Trying Out ELDEN RING for Review! AJ Gets Hooked! and Slashed, and Stomped, and Impaled! (AJ & Crew)

[@angryjoeshowlive]

Please reply to add your "This is hard to watch"/"What a noob"/"These games aren't for Joe"-like comments here. Your concerns will be promptly addressed by our moderators.

[@sir3276]

you are doing better than most.

[@voidburger2989]

yeah these games are not for everyone and tbh I've never had patience for these types of games myself. Very draining and soooo difficult I can relate to Joe.

[@chadhullraidenstrife4143]

I'm not going to get on Angry Joe but you know where you had died at where you saw a ghost sitting in the chair you were supposed to had jumped down off the cliff that's where it shows you how to use the controller for your character that's where tutorials plus the messages on the ground once you jump down there it's also part of the tutorial so it's good to always check those signs out not just for the tutorial but once you get into the game is fast from around the world that helps you buy leave a message to let you know to Warrant you that there's an ambush or treasure stuff like that also you locked, by pushing in the R3 my mistake your on pc with a Xbox controller click in the right trigger to lock on and to switch between Target is simply tilt the right analog stick to switch between multiple targets you were supposed to buy the craft kit from the Merchant to equip your horse you got to go to your equipment it's the ring that the lady had gave you you can dual wield on this game you can have special ability for your Sword you can learn new skills in the game and don't get me started about the horseback battles that you can do on here and you can summon I can go on and on and on but it would take all day.

[@chadhullraidenstrife4143]

@@thekarma220 you also forgot to mention Nioh and nioh 2 those two are my favorite especially blood-borne Shadow die twice and Jedi Fallen order

[@voidburger2989]

@@thekarma220 I was thinking Nioh would be perfect entry level. Shorter checkpoints and combat is intense but not quite as difficult

[@doggindr1]

The lesson Tree Sentinel teaches: Yes this game is a Souls game but, you do NOT need to fight every boss in your line of sight.

[@dudeguy4309]

I did, took me like 30 tries tho lol

[@MyPronounsHeWhore]

yup. It's funny how people complain about this guy, that's it's stupid to put such a hard enemy right at the start. But I love it. Yea, it teaches you that's it's ok to skip stuff. It also reinforces that RPG leveling people love so much. Why not put an impossibly hard enemy at the beginning? Try him out a few times, say nope no way, come back to him much later, and it's actually a fair fight. Each level up seems so small and incremental, but it all slowly adds up.

[@justsomeguywithaplan971]

@@MyPronounsHeWhore to be fair. Alot of people just don't like to admit they've lost and won't stop until they win.

[@ItzMeWill]

@@justsomeguywithaplan971 That's why they put the very first boss you fight there. The one where you're really suppose to lose. The monster is there to teach you that you're going to die and that's ok

[@ItzMeWill]

@@SilverIlly3 im not talking about the guy on the horse, the Tree Sentinel. I'm talking about this guy 27:01 ..this creature was put there specifically for the player to die. If you die on him. You don't get a second chance to fight him right away. It sends you straight to the cut scene. Letting you know that you need go out and get more experience before attempting to fight him again

[@kaskynightblade8490]

Man, how can people be so obtuse. The moment I saw the tree sentinel I knew I wasn't supposed to tackle him just right away. I tried like 5 times and realized I was too underleveled.

[@MatthewCJoy]

The problem was that Joe didn't just go to other areas and explore other things before fighting bosses he was too under leveled for. It's an open world game, just go and explore other things. It's not his fault though, he's too used to modern cookie cutter open world games that literally hold your hand and tells you where to go constantly and puts markers on the map of where EVERYTHING is. Not trying to suck Elden Ring off or anything, I have plenty of personal problems with the game, but it's an open world game that is actually about exploring not another open world game that TELLS you what to explore and where. An actual exploration game.

[@beastmasterbg]

yup, youre supposed to explore and level up. Even in the beginning if you die to a boss you go farm some mobs find items see what else is there level up and come back.

[@epsilon3569]

I'm other games the lack of explanation is annoying because the world is so empty, but Elden Ring gives you a big pile of tools to use, dumps you in a sandbox that's fine with fun stuff to find, same gives you just enough guidance so you know what the objective is but lets you go about that however you want. I was almost Lv 70 before fighting Godrick because 1) I suck, and 2) I just kept finding cool stuff by running around and exploring random places. Even just grinding runes from the Vulgar Militia is fun, because improving your assassination technique is immediately fulfilled with tangible rewards at any level.

[@epsilon3569]

@@The_Primary_Axiom It is, it's just that much like the weapons and skills, you have to seek it out and piece it together.

[@TipppedScales1015]

Well it’s hilarious because the game is designed for everyone to get into it technically … but it’s still absolutely brutal as all the other souls games lmao so that doesn’t help for newer players who don’t understand the difficulty design philosophy of the souls games. So in essence … “Git Gud Scrub” lol

[@epsilon3569]

@@TipppedScales1015 This is my first game in this series, tbh. I'm not very good, and I'm not likely to get better since I'm limited by my biological reflexes. But most of that can be got around by exploration. "GiT gUd" is worthlessly reductive.

[@randallk6812]

It needs to be emphasized, explore, explore, explore, explore. You will find useful gear and summons to help you with the more difficult fights regardless of what class you choose.

[@HeilRay]

This. Exploring is the greatest weapon.

[@mirshia5248]

i did, but then got bored to death

[@antonhallergren588]

@@HeilRay yes I rushed to Margit with a base confessor and died like 10 times until I beat him. Then I went to the autistic summon albericht and died like 30 times before I just left the area. I wouldn't have had to do so but my runes bugged out and didn't come back upon picking them up anymore so I said fuck it and went off to explore more of limgrave and the rotting corpses area.

[@HeilRay]

@@antonhallergren588 Sound exactly like me, the ever dying confessor. By chance I found Margits shackle.

[@TheBloggme]

@@antonhallergren588 just use interactive map, complete all optional areas and bosses, come back and stomp margit, easy. Going to Caelid (the corpse area i assume you mean) way higher lvl then margit. Do limgrave-mistwood-weeping peninsula then go wreck margit.

[@gerardogarciabahena6317]

As a Souls veteran myself I can’t help but to understand Joe’s perspective, the game is hard to get into, but then when you learn and experiment, you can’t help but love it. Asking for help from souls veterans is never a bad thing, watching tips, etc. This all helps to smooth the experience of easily the best souls game to date for newcomers

[@WealthyHomeless]

true instead of pushing new players away, old souls players should welcome and educate them.

[@Lucivius27]

@@WealthyHomeless Sadly not all vet do that. Others mock noobs for using Mage build or summons.

[@WealthyHomeless]

@@Lucivius27 yeah i know about those and it's very sad. these options are built in the game so why wouldn't you use them?. these options are fromsoftware way to make the game more accessible but some people are way up their ass. In short i don't like that stuff.

[@adblockevery1243]

All they had to do was listen to chat or google some tips.. smh kinda ridiculous

[@Lucivius27]

@@WealthyHomeless It's like them saying: "Hey this is how I play and everyone should play this way."

[@OMSOFFICIALS]

As a Souls-Bourne Fan myself, I always struggle through these games but when you keep at it. It's so Rewarding!! Keep It up Joe!!!

[@purefoldnz3070]

yeah... but he wont lol

[@grogu411]

I actually don’t like this game. I kinda think it’s trash. Feels like a ps2 game. The combat is weak. 🤷‍♂️

[@purefoldnz3070]

@@grogu411 you look like a ps2 game.

[@unafflictedgaming]

@@grogu411 Yeah imagine aiming a bow with a floating reticule. ps2 lookin ass shit Blocking is useless. Roll roll roll die die die until you learn when to swing. Run around empty lifeless world stabbing worthless enemies and receiving almost worthless loot (except maybe the summons they seem slightly useful) only to keep getting smashed by the same stupid boss until u learn when to attack because he's gigantic and swings nearly constantly until a short pause in his rotation.(gameplay summed up) Last gen looking ass graphics and awful camera/controls/console ported generic japanese action rpg ui. shitty performance. The people that like this trash have the worst taste in gaming I swear.

[@1NotN]

@@unafflictedgaming just say you're garbage at the game n couldn't get anywhere in it because anyone whos played the game is literally laughing at you "empty world" "terrible loot" so you didn't play it or just kept dying to basic crap

[@YetiCoolBrother]

The weirdest thing watching new people play Souls is that their perception that the game is meant to be "brutally difficult" actually causes them to make the game harder for themselves than it actually needs to be. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy, you perceive the game to be impossible/impassable and so when you hit what is clearly a difficulty spike instead of thinking of ways to deal with it (now or potentially later) you go "SEE, I TOLD THIS GAME WAS BS."

[@crookedcarpet]

Exactly. Honestly this applies to so much of life in general

[@kalebbenson5656]

As a new player im right there with ya. Died about 50 times trying to beat him.. about to give up for the night. Next thing you know i just ran around him and got to like level 30 over the course of a few days and killed him im 2 tries.

[@hiranmaydas4921]

Same thing happened with me when i did heists in Payday 2 solo when first bought game. I lost all the time and had no clue how to play any contract. Then i did some tutorial heists and then proceeded on to the main low level heists, then slowly beefed up my character and proceeded on to missions on higher diffculties. Memorized all the map patterns for every heist. Now i can easily tackle a Deathwish heist on Solo.

[@Op614Roll]

I love the broken game excuse 🤣

[@sema6008]

I really liked that AJ and OJ get closer and closer to beating the boss after repeated attempts. That’s the best part. It is doable even if one is under leveled. Seems like they learned the pattern of attack.

[@nbaumg]

its funny just coming from Joes review and him loving it and giving it a 10/10 then watching him almost bounce off of it in this first stream

[@thedarkemissary]

2:26:40

[@jimmydoescardtricks5057]

These type of games always have a sharp learning curve. I hope you all stick with this as it’s a blast to watch you 3 pass that controller. Reminds me of mortal kombat couch coop days when a death meant passing that controller

[@blastofo]

*passes my controller to you*

[@HydraCFW]

Since it's open world I think you can get powerful really fast by exploring since nothings really off limits (mostly)

[@ssagard2000]

I love watching this game beat the crap out of Joe. You had it coming Joe! Just kidding, love your videos. You can do it Joe, I believe in you!

[@djklink20009]

Joe wanted a tutorial he got a tutorial and couldn't look any less bored than say darksydephil haha

[@MrLateraliss]

Every streamer I've watched play the intro of this game fell into the trap of thinking they had to kill the Tree Sentinel before progressing. It's an open world game, just run past him if you can't beat him and come back later.

[@RighteousMr]

He wanted the challenge and you can beat the tree sentinel with base stats and gear.

[@1NotN]

@@RighteousMr I mean yeah you can beat him with base stats but it's very difficult and for somebody who isn't as experienced in souls style games that's pretty unlikely shoot even for someone who is it's tough you need perfect dodges n can't take pretty much any hits

[@RighteousMr]

@@1NotN Yea agreed he was tough for me. It took me 40+ tries to beat him with no horse. Good challenge tho. And im no souls vet but ive played a few of them.

[@TheNemesis442]

@@RighteousMr if you've played a few souls games, you're a souls vet....stop the cap.

[@RighteousMr]

@@TheNemesis442 Nah you need to beat atleast a few of them to be one. I have not completed a game yet.

[@willprotector]

I'm about 27 hours in and still haven't killed the Tree Sentinel, so props to you guys for taking him on up front! So entertaining to watch.

[@Jmoneythadon]

Just level up your weapon of choice at least 2 levels and be around level 15-20. Definitely fight him on horseback its way easier stick and move. His move set is pretty easy after awhile make sure to memorize his attack pattern. Next charge your heavy attack before every strike and then run out of the way. Make sure your always holding down sprint he's incredibly fast with Op strikes. Stick and move with heavy attacks and you will defeat him. Note that he will spit his moves out more rapidly and chaotic closer to death but he is still avoidable. Good luck I defeated him this way it was pretty easy once I got his moves down and my timing right.

[@Walamonga1313]

Just bait his charge attack and punish. That's the one move he has with no followups

[@inspiradorupees3029]

I killed him in the first 10 minutes

[@pinewolfpresents]

Coming back later to one-shot Tree Sentinel? Maybe embarrass him a bit for his arrogance? His cousins at the capital aren't gonna like that 🤭

[@zacharytaylor1619]

Talks to the tutorial guy, skip skip skip skip, what's the controls??

[@flawed1]

Angry review of Elden Ring: I played Elden ring for over 80 hours and didn’t kill a single thing 🤣

[@otn2664]

Well damn 😂😂

[@shootoman]

Well done guys! Couple of things I´d like to point out: There was a tutorial telling how you can equip spirit summons and steed summoning in a separate system, where you don´t have to put them in the same place where your normal items (healing etc.) are used. Makes things a lot easier. Another big thing, horseback fighting is a new feature in Souls games like Joe noticed. Another hugely important new thing is jumping attacks. Those will benefit in many situations. For me (having a big sword) jumping R2 attack is probably my most used attack in the game. Covers nice distance, does big damage and is good for guardbreaking /poise breaking. Hope this helps a bit and I hope you enjoy the game. I sure do!

[@SamxSZN_]

Could you link me to that tutorial please man if you get a chance? Still haven't found a ways to have summons in a separate system 😂

[@shootoman]

​@@SamxSZN_ Basically you just go to menu and see the pouch on the right side of your screen. You can assign stuff for those slots and activate them by keeping interaction button (triangle /Y as default) pressed and then hit the chosen direction from D-pad. You can check the original tutorials as they are in form of scrolls in your inventory. Hope that helps! If you want better instructions, just write "Elden ring pouch guide" to Google :)

[@theaddictgamer31]

@@SamxSZN_ Tutorials are, in Inventory Menu, there Info last one. Every pop up etc.

[@ianchurch792]

@shootoman Nice to see a positive and constructive comment amongst all the childish squabbling (most comments divulge into utterly petty nonsense), so well done to you ser!

[@puppetgamer239]

I know this multiplayer system is very convoluted but what the hell am i watching, it's almost like they aren't even trying to understand

[@puppetgamer239]

i am saying this, but i also would love to see them create an actual coop system as well as keeping the invasion and summon system along side a new one

[@angelolagrutta4679]

You can create passsowrds and they’ve made summons easier than ever with summoning pools i don’t know how much more improvements they can do

[@angelolagrutta4679]

@@subzero308 you’re obviously new to souls games and it shows

[@puppetgamer239]

@subzero308 did you only read 3 words in my first comment and not even look at my follow-up?

[@ThatDudeCalled]

​​@@subzero308Stick to crabs.

[@sweatyzeusgaming]

Walks right past tutorial… “Is there a tutorial?”

[@smarfbag8714]

typical angry joe there

[@gutsberserk2718]

The giant is not a boss they are a common enemy throughout the world. A boss is when a the big red life bar appears on the bottom of the screen.

[@pinewolfpresents]

Joe starts having fun at 3:39:00

[@Whizzer_]

Thanks!

[@saindst]

You gotta review this game man. Take your time with it, you will come to love it. I hated souls games, but this one is more approachable, there are a LOT of ways to go through the barriers that existed in other souls games.

[@mirshia5248]

he is gonna shit on it

[@sicthemutt]

@@mirshia5248 I hope he does. Then he will get shit on by the internet

[@dogsbreakfast4952]

Joe - isn’t there a tutorial!! As he walks right by it

[@FMD-FullMetalDragon]

This would have been a much more enjoyable watch if all the Twitch subscriptions and bits announcements had been muted or turned off.

[@__-fi6xg]

And that opinion is why its Not catered to you.

[@scarface0x343]

Glad I wasn't the only one, shit was irritating

[@direwolf3972]

Agreed, very distracting.. ^..^

[@Walamonga1313]

Just how it goes with streams. That's why I never watch them

[@lbpiercy]

Everyone uses pop-ups for donations/subs, but these with long videos of AJ, OJ or Alex talking are very distracting. Sometimes I could not tell if the talking was live or the pop-ups videos. Often it was both and was hard to concentrate on any of it.

[@hjacob92]

Why is Joe playing this game when he looks like he hasn't slept in like 4 days. Dude has no energy, barely reading the tutorial prompts, and closing his eyes during dialog. Still entertaining but I'm not holding my breath for a full review.

[@drakhoon]

why did so many people think that elden ring would not be open world dark souls?

[@InMaTeofDeath]

What's funnier is the people using that as an insult not realizing it's exactly what we want.

[@geodude3966]

I watched the trailers, read the Metacritic reviews, watched KZbin reviews. All of them praised this game for its open world and lore, exploration, mini side quests from random character encounters, etc. I was expecting the next Skyrim or Breath of the Wild. Instead I got Dark Souls 4 with a horse.

[@skywalker6119]

I assume people saw "Open-World" and thought it would basically be Far Cry or Fallout with a medieval skin. Finally From was going to make a game that was just like everything else in the industry but with a unique fantasy setting!

[@InMaTeofDeath]

@@geodude3966 All those things you mentioned ARE in the game, it's just not designed like a bethesda or nintendo game which is another reason why it's so successful. You should really try it again since the reason it's so highly praised is not only due to how it's similar to BotW and Skyrim but because of the ways it's NOT similar. One thing I noticed all those reviews also say is that along with all those things this is an open world dark souls so if you expected it to be not like the previous games that's on you. Can you find me a single review that doesn't remind you that this is still a dark souls game?

[@CrimeaRiver58]

Fucking reviewers. They never mentioned that part.

[@erikgamesdaily5584]

I skipped gold horse guy. Figured I'd come back to him later. Elden ring is my first souls game so I figured I'd level and learn a bit before fighting him. So far I'm enjoying it more than I thought I was going to.

[@erikgamesdaily5584]

@@christophluger793 probably. Been having fun though, just still not very good.

[@MatthewOlney]

I've never died so much in a game. I'm loving every minute of it.

[@Quinn_M35]

Ya just like in the other souls games, im a wee bit retarded and die to gravity more than the bosses quite a bit lol. I just constantly slip off cliffs whilst on torrent and it is just hilarious at this point lmao.

[@1NotN]

@@Quinn_M35 you can tell the way he plays in the beginning of alot of games they generally need to win him over if you look at his initial halo infinite first stream he was pretty negative in the beginning but still won him over in most aspects n gave it a positive score I'm pretty sure once he gets used to combat n starts actually exploring he will probably be hooked shoot if you watched all the way through it was already beginning to grow on him

[@1NotN]

@@Quinn_M35 a big portion of that is you where most likely not streaming your start with a chat trolling you had people in his chat telling him to rush at the rider instead of just going out n exploring

[@Aarune_]

@@1NotN That and he is generally bad at playing games.

[@mirshia5248]

its called liking being abused, u are a bitch man

[@hxc00p3r2]

This is the best game I have ever played, glad to see Joe pushing through it!

[@gargos25]

What? Best game you've ever played? What's so good about it?

[@ByrgenworthGraduate]

@@gargos25 it's a souls game... that's what's good about it

[@gargos25]

@@ByrgenworthGraduate Thank you for the answer. Being part of a franchise doesn't guarantee a sequel's quality, as one can clearly see on Star Wars and many other movie franchises. Would you be willing to name a few qualities of Elden Ring which would make someone who has never played a souls game play this one?

[@mr.crowgamer6250]

@@gargos25 gonna be honest this is my first time to souls game and Elden ring is just difficult often leading me to not wanting to play

[@gargos25]

@@mr.crowgamer6250 Yeah it seems like that. It's a souls game, after all. I'd keep trying if it made any fun.

[@skafaced102]

The main advice I would give them is to dodge into your enemy and don't be afraid to stay close to them. When you dodge away, often you're distancing yourself from being able to attack them. Just my two cents!

[@sweatyzeusgaming]

So new players get a reference, I’ve played every single fromsoft game multiple times, beat every ending to all the souls/sekiro/bloodborne games and I didn’t really have much of a chance with the Tree Knight until I spent about 4 hours getting better equipment and leveling up. You aren’t supposed to beat him at the start. He’s there to show you how to overcome the challenges the game throws at you. I could have beat him but it would have taken several tries, come back a few hours later one try and I have his sweet axe.

[@anthonyzabala4015]

Axe? I killed him early with bow and arrow cheese and I don't have an axe in my inventory that I noticed. I only sell dupes so not sure how I missed it.

[@Commons_usa]

i hate how JOE is so convinced he HAS TO ENAGE WITH THE HORSEMAN LOOL JUST WALK PAST HIM FOR NOW

[@gakuyax]

Alex might finish the game. I dont think joe has the patience as alex.

[@korytoombs886]

Joe could finish it, but not as the devs intended. There are ways to cheese this game.

[@ghalleon0712]

I hope these guys enjoyed their time with Elden Ring; as much as I want to watch I can't spoil myself until I get some time to play this weekend. Then I'll come back at a later time to see how this went. Just don't go to a ditch and die guys!!

[@vagrant2863]

I've never understood putting people down for being a noob. That's like insulting a baby for not being able to walk.

[@Ronin-kk4bt]

It makes no sense you got to start somewhere

[@lolicongang.4974]

This is his job lol.

[@HiLightPHILm]

6 hrs of no rune grinding or boss kills is kinda shocking from a gamer.

[@AstaIsAMonster]

Exactly these weirdos on KZbin just hate on them when they play games especially when they don’t play these type of games and they expect them 3 to be god like in it. 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@HiLightPHILm]

@@AstaIsAMonster They explored like 2 areas in 6 hrs...a casual like me that has never played a souls game had pumpkin head boss and Margit in the grave in like 4 hrs. I had new spells and weapons too.

[@thevine2010]

The whole point is exploring and finding more areas, loot, bosses, etc., but there is the lore that gets you invested with attention to detail around it.

[@douglasduda9826]

You mean like enemies hitting you through walls? Or the fact you can swap to empty inventory spaces? Lol or NOT hitting a boss/enemy your standing right in front of...I am sure there are more issues for me with the game. Besides the ass performance on pc and I just hate games that force you to use Lockon systems in an action game.

[@thevine2010]

@@douglasduda9826 Like BF 2042? Sounds like your rig needs an overhaul or you need to "git gud". I've been playing the Soulsborne series since 2009. This is not your Mario or Zelda.

[@CaptainTitforce]

@@douglasduda9826 nobody is forcing you to use lock on, the souls games are playable without it.

[@douglasduda9826]

@@thevine2010 I have a 2070 so No. You obviously know little about how MANY people have a Lot of issues with ER on PC.

[@douglasduda9826]

@@CaptainTitforce Lol Playable? Geeze, The game is Hardly Playable WITH IT.

[@austinfriley3480]

This is exactly what I expected when Joe played a souls game and I’m not disappointed😁

[@ElementalWisdom]

As a souls born vet I gotta say this one in particular is very hard to put down i broke night a few times already just searching for caves and little goodies looking at the gorgeous view this one ill be playing for a while

[@gutsberserk2718]

124 hrs in.

[@amlbj]

I think you went in to this with the wrong mindset, think of it like a Breath of the wild Dark souls 4 :P you have to understand you dont have to toss yourself up against a wall like the golden knight or margit, just go and explore, there are like 20 more bosses in the beginning before you go to margit. just get the: oooh what's over there aah my son can w8 or the elden ring can w8! u feel me :P hope you go in with this mindset next time, because i think you will enjoy it way way more! love u guy! Big fan from sweden here! :D

[@icemanespoo2977]

AJ sure loses load of runes when he either dies again or simply does not get his dropped runes back. Also he keeps walking up to enemies disregarding stealth portion totally.

[@kalelalves]

OJ: "he got lucky" 1:03:40 combining with AJ's frustration, that made lauth for almost a minute.

[@weaponx078]

Dude same! Along with the “bang”, I haven’t laughed that hard in a minute

[@gutsberserk2718]

Says the mechanics are the same as Dark Souls and it is just a reskin, then proceeds to be confused about the mechanics.............and just about everything else in the game.😐

[@RadiantMan08]

Joe is dogshit at fromsoftware games anyways be it dark souls, bloodborne or sekiro

[@gutsberserk2718]

@@subzero308 Ok strawman.

[@juanlopez1187]

after you get your horse dont 4get to goo back to the ruins near the tree sentinel guy so you can get a summon of wolves, it will greatly help.

[@sanjanaunni8205]

54:20 omg the timing is impeccable

[@Mugthraka]

SOme pieces of advice: -Explore, do not hesitate to explore, a LOT, while the game is HUGE, it is densely packed with stuff to find, enemies to confront and rewards to collect, it is an Open world, where Exploration is (mostly) rewarded. And there is MANY secrets to find. Be wary that the game doesn't scale around you, so you'll end up in places that you're under leveled and have no business and get your ass handed to you. -There is always (in 80% of the casses at least) Another way or another solution to a problem. Once again, its an Open world, if you're stuck someplace or on something, go back and explore a bit more and find something else to do, sometimes you'll find a key item, or a piece of gear/spell/weapon that will GREATLY help you with the obstacle that you had. -DOn't be afraid to upgrade your weapons, you'll find LOTS of items that allows to upgrade your weapons, while you won't be able to Upgrade EVERY weapons in a single run, you can have a couple of weapons that are upgraded. WHile your stats are important, it is the level of upgrades that do factor in the most when damage are calculated. -DO NOT SKIP ON VIGOR, no matter the kinda build you wanna make, be at least in the 25-30 Vigor is a huge boon. Seen too many people running with 15 Vigor then complaining that the NPC's and Bosses where One shotting them... -If you struggle, when you can, USE THE SPIRIT SUMMONS, no matter what anyone says, if they are IN the game, its for a reason, they are an integral part of the game, you can challenge yourself to not use them, but it would be a shame honestly. -Depending on personal tastes/believes, do not hesitate to watch some builds or early guides, there is QUITE a lot of weapons/spells and Ashes of War that you can pick VERY EARLY in the game, to get an headstart with any kinda build you have in mind. Preparation can make a difference. -Use the custom markers on the map!, there is a LOT of things that you can find, and Outside key locations and NPC's, Sites of Graces, anything else is NOT marked on the map, so its up to you to do it. -Contrary to other Souls games, you can Jump at will, Jumping attacks can also greatly help. -Don't sleep on crafting and crafting recepies books, most of the items that be really usefull and are relatively easy to make. -Don't agonize too much about your build/stats if you made a mistake. You can respec, it does require you to beat a Story boss in a later Zone and it require an item that is not infinite and that is a drop loot, but it is possible to redo completly a character. -HAve fun, YES its still a Souls game, with its challenge, but Fromsoft gave much more tools in the toolbox for you to choose from, making it more "accesible" but not neccesarly easy.

[@joshuarodrigues7123]

I hope you're still having fun with the game and able to overcome some of the many challenges. I'm hoping for an Angry Review no matter how late the review is. I'm thoroughly enjoying the hell out of this game. My main genre are RPG's and while there are soooo many good ones out there, this game was a breath of fresh air where you just gotta get out there and figure stuff out on your own.

[@Frarooney88]

About fucking time you boys put this video up

[@therejectedredditer9778]

I've loved soulsborne games and this game takes everything FromSoft has learned throughout the years building the souls series and wraps it all into one neat perfect bow that is elden ring

[@bruceparrish6576]

This was so funny, thanks guys. The best stream yet.

[@Shadow62x]

Dark Souls doesn't explain anything to you either. It drops you into the game and says, "Good luck loser."

[@masterzombie161]

Joe once said he’d review Bloodborne….well here we are.

[@arnoldasm7300]

i feel like this game teaches more than just being better fighter.. i feel like I AM myself little bit better person in my live. Thinking outside of box , take different aproach while dealing with problems, have more patience and using more brain.. first few hours is painfull to watch.. which reminds myself when i first tried this game(elden ring my first soulslike game). Now i am really hooked to this type of games. I like game tension when every wrong move and swing could be last

[@yhzh2002]

It's kind of fun to watch someone who has no idea what's going on. It's a little bit surprising how many people are picking this game up as their first Fromsoft game. I think Dark Souls 1 or Demon's Souls are more approachable entries into the series to learn the ropes. Elden Rings is basically Dark Souls 3 but massively expanded, and Dark Souls 3 was already a very deep and expansive game.

[@bigt100]

The graphics and fighting in that game robotic asf i

[@Rspit030]

Honestly for a first timer I would try magic, magic is easy mode, elden ring is the first time I'm playing magic and it really makes the game easy

[@alpha12421]

Summons make the game super easy as well

[@MatthewCJoy]

And so does Uchikatana and other katanas. But joe unknowingly swapped it out for one of the worst weapons in the game.

[@tennesseeheckler3014]

Magic makes a lot of things easier in the over world, but it makes a lot of the bosses a whole lot harder to deal with. A good many of them are too fast, aggressive, and will one shot you the second you try to cast a spell on them. Magic being easy mode is inaccurate. Eventually you will still need to "git good".

[@alpha12421]

@@tennesseeheckler3014 not if you combo with summons. No issues at all with any bosses with that combo, for man anyway

[@joshuarodrigues7123]

@@tennesseeheckler3014 True, I played a little bit of magic also and I think it requires good placement and timing sorceries (at least when it comes to bosses where you don't have a summon to distract).

[@PeterWolniewicz]

hope I don't miss the next stream, thanks for the endless entertainment.

[@RazielIgor]

01:03:25 "He got lucky!" LMAO I'M DEAD 🤣🤣🤣

[@tdarassp]

*skips tutorials* "I don't know what's going on!"

[@1nc0rr1g1bl3]

4:42:29 "this mf thinks he's so cool with his golden armor. Somebody gave him all that shit and now we're gonna take it away from him" 😂

[@lionfan96]

this game is different because its open world instead of condensed. if a boss is kicking your butt you can move to a different area and come back. they've also evolved the flask system and i dont think the crafting system is as big in the souls games as here. they also added guard counter. finally, the game brings in folks like me that didnt like the souls games but likes the challenge. this game meshes "accessibility" with challenge to give you the best of both worlds. and the world is cool as hell.

[@KontraVerseGaming]

You should review it on PS5. PC frame drops are way too frequent, especially when fighting bosses or surrounded by enemies. I hope they fix it soon.

[@g-moneyy7707]

You seen the golden summon sign, but dont stay there long enough to read it to see its a summons, aggghghhh!! I think if theres one useful souls tip, its to be patient and observe everything in your surroundings. Good luck Joe, you can do it!

[@GameFightLove]

Nice Joe !! Love to see you guys trying this (my fave game) Have to get through that initial pain barrier of not knowing shit, but always level up, use the Block Counter and Explore and Explore !!

[@ASarode]

I don’t know about shaming but i at least feel better now it isn’t just me that is bad at the game. I am also around the same area but stopped playing as it was taking too much time, and i mostly play on only weekends. My first ‘souls game’ this. Hope to get better.

[@TagneysAChamp]

I swear Joe purposely acts oblivious sometimes, like the game isn't has hard to figure out as joe is making it out to be

[@Sleptrock]

Are you sure about that? I love these games but ngl first getting into them requires a bit of effort and not many people want to put effort into a game, its the same mindset that has killed rpgs and immersive sims.

[@drigodamus]

@@Sleptrockthat’s what he’s saying…video gamers break easily and don’t try

[@stealthmaster6472]

I am glad hes trying this one atleast

[@Ac1dSQUAREgg]

Anybody else wish Alex's name was Joe? JK Love you guys!

[@AstaIsAMonster]

*Also AJ I would explore the world/caves and fight the smaller type or enemies/mini bosses that are in some of them to get the hang of combat it helped me a lot.* *I’m 90+ hours in the game and I only beat 1 main character boss so far.* *I been exploring the world/caves and fighting wildlife/mini bosses and enjoying every damn minute of it.* 💪🏽

[@Mando011]

After clearing some areas I decided I should finally get some sort of armor and in the process had to kill Radahn and natural-born of the void lol. I got what I wanted but damn

[@ary8956]

90 hours in the game and only one major boss!? bruh

[@AstaIsAMonster]

@@ary8956 Yup I’m playing it right now 97 hours in and I only beat 1 storyline main boss but I have beaten a lot of mini bosses in a lot of dungeons and a few dragons. I have completed majority of Limgrave side quest and dungeons as well and did about maybe half of Caelid dungeons/caves so far. As of right now *I’m 19% of PlayStation users who beat Ancestor Spirt* *41% who restored a Great Rune* *46% who beat Leonine Misbegotten* *52% who beat Godrick.* *68% who beat Margit* *83% who got to the round table* Also bro I’m not rushing through the game for a review.😂 I’m enjoying exploring what the game has to offer because the developers put a lot of effort into making this great game.

[@ary8956]

@@AstaIsAMonster I finished the game in 100 hours all the mini bosses, main ones, side quests and main quests and stuff, unless your doing a lot of grinding I can't imagine anything would be left for you before godrick

[@AstaIsAMonster]

@@ary8956 I don’t believe you 😂 but if did do that in 100 hours or less then cool. ✌🏽 Also I’m not grinding in the game I’m only level 38 so far and I’m just playing the game fighting monsters/bosses that are in the caves and those few that are in castle’s that are scattered in Limgrave and Caelid. Ok later.

[@soulsbourishjunky6046]

I remember those days with my friends and brothers taking turns. That was the shit.

[@TheSilentRevolution1988]

Fighting A Tree Sentinel on foot is like Obi-Wan taking the high ground

[@blessanabey8386]

Been waiting for this....thank you

[@xxcampheroxx]

Glad you played this Joe!

[@Abel_Unstable]

Keep going Joe, Im never really good either to Souls game but I manage to end it to with a little bit of getting good.

[@Flash_-gy9vp]

Alex being a souls veteran and all i commend him for having patience with Joe and not telling him a damn thing like there little to no tutorials, no easy mode and the fact he has to lock on enemies for efficient combat.. He's really letting him figure out literally everything on his own lmao

[@tresxlord]

souls-like fan boys are hardcore af but yet so sensitive. its cute.

[@Bluedemonde]

My only complaint is that when I watch these vods on the ps4 YT, I get 2 ads ~ very 5 minutes…

[@nutbunny10]

its happening quite frequently on PC as well.

[@enkidu52]

with the open world structure there's a lot more room for doing other content like grinding mobs and side dungeons and getting stronger to come back and whoop the boss that whooped you, imo definitely lean into the rpg elements you'd be surprised how much grinding helps in these games

[@MyPronounsHeWhore]

Yea I was surprised how I could just go around that whole castle via dirt road, which led to an even bigger area.

[@j0nnyR00k]

Thanx you guys. I love watching friends play. Keeping my brain off world events.

[@feliperoberto8499]

Joe: Use jump strong attack attack to break enemy pose. Use block + strong attack after a sucessful block to counter hit. Use a normal attack while snaking a enemy rear to start a execute animation.

[@tehCostHD]

Find a good ash summon and level it up and rely on those for tough encounters. They can REALLY turn the tide, especially for people newish to the series. And agaisnt some optional bosses even for experienced players since they are so hard. And when you get mimic tear, you can REALLY go beast mode.

[@MatthewCJoy]

I think if you're super experienced though using the summons is both kinda cheap but also ruins the experience a bit. But play how you want, who cares.

[@tehCostHD]

@@MatthewCJoy I agree it totally does.

[@TharusPSN]

Dang Joe. By the 3 hour mark when you asked if people were in that section for as long as you, when you had managed to level up 1 time, and made absolutely no progress in the game. I had probably leveled up 15 times. Switched weapons several times. Had leveled up my mace. Maybe explored 2 or 3 different caves. Killed a few boss enemies. Unlike you Joe I never cleared a single place more than 1 time. Didn't do any grinding of any zone. While you still look like you don't know how to play or fight. Then you think you need to grind to be able to kill stuff when the only reason you need to grind is because you are bad at the game. Once you grind enough to learn to play then you'll realize that you don't need to grind at all. lol. The entire time I kept thinking for the love of God Joe fucking sprint already. Keep at it though.... and once you learn how to play you'll never have trouble with any souls like game.

[@outerheavenstudio]

if you want to block without shield, make sure you hold the weapon two handed by pressing Y + RB (the hand which your main weapon intended to use) and also you can do it with the other hand. I know it's going clueless to play this game at the first time, but keep progressing Joe!

[@olivierdelapope8160]

Why do you stay hours in front of the gate and then complaining about doing the same stuff over and over? Go explore… It hurts looking at this depressive playstyle 😅

[@glp4842]

I can understand what hes saying about not having a purpose. However, i feel like its just a simple fact of paying attention. He kept pressing start to see runes where if he had paid attention he would see that his rune counter is at the bottom right of the screen. The obj is to defeat bosses to go through dungeions and become strong enough to be elden lord. Its not an mmo or a farming sim. You just have to pay attention and use your creative thinking and intuition to get through the game with the most fun. I never played a souls game before this one and had no issue. Picked it up very quickly.

[@skywalker6119]

He also didn't finish Varre's dialogue so he never heard about going to Stormveil Castle.

[@glp4842]

@@skywalker6119 I noticed him getting into it more to the end but it seemed as if he just didnt gaf enough to try and pay attention so he would know what to do.

[@therejectedredditer9778]

I know that this is probably obvious but they said that the pc port has significant frame drops and the developers themselves are working on fixing that

[@rt-irish2430]

I was level 45 when I beat that gold knight lol I'm not a great player so I just farmed a lot

[@saratchandramv1886]

I tried this guy for 5 hrs. died many times, but slowly picked his attack patterns and when i can steal a hit or two. Man felt good that i learned and beat him. :D

[@ineedbettername]

18:48 Gameplay starts You're welcome

[@TheMayonator]

This was my first Souls game and after about 30 minutes of fighting I beat Tree Sentinal with base stat's and gear. Was such a rewarding moment, only reason I could do it though is my friends who are super experienced in souls games telling me about two handing and the special move the samurai sword has etc, so it helped. The game definitely doesn't hold your hand so it's good to have some guidance from friends I think.

[@theguythatiam]

I laughed so hard with the finger bit, haha. It's actually super easy, but at the same time I can see how impossible it may seem :)

[@MANS4ON-Ce137]

This game trolls the players, puts a giant thing you are not ready to fight in front of you and if you are stubborn enough you might rage quit and uninstall within two hours :D

[@xsas8731]

That's not really a troll. It's a way to teach people, sometimes it's better to comeback later

[@MANS4ON-Ce137]

@@xsas8731 Indeed, but it leaves them there to kind of fuck with you, I love that.

[@sussy_61]

i hope joe didnt review it with rush gameplay what you need in this game is 1. patience 2. learn moveset 3. memorize moveset 4. enemy get stronger at upper level so you got to focus on 2 or 3 stat 5. dodge went enemies weapon half of their strike toward you, dont dodge early because you will be panic roll and has less stamina to attack

[@TimaeusShinryu]

After AJ's Persona 5 stream fiasco, i was worried that AJ would have dropped the game as the Soulsborne games tend to be unforgiving in their learning curve of actually making the players "learn from their mistakes" and that might not be AJ's style of gameplay. But its nice to see AJ wanting to continue to push through with the game.

[@yutterh9153]

What happened with the persona 5 stream?

[@TimaeusShinryu]

@@yutterh9153 AJ skipped everything when he started, including the battle tutorial and ended being lost, confused, and having a hard time beating enemies...all cuz he wanted to get to the part where he gets to "actually play the game". He was simply far too impatient and it bit him in the ass and he dropped the game cuz of it...

[@shoobydoo]

2:26:00 Joe sarcastically gives Elden Ring a 10/10 roasting the obnoxious whiny chatters only to end up giving it a 10/10 makes it so much better. I'm glad he even gave it a shot, even more so that it ended up being well received from someone who isn't really into the genre.

[@Bergielicious35]

I would call him a noober, but I suffered an equal amount

[@tren380]

Elden ring is fighting for my new favorite game…RDR2 has been #1 for me.

[@aliendead7580]

As a dark souls veteren, angryjoe, oj, and Alex did very well

[@ITSBurgerPT]

As someone who has been playing From games since Demon's Souls I think that this games gameplay and build variety are clearly the best of all From games but the map design, aesthetic and lore are worse than dark souls 1, dark souls 3, bloodborne and even sekiro. If you go into this game and play it like a traditional souls game you will likely start geting bored by your third or fourth region of killing gargoyles, skeletons or minors every dungeon, you will also likely be overleveled for most of your playthrough (if you are playing it like a tradional souls game, meaning if you are doing every single dungeon, exploring every single part of the map, etc). Personaly the aesthetic of these games is very important for me, and I find that most bosses cant compare to the other games bosses. Again this is just my opinion but I find that the best areas are by far the "Legacy Dungeons" (the big castle main areas), which essentially play as normal fromsoftware areas with the adition of jumping and stealth (which I think are great mechanics). I also love the lore of these games, in Elden Ring however I feel that the lore is even more vague than in the other games to a level that makes it a detriment to the game. After 80 hours of non stop playing this game since release I still cant explain what the aesthetic of this game is, if I had to explain it I would just say: "It's Dark Souls but every now and then you see someone with a few extra limbs or red hair" TLDR: - Open World is a detriment to the complex and detailed map design of a traditional Fromsoftware game - Combat is by far the best in any Fromsoftware game - Has no discernible aesthetic besides red hair and extra body parts on some people - Has incredible build variety - Dungeons are all either Skeletons, Gargoyles or miners (with the occasional demi humans) - Bosses are not as memorable as some of the other FromSoftWare games - Jumping, Stealth and the horse are fantastic features - Love FromSoftWare, love Elden Ring, I don't think it is better than Dark Souls 1, Dark souls 3 or Bloodborne. - haveniceday

[@jamesbench2032]

You spent more time on that lever than you did fighting the first mini-boss.. Haha

[@jennydeaf9O9]

16:11 they accidentally made freddie mercury. xD