Beating Elden Ring by Completely Stupid Means

This is not how Fromsoft wanted you to play Elden Ring, but it's working
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[@RTGame]

I'm beating all of Elden Ring over on my Twitch, I'm having so much fun with it. This video was recorded a week ago and I'm way further into the game now. You can watch everything here - I'll be streaming more of it this weekend www.twitch.tv/rtgame

[@roykoopa58]

Ok

[@vierwhey]

Would love to see you play this with Kiwo, Dan. Would be pretty funny! Or playing this with the yogscasts hehe

[@rebornpage1]

Everyone dislike he cut out the "no maidens" line straight up having a bad day now. :)

[@lycanyte5898]

can't wait for you to return to caelid! maybe with gear this time tho...

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

Please tell me you just constantly got yourself into trouble 😂

[@ItsMeVltimate]

you've heard of a glass cannon build, now get ready for glass build

[@joshua2atkins772]

glass stick

[@lizzzylavender]

Omg, he's literally glass Joe

[@rab_2]

@@joshua2atkins772 *glass club

[@JustinRed624]

glass bones and paper skin

[@kobolds_den]

What are the bonuses/perks for a glass bulid

[@PyroJoe]

Most people's first boss: Tree Sentinel RT's first boss: fucking Godskin Apostle i dont even know how that happened but i LOVE it

[@bulbaa2241]

Most people's first boss is margrath

[@nickhenley1338]

@@bulbaa2241 u mean margit

[@miraclemaker1418]

@@bulbaa2241 Margaret

[@Mendoza-yi6qk]

Well the Apostle is easier honestly

[@hossdelgado626]

Some ymfah shit right there

[@aaaduhline5466]

Everyone: Omg the first boss is so hard wtf RT: Yeah, the Godskin Apostle is really tough Everyone: Everyone: the what now

[@fernandofaria2872]

His first boss was the rot dragon though :p

[@oscarlittle639]

Don't think that fight counted

[@christopherdixon4264]

WOW 🤩 this is freaking hilarious 🤣

[@justsomeeggsinapot1784]

What is the point of writing "everyone" so much

[@Dubstelleon]

@@justsomeeggsinapot1784 speechlessness

[@ashencometmom5291]

i love how he stomped margit because he was just too battle-hardened by the five hours he spent dying in brazil to be phased by any of his bullshit

[@LicheyLost]

As a brazilian i can confirm my country has a reddish sky and a big freakin castle in a cliff

[@MalevolentMakaw]

@@LicheyLost Is it for sale? I need a new evil lair.

[@NUCL3AR991]

​@@MalevolentMakaw its buyer to collect although the people there dont know it's been sold

[@evanderk3300]

The fact he got sucked in a mid late game place without even given the access to a horse and leveling up is astounding

[@HollowedEyeHounds]

literally my exact same experience. absolutely wild, didn't realise i could teleport out until i had almost completely wiped out the swamp area and town of enemies. Nailed that trex dog first time. Honestly one of my favourite introductions to a game, I'm glad someone else has had the same experience 😂

[@Greedman]

Yeah, but once out of the cave, he could have teleported back :D

[@DuskChimera]

To be fair, the reason why he didn't have the horse and couldn't level up is because while he was in the tutorial area, chat told him "RT, you should probably do the tutorial, it's really important". RT, who doesn't tolerate backseating, explicitly pointed that out and said "Just because you told me to do it, chat, I'm not going to do it." And man did it come back to bite him in the ass. He was finally able to level up and access his horse.. after four HOURS of running around Caelid.

[@hexinga]

He actually would have gotten a horse if he actually would have rested at any grace at that point..

[@RTGame]

@@DuskChimera it didn't bite me in the ass whatsoever, I had a great time and the tutorials absolutely pointless haha. You don't even unlock the horse or levelling in it

[@McYoob]

The fact that rt instantly got caught by the trap and ended up in caelid for fucking hours... Honestly didn't expect any less

[@BeinDraug]

Thing is he could have fast traveled out at any point he just refused to

[@9PlatinumGamer9]

I did the same.

[@rtiq270]

@@BeinDraug Honestly, considering how well he did regardless, he didn't need to.

[@fireblast133]

did he, not realize he could teleport?

[@rtiq270]

@@fireblast133 I'm sure chat told him a thousand times, and in true RT fashion took it as a challenge.

[@pongopea]

I just love the concept of Melina being like “yeah this dude is gonna become the new Elden Lord” and 2 hours later he is running away naked from a giant dinosaur like thing in caelid with his stick

[@cheeto.burrito]

even better: He goes to Caelid BEFORE Melina actually talks to him, meaning he ran away from things naked for hours before Melina decided to throw her chips in

[@Novanoir]

@@cheeto.burrito RTGame: *screaming as big t-rex dogs chase him naked across Caelid, nothing but a big piece of wood in his hand* Melina: "There he is, that's the one"

[@drawnwithlove3499]

Just sounds like another playthrough of BOTW to me

[@ITBEurgava]

@@Novanoir **Watching the tarnished on Torrent's back, from a cliff somewhere** Melina : "What do you think, Torrent?" Torrent : **Nii-ha-ha**

[@Jif498]

I know this is 6 months later but that's literally the oficial Elden Ring's manga plot

[@lilyflos187]

I was worried about spoilers from this series, so I played 70 hours of the game before watching this first episode, and I STILL got spoiled because of this man's ridiculous pathing. I ain't been to that divine tower yet and I know what it looks like and how to get down it now.

[@frankfort332]

😂😂 it's amazing isn't it? You could've skipped the part, but I get it man. RT really just does shit in whatever order he ends up finding it in. The channel is a walking spoiler warning lmao

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@frankfort332 I mean that’s Fromsoft games in general, at least the non-linear ones

[@PsycheTrance65]

i'm actually surprised someone who has played 70 hours hasnt bumped into that one chest near agheel that yeets you to caelid. first thing i did after levelling up enough was go back to the lake intending to pick a fight with the dragon 😂

[@spidey1100]

You could finish the game four times over, RT would find a fuckin' way.

[@Benikrooni]

@@spidey1100facts, part of why he’s such an amazing content creator

[@masterchief-bm6tu]

Hour 1: RT gets yeeted to the endgame and plays a survival horror game. Hour 4: RT stumbles back to the starting area and plays the game normally with equipment he's not supposed to have

[@asquil7805]

That's the best part, pretty much the only really good thing he got was a talisman that gives +5 strenght.

[@UshioKiss]

It truly was like running Hyrule Castle at the start of BOTW

[@HazeEmry]

All in search of pants

[@kevinqi7992]

@gustav champoski Rumble Tumble, The Seeker of Pants

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

RT spent the entire game looking for pants and also he can't level up while doing so.

[@aidanfarnan4683]

Can we all just appreciate the fact that RT spent the first *FIVE HOURS* as a naked level 1 game developer armed with a stick in some late-game areas?

[@almar456]

More mid-game, but yes.

[@Xonarag]

@@almar456 Caelid is harder than altus from my experience so early late game fits.

[@jackknight5059]

@@Xonarag atlus isnt late-game either lol

[@Xonarag]

@@jackknight5059 Atlus is the very end of midgame I would say so Caelid is early late game for me at least parts of caelid.

[@McFluffles01]

@@Xonarag Caelid's kinda just divided into two separate sections; there's the lower part he got teleported to that's the scarlet rot swamp and the like, then there's the upper half which has the Gargoyle boss and the tower which are scaled for MUCH later than the rest. You can kind of tell just from the rune drops you get from the average enemy skyrocketing from a few hundred to minimum of a thousand.

[@dogf421]

this playthrough is like if a minecraft player found a fully activated nether portal next to spawn, went in and tried to progress knowing nothing about the game and just thought that was where they were supposed to be and that was what minecraft was like

[@Blue-fg8vt]

They, along side the nether portal, also spawned in a crator giveing into the illusion that that's what their supposed to do

[@danieljames1868]

And also found a respawn anchor and kept it fueled up out of spite.

[@rab_2]

The fact that the first 3 hour of RT's Elden Ring playthrough can be described as "The quest for pants" is absolutely glorious

[@hailcheeze]

i heavily agree with you, truthful prophet

[@poweredbycoffee9829]

RT somehow managed to not only reach The festival of war way earlier than he should, but he also cheesed the parkour challenge of the divine tower by slipping off the cable and safely onto the elevator platform completely avoiding all the obstacles and enemies. And he accomplished all of this within a few hours, while being naked. At that point I wouldn’t have been surprised if he somehow managed to end up challenging Rahdahn.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

And still die horribly.

[@eldunae922]

It just works

[@helplmchoking]

Honestly you could almost take Radahn as naked lvl 1 Todd with how the boss works, he one shots all but the biggest tanks anyway lol you know some fucker is gonna beat the game as a naked lvl 1 wretch with no grace sites one day

[@fortifiedgattler1513]

Spoilers He did end up fighting Radhan and it took 2 hours of constant attempts to beat him

[@winterwolf211]

@@fortifiedgattler1513 Did he do it naked though is the important question.

[@dri4844]

RT really has a talent for finding the wankiest progression.

[@MrGamerCaptain]

is... is that the right word?

[@UshioKiss]

wonkiest?

[@cartman1188]

@@UshioKiss wackiest?

[@HullsColby]

I love it when RT is wankyn on his streams.

[@croquemaster314]

@@HullsColby NO

[@thomasdevlin5825]

Knowing he could have teleported back to the starting area and bought a full set of staring gear from Kale made the insane gauntlet he ran so much better

[@sunbleachedangel]

How did no one tell him you can fast travel??

[@jacobnorris8256]

@@sunbleachedangel People almost certainly did and he almost certainly knew. He chose not to.

[@sunbleachedangel]

@@jacobnorris8256 Yeah, it became more obvious the more I watched

[@JohnBrown-tw2qi]

@@sunbleachedangelhe hates backseaters and tends to make a point of not doing anything they tell him to.

[@jaztehbeast7024]

me: level 80, struggling through caelid little by little - RT: level 1, sucked in to caelid just looking for some pants for 4 hours

[@StickMaster500]

Ryan Reynolds, Jim Scary and now Todd Howard. *The Dark Souls Trio has finally been assembled.*

[@thewarriorcat3271]

Their power grows

[@user-jr6es1bo6f]

Eh, not really. Only one of them Is dark souls. And if memory serves me right Rt has said that Dark soul 2 has scary spiders, so we might not see the Day of him playing the second one

[@thewarriorcat3271]

@@user-jr6es1bo6f Doesn't really matter that not all of the games are Dark Souls They're all souls-like games Challenging gameplay (amongst other things)

[@user-jr6es1bo6f]

@@thewarriorcat3271 then it's Just the souls trio, then?

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@user-jr6es1bo6f The Holy Trinity.

[@evilseacowva6783]

Lets see how rt messes up elden ring *proceeds to be dropped in one of the hardest areas in the game and tries to approach radahns fort* Yup, thatll do it

[@umcThunder72]

I don't even know how he got there

[@gearsoftime9375]

@@umcThunder72 it was a mimic chest

[@gearsoftime9375]

@@umcThunder72 it teleported him to the gem mine

[@silverbro13]

To be fair, I ended up making the exact same mistake, and *almost* cleared Redmane castle except for the lion guards.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@silverbro13 Respect.

[@Hulfor]

Doesn't matter if RT is good or bad at souls games, you have to respect his dedication to stay comitted to whetever bullshit is thrown at him, truly fit to be the master fingerer.

[@zackglickert4495]

honestly true

[@tiesuna286]

Don’t know if RT is cursed or incredibly lucky that he managed to find the one chest that sends you to the deadliest area area in the game (imo) and dosnt bother to rest at any sites of grace to get his horse, like stumbling through a mine field and stepping on every mine

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

A big part of it was that there was so much backseating that was pissing him off so much, he intentionally avoided a lot of what they were telling him to do just to spite them. Like, that's a way to play the game, you just can't complain about not being able to find pants (which he didn't).

[@fernandofaria2872]

@@Nat_the_Chicken i really don't understand how streamers expect not to get backseated... i mean, everyone hates backseating, but if you are streaming to an audience of hundreds/thousands, it IS going to happen, its inevitable :/

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

@@fernandofaria2872 Yeah I think it was less that he didn't _expect_ it and more that he just resented it in the moment. He's certainly streamed for long enough that he knows to expect it all the time at this point, but sometimes it just gets ultra mega bad and he's trying to experience the game and it's really frustrating.

[@thatsnotgonewellatall5517]

@@Nat_the_Chicken tbf I think it's more he finds it funny

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

@@thatsnotgonewellatall5517 That was part of it, for sure. I mean that's why he does most of the weird things he does in games. It just seemed like there was a little extra edge on it this time.

[@john_tgb4457]

For those who didn't watch the stream, RT got teleported to a later game area, stayed there and didn't teleport back for the first 5 HOURS OF THE STREAM. "Yes for you see it was I who rigged the chest with a teleport trap. What will you do now?!"

[@valiang8867]

Could he have left the entire time, or am I missing something?

[@Mell0W6157]

Literally anytime, RTs just built different

[@bashendriks4211]

@@valiang8867 yes, he could leave at any time.

[@john_tgb4457]

@@valiang8867 Yes. In the game, you can teleport back to any grace (bonfire) you've discovered.

[@notaguy4289]

@@valiang8867 People asked him to go back so much that he got a bit angry at one point

[@Wulf__]

Me: Oh a 42 minute stream highlights? He must've gotten pretty far into the game Dan: Yes! We're 4 hours in and we've got pants!

[@Blue-fg8vt]

Glory to the pants

[@tylerchiu7065]

Gets halfway through the game in the first five minutes and just suffers for the other 37 minutes

[@aznperson8]

I love how you inadvertently turned this into a legitimate horror game *by accident.*

[@verticaltoast2488]

Even in a brand new game, Daniel manages to find the "Blight town first" run

[@thespiffingbrit]

😍😍😍 *Dan you cant put something THAT attractive on the thumbnail its against TOS* 😍😍😍

[@RTGame]

"16 times the detail"

[@thatguyintherain3168]

I'm blushing...

[@slbhugomarques2]

The nip game is strong

[@nannerr]

😳😳😳

[@Nightweaver1]

Nigel, you know that you want to break Elden Ring and make a video showing us all how to do it.

[@drag0nerd]

The poetry of Jerry being the one to finally kill Godrick the Grafted is just spectacular

[@abaddonsteele1607]

Her name is Aurelia

[@DyslecticAttack]

@@abaddonsteele1607 Aurelia Jerry yes. Jerry is her surname.

[@xeno4743]

@@abaddonsteele1607 for those that may be confused thats the name the game gave her in her item description

[@monky999monkey]

I read this before the end of the fight, it was glorious to see thier glorious victory i of corse mean jerry and the loveable side kick rt

[@thylonelyghoul]

@@abaddonsteele1607 They mean the jellyfish?

[@duskthegamer4129]

from caveman to boxer to knight to Pokemon trainer, Todd has really progressed in the world

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

Character development

[@cataddict_]

This man was exploring radahns Castle before reaching the church of elleh in limgrave. That's like a baby climbing a sheer rock face before opening their eyes wtf is going on

[@minticedtea]

The way we've gone from Ryan Reynolds to Jim Scary to Todd Howard is absolutely incredible.

[@grandmasterscott]

What’s next, Tommy Wisaeu?

[@venificusmalatia4524]

Ryan Runolds, Jim Scaredy, and Tom Coward

[@BlackMoonHowls]

Bestly Snips or Tum Bumbadil?

[@sagapulastation1711]

I want to belive there's some sort of relationship between them so i think it would be funny to imagine the jim scary slug grew to be todd

[@agent56100]

For Dark Souls 3, he should do Derry Schwimfeld

[@GeremyG]

For anyone not familiar with the game, RT went from just starting the game at level 1, to being teleported to a mid game area with no armor and a wooden club.

[@sirBrouwer]

He had just two clubs. one of wood and the other one in between his foot

[@vexile1239]

How in the name of all that is holy is that possible

[@Bubbly_Dragon]

@@vexile1239 There's a trap in one of the first dungeons that teleports you to a late game cave. If you escape, you can just keep exploring the new area, despite the fact you're not supposed to get there for another, like, 10 hours at least. the funny part is, he could have gone back whenever he wanted too, the fast travel works anywhere as long as you're not in combat, or a dungeon

[@bulbaa2241]

@@Bubbly_Dragon but hey it means that he unlocked that area and can fast travel there whenever he wants so lol

[@Bubbly_Dragon]

@@bulbaa2241 tbf, exactly what I did too lmao

[@AngelofGrace96]

you know, when you said it was completely stupid, I thought that was just hyperbole. But no. This is genuinely so stupid. And I love it

[@ariisn594]

The fact that RT fought the Godskin Apostle first is hilarious to me. It took me ~50 hours before I got there normally.

[@MLGHazrad]

Fun Fact RT Hidetaka Miyazaki in an interview by Game Informer once stated that he loves making swamp levels. He quote, "While making this game I rediscovered my love for making poison swamps. I know how people feel about them but I suddenly realize I'm in the middle of making one and I can't help myself. It just happens." Edit: named the wrong person my mistake

[@IamaPERSON]

Then he should try out Vermintide 2, there’s like 3 different swamp levels.

[@loopstratos4619]

Hayao Miyazaki and Hidetaka Miyazaki are two different people fyi. The former works on movies, the latter created this game.

[@rainbcwdream]

don't forget the crabs!

[@chuckn4851]

Ah interesting, just like I won't be able to help myself if I ever run into that sadistic bastard irl

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

@@rainbcwdream Japan's greatest For!

[@flameflight17]

I am now learning that rt could have in fact teleported back and wasn't just softlocked into later in the game lmao

[@razagan1343]

ye like, the moment he saw the sky again from the mine he could have warped back

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@razagan1343 But no, he just wanted to play at his own pace despite being a pushover to the mobs.

[@razagan1343]

@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx hey I am not saying he should not have done it like this, Insane tactics are the reason I love this channel

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@razagan1343 Me too. Makes for some memorable memes.

[@towers7623]

@@razagan1343 I don't think 'tactics' is the right word. That would imply he knows what he's doing. I don't think he does. But I think we all have more fun that way, even him.

[@minigamer1967]

This has been the WORST START I HAVE EVER SEEN I LOVE IT I can just imagine Melina and all the other MPC in Roundtable Hold watching this shit, looking at her like "This is the dumbass you want to be the Maiden of?"

[@WarhammerGeek]

When I saw people talking about how hard it was to find armor I had assumed the game spawned everyone in with nothing. Now I see people were doing it to themselves.

[@unepiccube9204]

You guys dont understand how big it was the fact when he finally unlocked the horse and leveling up 5 hours into the stream

[@ancientarchivist9416]

This playthrough is literally fhe embodiment of Naked and Afraid for the first half I love it

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

The fact that he bumblefucked his way into the Caelid Wilds and spent way too long there is so funny

[@team4star1]

I could absolutely see this being a speedrun category called “Hardest first boss%” where the first boss you come across is, ya know, a little challenging.

[@grfrjiglstan]

The irony of exploring one of the late-game areas for 4 hours, only to have Jerry be your strongest item.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

Jellyfish is kinda strong, wdym?

[@mothmanleon8986]

rt surviving this long in a late game area is very impressive considering how he only had a club and pure spite to survive

[@jermainehenry7268]

You’d be surprised how far just spite alone can bring you the club was just a cherry on top 😂

[@sirBrouwer]

and 5 healing potions up his bum.

[@jonathanboyer8723]

Define “surviving”

[@metalismedicine5499]

Jermaine Henry agreed spite is a great motivator

[@Shalakor]

Isn't spite pretty much canon for why all these undead in these games are clinging to life in the first place?

[@lastcrystal5447]

Love how you legit are exploring a hard area naked and unafraid

[@redmanish]

RT is the definition of “task failed successfully.”

[@buttsagonton101]

I remember the stream. After getting teleported he stayed there for HOURS. So much so that people kept telling him to go back so he could level up. Yeah, he got a bit mad.

[@eliaspanayi3465]

This is the RT way. Linear progression is for wimps

[@rainbcwdream]

he initially got there because he refused to do the tutorial area and went exploring instead lmao

[@HazeEmry]

People kept telling him to go back. He doesn't purely out of spite. Love it

[@elmadicine]

bit of a sensitive lad he is but it makes for great content

[@HazeEmry]

@@elmadicine nahhh, completely justified. Let him play the game the way he wants. People keep backseating and telling him what to do when he just wants to enjoy the game.

[@skelestache7281]

20:55 Legends speak of an immortal ancient shogun who refused to use a sword, instead choosing to fight using only his fists and his unbelievable stubbornness

[@YataTheFifteenth]

ah yes the great Shogun Kachudisu Haando

[@cadence_2463]

Great shogun Rumbilous Tumbolous

[@victorsimmons6769]

This Summer: PUNCH RONIN

[@Sootielove]

That was so fucking funny. RT's such a skilled gamer that he made that first section a blast to watch rather than just being forced to give up after a minute

[@Shenec]

The amount of laughter I got when he unknowingly took that teleport back to Caelid filled my soul with pure happiness.

[@AgentofChaos315]

I think the best part of anytime RT plays a game with a character customizer is how he always his character a random celebrity

[@DAFIZZIF]

Everyone (at Margit): Wow, the first boss is really tough! RTGame's "First Boss" to him: Omae wa mou shindeiru.

[@EstelleFGC]

@@the_bull2663 Explore around, there are ways to trivialise that fight, you also don't even need to see him for a while if you don't want to. can go out of your way to gather upgrade materials for +9 weapon before ever stepping foot in that boss room

[@galaxychar]

@@the_bull2663 You can use an NPC summon, plus spirit ashes summons which should make the boss beatable at pretty much any level. If you don’t want to do that, explore and level up until you can handle the fight.

[@the_bull2663]

@@galaxychar oh I knew about all that. I actually finished the fight right before watching this video 👍😂

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@the_bull2663 Margit is tough for lore reasons. Not using a phantom is a different experience altogether.

[@the_bull2663]

@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx yeah I bet!

[@elnombre91]

I have to salute you for being teleported to a mid-game area at lvl 1 and deciding to make it your home. I'm sure Miyazaki would be proud.

[@ninjaamber]

The best summary of the first five hours of RT's playthrough of Elden Ring is "Naked Todd Howard tries take over a castle with nothing but a club and fierce determination."

[@Karzakus]

I'm a player who would literally just go anywhere and fight content until it died regardless of how clearly underleveled I was, and even *I WAS* shocked with how fucking janked RT's progression was. Like I killed that rot dragon that he faced before I killed the 2nd boss of the game, but here RT is finding that guy before the freaking tutorial. Well played good sir, well played

[@DistastefulDarkness]

Seeing RT approach Radahn's fort in the first 10 minutes, I fully expected to see him just get annihilated by one of the game's hardest bosses at sl1. Didn't even know there was an Ornstien & Smoug type fight if you came there too early. Would've been great to see

[@will-jh7yi]

what is the fight usually

[@DistastefulDarkness]

@@will-jh7yi It's a fight against Starscourge Radahn, who's classified as a demi-god. To get an idea of how tough he is: you're given like 8 summonable companions within his arena, with infinite resummons of each when they die. You're also allowed to use your horse, and his arena is a quarter of the entire area that Caelid occupies on the map. Many attacks of his can 1-shot you at below about 50 vigor.

[@hay6444]

Where in the vid?

[@oliverpearce2338]

Somehow, having a human like character is funnier than a generic monstrosity

[@scottbecker4367]

I'm always offput by seeing normal looking characters now 😂

[@nbkarkat]

rt this is so fucking funny. i can't believe you progressed in such a godawful way. hat's off to you

[@themediumplayer3829]

when I first saw that teleport trap I knew I wanted to see someone just spend their entire early game there, nicely done.

[@kirstenc4279]

Todd looked so miserable. I found it hilarious that you played for 4 hours naked with a club. I’m glad you’re having so much fun with this.

[@lisamain3723]

23:48 you know somethings wrong when the enemy boss gives 400 souls and the ones he kills from the start gives 1-1.7k each but I have to admit the laugh gave me a stomach ache

[@cwei9581]

This is probably the funniest elden ring playthrough I'd watched, and I watched MANY.

[@TheMike0088]

"Oh cool, RT posted his first elden ring video! I'm a fair bit into the game by now, so him doing the early parts of the game shouldn't be an issue spoiler-wise" RT: *"So, about that, kiddo..."*

[@Wyrmshield]

Same here, he immediately ends up at like 3 places I haven't found yet despite being 50+ hours in XD

[@Skippercarlos5]

Same lol, although it paid off for me because I now know where to find the Flamberge. I used it for my entire DS3 playthrough so I'm glad I'm going to be able to use it again.

[@mramazing5384]

Love how when he got pants the game gives him a portal back to the castle

[@feedfancier]

12:37 "I wonder if this is the final zone". Oh, my sweet summer child.

[@Pwnager29597]

I don't play Elden Ring or any of the souls-like games but I was dying of laughter. RT: Alright boys! Time for the first boss! (dies instantly)

[@BasicallyADiety]

RT constantly dying or blowing up on that bridge was mad funny. Legit was laughing the entire time

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

Allahu Akbar

[@PhillyCh3zSt3ak]

38:00 "Oh my god that's an army." Yes, those tend to be in castles.

[@m.douglas8492]

There's an alternate universe where RT never stumbled into the dragon-burnt ruins, never opened the chest, never got teleported to caelid, and this series is 5 times less interesting.

[@kiralynshealy9581]

Watching this on cold medicine while drifting in and out of consciousness was an experience to say the least

[@joganesha4151]

ironically, the wretch class is actually one of the best classes since there's full control on all stats

[@anthonybowman3423]

They're evenly distributed, but they're all at 10. Several classes start with say, faith, at 7-9. If you aren't using faith then those give you much better control of your stats than wretch does. If you want better stats, it's better to pick a class that has stats that you intended to use anyways. Which should be obvious to anyone.

[@brettpeebles6566]

But they start at level one which is actually the best because they can level up in anything they want super fast

[@quackquack7537]

@@brettpeebles6566 yea

[@MrGalaxypool]

@@anthonybowman3423 The thing about Wretch is, that it's the only class that starts at level 1, meaning you can put way more points into what you want for sirt cheap.

[@FFKonoko]

I think if there is a character that fits the built you want, (ie, no points above 10 in a stat you don't want), they are still better than wretch....

[@cartertoro3902]

This is what I imagine hell to be like lol. Naked with a club while insane monsters are chasing you

[@EmeraldPhoenix-sp8hm]

This is the most chaotic, unhinged start to any playthrough I've ever seen, I love it.

[@Ace_Maus]

The 4 hours of Daniel avoiding the tutorial are the best 4 hours I've had in 2022 so far. I've never liked games like these, but when Dan or Kevin play to go against a game, any game can become entertaining. 10/10, have watched this madness live, in the VOD, and now here.

[@loopstratos4619]

I love the trap that brings you to Sellia. It's amazing to experience and it's amazing to laugh seeing how others got trapped.

[@endangsaptorini563]

2 things leads to this crazy progression; That one guy in chat screaming for RT to do the Tutorial and The Chest that teleports him into the mines

[@daviddow5008]

I enjoyed the crazy naked search for pants and RT was so close to randomly finding the meteoric iron blade in the prawn miner waypoint ruins.

[@Mimismilemi]

when i saw rt committing to exploring a mid-end game area as a level 1 wretch, i knew i was watching the best elden ring playthrough

[@johiahdoesstuff1614]

Watching you play this as a stealth and puzzle solving game is beautiful

[@xeno4743]

love how he managed to do the literally worst things he could do as soon as he entered the game and managed to make it entertaining

[@elijahlynch4143]

The best thing about this, is that there is no way to play a souls like stupidly. If it works, it works.

[@nomo3457]

Took “I carry a big stick” a tad too literal here.

[@KanaevM]

The fact that he committed to exploring after the teleporter trap is quite amusing.

[@shakespearenuketh3233]

Well, believe it or not, I have learned something here today: If you want to understand Elden Ring's gameplay or story at all, you've come to the wrong place... But if you want to watch an Irish gamer try to abuse the game more than it abuses him while being every bit as lost as you are, then this video is for you

[@Mendoza-yi6qk]

When chat tells RT to go somewhere RT: I will ignore chat out of spite When the game tells RT to go somewhere RT: I will ignore that too. I will run around for 4 hours without leveling and armor now.

[@ANTICENA571]

I’m sure the developers intended for you to play this a straight survival game

[@skelestache7281]

One day a dev is going to come on stream and ask: WTF are you DOING Daniel?!

[@goldenrider2068]

Incredible. He fumbled about everywhere but where he was supposed to go.

[@IvyrKazegami]

After having watched multiple streamers, RT has done yet again, and did something I haven't seen yet: have the gall to reach the basement of Caelid's Tower and fight the Apostle as the first boss xD

[@captainblue5096]

second boss* Poor Decaying Ekzykes, constantly forgotten

[@jimbojamjames]

I'm so glad this is being uploaded to the Tubes, I enjoy these streams so much, its always very entertaining watching RT play souls-like games

[@miscielrossvillegas6307]

My goodness this is the most fascinating playthrough of Elden RIng I've ever seen 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Dat_Scrub]

I love how he just gravitates towards a hard area the moment he starts

[@queenTeigh]

Imagine playing this game and you just see the ghost of a wretch that looks like Todd Howard running by you on a ledge

[@error5247]

Welcome back to another backwards playthrough with RTGamer. I'm so excited for another swamp level with a crab boss!

[@tamado2148]

The fact that rt played like 4 hours in a part where he shouldn't be yet to go back is hilarious

[@arcanumelite4853]

even more hilarious... he was 4+ hours into the game... and was still level 1 because he didn't even unlock the leveling system yet...

[@tamado2148]

@@arcanumelite4853 imagine his level if he had unlocked it

[@Kitsunary]

As someone who loves sequence breaking these games, this is the best progression I've seen yet.

[@brainsauced6240]

when it gets too overwhelming to watch new content I always come back to this playlist, truly a comfort

[@bluestorm749]

Ah yes, beating a FromSoft ball-breakingly hard Souls game using the weakest class and going right to the end game area. I think this playthrough is the best I’ve seen both on KZbin and Twitch xD Edit: 30:19 the fact that it’s “end game” is punctuated by the fact that those two are individual bosses in the starting area, yet they just dump them both on RT, hahahhahhha

[@xeno4743]

the world of elden ring is really damn massive so thats actually just the second area but its a lot harder to beat without exploring the already massive first area

[@cajunseasoning1846]

@@xeno4743 i thought the second area was after godrick. The area where the academy is?

[@akurei4532]

@Xeno except that everything in caelid is honestly harder than the capital and forbidden lands.

[@xeno4743]

@@cajunseasoning1846 since its open world there is no real second area but its the area u can access the fastest after limgrave

[@lilyflos187]

@@xeno4743 You can access Liurnia just as fast by taking the roundabout path past Stormveil Castle. had a friend who made it all the way through liurnia before killing godrick

[@jungtothehuimang]

It's the way RT ran straight to the most difficult areas first, truly a fearless pantless hero.

[@user-bp9cz7dw5n]

I found this on the Elden Ring subreddit but thought I'd share it since it's really interesting. The guy who tells you to go through the back of the castle at 35:15 actually takes a fraction of your runes every time you die there. Some people claimed that he actually follows you through the castle, although I've never checked this. And then when you enter the dark room with the Knight in it, it was actually him who pushed you and locked the door behind you.

[@bismarckimperia8781]

Before you reach the back entrance grace he'll be near the First Set of Eagles you first encountered. He'll be camping there.

[@caeso-4633]

@@bismarckimperia8781 I know it is a bit late but he also follows inside the first place He stands near the barrels on the bottom floor. I know because I almost killed him once by accident

[@novared7]

4:51 the player ghost blending in with the Sellia mages and swinging at RT so perfectly. Lol