For me it was Rykard. Wayyyyy too much stuff on my screen at the same time always sent my brain into panic mode, I still hear him saying "TOGETHER WE WILL DEVOUR THE VERY GODSsSs" on my head.
@danielarriaga1457 if you are gonna get the dlc. Better get on it. Gutta beat Mohg and Rykard at the minimum. If you already beat them.. well then happy hunting tarnished!
Okay but the fact that 33% of Elden Ring players beat Malenia is INSANE. She’s hard as heck and it’s a testament to the game keeping people’s interest through completely optional, very difficult content that isn’t even THAT rewarding from an in game perspective.
Honestly, after all the Tree Spirits, Death Rite Birds, Dragonkin Soldiers, Rune Bears, giant birds, Ancestral railgunners, corner camping mobs, and seeing all my friends die or betray me, it eventually became my fave ending too.
450+ hours spent on this game. I've never done that before. Or since. It's got a very special place in my heart and mind. That's why I'm here watching this even though I've not played it for a good 6 months maybe. But I can basically visualise the entire map in my mind. The best designed game world ever for me. I can remember all of it... Genius design
Only 450 hours? pfft. (J/K). I probably haven’t touched it in 8-10 months myself. Now I need to bang through all of the games coming out in the next couple of months and dust off ER again to get back in the groove before the DLC in June. The struggle is real. 🤣
@@asraiSOA Funnily enough I started another NG+ an hour or so ago. Will be trying a totally different build that's out of my comfort zone. Hopefully it'll keep me occupied until Dragon's Dogma II in March. And if that's good it should keep my busy until 21st June 😆
Finishing the first playthrough of this in 69 hours is wild. I've seen people say 50 hours too. What are ya'll doing, just hitting the main bosses & looking stuff up & running to the finish line ? My first playrhrough was ~ 183 hours of savoring everything , & I only scratched the surface it turned out . We wait years for these treasures so its crazy to me that someone would want to rush through in a couple days. There's nothing like that first playthrough. Anyway you enjoyed yourself that's what counts
Ikr this is the comment I was looking for 69 hours I bet he miss more than half the content in this game my first play through was 210hours and even then I didn’t 💯 it
It's like going through a second puberty but instead of becoming a rabid little horndog you become a man with patience and a "nah I'm not quitting" attitude.
I'm fromsoft simp so i was fully expecting it to blow my mind, and i was still shocked at how great it was. I've played them all before Elden Ring. Also 60 hours is just the beginning of exploration
Same. Absolutely adore all the Souls games. They brought my nephew and me closer. I got him into them, and we nerd out about them constantly. He got me into Berserk because of it too. I knew Elden Ring would be great, but it even surpassed my expectations.
I'm a soulsborne fan, and Elden Ring was a dream for me. The world is vast, the lore is deep. It reminds me of the feeling I got when reading a book series when I was young-anything is possible.
"Game doesn't tell you what to do". Except Vare telling you to go to the castle seek Godrick, Gideon telling you where the runebearers are. Oh and the guidance of grace leading you to the main quest objectives in golden lines as well. It's not as obvious as quest markers or navigation but the hand-holding is there for those who want it.
Elden Ring was my first souls game too. Was gifted by a friend at that time. 1.5 years later I started a new character 2 days ago and last night I killed Margit at first attempt on stream. Was so surprised.
Souls Veteran here, and Elden Ring is the most accessible of From Software's Soulsborne games. Which, I find a good thing. None of the other games gatekeep, but the reputation of them is well known and the difficulty is something that people shy from. Yes, there are BS mechanics on some fights, that's true for games in general. But the games are fair. Tough, especially on the first run through, but fair.
after playing Dark Souls 1 after my experience in the Elden Ring I can too confirm that Elden Ring is a lot more new player friendly then these previous games.@@jgkitarel
@@jgkitarel people overuse the word "fair" when they should use the word "fun" instead, they aren't mutually inclusive and the opposite isn't mutually exclusive.
Not possible, strictly due to the requirement of acquiring the 3 main endings. Not to mention all the obscure items you have to hunt down. Even with a guide, not possible for a first time player to do it all in 70 hours. He just edited a photo or used a screen shot from someone else who did 100% it. He's likely insecure about having skipped a ton of content in his 70 hr run, so he was compensating by using a misleading image that makes it seem like he "did it all".
The game doesn't straight up tell u where to go, but they drop hints, like FOLLOW the grace, and also the map is sooo good and thought out, that u always eventually end up where you're supposed to go for the main story from the starting area, i've put in over a 1000 hours in this game with 0 experience with a souls like game and i don't think i love any other game more than this game now
@@d1ode well, i brought a friend who never played a souls game straight to elding ring like 2 months ago, and even he pointed out how the map was cleverly made and he eventually reached where he should be, bro was flabbergasted
There is no way in hell I could ever call Ghost of Tsushima's quest tracker the best ever, considering it straight up spoils how many parts some side quests have in advance....making it feel like a checklist until you get to the last part.
It always warms my heart to see a new person recognise the magnificence of Fromsoft games. What did you think of the DLC trailer? You got into this game at a great time.
Don't worry, with the expansion coming in June, we'll get to experience that feeling all over again. I cannot wait to go in blind once more and lose myself in the world 🔥
Great video! ER was my first souls game and I went in blind(mostly) for my first playthrough and had a blast! Fromsoft is now my favorite game studio. You're gonna love DS3 😊
@@mrsgamer9218 bro, Im very interested, try to finish Irina/Hyetta questline. This mostly enquires you to find Hyetta in different locations (Hint:4 times across Liurnia, first time (I bet you already found her) is right next to grace after Stormveil castle)
Elden ring blind play through when it first came out was such an amazing experience. I took my time and finished my first play through at 150 hours, and I didn’t even do a single hero’s grave. There is so much packed into this insanely huge and beautiful world.
This is a very well put together script. Which isn’t all that common for channels in their infancy. Congrats and keep up the good work. Thoroughly enjoyed. (Also Elden Ring is one of the greatest games of all time and I would marry it if I could)
Dope review m8, i'm glad to see people understand what these games really are, it's about challenging one's self and understanding you need to do better next time. Malenia's water flow move is annoying but so satisfying once you learn to dodge her (light weight highly recommended due to jump distance and recovery speed) , now i'm way more comfortable with being close when she uses it ... vs on my first run using semi range triggers like tossing a Kukri at certain health marks to trigger her dodge usually followed by her starting up the move.... Good on ya for going for her without using a summon and experiencing the true fight.
the good thing is that if you got platinum in 69 hours ( finished the game at least 3 times), it means that you still have a lot of content to discover
Yes! Finally someone who doesn’t say “69 hours? Did you even play the game?” I wanted to get all of the achievements to say that I’ve “played the game enough” for the sake of the video. As a matter of fact, I’m STILL playing Elden Ring alongside Dark Souls 1 and I’m discovering so many new things I missed in my initial playthrough.
God of War Ragnarok and Elden Ring are my top 4 favorite video games of all time. Im very hyped both games have great dlc. Elden Ring and it's dlc probably game of the decade 😮
This was also my first souls game and I tried it after it came out, sucked at it and couldn't understand souls combat. Then picked it back up a few months later and now I'm on NG+7 and almost 500hrs in. I'm still gonna play even more, especially to get ready for Shadow of the Erdtree. It truly is one of the greatest video games of all time.
I felt the same way about the combat when I first started, but then when I got the hang of it I too was addicted. Hopefully Michael Zaki drops that DLC soon!
70 hours for a playthrough basically lets me know you just did the main bosses and dungeons. Didn't even explore or do side quests. My first playthrough was 160 hours. I went to and did everything.
Same after learning how to play Elden Ring. I was finally able to figure out how to actually play dark souls. Since they're basically the same exact game. With the only difference being that Dark Soul is linier instead of it being an open world.
The game DEFINITELY tells you where to go. There are sites of grace everywhere pointing you in the direction you should be going. NPCs basically tell you what to do at every turn even spoiling major plot points and reveals and there’s a big ol’ glowing tree alway in view. Honestly I was kind of annoyed when I got to Volcano manor and that ghost in the hallway told me Rykard was a snake and exactly how to defeat him before I even really knew who Rykard was, completely spoiled the reveal of him being a giant snake god
Glad you had such a great time with the game. If you want even more depth, there's always the mods. Reforged and Convergence are must-plays for this game. Reforged goes deep into the main game mechanics with subtle changes to the world itself, while Convergence is a full on Overhaul for the game.
for Malenia, if you used Moghwyn's Sacred Spear and just spammed "Bloodboon Ritual" at her stacking with your Mimic Tear doing the same thing, she's basically an easy fight.
Bro beat the game and got full achievements in 70 hours? My first playthrough took well over 200 : ( and that save file after a couple NG+ now has over 300 hours
I started playing Elden Ring soon after it released, and it single handedly turned me into a souls gamer. The worst part about playing Elden Ring for this long is that i’ve been waiting 2 whole years for the DLC lol.
Every Fromsoft game since Demon's Souls has been unbelievable. They all have such unique atmospheres, and despite thinking Elden Ring is the better game overall, Bloodborne has yet to be dethroned as my favourite game ever. You'll see as you go through their games, they're all equally as fascinating as Elden Ring for their own reasons, just not quite as big
I personally love both endings being lord of frenzied flame and age of stars but i prefer the lore behind lord of frenzied flame because the age of stars is just saying to the world: "fuck off" and go live on the moon But for the lord of ff you burn the erdtree and everything that "divides and distinguishes" which means that everyone is the same, the cursed is normal and the normal is cursed so it’s just "oh you love that erdtree so much huh?, you feel it makes you special? Fuck you" and everyone becomes the same You may see it as the "evil ending" but I see it as the harsh good ending
69 hours is definitely not enough time to experience everything this masterpiece has to offer but it was obviously enough for you enjoy the majestic beauty of that world
I suck at this game yet I’ve put in over 400 hours of play. It just keeps pulling me back in, yet I still haven’t improved much. But I don’t care if it’s a 2000 hour journey, I WILL beat this game one day!
@@thewretch4081 some games are certain players bad at because it’s something wrong with them, and some games are certain players bad at because the gameplay is poorly designed. When you spend 400 hours and the player doesn’t improve much, then it’s obvious that the game has lots of unfair issues
I think you’d seriously need a notebook or a spreadsheet for Soulsborne games to track the quest/lore. Like a legit out-of-game, honest-to-god notebook. No in game system will be good enough without being a spoiler (at least without a keyboard and mouse to actually write down stuff. They did a pretty good job with the map markers. The key is to develop your own system, again, just like the combat, you have to put in your own work). I might do that for the DLC and when I finally get around to play the DS trilogy.
Honestly I think that the worst part about this game is that every other game that comes out will be trash compared to it. It’s safe to say that this game revolutionized gaming forever. It will always hold a special place in my heart and being my first experience with the souls like genre, will always be my favorite. But the other games are all absolute masterpieces in their own right and I highly recommend you get into these. Amazing video. It’s always fun to relive a great memory through someone else’s first experience. Liked and subscribed
"Revolutionized gaming forever"? Wtf are you talking about. Absolutely nothing in Elden Ring is revolutionary, the game has Ubisoft written all over it. It's the same open world as any open world. Get a grip😂
@@Enux485 I’m talking about revolutionizing gaming forever. You strike me as the type of person who will play the game for five minutes, die to soldier of godrick and instantly quit the game to go on RU-vid and spew nonsense about it when you can’t even get passed the tutorial. Get out of my sight you disgust me.
@@Enux485 i played many ubisoft games. Not a Single one felt like ER which i played before other "good" games like The witcher 3, rdr2 and gta 5. From the 3 games i just told you all felt the same. I was bored from open World games, all just copy paste with just different Story. Elden Ring on the other hand felt refreshing gameplay wise and UI wise. I cant tell you enough how boring, unoriginal mapmarkers are like in ghost of tushima, Hogwards legacy and the other games i told you before. Also compared to the other games ER feels much more alife, even tho there are much less npcs then for example rdr2 or botw. But compared to these games ER npcs all are unique and progress alongside you, living their own storys.
@@Enux485to say ER is like a ubisoft game is ridiculous. Nothing about ER isime a ubisoft game. Your comment is either a troll or it's proof you haven't played ER.
Also how do you not have more subs for a video or this quality?! Bruh. Keep up the hard work man, this was a really good watch and I look forward to seeing more from you.
Honestly as nice as it is to see all the views, likes, and subs I just make these videos for fun because editing allows me to explore the creative side of my mind.
@@d1ode I respect that for sure and have a similar mentality. Most of the time, anyway. I do want people to watch my videos as I’d like for people to find some value in them, even if just for entertainment. But by and large it’s a creative endeavor for its own sake for me.
This, red dead 2, and baldurs gate 3 are titans in my eyes absolute masterpieces of modern gaming. Will always be played no matter how much time passes. I also feel like the frenzied flame ending is one of the best. You put all the suffering in the lands between to a final definitive end. And plant the seed for something new
Still remember my first playthru I explored every corner of everything and even found a way to complete most of the quests so i had several ending choices. Took 230hrs of pure enjoyment and wonder idk how anyone could rush thru this masterpiece when u only get a first playthru once.
I don't want to be that guy, but the shard of Alexander doesn't require getting to farum azula. If you kill Alexander at any point in the game, he just drops it. You could forgo his entire quest line and kill him after setting him loose in limgrave and get it for the entire early game
69 hours ? Did You even play the game bro ? First playthrough took me close to 200 hours exploring everything, I mean yeah it's the best game of the last years but there's so much more for you to explore
I believe I have played the game. Did I experience everything the game had to offer on my first run? Absolutely not. Which is why I’m playing through it on another character just in time for the DLC.
As a FS fan who fell in love with their games due to lore and world building first and only gameplay second, I'd like to defend their way of writing stories, with the focus placed on the theme. The "mere" plot device that are the Elden Ring and the Erdtree embody themes which are, for me and so many others, just so damned compelling and fascinating.
I never played any of these types of games in 20 years of gaming. Mostly first person shooters and sports games. Buddy convinced me to play elden ring. Hated it at first. Stuck with it and it became easily My favorite game ever. Now I’ve beaten Sekiro and halfway through DS3 lol fromsoft games are all I want to play.
I’ve beaten the game so many times with lots of builds and honestly watching this has rekindled the urge to play through it again. 10/10 would recommend. Consider me a new sub
@@MilesWilliams88thank you. I really tried to love GoT but it felt like a bland Ubisoft style open world game… albeit with a gorgeous backdrop. So many people reference it as this amazing title but I had to force feed it to myself to get through even half.
@@matthewjalovick I read your comment as God of War haha. My bad. I had a whole replay typed out about how I didn't really love those games either. Yeah, GoT was terrible, in my opinion. Definitely a pretty game, but that can only take you so far.
such a great video I haven't played any souls game before elden ring but I got sick on release date and had to stay home for a week so I gave it a shot and I got addicted I got platinum in under 6d and 70h IGT I had the time of my life using the sword of night and flame and mimic (patch 1.02) I loved the choice that there was an easy mode but not by any settings but if u go trough the whole game and get the best gear after my 1st run I tried a lv 1 run and finished the run after 23h IGT I did't managed it by just getting good but also using a unique method for any boss to make the fight as easy as possible after that I started NG+ and tried to let my mimic solo every Boss for me and yes it worked mimic can solo any boss in the game even malenia (in just under 3min) and micic can also one shot some bosses My final challenge was a not hit solo fight vs malenia which I did without any problem because I used a build that only works for this bossfight and I invented that build on my own I even created this YT channel to upload every solo mimic or lv1 boss fight for myself so that i can look back at these memories
Which bosses are hard is a matter of your built. As a mage, I was shocked how easily Malenia went down. My biggest surprise was that if you shoot the night comet and immediately start running backwards, than she gets the hit, makes the sidestep move, but always decide not to start waterfawl dance. So with that "running in circles" movement you can trivialize phase 1. If you have another weapon with bloodhound step, there will be no more questions. And as a mage (and really a glass cannon), a had terrible time with bosses with insane AOE attacks, high magic resistance, unfair duo bosses or extreme speed in small fighting grounds. (evergaols..). My hardest experiences, most deaths were these: 1, Elden Beast 2, Placidusax 3, Maliketh 4, Adula dragon (the real fight after finishing Ranni questline) 5, Alecto 6, Death Rite bird (snowfield) 7, Duo Night Cavalries (snowfield) 8, tied between Blood Mohg and Malenia. To be fair, I can agree, Malenia should top the difficulty ladders if you have a melee character.
If you're on PC and going to play Sekiro, I would strongly recommend the FPS Unlock and More mod. Playing that game at 180 fps vs 60 fps made the fights so much more fluid, and almost easier. EDIT: also being able to increase the FOV makes the world combat a lot better for me.
Nice vid, and nice perspective. I'm glad you had a good time with Ragnarok. I didn't hate it, but felt it was pretty lacking overall. Quick nitpick. The game definitely does tell you where to go, kinda. Vague grace directions are more than not telling you at all, though.
2:32 I struggled with this too when I first started playing. But literally all you have to do is follow the yellow arrows at each site of grace. Idk why it took me so long to figure that out
its honestly fascinating hearing about it from a perspective of someone like you and the extra tidbits of the way your mind works in your replies to comments. been an interesting half an hour lol
My first run was around 160+hours, I didnt struggle much with bosses, I just liked looking everywhere. 69 hours is insane. My level 1 character spent 50 hours on Malenia alone. 😂
You have a quest tracker! Just need to whip out a pen & paper and there you go. A more practical solution would be to take an image of the map and put numbered points on it yourself in an image editing program. Either way, it's definitely not common for a game to expect you to keep track of such things and I find it refreshing :)
I always tried but could never even get past the first bosses of all of Froms previous titles. But i decided to try again with Elden Ring. I have since gone back, having learned from Elden Ring, to complete all of Froms games, and then played AC6. I can only get enjoyment now from these games, and other Soulslikes. Elden Ring is a genuine fucking Masterpiece, across ALL mediums.
Agreed! I’m playing Dark Souls 1 right now and despite it not having some QoL things I’m used to in Elden Ring, the fundamentals seem to have not changed at all. It’s a formula that just works.
I think my favourite thing about this game is build variety. There's so many unique weapons, ashes of war, sorceries and incantations, that i just can't decide how i want to play. You can practically make everything as strong as you'd like, no matter if you go for str, dex, int, faith, or arcane build. Though with that many options my favourite build is probably still plain knight with sword and shield, for parrying and square off aow, with various sidearms. Also, Malenia is my favourite boss, i love humiliating her with parrying after all the suffering she made me go through lol.
Definitely changed my perspective on games....when game difficulty is largely reliant on restarting massive amounts of progress and elongated periods of stress it becomes less likely that the "high points" I am looking for out of it are going to be worth it compared to other games doing the same thing without those.
I bought Elden Ring in late December 2023 Its February 24 2024 I'm about to beat Malenia as well as finish the game....did everything you could do in 1 playthrough... WOW what a journey what an amazing gaming experience
That first playthrough. Man… it’s such a glorious fucking experience. Especially if you don’t look anything up or crutch meta. Just you, and the game. It genuinely is hard to enjoy other games.
If I had to summarize the Elden Ring, I'd say it's reality's code. It defines stuff like time and death and whatnot. So whoever repairs it gets the opportunity to basically re-write reality. The game's story is about all these different people/groups trying to rebuild reality according to their values. It's up to you to decide who wins.
The frenzy flame ending isn't the bad ending and ranni isn't the good ending. The flame will burn the world and reset life much like what happens after a forest burns down and life grows from its ashes. Ranni is a dark ending not that it's evil or bad buts it's devoid of pain and joy. Rannis ending is an existence in purgatory of darkness. In my opinion the best ending is dependent on what your ideas of life, death, peace and nothingness mean to you and how you would feel most comfortable choosing how the world will progress into a new Era. Time moves forward and all we can do is make choices relevant to where each of us are in the that period of time and as a tarnished you are tasked to do just this.
I think for everybody who had never played a souls game before Elden ring, (like me) it gave me an experience of gaming that I haven’t had before, I’m hoping Dragons Dogma 2 can recreate that, also since Elden ring I’ve finished sekiro, demon souls and dark souls 3, I must say I may prefer dark souls 3 to all, but to me Elden ring will always have a level of nostalgia that can’t be beat
@@SpartonWolf I was going to start off with one then two, but someone told me one was good but was very adamant 2 was really bad obviously I have no clue
Here's hoping you'll get to the other FromSoft games soon. If you want them to feel more like Elden Ring, go with DS3 or Bloodborne. DS1 and DS2 if you wish to become one with the jank (love DS1 and begrudgingly respect DS2, personally). Sekiro is amazing, go for it if you want the most demanding of the group. Tangentially, Armored Core 6 is a banger as well if you like big stompy robots. Got my sub btw!
@d1ode hell yeah man! Hope you have a blast. 2 can be off-putting because of how different is it from 1 but I still think it's worth at least a playthrough. Definitely my least favorite. And Sekiro, ooh boy. I absolutely love that game. That said, I'm the only one of my souls playing group that even finished it. Go in with an open mind and willingness to unlearn habits from DS/ER and it'll click eventually. Then it's on. Enjoy the journey! Excited to hear your thoughts.
My first character has 180 hours on it and I haven't even beaten the game with him yet. Made another character and finally beat the game. Including all side quests at around 147 hours
@@brandonpick1486wtf do you guys do for that long?? My first play through was a 100 percent run like exploring basically everything. Almost every item and quest in the game done and was 75 ish hours. And now I recently 2 years later did another one this time knowing where to go and what to do and it was 40 hours for literally everything. What the hell do you guys do to have 70 hours and only be in liurnia? Do you just stand around???? Like I literally don’t understand it
