Why I Can't Play Elden Ring
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I had a very similar experience with Sekiro when it came out. I got an hour in, could tell there was something special there but knew that I was entirely not in the right place in my life to handle a game like it. I was pretty sure I was done with FromSoft games at that point tbh, but something shifted in me in the past year, and I finally got around to Sekiro and loved it, and then I was in a good place to get into Elden Ring. Always hard to skip such a Big Game, especially when you do this for your job, but sometimes putting a game to the side for awhile (or forever) is just what you need to do.
I bet this must more common than we think. FromSoft games require 100% of your focus at every moment. You have to be able to immerse yourself in the game and fully inhabit your character in order to enjoy the experience. If your head is not 100% there, you may find the game meaningless even if you manage to progress through it just the same. As you've said, not being able to enjoy the game at a particular time does not mean you'll never find a good moment to enjoy it in the future. We just have to make peace with the fact that we can't do anything at any given time, no matter how convinced or willing we feel we are to do it. I hope you are doing well, Raz. I've been watching you for years now :)
I couldn't argee with this statement more! Same experience, still haven't played Sekiro for more than an hour though. Mostly because, im into Elden Ring right now.
Wow, I just had this happen to me last night. Tried giving Sekiro a shot but it didn't click but I know it will, so I'm just putting it aside for now. Meanwhile Bloodborne FINALLY clicked for me and I just beat it a few minutes ago 🥰
This happened to me for the witcher 3
@@ignaciodl9016 I literally play with music in my ear or watch some CZcams videos while playing.
I get it. When your irl life is stressful and requires all your energy to maintain, its hard to play a game like Eden ring bc it's so stressful. It's not really a game you can sit back and relax to play. It requires your focus and attention and when you're exhausted at the end of the day, that's a lot to ask for bc you're already running on E. Young gamers won't feel this way but as u get older and more responsiblities burden you, it will get harder and harder to justify the anxiety something will give you even tho you used to enjoy it in the past.
you explained it so perfectly I wanna play so bad but cant bring myself to cuz its not a game you can mindlessly play
I feel you that's why I watch others play on stream
Happened to me with red dead 2. Someone I love with my entire soul got cancer during my run through the story, so I couldnt handle watching arthur slowly die from TB. I know its an amazing game but its unfortunately tainted for me now.
I'm young and I still disliked it, the lack of in-game information was very annoying
Yeah I am 23 still wondering if I will eventually be homeless as housing prices continue to soar into space. I don't want to grow gray hairs playing a game like this. I just don't have the patience for it. I'd rather play an Elder Scrolls or Witcher game that still is challenging without fighting the same boss over 50 tries.
I am the opposite. I was beginning to think I'd lost my love for gaming. Past few years I'd buy a game, go through the tutorial and the loop a few times then get bored. I thought maybe im getting too old. Elden ring is the first game that has kept me hooked and I'm 150 hrs in and still going strong.
Felt the same as you. Thought I was finally done them but only with AAA games. Every single one I’ve played in the past couple of years felt like an on rails interactive experience where I wasn’t allowed to be creative. Only ones I was playing were esport games. Not even competitively but just to at least have some neurons fire while playing.
So glad Elden Ring has kept the single player genre alive for me. Its not without its problems though imo but it is the closest for me in being perfect.
The dude definitely isn’t in the right state of mind to be playing this game. I’m thinking it’d be better for him to follow his instincts in doing something else that will be of better use of his time. Save the game for another time when shit gets better for him.
I used to not be very fond of the souls games at all... but elden ring made me realise that most of my problems were self inflicted
There are plenty of tools at my disposal... I can do this... and I figured it out myself... ahhh now I see why these games are so good
I started thinking I didn’t like story type games anymore and only liked multiplayer online games, until I played elden ring and this soulslike indie game called deaths door. Those two revived my love for the story and adventure of a game.
Hey i got the same experience like yours, although my turning point or the one that lit up the fun again for soulslike game for me is Nioh 2, i got ER in my backlog i only touch the character creation and the tutorial area and WOW what a beautiful and atmospheric game, but then the sense of scale and the massiveness of it starts to creep up and kinda overwhelmed me so i've put it down immediately.
That's why i'll always keep coming back to play Nioh 2 it got the same hard difficulties but with a more manageable scale, but within that scale is jam pack with a whole lot of neuron activating things, such as the *chef kiss combat, builds, cool weapons and armors, historical figures, myth, folklore stories and so on.
So i've come to a conclusion, i'll keep playing Nioh 2 for power fantasy and a quick neuron activation through blazing snappy combat, and then i'll play Elden Ring for the heavy lore, unmatched atmosphere, and the slowly digesting take your time bit by bit playthrough. So now i'm happy to know that these two games will always have my back if i need a good dosage of good soulslike experiences. And lastly with confidence i'll say, it's a good time to be alive as a soulslike lover.
This is my take. I felt I just grew out of it, turns out no, the game released as of now are really shitty. Elden ring rekindled my love for gaming.
As someone who has had some of the same problem, looking up a good grinding spot has actually helped a lot. I don't even do it all that much, but knowing that if I die and lose two hours of Runes I can replace them in 10 minutes tops lets me explore with a sense of whimsy that was sorely lacking otherwise
As someone who’s also depressed and sad… this game had the opposite effect on me. It made me very happy and feel free. Other games make me feel held down and dominated. This game makes me feel free.
I agree the elation of defeating a boss and growing stronger and watching my character evolve helps me escape. I can do and be whatever I want and everything is totally over my control. I hope you feel better though 🙏🏼 glad something is helping!
Exact same for me here
Elden Ring's world is a tad more on the 'up' as well than previous games. You ARE actually in the interest of SAVING the world this time instead of just witnessing 'the end'
We the depressed boys so we play a depressing game to make us feel better.
Tbh same, it helps me realize how easy is to just get back up and brush it off
So you're into one piece, that explains why you got no time for games. I'm sure chapter 1044 and it's implications probably got you fan-boying out. Love the videos.
You mean 1045?
1044 already released 🤔
@@joaoluizkfsantos8392 he probably went back in time
@@RandoLePerson being good at games it's not an accomplishment nerd
@@RandoLePerson 'cazzaaaato?
Hell yeah that reveal was so hype
I used to love hard games, but as i have gotten old i find myself only playing games to relax, spending hours beating a hard boss is no longer rewarding to me, it just feels like i wasted those hours.
Bloodborne is the last game i actually enjoyed playing for the challenge, since then i have gravitated towards easier games, i gave up on sekiro after four hours.
I was going to skip elden ring entirely until i kept reading about how good the world building and exploration was, i wanted to experience the game but i did not want to spend hours upon hours getting wrecked, so i installed a easy mode mod for the pc version and i looked up the most busted weapons and broken builds, that combined with the summoning ashes has make elden ring a surprisingly relaxing and enjoyable experience.
I felt the same with Bloodborne, I had a combination of excitement for the game but just couldn't get into it because after a long day of hard work, it felt more like effort than entertainment. It wasn't a bad game, just not the best time to play it for the situation I was in.
I feel like I went through something similar mid-8th generation, before that I was a completionist (for most games at least) I valued the content squeeze and the satisfaction of capping off a game with some amount of finality (ie I reached 100% and am thus finished with the game and I don't need to go back). Then real life happened and I found I couldn't do that anymore, I fell into a deep depression figuring maybe I just didn't like videogames anymore until I tried embracing techniques I rejected before instead of valuing completion I instead tried to be in the present absorbing what is happening and not thinking about the game in totality, I stopped goal posting my own play and decided to play to see what happens (emergent gameplay was always there, I just lost sight of it past lame achievements and pointless percentiles).
I want to believe that this occurrence happens to everyone.. through the process we call 'adulthood' :(
This is way too real, especially since I would always get picked on for not finishing single player games in less than a week after they launch... I like to absorb my games, and I play in little chunks. My backlog is massive already, I don't need to blow through them (not that there's anything wrong with enjoying playing like that).
Like I know I can play however I damn want but the constant pressure to finish, finish, finish can really get to you, you know? Ironically I'm more likely to complete games if I'm not playing to complete them... I hope that makes sense lol
I'm glad I read your comment.
Sometimes I get caught up in expectations, desires, and goals, that I end up forgoing the enjoyment along the way, and then feel unsatisfied in the end regardless.
Your comment reminded me about detaching from expectations, and enjoying the moment to moment gameplay in the present instead.
Thing is, it's easy to get caught up and forget all of that...
I really want to be able to start experiencing games in this way as I am currently in your previous position with game completion which is why I don't think I can ever play a ubisoft open world game again.
Elden ring doesn’t want you to be a completionist first go, it loves to entangle you in the moment to moment. It’s very breath of the wild in that way. I think you explore as much as you like, and play on. Then once the world is your bitch, play catch up if you like. Then try a 100% run after if it tickles you
"lack the willpower to exist in a harsh unforgiving world when my own life is similar" as someone going through a unprecedented amount of depression and anxiety I resonated with this statement so much. from the mentions of ff 14 savage raiding being just manageable because of the group to other points I hope things get better.
Me too. We can do it, keep moving forward.
@Vandole
yeah, i seriously dont understand what is he saying or whats the point of the video?
i will understand youtubers wanna be getting personal with fans but the title and thumbnail is a bit clickbaity lol
i mean, no one wasforcing hin to play. guess man felt a bit accountable to his fans which i respect
also, i never understood the euphoria of nutting on trousers once u beat the boss like the bosses are fun cuz it seems doable and combat is engaging, it is fun cuz it is engaging strategically, not cuz the bosses crush ur nutsacks each 5 seconds.
also about dying in the same dungeon for 6 hours lol. souls games are punishing but only if u literally refuse to learn from ur previous mistake.
seems like the man just wanna play his comfort game and expecting mass effect experience out of elden ring.
i always like sincere videos from youtubers like this but some statements in this video is just plain wrong or wrong attitude to approach the game.
just hope he feels better and enjoys his hobby
@Vandole Yes, compared to your average open world game it is pretty unforgiving. The Souls games heavily punish impatience. That doesn't mean it's a bad thing. On the contrary, they're the only kind of game I can bring myself to play nowadays.
Dark Souls and Berserk is about now matter how dark or depressing your life is you have two options: Cry and escape, or pick up your fucking sword and make things right. Thats the takeaway. Some people cant do the latter, and that isnt a failure, that is just life.
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That what you feel is what i felt in EVERY single Fromsoftware game. Its the strengh that i needed to overcome the first hours of the game thats special to me. I got in blind (like in every game) I played 130 hours now and i dont know how long it goes. I hope that Elden Ring will be a healing experience for you in the future. Dont force it on you.
Lol...woher kommst du den jetzt jaha
"I lack the willpower to exist in a harsh, unforgiving world." ....... i get it.
It ebbs and flows
The conversation around “builds” is actually an interesting one. I find I enjoy the souls games more near the end, when I have my build tailored to how I want to play. The start of these souls games is so different from the end game. I never know what to do with my stats because I don’t know what weapons are available and it leads me down the path of worrying about my stat points constantly. It really pushes me towards googling builds that exist and following them so I don’t have to worry about that. Compared to the endgame where I know exactly what I need and feel godly doing it. I always understood people who have a hard start with any of these games and I think that has something to do with it.
Yeah, int definitely has a tough start to this game. Faith spells are sold by a character you naturally find in the main hub, but the only merchants that sell int spells are hidden away in fairly obscure locations. I started as a prisoner, and I had a terrible time until I watched a guide said to use Carian Slicer, Meteorite Staff, and Moonveil. After that, I didn't need a guide anymore, and the rest of the game was up to me to figure out. Spell builds are really unfriendly to new players in this game with how they hide away merchants and spell books.
@@longers1028 not really theres a sorcerer super duper close to the start of the game. If you are someone who checks all of the stuff they see while playing then you’ll find her
Shes at waypoint ruins
@@DeliriumXM right, that's the one I know of early on. But it's not as obvious to find her as it is to find Brother Corhym. That's the problem I had with it. They gave faith builds an early merchant in an incredibly obvious location. Sorceress Sellen is in the basement of a random ruins. I don't really understand the decision to present the faith merchant but require the player to explore and just happen upon the int merchant.
This is purely my personal opinion, but I've always felt that if people feel the need to Google builds, then the system is flawed.
I don't find issues with people wanting to use the best build, if they would rather have someone else do the work for them, then that's on them. But if people feel like they can't enjoy the game much or are to worried about not placing stats efficiently, then there is a problem here.
I wish games would let people look up overpowered builds to make the game easier for themselves, or choose to randomly place the stat points and still make it through the game without hating the experience.
I love the idea of builds but I think in most dark souls game you almost get too many options, whereas it makes too difficult to pick something that not only you like but also is a weapon that isn't bad.
For example, I'm torturing myself playing dark souls 2 again, because I never finished it, I'm now in the late game and I'm playing with a bandit axe, but what I've come to realise because of my friend is that this weapon isn't so good, I've looked for different axes but those just don't feel as fast and good to use (correct me if my friend is wrong).
So finding something can be almost unnecessary difficult.
That's where I think bloodborne really shines, basically every weapon is viable (of course some are way stronger than others) and because of the tricking system it really gives so much variety to all weapons.
It takes courage to be honest like this in a world where every one loves this game.
I resonate with this on a spiritual level. I’ve played about 20 hours of Elden ring, and I’m about to beat Godrick. But after doing all that, life hit me and made me realize that I need to focus more on college and my future career. So I haven’t played the game in a few months. I plan to pick it up again once everything calms down and I graduate, but all this time apart from all games has left me a bit empty. I have no desire to keep playing anything. Even if I had a free day I doubt I would spend it gaming. But hopefully that’s just my brain seeking some sort of pattern in the chaos that is my life right now, and my desire will return when the dust settles.
Dude this is a sign. Follow your instincts and quit gaming. It’s essentially a waste of time.
Hollowman might be right. Although not all gaming is a waste of time, spending days on end gaming while your life passes is. You should prioritize it. Writing your thesis or delivering quality at your work should be more important than gaming. But, if that is all going well, then playing a game for entertainment and relaxation is totally fine.
@@DarkMuj all hobbies are a waste of time, doesn't mean you should stop doing your hobbies if they bring you joy
@@The_MEMEphis i think if something brings you joy it isn't a waste of time. The guy said it made him feel "empty" . Therefore, in his particular case, it's a waste of time. Everyone is different, we should do what makes us feel happy and fulfilled.
I hear you... I've noticed that with age I started to gradually decrease the difficulty of the games I play, I might start on hard, hit a roadblock, put it on normal, die once to a boss, put it on easy.
Specially with long games... there are so many masterpieces to play and sometimes life is stressful enough, I just want to keep moving. I want to play that one hour or two hours that I have and feel like I did something substantial and that got me closer to the next great game.
I feel that. I don't have a lot of spare time anymore, so if I have to redo something that took one of the two hours I have? Shit's getting changed to the easiest setting so I can do that same thing in half the time.
@@lulucanpy3513 Yup... Totally.
I recently beat ff8 on swtich and game was getting boring and hard. So I basically speedrun the last third turning off random encounters and turning on god mode just to finish the story and move on.
Seriously, accounting for the grinding, random encounters and boss fights I probably saved like 20 hours of my time.
I have a job now on top of school. I don't have the time for extra long games
Nothing wrong with that. And if you really dig the game, play it again on a harder setting. Whatever you're in the mood for boss. Whatever floats your boat. Hell... Get tons of hacks, cheats, and mods, and make the game even more crazy if that's what makes ya happy. Screw all the soulsbourne dick heads saying you have to play a certain way. Most of them suck at the game anyways lol it's true.
Apparently a dude who's good at the game, AND wants to play it in easy ways just for fun because FUN is why I'm here, are not allowed to exist. Even though... Here I am bitches : )
@@diegog1853 You saved time but you didn't really "beat" ff8. Now you have to live with that for the rest of your days.
Some people have argued the easier builds the devs put in ARE the Fromsoft version of an easy mode. If you wanted, you could research what the easiest build is and play that way. There would still be a lot of amazing stuff to see, do and experience even without the extreme difficulty and it would probably take much less time as well
you just go find the ice axe in Laurnia lake or whatever. it has a stomp move that stacks pretty well its still kinda broken
Then it's been a thing for more than a decade. Anyone that knows which strong weapons can be accessed immediately in ds1 can attest to the fact that these games reward knowledge and experience.
summon summon summon !
You nailed it.
Comet Azur….
You’ve really encapsulated my reasons for putting Elden Ring down after about 10 hours of play for me. I’ve actually put off watching this video for a few weeks because I was feeling bad about my lack of progress and didn’t want to be reminded. But I’m glad I did get around to watching it, it reminded me why I’ve been watching you for so long. So just wanted to say thanks for everything you do and it should go without saying but I hope you’re new approach to the game finally let’s you have some well deserved fun.
I'm actually redoing my character because i've learned some things and want to be at the pvp meta. my advice is yeah reroll. I rolled prophet and it makes early game so much easier. you get 2 faith spells immediately, catch flame and heal, its also good for min maxing for faith builds
what exactly constitutes “pvp meta” is pretty danged up in the air right now. some say 125, other say 150... (the polls i’ve seen show more people want 150, but old youtube duelers want a lower level... mostly in my opinion cuz their zweihander with bloodhound step works at any level 🙄😏) still others want people to duel at 80, and while i think invading is great at that level, invading at all levels currently plagued with afk rune farmer everywhere.
i’d honestly make a few builds at a few of different levels and just see what works for what you want cuz there are millions of people playing right now, way more than ds3 had in its entire lifespan. so i honestly wouldn’t worry about “meta” level, cuz it’s far from set in stone (despite what some will say), and there are Rivers of Bullsh!t (pun FULLY intended) at all levels
edit: it’s weird seeing you somewhere that isn’t yelling at tim pool 😅
@@mkv2718 The majority consensus is 150. Elden Ring isn't dark souls so anyone saying 125 is stupid.
Hey MR. OBVIOUS glad i found you here. Stay awesome!
Comon MR obvious you dont have time for elden ring. You sposed to be reviewing psaki and fauci footage to find memes
@@ObviousRises Lol you’re a conservative npc dialogue turbo nerd
The thing that helped me manage my time in Elden Ring was setting goals for myself. I would tell myself that I'm just going to spend a certain amount of time revealing the map. If you set obtainable goals for yourself then the time you spent wasn't wasted. Also remember to play at your own pace and don't let anybody rush you
That's also a good life advice.
Like 80% of the map is empty so it's not hard to do that
@@apeaape You have clearly not played then
@@apeaape the world in this game is more full than most other open worlds I've played. And more rewarding
@@piszanshid1953 damn vro, just say you've never played an open world game before
All these feelings I always felt with Dark Souls and had the exact opposite change with Elden Ring. I’ve been totally fine playing Elden Ring for a few hours every other day and slowly taking my time exploring the world and fighting enemies. Thanks to Elden Ring’s ability to walk away from a boss and explore another area I’ve stuck with it long past the point where I put Dark Souls down. But you do you man. None of us, and no game no matter how good, is entitled to your time.
I feel the same way to the extent. I used to thrive on my own and it’s why I loved playing difficult souls games. They gave me challenges I can overcome completely on my own and it made me feel so good after. But as of recently I’ve been shooting on becoming a team leader at work and learning how to lead made me realize that having others to help you is a lot more easier and leads to success. It has made it hard for me to want to have that drive to play alone knowing that if I had someone on my side like my team does I’d be able to get the task done so much faster
When you can summon spirits to certain fights, they act like your team.
Wtf 😂
@@JakeNHale makes sense
This is the first video of yours I've seen and my first thought was just that I love how real and honest you're being in it. I hope you're alright and I hope those feelings pass, play the game when you feel up to it, theres a ton of other games to cover and that is completely fine
Man, I think the relationship we have with games as we get older really changes. And honestly, I think its a good idea to stop every now and then to examine that. As much as it can suck to not be enjoying a game you think you'd really love, stepping back and trying a different approach is really admirable! As always, I appreciate sharing these more personal reactions to games.
I feel this pretty hard. That feeling of "i am becoming acutely aware of how little time I have" is beginning to hug my neck like a turtle neck sweater: not threatening but i feel it all the time constantly. It's beginning to permeate and shape every aspect of my work/life balance. I enjoy difficult-bordering-on-unfair games but I'm gravitating towards 2D platformers for that fix because they tend to have bite sized challenges. Like something I can play for and hour or less and accomplish literally something. Because of this and the (relatively) extremely prohibitive cost of most open world games (seriously, I make a teachers salary without the benefits when tips are good, so like 40-60$ for a single game is just out of the question when that's literally my grocery budget for a week or two), I don't know if I'll be playing another open world game especially if its punishingly difficult until I either get another job making much more money (in theory this would give me more time but who knows), I win the lottery, or a sugar mama wants me (for some reason).
Do yourself a favor and try to say "literally" less often. Your first use of it on this comment is incredibly dumb.
I have Celeste and it’s fun and fits into a tight schedule with how it’s laid out. Nonetheless I want to get into Souls type games and hope I find the time.
Play some lego gta. Lego gta is GOAT
Death is inevitable... There is no difference in playing one game vs playing many games.
Grim... But such is human luxury.
But I do prefer the old school games. Not the ones made by the previous to today's Western AAA Industry. I find those boring and a bit too dumbed down. It was fun but it's nothing inspiring compared to the games before it.
Elden Ring is a challenge worth undertaking... To be inspired and to learn. Rather than to repeat the trends of this industry.
@@absolstoryoffiction6615 So cringe
Hey, man. Looks like you're going through a tough spot.
As someone who has had to face a lot of hardships in life and an aspiring content creator as well, my wish for you is that you can lean on friends and family for strength and hope; that you will eventually be able to look back at this moment in your life, and maybe even laugh about it.
I, too, am experiencing anxiety unlike any other before and when you feel that way, it's hard to put your mind into anything because you feel so over-bloated mentally.
I discovereved your channel a couple months ago, through your Pokémon retrospective videos, and suscribed shortly after. I thank you for all the vídeos you have done for us, but now is a time to take care of yourself as well.
*sorry for my bad english, it is not my native language.
You sound like a man that needs to play a Kirby game
Why I can't play Elden Ring:
My Graphics Card.. :')
You and a growing amount of people
Can only be played on Windows
Tell your graphics card to "git gud" obviously. Make sure to have enough runes or as you call it "Money" to level it up
PS4 Pros are cheap
What do you use? GTX 970 is more than enough to run it stable.
Good to hear the positive outlook at the end.
Sorry to hear you're going through a rough patch right now.
And looking forward to a future ER video :)
Coming back here after kingks 2022 video, I’m disappointed to hear that the souls community assumed that he posted this video for clout.
When he made his fromsoft game retrospectives there was no hype to be found. But love for the games and it’s community, the fact he got burnt out should make sense to us.
When a boss is to hard and you can’t just git gud, you need a break to breathe to comeback with a new sense of desire.
The fact he even shared how he wants to play but can’t at the moment was very vulnerable. Honestly with how big this game was, who didn’t make a video about it?
Kingk I know you mentioned you will not look at the comments of this video but if you do, I would like you to know you are a great human breen (yms reference) take your time into this don’t make the woes of life scare you!
Well, he likes sonic..so his tastes and reviews aren't reliable.
@@frogglen6350 I know you are a troll, cause having taste in sonic games doesn’t devalue opinions on burn out.
Plus it’s not like he’s a biased sonic fan cause apparently he pissed off sonic fans with his sonic frontiers video.
Which he wasn’t incorrect on, it’s not a good game it’s better than the others that came out but not good.
You can tell that when watching other people play the game.
I love the game very dearly and I'm still with you on all of this. Immensely glad I didn't end up having to review this game and could instead take it at my own pace. I've been using magic, summoning, all the things you're apparently not "supposed" to do (even though it's all in the game to be used) because these days I just have zero time for that purist mindset. As a result, I've been having an absolute blast just playing my way-something that definitely wouldn't have been the case had I been under time pressure, and not allowed myself the time to reroll my character about ten hours in as you describe. The game is purpose built to be approached in whatever way you feel like-a design that doesn't necessarily jive well with the Content Churn we often find ourselves mired within. With that in mind, saying "I'm not going to play this like I did with prior games" can feel like a big deal. At the end of the day though, I'm sure when you come back to it and find your own style of play that works for you, you're probably going to love what this game has to offer.
Appreciate the shout out as well, and great video as always.
We're all glad you didn't review it.
Nothing wrong with summoning or magic, play the game how you want to.
"all the things you're apparently not "supposed" to do"
Literally no one in the Souls community has been this way for years. They were posers. Play the game the way the devs designed it to be played.
P
Edit: the only reason I know I commented on this thread is because I got a notification someone replied to it. Lol.
@@colbyboucher6391 Yeah no one who is actually a fan of dark souls cares at all how you get through the pve.
This video feels less like you're talking about your struggle with playing Elden Ring and more your current life struggles, and honestly, I know exactly what you're talking about. There was a time in my life where I didn't have a care in the world and I could sit down for hours on end and just play a game without having to worry about how my time on that game might impact my life. Fast forward some years later, and I'm 22 years old with actual responsibilities and currently faced with a potential problem that could change all of my life plans and potentially change who I am as a person. I'm terrified, so terrified, and I struggle to even do anything sometimes without having a mini-heart attack or without finding myself worried about something hasn't even happened yet and may actually never happen.
And yet, here I am, playing Elden Ring with almost 175 hours in - games like this are able to make me completely forget my outside life and just focus on having fun. Something I might recommend for you is to occupy yourself while you play, such as listening a video in the background on something you may be interested in, or better yet, hop in a call and do some invasions with friends. This game does include jolly cooperation after all. I feel for you and whatever you or anybody else may be going through in life, but in my short 22 years on this earth, if I've only learned one thing its this: I've faced all kinds of problems for the past 22, many of which I thought would completely ruin me, but here I am today - still standing. That's how I know I can go on - because I've done it many times before.
I'm pretty sure you're describe an anxiety attack
@@rawallon >every day is a constant anxiety attack
and yes I've tried medication, but than I'm a husk of a human being, no sex or orgasms, dulled emotions, no motivation at all, laying around all day, extreme nausea and puking all the time. :(
but I'm also still here. barely
Another 22 year old here going through the exact same life and thought process. Nice to know I ain't alone in that. All my friends who couldn't complete any souls game and to whom I used to for lack of a better word brag that I beat the game have already completed the game like 20 days ago and here I am still trying to juggle life skills and this game where I can't get annoyed and have that irritated feeling in my mind about why I can't beat x boss faster before my time to play runs out. Its pretty much that I can't beat even gimmick bosses right now and I am stuck and don't know when I can give time to it. To top it all off I feel not to play the game anymore because how much the failures resonates with my real life too. The last thing I want is to be a failure in the type of games I used to be good at. But time's ticking and I can't give too much focus to both worlds at the same time.
You made it, bro.
The vibe of this video made me feel like I was a fly on the wall listening in on someones therapy session whos talking while laying on one of those brown leather lounging chairs while the therapist is dozing off.
Between this and Animal Crossing, I reckon a lot of therapists have unwillingly learnt a lot about video games recently lol
I had the same feeling you had in the beginning. It took me around 10 to 15 hours of gameplay to even starting enjoying some of it, learn the mechanics, the flow of the game to the point i could understand it. Keep in mind I'm a 40yo with an actual life, full time time job with a good level of responsibility and a family to take care, even so the game became so good I've been able to sink around 250 hours into it, I'm stealing hours from my sleep to play the game.
I've been a gamer basically all my life, and I've come to a point where I get bored quick, most games dont get me hooked for long, tbh most will not get past a couple of hours. This one was different. I've beat it twice and going strong the 3rd playthrough, and what I can tell you is that I've already found things I've never seen before.
I can feel this. I'm obsessed with this game, but I just finished the "second" large area after starting at release. Even just a year ago, I think I would have been on new game plus by this point but moving with my partner ad moving up the ladder at work have dramatically cut down on the amount of time I have and I want to have for Video games in general.
In general, I have been skipping virtually any open world game since I just lose interest in by time I beat it. Much prefer the 20ish hour linear games like old DS games
I'm really worried about this as well. I'm about ten hours in, have done mostly exploring and doing a few caves/dungeons. I can tell this is worth it and that it'll take me a long time to clear, but I only have the time to play this a few hours per week... I might lose interest half way through, not because of the game, but because I just can't commit.
it took me 110 hours to beat most of what this game had to offer and i never got bored. Just enjoy the game and dont worry about that. For me the content never got boring or bad, theres always new struggles and new loot. The areas in this game are the best fromsoftware has to offer. The capital is my favorite level in the series. There is so much to enjoy and it never got stale.
@@Nemcoification i would suggest just do the bigger dungeons then, the legacy ones (aka where the golden light guides you to.) there is no need to see everything. You can. But you can also in a later playthrough. there is no need to explore everything. do what is fun for you
As much as I like the game and how it's made, by playing it for the first 5 - 10 ish hours I also realized that I like the classic desing of the other souls games more, the game feels too big sometimes, and as much praise everyone can give to the open world, there is some grade of repetition in the landscape and the enemies, by far the best parts are the main locations.I beat the 2nd big location today (i think it's where the game wants you to go), the mage academy, and when I realized I had to go back to the open world it was not a good felling. I don't think it's the game fault, is just simply that one of the things I liked form previous form software games is that it was not another open world game, yet you were incentivated to explore and there were always interesting rewards and fun things in every corner.
For sure From soft put an example of how an open world game has to be done, but it's impossible even form them to escape some of the tropes of this oversaturated genre, I really hope that his next project returndo to the more metroidvaia style design.
Also I have to say I'm envious for the ppl that plays this game as one of his firsts open world games, witouth the feeling of oversaturation that many of us have.
@@LeetTron5000 Thats not what he is talking about. The game is really outstanding. Its just that the constant anxiety of real life and having to get x work done, we just can't seem to put our time or focus into this game which demands a lot of attention and time. For example I used to be good at souls games too. But my current life situations don't allow me to have enough time that I can't even beat gimmick bosses like Rykard in time. I still have only completed the raya lucaria. And I can't focus or give time to a boss that shouldn't take this much effort to beat.
This definitely feels like the prelude video to a "How Elden Ring saved my life" style video.
Agreed & I hope it is 🙏🏽
10/10 has a little something for everyone
Hope not
@@panthekirb7561w
Your perspective is perfectly valid, and I relate to it. I’m 30, work full time, have partner and family responsibilities.
Elden Ring, awe-inspiring and fun as it is, is much more of a slog than the previous titles.
I’ve committed to finishing it, and I’ve been playing since launch with about 90 hours in-game, but it’s much more of a chip-away chore than I was anticipating. And that’s not the game’s fault, it’s just a free-time issue.
Anyway, wish you the best, and hope life can bring you the joy you need.
I'm in the exact situation as you and share your sentiments. I'm 30, work full time and married. I get about 6 to 8 hours to play a week.. And progress is very slow.. I takes 3 hours sometime to beat a catacomb. I feel like I spent 8 hours alone at Godrick's castle. I'm pretty far now.. But all my friends have 2 characters on new game + and they made another character just to play with me at my level.
Yeah. The term "slog" describes my feeling of Elden Ring too. I have a chronic illness and depression and just don't have the energy to deal with the challenges. However, I have played most of the other Souls games and enjoyed them more. I even enjoyed farming to a certain extent. There's something different about Elden Ring...and yet most people seem to enjoy it so I'm not sure what's going on.
I actually prefer the demons souls remake to elden ring because of how much time I waste being lost in the massive world. It’s not even the difficulty it’s the shear amount of time and dedication it will take to even progress through the main fights.
I've spent 10 hours playing and not made any significant progress, but I didn't notice because I was doing a ton of exploration and grabbing random items that I'll never use. Reading item descriptions really helps motivate me because otherwise it feels pointless to grab items that I know I will never use because I already have all the weapons and spells I plan on using and item descriptions provide so much interesting information about the world. The lore of Elden Ring is really interesting but it took me about 50 hours of playing before I felt like I understand why the things that were happening were happening.
Hey man. You're not alone. I was SO stoked about this game and then once I started, I ended up doing EXACTLY what you did. But, what has helped me out immensely was the first 3 walkthrough videos from Fightin Cowboy. These did not spoil barely a hair of the game and it got me OPed to where I can comfortably wander around and kill big things with ease and that's for some reason helped me get into it more. Plus, there's an AMAZING easy farm area where you just run 50 feet on your horse, dodge a silver ball, and watch it fall of a cliff for 2000xp. Takes about 30 seconds and you can rest right there and do it all over again. This REALLY helped me warm up to my most anticipated and favorite game of all time
Well, if you take out the only thing the game has - its difficulty and challenge - (I didn't really enjoy the gameplay, but I do understand what people like about it) then what's left? It's not as if the game has a captivating story (as there is none) or an interesting world worth exploring, or your actions have a clear impact upon the game world (heck, you can't even clear a location).
When life is already so challenging and requires me to learn so much, sometimes I find it difficult to enjoy putting in so much time and effort into learning a games system and honing my skills before I can actually play the game properly. I’m happy for everyone who’s enjoying this game, but I don’t know if I have the headspace to get a PhD level mastery in another video game right now. I think it’s natural to have phases where you want a hardcore challenge and phases where you just don’t have the energy to enjoy it properly and that’s fine, this game is a big fat commitment so you shouldn’t play it until you’re really in the mood for it.
Do you feel like games are fun, but at times just aren’t worth the commitment when you have other things in life that are more fulfilling?
@@Nicklarayourmom it’s more that sometimes I’m not in the headspace to put in a time and effort commitment into a recreational activity. Like sometimes I just wanna relax and not think to hard when I get a free moment
It's specifically interesting to me how the harshness of the world & the game are detrimental to you coping with how insane reality has become. For me personally Elden Ring dropped at a particular low point in my life and helped so much.
I know it was like a month ago, but I was dealing with a marriage ending and quiting my job bc I couldn't emotionally handle it with everything going on (including the apocalypse still happening).
And nothing could distract me. Most games just didn't have enough to quiet the thoughts. I tried sex, outdoor adventures, etc. But I couldn't help but obsess. And I played the other Fromsoft games already so many times they could be played on autopilot by me.
And then Elden Ring dropped. And I bought it day one. And immediately I was hooked. I would get so immersed I'd lose hours without realizing it. One of the most prevelant aspects being the difficulty.
Not only did it force me to pay attention, but it started to feel like my monsters were these oppressive but physical beings I could defeat. That with enough tenacity and tries I could literally kill them. And while I can't do that irl and the monsters are more emotional and mental, for a few hours a day it felt like I could.
And over the last month my mental health has improved significantly. Bc I actually get a break from all the stress for a bit during the day. So it's fascinating you had the opposite reaction but it makes sense.
But I also appreciate you understood this is your personal taste and situation and didn't try to make this objective issues with the game like so many critics.
And I do agree with a lot of your issues and personally find Elden Ring to be on the lower end of my Fromsoft tier list bc the frustrations are more pronounced to me than the other games.
But I still love it. And it's ok if other people don't.
Thank you for sharing, Im glad to hear you are feeling better because of Elden Ring. I know the feeling, after going through a serious neck injury. After losing the ability to do almost everything I loved, especially sports, I thought my life was over ; and almost ended it myslef. Then the game Rocket League came out, I was able to push away some of my pain and feel the joy of playing sports again. I still deal with constant pain and cant do much, but I found joy again and it truly helped my sanity.
@@AeroTipz Thank you for sharing, your story is much more inspiring than mine and I'm glad a game could help you feel alive!
It's shit like this that critics of gaming ignore, how cathartic and therapeutic gaming can be bc it's a truly interactive medium. It's the closest you can get without actually doing the thing
the "apocalypse" my man you need a reality check
"I tried sex"
Cringe.
@@maegnificant War, Famine, Plague, economic collapse, etc... It may not be an earth-shattering meteor, but societies have collapsed for less.
For me, as a 24 year old who's unsure of where they're heading in life, Elden Ring has come at a time where I'm not sure I feel comfortable putting as many hours into this world as I'd like to.
When I first experienced DS1, it was at a time when I could feel no worry or fear over enveloping myself in everything the game and its world had to offer.
Nowadays though, it feels like attentiveness to my own life has to take precedence over the escapism and wonder that this game could provide.
I didn't expect to feel this way before this game came out, but there's just something so incredibly daunting about it that has genuinely made me reevaluate certain aspects of my life situation and my priorities, as silly as that may sound.
Wishing you the best of luck with everything man. I'm in a very similar place. Absolutely nothing silly about deciding your priorities. In a few years when we've grown and built something for ourselves we can come back and see what we've missed, and enjoy the escapism on a clear conscience. In the meantime, there's plenty of less demanding and equally substantive experiences to be had. Godspeed brother, we'll get there.
But whatever you do don't have kids lmao
@@ChrisStoneinator Thanks a lot man, I really appreciate that. All power to you.
And I don't plan on having kids any time soon, haha.
This is completely fair. In Soulsborne games, the highs are high, but the lows can also be very low. Bloodborne is my favourite game of all time but I couldn't play this every year or I'd be burnt out. These games require a certain headspace before going in as they demand a lot of investment, not everyone is ready to dive into 'em, and that's perfectly fine.
"I'll play it sometime, but I'm not in the mood currently"
(Video ends)
There are so many amazing games I haven't played for this exact reason. I can't wrap my head around another 50-100 hour adevnture even though I easily waste 10-15 hours a week surfing the internet, not doing much of anything lol
Lol speak for yourself! One day... When I'm 100... You just watch. I'll be on my death bed saying "At least I got to play all the good games". Lol well at least I hope that's how it goes...
Gulp lol. Call it the nerdiest loser no life goal of all time if you will but uhhh... It's what I was born for : )
Lol
So far I’m 100 hours in but I’m taking a break 😂
@@dontaylor4464 I didn't finish until around 150, but that was exploring quite a bit and like 10 of those hours were trying to solo Malenia lol
Oh yall are just getting started,lol!
Dude, this video exactly describes my experience with Elden Ring. I love all of the Soulsborne games but for some reason I couldn't just get into it. It just happens to be that my life situation doesn't allow me to completely immerse myself in the game. I did beat it, but I had friends helping me the entire game and the whole experience felt cheap, just had fun in PVP with them.
I hope I will have the opportunity to give the game a go and carefully explore and enjoy all it has to offer, like I did with all the other games.
That's sorta my issue with the game. It was too much innovation too fast. I feel compelled to comb through every ruin and cave. And when I'm forced into the linear dungeon sections that gate new world spaces i find it boring and fun shattering.
you’re a complete stranger to me - heck, i discovered you just today because i looked up “how to enjoy elden ring” - but i felt like i was hearing someone narrate my own experience with elden ring because you nailed down every single thing i struggled with the game. add the fact that this is my first ever from soft/soulslike game, so my first (and last) play through was a disaster.
but now that i’m at a better head space and i have a long holiday right now, i decided to give this game another chance and re-downloaded it. i want to give it a proper attempt this time. hence, how i found your video. i guess it just feels good to hear another person in a similar boat want to do the same too. gives me the motivation i needed to try and tackle this behemoth of a game.
thank you for this video. wish me luck.
I've never payed a souls game before, and open world tend to smooth out my brain (in a bad way). I don't even like hard games! But for some reason elden ring is one of the most fun experiences I've had in any game. The feeling of exploration and discovery is just unmatched, it almost reminds me of something like outer wilds.
That being said, playing an Int character has been miserable and swapping to a punchy, no shield idiot was the best decision i've made in a while. This game heavily punishes you for trying to stay far away from enemies, and despite the buffs to shields it's still easier to just roll.
Int character is by far the easiest way to play dude idk what you mean. My first play through was greatswords and my second has been sorceries and it’s flown by so much quicker and easier.
@@corielldoghc sure it's easy, but it's boring and frustrating. kiting a boss on your horse and throwing meteors at it for 5 minutes until it dies is pretty meh in my opinion. and the occasional boss that has no sense of personal space and constantly charges at you (most bosses in the last half of the game) are a huge pain in the ass without just spamming moonveil or stomp. much easier for my brain to process aggressive enemies when i'm closer to them.
I'm not hating on anyone's playstyles, though! this is just my experience.
@@ExKiwi-yw8er I usually do a battlemage so I have options when far and I whip out a Morningstar and shield when close. With 70 int my magic defense is always good too so you don’t have to play it at a distance always. I just switch between staff and weapon while I have a shield most the time. Casting magic shield is pretty great too when learning enemies for the first time or a doing a boss and not feeling confident yet.
@@ExKiwi-yw8er Well, that's your problem. The thing that's fun about using magic in these types of games is to break the hell out of it. You can, without exception, totally destroy any of the souls games with magic (even Bloodborne tbh) and that's the fun (which in my opinion makes magic a better second or third run-through since you'll have a better idea how to do that). You don't play safe, you play BIG! That said, a punchy, no shield idiot is pretty fun too.
I have been playing battlemage int build with the staff as my off hand and moonveil as my main hand, after leaving the shield behind int became some of the most fun I have had in a souls game. But to each their own.
Interesting perspective. I’m definitely in the camp of loving the game to death, but as an adult with a family to take care of, the length is a struggle and I’m not sure I’ll be able to replay it.
I just take it as a long journey, I really don't mind playing this for months to come in little chunks.
I’m in no rush to beat it. I may not even complete it until 2023
Take your time guys, I love playing a game when It comes out and going with the community but everyone plays at their own pace. ultimately I think you get more out of it if you have time to just slowly complete the game every reward feels that much better
I have two younger daughters and a job. It's hard to do anything these days but I am enjoying the game, even if it's only 30 minutes a day lol
About replaying it: It's easier and faster the 2nd time. I just beat the game after around 60-70hrs. For comparison: The first 2 big bosses - Margit and Godrick - took me around 10-15hrs. I played a Halberd on my first playthrough. After 1 week of a break, I started my 2nd playtrhough. Because I alread beat it once, I knew alot I didn't before, so I could prepare myself better, also played a Katana this time, and managed to beat both in around 3-4hrs. And I still found so much new stuff to explore, I never saw in my first playthrough, even though I explored so much stuff.
Getting radagons sore seal + killing elder dragon equals easy mode. Its very easy to get overpowered fast in this game which makes even the hardest bosses a cakewalk
Only 7 minutes in and i agree entirely. Now that I'm 25, married, with a baby and trying to start my business... It's hard to find time to take care of myself, let alone play game that i genuinely want to beat. Whether its the next pokemon 🙄 or elden ring, the anxiety of not being able to finish it but still wanting to be a part of the conversation keeps me from even starting it
What you are going through right now when it comes to struggling to “set aside an hour or two to play” is what many of us adults feel as we grow older. I am 34 years old. I have a wife(no kids though) a full time job and I have a buisness that I run myself. Finding the time to sit back and game is something that has become harder and harder for me as I get older so I feel ya there so much. Now granted you also do this as a “side job” or I honestly don’t know if you can come anywhere close to supporting yourself by doing this but I appreciate your honest take of how you feel. What I have found is that sometimes I’ll go months where I don’t play games very often and then sometimes(when I have more time on my hands) I might play and hour or two a day. So much of it is just dependent on what is going on in your real world. Don’t feel bad!
Anyways I love your videos and hopeful you get to a great point of balance with making videos/playing games and having a fulfilled personal life!
But hes a video game reviewer with countless videos, dunno how playing videogames is suddenly hard lol Maybe just admit its too hard?
I’m 32, married, have a newborn, and a full time job. Having kid(s) really presses your time. I make setting aside an hour or two for video games at the end of the day a top priority and still have that but I’m normally so exhausted that I just want to watch TV. JRPG’s are my favorite type of video games but have had the experience King K talked about playing an hour or so at night and making 0 progress, causing me to save them for weekends when I have more time. Elden Ring is pretty much out of the question as I don’t like Soulsborn games to begin with, wouldn’t be making any progress most nights, and is way too daunting in length. Despite all of my friends playing it and agreeing that it is a perfect game.
@@tehdouglas1 He just spent an entire video explaining how he finds it too difficult.
I always try to set aside an hour or two a day to play games. It's just a constant in my life that I really enjoy and keeps me sane.
@@awakenow7147 i honestly find games like Mario harder, Dark Souls is strategy and mechanics yet I keep dieing over and over again to dumb stuff i have no control over while playing Mario 64 the past few days.
I fully understand how you feel. Sometimes you just aren't in the mindset needed at the right time. I honestly cannot wait for that future video where you give us your thoughts about Elden Ring, but please don't feel any obligation to ever push yourself when your mind does not allow it.
As for me, I have been playing Elden Ring non-stop. I 100%ed (Platinum and non-achievement objectives like collecting) the game recently, and it took me 3 playthroughs (NG, NG+ and NG++) on the same character to get everything out of this game. This took me about 120 hours. So yes, I can definitely see how Elden Ring can seem daunting with a completionist (and metroidvania) mindset going in.
Much appreciation for your work and time, GFi.
Damn you're hardcore and I thought I played it a lot lol. I'm terrible at following guides and crap though. I get impatient and just end up running around killing whatever since that's what I find funnest.
This was my experience with breath of the wild. 15 minutes and I want to play something else. But yet I can play twilight princess all over again for the 50th time
In Breath of the Wild, it's easier to accomplish things in short sessions though. Shrines only take minutes to do once you find them, and you could always do mini puzzles for Korok seeds or raid an enemy base for some good weapon drops in the overworld. There are things to do that aren't teeth-grinding in difficulty or obtuse in their purpose. Elden Ring doesn't really have that. It demands your full attention and effort at all times and is not designed to be played in short sessions.
@@jacobmonks3722 i agree as i have no interest in playing elden ring. I find almost all Open world games made nowadays to be boring. the only open world games i can play are rpg's not action adventure
You can still enjoy the game with limited time - although I'm in a similar boat, so I understand the sentiment.
Try looking up a build online. Choose what you want your character to be, then follow (loosely) a path through the game until you reach a character state that isn't trash. There are a bunch of "best start in Elden Ring" videos that'll have your character good to go in literally under 30 minutes.
From there, you can fight fairly against early zone bosses and progress without the headache.
I hope you give it a real shot soon. This IS the From game we all wanted, and then some.
As someone who has enjoyed anything I’ve seen from you, from the kingdom hearts retrospectives to the Zelda ones and everything in between. Thank you for everything King K. Please put yourself first and stay as healthy as you can. I can’t say thank you enough for all the content so it kinda hurts knowing you’re not doing the best right now. I hope things get better for you and you can start to enjoy games like this the way you used to. Stay safe my guy
Thank you. I thought it was just me. Everything you said, is exactly how I feel about the game. I got a little further, beat Margit, but had no satisfaction from doing so, and thus quit. It’s feels like everyone is laughing at a joke and I don’t get it. But the thing is I love Soulsborne stuff.
Yeah. I beat Margit, but he made me want to play the game less. He is an early boss and yet one of the hardest bosses I fought in any Souls games.
@@SuperLotus don't beat your head into a wall trying to kill the main bosses You NEED to go explore and beat some of the world bosses get to runes and level your weapons and character so you can come back stronger and more prepared... or just watch a guide idk Margit is a bitch he will kick your ass either way.
Elden Ring is like a 7/10, at best. No worries if you aren't feeling it.
@@finitesound I think it's 10/10 at it's best and 4/10 at it's worst
Too much innovation too fast. My first experience was wandering into Caleid cause it looked cool. Numerous one shots and instant kills laters i finally got as many graces as i could handle and finally begrudgingly headed for the linear castle segments that suck any fun out of the gameplay
Hey man, this is the first video of your channel I ever watched, so I didn't "knew" you until now, but I really hope that things get better for you and that you can sort out the source of your anxiety. I immensely understand how you feel as I felt the exact the same for the past years when I saw release after release of games I would normally hype the shit out of it and play 2 weeks straight and get admitted into hospital for malnourishing and dehydration afterwards, just didn't click for me. I couldn't bring myself to enjoy and learn the new systems of those games because I was anxious and depressed, some other important pieces of my personal life were missing. Feeling this way was shocking for me. It is terrible to not be able to have fun with things you used to like before, you feel like you have no escape of this deep valley of apathy and boredom. So, don't be too hard on yourself. Right now you got a big disadvantage that is holding you back to show your full potential and ace through this game challenges. But it will, for sure, eventually get better. Our brains are built to make us endure and overcome such mental states, even if it takes some time. all human beings are made this strong. So don't give up, keep going forward on your rythm and it will work out. Best regards o/
I felt like this the first few days of launch. Had a lot of other stuff on my mind at the time but 2 weeks later i really got into it. Just come back whenever you feel the "souls" craving
Early on when I first started playing I was fretting over what I need to get done and keeping a mental checklist of unexplored paths I should check out.
But then, it just sorta clicked and I, just had a completely different mindset.
I found that I enjoyed the game a whole lot more when I stopped trying to beat it lol, just experiencing it at its own pace made all the difference for me.
I had a similar issue day 1. Take a break and internalize your progress and understanding of the game. Reroll your character and start fresh. And the single biggest piece of advice - get your vigor to 20 before touching any other stat. Being able to take more hits will let you engage with and learn the game at an exponentially higher rate.
This this and again this 30 times. Everyone wants to be an untouchable rolling god but it's not easy. Upgrading vigor means I can survive more mistakes. It means I can get more out of my flasks. It means I don't die from a single hit.
This game has more enemy damage scaling than any FromSoft game to date, also because of its length. Vigor is the single most important stat for new players. There's no use doing damage if you're dead.
Hey man, all the best to you with this. I hope it’s going well, if you’ve started. This was my first souls game, and it was a battle to actually start enjoying this. I had no clue about anything, I also didn’t get my horse until about 5 or 6 hours in, and I didn’t use a summon or anything until I hit level 30+ because i didn’t even know what they were and was confused by them. I’m still unsure what all the fingers do, as well as I have no clue what most items do. I recently spent all my runes on spells I ended up not being able to use because I don’t have the particular weapon to cast them, and they also aren’t very good for my type of play style as I came to find out by looking it up online. I spent 2 hours fighting the first main boss of the story and every time I died I almost quit. But now, I’ve clocked 60 hours, and while I still feel like I know nothing, I see this game for it’s true brilliance. I still get overwhelmed by the sheer immensity of the game and all the things I’m missing, but I realize that it’s just a sort of the experience, and one day I’ll be riding in a familiar area of the map and STILL come across something crazy that I never spotted before.
I hope you come back, because it sounds like you’re a huge fan of the series and would love it once you found your stride in it. I love it as someone who doesn’t have the prior game love, so I can only imagine. Anyway, much love and best of luck to you. I hope life improves, it’s tough as hell sometimes, but if you stick around you’ll see it get better.
Felt the same way 110%. Restarted maybe like 10 times to go back to the same astrologer. Really loved the world but the game prevented me from loving it so I decided to watch guides and videos on getting OP early and the game was so much more enjoyable.
Embrancing the openness and making use of every advantage you can find is, I think, Elden Ring's equivalent of Father Gascoigne teaching you that you won't be able to get away with playing by Dark Souls' rules and tank hits with a shield. It's the moment where the game will finally click for you or you bounce off completely. If you went straight down the main path to the first major boss, you'll learn that if you're not exploring and finding useful tools, bashing your head over and over is not going to work. I was fairly lucky in the sense I have never had any interest in making the souls games harder than I want them to be! I hope you can learn to love it.
actually, i think shields are more viable than ever, what with the counter mechanic and some ashes tailored for shields.
@@floppytokey they were talking about shields in bb, not elden ring. Shields in bloodborne are awful
100% relatable. This is not a game that you can "optimize" your time in unfortunately. I can't tell you how many times I was stuck on a boss for several hours, slowly realizing that all those hours of attempts could be put into other games that I could actually finish/make more videos on/be "worth my time". Like you said, that line get's blurry between playing for fun and playing for content. Elden Ring is greedy and it demands you fully devote your attention to it to make any kind of real progress. I do think it's worth all the effort in the end, but the toll it takes on you is substantial.
Hang in there with your anxiety! You aren't alone in that one, deep breaths my friend. You've got this.
Well you can do other things than trying to do boss over and over again 😅 just explore world and get better weapons that helps a lot
Everytime I didn't beat a boss after 3-4 tries, I just went away and started to explor stuff, got stronger while doing that and came back later to that boss and deafted it more easily. Tbh, it's basically your own fault, trying a boss like 5-6hrs, instead of doing other stuff in the game.
And this is also why, Elden Ring is so much better than previous titles. Because you can just go exploring and do other stuff, or finding a easier boss etc.
If you are stuck on a boss for 5+ hours you just need to increase your level and get better gear. I remember being stuck on Margit for a few hours, then I decided to just go and do something else and after beating a few secondary bosses, getting new gear and levelling up around 10 more times I beat him in 2 tries. After Margit the only boss I struggled with was in the "3rd region" and it only took 5 times.
Tbh. If you re stuck on a boss for 5+ hours try using ur brain. And that means stop after 1 hr so you can actually relax and think about the patterns, the boss or some counters.
@@dobiusla8281 yeah but there are some bosses that are almost impossibile without having decent HP. Usually if you are stuck you just need to level up more and get better gear
I had the same issue, I started as an Intelligence build and the starting area screws you over big time. You don’t start getting any good spells or staffs or weapons until the Lake region. I actually started a new character as a Faith build and things were a lot better
I really hope you're doing ok. My best wishes to you and your family.
As someone who mained an int build and started astrologer like you, Int is nothing its built up to be. Theres about 5 actually useful spells in the game, the rest dont do anywhere near as much damage as they should. The spell variety is very limited, and 60% of my now 90 hour playthrough was spent only using the Glintstone pebble, because its fastest spell and does the most damage for the least mana cost.
Meanwhile, Faith has a plethora of spells, tons of variety and status effects, an entire vendor for awesome themed spells and can be used for very little cost. Melee/faith build is what im doing now on my alt character and im having way more fun and variation than my main. Definitely reroll, you wont regret it.
Woah there, careful of your criticisms on the game. You might get cancelled O_O how dare you say anything negative about Elden Ring
Int has a really rough start. I had to follow a guide until I got Carian Slicer, Meteorite Staff, and Moonveil Katana. After that, the game got much smoother. I do kinda wish I went with a faith build instead, simply because the faith spells and weapons seem so much cooler.
This is complete misinformation. Most of the faith spells are garbage. They cost too much and have way too long a windup-up for the damage they do. Faith scaling on weapons is pretty bad too. Faith as a whole needs to be buffed so I definitely wouldn't recommend using it for now unless you want to make things even harder. Plus many of the int spells have been rebalanced with more damage and smaller costs in fp so the whole 5 spells thing hasn't been true for about a week.
@@mr.protagonist5639 I disagree, faith is under-rated and can be extremely broken lmao.
This is pretty inaccurate. Most of my playthru I've been having a hard time fitting in all the spells I like to use because I dont have enough slots, and I'm often changing it up. Using pebble that long is a huge lol.
I absolutely agree. The only reason I haven’t bought the game is that I know I just don’t have the patience.
As I’ve gotten older what I look for in a game has changed. As a kid I loves the grindy games but now I look for relaxing games after a hard days work and I just can’t bring myself to put in the effort for this game
I regret buying it not because it’s bad, I’ve actually really enjoyed what I’ve played so far, but like you said it just takes so much commitment.
Elden ring really isn't that painful, personally (I adore souls games as an adult so this may be biased). You can kick back and relax, plenty of chill builds you can do to enjoy the game without drowning in sweat and shaking from exhaustion. Definitely the easiest/most relaxing souls-like game I've every played simply because of the freedom to leave and come back stronger or more prepared. I would give it a try if I were you, you'll honestly be really surprised, but likewise I understand the lack of patience in games that comes with age or everyday stress. Id recommend Elden Ring regardless :) have a nice day
I cant get the perspective since Dark Souls 1 IS my relaxing game but I think Im very odd in that regard
Same here, too old and job too demanding to put too much into video games. I love the souls games and have beaten them all so far. I was going to try the spoiler free route in Elden Ring but it was overwelming.........if I were retired or had a less demanding job I could have tried that. I also lack patience. So I looked some stuff up, not a total spoil but enough that I've now beaten it...the main story anyway. I'm too old to be doing that smashing my head into the same boss at low level, I just play overleveled a bit and beat stuff that way. Still a challenging game in areas, but the difficulty is just right for me that way.
If you play it blind, that's impressive and kinda crazy, lol. I occasionally look at Item guides and with that help, it's honestly pretty chill most of the time but yea, it's definitely a time sink. The game rarely, if ever, forces you to tackle an intense boss or area. The first boss Margit, you don't even need to go into the castle to fight him. Just hang to the right outside the castle and it takes you to a massive section of the map that basically connects to everything else. You can just dick around with a buddy in coop for like 40+ hours before you even bother to take on the first boss. You'd find something new each time too in those 40 hours. The game is insanely massive. Even solo it's super chill, there's NPC Summons and Spirit Ashes that are basically side kicks, makes the game a breeze if you're at a decent level. Tons of grace points too, you rarely have to back track long distances and even then, you have a horse than can double jump, you can literally just jump over enemies if you don't feel like fighting them, lol.
As someone who finished ER recently, this video speaks to me. It took me 220 hours to play through the game. The game felt "too long" way before the end. When new areas would become accessible, I would look at them and go "oh god that's bigger than I want it to be." I was always interested in seeing what the game had to offer, so I kept playing, but the game certainly overstayed its welcome. A shorter, more focused game with less repetition would have been ideal for me.
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Try super Mario
The fanboys get so emotional when literally anyone doesn't agree with them haha
This is very true. Personally I just couldn't get in emersed into this game.
My favorite part about the game was walking out of the grave and seeing the world. And that's where it all ends. The game just seems like a bunch of rinse repeat rinse repeat. The story is absolutely horrible.
Also I do believe meta absolutely destroys gaming. With over a thousand different builds people only use the same ones which makes this game just suck in my personal opinion. What's the point of having all these other biulds when they don't mean s***
Damn this is actually pretty sad. I was so excited for Elden Ring and it's been absolutely amazing as I expected. I hope I never lose the will to grind out a souls games. I really get the time aspect though, I play by exploring every corner too and I'm like 70 hours in now barely past half way. Don't give up tarnished.
Same. I’m 103 hours in and am barely passed Radahn. I’m taking my time and and trying to enjoy everything the game has to offer. I’m having a blast. When I finally finish, I look forward to going back through and doing it again.
MMOs: "Noob numbers..."
If life was easy, then people wouldn't exist. With so much Free Will, why do humans complain that Elden Ring is too hard, time after time again?... ... ... I guess humans are not humans. Just animals with temporary stimulus desires.
... I'm being harsh but knowing this industry... ... ... The industry did it to itself.
@@absolstoryoffiction6615 pretty much me when I look at my time played on WoW across all my toons. It’d be well over a year of IGT if the game hasn’t been so bad for the 5 or so years
@@absolstoryoffiction6615 Part of it is we are not 12 anymore with 1000s of hours to waste.
I feel this 100 percent, I was saying this to my friend the other day. I was 16 when Dark Souls first came out, I had the time and energy to fling myself at these bosses and challenges constantly. I'm 26 now, I just don't have the free time and patience anymore. I'd rather just be playing something more relaxing where I can switch my brain off for a bit and just chill. Don't worry bro it's not just you 💖
It gets better once you’re settled. I’m 50 and work FT but I love chipping away at this game every night. I’m about 75 hours in, now, with a decent faith build. Beat Rennala a few days ago and probed into the plateau a bit, now exploring Caelid & having a blast. I definitely bumped into some hard fights (the pumpkin head duo and cat duo stumped me for a bit) but the game overall hasn’t felt as daunting or burdensome as some describe. It’s big, yes, but the reward structure doesn’t feel too slow.
@KingK I discovered the hidden cliff path that lets you skip Stormveil Castle in the first hour of the game and fell in *LOVE* exploring, revealing the map, collecting mats, tagging lost graces, and getting into places above my pay grade. For me bosses are a temporary distraction from exploring! That is the beautify of an open world: YOU decide the priority of Questing vs Exploring.
I found that once I came across a rune farm I was no longer "stressed" about leveling. I could just explore and enjoying the game *at my pace* knowing that if I needed runes it was trivial to collect whenever I needed some quick cash for leveling, spells, crafting, etc.
Many narrative games are like riding a bike with training wheels. One of the reasons _Minecraft_ and _Elden Ring_ are so popular is that the _player_ is in control of the pace of the narrative.
I eventually did get back to the bosses. One weekend it took me 4 hours on a Saturday and another 2 hours on a Sunday to beat the Tree Sentinel at level 14, naked, trying on and off the horse to see which better matched my play style. There is nothing quite like _finally_ beating a boss and learning their telegraphs. For now, I'm taking the bosses on when I need a break _from_ exploring.
With freedom of non-linear gameplay a game can feel overwhelming. *Setting small goals for yourself* is one way to manage the "Squirrel!" moments where it feels like you don't make any real progress.
There will always be meta-builds. I found that instead of worrying about _"Am I playing an optimal build?"_ I found it was better to focus on _"Am I having fun with this build? Are there any other builds I want to try out?"_
Elden Ring isn't for everyone. Part of it is you need to be willing to let go of expectations and ask yourself _What do I want out of the game? What am I willing to invest in?_
Hope you can enjoy the game more in the future.
Love your videos I rewatch a ton of them all the time. Have you ever played the gba golden suns/if so would you ever want to do a retrospective on them? I recently found my old gba and am in the process of replaying them and thought these would make for an awesome kingk retrospective.
God this video put into focus a lot of what I've felt.
I played through DS1 in college. As hard as college was, it was still a setting that was a lot more nurturing towards playing a game like DS1. I was at home and the most stressful thing I had to do was study for exams and figure out where I was going to drink on the weekends.
DS3 came out when I had a job, when I had rent and a car payment to pay off. I was already mentally exhausted and as good as that game is, I just haven't been able to get through it. Same with Bloodborne, and when Elden Ring came out all I could do was shrug.
I've moved more towards competitive games as the years went by because at least it's a more organic stress, it's not stress I'm feeling towards a computer program, it's strategy and outsmarting a fellow human. However, even that's started to take a back seat to everything on my plate.
Do you really think COD players are healthier than Souls players? You sound like a total rtard
No guys im stressed by a human not a computer it's different
I work 60 hours a week and have a kid. My play time ranges from 20 minutes to 3 hours at a time. I fully understand where ur coming from.
Elden Ring has quickly become my favorite soulsborne game as I chip through it. Im at the final legacy dungeon. It's an amazing experience, although frustrating if I spend my little spare time stuck on a boss/area.
I feel honestly sorry that it aint resonating with ya. The level design and open world just gets better and better as it goes on. This game has stuff that I couldnt have even dreamed of asking for out of a video game. It's shockingly beautiful.
The first few hours are a bit aimless until you get into the rhythm. At like 20-30 hours in I got my second outfit when usually in Ds3 at the point I have about 20 different outfits. I'd recommend using a guide for first playthrough honestly, for questlines and such. Some are Zelda 2 levels of obscure.
Funnily enough, I was also considering starting the Mass Effect series for the first time. Been listening to salt factory's videos at work lately and it seems like a very unique series that can be played while parenting.
Mass Effect games got way too political after the first one
@@RoboBreaker Lol just cause you have to use your own morality?
Wow a united diverse culturally universe vs a galactic ai threat that wants to assimilate destroy all organic life is too political cause it pushes united we stand divided we fall lol?
@@RoboBreaker honestly don't care. Even if I strongly disagree with the politics of a game, it isn't enough for me to instantly dislike/disregard it.
Besides, most games people warn me that are "too political" often end up being not political at all. Gears 5, TLOU2, and Prey 2017 quickly became some of my favorite games, as a centrist with a right tilt.
You're describing the exact reasons I haven't been able to get into ER, which is a shame because while I've always been a casual Souls fan (only ever beat DS2 and got stuck on the final boss of Sekiro which happens to be my favorite FromSoft game) I was really looking forward to it and finally having some buddies who wanted to play through it together but I just can't bring myself to put the time into it, and I wasn't sure why until now, so thank you King.
Is it only me but every thing is so tedious I have to got to a cave in the middle of nowhere like 70 times to upgrade my weapons I liked the game for ab 25 hours and then I felt like I wasn’t getting anywhere
It took a while for me to get my head around the new twists on mechanics, pacing, world design, and the entire crafting system, and to get used to not always knowing if I was the right level or had upgraded my weapon enough. It’s the first souls game I’ve gone into without the help of wikis or guides, and it’s the first one where I feel like my character is entirely my own. The experience of finding a weapon that I really wanted to use but couldn’t upgrade because over 30 hrs I hadn’t found a single somber smithing stone[1] was game changing for me. In all the other games, I would’ve been running through previous areas because I knew that there would be one that I had missed, but in this one, I went on an hours long personal quest to find one damn early game smithing resource, and it’s the best time I’ve had in years. In the end, I think I got it as a drop from an insignificant enemy or it was just lying in an encampment, but my character had changed and grown from the experience. I haven’t had an experience like that with a game since I was a little kid
One thing I want to say, is that in previous games I felt like id explore every nook and cranny trying not to miss any npc seeing missing it as a failure. Know that this game is so big that i only started enjoying the game when i just started wandering around towards the objective loving the little stories i stumbled on on the way. It felt so much more natural. Not worry about what to miss and to know ill have a unique experience.
The fact you already noticed you were fighting against the game shows how strong your introspection is and your interest in games. Good luck with fighting your mind and saving your life ❤️ your life is worth building up in ways youd care about it even if that also requires a restart.
Totally relatable video, because I think I got to the same point as you
I'm "less tolerant to frustration" now than before, and it made me enjoy less the grinding I used to make or challenges that were harder. I know the feeling of conquest over a brutal challenge is amazing, I feel it sometimes when I try some hard games, but it's not my main source of satisfaction in gaming anymore.
KingK, hope that you feel better here soon. Thought you should know that I always appreciate your insight and opinions and hope that you come back stronger than ever after you get through this tough time. We're here for you 💪💪
Like you, I'm an older chap. So time is ever rare. That said, I adore Elden Ring. I'm aware I will be playing this game for the rest of this year at the pace I'm going at, but I'm perfectly content playing one great game a year. To each their own.
There is something beautiful in missing out on games, because YOU decide what to miss out on. During school and college I had plenty of time to play all different kinds of games without it damaging my life, but those days are gone and that's ok. Now, working full time, I am confident to say that I probably will only play Souls Games, Elder Scrolls 6 and an the upcoming Team Ico game, maybe Wolf among us 2 in the upcoming years. If you only play the games that mean the absolute most to you, even large games stop becoming a problem. Because I have all year ahead of me to play elden ring.
What sucks is it's kind of his job to keep up with the newest games. He has a following that pay his bills that EXPECT his commentary on what's new in gaming.
We don't have his problem. Being a youtuber kind of sucks. Even if you are good at it and make decent cashesh at it... Staying relevant if a lot of pressure.
Same, man. I'm still much younger, but my style of playing is to play very few games, only one game at a time.
But for hundreds of hours each. I only switch games like 2-3 times a year.
This meaning, Elden Ring is basically perfect for me.
I'm taking my time exploring every nook and cranny, and my first playthrough will probably net 150+ hours.
And I'm loving every second of it.
Hey King K, as a fellow fromsoft fan who was incredibly excited about this game... I had a near identical experience as you, and I think I can pick out the underlying reason based on your footage-
Everyone who I have heard who picked sorcery as their go to from the get go has had an INCREDIBLY rough time through the start of it. I usually only played melee builds in the past and wanted to pick up sorcery and see all of the options the game had to offer, but I just found myself failing again and again over and over again feeling incredibly weak and powerless. I couldnt "discover" anything hidden and I felt like I couldnt accomplish anything. I was just suffering over and over again and I felt like I wasnt making any headway whereas my friends were seeing all of this cool stuff. And I felt especially discouraged because sorcery is always advertised as the game's easy mode by players and that felt like... the opposite of my character. Everytime I got stuck with something, I would switch to using a melee weapon and Id still do pathetic damage because my build wasnt made for that.
I really didnt want to restart, but since my girlfriend was getting the game on ps4 I had the option to run a separate build on my ps5 to help her out, and I wanted to do something different again- so I picked Prophet and went Strength/Faith. There was an IMMEDIATE difference. I knew where to go right away and what to avoid, and my 10 hours of middling struggles became shortened to 1 hour of progress where I got further than I ever had knowing what to expect in a fraction of the time. That was when I felt like I was playing a souls game again- dark souls 1 specifically. Planning my routes, running past things I didnt care about, grabbing the items essential to my run, and picking off the things I did. Everything was a breeze, and I wasnt afraid of fighting things anymore with my sword and board faith build. And I kind of realized what happened.
This game kind of trashes on people who have been fans for a while. Just like how bloodborne did before for ds1. It preys on the fact that it knows you used to be on top, and dares you to try again, but offers you solutions that our own pride would feel ashamed of picking. But the game is inherently different. Bosses know how to deal with two opponenets, they know how to deal with range, and they have changed the formula from wait your turn to figure out when your turn is/make your own turn. Things did eventually get better for my sorcery build, but being able to use something else that was stronger at the get go made all the difference for me. If you do decide to revisit the game again, I recommend you do try something you're more familiar with.
As for the crippling scale of the world- remember, just like all souls games, a lot of the content there is optional/not made for every build. You might feel like you have to see everything, but more so than any other souls game, this game requires collaboration and hearsay. BIG zelda 1 vibes. The beauty of the game is preserved in the stories we tell each other.
Hope these words were able to help you. Whatever choice you make for yourself will be the correct one, thanks for the video and I hope things turn around for your mental health. Been in a rough patch myself and this game definitely didnt help at first lmao
This comment is so spot on, grabbing a big sword, pumping points into vigor and going to town will always be the "easier" (simpler maybe?) mode imo.
Sorcery, at least for me, has never been very fun as a starting build. I always reserve it for ng+, when I already have all the fun tools and am not forced to use the weak starting spell 100 times in a minute. Now, if you aren't against using guides, there's the option of beelining to some great options very early on (gravity magic in particular seems more fun than basic sorceries in the early game)
Yeah, Ive been very annoyed with the sorcery hate because I geniunely feel like the big two hander strength builds dont know how good they have it when they complain about anything that isnt them. When bosses repeatedly crumple from just spamming r2s and jump attacks so you can crit fish, and then people just ignore the challenges that come from being a magic user, its very annoying. It honestly feels like an echochamber that people refuse to acknowledge because "muh strength is the real mans way to play". Im glad that because of the changed to balance and because of the variety of options in the game, more people are becomming aware that every build simply has its strengths and weaknesses
I believe part of the problem is that pure magic builds are a lot less interesting to watch. So for those that "play" by watching streams, seeing a mage blast a boss from 200 meters away is less engaging, and leads to them complaining with the streamer (and by extension, the rest of the magic players).
And it's true, all builds have their strengths and weaknesses (all builds should invest heavily in Vigor tho, 60 vigor is the real easier mode now), but I feel sorcery specifically has the highest of highs and lowest of lows.
Some fights are absolute jokes with things like comet azure, others will stick to you like glue and destroy your puny wizard.
@@joaoluizkfsantos8392 I also think it has a lot to do with the pvp side of the community, people getting frustrated with moonveil without really knowing how to deal with it. I did get a lot of tools that were helpful later on, but they definitely still werent free wins. Comet Azur is great but you need 60 int to even use it and its semi hidden without guides (which is how I played for the most part). To those who know all of the games secrets of course magic is going to come up stronger with all of that inserted in your skull, but honestly for the most part becauss I didnt really have the greatest casting speed and I was doing a spellsword build, more often than not if a boss was too much I would two hand the darkmoon blade and act like a melee build with the occassional spell in case I could actually get away with a ranged attack.
@@DERyuga ah yeah, that makes sense. I never touched pvp in ER, Fromsoft pvp started going downhill after DS2 for me 😅 and I assume most players will use a guide at least a couple times during their playthrough.
The last point is also spot on, hibrid builds seem like the best option. Magic isn't hitting? Swing your sword!
The abundance of hibrid scaling weapons should incentivise people to try it 🙏
I found this to be very interesting because your thoughts and idea very much reflected my own, but in a very "twisted mirror" way. I'm currently dealing with anxiety, depression, and a myriad of other issues I won't go too deep into, but I see Elden Ring and the Souls series as "so wonderfully optimistic" and "relaxing" in comparison to the soul crushing (what a pun) reality that I exist in, that the main reason why I'm soon having over 500 hours into this game and I stream it five days a week, is because it allows me to breathe, relax, and escape to a world where things are "better". I find my own hope for my own well-being, the reality I exist in, or reasons for living so fragile and vanishing, that the hope that I cling onto, is in the video game most people would define as "soul-crushing".
I really liked the video, and I felt like I understood why you reasoned you couldn't play the game. I wish you the best of luck on your life and I hope things will get better in due time!
The thing about elden ring it encourages you to explore its vast world and fight difficult bosses along with it rather than doing its main quest and beat the game right away.
After so many reviews gushing about the game, this was kind of refreshing. I still think the game is beautiful and I love that they tried something new with the open world. But it is MASSIVE and I also have other things going on in my life that make it hard to sit down and burn half a day just on playing it. Love your videos.
Completely agree.
The fact that people praise the aspect of "they don't hold your hand, you choose where to go"
Is just an excuse for the developers to have you wandering around aimlessly with no idea where anything is or where to go or what to do
@@BryMakesArt I mean, the developers do literally tell you where to go using sites of Grace. Everything else is pretty much free for you to explore and figure out.
@@onyonrong9244 I know. This monologue feels like, where's my corridor? where are my quest markers?!
@@BryMakesArt Found the Ubisoft Dev
Elden Ring taught me that I much prefer linear or semi linear games like medroidvanias and the previous souls games much more than open worlds which lead me to honestly not like Elden Ring all that much. It really bothered me that it never really clicked for me since I was so excited for it but eventually I just accepted that fact that what the game is and what I want it to be are different things and that's ok.
At least u admit that its ur taste, and not the game.
For example i tried to get into TheWitcher 3 & i just couldnt, felt so boooring 😴, had to stop. But its still a very highly rated RPG, just not my cup of tea.
EldenRing on the other hand ive got like 125hours & im in love with it.
If you haven't rerolled your character already, try the Confessor class. Basic sword and shield start. Strength/Faith heavy stat distribution at the start, starts the game with a heater shield that blocks 100 physical damage. I found it very easy to ease myself back into this style of game with this class. Regardless of which class you choose, good luck in your travels of the lands between, fellow Tarnished!
I was lucky, i started darksouls III with friends who gave me the hope i needed to beat it. I finally did it the other day. Still have the dlc to get through, but i feel accomplished. Elden ring is great as well, i couldnt imagine it being my first experience with the genre.
It sounds like the game came out at just the wrong time for you and that's okay. Maybe step away for now and come back when you're in a better place mentally.
Personally I've always liked Soulsborne games but they honestly exhaust me with their difficulty. It's tough to play through them and I still haven't fully finished one. I've reached the end of both Bloodborne and DS2 but I just didn't finish them cause I honestly just didn't feel like it oddly enough. As much as I enjoyed those games, it's hard for me to want to go back because they can be so exhausting.
In this context, Elden Ring has been very interesting for me because despite not even playing a from soft game for maybe 5 years it hasn't felt too exhausting despite it's length and general difficulty. I've been loving it and I love chipping away at it because of its open world design and wide variety of viable and flat out broken abilities makes it so I rarely have to beat my head against a wall. The game does a ton to let you customize the difficulty to your liking via different combat options. If a boss or area is too much of a hurdle, I feel like I can always just go do something else in the game until I feel stronger, more mentally prepared, or just have a busted spirit or summon in another player, or even just found a way to skip a fight entirely. It feels like the game never locks you into one place.
Checkpointing is generous and running past enemies is a viable option most of the time that I rarely ever have to deal with the runback to a boss if I at least know where to go. Elden Ring gives so many tools to just break the game that it feels very deliberate and flexible. I can't say for sure if I'll finish the game myself but I know I'm gonna keep chipping away at it for quite a while longer.
Honestly, I'm about 90ish hours in and towards the end game: It feels quite a lot harder to complete than previous souls games. Difficultywise I'd put the last few bosses I've encountered right at Ringed City / Old Hunters level of challenge. So maybe be prepared for that. But there's so much game until then to discover that you might not even mind.
Elden Ring is my fave game of all time, now i got about 125hours & will continue to play it.
But i agree, one shouldnt force themselves to finish a game.
Ive tried to get into TheWitcher 3 because everyone says its one of the best RPGs ever & it just wasnt for me, id literally feel like im falling asleep, felt so boring 😴😴 So i stopped playing it. Its not the game, its my taste.
I totally get this. Difficulty aside, mood in a game is everything for me. I've been replaying old Pokemon games and Zelda games because it simply makes me happy and a good dose of happy with world events is needed for sure.
Same with me, Pokemon and Zelda are therapy for my soul
this comment made me smile. at the end of 2021 i went through one of the worst few months of my life. one day i decided to go back and play majoras mask because zelda was my childhood. i ended up playing and beating almost all of the old 3d zelda games, even going and completing OOT and MM randomizers. while i’m 100% sure that other people do this too i’m glad to see other people actually talking about it too. thank you for sharing!
Dude same, bought a 3ds and beat sun playing soulsilver now. Therapy for the home buying stress lol
@@KadoTheNorm I love Soul silver. To this day my favorite Pkm game.
This makes so much sense to me after I graduated high school and tried to replay this game. I am working full time, while also doing school full time online. Trying to play this game while having very small amounts of free time combined with high stress makes it almost a chore. I wish I could go back to my junior year of high school and enjoy this game to its fullest, but sadly thats gone at the moment. Perhaps in the future I will have the time to enjoy what ive been missing out on for the past year. Great video man.
Sounds more like depression than anything else.
I like how you described that you shouldn't have to consider "build" when playing an open ended game. Most of the charm of an open world is feeling that there's no need to look anything up, and that you can just let the game unfold naturally.
yeah doesn't work for this game especially, in the old games I never even thought about my build until the end of the game, I just used a straight sword and a shield or I'd use a claymore. Tried that with this game and got bored and felt like the game wasn't working for me. Started seeing all these builds online and switched and it became more fun but now I'm constantly trying to optimize my build because the game is so hard especially late game that I feel like half the difficulty comes from not using the right build for the right boss which is crazy cause you can only respec a few times. IDK I'm definitely way less patient than I was 5 years ago.
Pretty much why I hope From's next game is like Sekiro with no stats. What's the point of going through an entire dungeon to get a sorcery or greatsword you can't use in your build? It's so annoying.
@@SinclairLocke this 100%. I’ve recently finished up with the entire Ranni quest-line, arguably the best quest-like in the whole game that directs you to more locations and bosses than any other quest-line, and I’ve gotten a lot of souls from beating the bosses that I’ve thrown back into items and levels, I enjoyed the characters a lot and I’m glad to have Ranni’s ending opened up. But I’m terms of intrinsic rewards like viable weapons and armor, my ungunga bunga intelligence 9 tanky build with a halberd and shield is sure gonna enjoy these intelligence 70 requirement spells and weapons.
You do get Radahn’s set become available, but I was gonna try beat him anyway, meaning I would have opened up Nokron which would have gotten me the mimic tear ashes anyway as well.
Sekiro really spoilt me in retrospect, it’s tough as nails but every reward is useful because Wolf is glued to his sword
I played 9 hours with my first character and felt similar to you. I re rolled and am now around 40 hours deep, so I just think it's important to pick a playstyle you're more accustomed to!
Sometimes we need different things from our gaming time. For many games you gotta be in the right headspace to be able to enjoy them.
It took me 20 to 30 hours of persistent banging my head against the wall before I broke through the difficulty curve and actually started enjoying Elden Ring. I'm glad I did but if I hadn't had lots of free time I wouldn't have done it.
I look forward to hearing if the reroll and changed approach works out.
I really found that this game encourages you to do whatever you can to go through it.
With how big the game is, looking stuff online is way less shameful, and getting help from summons and using chessy starts is found everywhere in the game.
Yeah. I take joy in learning how to cheese stuff. Standing on roofs, odd rocks, casting poison, whatever. Love it.
Elden Ring is slowly creeping into my top 5 games of all time, I'm absolutely in love with it, but I understand your sentiment here. While I didn't have the same experience with Elden Ring you're having, I had it with The Last of Us 2. The original Last of Us is among my favorite games of all time, but the sequels story was so depressing and draining at a time when I really needed the opposite. I personally think its poorly written in so many ways, but the pure draining feeling of the narrative took me out of it and I still haven't finished it.
you should, it's a great game
@@jackpepper4432 yeah I probably will one day, based off the game play alone. The game play was honestly some of the best i've played, the story for me, just wasn't it.
Tlou2 made me feel depressed for like a week after completing it, I loved the story but being extremely sleep deprived from grinding a very dark and depressing story made me feel terrible after playing
It has become my favorite game of all time though but my first play through made me feel depressed
Literally same bro