Is Elden Ring a good "first" Souls game?
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- čas přidán 25. 03. 2022
- I’ve never played a Dark Souls game, but here I am, reviewing Elden Ring. At least I’m not four years late like I was with Breath of the Wild!
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Fight Against a Stronger Monster - Super Mario RPG
Main Theme - GTA III
Main Theme - Elden Ring
Great Grey Wolf Sif - Dark Souls
In Broad Daylight - Chibi-Robo
During the Exams - Persona 3
Splashing Around - The Green Orbs
SUPER-REFLEX - Megalomachia2
Sky Dance - Pyre
Mad Space - Sonic Adventure 2
Cocoa Cave - Kirby Super Star
Sound Test - Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Aeolic Guardian - Musashiden 2
Ancient Dragon Lansseax - Elden Ring
Game Over - Super Mario World
The Realm Within - Genshin Impact
Can You Really Call This A Hotel - Undertale
Piranha Plant’s Lullaby - Super Mario 64
Inazuma - Genshin Impact
You’ve Got Me - VA-11 HALL-A
Meteor Herd - Sonic Adventure 2
#EldenRing - Hry
after reading various comments about how george r.r. martin really likes turtles, i would like to humbly apologize for assuming he didn't come up with the big pope hat turtle
Can the big snake boss actually kill you ?
He used to keep turtles and role play fantasy imaging them as knights when he was a young kid.
@@treymtz tthat's really fucking cute
@@treymtz god damn now I'm interested in A Song of Ice and Fire, my friend has the entire series from a discount and now I'm expecting some turtle character in the book series.
*TORTOISES*
Actually since it has horseriding, crafting, collecting butterflies and getting magic from killing dragons, Elden Ring is in fact the Skyrim of Dark Souls games.
Yeah.
FUS RO DAAAHHHHH
True
There's also shouts.
When you shout at your screen out of frustration after suffering your 163rd death.
@@liculle or the beasts roar ash of war that lets you shout at enemies until they die
Don't always accept hugs from strangers... sometimes they come with a 5% health debuff until you use the item they gave you
Honestly, losing your health is a reasonable drawback for getting a hug in a FromSoft game.
Tbf tho that consumable she gives you gives a HUGE poise boost, so I'd say it's worth it if your planning on fighting a boss.
Ever seen Fia's character model? The 5% debuff is a small price to pay
Ohh so that's the red marker on my screen
🤣
One big thing about FromSoft games is that playing them makes you feel like an archaeologist, rather than a tourist. Their worlds feel dead, or dying (but in a good way).
It's something like stumbling upon a ghost town, with no inhabitants, only their possessions and the general state of the settlement affording a glimpse into its history
That's one small problem I had with the world. There was nothing except soldiers who wanted you dead. No town,, villages, settlements that were just filled with people trying to get by. The only settlements there were, housed people who for some reason, like everyone else, wanted you dead. It's a little off-putting. I hear everyone say the world is immersive and alive, but it's not, it feels dead or dying. A lot of it feels like it's there literally just to kill you (metal ball spawning from thin air to kill me on the side of a cliff). It feels like you're playing a very difficult game while being read a GOT type book(aka all the ruins and lore tidbits we find). I understand the land is in ruin after the Shattering, but I'm supposed to believe all the common folk are either rumps or soldiers who want me dead?
And that's the excuse you souls players tell yourself to explain the empty open world with nothing to do except fight random mobs over and over for 50 hours to gain enough XP to beat a boss that you found the location through looking at a Google guide.
@@mushroomarmy8802 I personally think that makes sense for a world like this though. I think the idea of the shattering was to be a catalyst for the many different powerhouses to take the center stage. In an increasingly hostile and dying world I feel it's more likely you will find more enemies. I personally felt it was a natural recourse for a dying world to lash out against something "guided by grace". Especially when that most of the world was spurned by it.
@@GameoftheYear-fx4mq better than tricking myself into thinking that GTA V golf will bring any form of fulfillment. It's just games bro.
@@nickgreenhow5513 you literally brought up a 10 year old game. If you want immersive worlds, look up the playstation exclusives, bunch of bangers there from Ghost of Tsushima to Last of Us and Horizon.
No playstation? Well on PC I'm playing Hitman 3 on game pass, Yakuza and more.
Elden Ring feels like that one really hard class that requires you to do a shit ton of work, but the teacher is a literal genius and so entertaining that you end up signing up for everyone of their classes.
thats def a way to put it
Every second of playing Elden Ring, including as I'm typing this, has made me feel like the prettiest girl at prom. Miyazaki has managed to fit so many poison swamps and bare feet in this one that Dark Souls is starting to look like the Elden Ring of Dark Souls games.
this is a loaded comment
Don’t forget the giant enemy crabs and basilisks
That's a lot to unpack....
What does this mean
WHAT DOES IT MEAN
@@frik.y Bare feet.
Funnily enough George RR Martin does have certain infatuation with turtles and he had many as pets even going as far as to say "turtles have always been my sigil, I suppose."
So it isn't out of line to think that he really wanted the big turtle with the pope hat.
if i am not wrong, he even had a turtle as a pet cuz dogs were not allowed
They are tortoises.....not turtles.
@@btchiaintkidding7837 so that is the reason why everyone put dog massage in every turtle in this game
@@RedSoul001 tortoises are turtles
Who doesn't want tortle pope
The way you've mentioned silence is spot on. It's a feature of the game rather than a lack of sound. Normally with quiet games (or open worlds in general) I listen to spotify in the background, but with Elden Ring not once did I feel the need to do that - or the want to. The audio is undiluted so when there is a sound, music, or a noise, it feels meaningful rather than being drowned away in a maze of racket. I think that's the best compliment to give this game: the world is so immersive you even soak in the silence
dude yeah I'm a spotify addict and there's not a lot of things I do without music on, but while playing elden ring I never even considered opening spotify which is pretty crazy, especially when I'd play for like 16 hours straight some days lmfao
I only listened to music while I was having trouble on a boss
Making the tediousness more bearable
Nah man, the limgrave soundtravk is so annoying
🤣🤣I feel the same way I usually listen to music when I play but on elden ring it feels like it gets in the way even tho elden ring is quiet and there's only the calm audio
Yeah I tend to put on music or a podcast too but everything is off while I'm playing this game
Elder ring is my first souls game. Sometimes it's pretty annoying to die over and over again, but i think that happens to the pros sometimes too. I love Elder ring and i think you don't have to play other souls games to understand how to play the game or to understand the story.
10/10 game
Yeah, people like lilaggy who stream souls games constantly die all the time to stupid shit lol, so one should never feel bad to dying to stupid stuff like that. You only have to beat the boss once to progress.
About the quest design, I love the fact that they don't feel like quests, but part of the world that you might have missed or choose to not do and that's ok, you don't have to do everything. I remember learning about the Dung Eater from other NPCs, then when I see him in the capital sewer I immediately pull out my sword and cut him down without progressing his quest, just because he's a shitty person.
I want him as a summon but selvis is dead
Ima keep him alive because of his name
@@sentientbiscuit1415 im not 😈
I was so afraid of what he'd do to the npcs in the world if I Iet him live. So I just killed him and took his stuff. No regrets! The world is a better place.
Oh wow I did the same!
I've had so much remorse killing ANY npc at all but this one... I killed at the first occasion I got.
I thought so! It was my first. 140 hours, beat main story, all field bosses, all shard bearers and secret bosses. I had a blast. I love the game. I haven’t gamed this much in years. YEARS. I had never put 140 hours into any game. And, I’ve got kids and work. I just love the game.
Malenia is trivialized when you spend 23h training to parry during the fight.
It took me 23h but now I can be named "let me parry her"
I mean for 23h I experienced true horror but it was worth it
but can you dodge waterfowl?
@@IWantAChocolatethere is no doding waterflow only running are praying it doesn’t hit
"The bosses keep attacking your corpse" At first I found that funny and weird because most boss in dark souls stop attacking after you're dead... Then I fought Malenia and saw her regen to full life on my corpse and I understood why the game was coded this way.
explain my dude
cause I for one do not understand the gist
@@stefgen6394 Malenia can regain health when she hits you. So since bosses hit you even after you die you could potentially just watch her regenerate her entire health bar after she kills you
@@Memory_of_Light lol she literally healed back even though your characters dead
what about dead souls
Next level teabagging
@@stefgen6394 Yakuza Dead Souls is a mess, but it's the first game where Majima is playable and has some of his best character moments
Wait, that's not what we were talking about?
I saw somewhere that said something like Miyazaki doesn't want to change the difficulty cuz he BELIEVES in us to overcome it. he's like a cool ass uncle or something, he pretty much knows we can be smart/strong and make it look easy😭
Man fck Miyazaki, put in the twin gargoyles, Godskin duo and did nothing about it. If by “cool unc” you mean the the weird hippie uncle that asks for a hit of your gunk weed to align his chakras or some shìt
Yeah he wants to build everyone up to the same skill level. Cool uncle is such a great way to describe him honestly 😂
I think he once said he wants every player to have the same experience, and that wouldn't be possible if they could lower the difficulty
people making the most bullshit build
I think that Elden Ring is in many ways probably the hardest Souls game in terms of enemy and boss design. But because of its non linearity, summons, and sheer amount of easily abusable strategies, it makes it (in my opinion) easily the most forgiving for new comers.
HUGE agree on the thing about silence. one of my favourite parts of this game's audio/visuals is how they knew when to have the soundtrack shut up and let the weight of the dialogue carry the cutscene instead of just INTENSE EPIC/SOMBRE MELODY
also i love how this game takes the idea of "it's only as hard as you want it to be" to the level it does. the other games it's like "there's maybe 2 other bosses you could try but they're probably harder than what you're dealing with now", which kinda leads you to just slamming your head against a wall
12:46 Well actually he's gone on many occasions expressing his deep love of turtles and you can often times see him wearing turtle stuff on his clothes. In a world thats heavily focus on life and death you bet he took full advantage to use turtles symbolically.
He literally has pet turtles! lol
Game of Thrones was inspired by stories he'd think up about his pet turtles, no?
you mean dogs?
@@facundodominguez1063 lmao yes, they did mean dogs. 😂😂 Fucking love the community
The amount of times I've gotten off of elden ring, and hopped back on because I happened to see someone online found a new weapon I'd never seen before and wanted is waaay too many and honestly I want it to keep happening, every time I think I found everything I find out there's more caves, or dungeons, or even weapons in a very niche area its a lot of fun
Yep, I am finally starting to watch the let's plays done by my favorite YTers now that I am far enough through the game, but unfortunately it makes me want to pause the video and boot my PS5 up again!
Same, I didn't realize the frost axe was in Liurnia until this vid and I'm all the way in the capital city
Y'all should check out the interactive map of you feel you've exhausted an area...it's nice to go back n snag stuff ya might have missed
That's been me yesterday after I took a long break from the game. I even discovered Yura and Patches by accident when I was looking for stuff to improve my Strength/Faith Build for my second character after respeccing the second one into Intelligence/Dexterity.
I really like that bit at 16:13, because it feels like the game's trying to say the opposite about itself. The final boss, Radagon, wants to keep things the way they are because trying to make the world a better place would violate his holy order. We proceed to curbstomp him and can make whatever changes we like afterward. That just seemed fun.
Feels weird seeing all the newcomers coming in. Dark fantasy is exactly why I initially bought demon's souls and was surprised it was made by my fav mech game studio (armored core). The sheer dedication put in by the team made such unique fights that made the cult classics gameplays been tweaked but pretty much the same. Absolutly crazy seeing the rise in one of my favorite games.
Looking at newcomers with pride when they beat their first boss is honestly just fun. Brings you back to your first souls experience years ago
Ah yes, I remember beating Gundyr for first time
Ah yes, i remember beating cleric beast for the first time
Ah yes, I remember beating soldier of godrick for the first time.
Ah yes, I remember beating Bloodhound Knight Darriwil for the first time
ahh yes Asylum Demon
Important trivia. In Demon's Souls the Cat Ring buff icon was a photograph of cat.
Great video. Looking forward to watching your other content
THE ABSOLUTE BEST MECHANIC IN THE GAME: Learning from your mistakes
I love hearing newcomers' experiences. Especially when it's really nicely thought out and explained like this video. It actually makes me really glad to see a lot of people broaden the community, and I love how a lot of newer people are coming to learn that the Souls difficulty is all in the intent and the world you're playing in. Though as you said.... it doesn't stop the vitriolic "discourse".
Exactly and what I love the most is that every, single, person that pushes through the initial struggle says the same thing. "It really isn't that bad" or "I was so discouraged by their reputation but once I got it, it was so much fun and not at all impossible and masochistic". I just wish that the people complaining about difficulty every time FromSoft realeases a game would listen to these people. It IS part of the core experience and it feels great to "get it" for the first time.
Exactly why I love having people play any soulsborne game it's that tough and rewarding game play that makes me never stop loving fromsoft and i fucking love seeing new players grow into dark souls veterans who are reminding me of things I forgot about
Discourse is an extremely generous way to put it lol.
@@christhe5614 - A friend brought me into the fold in 2016 with Bloodborne, then I brought others. It's a wonderful feeling, seeing people evolve as players and exchanging stories about different bosses and areas and what they were like with different builds and gear 😌
@@AlkisGD that's what it's all about
Elden ring was basically my first souls game. Now I’m started playing the other games and currently on the final boss on ds1
Highly suggest Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. It's FromSoftwares hardest game but also their best combat system. It's also very different from their other entries. Sword Saint Isshan is the best boss FS has ever created.
Plin plin plon
@@invadererc2365 dont think its the hardest, once you have figured out parrying its challenging but fun (like the other games)
the hardest bosses to me are in bloodbornes dlc
Manus or Gwyn?
Ds2 is a gem btw dont let anyone front on you
DS2 is basically Elden Ring but in it's alpha state
Oh and I loved this video - thanks for taking the time to make and post this!
Really nice video. Enjoyed laying back and relaxing while watching your video! Keep going, you're doing great!
Super hyped to hear you talk about Elden Ring. Since you're the "open world" guy XD
uh, *you're
@@rawmaw your'e
@@arthurmerkulov5904 um akshually it's u're
@@rawmaw aktchschualliye its юэ'р
Oh hey, didn't expect to see you here
Elden Ring was the game that finally pulled me away from Genshin. Thank God. My resin is capped and I don't care.
I pulled away from genshin 15 days prior to Elden ring release ( February 10 ). I still love the game but I've decided that if I have to love this game, it would be me playing it exploring not grinding alot. Gonna wait till they release Sumeru so that feeling of adventure would rush back into me just like how I felt t in September 2020.
I feel you brother, I stopped playing Genshin 3 months ago because it became a chore for me. It became a game for farming Primo/Items for new characters that I want instead of an actual adventure exploration game
The good ending
I pulled away from genshit after playing it for 6-7 months it became so fucking boring
Imagine playing Genshin, it’s just a shittier version of Breath of the Wild
intro is golden 💛 subbed
I don't know why your realization of the second tree sentinel fight was so funny to me, but I watched that part like 50 times it was too funny to me
Game's really fun for all skill levels as long as you're willing to look at all the tools and options you have and I really love it
Not perfect, of course, but the stakes to make the walk of shame shorter and an open world to give you options if you're stuck are really welcoming
This is my first souls game that I'm trying to finish and all my hours of playing it were worth it
Personally, I enjoy bloodborne the most out of all the souls games. The aggressive combat, environment, lore, trick weapons, and especially how they were able to fit lovecraftian horror into it that felt natural and sensible.
The gripes I have with it is that your healing items are limited, meaning you do have to farm for them if you run out, including bullets which is used in place of magic points. You also cant respect you level points.
Elden Ring is fun though. The bosses are difficult but not impossible. The open world environment is beautiful. If certain enemies are giving you trouble, you can cheese them (poison mist only costs 12 points in faith). Ashes can help make bosses easier if you play solo like me, and sorcery can make this game a joke. You just got to be willing to put time into grinding and learn from your mistakes
@@whatwhat98 - If you spend left over echoes on Blood Vials, you should have 600 at all times by mid game. And if you stop leveling at a meta level, you'll end up with more echoes than stuff to buy.
@Denis C - The exploration is unlike any other FromSoft game. They made the best open world I've ever experienced. Exploration was a reward in itself! If only Miyazaki could somehow forget the time he put in to develop the game and could enjoy it with us...
You Know he is honest about being lost when he talks about debuffs ans they're all buffs
I love that you font do scores keep doing that
Okay. That intro gunshot made me LOL pretty hard. Take my sub sir.
This is the first video game I've been completely obsessed with since I was in high-school. Maybe like 2011? Damn, Elden Ring is good.
Same here, man. And I’m in my late 30’s. Lots of newcomers playing this game that were never big gamers.
As a newcomer, I can say that From Software nailed making a game for newcomers like me.
Literally one my favorite games of all time now.
They nailed the open world aspect, and the combat is challengingly fun.
It also has incredible art direction, so that's a plus
Did you finish the game? I found the enemy scaling at the end to be awful
I really wish you could Play as a Vampire
@@khailils446 only for elphael.
@@khailils446 not really
@@khailils446 I feel this game offers less of direction of the previous games. Having played the previous 3 titles, I knew which stats I wanted to go for and when to upgrade what. Progression is a lot more linear. Generally if you felt you were being outscaled in this game you either had to explore further in a different part of a past area, or head to respec your stats and adjust/change your build
Currently playing with a high strength and endurance build, swinging the massive guts sword and now with a massive spiked greatshield too, all without fatrolling now thanks to pumping endurance, strength, and vigor and not a whole lot else so far. it's a rewarding playstyle.
The downside is that your attacks are very slow and thus faster bosses need a very careful judgement on when exactly to attack so you don't get interrupted mid swing and comboed to death.
However the massive weapon swings also deal incredible damage per hit and break poise quickly, meaning NOT being hit and interrupted too much is so much more rewarding, and successful guard counters are amazing.
Elden Ring is by far the best game I have gotten in a long time, I normally spend $50 on a game then play it for five hours and move on, but with Elden Ring I keep getting pulled back for more, customization, unique battles, exploration and more.
Once after clearing a dungeon, i had an insane number of runes on me, but not enough to level up.
Considering that if i die, i will loose them anyway, i decided to go to the merchant i found some time ago to spent them. Going to his location at night though, i was surprised he was nowhere to be found, and a few seconds after, a boss health bar appeared with the name "bell bearing Hunter".
That was one of the most terrifying experiences i've had in my recent videogame history.
(I play a lot of horror games as well, witch makes it even more impressive)
Definitely a game of the decade for me.
That's exactly how I discovered the nighttime exclusive bosses
Every time I have nearly enough runes to level up I just go to the war masters shack and slay giants for 1k runes each until I have enough.
I think I know which one you're talking about. That boss took me 3 and half hours to beat! When I beat him I was so excited and proud of myself but also so exhausted I immediately turned the game off without even looking at the items he gave me. I just wanted to rest
@@Mustafao300 huh, I was super overleveled when I fought him so I got him first try.
@@supercomputer0448 There are 4 bell-bearing hunters. Limgrave, Liurnia, Leyndell outskirts, and by far the hardest one in north Caelid.
Just to add my 2 cents: The role of difficulty in Dark Souls games is one of the great misunderstandings of our times. Just as in Elden Ring, dying is just part of the game play loop. It shows you: This is a challenge, now find a solution. And the game always gives you the tools to do so. Getting really good at the controls is just one way, but everyone can beat Dark Souls (or Elden Ring). Dark Souls, especially Dark Souls 1 is a BIIIIG rcommendation for everyone new to the genre who likes Elden Ring.
I actually wouldn't recommend Dark Souls 1 to a complete newbie. I tried it, could not beat the Asylum Demon, and gave up. Then came back after beating Dark Souls 2. Dark Souls 2 and Bloodborne would be my two picks for first Souls game. You get a full level to learn the mechanics before you need to beat a tough boss
@@carrot708 this takes the cake for the most terrible take I've seen in a while
@@rolfo728 If 98% of people would keep going and find the room on their own, then I am in the 2% stupidest and worst potential dark Souls players ever.
And I've beaten every game in the series
@@carrot708Dark Souls 2 sucks ass on so many levels
My goal is to at least finish Elden Ring (35 hours in), Bloodborne and Dark Souls 1 so i can safely say that i know what Soulsbornes are. Tbh i would never have touched those games if it wasnt for their incredible lore and tone.
dude your outro music gave me sonic adventure 2 flashbacks, thank you.
your videos are just to good goddamn
This just goes to show that if you make your game good enough, everyone will like it.
The moment when I get into this game and play over 100 hrs and seeing someone else play and they're somewhere I've NEVER seen before lmao
Yeah literally happenned after my first two playthroughs and like 200 hours in the game, like their were dungeons and items i had literally no idea existed, even after liberal use of the wiki on my second playthrough
I kinda felt like that when I was around 60 hours in and found the 4 belfries for the first time and discovered crumbling farum aluza and realized how massive the map was. That and Juno Hoslows marker for the volcano manor quest
This is my first ever souls game and it’s an amazing game. The community is helpful and welcoming and the difficulty (so far) isn’t bash my head against a wall hard. Even when I die it feels like it’s my own fault and never feels like the game screwed me over.
Impressive you didn't get the git gud treatment but I guess that applies more to dark souls
@@julesbellet1449 Honestly I think the “git gud” crowd is slowly getting phased out as time goes on. Ofc it still exists but I think people are realizing how cringe it is so the toxic assholes usually get a lot of shit.
Lmfao you died? Get gud you pathetic peasant
So many times I’ve died, but it was my own fault because I got greedy trying to kill a boss. It’s the moments when you know the boss is only 2 hits away from being beaten, so you try to spam attacks only to get wrecked from their chained attack or get stance broken and not get away from them.
Really liked this video, keep making this stuff
I do have to say, Elden Ring is the Cuphead of the Souls-Like genre.
Especially because of all the game devs and journalists that are salty about it.
@@ShadesoffosedahS almost everybody gave it 9s and 10s tf are you on about
@@kyotow7388 A couple weeks ago a BUNCH of game devs and journalists (mostly ubisoft devs tbh) took to twitter getting salty and baby-raging over how minimalist Elden Ring's UI is and how little the game explicitly tells you. And like, fair is fair, critique is valid and people have different tastes, and different games require different UIs and user experiences, but their critique was so absolutely salty and tastless that you could tell they were just absolutely livid at Elden Ring having so much success lol. Not to mention the critique isn't really valid considering it's an artistic choice that works well for the game.
@@Excession ok, I didn’t see that but I don’t have Twitter anymore. What about cuphead? I wasn’t really around at the time but I only know about the tutorial situation, did people hate on it? I thought it was pretty much unanimously loved
@@kyotow7388 It wasn't hated at all, people blew a few not fully positive comments out of proportions and invented themselves a guy to be angry at.
Case I point is that ONE article that talked about the game's artstyle, and how a majority of the shorts from the time period the game specifically draws reference from were basically entirely about insulting and making fun of black americans; the article was about how far can you really distance yourself from a racist inspiration, which is a discussion worthy of having, but many took it and lamented that Everyone is calling Cuphead racist
you know what? as a souls veteran I wanna now see an elden ring player take on older from soft titles. because elden ring might have a lot of stuff, but it definetly doesn't have everything darks souls, bloodborne and sekiro offered. must play games if you enjoyed elden ring.
bloodborne and sekiro are definitely the ones i'm most interested in checking out now
@@yakkocmn hell yeah Bloodborne is a masterclass in atmosphere and quick blood pumping combat and sekiro is a totally different experience more akin to tenshu, for honor and assassin's Creed but don't shy away from dark souls 3, It has one of the best boss rosters in all games.
@@yakkocmn Nothing beats playing Bloodborne for the first time and Sekiro's combat system is a work of art!
I will say that I gave the other Souls games (and Bloodborne) a fair shot... and I really don't like them. I genuinely tried but those games are not for me.
@@darienb1127 they are niche titles, don't worry about it.
love the review
I just want to say; this is one of my favorite videos. Thanks
I love how you have perfectly understood what makes this game and the series amazing, I have no doubt you will play the rest of the series cause they are unreal
14:14 I mean, I literally stopped playing Genshin the moment I went into the first dungeon. I saw a door and a lever in front of me and thought, "I bet that lever opens the door." Then Paimon, Sage of All Worldly Wisdom tells me to fucking try the lever because it might open the door. I do not want my hand held in an open world game. Hell, I don't want my hand held during any game. I will take advice when I want it, but I do not want it constantly enforced on me, and that is what I love best about both ER and BotW.
Newcomer here, too. I do think having maybe something that notes down info you learn about the NPCs (or just a log of the dialogue) would be very helpful. Not everyone even has paper these days, and the character clearly remembers what was said, so if you put the game down for a few days (or you meet an npc after dozens of hours in-game) you can look at that without going to the wiki (which heavily breaks immersion and is full of spoilers).
Plus, sometimes you miss a line or 2 for whatever reason, so a text log is always a nice option.
A WORD DOCUMENT. A GOOGLE DOCS. WRITING ON YOUR ARM. there are definitely more options then paper.
Not everyone has paper. Bro.
Goated vid bro great content keep it up
I like pointing out the satisfaction of “ENEMY FELLED” because to me as someone who’s played a bit of souls before it just didn’t hit quite as hard as “VICTORY ACHIEVED” or “PREY SLAUGHTERED”
I’m curious to see if someone would ever mod a souls game to make the “enemy felled” appear after ANY KILL. It’d be hilarious
@@nathanflinchum1153 oh god the gutter in dark souls 1 would be a nightmare
@@blink182sucks wasn’t gutter DS2? Or were you referring to blighttown?
@@nathanflinchum1153 I refer to early blight town and The depths as the gutter because they’re essentially the same place, but ds2 gutter might be worse 💀
@@blink182sucks as an invader, I loved thr gutter in ds2
One of the aspects of its intended obtuseness that almost no one talks about is the need to talk about what you've found and sharing this knowledge to the community. While some may not like needing to get information outside of the game, it really builds up the sense that you and others are working together to see a bigger picture.
The original Zelda game on the NES was meant to be like that. A game you talk with your friends about, each figuring out something else out until you finish it.
What a bullshit excuse to poor game design
@@Max-px5ym ok, but those games are considered some of the best. shadow of the colossus was considered purposefully obtuse and it had a MASSIVE community trying to find every last secret. Call of duty zombies (a game I loved from my childhood) is a lot like this too, atleast in terms of its “main quests”
I didn’t get the souls formula either, to be completely honest. I pushed through parts of ds1, the very first boss of ds3, got maybe a quarter of the way through sekiro, and put them all down because they’re hard as hell. Finally played elden rings and man I’ve never been hooked on a game this much or immersed this much since like, the Witcher 3. And that’s saying something, since it’s the Witcher 3.
@@jacksonneedham2792 The key here is balance between challenging mystery for die-hard fans and playability for everyday people who just want to immerse themselves in the game without the need to go online to solve a quest. This breaks immersion. Witcher 3 is head and shoulders above Elden Ring in that regard. And in many others, only combat does Elden ring do better in, to be honest.
YESSSS!!! This is what kept me playing at first as a player new-ish to FS. I love the community collaboration. I took bits and pieces of certain suggestions and put them together and did an int/arc build before it was cool. I helped a few of my friends with bosses. My husband and I would discuss things we found that the other hadn’t. We all moaned and groaned together about the Tree Sentinel. Like..man. It was awesome.
probably the best review i’ve seen
This is an excellent review, you the man Yakko
Elden Ring might steal a spot as one of my favorite games of all time.
If Elden Ring grabbed you by the neck and held you there lovingly, I highly suggest Bloodborne. Its a lot more linear than Elden Ring, but artistically unmatched. Personally one of my favorite games of all time. Its kinda hard depending on how you play it but its a treat to play + worth the pain.
As a veteran Souls player I loved this so much. There's so many different ways to play. You should totally try the old games to see if you enjoy it
Peoppe should play Dark Souls games first
The thumbnails describes that moment beautifully
Love your content! Your one of my favs!
6:36 You understand the dance?
Instant respect, and very effectively communicates the answer to the question this video asks. I had a friend take 200 hours over 2 or 3 different souls games to actually understand the Dance. Yeah, Elden Ring is the best souls game for beginners
19:11 you understand the Itch too?
Shit, I think you might be a dark souls gamer
damn this is a cult isn't it
@@chuckled125 "always has been"
i feel relieved that i didn't even try to play a souls game.
because i would literally be that friend of yours that wouldn't understand the combat mechanics for more than 200 hrs.
@@generallyunimportant honestly, I still recommend you give it a try! Dark souls is a game best taken at your own pace, and I think many people have the potential to enjoy a good souls-like
I had a hard time getting into the game because i just had no idea where to go, what to do, where to find cooler weapons etc. 80 hours later and at this point I got it figured out: Just look around every corner of every area and you're bound to make progress. Edit: also read every message, they're either funny or genuinely helpful, there are times where I've been saved from going to the Elden Ring wiki by them
Try Finger, But Hole
I always play blind, just spoils the game if you don't. and when I do start new games, look under every loose rock so you don't miss things
@@calebcrook5875the only game i like going blind for is little nightmares lol
@@calebcrook5875honestly looking up stuff has made me appreciate the game so much more. Feels like im gonna save like 20-30 hours of my playthrough.
Where to go: Everywhere (But also the graces point you in the direction of the main quest)
What to do: Find big shit, kill big shit
Where to find cooler weapons: See above
I think one of the best Elden Ring videos on youtube.
have never seen your channel before but that was a fun video!
It's been amazing for me to watch this series grow since Demon's Souls came out. That game's difficulty was tempered because you could easily leave a level and switch to four different levels and bash your head against those instead. Elden Ring has taken that concept and done it a hundred times better.
Underrated review video, very apt and nicely put. Gg man
15:41 Alright, lets do this:
Carry weight boost, Health boost, Defense boost, I always forget this one but I believe it means summoning available or active, Stake of Marika, Health up, Attack up, Spells up, Defense up, Heal over time active, Defense down, Consumable active.
Great review.
From software always takes a step up in quality when they make a new souls game
I love the hints you can buy from merchants, for example theres a hidden merchant at the southern end of the limgrave beach under building debris, he will sell you a note that tells you that the weakness of stonedigger trolls is the head, and after that I ended up finding a stone trigger troll and one little dink to the head with an arrow staggers him (along with all the regular trolls as well), there are hints in the game if you try to find them and its pretty cool.
I actually love this commentary
Such an amazing Review!
17:23 reminded me of an amazing encounter I had with Control.
I'm still exploring all the side quests, and went down the main storyline first cause I was really interested in it, but there was one side quest I did half-way before continuing: Fridge Duty
No words shall be spoken except these nine accurate words for my experience: "What in the everliving fuck is this doing here?" (In a positive way, don't worry :D)
How could you half do Fridge Duty. That poor man
Rip Fridge man, may his eyes rest at last
@@cobaltwerewolf Oh don't worry, I did it fully immediately. I wanted to save my homie. I meant half-way through the main questline, my bad.
Most the fun stuff are in the side quests, really rewards explorers
First video I've seen from you, and I loved it. Definitely gonna stick around for more. Welcome to the souls community. Glad to have you.
That honestly has to be one of the best Elden Ring reviews i've seen yet.
I think its funny that he used gameplay of Caelid when showing the GameStop area screen
great video, the tutorial explains most of the basic combat mechanics, I think you get a tip about the "gravestone" icon when you obtain the summoning bell. For me the real fun is using the base combat against bosses after dying and dying and eventually mastering every dodge and counter and riposte to kill them
Out of all the elden ring reviews I’ve seen, this is my favorite one, good job.
Great video
elden ring was my first "serious" souls game(since before hand i played thymesia and demon's souls but for like 20 minutes each with no boss encounters), and i really didnt have a problem with getting into the game, i still play it to this day and im on my 6th run, elden ring is one of my favourite games
4:18 - I will say, I feel like this is a misconception. This area is a fairly low-level one imo, but that _specific enemy type_ is very tanky. Feels like a lot of people fight one and assume they should come back later.
Elden Ring has been my first experience with a from software game. I beat it and loved every second of it! Already started a second playthrough
Running across 2 more tree sentinals or the draconic tree sentinal before maliketh reminds me of my first time entering demon ruins to be faced with a clump of 20 taurus and capra demons. the good ol' days
"You wanna remember what someone asked you to do? Better write it down yourself" cracked me up
Great video man! This was my first Souls game too and it's quickly become one of my favorite games. I'm on the path to try out all the souls games
Just run around and explore. I loved that in Xenoblade X, I loved that in BotW and now I'm loving that in Eldenring.
I really love exploration games with good combat systems.
Just started my 3rd playthrough... I just can't stop playing it help
I was a newcomer as well. Nice review. Subscribed.
I was playing with a friend who has completed the game almost twice, and we found stuff in the beginning area that he had never found before.
Great vid, as someone who played the entire Souls series, I enjoy hearing the perspective of newcomers! I guess it's a sort of validation that I'm not so eccentric that FromSoft titles are only possible to enjoy if you're a rare breed or something.
Also that Dragalia clip got an oof from me.
5:33 Tree Sentinel 2 electric boogaloo
Just started it last week. Freaking love it! I had to scrap the 1st 10 hrs cause i just killed everyone at 1st and then i was so confused on what to do!
I'm glad I found this review I was about to get the PC port to check it out
Unironically, I think Elden Ring is the Dark Souls of Dark Souls. The instant classic that will be looked towards and talked about in the decades to come.
True af
elden ring is my first true experience with a souls like, i absolutely loved it and it makes me want to play games like dark souls even tho they aren't open worlds
I went and played some Dark Souls - it doesn't feel as closed world as you would think..
The first boss conquered is always the best feeling i remember when i beat Iudex Gundyr in DS3 for the first time
Great review 👍 definitely one of
The better ones I’ve seen, and as a souls veteran it is extremely cool to hear well put together thoughts and reactions from someone who’s new to the genre