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[ACamp1900]

They need to hurry the hell ip on the next elder scrolls already!!! Lol

 

[DONTH8]

Seems like the #fashionsouls crowd is going to love this game.

Looking at some of the gameplay footage, it doesn't appear to have enough boobs for @ulukinatme to want to play...

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

I’m fuckin ded lmao

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

So I bit the bullet and purchased Elden Ring. I have zero Dark Souls experience soooo... any advice? Im thinking of starting with a Confessor (I love Paladins) and it looks like this would be a good choice for me not only for my style of play but also survivability with zero experience. I have found a few videos on beefing up quickly so im going to try that before doing anything hard. Game looks fucking amazing so far.

 

[TorontoGold]

So I bit the bullet and purchased Elden Ring. I have zero Dark Souls experience soooo... any advice? Im thinking of starting with a Confessor (I love Paladins) and it looks like this would be a good choice for me not only for my style of play but also survivability with zero experience. I have found a few videos on beefing up quickly so im going to try that before doing anything hard. Game looks fucking amazing so far.

15 hours in and I haven't beaten the first story boss yet (Margit). Picked Astrologer for the same reasons you did (first DS game I've played).

Honestly, found that a melee guy would have been better for the starting dungeons since it's a lot of CQC. Use your lone wolf ashes as often as possible to help keep the enemies aggro'd and it should make things a lot better.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

So I bit the bullet and purchased Elden Ring. I have zero Dark Souls experience soooo... any advice? Im thinking of starting with a Confessor (I love Paladins) and it looks like this would be a good choice for me not only for my style of play but also survivability with zero experience. I have found a few videos on beefing up quickly so im going to try that before doing anything hard. Game looks fucking amazing so far.

My advice is not to play it like any other game. I'm usually a little more comfortable just running around and raising hell at the beginning of a game while I learn to craft/forge/etc. This game is not forgiving and I hate gathering items/relics only to die because I challenged a group of dead soldiers to a sword fight.

You certainly have to be more calculating. I need to figure out how to beef up in this game, so far I've just been aimlessly exploring and discovering sites of grace.

 

[phillyirish]

15 hours in and I haven't beaten the first story boss yet (Margit). Picked Astrologer for the same reasons you did (first DS game I've played).

Honestly, found that a melee guy would have been better for the starting dungeons since it's a lot of CQC. Use your lone wolf ashes as often as possible to help keep the enemies aggro'd and it should make things a lot better.

For Margit, get the Jellyfish summon by exhausting the dialogue with the ncp in front of Stormviel castle. With that, and the ai summoner before the fog entrance, you should have a lot easier time taking turns distracting him. Plus if the Jellyfish last long enough, he will poison Margit and you can just avoid him for the last ~10% of life and he’ll die.

I’m convinced for the 2nd boss my character just isn’t strong enough. I’ve been exploring the world, and ran into and beat a bunch of random minor bosses. 2 of them I was even able to beat on 1 go. But I haven’t upgraded my weapons at all yet and I here thats a major part of this game.

Honestly, the lack of loot is the only disappointing thing in this game. In dark souls 3 I had tons of weapons and armor combinations after the first few hours. Here, I’ve found maybe a dozen weapons so far, but only like 3 I can even use yet, and a handful of mismatching armor.

 

[TorontoGold]

For Margit, get the Jellyfish summon by exhausting the dialogue with the ncp in front of Stormviel castle. With that, and the ai summoner before the fog entrance, you should have a lot easier time taking turns distracting him. Plus if the Jellyfish last long enough, he will poison Margit and you can just avoid him for the last ~10% of life and he’ll die.

I’m convinced for the 2nd boss my character just isn’t strong enough. I’ve been exploring the world, and ran into and beat a bunch of random minor bosses. 2 of them I was even able to beat on 1 go. But I haven’t upgraded my weapons at all yet and I here thats a major part of this game.

Honestly, the lack of loot is the only disappointing thing in this game. In dark souls 3 I had tons of weapons and armor combinations after the first few hours. Here, I’ve found maybe a dozen weapons so far, but only like 3 I can even use yet, and a handful of mismatching armor.

This is amazing to know! I've been trying with the wolves and just figured my mind/intel wasn't high enough so I've been grinding that.

Totally agree on the lack of loot, feel like everything is designed for a melee build. I've read the only non-melee stuff comes into play when you're level 40+

 

[ulukinatme]

Dropped the previous games I was playing for a bit because a buddy picked up Monster Hunter: Rise on Switch. I really enjoyed the hell out of Monster Hunter: World, and I had been playing a bit of Monster Hunter: Generations Ultimate before I decided to pickup a copy of Rise and join him.

The gameplay is what you expect from a Monster Hunter game. Lots and lots of action, light on the plot and dialogue, tons of weapons that are very well balanced, and a loot grind that is fun and open. I'm already dozens of hours into the game and enjoying it quite a bit. I've said it before and I'll say it again: there's just something oddly satisfying about smacking the hell out of a giant dragon-like monster with a big hammer or sword, then carving up said monster and using his skull to fashion a whole new weapon.

Compared to MH: World they've added some very nice features that greatly speed up hunts.
For one you don't have to track monster footprints/droppings/etc to locate a monster. Everything shows up on your map as soon as the quest starts, getting you to the action much quicker.
They also introduced these Palamutes into the game, similar to the Felyne companions but obviously the dog version. You can ride said Palamutes around the map to get to locations quicker, which also cuts down on breaks between the action.
Wire bugs have replaced the Slinger and Clutch Claw from MH: World. Now you can shoot a Wire bug from your wrist and use it to scale cliffs with ease or use it to grapple onto monsters to bring them down.
They've also added a new Rampage mode where you take on tons of monsters with other people while you defend gates. You get a variety of different siege weapons to accomplish this, some automated and some manual.

The one thing I will say that's a bit disappointing is it feels like they've turned the difficulty down just a wee bit. Now part of that could just be that I'm not new to the franchise anymore and I understand how much of it works. It's certainly still got plenty of difficulty to it, and there's always the odd chance some random player you're with ends up carting a lot and failing the mission for you, but so far it's just happened twice. To be fair though, the learning curve for a MH game first time playing is high, and MH: World felt pretty damn difficult at times. The end game monsters are difficult no matter what your skill level is really. If anything they made the game easier at the start while it gets tougher at High Rank, which is probably a good move honestly instead of kicking your ass right from the get go as you're still learning.

As always the combat is the best part of this game, it's why you play and keep coming back. It's just deep, you get a lot of different mechanics you can use if you choose to, but they're not all necessary. There's bait you can set out, poisoned in a variety of ways if you so choose. There's traps you can use to slow monsters down, or capture them if the conditions are right. There's kunai you can throw as well as flash bombs or sonic devices for monsters that like to hide underground. There's explosive barrels you can setup if a monster is asleep or your timing is right. There's tools for the Felynes/Palamutes too so they can support you during a hunt. All that and more, and there's still the 14 different weapons types you can choose from, each being fairly well balanced with their own unique styles and fighting mechanics. Various swords, hammer, bowguns, lances, each one unique and each has dozens of progression trees for each monster you face. You can make a katana from the bones of one beast, fight the same beast at High Rank to obtain new materials for a stronger sword, or you can branch off and change the katana to follow a different monster's tree. Each tree has different elmental or status damaging abilities, or other features like crit chance. That's the other big draw to the game is the fun loot progression.

They've got a DLC planned for this summer it looks like, they'll probably release Master Rank missions at that time. I'm looking forward to that, but I've only just started to crack the surface of High Rank after heavily playing the last couple weeks.

As always the Honest Trailers present the game with a funny, yet fair review:

 

[DONTH8]

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Super impressed with the comments. All are spot on. I agree it's easier, but I appreciated that because my friends actually decided to join the franchise for the first time.

I think the biggest advantage to the palamute is the ability to hop on and sharpen your weapon while in a fight. Game changer. Lets you stay right next to the monster the whole time.

 

[ACamp1900]

Still sports gamin’

Been playing manager mode FIFA 22 on legendary,… took Celtic fc as far as I could and saw Newcastle was open after season five. Took it at the January window and yikes. Talk about a total rebuild. They’re mid table in the championship so lots of work to do. Luckily my world class midfielder from Celtic was transferred there a season prior so I’m leaning on him. Been fun tho

 

[ulukinatme]

Super impressed with the comments. All are spot on. I agree it's easier, but I appreciated that because my friends actually decided to join the franchise for the first time.

I think the biggest advantage to the palamute is the ability to hop on and sharpen your weapon while in a fight. Game changer. Lets you stay right next to the monster the whole time.

You on Switch or PC? I wanted to get it for PC originally, had it in my Steam wishlist, but I was surprised to find out my buddy had bought a Switch bundle that already included the game and planned on playing it at some point. That kind of forced my hand to get it for Switch.

 

[greyhammer90]

Beat Godrick the Grafted two nights ago. I think the early castle is definitely the "you must be this good to ride the ride" moment of the early game because since leveling and practicing enough to beat it the game has become much more open and BotW like, with the map getting way bigger way faster. I'm playing as a strength/faith build and my starting class was a wretch so it took some time to get some momentum.

Jellyfish summons is definitely a must for people struggling with early bosses. It serves as a useful distraction if nothing else, but if you stay mildly aggressive with the boss and learn to dodge the boss's attacks while kiting it away from the jellyfish the jellyfish's spray attack will eventually poison the boss and help shorten the fight immensely.

 

[GoldenAura]

Beat Godrick the Grafted two nights ago. I think the early castle is definitely the "you must be this good to ride the ride" moment of the early game because since leveling and practicing enough to beat it the game has become much more open and BotW like, with the map getting way bigger way faster. I'm playing as a strength/faith build and my starting class was a wretch so it took some time to get some momentum.

Jellyfish summons is definitely a must for people struggling with early bosses. It serves as a useful distraction if nothing else, but if you stay mildly aggressive with the boss and learn to dodge the boss's attacks while kiting it away from the jellyfish the jellyfish's spray attack will eventually poison the boss and help shorten the fight immensely.

Running a dex/int build and while it started slow I've got so many spells to play with now. I tried Godrick once and decided I'd go explore and get much stronger before coming back. Wrecked him on my second try lol.

Don't know if you've got it yet but I'd also recommend the skeleton militia summon. When they die they they can revive like most skeleton enemies with full health as long as you can pull the enemy away from them before they reform. Huge asset for taking aggro from bosses and bosses that outnumber you 2v1, 3v1,etc.

 

[DONTH8]

You on Switch or PC? I wanted to get it for PC originally, had it in my Steam wishlist, but I was surprised to find out my buddy had bought a Switch bundle that already included the game and planned on playing it at some point. That kind of forced my hand to get it for Switch.

Switch. I dont have a PC.... yet.

 

[TorontoGold]

Running a dex/int build and while it started slow I've got so many spells to play with now. I tried Godrick once and decided I'd go explore and get much stronger before coming back. Wrecked him on my second try lol. Don't know if you've got it yet but I'd also recommend the skeleton militia summon. When they die they they can revive like most skeleton enemies with full health as long as you can pull the enemy away from them before they reform. Huge asset for taking aggro from bosses and bosses that outnumber you 2v1, 3v1,etc.

Totally missed the NPC summon on Margit...found the fight much harder against Margit than Godrick since I actually had the NPC summon + the skeleton summon was incredible against Godrick.

Found the castle pretty easy to move around in as a int build compared to Limgrave dungeons before Margit.

 

[IrishLion]

Beat Godrick the Grafted two nights ago. I think the early castle is definitely the "you must be this good to ride the ride" moment of the early game because since leveling and practicing enough to beat it the game has become much more open and BotW like, with the map getting way bigger way faster. I'm playing as a strength/faith build and my starting class was a wretch so it took some time to get some momentum.

Jellyfish summons is definitely a must for people struggling with early bosses. It serves as a useful distraction if nothing else, but if you stay mildly aggressive with the boss and learn to dodge the boss's attacks while kiting it away from the jellyfish the jellyfish's spray attack will eventually poison the boss and help shorten the fight immensely.

I saw a post on the 'Dad Gaming' Facebook page about how to get your flask and primary weapon upgraded super early, as well as acquiring the wolves spirit summon and a flask that buffs your strength for 3 minutes at a time.

I followed this guide (not that you need it):



It says it takes about a half hour... but I spent 3 hours taking my time and making sure I accomplished everything without dying lol. I also have not been able to locate the Cliffbottom Catacombs to get the glovewort items to upgrade my spirit summons yet... that's on my to-do list for tonight, and then I'll start seeing what kind of enemies I'm capable of challenging.

 

[greyhammer90]

I saw a post on the 'Dad Gaming' Facebook page about how to get your flask and primary weapon upgraded super early, as well as acquiring the wolves spirit summon and a flask that buffs your strength for 3 minutes at a time.

I followed this guide (not that you need it):



It says it takes about a half hour... but I spent 3 hours taking my time and making sure I accomplished everything without dying lol. I also have not been able to locate the Cliffbottom Catacombs to get the glovewort items to upgrade my spirit summons yet... that's on my to-do list for tonight, and then I'll start seeing what kind of enemies I'm capable of challenging.

I'm trying to avoid those sorts of videos and keep my first run largely blind. I'll probably hate myself when I watch the vids later and realize how much better my build could have been but oh well that's the fun.

Strong jumping attacks are super fun in this game btw. I've been two-handing my weapon way more than I've ever done previously as well.

 

[greyhammer90]

Oh also I "fell" for a trap this weekend that transported me as a prisoner to another part of the map that seemed very late game. (I figured it was going to do something bad to me, but I wanted to see what would happen haha.) That late game area got me extremely hyped. Looks like the late game is going to be Bloodborne levels of nutty.

 

[ACamp1900]

All sounds cool,... too bad I am too bitch tits and lack the time and energy for these masochistic games.

 

[GoldenAura]

Oh also I "fell" for a trap this weekend that transported me as a prisoner to another part of the map that seemed very late game. (I figured it was going to do something bad to me, but I wanted to see what would happen haha.) That late game area got me extremely hyped. Looks like the late game is going to be Bloodborne levels of nutty.

Some very cool areas to see. I'd love to post screenshots showing them off but I'll wait so as to not spoil anything. Just recently beat my new all time favorite Fromsoft boss.

 

[laughingirish90]

playing need for speed hot pursuit remastered on nintendo switch right now. haven't played my switch for a few months and so i thought i would dust it off and start playing it again

 

[DONTH8]

playing need for speed hot pursuit remastered on nintendo switch right now. haven't played my switch for a few months and so i thought i would dust it off and start playing it again

Dang, that brings back some memories of my PS3

 

[IrishLion]

I spent three hours farming runes between the first enemy camp you encounter and a bridge that's nearby last night. Kill enemies, rest at Site of Grace, repeat. Playing like a total coward, and having a blast lol.

I did venture out a bit to tackles some other enemies, but mostly just wanted to grind in the early area. I tried taking on one of the Night's Cavalry in Limgrave on one of the bridges, and got him down to a sliver of health in mounted combat... but then I got too aggressive trying to finish him off and got my ass handed to me. Decided to head to bed at that point.

Another couple hours tonight and I'll have my faith and arcane leveled up enough to try a Darth Maul build I found via a Facebook video.

- Get the Twinblade from the Dragon-Burnt Ruins
- Get the Bloodflame Blade incantation from a Teardrop Scarab somewhere in Liurnia of the Lakes, near Rose Church
- Get the Dragon Communion Seal from the Hero's Grave, near the starting point of the game
- Take out trash mobs with giant sweeps of a double-bladed lightsaber; take on bosses while playing 'Duel of the Fates'

 

[ACamp1900]

I keep seeing BotW/Zelda fanboys in various Nintendo and gamer groups getting all percolated over Elden Ring because' it's obviously going to impact BotW2'..... why? Witcher 3 came out like a decade before the original BotW and I felt no carry over or impression on it.

Honestly, I tried real hard ringo to get into BotW... and I just couldn't do it... so many better open world games out there. Anyway, I'm sharing my thoughts here because sharing thoughts like that in those groups is like coming here and saying you 'hate Notre Dame, Go Blue' on this board and yeah, I want no part of the mob.

 

[DONTH8]

I keep seeing BotW/Zelda fanboys in various Nintendo and gamer groups getting all percolated over Elden Ring because' it's obviously going to impact BotW2'..... why? Witcher 3 came out like a decade before the original BotW and I felt no carry over or impression on it.

Honestly, I tried real hard ringo to get into BotW... and I just couldn't do it... so many better open world games out there. Anyway, I'm sharing my thoughts here because sharing thoughts like that in those groups is like coming here and saying you 'hate Notre Dame, Go Blue' on this board and yeah, I want no part of the mob.

Wait till Wiz sees this... 1 man army.

 

[ACamp1900]

Wait till Wiz sees this... 1 man army.

Army of none.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

I spent three hours farming runes between the first enemy camp you encounter and a bridge that's nearby last night. Kill enemies, rest at Site of Grace, repeat. Playing like a total coward, and having a blast lol.

I did venture out a bit to tackles some other enemies, but mostly just wanted to grind in the early area. I tried taking on one of the Night's Cavalry in Limgrave on one of the bridges, and got him down to a sliver of health in mounted combat... but then I got too aggressive trying to finish him off and got my ass handed to me. Decided to head to bed at that point.

Another couple hours tonight and I'll have my faith and arcane leveled up enough to try a Darth Maul build I found via a Facebook video.

- Get the Twinblade from the Dragon-Burnt Ruins
- Get the Bloodflame Blade incantation from a Teardrop Scarab somewhere in Liurnia of the Lakes, near Rose Church
- Get the Dragon Communion Seal from the Hero's Grave, near the starting point of the game
- Take out trash mobs with giant sweeps of a double-bladed lightsaber; take on bosses while playing 'Duel of the Fates'

Im going with a Faith based Confessor build. Lots of holy damage and incantations. There are a bunch of farming sites where you can earn lots of runes over an hour. I put a few hours in a few times and made several million last week. Able to level up to 160 really quickly. This is my first Souls game but Im enjoying it immensely. A very big change from my Elder Scrolls addiction

 

[phillyirish]

I keep seeing BotW/Zelda fanboys in various Nintendo and gamer groups getting all percolated over Elden Ring because' it's obviously going to impact BotW2'..... why? Witcher 3 came out like a decade before the original BotW and I felt no carry over or impression on it.

Honestly, I tried real hard ringo to get into BotW... and I just couldn't do it... so many better open world games out there. Anyway, I'm sharing my thoughts here because sharing thoughts like that in those groups is like coming here and saying you 'hate Notre Dame, Go Blue' on this board and yeah, I want no part of the mob.

Weird cause I think BOTW and Elden ring actually already have a lot in common: Vast, beautiful, yet ultimately empty open worlds.

 

[IrishLion]

Weird cause I think BOTW and Elden ring actually already have a lot in common: Vast, beautiful, yet ultimately empty open worlds.