40hrs before godrick isn't crazy. Spending those 40hrs all in stormveil is crazy

lvl 40 for godrick is not crazy, grinding it all on that courtyard is crazy

I love gravity, it keeps me grounded. -John Elden Ring

Way back when i played DS1 at a friend, i immediately went "nope, im not good enough at this, the game is too confusing and open, not for me", and watching YouTube after, i enjoyed the main premise of the game, but got my initial thoughts cemented in my brain

Then a few years ago i tried elden ring, and got hooked. 1200 hours, 800 hours on its spinoff nightreign, and ive since gone back and beat DS1 and almost all of DS2. Once you get the hang of how to souls it all opens up so much.

So props on going back to souls despite having your initial thoughts. Incredible vid

Sounds like you might like Sekiro more.

That ER open world slander is pure madness and I won't hear otherwise. But I will reserve judgement since it's likely to change

There is a bunch of stuff to find in the open world, including opening multiple quest lines that open multiple endings. There are weapons, Armour, spells, summons, and other dungeons to find.
Exploring the open world rewards that.

You were wrong and correct at the same time

Mounted battles are best against giant enemies. Very counter intuitively, the mounted enemies are made fast and with wide attacks, to catch you riding with your higher speed. The best way to fight against them is dismounted, cause they are so fast they tend to miss or overshoot you.

Thing is there is so much to see, like legacy dongeons, hidden ones. All have their identity, and even the placement of crafting material, ennemies, the architecture, all is adding meaning to the story. You re almost meant to do multiple playthroughs, progressively upping the handicap for yourself, finding new routes, new builds, doing more lore oriented runs. And you truly can enjoy all those experiences for a very long time, if you add to it pvp. These games truly are something else. But not made for quick consumers, like random content creators.

Most OG souls fans totally agree the big dungeons are the best bit but by this point they had done that four time plus two similar spin offs (Bloodborne and Sekiro). So just doing it again for a fifth time wouldn't hit the same regardless of quality. Fromsoft knew they had to mix it up but still keep what people loved and I think that's also why we've had a mech game and a multiplayer focused game since as they want to let us get hungry again. Plus Miyazaki's gotta think up another universe worth of lore and that's probably really tricky to after so many similar games

there are hidden bosses and items on the open world map. and many parts are still crafted smartly with encounters like the dungeons. i have adhd too and every part of the map was dopamin to me. an addiction to see everything

26:14 this is what makes me call Elden Ring a “cozy game”. I’m on my second full play through (last one got halfway through NG+ including DLC) and sometimes I just like putting on chill music and rolling around the lands between, hacking at whatever I come across

You’ll love Dark Souls, especially dark souls 3 which is essentially a bunch of legacy dungeons strung together making a semi open world feel while still being level/dungeon based

14:50 that Pic was definitely full baked😂

22:03 toms bossman jack video is peak elden farming content.

Aside from mounted combat not being great, and although fighting Limgrave Tree Sentinel and Agheel on horseback was some of the most fun in video games I had ever had on my first playthrough because I finally felt like I had a chance (and did end up beating it, that was cinema for me), once you start learning move sets mounted enemies and bosses are easier to beat on foot.

Also wait until you find out grinding enemies isn't the only way to get infinite stones

16:30 i dont think anybody learns it consciously, i learn patterns just by fighting. Cause thats how a human mind works.

11:49 dont let this man near oldschool runescape

Interesting point about the open world making it easier to get your souls back. My moderate, meet-ya-halfway pushback would be: sometimes it is easier but sometimes it’s not because much of the geography isn’t open fields. There’s sometimes narrow paths you have to follow where enemies are tough to avoid

I started not caring about losing runes when I discovered the farm in mohg palace