Elden Ring Changed Me Forever | Asmongold Reacts

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[@trev9168]

“Girls would laugh at me but they don’t know I’m a level 70 warrior, so who’s laughing now” the most accurate way to describe this man. He says it with such confidence and that why we love him

[@rogerhsieh1917]

He is the real life Sheldon but instead of getting a doctorate he chose gaming/streaming as profession lol❤

[@Grillmonger]

Agreed, but what's funny is how true it is. Feel good about your accomplishments, it will carry over to a better life. Who cares if people think its lame you're proud of being good at WoW or whatever, the reality is most people who would make fun of you haven't even accomplished anything better in their life. Getting an ego over it, thats another story, acting like a big deal because you are good at a game, its pretty cringe. So its a fine line, but never let someone make you feel like being top rank in a game you play isn't an accomplishment, it's not something someone can just do without putting in the work, so its not something anyone can do, be proud of it.

[@gamespsych1177]

I was DYING LAUGHING 🤣🤣🤣

[@tw1nzstrpur3]

i literally read this comment as he said this lol

[@APOStLEpaulie]

Stole my comment 4 minutes later

[@EmberPlays]

Thank you so much for the reaction!! This is dope. This one was much more personal to me so I appreciate the insight ⚔️

[@alexvontrusebelt3710]

Best weapons in every souls game video would be fun to see atleast for me. Also keep up the content W creator

[@EmberPlays]

@@alexvontrusebelt3710 thank you!!! And yes it’s on the list :)

[@maleniabladeofmiquella8454]

@@EmberPlays I am hiding in your closet

[@EredinLore]

Subscribe to this man, everyone!

[@diode_wow]

+1 Sub This video really resonated with me. Can't wait to go back and watch some of your older content and what's to come.

[@smokinbonez420]

Souls games inspired me to lift since i needed physical anguish to go with all the mental suffering

[@Viroh]

Lol

[@VeryTallDwarfy]

Lol

[@andreeaass456]

Lol

[@Deathblazer96]

Good motivation tho

[@iamMildlyUpsetWithMostOfYouTub]

started lifting cuz I felt bad that my tarnished is hotter than me 💀

[@pingu6338]

Elden ring taught me to get rivers of blood and a mimic tear+10 and the whole world just opens up

[@manumorra669-douublemalt7]

Ahahahshsh

[@graxo3752]

Lol bruh... I used mimic tear on only 2 bosses and they were morgott and a field boss. I was lazy and didn't want to wait to get to the next area.

[@soysaucehairdye7869]

lol

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

It was the maxed out greatsword with 70 strength for me.

[@TheJols]

i made weird builds for all the other games but when Elden Ring came out I was just like whatever maid int build eith moonveil and blew thru that game. It was sorta refreshing rushing it.

[@loomingmoon4682]

You know what would change my life? A DLC announcement

[@TreyDZd]

Realest comment here

[@jasonchow602]

you know what would change my life? ELDEN RING 2

[@matthewscott3311]

So would patience.

[@loomingmoon4682]

@@matthewscott3311 Never said I couldn't wait for it, I'm just saying the announcement would change my life

[@mochabearry]

@@matthewscott3311 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@MerculiarchSyn]

“And the cries of a thousand Game Journos echoed throughout the lands, for they cannot understand the ways of such a man.”

[@TheHighborn]

"they felt their first rush of testosterone in their life, and they were afraid of the unfamiliar feeling"

[@guyinapandasuit2691]

I actually really liked the metaphor you used with math. "we just need you to get to 4, how is up to you" it was actually a really smart way to describe how those games work.

[@freshnesbro3792]

☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@APOStLEpaulie]

"Girls may laugh at me, but they don't know I'm a level 70 warrior. So who's laughing now?" That killed me 😆 🤣

[@elijahmaxwell1059]

One thing the souls games have taught me is that perseverance and patience will lead you through hardships. Giving me an enormous feeling of happiness.

[@Rin-ix9dl]

ER reignited my passion to play games, I was so bored of my life and I just sit there and watch random stuff and then sleep after work. I love this game so much and it made me replay all the previous titles as well. Thank you Miyazaki

[@johnjohn2570]

Instead of sitting down and watching something I sat down and played a game

[@Barnes-ml9wg]

Get a gym membership. Touch grass

[@KiuanTroll]

Phase 1 of ludwig is unpredictable. When he takes the sword it gets easier to notice his attack patterns.

[@0ptimuscrime]

The lesson I learned from Elden Ring is the opposite, really. “Play smarter not harder. Don’t bash your head against a wall, try to figure out a better way.”

[@0ptimuscrime]

@@radomirt6001 in life I usually put my head down and get to work. I have had boring office jobs that from day-to-day were pointless, so I just assume a lot of stuff is annoying and slow

[@skullbuster19]

I truly appreciate this video! It hits home with having a job you hate and is unsatisfying, but having a side project to drive you. My buddies and I are starting a youtube channel, and it is shit now, but I love having the editing to do and share content with people.

[@Yogizilla]

Love the alligator metaphor. The real gold there is that the alligator set himself up for success. He did not gdy any immediate gratification but he kept at it, knowing it was a prime spot to achieve his goal. The hardest thing about being successful is that, even if you do the right things every day, you may not reap any rewards or see any progress. Many quit right before a breakthrough moment. I think its easy to romanticize the notion of being a self-made millionaire or an overnight success, but the truth is that everyone that successful has help, an arduous road that got them there, and/or disciplines/habits that helped them pushed through the challenges and monotony. Sadly, we often hear of the moment of success and not all the key stuff that took place before that.

[@jonathanb8735]

I ended up quiting right before the last boss because I didn't want it to end.. Went back 6 months later and finished it haha.

[@SourBogBubble]

I'm on my first play through at lvl 1 followed the Guts in 40 mins guide 2 weeks go, been Lions Clawing everything since. Loving it!

[@jamescooke7243]

I finally started playing elden ring this weekend. I have never played any dark souls games so this was a first. Man it's a hard game but finally beating a boss you lost 10x times to feels incredible, especially when you have to go away, level up and come back to beat him.

[@BobbyJenko]

Oh man you have a long road of top tier gaming ahead of you. I’m jealous lol

[@jamescooke7243]

@@BobbyJenko im going to take my time and enjoy every moment. Not to many games like elden ring these days

[@ryanfromcanada778]

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him. Good luck and enjoy. This is me 1 year ago picking up Bloodborne again, you have an amazing catalogue of games to play through.

[@jasonchow602]

wow u are so late might as well not play

[@jamescooke7243]

@@ryanfromcanada778 Thanks brother. I'm going to try and enjoy every moment, even when I get killed by a boss on 1% health lol

[@erikreddington461]

Well hell, I'm that guy doing nothing, waiting for something to happen. Must be dooming again. Putting my phone down now.

[@amelianyoom9545]

13:25 For one hundred years I stood my watch amidst the sombre shadows of the Sanctum Imperialis. I was still as a statue, but always ready, always attuned to dangers unseen. Days, months, years passed by in a frenzied blur beyond those walls, yet within, little moved and nothing changed. For one hundred years I did naught but wait, yet had any threat appeared, I would have struck it down in a heartbeat. For one hundred years I stood my watch, and as it ends I can tell you this - patience is a weapon. - Tybaris Constor

[@Nazeroth_]

To be fair, Elden Ring is a great mirror for my personality. I realized through my playthrough that I had behaviors while fighting difficult bosses which matches perfectly how I respond to stress in real life (shocking I know). I was at first fighting bosses from afar and would panic roll each time I got hit. I love the deep look in my mind I got from playing this game. I would eventually fall in love with the dance with the enemy aspect of the game. Best game of 2022 for me.

[@jch8376]

Me took. When my boss gives me a difficult task I start to panic roll.

[@jayehm03]

When i finished Ornstein and Smough in dark souls was the moment i knew that i already accepted the death of my dad, Dark Souls and Hollow Knight reminds me that perseverance to be better during the dark moments can start by challenging ones self one small step at a time. Elden Ring taught me I can sleep for 4-5 hours a day.

[@Jet-ij9zc]

Speaking as someone who used to sleep about 4-5 hours for a few years and had a friend who barely slept 3 due to a medical condition. You should really, really try to get 7+ hours. It might seem fine now but it'll catch up to you eventually and when it does you'll do far less in the 19~20 hours you're awake then the 16~17 hours you'd be awake if you slept properly. Not to mention the mental pain (idk what word would accurately describe it. But basically, take the longest amount of time you've been awake (assuming you've stayed awake for more then a full day before). Remember how you felt by the end of it? At some point, that's how you'll feel just waking up, and it'll get worse throughout the day.) Tldr: For your own sake, sleep properly

[@oracle8589]

I really need to play Hollow Knight, it’s been in my library for years but I kept putting it off. How is it similar to Dark Souls tho?

[@jayehm03]

@@Jet-ij9zc I actually agree, Now, after finishing elden ring, I already fixed my sleeping schedule, specially with work demands. 😬😬😬 I barely function well when I lack sleep

[@jayehm03]

@@oracle8589 Its the same when how you die from dark souls, you retrieve your soul and bosses are challenging. if you're into metroidvania and dark souls. I think you'll enjoy it

[@oracle8589]

@@jayehm03 Ok thanks dude, I’ll give it a try then

[@EddieTheBunny]

Funny, Maliketh is the boss I was fighting when it got brought up. He took about 3 weapon art hits to stagger into a critical window. Problem is I've only done it once because he's so fast you can't really land hard hits on him.

[@_Just_John]

14:40 - On my first playthrough of Elden Ring I got over-leveled very quickly, because the exploration was so satisfying. But as a result of that I didn't struggle, I defeated a lot of bosses even when I was making a ton of mistakes and I didn't get the satisfying feeling after beating the boss. So I made a new toon and throttle my upgrades/leveling up unless I was really struggling. Much better that way.

[@RunescapeMeister-san]

Fighting Mohg relatively early in my first playthrough, around level 35-40, taught me a whole lot about the game. This was my first real dive into any of the souls games, I played ds3 briefly but didn't own it at the time, so this was all so new to me. Dozens and dozens of attempts, a whole lot of frustration... and stubbornness later, I definitely came out a better gamer. Don't think it ever came to mind to apply those principals to life though, that's an interesting take.

[@cheeks_of_the_boreal_valley]

Mohg at level 35 ? Respect

[@SinfulNero]

On the topic of finishing Elden Ring (or any from software) and wishing that you could play like it was your first play-through. Recently I went on about and play DS3 once again, in a different build and actually finish it solo (maybe some npcs for their respective quests) and GOD if it was fun... I noticed that I was way more mature in my game choices, when to move, when to attack, when to defend and so on so forth!.. I loved the experience, I think I only struggled against Midir cuz, apparently, I was really underleveled (accidently started second dlc before the first kek) Fast forward, I am now playing elden ring from 0, new build and taking my time... It has been a few months since I stopped playing ER (due to an old bug that kept me disconnecting as I spawned). I was so new to the game that I had forgotten how to dual wield a weapon (LOL) I've been playing for a good while, couple of hours, I am on my way to kill Renalla after clearing 'the whole' limgrave and I am loving every single minute of this! I am not rushing, exploring everything again and taking new approaches to the game! This game is a blast, it's amazing! I love it so goddam much ♥ Like Sekiro, somehow, Elden Ring never feels old for me. Which is ironic cuz by the mid-end of my first playthrough, I had the same mindset "i wont find anything that strikes me fancy after this...", the anxiety and sadness... they were all that, overthinking BS cuz this game is gorgeous. Are you done with DEX? Go Strength! Done with that? Go Faith, go Magic, go Arcane, go Bow and arrow... man, everything works in this game. There are builds for everything, spells, ashes of war or even weapon choices! This game definitely deserved game of the year, and in as my hot take the best game that we got in many years. Arguably last 10 to 20 years even

[@tomtucker4157]

That's a smooth af transition at 8:08

[@DigitalMorph07]

I found Asmondgold through his clips channel on the AH/JD trial and I liked his perspective/commentary. Now I watch his main channel religiously…great content

[@Gwyndolin-hk4ql]

Gael can be trivialize by great shield. Midir's pattern isn't too hard once you learn it. Friede has several backstab timing that can do good damage, but I found Friede's combo being harder to dodge than others.

[@MrHastygamer]

I do think you should remember that Elden ring bosses are made to be beaten but not everything in life is like this, some things in life are just unattainable.

[@darkbrother339]

So you're telling me I cant become a walrus?

[@420isplenty5]

@@darkbrother339 This day and age you could identify as one and people will call you one...

[@toddtrisdale764]

Maidenless behavior!

[@eyyowtf7159]

Yeahhhh nope

[@jpteknoman]

in Sekiro i got a few mini bosses that had no restricted arena by simply sneaking up on them, backstabbing them and running away... then coming back and backstabbing them again. the funny thing is these games is that the first time, no matter how many times you do a fight and how well you think you know it, you will still struggle but the second time around, even if they pull a move you never seen before, you can kill them quite easily.

[@Kuroganemk2]

0:23 Me : Picking up the sword of night and flame and lazoring every boss ;) ' Yes it was persistence...'

[@baileybevins1264]

2:07 - FACTS!!! Sekiro is one of the most rewarding/favorite all around gaming experience and I try to get people to enjoy it.. but the learning curve scares people away. Until you get a ton of TikTok’s or Shorts about Sekiro and then you feel compelled to play it lol

[@toadiefrogvideo9579]

5:33 heh love the vass reference

[@UngratefulBeast]

it taught me that banging my head against a brick wall works eventually

[@codingandquesting]

Yo embbbbbbeerrrrr!!! So glad to see his stuff on huge channels like yours! Love this dudes videos! He’s one of the reasons I started making souls content

[@rosslane87]

Regarding boss rankings at the end I’d have to put Owl Father up there maybe 4 or 5. That boss really tested my patience.

[@hoang2312]

7:40 shoutout to that nice transition

[@alexanderson4497]

I think people really underestimate just how successful Elden Ring was, my normie brother that buys FIFA every year told me yesterday that he bought and beat the game and now he's gonna try out Bloodborne.

[@PolishGoblinn]

15:12 I had no idea untill yesterday that covetous demon can strap you out of your eq if he hits you

[@jesuslejesus9051]

Those chimes in the background are messin with muh Tism.

[@billylevelsup5634]

Bro, been binging a lot of your content lately. You're entertaining as fuck. Love the videos.

[@midragga]

13:24 god I fucking love asmon's analogies or examples; like the way he explains shit is 10/10

[@hibatranslator1687]

I'm playing ds1 right now and I'm at the norlando ruins area with the ghots things. I love dark souls as a game but the amount of unfair deaths (falling off edges duo to narrow passages, being surrounded by many enemies in small areas...etc) is really overwhelming and it's kind of ruining the fun part about souls games because what I like most about fromsoftware games is the bosses but dark souls 1 focuses on the areas difficulty and enemies way more than the bosses

[@asobimouryu9545]

9:00 It's funny because that weapon can one tap in pvp now lmao it can be a OP weapon

[@sinistercorpse36]

4:20 Asmongold: "Like if i feel like, for example, like if something is not clicking with me, and I'm not good at it. Im like ah ya know what i might try something else I'm like better at." Death Rite Bird: ... 15 - 1

[@TyroneMcgregor]

Asmon became a true philosopher in this one boys

[@Venom_1462]

9:00 It's funny I am pretty sure I saw that short and then got his channel after that too

[@axelstansfield1156]

9:34 absolutely agree, that would have been fire. I think the reason they didn't do that is because people would have way to many baldachin's blessing and in return 0 health

[@mattronimus]

That getting to number 4 analogy was pretty good. Smarter than I thought him capable of.

[@bigslime1082]

Also pre update Radahn made me wretch. So satisfying tho

[@johnnyrayh5858]

His description of the souls community on KZbin was spot on lmao. I haven’t seen a single elden ring video that wasn’t filled with comments from people talking about how bad asss they are at the game.

[@majorasmask5523]

Honestly, I have a lot of respect for a lot of bosses. Artorias, Gael, Champion Gundyr, Hoarah Loux, and Radahn are fights I consider extremely fun.

[@TheDBZCollector]

On my second character I got to like level 45 with the magic ball rune farm then to level 174 doing the bird rune farm.

[@AlanNess]

the famous solving the "4" math problem with many possible solutions analogy

[@madfox7758]

Alligators don't kill with that. They grab you with their jaw; and then they spin in a spirally def role, like if you're in a drill until all your limbs are broken or ripped off. 14:00

[@marshallmarcano6275]

I love the way the video helps motivate others and is also a great perspective from both you guys

[@gerwas112233]

"i just got the big weapon and i hit the boss until the boss was dead"

[@click8708]

For me it was Alien Isolation, that game taught me how to temper my emotions in pressure situations, think fast on the fly and not freak out when shit hit the fan. Overall I am far more calm and level headed even in real life situations because I always think back to Alien Isolation, lol.

[@innergenichiro]

Bro i swear if you fight morgott underleveled he is an S tier fight but somehow the knights in the area are scaled higher than him lol.

[@BiblicallyAccurateToaster]

00:26 Grug BONK BONK build

[@Jac4ester]

There’s an item in game that lets you Party and Clunter all his Death Blade moves

[@SarahNGeti]

I had a harder time beating Gael than I did Sister Friede, but I had a companion with her fight, so i guess they are equally hard to me, just a longer fight. They both are so much fun though! 🤩🥰

[@kevinblah6877]

7:10 LMAO I literally started busting out laughing after he said this. 🤣

[@Heldermaior]

I agree about fighting slightly underleveled. I fought godskin Apostole underleveled and it was awesome. I had to work for it. I went into the academy very overleveled and that wolf and renala died in like two or three hits. I would just staggered them as I hit them too. Kinda boring.

[@Tomiply]

Sister Friede took me a bit more than 170 tries. Gael took me 5 tries. Gael was easy. Shows how much different people can experience fights.

[@manila3832]

That alligator analogy was so inspirational

[@rayakoth]

13:20 Put yourself in a position to succeed *BOOM*.

[@ricecakejohnson]

You aint hitting Malikath with two charged R2s, because he flips/jumps around all over the room/pillar.

[@JaiPritchett]

That alligator analogy was SPOT ON!

[@dougallen5734]

I got 120 hours out of my first Elden Ring play through, can confirm didn’t want it to end

[@moshtradamus92]

what's the name of that two handed lance/darth maul light saber?

[@Shertowin]

I’m currently playing ds1 and ds2 and they are the last souls game I have to finish. After playing elden ring I was opened up to what is my new favorite genre

[@thecookies6109]

Demon souls?, bloodborne? and what about games like nioh 1 and nioh 2?

[@Shertowin]

@@thecookies6109 I love demon souls and bloodbourne, haven’t tried nioh tho, they don’t look appealing, are they good?

[@mattronimus]

Renalla and a few other main bosses were cake compared to lesser bosses. Like the knight boss in that poison castle (by altus plateau).... I fought that bastard like 50 times and almost gave up until I got lucky.

[@Feenycent]

9:35 the man sees reason

[@chazclark86]

Like the souls bourne games, they deffo gave me a different perspective to gaming as a whole.

[@opgam3r482]

Big W for Sekiro! I feel the same way man... Especially at that smooth locked 60... couldn't get enough of it. Needed to Plat it.

[@Turddles44]

Fia does need a bigger jugs mod, agreed

[@bigslime1082]

Under level boss fights are key. Especially in dark souls games.

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

@27:00 = toughest boss ever? In Metal Gear Solid 2, hard mode, VAMP. Took me 3 hours to beat the chopper. Then I tried Vamp and gave up on the game there. Finished it on normal, not hard.

[@trevorduniho9448]

I need that magic run!!

[@noelkautz3192]

Wait, did he finish Sekiro ? I thought he stopped pretty early … is there somewhere a full playthrough ?

[@spenceraarstad2939]

The best fucking take of all time at 7:10 🤣🤣🤣

[@trev9168]

Really is

[@user-li8mm5ru8s]

Whenever I finally kill a boss in a souls-like game after 5-10 attempts, I do not get the feeling of satisfaction of achieving something, I just think about all the time I wasted on failed attempts

[@FrostlikeReign]

Idk. I did nothing for a few years due to an illness, and eventually a nice job came from a random encounter, and made it a very prideful job for years. So, it COULD happen, but it can be a long while until that moment even comes along.

[@mr_cuntknickle5780]

I just bought DS1 remastered cause I never played the series yet, one thing these games have taught me is patience cause every fromsoft game I play and I get my ass whooped I start getting annoyed but them I'm like"oh shit this is a souls game, this is gonna take some time and patience so mightest well explore or practice fighting along the way"

[@jamesg7456]

Asmon: I just got the big weapon and hit the boss until the boss was dead Nameless king: that’s not how I remember it

[@nemz5882]

I just got the big weapon and hit the boss until the boss was dead - CavemanGold.

[@Vencarter]

got sad when i made it to the morgot, i thought this was the 2nd to last boss and my friend and i were about to beat the game, i obviously pleasantly surprised

[@jhamler1]

On my fourth playthru I finally decided to buy all the notes from all the merchants and found out how you can make the land squirts explode and it was like the game was fresh again. Moral of the story? Information is king.

[@abyzzwalker]

@12:50 you are free to starve whenever you want.

[@DemonKing_0g]

Was a pretty dope video so far👍

[@mumututu2954]

0:26 nice🗿🗿

[@christ2217]

Went from moving furniture too a software engineer. I actually went the route of doing something I wasn’t good at and literally didn’t stop till everything starting making sense, after months of drowning my brain with podcasts KZbin videos and Udemy shit just started to click like a puzzle. Also hands on really helps.

[@mattronimus]

I had to cheat the draconic tree sentinel by the Lindell gate. I stood by his ass and poisoned him for like 10 minutes... I also did it on the boss in the rot swamp.... The boss in the castle with the nights who disappear... I shot him through an arrow slit for like an hour... I'm not proud of it, but I don't want to bash my head against something for days on end.

[@mrjuderaw87]

I beat godskin duo at SL110 first try with no summon no magic. I have no idea how anyone can consider them hard. Its just a crappier version of OandS with better controls on our side

[@WarbossR0kt00fSant0s]

I mean, Elden Ring is on my list of games I wanna play in the future, so I hope the service goes up in 2030.

[@thuluslime5364]

Stick is stronk, stick go bonk.

[@PolishGoblinn]

25:50 yes, but she can kill you in phase one if you don't play attention

[@bloodyfingers8633]

I think gaming especially streaming has become all about competition and therefore takes away from just enjoying the game because you're putting on a show.

[@danieledmonds3398]

The bird boss beat your ass wild. We were there