I always somehow find my way back to playing No Man’s Sky. No matter what I do, game I play, activity inside or outside of gaming, NMS is always there to play and chill. Sometimes I go on creative and spend a week amassing the perfect color coordinated team of ships, crew, frigates, and freighter.
That and every content update we get for free!
All I ever play is goddamn elden ring bro 😭
All of the replies to this comment being downvoted is super fucking weird lol
It really is such a perfect game to me
Wait, it’s all Elden Ring?
Always has been
Just reading this made me want to go back!
I’ve put in about 10 hours into Elden Ring and I don’t really get it. I’m playing longsword and shield. I’ve killed one big boss. I’ve wandered into places I’m too low for and die too easily, or I roam around the earlier parts of the game and one-shot everything. I don’t know what I’m supposed to be doing, so I end up just quitting every time I come back to it.
Help me understand what I’m missing.
The good thing about ER is that there are so many weapons to choose from. If longsword isn’t working, try another weapon. Nothing wrong with mixing it up. That, and if you’re using a shield, try to focus on using your guard counter effectively. I’ve never liked using shields in FromSoft games, but Elden Ring changed that for me. Being able to retaliate when an enemy hits your shield makes all the difference. It feels a lot more tactical rather than just hiding behind a shield and going suuuuuper slow to avoid damage. It makes the shield a tool of aggression rather than just a defensive option.
Try experimenting with ashes of war too. The ability to switch the ashes of war on your weapons is unlocked fairly early, and they cost nothing to switch between different weapons. For me, a huge portion of my damage comes from my ashes of war, not directly from my weapon.
And once you figure you’ve mastered it, do a randomizer run to really shake things up!
Currently on playthrough 5. Been a long time since a game has drawn me in like this
I find myself coming back to this game every now and then just to try out a new build. So many weapons and spells, I still haven’t tried them all 🤤
I picked up Elden Ring on a cross US flight and made a new character… when I tell you a six hour flight was not enough…
I’ve been playing the convergence mod recently and good Lord is it ever fun. Highly recommend for people who love the game and are getting a little tired of the standard playthroughs
just an absolutely ridiculous amount of content for 60 bucks.
As someone who has tried to get into it, what advice would you give. I end up getting overwhelmed not knowing where to go, what sort of build to make etc. and this is coming from a big Souls fan
Put all your points in vitality
I would also add:
If you get to an area and you’re just getting absolutely obliterated, double back and try a new spot or level your character if you’re dead set on going the hard way.
Elden ring is a huge game that doesn’t really hold your hand through anything. If you’re feeling curious about something, go check it out.
It definitely can feel a bit overwhelming with choice and the game is honestly a little obtuse with how it gives you basically nothing to go off of and expects you to figure it out. The main thing is just to explore as heavily as you can, even if you think there isn’t anything to look at or do somewhere or you feel like you cant go there, check it out anyway.
I would highly recommend trying to do the majority of your first full run as blind as you can and then maybe doing a second playthrough with following a guide. Fighting cowboy has a lovely walkthrough.
For first builds I would recommend doing a quality, dex and strength focused. It will allow you to pick up most weapons and use them somewhat effectively which will help you try many things until you find you’re niche that you think you want to stick with and then you can relocate stats from there
The advice I’d give to you:
-remember if you DO get lost, the sites of grace have a kind of ‘arc’ of gold shining out from them that points towards your next closest main story boss/dungeon.
Don’t worry too much about your build right at the beginning of the game. Find weapons, armor, spells, etc and use what you think looks fun and then just keep leveling up the stats that apply to those things. You can always respec later if you want to.
Take your time to just explore the main area your in at the time and then when you feel like you’re ready move on head to the boss area. At the start of the game the main boss is in godricks castle, but it’s safe to explore the whole are you can see on your map and the area directly to thr south, but avoid the area to the east. When everything turns red, you’ve gone too far east. The red area (caelid) isn’t even really required to beat the game so don’t go exploring in there until youre leveled up and confident.
So this isn’t for everyone, but personally, I just looked up a guide. I didn’t do like a whole walkthrough or anything but I went and looked at which zones were designed for which levels so at least I knew I was fighting stuff I was supposed to be fighting. If I hadn’t I 100% would have wandered around in much higher level areas than I was supposed to until I got so frustrated I quit playing.
I like the gameplay but have no interest in the fromsoft style of bashing my head against super strong enemies until I beat them. Really hard fights are fine but all the fights being super hard because I walked off in the wrong direction was not for me. Once I knew I was in an area for my level I had way more fun even though it was still really hard.