Topic: Elden Ring Hype Thread

@Thrillho Oh there's no way I would have known how to do some of it without a guide. I basically played the game through to the end and then looked at my trophies and then looked up what I had to do for the rest. There were some entire areas I'd never been to and didn't even know about. I do think going into it blind for a while is a great way to play but you'd be on for hundreds of hours if you didn't look up a guide at some point.

12 hours in and this game is honestly mesmerising! And I haven't even scratched the surface. Found a weapon I really like(Blood Hound Fang). I just love exploring. Defeated Margit the Fell Omen so I guess that's the first boss but I've spent most of my time in caves and tombs, taken down as many bosses as I can. Met a merchant who was also in Demon's Soul's. Although the Crucible Knight in Limgrave has absolutely kicked my behind and I'm as of yet unable to defeat him!

Oh and I fought my first Dragon and the Agheel Lake, 8 attempts but I got him in the end!

After Ragnarok I was feeling in a bit of a lul but this game has fully ignited my passion!

@MaulTsir it's cracking, I played them the other way round (just finished ragnarok) and my days 2022 was a banger year for games! Limgrave is right up there as one of the best opening areas in a game ever. Hope you enjoy!

@MaulTsir
ER is such a tremendous game, and well deserving of GOTY 2022. I was lucky enough to play on release, and it was incredible discovering everything alongside the rest of the community.... everyone finding out new things at different times etc.

Have a great time with it!

Just beat up Radahn which took me about 10 tries. On the successful attempt, I decided not to be a whimp and take action instead of letting the NPC’s fight as my minions. Felt great beating him.

Now onto Nokron!

From have announced that they are working on dlc, rise ye tarnished and bring it on!

Expansion, sweet! I started messing about in this with a new character the other day.

@R1spam Great news! Sounds like it is a while away yet, which is good as I'm currently playing through Horizon Forbidden West, and I would to put some distance between the two.

I read its smoother in ps4 version bc mode on ps5,,the ps5 version having frame pacing issues.

I just got a ps5 a week or 10 days ago, and been so thankful how all my ps4 games are suddenly feeling like a newgen upgrade even in bc mode and from my external hdd.
Except for a few games that do feel/run better in native ps5 version, like witcher 3 in performance mode.

Finished Stormveil Castle last night, defeated Godrick the Grafted and got my first Great Rune, man that was some castle, absolutely amazing and impossible to navigate without a guide!.

Well on my way to becoming Elden Lord no stopping me now!

@MaulTsir Good work! There’s still plenty of work to be done yet though and plenty of different directions for you to be going in now.

More on my Journey to becoming Elden Lord, I've fought a couple of night birds or death birds I think thier called, went in to the dungeon with the chariot(that was...fun) and now I'm entering Raya Lucaria. Repping the bloodhound fang still but messed about with a few weapons, really like the samurai move set.

@MaulTsir There’s a handful of areas with those chariots and they’re a pain in the arse in all of them!

The blood weapons are great though and have some fantastic skills attached to them and the ones that use health to attack being really cool risk/reward moves.

And good luck in the academy, I remember quite liking that area and there are some good boss fights to come!

@Thrillho yeah I'm enjoying it more than Stormveil, I do like trying out a lot of the weapons but I'm so comfortable with the Bloodhound Fang now that at any point I feel intimidated by a new enemy or area I revert straight back to it.

Great news about there being more chariots 🤦‍♂️ lol.

The boss in that section with the chariot back near the first step was a right pain as well, it wasn't hard but I had to Google it in the end because was getting right frustrated with not being able to work out what to do 🤣

@MaulTsir Honestly, I used to look up the vague plan on how to beat catacombs and the areas where the chariots were as some of them were so obtuse. Later in the game I just looked up what the reward was from those areas as I felt most of the time it wasn’t actually worth the time for the reward.

And it’s always a problem with these games that you can rely on a weapon as you get so used to it, plus in the early game you don’t have enough resources to risk levelling up another weapon to then find you don’t like it.

I usually put all my points in strength, but all the fun weapons seem to be dex. So I’m basically using gear I found in the first 20 hours all the way to end game. Couldn’t even change it up if I wanted to for much benefit since I’ve used limited consumables to upgrade it.

I know there are plenty of options to try new weapons and builds, I wish it was a bit more accessible though? Or if it just came a bit more naturally through the game? Eh, maybe it’s just the way I play them. It was the same for the Souls games.

@kyleforrester87 I agree in that I wish there was an easier way to have access to upgrade most weapons, it's great you can respec your character but unless you put a mad amount of time in to it resources to upgrade weapons are limited so your stuck with what ever you choose first really, I have though used the resource sparingly and tried to upgrade a strength weapon, qaulity, magic ect to have a play about. But my main focus has been on the Bloodhound Fang.

I have beaten Rennala and Radahn now, I've got through most of Cailed and I'm now entering into Nokron I believe it's called, I'm starting to piece together the story as I'm getting more npc dialogue but my theory could still be far off!

It's just so easy to spend time in this game and honestly I do feel like it's going to leave quite a hole when I'm done, which still isn't going to be for a long time!

@MaulTsir You do get loads of upgrade materials later in the game and I seem to remember you unlock a merchant you can buy them off too.

@Thrillho I might be wrong, but I am sure you can only buy up to a certain level though - and some of the resources to improve are not unlimited??

@kyleforrester87 There are 13 Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones that can be found in the world in one playthrough, and one or two can be bought (only in limited quantities though). You only need one to upgrade from +24 to +25. I think that is plenty.