Recently i downloaded Elden Ring from a particular girl into fitness and watched a guide and i have to say, the game is ADDICTING. I immediately uninstalled it and will buy the game(from key site because i dont wanna wait for a sale) on steam. The graphics, the atmosphere, the ambience, the hidden tricks and myriads of ways in which you can play the game, all is astonishing. Can't wait to buy the game and actually play it.

>>716152616 (OP)
Based, but if you're for real close this thread right now to avoid spoilers and play the game as blind as possible.

>>716152616 (OP)
>watched a guide
opinion discarded

>>716152729
I am for real, i don't mind what anons will say, i just have to say i will pour the hours to git gud. I'm a gameplayfag so story doesn't really matter to me. But thanks for the warning

>>716152729
>spoilers
myrmidon of loss: zanzibart forgive me
LOL you just got spoiled op wont play the game now

>>716152832
Game is overwhelming, there are too many unknown things that would take a decade to find out on your own.

...until you're out of Limgrave and realize half the game is gonna be bland filler mini-dungeons and copypaste bosses.

>>716152616 (OP)
Unironically close this thread right now because it will turn into a shitshow. Enjoy the game.

>>716152913
you didn't even try tho you downloaded the game then watched a guide...

>>716152616 (OP)
It's objectively a fun game but be prepared for the thread to be fulled it people saying its absolute dog shit because it's open world.
People here have a hate boner for any open world games since breath of the wild.

>>716152938
I tried to beat tree sentinel, got my ass kicked for 2-3 hours straight(i know im a retard for trying to defeat it first thing in)

>>716152616 (OP)
Enjoy wasting half of your playthrough running on horse bro. Hope you wont be bored to death by then

>>716152974
It is very fun anon, and very addicting. I use /v/ to gauge the goodness of something by not listening to what the /v/ hivemind has to say about it

The game is better when you play it blind, but there is one thing you must know. Every ruins and location in the map has hidden walls or hidden floors that you need to hit to reveal what's behind. A lot of important items are right under seemingly unimportant places. It's a pattern tho, high IQs can see it coming.

>>716152616 (OP)
One fun thing about playing mostly blind is seeing how things that were small speedbumps for you, were massive challenges for others after the fact.
Don't spoil things for yourself unless you encounter something that feels utterly cryptic, because chances are that it is utterly cryptic. But most of the game can be handled fairly decently just by playing normally.

>>716153006
it's an optional boss you could have just left, but you decided to cheat. Very sad.

>>716152616 (OP)
Good, now try avoiding having any discussion about it in here because 90% of the idiots who post in any ER thread have genuinely no idea of what they're talking about and just want to shit on the game because it sold more than their favorite game

>>716153575
When did i say i cheated...lol, i want to beat the game without mods no matter how much time it takes. But trying the tree sentinel first thing in is just asking for it(death).

>>716153810
by checking a guide is cheating, you don't even have to fight that guy right away

>>716152913
>there are too many unknown things that would take a decade to find out on your own
like what?

>>716154475
the story

>>716152729
what spoilers? lol

the biggest spoiler is that a ton of the open world bosses are just cloned movesets

or the other biggest spoiler would be to not use a shield and just roll spam. you get like a full second and a half of invincibility. its retarded

>>716154940
the game barely has any story. If you're talking about lore, that's something different.

>>716153006
i beat tree sentinel at the beginning because i was stubborn
he drops a glaive that i used for the entirety of the game when i got the stats.

>>716155032
retarded shitter noobs will spoil the game by telling you where to get items or what skills/weapons are the best and they will be wrong like 90% of the time and give you the wrong impression of the game. better to avoid it desu

>>716154235
Watching a guide is not cheating, wtf are you saying. You can easily cheat with WeMod but ain't doing that. I just wanted some direction.

>>716155503
>I just wanted some direction
the map tells you which direction you have to go

>>716155503
It's pathetic that you start a game by watching a guide

>>716154475
How to do half the quests, lol.