GREAT vid please do more vids on endgame grinding. I've just finished the story and my power rating/gear is so low that doing mythic hunts is brutal, and the game doesn't really tell you what to do to to get stronger

I'm still in even tide? Plz help

This game smells very damn good. :3

Awesome video thank you. I am a boomer gamer- I have 4 sons too that I try to game with. Sub'd

I finished the games weeks ago and I didn't know the third mutator was a positive effect. Thanks

when u fight the deceiver just look at the map if u see the chest icon then its not the boss (get close to a chest if u see an icon don't open it if u don't see an icon then open it )

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I think the fact that FSW is no longer making games for solo players is VERY concerning

this is one of THE most enjoyable games I've played over the last few years. Dropping the live-service crap absolutely was a good thing. There's way too many p2w service carp games out there so this is a very welcome breath of fresh air

If you had a coherent build and were willing to use the games systems, it’s just not that bad. I watched Asmongold bludgeon his way through the base game with a meme build(he beat the base game, credit where it’s due) and then get wrecked in the dlc. The guys that believe dark souls is only legitimate if you do a no hit butt poke run are gonna struggle with this. All the rest of us that actually use the systems are fine.

I'm so glad you mention getting stuck on terrain. The janky movement can be extremely frustrating.

Just bought this game and having a blast so far! Thanks for the tips

As someone who just started mythic hunts and the grind to fully upgrade, there are some solid points here I'll be using. Thank you!

There is an unstick me button in the help menu

Ageing 3080ti

i finished yesterday: I used the black knight hammer with prayerful strike. Did a lot of damage and heals. I had the super armor from that first npc boss at the start. Most times i just face tanked mobs and bosses. Mimic tear was almost invincible. He healed a lot with prayerful strike. Also summend coop people for some fights. Like the death bird. I never tried any boss more than five times. On the last boss i used a cheat engine and made myself invincible. At the end i was at scadutree fragmet level 18. DLC Spirit ash on level 9. I was on NG. It was still my first playthrough which i never took to ng+. Level 411. Everything on 80 except strenght, dex and and arcane which where still at 30. Also Scarlet rot is the "i win button". I love the new butterfly incantation. It wasn't that hard.

the problem with "explore" and youll be fine is thats literally not how the game goes. Iv explored a generous portion of the map, from what i can tell i cant progress outside of killing messmer or the shadurtree avatar, which are both multiple phase fights, and im at lvl 6 personal and lvl 3 ashes. At this point if i want to progress i have to look up the exact locations of these fragments and locate them (while also likely having to re-find and thus eliminate ones iv already gotten). There is no other avenue for getting stronger and just 'explore' isnt an adequate description of what this shitty dlc is asking me to do. Worst part is getting additional blessing doesnt feel like your upgrading your character in the slightest. The next boss is just going to be easier then it otherwise wouldve and theres no scaling or relation to what you did before that.

I'd say the main problem of what went wrong is that when the dlc came out, people were expecting more elden ring. The usual, find boss, learn a bit about it, decide if you need to grind or give it a few more tries, win, rinse repeat. Instead, the dlc is much more heavily focused on the exploration of the game, ignoring the bosses in favor of finding the tree frags littered about the place to make the damage numbers manageable and turning it back into how elden ring originally play. While sure that had been a factor of elden ring, it wasn't the end-all be-all in terms of mechanics and gameplay, instead just being a bigger version of dark souls where fighting the bosses was the overall main point of the game and dlc. All in all, this dlc shows a clear shift in idea and game design philosophies that doesn't exactly mesh well with a rather sizable portion of the audience that fromsoft has created. I'm not saying it's wrong to do so, but with how the game is set they could have tried for a system closer to that of Sekiro where the more boss rush heavy style of gamers can be rewarded for beating bosses with a few tree frags but slowly guiding them to find more instead of the current set up that is more akin to getting punished for playing in a way the base game and prior games had taught them.

"my aging 3080ti" 😭

This made me relized I’ve been playing the dlc on ng+4. That’s why it’s been taking me so long.

Thank you for a well done video that helps overall perspective and knowlege. A friend of mine and I just started {lvl6} we love the art style and quick combat...brings back memories of Wildstar and Firefall and what could have been :(

Turns out it was just Chinese players down voting due to the anti cheat. English gamers gave it mostly positive

The DLC is not too hard, people just refuse to explore and use the new weapons, ashes of war, talismans, and most important of all, scadutree fragments. We are all, regardless of rune level or NG cycle, basically lvl 1 as far as the DLC and its monsters are concerned, their BS dmg is there to teach/force you to explore. This is like if everyone was trying to take down the Tree Sentinel at lvl 1 as soon as they started the main game and started complaining about the difficulty, the (at that point in the game) BS boss was there to teach you run away and seek other more manageable challenges before coming back. And yea, I know that you can beat the Tree Sentinel then and there if you just bash your head against the wall enough times so that some of the brain matter goes through the cracks to the other side, I did that with the Blackgaol Knight and have been using his badass set ever since, but the healthy alternative would be to leave and come back later.

Steam reviews are if you recommend or do not recommend. I think the DLC is mostly great but the end boss ruins the DLC for me, I am done with these really cheesy bosses that can repeat attacks for 30 seconds and I get to do one little attack before they are ready for another 30 seconds. I got no restrictions yet I just cant beat him. So thus I do not recommend the DLC. Radahn is just like Malenia, a bad boss design.

Beat a few bosses, seems ok so far, NG+3 and not too hard.

People just bitch cause it causes drama, drama generates clicks, clicks get them recognized in their mind. They also vastly overestimate their skills and believe any type of challenge is beneath them.

I’m sorry did you say you two shot Messmer ? How?

No devs lied. The game is boring. Play Wuthering Waves. It’s amazing

Buying today! I love the review and am glad the game has turned out good, I listened to a fair number of unhappy reviews for changing direction, but I think the team deserve the credit for having the guts to finish and for pivoting so well :)

Is this version coming to ps5 I've played the og earlier access version but heard it's only PC now

Hey there, recently stumbled across your channel and liking the content so far. :) Regarding the DLC: From what i gather the issue seems to be that bosses are mechanically too fast for the combat in Elden Ring and would rather befit something like Sekiro or even Nioh with how fast they are. Also I read that Fromsoft overdid it with the cheap-shot enemy placements - which is a major red-flag for me because that's what imo most other souls-likes do/get wrong and its just annoying after a time. - Any thoughts on that?

had the game since the 11th enjoyed it (havent played in a bit now other games took over lol) im glad the devs didnt just kill the game and from the looks of it they might be able to keep supporting past 1.0

Deadfinder

All game as service are trash so the decision's very good.

Is this coming to PS5?

Great video! I decided to buy it and I’ve been really enjoying it. Lots of content and the combat is really really great. My only nit is that I wish the world had more interactive things to do in it. Like I love the zip lines. Would be fun to have mini games throughout with those for example.

I bout it about a little over a week ago and I had a 5 days off and just pretty much played it every day. At 54 hours right now and its the morning so that will change drastically. This game is 100% worth it and i've been telling people to go buy it too.

I'm really enjoying my time with the game. The combat is great. I do completely agree with the traversal issue. Stuck on terrain, jumps that feel like I just made it but fell off, not doing the ledge grab animation when i expect it, that stuf was a bit rough. But thats a blemish on an overall great game. For the money it really is a fun game to throw on a podcast and grind some dungeons.

Very well done

The Systems around the characters, items, 'talents' and so on are numerous. Actually I bought the game before seeing your video. I just thought that if a game can make a comeback like that (you know what) then there must be a lot of dedication behind it. And yep, absolutely the case.

I'm having a very good time farming mythic weapons and really am looking forward to more story. Also this is a fun post.

Nice detailed review! I enjoyed the game myself, pre and post Echoe changes. So far put in almost 200hours (most of it was pre-Echo, farming exp). I finished story and done all Mythic hunts. Not much to do now, but i've gotten my fun from this game for the cheap entry EA I paid when it launched. I hope more people give this game a serious look, the devs deserve it imo.

Solid video and pacing. Appreciated the TLDR at the beginning so kept me going to help w/ YT Algo :) Enjoy your 45th sub o7

I started playing since yesterday i think its a fun game. Your explanation is indeed spot on. Yes it realy worth it 😊

How do you have so few subs! This is a quality video dude, keep it up!!

Does armor look the same?

algo

I've been playing this for a few days and still feel a little lost on what the normal loop is supposed to look like. I have no clue what echoes are worth keeping and what things I should prioritize.

Fantastic in-depth review. I have one of the lower tier founders packs and while the combat is solid as it was on launch, the world feels empty without seeing another player in the town or partying up with. I hope in the future you can queue up to join others in some online coop. I bought the game to support my friends that worked on it but they have since been laid off :( Great channel, subscribed!

Solid video. Gave me all the info I needed for this redo of the game. Legend!