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Just started another DS3 run in anticipation of Elden Ring. So excited. Decided to go out of the box from my normal strength build and went sorcery. MAJOR DIFFERENCE. I didn't realize how much I could learn from consciously changing my play style. If I had to add a tip (now), it would go along with your don't use gimmicks rule and say don't be pressured into playing a certain build or type. I know no one is pressuring anyone, but doing research you will see a lot of talk around end-game or viability. If you have fun playing something, then play it. Maybe you will find a new meta.
I want to be a competent noob again when starting a new game. Remembering too much of DS3 will just hinder my new learning from muscle memory in Elden Ring.
So, i am a souls noob... i tried playing DS3... but, could not kill the intro boss... like, the one in the tutorial. :( BUT... i LOVE the souls flavor so much that i watched my husband play through DS1,2, and 3. I am determined to play and conquer Elden Ring!!!!! Ive re-watched full playthroughs of the dark souls games in hops that i can absorb skill through watching other people. Ive watched basically every video available for Elden Ring. Thanks for the video! Any additional tips are welcome. :)
Watching good players is definitely a great way to learn. The only thing i could add that isn't in the video is simply don't give up. Even if it's really hard at the starts, if you stick to it you will get there eventualy.
Great advice for newbies about mindset. I would argue that once you've developed the patience and perseverance to enjoy the Souls experience, for all intents and purposes you have "gotten good." Whether you can no-hit bosses naked at SL1 is irrelevant.
Elden Ring will be my first proper journey into the FromSoft games and this video was so helpful for me. I struggle with staying calm in combat, I panic easily, but I'm stubborn even if I get frustrated fast. I'm curious to see if I will finally master a FromSoft game. I tried playing Dark Souls, but I gave up after beating the asylum demon (yeah, imagine, giving up AFTER you win?). I just didn't like how frustrated and angry I felt, the win felt tainted to me. I didn't feel any sense of accomplishment because I felt like I should have figured it out faster, should have seen the signs and all that. I realize now that most people struggle in the game, and that's the entire point c: Thanks for this excellent video, I will try to implement these points into my play through :D
As a from soft vet, I'm seriously impressed with how you layed out all the important fundamentals and structured this video. I think newcomers will find this very useful!
Just wanted to say thanks for this video. This will be my first Fromsoft game and I have watched a fair number of videos about beginner tips, making builds, picking classes, etc. and this is easily one of the most helpful and encouraging that I have watched.
That "observation run" thing is straight up hax. I've played almost every Souls game including BB and Sekiro and that NEVER occured to me. I never miss the chance to watch these type of "beginners guides" purely for the fact that they have hidden gems like that. I'll probably go out of my way to die if I feel I'm about to accidentally kill the boss though. I don't wanna beat a boss in such an unflashy way.
This has to be the best vid I’ve seen for a noob. Gg bro and many thanks for the vid! Was watching with my boyfriend who’s a noob and ER will be his first souls game 👏
I pre-ordered Elden Ring and it will be my first FromSoftware game I’ve played at launch and the second I’ve played overall(Bloodborne was my first). Bloodborne while I didn’t beat it was fun and I felt moments when I was getting good but other games came out and I never went back. This time I’m determined to fall in love with the game, die A LOT and enjoy it all. I crave the “difficulty”. Too many games now I’m bored and realized the games I usually play aren’t hard enough. That’s where my fun kicks in. A challenge. I crave the challenge more than anything. I want to be broken and made humble so much until it morphs me into learning how these games work. Then I’ll conquer and beat the game in the end. Then eventually I’m going to beat every single damn FromSoftware game that laid the ground work for this masterpiece. CRAVE!
I feel bad for the poor bastards who are re-playing other souls-like games in preparation for Elden Ring. Little do they know they're building muscle memory for mechanics that won't even be the same, just fucking yourself over by not giving your mind a clean slate.
I dont think the Souls games are hard tbh. Like there is no fast reaction time needed, no insane aim and no combos to learn. Its more Chess then Tennis in sports terms. It more about your mental fortitude then actual mechanical skill.
I never knew about the negative stamina. This is one Insight that makes me want to delve even deeper into the Madness. Do you consider the Claymore in DkS1 and DkS3 a crutch? It reliably helped quite some players to defeat bosses they couldn't beat otherwise.
It's never worth it to stop yourself from using a weapon/build or spell because "it's a crutch". The most important thing is that you play whatever you enjoy. Even if something is fairly strong, you should just challenge yourself in different ways to equalize it, i gave a few examples in the video.
One question from the new player- się seen many videos and I am afraid that my favourite playstyle is not valuable at all in matter of bosses - I mean long- range/ archer.Is it that bad? I don't want spoilers or something like that,but If I choose it will I have extremely harder gameplay than let's say melee "warrior" or mage?
Playing archer in Elden Ring will be more viable than previous souls games, but i am personally unsure how it will perform against bosses. Sounds like it's gona be a lot of fun tho if you are willing to deal with it's quirks. I am sure someone out there on youtube has already tried this so you can maybe check it out for reference.
Please make the video about combat mechanics. This is my first souls game and I am appreciating what I am seeing and having a lot of fun. But I am frustrated because I find myself relying on these terrible strategies that lack quantitative systems and am not finding many resources to learn these mechanics and their nuances. I am keenly aware that sometimes I am throwing Sh*t at the wall, but am ignorant to my options and tools.
I night be wrong,but something came to my mind - stay always on the weapon site of the enemy - I mean if you see sword in left hand stay on the left side od the enemy ,am I right? I think it will be harder to hit you for that enemy,or is it obvious? 🤣
@@spacedoohicky Ofc, if you are playing a bow build arrows are the core of your build. Even tho they are finite you will make sure to have a basically unlimited supply. Doesn't matter if it's magic or bow or anything some people might consider "cheesy". If it's part of your build it's not a gimick or crutch.
@@Kosmos_er I suppose your advice might be good for first time players who want to git gud so to say. A lot of times I like to run a luck build, and just play around with items. I'm long passed an interest in improving. Though Elden Ring might present new challenges.
First playthough i'll start quality, gravity magic looking tempting tho. In the long term i'll go through all builds imaginable. 2 Days.... i can't wait
Lol. Its hilarious how many little RU-vidrs are making ER videos. They're RU-vidrs with no subs, so they're all making videos trying desperately to get subs. Then they make videos like this. Like anyone is going to take advice from a newb trying to sound like an expert. Unbelievable.
I really don't agree on the part 4 when you speak on consumables, obviously relying on them to kill all enemy including common ones is a bad idea, but not using them at all is just as bad. On the contrary, players should experiment with consumable to find when they most optimally complement their build against bosses or rarer, more powerful enemies. The corrupt undead from DS3 that you show during that segment are the perfect example of that : they're usually a pain to deal with in close combat, but can be easily dispatch using fire weapon and a few bombs. And those enemies are rare enough that you will always have a few of those consumables when you really need to kill them. And that's probably going to be even truer in Elden Ring where crafting will likely make consumable even more readily available.
