Elden Ring

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Rojibo

1,714 posts

76 months

Friday 11th March 2022
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I think that may be the most difficult boss Fromsoft have ever made.

Trustmeimadoctor

12,525 posts

154 months

phil-sti

2,668 posts

178 months

Saturday 12th March 2022
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Trustmeimadoctor said:
They break ALOT! I mean ALOT!
Mine has been fine and I’ve had it since launch. I’ve also still got my series 1 launch controller.

Trustmeimadoctor

12,525 posts

154 months

Saturday 12th March 2022
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I mean you can Google it Ms even acknowledged issues with them. My std s1 pad lasted from launch untill november. Then I bought an s2 it lasted 8 weeks ish just received my replacement

FourWheelDrift

88,377 posts

283 months

Saturday 12th March 2022
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I'm very happy with this one tonight.





And the drugs are good, I was talking to this giant Bishop Tortoise later.



And one more because it looked good.

Steven_RW

1,727 posts

201 months

Sunday 13th March 2022
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I'm around 50 hours in now. level 68. Just defeated Radahn.

I can see why people are not attracted to this game necessarily when they first start but when you put the effort in and start to piece it all together (it isn't spoon fed but you do get there yourself in the end, rewarding your effort), its a seriously layer on layer masterpiece of gameplay and lore. It's completely vague and confusing to start with but eventually it starts to all make sense and you see what they have done here.

Who else other than Robijo and FourWheelDrift have stuck with it?

RW

Trustmeimadoctor

12,525 posts

154 months

Sunday 13th March 2022
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I've been on holiday day since I found how to level my weapon so not played for almost 2 weeks frown

Stevil

10,653 posts

228 months

Sunday 13th March 2022
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I'm about 14 hours in myself, just bested Godrick, though I'm playing a spellsword. It's fantastic and one of those games I find myself thinking of when I'm not playing, deciding what I'm going to do next.

Unlike the likes of Horizon: Forbidden West that I'm also playing through, this feels like each location and secret has been hand placed with care and there's a genuine reward for searching the environments thoroughly, whereas in Horizon all the placements could have been generated by an algorithm.

I can certainly understand the comparisons to Breath of the Wild in that respect and I can already see it being lauded as one of the games of the generation.

Rojibo

1,714 posts

76 months

Sunday 13th March 2022
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I think it’s the fact that the open world is meticulously hand crafted in such a way that certain areas remain hidden unless approaching them from the right way, or really knowing how to explore. There’s just a certain something with the open world design that makes exploring every inch very rewarding. There’s always something unique to be found. I’m finding huge areas I actually missed the first time around, then on top of that the legacy dungeon design is amazing (apart from the sewers under the capital. Whoever designed those is a sadistic bd).

PS - how good is the Radahn fight?

Steven_RW

1,727 posts

201 months

Monday 14th March 2022
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Rojibo said:
I think it’s the fact that the open world is meticulously hand crafted in such a way that certain areas remain hidden unless approaching them from the right way, or really knowing how to explore. There’s just a certain something with the open world design that makes exploring every inch very rewarding. There’s always something unique to be found. I’m finding huge areas I actually missed the first time around, then on top of that the legacy dungeon design is amazing (apart from the sewers under the capital. Whoever designed those is a sadistic bd).

PS - how good is the Radahn fight?
I have a mission to head down into the sewers beneath the capital as I have a key but I am not sure I have found them yet. I have dossed around in the some under ground/arch/waterways but not sure that is the full sewers.

As for Radahn, man what a fight. I died so many times until I figured out a few things. No spoilers here, so the rest can just enjoy the fight when they get there.

The Capital city is an amazing environment. Scale and architecture.

RW

MWM3

1,759 posts

121 months

Monday 14th March 2022
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Steven_RW said:
I'm around 50 hours in now. level 68. Just defeated Radahn.

I can see why people are not attracted to this game necessarily when they first start but when you put the effort in and start to piece it all together (it isn't spoon fed but you do get there yourself in the end, rewarding your effort), its a seriously layer on layer masterpiece of gameplay and lore. It's completely vague and confusing to start with but eventually it starts to all make sense and you see what they have done here.

Who else other than Robijo and FourWheelDrift have stuck with it?

RW
After giving up after 5 hours, I sold the game. I bought it again 5 days later as I couldn't shake the feeling I was missing out.

I started a new character, although very similar to my first. I now can't put this game down. I'm 52 hours in after 6 days with it. I usually only get a couple of hours max a day to play a game but am averaging 6.5 hours per day with this.

It is not a perfect game but it certainly is exceptional!

The Radahn fight is very good. Took me about 5 goes before I even realised how not to get one shotted right at the start.

Edited by MWM3 on Monday 14th March 15:50

towser

919 posts

210 months

Monday 14th March 2022
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MWM3 said:
After giving up after 5 hours, I sold the game. I bought it again 5 days later as I couldn't shake the feeling I was missing out.

I started a new character, although very similar to my first. I now can't put this game down. I'm 52 hours in after 6 days with it. I usually only get a couple of hours max a day to play a game but am averaging 6.5 hours per day with this.

It is not a perfect game but it certainly is exceptional!

The Radahn fight is very good. Took me about 5 goes before I even realised how not to get one shotted right at the start.

Edited by MWM3 on Monday 14th March 15:50
This sounds like me, bought it, played 1.5 hours and then refunded on Steam.

Then kept reading about it and looking at Youtube videos and convinced myself that maybe I should dive in again.

Now with a bit more effort and patience I'm really enjoying myself.

FourWheelDrift

88,377 posts

283 months

Monday 14th March 2022
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Rojibo said:
Trustmeimadoctor said:
They break ALOT! I mean ALOT!
Mine broke earlier today when it got thrown at the floor after a particularly close Melania attempt hehe

Pushed the bumper buttons back in and all is good.....
I bought one paperbag arrived a hour or so ago. I was looking at "new" ones on Ebay for between £80-90 but went with full retail Amazon purchase as then I'd have retailer proof of purchase if it went wrong for warranty services, plus Microsoft have changed the warranty from 90 days to 1 year retrospectively. And I have never broken a joystick ever, from the days of an Atari VCS joystick through countless microswitch and analogue ones.

Steven_RW

1,727 posts

201 months

Tuesday 15th March 2022
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Some good stories of people perservering and breaking through into enjoying a Souls game.

I found the sewers under the capital city. It is brutal down there. Really enjoyed it and after time have cleared the lot except for one weird multi arm enemy that appears from the floor and can warp round the area.

The more I dig into this game, the better it gets.

RW

Durzel

12,232 posts

167 months

Wednesday 16th March 2022
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Not played Elden Ring yet but heard from a friend that it continues that classic Souls trend of having a boss basically right outside the starting point of the game, teasing you to get wrecked. I smiled when I heard about it.

FourWheelDrift

88,377 posts

283 months

Wednesday 16th March 2022
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I'm still working out how the hell I can teleport a short distance in a fight, some sort of power thing I have perhaps related to the weapon or button combo I press but I'm buggered if I know how I deliberately trigger it. hehe

Oh and the toughest longest fight I've had was last night, the Decaying Ekzykes Dragon.

Stevil

10,653 posts

228 months

Wednesday 16th March 2022
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FourWheelDrift said:
I'm still working out how the hell I can teleport a short distance in a fight, some sort of power thing I have perhaps related to the weapon or button combo I press but I'm buggered if I know how I deliberately trigger it. hehe

Oh and the toughest longest fight I've had was last night, the Decaying Ekzykes Dragon.
Sounds like it's this:

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Ash+of+War:+...

FourWheelDrift

88,377 posts

283 months

Wednesday 16th March 2022
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Yes, that's it but I couldn't work out how I was triggering it until I just found this "This is an ash of war skill not a dodge which means you do not press b you press left trigger to activate it" Left trigger is my huge 360 swing and roll back attack for the Bloodhound Fang sword I'm using. Which I think means this skill dodge only triggers when I have just swung the sword and before it swings again, which is why it surprises me and I haven't yet deliberately replicated it.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Wednesday 16th March 13:13

FourWheelDrift

88,377 posts

283 months

Wednesday 16th March 2022
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What's really puzzling me now is I don't have Bloodhound's Step in my inventory (just checked, thought I did with the description of it). It must be a glitch, my sword has it's own applied power (spinning slash) and the shield has nothing. Doubly making sure I have looked at the interactive map and where the Bloodhound Step location is not where I have been yet.


Edited by FourWheelDrift on Wednesday 16th March 14:56

FourWheelDrift

88,377 posts

283 months

Thursday 17th March 2022
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Calling it a night here, looks like a nice safe place to camp smile