Topic: Elden Ring Hype Thread

My copy finally turned up! Now to turn my attention to ignoring its allure and finishing Horizon Forbidden West before I even install Elden Ring.

@Jimmer-jammer good suggestion… 💭 and just like that, he was gone!

I'm still at work but my copy has arrived and the Mrs has been a star and has already got it set up. I can't decide between going for a melee quality build, like I did in bloodborne and dark souls 3, or a magic build like I did in demon souls. What are folks playing as/planning to pick?

@R1spam naked with a 6 foot sword that weighs 250lbs.

@colonelkilgore ha yes!! I feel like that's a youtube clip out there with someone using a wii mote as a controller 😂
@velio84 that would work too, I really enjoyed the ds3 combat and want the visceral melee but the range from magic attacks was so useful in DeS

Got through character creation, and saving my 'proper' dive in for tomorrow!

I'm going to try and mirror the build I played through DeS on - running DEX with main focus on melee, but longbow also to ensure ranged attack is still on the table!

Picked Samurai as starting class, considering the stat allocation and starter weapons lend themselves to the above quite nicely.

Have others made a firm decision yet? Also looks like it might be easier than ever to 're-roll' stats in this game vs others?

Elden Ring has landed! And downloaded to my PC. It ran absolutlely awful for the first 30 secs or so, at which point I realised it was trying to run in "High" graphics settings, at 1440p on my 1060 3GB
(in non-PC speak, "that just ain't gonna happen"). Turning it down to "Low" and 1080p fixed it, and is the story of my life in PC games, as long as GPU prices stay like they are right now

This seemed relevant

Went with the Warrior class, bit boring but for my first try I just thought I'd use that. Really do love the game but wow do I wish the frame rate was better! So inconsistent, which is a huge shame as so far it's literally the only complaint I have!

Still playable but definitely distracts a bit. Otherwise though it's a lot of fun and using the mount was a different experience, really enjoyed that!

@velio84 Yeah that will most likely what I will be starting off with. And that is the samurai class. Its been a long day. 😵

@kyleforrester87 Turns out it was the PC version that took a hit after the last patch, which is what I saw.

ACG has amended his rating from 'Buy' to 'Wait for Sale' because of this. Not that it matters to me that much, but just putting it out there.

Why did they decide to make such a big deal out of "fingers" for the multiplayer elements in Elden Ring. I mean, this is the souls community. It doesn't surprise me at all that "try fingers but hole" is the main message I'm seeing littered all around the floor

So for anyone on here playing on PS5; the PS4 Pro version running on the PS5 is a stable 60fps. Just been playing it for the last hour and performance is much better, sadly at the cost of resolution. I think I prefer it that way personally.

Could be worth trying out, it does mean starting a new character though.

Oh my. I could see myself losing a ton of hours into this.

Not noticed any performance issues so far. I had a nosy round when you first get into the open world. Went in the other direction you are supposed to. Apparently there might be a dragon near by.

I'm playing the PS5 version updated from the PS4 disk, whether that makes a difference or not.

I'm about 3 hours in and have managed to upgrade my flask a couple of times, do a couple of dungeons and beat my first fake invader. So far, its great. What a difference a jump button makes!! 😂I've started as a vagabond but plan to put a few points into magic down the line to get some spells. It looks great but that's the art style rather than raw graphical fidelity. I'm playing on PS5 and have definitely noticed weird frame pacing/dips, especially when panning the camera. VRR would have helped on my TV (have sony ever confirmed a date for that feature) but this should be a dev thing, clearly it's an issue with the engine from uses. It's in no way getting in the way of the game or even consistent, but it is noticeable.

One thing I think is something of a game changer in terms of difficulty of souls games, is the block-counter mechanic in this game (press R2 immediately after blocking with a shield). So much easier to time than parrying!

Dear Lord the performance in this game is shocking. Having fun with the opening sections but I dunno how From get away with consistently crafting technical disasters. Ubisoft and Bethesda rightly get slated for the same thing.

So I tried a magic build on my PS4 character to see how it is. Not sure what others thing but I found it made it a lot easier, have others found it the same?

@Jimmer-jammer Considering several Sony exclusives have crashed my PS5 multiple times, I can’t really blame From that much.

@nessisonett Same here. I'll never forget when Peter Parker decided to randomly climb a wall, then my controller stopped working, then the PS5 crashed, then it rebooted and told me off for turning off my PS5.

Anyway, apart from the crazy woman by the plant enemies, where else can I get spells from? Magic seems really bad so far. I saved up for Crystal Barrage, or something like that, and it's laughably bad.