get up to the acropolis at the top of the picture.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
Ah I didn't even notice that was the warp area. And I didn't notice that acropolis lol. Might have been there, not sure.
Got a staff. Game starts now.
Up to level 133 and have finally unlocked all of the map (well, the overground one at least). The Godskin Duo are absolute arse, so hammering through the other loose ends for now. The underground area is something special and knits together remarkably well.
Definitely in my top 5 games of all time now and may well even be number 1. It's a masterpiece.
How's that working Baz? I need to get into magic and I can feel a re-spec coming on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
Better than melee.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Guys...
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:jayjay:
Went into a dungeon this evening and fought...a cat with a sword that shot fire :cab:
Also this is pretty insane: How To Break The Game With Magic
You just need Hoarfrost Stomp. It's an Ashes. All Speedruns use it, ridiculously OP even at end game. Don't even need to swing your weapon.
That's the aim. :drool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
Finished the other day. Three word review.
Best Game Ever.
127 hours, level 143. Just an absolute fucking triumph of a thing.
I don't know what patch they released but the game is absolutely unplayable now. I get a 1 second hitch for every 6-7 seconds of gameplay.
So just starting this opting for a sort of Knight/paladin build.
Strength
Endurance
Faith
Vigor
That sound like a good idea?
The horse combat is great although I've got an annoying habit of dismounting right on top of a mob and getting killed.
STR/Faith is great.
Is there a button to quickly dismount, beyond pressing the same button you press to mount?
L3 when moving
I spend half my time on the horse accidentally hitting L3.
Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
Also is there something in game that turns your controller off? :cab:
You're not playing m&k are ya, ya mad twat?Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
Wait what the fuck you can get off your horse not hitting square?
Square? Square drinks potions.
And nooo no mouse and keyboard. Xbox pad, me. Best pad I’ve ever used (not the elite)
Square gets you on your horse from your healing potion menu. Have I been hitting down for no reason in big fights?
Anyway as I say it's absolutely unplayable at the moment so I'll wait a week.
I just tired to recvord as video of it happening and it stopped happening like the ultimate troll.
Like DS, I am (now) the Elden Lord!
https://i.postimg.cc/Dw7vJ90D/bob.jpg
And we go into New Game +/Journey 2 rocking this stat set up:
https://i.postimg.cc/prNx273s/stats.jpg
Everything I earned in the first playthrough can stay in the chest for now too.
Hey, you finally finished one of these. Congrats.
Cheers Shinners, it was just too good not to.
211 still makes me lol :D
Congrats lad.
After I do the Fire Giant how far off is the end of the game?
Levelled up a bit and managed to beat a Knight who'd kicked my arse multiple times. Such a good feeling when you manage to turn over someone who'd previously destroyed you
Got here. I’m mad. I will never beat this boss.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
yes, you willQuote:
Originally Posted by phonics
Pretty close. After him was a distinct turning point for the game going from tough bosses to borderline impossible ones, unless you’re employing the God weapons, which I did from then on.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
Exploring in this game is amazing if you can see something in the distance you can actually get there somehow no invisible walls nothing.
The weather effects going from sunshine to a heavy storm with lightening hitting the ground around you to heavy fog is just a joy in itself.
Came across a portal near a lake that transported me to the top right of the map who's inhabitants took far to much joy stomping my face into the ground repeatedly.
Struggling for runes to level up so I think I'll need to go back to the starting zone where things are a little less deadly but can still near enough 1 shot me.
I've got a spiky weapon to plus 1 a decent gold shield but I need to lose the Bloodborne mentality I have where I attack as soon as I get hit thinking I can reclaim some hp.
Not killed any bosses, although I stumbled across Margrit? Is he the main first boss you fight?
Yeah Margit is the first. He's basically a 'tutorial' boss so to speak
Where is Margit?
I need to level up a bit then as my first encounter he basically bitched slapped me about for a few minutes then the inevitableQuote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
'you died'
How do I summon spirits I've got the bell I've also got some wolf spirits a jelly fish spirit and the 2 or 3 soldiers you can summon but can't seem to get them to appear?
In Stormveil Castle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
Add them to your equipment and then select them with square/xbox equivalent. You do need a minimum amount of FP (driven by the Mind stat) to summon each one though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
Cheers. Have you seen a list that goes beyond level 205 of runes needed per level. Would like to understand how realistic is maxing a character.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
1,692,562,540 runes needed to fully max everything to 99.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
You can work it out on the below by typing in levels.
https://www.eldenplanner.com/
You can only do it when the little gate symbol appears in the bottom-left too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
I've never maxed a character in these games. Or gone beyond NG++
I did in a DkS1 save, offline PC. Used editor. There's literally no point above the soft caps though. Complete waste of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
Great stuff, cheers. Do you also know of anything that shows the rune increases per enemy kill per Journey?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
Oh shit, yeah, I should have mentioned that crucial element. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
Don't think something like that exists. Way too much work. Maybe down the line when peeps are on NG+7 etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
I did it. Nothing happened except they died and now I have no fucking clue where to go?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
I found a way and now I'm lost.
Got my hands on a PS5 at last. Will finally be firing up Elden Ring this evening having watched Yev and Baz at the beginning of their journeys however many weeks ago. Going to be epic.
10 hours in and I'm still dicking around in Limgrave. Speedrunner completes the game in < 30 mins
20 hours in and I've spent 19 of them picking flowers and mushrooms!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
3 hours in and I have finally found some clothes to wear. Wretch for life.
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Originally Posted by P_3
I remember the Wretch start, it was a thoroughly enjoyable nightmare. I might be mis-remembering but it felt like I was useless for the first 10 hours. :drool:
I am at the final boss. I did it once and going to take a break. As I quit the game I was at exactly 60 hours and 30 seconds.
This game is something special just riding round on horseback exploring riding through the woods in fog and the sunshine breaks through the trees is a sight to behold.
I'm having more fun finding the grace points and exploring the map than killing things.
So far I've found a portal behind one of the churches that teleports you off to the top right of the map (not before a fucking lobster killed me)
Killed Margot.
Killed a spinning see through not a real boss in a goldmine somewhere.
Killed another not a real boss in a different gold mine.
Died to a lobster
Died to virtually everything I've stumbled across that has a hp bar
Reached lvl 40
Pissed off one of the npc in the Hold where all the Tarnished hangout last time I teleported there it attacked me and I died.
Be nice to get some decent looking armour to go with my shiny shield and my pointy stick.
Going back over Limgrave in Journey 2 and it's crazy how much stuff I missed. Two dungeons, a bandit camp and a boss so far that are all new this time round. And Limgrave was comfortably the area I spent the most time in on the first playthrough.
Absolute masterpiece so it is.
I've tried avoiding any videos or guides about this game and want to see if I can become Elden Lord without using any outside help.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Although if its not possible to just out level everything and beat the upcoming bosses that way I might just cave in and get me one of the boss melted in 3 seconds weapons...
I wish I could get into this more but it’s just not clicking for me. May have to try it in multiplayer to see if it’s any more fun.
Yep, I think I've fully given up on it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Browning
Just not my game sadly which is a shame as almost everyone is raving about it.
Took me probably 10 hours to start really enjoying the game. ~27 hours in now and loving it. Fairly OP for the area but have beaten Margit and now working my way through completing Limgrave, Weeping Peninsula etc.
Can easily see me racking up 100 hours.
Patch out, the God weapons have been nerfed.
Just got my hands on that ashen war stomp weapon....think I'll wait to update the game for a while.
I don't play online so don't really effect me not keeping the game upto date.
I think some weapons are still insanely powerful though although that last speed run record won't be beaten now
Mine updated overnight and just had a go with the Sword of Night and Flame against the Crucible Night in the Evergaol. Journey 2 admittedly, but it was pointless using the special attack on it ahead of just hitting it instead.
My ps5 has been "off" so I'm hoping it hasn't managed to update at least.
I've got the ice pick axe that has the ashes of war freeze and its made the 1st main boss easy mode.
I love these games but some of the bosses in them and I include Bloodborne I only managed to beat because my stats became so high from grinding over amd over again.
Yeah, I'm now wondering how I'll beat some of the later bosses again when the difficulty seriously ramps up.
I did it all with no spells or god weapons 100 levels below you Yev. You’ll be fine.
Just got in from work switched the ps5 on it was 10 percent to go managed to pause it and delete the update 😎
I'll complete the game first then replay it with the latest update.
Moonveil and Bloody Slash haven't been nerfed. The former is still incredible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Nerfs are good, too much stuff was ridiculously easy and I say that as a Hoarfrost user.
Completely agree it's a good move.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
Give Moonveil a crack though. L2 + R2 is :drool:
Back to Mogwyn Palace on Journey 2 and it's double runes per kill. Getting 100k in about 30 seconds. :drool:
Up to level 215 from 211 in minutes. :D
Royal Knight Loretta is ripping me a new one over and over again
Not even lasting more than 10 seconds before its over.
I'm lvl 47 with 25 in Vigor 25 in Endurance and 27 in str 20 faith.
Should have pumped up Vigor alot more I think.
I'm still running with 10 in Vigor and Endurance. Oops.
I’m never beating this final boss. I got one good run down to 25%.
Took me over 70 attempts to beat one of the endgame bosses on MHW: Iceborne.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
I will get this at some point.
Out of stock in Gamestop. Boo.
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Originally Posted by phonics
I am the Elden Lord. Suck my dick y'all.
Good effort Phonics. Gonna hit Journey 2?
Gonna do that other boss and help my boys for a few and then probably will.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
First timed Radahn again in Journey 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzIyd15B9XM
Genuinely think I've stumbled upon the best strategy to beat him. Get your hardest hitting weapon, summon all the companions and get in there and smack the fuck out of him.
A few hours later I feel okay admitting it, 90 seconds into the final boss fight he just stood still and never attacked ever again. Me and a friend spent the next 3 minutes just laughing and doing charge attacks.
Going to respec into a moonveil and spell build for my next journey.
Went and farmed levels by killing some massive dragon to get my character a bit more resilient. Up to level 38 now and just croaked the Tree Sentinel for the first time. Also just got to Roundtable Hold
I tried that but smaller dragons kept creeping up on me while I was twatting the massive one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
I can't work out how to do New Game + :D
Go to the site of Grace in roundtable hold and activate it there.
I used this guide - seems like you've got to stick to it fairly closely to avoid being destroyed by them. There was a message pointing out where to stand as well, so I just used my katana to croak it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
I read that. Where is it lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Ah, I see. It's in the main (round) room of roundtable hold, above the table in the middle of the room with the chairs round it. Just walk next to the table and activate it with triangle/Y.
I just got over 1m runes for killing a late game boss in Journey 2. :drool: Level 713 is on!
I've hit my first major block in Godrick. Even with my level 3 wolves, I can't even get close to getting him down to zero. I've held off on powering up my weapons, so that might be my next play.
It'll be the weapons. People seem to get fixated on the level in this (pot, kettle, I know), but the upgrading of weapons has the bigger impact and by a country mile.
I'm just worried that I'll blow my smithing stones on a shit weapon and then not have enough when I find an awesome weapon.
That stuff is usually plentiful. Or at least farmable.
@Baz or anyone else who's still early-ish in the game: this video has some awesome tips to get yourself and your equipment nicely levelled up. I've just gone up to the end of Chapter 5 with it and now have some excellent gear to set me up.
I've spent nearly 40 hours in the "starting area" alone uncovered nearly every site of grace slightly ventured off to random areas of the map and just when I think this world is huge..
I uncover a lift that takes me miles underground to an area that looks like its in space and it seems the map has another layer that's just as big as the original one !!!
Amazing, amazing game...
Me and Blaidd just absolutely wrecked the guy who'd been giving me trouble at the Forlorn Hound Evergaol. I don't think he even got a hit on me :cool:
I've not done any of the Evergaols yet. I saw someone try one on stream and it was an absolute massacre, so I've been putting them off.
This Crucible Knight one gets a lot of fear...then there's this guy who beat it at level 10 :D
I don't know what's up but my game is lagging to fuck now. Legit half the enemies I'm fighting are invisible because they're not loading in.
Just got teleported to Narnia, came back and croaked a dragon. :drool:
Just died to "madness" please don't tell me they have carried over that bullshit mechanic from Bloodborne.
They have but it’s barely in the game.
So I've been exploring the area above Stormveil Castle having beaten Godrick. I've done a loop round the outside finding Albus Dumbledore and the BFG, and am now making my way up through the middle towards the Academy. Not fought any dragons yet (because I'm not a dumb dumb) but have been twatting the mini bosses in the caves/mines/crypts no problem. Every day is the same for me at the moment: wake up, work whilst planning my Elden Ring journey, play Elden Ring. And I love it.
It is an astonishing game. I'm enjoying Journey 2 more than anything I've played for years. 250 hours down now.
My mission tonight is to acquire the Ronin Set of armour, because it looks badass. Then I actually need to kick on a bit with the "main" quest line
Wait...Quote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
There's a main quest line 🤯
Went Journey 2. Killed Margit and Goodrick in less than 20 minutes :D
I mean, in a very general sense. I'm kinda following this - but when you visit a site of grace the yellow wispy arrows are directing you to the "main path" e.g. Limgrave -> Stormveil etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
Went down a big lift and ended up in some absolutely bonkers area. Bailed before I got too far into it though but seems massive. Still got business to attend to in Limgrave - met Patches and the Samurai invader geezer this evening.
I reckon I'll have a crack at the boss(es) when I hit about level 50 which isn't too far off, think I'm at 42 right now.
There's two amazing bosses to find down there, they did hand me my ass though.
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Think that's where I ended up mate the magic ghost things ripped me a new one and I ended up wimping out and went back to Lingrave.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
I've met Patches, nice to see him not being a spider but still a dick.
Does he still look like Jonjo Shelvey?
Yes indeed he doesQuote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
Up to level 50 now. Next time I play I'm off to have a bash at Magrit
I’ve completely fucked myself for when DLC comes out. Journey 2 is too easy and I can’t be bothered to do anything.
Stick everything you earned from Journey 1 in your chest Phonics.
Just rocked up at Radagon's Red Wolf as primarily a magician with 0 FP having wasted it all fighting the wizards before him. Two hits later, back to the bonfire I go. :happycry:
Well, consider me over-levelled. Marge was croaked on my first attempt :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
Nicely done. I did him on my 2nd attempt. That was after exploring all of the south area (disclaimer for in case there's more stuff down that way).
I beat the wolf thing and have come across Ranella. Very interesting boss, but I was not really prepared for her, so I decided to go exploring the rooftops. So much fun finding the nooks and crannies.
Came across a lift that I needed to use a medallion on to get it to work, jaw dropping to say the least the graphics seemed to go up a level the area seems to be in the middle of Autumn the sun shining through the trees with golden brown leaves. Stunning.
Rode round on my trusted steed until I got I shotted by a Tree Sentinal boss?
No chance I'm beating that for a while think I've ventured way to far north for my level.
I'll be honest this game is so big I'm totally lost in it. Going to have to follow some sort of guide to give me at least some idea of where to go.
Found a sword called fire amd night or something but going to be ages before my levels are high enough to use it.
Sword of Night & Flame? I read that was meant to be awesome.
I'm still mooching around Stormveil - not far off Godrick by the looks of things, so will give him a bash in the next couple of days.
Coming to the end of Journey 2 now.
https://i.postimg.cc/XNmHVsXM/stats.jpg
I'm totally lost now..
I've defeated
Shardbearer Godrick
Leonine Misbegotten
Royal knight Loretta
Margit, the fell omen
What's the next boss I should be aiming for.
The only downside of this game so far is there are far to many "not the boss, boss fights.."
You fight so "bosses" that they don't stand out, unless they get really crazy later on.
If you wanna progress the main quest head to the massive castle/cathedral type place in the middle or Liurnia Lake. Or, if you wanna skip that beat Radahn in Caelid then head to Leyndell directly (which is where you need to go after Liurnia).
Mid left and far right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
Beat Godrick earlier this evening. Took me three or so tries but on the last go he got absolutely pummelled :cool:
Got to the Acadamy needed a glintstone key..
10 mins later after a quick Google search I stumble across the dragon who is sitting on it.
11 mins later I'm spawning a site of grace minus 30k runes.
Planning on a non suicide run to get them back without waking up said dragon
I'll probably get eaten by a bear 2 feet away from getting them back.
Why don't I ever just spend the runes as soon as I get enough to level 🤯
Just get naked and sprint in and grab it.
Need some advice. I can now respec my stats and as I put 10 in Arcane to help with drops at the beginning of the game, I would like to use those points wiser. Will I be able to respec my stats more than once by finding more of the things that you need to do that or is it a one off thing?
There's 20 per Journey.
Cheers. Strength up to 40, let's go!
Another boss down the Wolf dude.
Just reached the moon queen and that boss battle has a heavy Bloodborne vibe to it the 1st phase is a mixture of the college with slime students and the 2nd phase is the spider boss battle .
Think I'll finally update the game as the hoarfrost stomp ain't that good against anything that is quick amd even the some stationary or slow moving mobs seem to be immune to it..
Thought I'd see how quickly I could finish a Journey last night so into Journey 3 Bob went and a couple of hours late he was ready to start Journey 4.
I've just beaten the Queen of the night and can now respend all my points again if I want.
@Yevrah now your a seasoned pro mate what route would have you gone if you were starting from scratch again?
Magic or a pure strength build ? Or do the runes get so plentiful it doesn't really matter.
I think I was about level 150 when I finished journey 1 which isn't enough to be an Alan of all trades (but didn't go into journey 2 until I'd ground to level 211), and it's been so long since then I'm honestly not sure what route I'd go with a new game.
The Rivers of Blood Katana is, for me, the best weapon in the game, but you don't get it until late game territory so you couldn't hang a starting build on it. Which makes me think....I'd probably go Golden Halberd up to the point you get RoB (as it can take out all of the bosses to that point reasonably comfortably) and then re spec and switch to the katana from then.
Runes don't really get silly plentiful until you get to an optional area in the late game (that you can actually get to fairly early if you want) and combine farming it with a weapon you get from beating the final boss.
Any of that make any sense or help? Bit of a brain dump really.
On Rivers of Blood, here's Rennala getting beaten in Journey 3 in seconds last night.
https://clips.twitch.tv/JazzyCryptic...VXbF0guBjE-WQm
Cheers Yev, I'm sure I've got that weapon already didn't that annoying golden Knight on a horse drop it?
When I get back home tonight I'll check the stats required for it and build around that till later on in the game.
Got killed by some robot thing and teleported to Hell :cab: Fuck that boss fight with two of the bastards
That’s the one. What I would say though is that there’s no right or wrong way to play the game. If you’re having fun just crack on and the most fun I had in the game was when killing things was a struggle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
It begins.
www.twitch.tv/shindigpsc
Been on a bit more with this and finished up the Academy. Croaked a big red fox and Rennala pretty easily - seems bleed worked well against them both.
That was an alright first four hours. The scale's going to take some getting used to. Souls games don't tend to have empty space in them but I guess that's what Torrent is for. Margit's definitely a problem for later so I'll just wander in a direction and see where it takes me.
Right now it feels like a stretched out Dark Souls 2.
Ok, this is super useful: check if a fall will kill you
EDIT: comments say it's unreliable :nono:
Think it's pot luck if a fall will kill you to a certain point anyway.
I've survived from a really great height then gone to do it again and it's killed me 🙄
I'm missing the 3rd boss, not sure if he is after the room with those two mini bosses from before in the castle bottom right, but have now rocked up at the capital. Hammered out 115 hours with this game. Easily GOTY.
Which 2 have you gone?
The one at Stormveil Castle and the one at the Academy. I know he's in the third main area, but I've explored everywhere and there's been no sign of him.
Bottom right and top left.
I’ve killed my first Mariner and wound up in Caelid. Found a legacy dungeon with some bosses I can’t kill yet.
My damage output’s starting to look slightly behind the curve.
Thanks. Thought he'd be somewhere there. I'll have another bash at the mini-bosses today.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
Okay, 10 hour check-in. I'm at level 28 with my points getting split between Vigor (18), Strength (19?) and Dex. (17).
In terms of bosses down:
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I've found a few others but only Tree Sentinel looks doable. I've got a weapon with bleed now and fancy maining that. Finding low-level smithing stones is a little tricky, though. And this weapon seems to go down a different upgrade path. I'll probably wander for some more caves.
The very last boss in this game really is crap. Every time I fight it I seem to spend 90% of my time chasing it around the arena it's in.
Lvl 50 and I'm back at the starting zone going to clear up any bosses, mini bosses I've missed.
Following a guide roughly now as this map is insanely huge and I'll still be playing this game in 10 years time and still no closer to finishing the main quest.
I seem to make progress then I'm like "ohhh that looks cool over there then I spend the next few hours wandering through the woods picking mushrooms and gather flowers....
Two more bosses down. Access to Stormveil granted or whatever. I feel you, Andrew. On the one hand, exploring for stuff is fine but when it stretches out into hours, you're not really sure what progress you're making.
I'm quite enjoying going around Limgrave and beasting all the gimps who made the first few hours a pain. Think I need a bit of that before I go off and kick on with the main quest again.
Right according to this guide I've basically completed the beginner zone all caves explored all bad gurs downed.
Stats
Level 58
Vigor 36
Endurance 24
Strength 35
Rocking a Golden Halberd + 5
With the Twinned armour set.
Just found another way to reach Altues Platue by killing a dragon that couldn't fly in a cave...
Went up a lift to be one shotted by another Dragon who loves electricity 🤦
I need to get into the Capital but there's a souped up tree sentinel with other ideas guarding the fog gate...
Can roughly get him to 50 percent then he's goes mental and the obligatory "You died" 🤬
It's a long run back to him from the spawn point so I'm giving up this plan of attack for a while.
Need more sombre smithing stones to level up my Golden Halberd not sure where to get them from though.
Things I love about this game
It's huge amd fucking beautiful.
Things I hate about this game
the controls and hit boxes make this game alot more difficult than it actually is.
Is that the one who shoots red lightning bolts from the sky. I couldn't get past him either, so started exploring everywhere else. He can wait for me a little.
That's the one.
Where you exploring to?
I've cleared every cave and mini boss in the starting area and uncovered every church and site of grace.
Might do the same in the lakes the grace sites I've uncovered there seem a bit sparse so there's bound to be loads I've missed.
I'm exploring the whole of Atlus Plateau at the moment. Had a nosey by the windmills, the Minor Erdtrees and ran into Patches too. I've left it a bit vague, so you can enjoy the discoveries as much as I did.
I'm pretty sure there is a Statue of Marika by that Tree Sentinel, so if you do fancy trying him again, you shouldn't need to travel too far.
What build are you rocking P3.
I platinumed Bloodborne by basically becoming a brick shithouse that had loads of strength and a near ending amount of hp.
The mage videos the way they melt the bosses in seconds look tempting to try out but I'm going to stick to the tried and tested route till I get to near enough the end I think.
I do hate how the From boss formula has become, "Lets have it do long, fast-moving combo strings." It's the thing that stops me finishing Dark Souls 3's dlcs.
Strength and Faith are both over 40 and Mind is next up at close to 30. Vigor is a solid 10, so I die to everyone in one hit. :D
Heh. Living dangerously. Part of me wants to wander around the open world one last round but Stormveil's enemies are relatively piss. And I've got some upgrade materials to become a heavier hitter.
I've found Gelmir hero grave...
This place better have the most insane awesome op drops imaginable
Because if those chariot things racing up and down the corridors kill me again......
So I'm in the Capital. :moop: Nothing to do here yet so I guess I can warp back. 4 bosses done today. All piss. It's also occurred to me I should see if I can find the NPC I may have got killed on my first day. Dogs followed me to his location, I took on his side-quest and he kept talking, despite disappearing into ash.
Godrick done. Much like Margit, my damage was good but needed the bleed to pop or the right window to turn up to get it done. Maybe half a dozen tries to beat him.
There’s a place you can resurrect npcs.
I think I found it but it said I was sound. :D
You can definitely non aggro them there, but I didn't know you could resurrect.
I might have misread then. I didn't kill npcs so had no use for it.
Neither did I. The mutant dog did it. If I can remember where that NPC is, I'll check to see if he's alive. Also, done the rolling pin of death dungeon. Good riddance, although I want whatever item is left in there.
You can non-aggro NPCs at the turtle pope, not resurrect them. I reached him today - you're flying through this @Shindig, if you're already there. Think I've been playing a week more or so than you :cab:
Yeah, working from home will do that. :D
Turtle Pope might be my favourite NPC. It's close between him, Latin Batwoman and Two Fingers.
151 hours in, level 99. Finally got inside the Capital today with the help of my ratties and have been exploring as much as possible despite how tricky it is to keep your bearings. I'm still shocked just how much game there is here.
Might as well throw my stats up:
Vigor: 21
Mind: 9
Endurance: 23
Strength: 28
Dexterity: 23
Intelligence: 7
Faith: 8
Arcane: 11
My flask is up to 10 charges at +4. I've got a Bloodhound Fang +5 as my main weapon. Still using the Brass shield from real early on. I don't think upgrading it gets me any extra poise so I've left it as is. I will probably top up one of the magic stats to 10 just to get some basic spells going.
Not doing much with summons either. I'll find one I like at some point and pour all the upgrades into that. Speaking of summons, I found the festival. Didn't do so hot. :D
You're pretty much smashing through the game, nicely done. For the festival, swallow your pride, summon some NPCs and let them deal with the boss.
I can't do anything without my regular summons. I main my wolves for the fast things and the pumpkin head for the slower, tougher bosses. But there's loads more I'd like to try.
The two soldiers are my go-to right now. I've upgraded them a bit and they have a nice mix of range + tanky combat
Beat the boss in the Capital and have got the lift up to another area which takes up the whole of the top right of the map. So close to getting it all filled in, then I can just explore.
I’m thinking about a no summons game. :eyemouth:
Just stumbled across the "festival" at Castle Redmane after spending the last few days trying to uncover all the sites of grace.
Managed to find
21 sites at Limgrave
7 sites at Stormhill
17 sites at Weeping Peninsula
45 sites at Liurnia of the lakes
This game is HUGE...
Level 70 nearly 70 hours in and I really do think I've only just scratched the surface of this can see it taking a lot of NG + to uncover all the endings, side quests etc..
Radahan down and managed to get into the Royal city.
Hate this place already.
I've lost so many runes already in this place..
I'm starting to feel a need to actually grind. Level 53 but every boss I've come across now seems beyond me in terms of DPS.
EDIT: Finally got into the Academy. Grinding for a handful of levels in Vigor got me past a load more bosses and the Academy itself feels quite comfy.
Slowly working my way through all the locations again as I've reached what sounds like a point of no return. Think I've beaten all the overworld dragons, but do have a couple more Gaols to clear. Then its trying to beat up all of those giant worm/rat things that have populated some of the latter caves and just found Mohg in the sewers. All of that with 10 Vigor, wish me luck.
10 vigor!!!!
The reaction times of some people who play this game astound me.
Currently on day 4 of being lost/killed in the Royal Capitol.
Found a path that seems to be magically blocked by Margot? so can't get any further in that direction haven't come across any bosses in here yet so I'm obviously being dull and missing loads but I seem to be travelling up and down the same few corridors over and over...
This place could be the zone that ends my love affair with this game.
I'm going to mainline the Capitol tomorrow because I think that's my next proper boss. It's at this point I've been looking at wikis and guides a bit more often. Mostly maps for any catacombs and bosses I've missed but also to prod me in the right direction for actual progress.
Finding The Academy made me feel really dumb as I'd had a note in my inventory basically telling me how to get there.
Climb the dragon's wing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
Just went back and watched Yevrah's first time attempt at Radahn. Those arrows that were doing a quarter of Yev's health bar, were killing me in one. :D
10 Vigor is proper bonkers. Would drive me mad to get croaked by anything that glanced in my general direction
Fighting nighttime bosses is a bit shit. Fight, die, advance time, rest, repeat.
Fighting the ball bearing guys who just randomly spawn in when you fast travel to certain spots is also a nightmare. Which nighttime bosses have you gotten/killed? I can only think of the Night Cavalry.
Yeah, I've done most of the Night Cavalry's I've seen. The Ball Bearing guys are unbeaten. I've found a Somber Smithing Stone 9 which does me no good til I find 6, 7 and 8 which all looks out of reach.
There's some flying dickhead in Liurnia of the Lakes who only appears at night
Well, I'm level 70 now at Volcano Manor. I'll come back for the beast at the top of the mountain but not before I'm +9 on weapons.
Some speed runner has finished Elden Ring in 1 min 23 seconds.
Then there's me 70 hours in getting killed by an over sized lobster.
I've seen that run. I figured it wouldn't spoil anything because it was so short. I was right. All Bosses is over 9 hours long which is .... my kind of fucking speedrun.
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Originally Posted by Andrew
Well, I just smashed my way into the Capital after getting up to +9. The hoops I had to go through, though. :moop: 638 damage. :drool:
Found myself a Game of thrones, throne looking sword. Ooooffff
Isn't that a relatively early game weapon from Castle Morne? It looks amazing but so slow.
I'm all about the elder ring style!!
I'm rocking the Twinned armour set with the grafted blade greatsword.
I totally suck at this game but I look stylish while doing so 😎
I've re-specialised my stats to have a respectable 40 Vigor and have burned through all the caves, catacombs, mines in the world. Have also completed the Volcano Manor, Castle Sol and beaten the duo of Gargoyles to find a coffin I can snooze in. So much side content!
I think I'll need 400 vigor to finish this game 🤣.
My weapon is at plus 6 so before I upgrade it further I think I'll have a look at what's the best or there abouts for an easily attainable weapon that scales with Strength well.
Although the longer I play this I think I want to go a more magic route.
Part of me dies inside when I watch a magic build melt a boss in seconds that's been using me as a dildo to self pleasure itself for days on end...
Its up to you. If you want Strength only, the GoT sword you've just picked up is perfect. If you want magic too, there's plenty of options there but they are probably locked behind tricky mini-bosses. But do bear in mind that you have to give up some of your levels to Faith or Intelligence and to Mind for FP.
I main a black flame spell with Faith which I used for Margit so it can be found early-ish and have picked up a Gargoyle black sword which scales off Strength and Faith and does Holy damage too.
Have you progressed through Leyndell the Capital yet?
I wouldn't worry so much about this. The endless build videos, screaming OP!!!!!!!!!!! in the title are a bit misleading. Basically, far more things than you would ever imagine are over powered if you've maxed it out and have the appropriate buffs going. Sure, some things are better than others, but you can make a load of things very very useful, the game was designed that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
I assume the magic stuff you've been watching is based around Comet Azur, which against slow moving and large bosses is very good when maxed out, but against anyone agile, they'll just dodge it.
On a similar note, I see yet another patch has been released balancing things. The game remains one of the best ever, but so much more of this stuff than was should have been sorted before release.
I found the main boss after I scaled the dragons wing like you said but there's no way in hell I'm beating him anytime soon so abandoned the place for the time being and went off exploring.Quote:
Originally Posted by P_3
Found the molten Manor did the quest lines as far as needing to get to the land of the giants but I think I need to kill the boss back in the Capital to get there.
I'm level 80 now put 40 in vigor and 40 in strength with stamina now being bumped upto 30 next on my list to level think it's at 23.
I've missed so many quest lines but can always go back to them if I ever reach a new game plus.
If I remember right I'm now stuck at the serpent boss in Molten Core and at a dead end against the golden demi god in the Capitol.
*Molten Core* had a flash back to the 40 man raids in WoW when I typed that 🤤
Use the Serpent Spear (can't remember the name) you pick up at the beginning of the boss battle. You don't even need to power it up, it absolutely destroys the boss!
For a bit of an easier time. If you've beaten Radahn go back to Limgrave and follow the floating rocks in the distance to the east. They'll lead to a reasonably easy area to explore with a great summon to use.
Hmmm ... have they patched out a Stake of Marika outside of Rykard's boss arena? I think they might have.
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Originally Posted by Andrew
Been stuck with the Game of Thrones weapon for ages at plus 6 for the life of me couldn't find the plus 7 sombre stones anywhere..
So after finishing off the Boss in Nokron City and gaining the mimic summons I set off back to the Capital to sort out the boss there...
Instead I fall down a sewer lose 160k in runes that I forgot I had but find a sewer full of level 7 sombre stones.😎
Shall I go with Radhans weapon now? is that pretty decent it looks awesome plus I can get the armour set to go with it 😀
You can get Bell Bearings which you can give to the Twin Maiden Husks which let you then buy infinite amounts of the Smithing Stones. It sounds like your weapon is under levelled a bit - I'm only about level 60 and have +9 on my katana.
I've maxed my blade out and got a usable summon now. And boosted my shield to a +10 or something. One more big boss down and some ball bearings.
Upgraded the mimic summing to plus 4 not sure if I want to repsec so I can use that blade you get from the god devouring serpent boss in Volcano Manor.
Looks pretty sweet with all the defeated gods stuck to it and reaching out plus it heals you as you kill/hit things which is a bonus.
Notable internet retard Darksydephil still hasn't finished this. Here's his stats sheet:
Vigor: 43
Mind: 15
Endurance: 35
Strength: 20
Dexterity: 20
Intelligence: 71
Faith: 9
Arcane: 7
Level 141. 675 deaths. 105 hours. All that intelligence, uses no spells and runs around with a sword. Fuck.
Got myself Radhans weapon bumped it up to +9
Headed off to Mohgwyn Palace and found a sweet little farming spot
The site of grace Dynasty Mausoleum entrance if you head east into the pool of red water there's 2 caves with tadpole head people that refuse to attack you just keep killing them and the ones outside making a sweet 100k runes in 10 mins 😎
Ignore my brag about finding a farming spot apparently its the most well known one amongst the Elden Ring player base 🤦
Wow, you're burning through all of a sudden. I've only just done Mohgwyn Palace! I did need to open up the last part off the snow map for it, not sure if there's another way that you found?
Two bosses down in the Mountaintops. Seems like I'm the right level for this place.
You know what I've forgotten how I got here...Quote:
Originally Posted by P_3
I think I beat the Golden guy in the Capital city then used a lift that brought me here..
The lift was next to a section in the Capital city where you have to face a fat guy and a thin guy after the screen goes black and you fight them in the dark.
Nope that's how I got to the land of the giants.
There's a white face npc who gives you a quest to invade someone 3 times once you complete that he asks if you want to join his order.
Once you joined he will give you a pure blood medal if you use that you get transported there.
Ah that's cool. I don't have Playstation Now or whatever so there's no way I'd have got there that way. I've noticed that there are occasionally two ways to get somewhere. For example to get to Altus Plateau, you can get the medallion and take the lift up or you climb up the cliff face north of Liurnia beating the magma wyrm in the process. Love it.
I've got to Malenia and she's a nightmare. Hits like a truck and recovers her health with every hit! Anyone got any tips?
Git gud!!!😜
Yeah I think you need to use the finger summons he gives you and its gotnto be online which sucks if your not signed upto ps plus or whatever.
Also love how this game actually makes you feel more powerful as you upgrade your stats/weapon.
Then again it delights in riping your head off and taking a crap down your neck in equal measure.
Use a bleed weapon that swings fast. She's got dreadful poise so you can stun lock the shit out of her.
I’m trying to do a all quests run for a character I can use for when DLC comes out. As my NG+ games are zero fun. It’s such a pain in the arse.
Thanks for that. It took me the best part of today but I've done it. Respeced twice, first to a Str and Dex only build with a Flamberge with 101 blood loss build up which got me to the 2nd form but still wasn't enough. Second to a Dex and Arc build in order to dual wield a Nagakiba and a Rivers of Blood, which finally got me over the edge. Kudos to anyone who managed her with magic or any other method, as she is one tough cookie. I think I'm going to go trigger the Erdtree burning, do the end game and pick up any missed quests and the remaining trophies in NG+.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Rykard's done. Stacked every boost I could muster into charge attacks and eventually got him down after a couple of close calls. I've got enough endurance now to wear some heavy armour and Fire Giant looks doable.
Just use the fire talisman and use the serpent hunter and it's easy as.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
Probably even easier now I'm at +9 on it.
The spider hand things in Carian Manor can eat shit and die
Burn them with fire.
I just murder them with my blade. Radahn's done now. Easy. It should be at level 96. I celebrated by killing the Double Sentinels. Fire Giant remains on fire, giant and alive. Boo.
Looking at everyone else. P_3 is my spirit animal. Completing the game at level 90 and with 30 vigor is an achievement.
As I said I started a new game to do an all quests run and this is my new build I just need another 15 points in stamina.
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The only way I've ever been able to complete Dark Souls and Bloodborne is to basically out level everything and grid my levels up.
So the people who like p3 finish these games with so little hp etc amaze me.
I've got the DLC for Returnal calling me but I just can't put this game down.
Currently going round twatting all the Mini bosses I can find that have given me grief over the last 120 levels 😎
Oh I've bumped the low Vigor/Health on the head after the Fire Giant. Getting twatted by everyone in one or two hits got boring. I have a standard 45+ Vigor now. :D
I am about to enter the Erdtree, am I near the end?
If you're in the Erdtree, that is indeed the end.
Enjoy that fight...
Thank fuck that boss Yev fighting Radahn'd me.
Do the directions you get from sites of grace ever disappear my map is covered in arrows ATM.
Do they stay there till you finish a quest line etc or are they permanent.
If its until you complete a task or what not that means I've missed a ton of quests...
@Yevrah did you get round to finishing it a 2nd or 3rd time?
I would love to Platinum this game at some point but think it will take a few playthroughs
I think I got to Journey 5, but got bored so haven't touched it for 2/3 weeks now.
Well, I can certainly say I'm in the endgame now. Giant done, I killed the thing at the top of Mt. Gelmir for good measure. Not really worth it for the runes but an alright fight.
Final boss beaten, credits rolled, best game of the year. Now to bash out a few intelligence runs, do any missing side quests and get the Platinum trophy.
To help with the platinum I think you can upload your save before you choose the ending get the trophy for it then delete the save and download the save file you upload to the cloud or memory stick and do the other two endings.
Saves running through the game 3 times if that's all your aiming for.
I don't mind. I've blasted through, almost literally with my Glintstone magic, the first two main bosses in about an hour. Going to do Radahn then look for the lift up to Lleyndell, then to catch up with you and Shindig. :P
So I've been battering all the mini bosses, tree sentinels, cave and catacomb dwelling bad guys I can find.
So with my new found confidence I swaggered up to the land of the giants like a Billy big bollocks and got twatted in seconds by the first mob that crossed my path🤕
Completed the 2nd run and got the 2nd ending. Used magic up until just after the Fire Giant, resorted to the trusted Katana to clean up the last few bosses. Will see what a pure Strength build is like for the 3rd and final go. Can then move on and play something other than Elden Ring!
Heh. Of course they have a Gargoyle fight. :D
I'm still ambling along on my first play through. I thought I'd unlocked most areas now, but a quick check of the wiki suggests I still have around 50% to go, which is madness :D
Picked up a few of the more well-known weapons/Ashes like Hoarfrost Stomp and Nagakiba so will be testing them out. Still very much a Samurai bleed build so I expect I'll work towards Moonveil and go on from there. Might dual-wield a couple of katanas
Getting bored of strength now the bosses are to fast mobs chase you down to much so I'm constantly rolling and getting hit etc.
P3 you having much fun as strength on your 3rd run through?
I have alot of the decent weapons now so going to respec into some sort of bleed build
What's everyones opinion on the best way to go?
I got as far as the last three or four major bosses with the pinwheel weapon which was fun but so slow. I'm now back at the last boss wielding the Rivers of Blood Katana. I'd definitely recommend you use that or one of the other Katanas. Or even two if you're feeling it.
I'm still using the Bloodfang which might get me over the line. I've got a couple of back-ups in the works but most of my points are still getting spread between Vigor and Endurance. I throw a couple into Dex when I feel like I need it. I don't think the bleed from the weapon is popping as much as it did earlier. I've got something like 4 big bosses left.
Just picked up the rivers of blood katana so might swap to a bleed build soon.
I've made my way to castle sol killed commander Neil well my mimic killed him while I stood back and watched !!
Picked up another half of a secret madillion I didn't realise I had and ended up in the secret area concentrated snowfields.
This place is going to put me off snow for life.
I've finally found Castle Sol and looked up where to get the mimic tear. Almost took him out. Almost. Spent most of today trying to mop up any areas with bosses left in them. I'm level 120 now so it's not for the runes. 95 hours in. I might get this finished next week.
EDIT: Alright, I'm at the last boss now. Might polish some extra stuff off. I've found another area. Mimic Tear is ... taking the piss. :D
After spending 3 days on the final boss, I've got the Platinum trophy. On Journey 3, its health is astronomical so it was a relief to finally get it down to 0 and knock the game on the head. Will definitely come back for various mess about playthroughs with fists or whips or something, but after spending 269 hours with the game, I'm done. Any tips needed for certain end game bosses drop a message in here and I'll help if I can.
Even in my first run, I'm surprised that second phase is such a tank.
Stellar effort P3, I've just swapped from Strength to a arcane/dex rivers of blood build.
Can't get some of the talismans needed (due to me accidentally killing a giant blacksmith needed for one of the talismans) so had to make a few changes.
Went into the underground under the Capital city which the fat boys down there caused me grief to kill as strength to see if there was much difference...
Spammed L2 on the first dude I came across and his hp bar just vanished then I realised I HAD NOT even upgraded the Rivers if blood weapon😲
Went back to the blacksmith smacked it upto lvl 10 went over to the land of the giants, the fire giant I couldn't touch as strength I absolutely murdered.
Insane the difference in power between the two styles...
Credits rolled. I've left a couple of optional bosses because, frankly, I can't be arsed to travel to them. As much as I like the Dark Souls lore, I barely took any of that story in. I also don't think the bosses had any of those memorable moments. Like, I remember seeing Gwyn rush you for the first time, Ludwig's guiding moonlight speech, Ornstein and Smough getting ready to mess you up, Vendrick's reveal, etc. I don't get any of that in this. Maybe the Radahn stuff but this game seems really limited by repeating bosses.
Bloody good journey, though. Even if most of the stuff I grabbed wasn't relevant to my build, the open world made me want to discover shit. Even in 110 hours, I spotted the big pot in Caelid and got that thing done. Having enough levels, weapon upgrades, etc to give yourself a plan B is good and giving you an early-ish chance to respec does open up your options.
The Stats
Level 137
Vigor: 51
Mind: 10
Endurance: 46
Strength: 32
Dexterity: 47
Faith: 7
Intelligence: 10
Arcane: 20 (12 + the Tear helmet bonus)
111 hours.
Gear
The heaviest armour I could find. Lionel's set? The Giant Jar talisman meant I could mid-roll that. I pivoted to the Rivers of Blood once I realised the DPS was going to pay me back more than the Bloodfang. The Brass Shield +24 did enough to hold back attacks. And had some health regen on successive attacks to keep me from popping flasks as much.
Agree with you there Shindig. The sheer amount of bosses kind of dilutes the impact of them lore wise, Bloodborne I spent hours watching the lore videos.
Elden ring even i when I've finished the last few bosses I really don't feel connected to it other than its an amazing open world huge game.
I'll definitely go into new game so I can complete all the quests and get the platinum though.
Think I've killed every boss besides
Maliketh
Hoarah
DragonLord Placidusax
LichDragon Fortissax
Godskin Duo
Astel of the Void
And the final boss.
Think I'll kill all them before I start new game plus so all the trophies are done just focus on the quests and weapon trophies in the next playthrough.
The chariot tip about halfway through here is super cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLLofrwRlBg
Off the top of my head, I missed:
Melania, Placidusax, Mohg, Fortissax, Fell Twins?, Fia's Champions. Probably some more but the fact they show up at different locations makes me wonder. I didn't take on many Death Birds, either.
My second character is basically the first one minus the intent to use the same weapons. Axe to start with until I get Moonveil or something else that has status effect goodness. And no summons this time.
I'm about to give up on this, not even coming close to defeating The elden beast..
Equip a load of holy damage negation gear and spells and you’ll be fine.
I'm still nowhere close to finishing this :D Currently at Altus Plateau after switching back to FIFA a bit more recently. Does feel like I've hit a point where I need to level up a bit (currently in the early 70s) with a level 13 ish katana/Samurai build
If you are really struggling and just want to beat it, move on and don't mind a re-spec then you could track down a spell called Pest Treads which does immense damage to it. You need Faith for it and I think it also gets boosted by a high Strength. If you also pick up the Black Flame spell, you can beat Radagon very easily with that and your Mimic will have more health going into the Elden Beast.Quote:
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Yeah, I got it done with the mimic and holy damage negation. I ended up coasting the final phase when I finally crossed the line.
I'm having more trouble against the final boss than any so far, I'm lucky if Radagon goes down before I'm down to my last few hp potions and my mimic is on its last legs..
I've got quite a few Laval tears so think I'll give your advice a go P3.
Kinda give up on rivers of blood working against The Elden Beast.
Watched some dude on YouTube take the boss apart using the scavenger curved blades
Copied his build
80 arcane the rest in hp and stamina.
Spent a few hours killing the skeleton that drops them, maxed them out switched them to occult put the bloodless war ash on them, donned the highest holy damage resistant gear I had.
Stood at the entrance to the boss battle followed the buff/potion switch of head piece bollocks.
I stood before Radagon confident that I was going to one shot the mother fucker.
I walk into the mist screen loads, wife walks into the bedroom with kids following her all hell breaks loose I can't see what's going on
Wife walks out of room leaving me alone with the words "you died" mocking me on the screen..
Found my way to the rune grinding spot with all the fishhead guys and the suicide bird so I'm up to level 125 now. Was getting a bit bored of my bleed/katana build so now have a few more options to mix in some magic and try some different weapons. Next on my list is Mohg, after I croaked Varre, the little weasel. Really want to try out his Sacred Spear
Been busy with work so haven't had time to have another crack at elden beast until tonight.
Covered my self in holy damage reduction gear and it's one of the easiest fights in the game.
Ending was a bit crap though, think I'll play through it again to see it all the quest lines I was totally oblivious to the first time round clear up the reminding trophies and go for the last two endings.
The Elden Beast is a properly rubbish final boss. Which is a shame.
When the DLC rocks up I might try a no summons run.
Aye, a proper anti-climax for a game that's not really hitting the heights of the others.
NG+ is such an odd thing. I'm expecting the difficulty to snap back at some point but I've just battered my way up to the endgame. At least it's a leisurely way to cross the other endings off.
Yeah, NG+ only got noticeably harder around the 4th or 5th run through and even then not that bad.
It's nice battering things that previously made you want to set fire to your games console.
Following a guide at the minute so I can complete as many NPC quests as possible on this run through also collect as many items as I can.
Although I forgot how quick I kill things now so Patches quest line is ruined as I killed him hitting him twice ..
It's amazing how much content I missed out on even in the starting areas now I'm using a walkthrough.
Definitely be hitting Platinum on this.
Fuck it, I'm finished. I've not got the drive to bother with the bosses I've missed and trophies. This is a good game once.
Still plugging away at this. Croaked Astel this evening so am pretty close to finishing off Ranni's quest. The Lake Of Rot can suck a fat one though
There's a load of areas I've not even been to yet though.
Lake of Rot is thankfully not very long. I hate how they plonk a boss in there whilst you're rotted. I deleted this the other day. Couldn't be bothered to finish the second playthrough. The back section just does not excite me.
DLC out tomorrow :|
Looks like co-op + PVP focussed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3gvvJ8JHs4
Yeah, not really what I come to these games for.
The main DLC announcement is expected at the game awards Thursday isn’t it? Not really into the pvp side of the Souls games.
Ok - It. Is. Done. :cool:
Finished it at Level 236 with 231 hours played. Mostly stuck with katanas throughout (Uchi, Moonveil, Nagakiba) with a few others mixed in and some spells/incants. Was pretty completionist (hence why it took me since March :cab:) but there's still a few odds n' ends I need to knock off. Will mooch about levelling up and tying off the loose ends in prep for the DLC.
Overall, it's a phenomenal game. I think it's just behind Fallout 4/Skyrim in my all-time favourites but it's easily right up there as a masterpiece (it's arguably "better" than the Bethesda games but I just like them a little more). If you haven't played it you are seriously missing out on a gaming experience.
To nitpick a few gripes: the lore is fantastic, although definitely they could do a better job explaining things (like don't give every character the exact same fucking name), some of the controls are a bit wonky and there are some weapon types they seem to completely ignore every patch (hi bows) but these are all small irks rather than anything major.
A year on from when I first started this masterpiece and I've started again. This time, I want to finish the game without using the spirit summoning bell. Up to level 31 now and taken care of Margit.
Any particular build?
I started really liking the Holy weapons towards the end of the game
It absolutely is the greatest game of all time. I've started again with a Colossal Weapon build.
I've gone for power stancing two standard swords, one with a blood Ash of War on it and the other with a holy effect. Might mix it up as I go through though.
I started again with the intent of doing the NPC quests. I fucked that early on and have decided just to do a summonless all bosses run. Two runes down after 17 hours but I've spent the last couple wandering about trying to remember where stuff is.
I bought the first part of the guide the other day. It's fucking beautiful. Get on it Yev.
https://i.ibb.co/sjh5NdN/20221129-120023.jpg
That does look luverly.
Finally got the game and started with a Confessor, just because the look intrigued me if I'm totally honest. I'm only a few hours in but it's been a great experience so far (and I am not generally a fan of the Souls type of game).
That said, I do wish all the developers that make this style of game just eventually decide to get rid of some quirks that offer nothing to the game. Why can I not compare gear? Why do I not get tooltips on statuses? Why does autolock just randomly switch to that rabbit far off in the distance midfight?
Spirit summons do really trivialize a lot of the fights don't they? I am thinking of starting a new game and skipping that mechanic entirely (along with just doing a few things better now that I got more of an idea), since I'm still only like 10 hours in or so.
They do indeed. I'm on a current playthrough not using them and things are much more satisfying so far.
I keep getting an increasing amount of these videos popping up in my Youtube recommended and they're starting to piss me off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3ytzvWqqn4
Now fair play to him for one-shotting Maliketh, but what in the fuck is he actually doing and what impact is each action having? I thought you could apply four different types of buffs, yet he's stood there for an absolute age doing all types of shit.
Finished the game:
https://i.gyazo.com/26adf9723092390b...3e0ea37188.png
114 hours it took me.
I killed most of the bosses I reckon, bar some of the birds and cavalry (just killed whichever of those I stumbled upon). Open world games are my jam so I explored every little nook and cranny really. I started with uchigatana dual-wielding, then transitioned to bloodhound fang early-ish on with a sort of quality build and stuck to it with a few exceptions (I think I killed maybe 10ish, mostly lesser, bosses with a colossal weapon where breaking their stance looked like the way to go). I don't remember what level I was but whenever I encountered Elemer I had some trouble and I decided to swap to a light load build for the better dodge. I ended up oneshotting him after that and just kept the same setup from there on out. Eventually I went even further with something like 14 load, with the blue dancer charm for damage. I also used no summons at all since in my first playthrough, which I abandoned after 10 hours or so, it felt like they trivialize a lot of the fights.
Obviously the game is incredible and up there with the best of them but I do have some issues:
- Since exploring everything is my thing, I ended up overlevelling a lot of the bosses even though I did 0 rune farming. Maybe it's a me thing, but it did somewhat "ruin" (for want of a better word, I still had a blast) the experience for the first half of the game. It got better when levels started mattering less, but it really showed as I barely struggled in any of the story bosses. Apart from Maliketh, which took me I would say around 40 tries, every other major boss was below 20 tries, with most of them below 10. One-shotting Morgott and Fire Giant was a bit of a letdown. I do know that they've been tuning the bosses though, like Radahn and all the duo fights, where they made them easier.
- I do like the whole lack of hand-holding in this game, but I do wish that there was a bit more info on the questlines, rather than seemingly just stumbling upon an npc's new location. It's actually no surprise that the Ranni ending is the one most people have completed, since it's the best designed questline, both in terms of story but also in terms of it being easier to follow.
- That's more of a generic complaint with gaming, but there's something to be done with massive bosses. Fighting a lot of the dragons, Elden Beast and any of the Tree Spirits that were inside dungeons was a real pain in the ass and a subpar experience at times.
In terms of individual bosses, I thought Radagon was a great boss, as was Maliketh, although I do have to say that the latter took me a lot of tries to actually figure out his patterns, since the animations were all a bit same-y.
I don't mind overpowering the bosses because they move at a speed you simply can't. And yes, massive bosses are a pain to fight. Maliketh was a pain in my arse for how quickly and spasmodically he'd string attacks together.
I like the Radahn fight. It doesn't feel cheap to summon for that fight and I feel the spectacle is worth it. There's very few fights in that game I'd get out of bed for. From have done better elsewhere and Elden Ring misses that kind of focus. The world design goes up a notch whilst the bosses become a bit of a mush.
Radahn didn't do much for me, I'd have mostly preferred him not to be on a horse because he does a lot of rings around you as is. He does have one of the most cinematic entrances in that intermission though.
Ah, but it's a normal sized horse and he's not a normal sized man.
Oh ye it was a spectacle for sure, I'm talking more mechanics-wise I guess. He does a lot of movements that feel unnecessary.
I've also started watching these and they are hilarious. I've been following that guy since he started doing those animations for Warcraft and he never misses the mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSyRf8rAjTs&list=PL0QrZvg7QIgpCbON63OPDLhE tNKBXvWPn
When you say "one shot" do you mean 1 try? Or 1 attack?
Did you get to Malenia?
One try. Malenia took me about I'd say 15 tries, but I was very gung-ho in my approach. I noticed it was very easy to stagger her so I played very aggressive, resulting in some very fast deaths, but I killed her the second time I got to second phase.
I actually started a new playthrough (I don't really like ng+ concepts to be honest), with the intention of playing as a mage, and the early game feels very boring compared to melee. I would say it also feels easier, even spamming the one spell for the most part, but it would be an unfair comparison since I'm more experienced in the game.
Glintstone Pebble?
Yes. The only real alternative early doors is carian slicer and/or the rapier, but then you're back to sort of being melee. The rest of the glintstone projectile spells seem kinda crap (though the arc is a lot of fun for big crowds) and the glintstone greatsword one that Rogier sells has the longest wind-up in recorded history. It was similar with incantations, but you get access to more of them from the get-go.
All that said, I expected the second playthrough to be much less fun for me since I cleared most of the game in the first go and you don't quite have the same sense of adventure/exploration, but it's still a lot of fun.
You can get Rock Sling pretty early too I think, and it's pretty handy
Expansion announced :drool:
https://twitter.com/ELDENRING/status...103734274?s=20
Today is a good day 🤤Quote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
Pllaying dark souls 3 on the ps5 at the minute but might bin that save and start this all over again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z52pRB5qIPY
Yet more balance changes coming. It's just ridiculous at this point.
The latest update has somehow wiped hours of progress from my save game. As far as I can tell, I've lost at least 12 levels, and have been pushed back to before my last respec, several bosses and untold hours of exploration ago.
Fecking bollocks.
I'd been banging my head against the Fire Giant for a while, anyway, the massive ginger cunt, but I doubt I'll go back to it now. It's a daunting thing of a game, at the best of times, without now trying to figure out what I have and haven't done at the point the save has reverted to.
What a game, though.
That guys easy to cheese in like 2-3 tries if you know the tactic.
Finally got back into this and currently attempting a no summons run. Commander Niall is a bad man.
I never actually ended up playing this with summons even though I've gone through it 3 times (for the platinum achievement). I remember struggling in my first encounter with the Misbegotten boss thingy in that castle in the south and then easily one-shotting it once I discovered that summons were a thing. I just started a new save after that, as it felt unrewarding.
What are you struggling with on Niall? Is it the summons or Niall himself?
Misbegotten was alright for me. I just waited for the jump attack and then got my hits in. Naill brings in a phantom or something, doesn't he? Not a fan of bosses that do that. It works if the main boss decides to hang back and whilst the other one goes on the offensive but not if their AI's are independent of one another.
Yeah, Niall. Can take his summons out quite easily but he's such an aggressive mother fucker I struggle to stay alive once he's on his own and he starts going for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adramelch
It was my first boss in my first souls game, hence the struggle. Which actually made him a great introductory boss as he has punishing but very telegraphed attacks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
Niall starts with two phantoms, one of which is that bastard that's dual-wielding. All three are very easy to kite though and Niall himself is very passive in that phase. If memory serves me well, in my dex save where I was playing bloodhound fang, I think I sort of ignored the phantoms and just whittled Niall down until he phased and despawned the phantoms. On a mage the phantoms were easy pickings but I had to be more careful in his second phase as some punishment opportunities are too short for most spells.
@Yev: I think he's one of the prime examples where you just need to stop trying to punish and just learn his moveset. Strafing is also really helpful on this fight.
Yeah, think he's as clear a case of 'git gud' as there is. Parked him for now and went through the Subterenean Shunning Grounds instead, taking out little Mohg and doing some annoying but rewarding platforming.
Elsewhere I'm up to the Fire Giant but don't want to progress that just yet as as soon as I beat him the temptation to light the fire and progress to Farum Azula will be too great to resist and it'll fuck a few quests I have on the go.
Which reminds me, let's call a spade a spade on that, they're absolute dogshit. I know we all had a circle jerk at the time due to no map markers and quest logs (lol Ubisoft etc.), but the game absolutely does have those things, you just have to use the Wiki to find them.
They are yeah. I'm fine with no markers and the more cryptic style, but at least give me a journal that has the discussions I've had with the npcs (in a sort of RDR style). Expecting the player to remember all of that and/or write it down is a bit too much.
Love it or hate it that's been the From way all the way back to King's Field tbh. They were never gonna change it, and I can see why a lot hate it, but it's just part of their USP.
Still the best game ever made.
Lies of P handily marks the bonfire locations when an NPC quest progresses.
I think they realised themselves that it doesn't lend itself well to a game of this size, hence all the markers in the game now for merchants and other NPC's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
I think its more this brought more non-From fans to the table and they listened to the feedback. The 'hardcore' (shudder) don't care.
Niall down. :cool:
Watched a bit of your stream Yev, using my fav weapon. It's so fucking good. Have you overlevelled again to about 450?
Haha. I am the Elden Lord again, 159 this time with no summons. Didn't do much grinding bar when I didn't want to waste a pile I was sat on, there are just so many runes in the game when you do a fair bit of the side stuff.
Now for Melania. :eyemouth:
DLC trailer out today. 3pm UK time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLZenOn7WUo
Well, I guess I'm reinstalling that.
Story trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uT8wGtB3yQ
Usual incomprehensible wibble. We'll need to wait for Vatividya's breakdown, as per usual
Yeah, I grow tired of the lore bollocks. And the bosses have become more about combat prowess rather than "GUYS, I'VE GOT A DUMB BUT MEMORABLE IDEA!"
Amazing how you can fill three minutes with absolutely nothing.
Its got me moist ya miserable cunts.
I still want a character for Shadow of the Erdtree, even if I might never pick it up. Starting from scratch is a pain in the arse. I seem to have found very few bosses I can actually take on so I ran to Caelid and offed Greyoll. Didn't make much of a difference. :moop:
Every boss is a jumpy twat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JugxpebuS_E
Sadly I'm swamped at work and I'll be away this weekend so I won't be playing it anytime soon. Been planning to get a new pc soon(ish), so I might as well just wait for that I guess.
Well, a code's come in so I'm stuck trying to get a character ready for it. :moop:
Day 1: 11 hours in. One shard bearer down but I'll open up the magic ... palace place for Rennala. I'm probably alright to blast through Caelid for Radahn. I have never beaten Mohg which will be the last obstacle to the DLC.
Anyone bothered with this yet? Can't put my finger on why but I just can't be arsed.
EDIT: Missed your edit Shinners. Be curious to hear how you get on when you get levelled enough.
I am desperately trying to get to Mogwyn Palace for the farming spot. Rennala and Radahn are down and I've got the mimic tear. Although I'm 90 levels off the recommended levels for the DLC. :D
What I've heard is the DLC is (unsurprisingly) very difficult. It has it's own levelling system to prevent people grinding past which ... I'm not okay with.
How does that last bit work?
I believe there's seeds you grab that do something to the scaling.
One boss away from Mogwyn Palace. I fucking hate Naill. Luckily you can still snipe him with arrows outside the boss room. Good.
I'm in after 38 hours. I did beat Naill the dishonest way after realising I'd need 140 arrows to beat him. I think I sent him to sleep with Trina's arrows by mistake and had to run in to finish the fight. I got bored of grinding the rolly-poly lads at Mogwyn's Palace and beat Mohg easy enough to unlock the DLC. I'm at level 109, way under the recommended 140 but I'm not sure if that matters.
Primarily because I've encountered the levelling system in Erdtree:
- Damage taken in Shadow of the Erdtree seems massive. I can die in two hits at 49 vigor. To mitigate this, you find Scadutree blessings which effectively tip the scales back in your favour. I've found a couple and it'll probably be a while before I feel a difference. You also get blessings for your ash summons because they're also weakened over here.
So that's where the difficulty complaints seem to stem from. In short, I'm a glass cannon. I could possibly level past the problem but I'd rather press on until I'm completely brick walled. I died to the first boss I found but I was doing okay damage. The world itself looks gorgeous. You're started off in a wide-open plain that really hammers home scale very well. It's made a decent first impression on me but I'm suspicious of the disconnect between publication reviews (10/10's) and user reviews being more scathing.
I'm not suspicious at all. Some of the complaints I've seen have been people saying they refuse to use summons, the Scadutree things etc, then moaning its too hard. Or people pissing and moaning cos they're rushing bosses with no explanation. Also its the first 'huge' Fromsoft game which is drawing newer players in as well. Their DLCs have always upped the challenge.
Performance I get, but I use a fix on PC, means I have to play offline, FOV and FPs unlocker on a 4090 and its buttery smooth. Ready to dive in tomorrow, pure STR. 70 vig, 40 mind, 70 end, 80 str.
My boy:
https://i.ibb.co/WH9Yskw/a.jpg
Get you with your matching armour set. :(
Yeah, their DLCs have done well to instil a little bit of fear back into the game. I've just ran through (minus the boss) the first legacy dungeon and it had a nice element of risk to it. Enemies that are easily doable but can take me out in 2-3 hits. I kill almost everything en route and end up with 112k runes. Considering my little ramshackle build with shite talismans and a +7 shield or some shit, I'm quite happy with that. :D
In terms of the stats that matter, I'm 50 Vigor, 38 Dex, 26 Strength or something, 40 Endurance. Bloodhound Fang is maxed out. I want to wear Lionel's full set instead of just the hat and trousers. :D
Oddly that's not a full set :D The helmet for that set is horrific though so used another.
Good to know it has a proper sense of scale. Couldn't resist and loaded in for the first ten minutes or so. Holy shit. First enemy - five flasks :D
You're dragging me in gents. :drool:
If you do be warned level means fuck all. It's basically back to level 1. DLC has its own system for levelling. Even with 70 vigor I can get 3/4 shot. Its bastard hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Sounds perfect. It would have been dogshit if you could just rock up with a character from the base game and steam roll your way through it.
And I'm confident there'll be a way to make it much easier within the DLC itself.
Ah yeah there will be some broken stuff already.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
I do want to say though it is fucking gorgeous, and the complexity of the map is insane. You can see areas all over the place and its kinda like a puzzle how to get there. Stupidly huge for DLC too.
Okay, this map is way more open than I thought. Found my way to two more areas.
First 'major' boss down. Some fight that jesus. Still absolutely in love with big hammer smash. This is amazing.
I've beaten one major boss and about 6 other small ones. I should get a move on but I want more tree fragments. I'll say this: The layout of the map is shit. Fragments don't appear at locations you can intuit, unlike everything else in Elden Ring. They feel placed at random rather than a journey you're supposed to be retreading. There's a lot of verticality to the world but getting into new areas usually requires a clumsy fiddle. In the base game, I'm decent at reading the map in terms of plotting a course. Here, it's a lot less straight forward.
The sub dungeons are cool, though. A lot less copy-pasted catacombs in favour of more bespoke locations. Elden Ring needed that.
I love the structure of the world, its like a puzzle. Had no issue finding fragments, think I'm at level 5 for each.
11 for me. 5 for my summons and horse. I've visited what many consider to be the last boss. It didn't go well.
EDIT: The last area is a genuine cunt. Heavy hitters with spells that can ping you from miles away. Disgusting. I'm now level 156 though. 16 blessings, 8 for the summons.
EDIT 2: Alright, that staircase of death is out of my life. I have a verdict on this thing. It's alright. Lots of new stuff but the lack of proper, proper dungeons is a bit shit.
@Yevrah Giant Crusher, respec into Pure STR and END and VIG. Win the DLC. Do it lad. Enjoyed watching you v Death Knight.
When you tried fat rolling lol
Haha, cheers DS.
I'll post my thoughts later, but suffice to say doing it on New Game + is proving to be a mistake.
Completely forgot about the stamina bar when fighting the guy in the mausoleum. :face: As soon as I remembered, he crumbled.
I've still not beat the last boss. I may scrap Mimic Tear because I don't have a window to spawn him. As soon as I'm through the door, it's ON. I'm mainly using this save as a chance to mop up some trophies now.
Your no dodge stand there tank everything R2 build is intriguing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
L2, but I get the point. If that claw hammer move works on a boss you can basically do it ad infinitum until they die, as long as you manage the stamina, which is the key bit I was forgetting due to using a dodgy controller that I thought was the problem rather than my in game management. :cab:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Soldier
Hit them, they fall over, time it so you strike again as soon as they stand up and then they stagger and you go to town on a critical.
That works with the base R2 as well basically mate on the hammer. Stagger is stupidly OP in the DLC.
I did notice that. Like it was to compensate for the player coming in one or two hits from death. I typically had the stamina to keep smacking.
I'm about 6 hours into this now and I can't lie to myself any longer, I'm bored.
It's basically more of the same and I should therefore be loving it but I'm not and I think I've pinpointed it to these reasons:
The World is not as good as Elden Ring and it's not even close. Ok, so I haven't seen all it has to offer yet, but I've seen nothing like stepping out onto Hyrule Field or exploring through Stormveil castle. What I have seen are just sub-standard knock offs of those and other things, washed in shit colour grey. There's bit where things brighten up, but you then proceed to spend most of the time underground.
Runes are now basically pointless. You're already a high level, the whole thing revolves around how many Scadutree fragments you can find and as a result, the wondrous sense of progression that was there in the base game is gone.
The weapon upgrade system. It was shit in the first place, but this DLC takes a lantern to it and reveals it for what it is in all its ugly glory. The game throws new weapons at you thick and fast, but you need to go through the tedious upgrade grind for each and every one of them for them to be anything other than functionally useless. I don't want to be doing that - I want to be rewarded for exploration or killing a boss with a weapon I can use now. Worse still, if you haven't saved any Ancient stones (or found any in the DLC) you can't even upgrade the new weapons you find to be on the same level as the ones you already have. It's dumb as it leans you into relying on weapons from the base game and that just isn't what DLC content should be about. I want new, shiny arse kicking shit, ready to use from the get go.
These things might sound like small gripes, but they were such fundamental mechanics of the gameplay loop in Elden Ring the game feels brutally exposed without them. It'd be alright if the level design, World and monsters had had a refresh, but alas that's barely the case either with Far Cry style re-skins of open areas and a paint job on the dungeons (with fucking re-used enemies again) so you're left with the base game design but worse and very little of the RPG/progression stuff that made the original so rewarding.
While I've stayed away from spoilers I did clock that there's been a lot of noise about the difficulty, which FromSoft must have been loving, as it's taken the focus away from the actual problems with it. It is clearly harder than the base game but not to the point where that's a problem and I'm confident it won't be as soon as you've collected the appropriate level of fragments for the boss you're facing.
The 8/10 (shock of the new, every cunt does it :D) I gave it is looking dafter every minute. I gave that largely on the new gear. Of that, there's plenty. In terms of everything else, it's spread very thin.
I'd genuinely give it 6/10, maybe even 5/10 vs. the 10/10 Elden Ring deserved, it's just poor in comparison, so far at least anyway. Which is another problem, in that I don't even feel that inclined to bother to see if it does get better, which is a remarkable turnaround from the base game.
What's this Elden Ring Nightreign all about then?
It's like a Co-Op Fortnite Elden Ring if I've understood correctly.
Fromsoft's version of Fallout 76 then?
As you were. Couldn't get my head around it being a shrinking map like Fortnite. What a weird idea.
Elden Ring with time pressures just isn't what I'm after. And the fact it doesn't scale for solo players.