The fact he learned not to be greedy and to not panic roll so early on into his first playthrough on his first soulsborne game is actually impressive. A lot of new players don't know what they're doing wrong at first when they're dying a lot in the early game until they're told what they're doing wrong by older players.
@@Retro_RainerHe might have experience with other games similar-ish. Watching enemy attack patterns and waiting for openings isn’t actually that unique to souls likes. You could learn those lessons from even Breath of the Wild which is a game he references in this video.
@@RawGameplayStreams the first time i played elden ring and i saw a skull, i hit it because it was glowing and it seemed like maybe i could interact with it. this was correct. while obviously i can't know if he is actually blind here or not, "he interacted with an object in the game world in the most simple and obvious way imaginable" doesn't exactly strike me as suspicious, and if you think something like that is exceptional, you might be watching too many streamers.
@@RawGameplayStreamsThe skull thing was just gamer's intuition lmao. Like any gamer with any prior experience would look at that GLOWING skull on the ground and get a suspicious feeling that interacting with it in some way might achieve something.
What’s even better is that he even used Unsheathe properly against the knight captain. He’s even better than me who didn’t even understand how to use that ash of war during my first playthrough.
Don't worry about saying yes to Sellen, you can still learn from any other "teachers" after you agree. When you say yes, you are essentially starting her questline. Also, don't worry too much about NPC quests. They are cool and all, but unless you do a real deep dive, are very hard to complete blind. If you're into it, consult a guide about the steps of their quests, otherwise just play the game and have fun. Also there is no shame in looking up where to find certain things, FromSoft games don't do a lot of handholding, so missing out on stuff is bound to happen. Part of the fun of the first playthrough is finding stuff for yourself, though.
@@stephenotterman6236Before you beat the game make sure you go to Halligtree and Mohgwyn's palace. Those places have absolutely insane items and weapons you definitely don't want to miss. But be ready for a challenge. For example you can get to Mohgwyn's palace as soon as level 30 if you follow the white masked dude's advice from the beggining of the game but the place itself is for levels 130+
Also, it's mostly always a positive when you accept offers from NPC's in order to advance their questlines. Some NPC questlines have "points of no return" based on how far along you are in the game. You don't get locked out of anything from becoming Sorcereress Sellen's student.
Lots of people who still play today play mostly Multiplayer and invasions and they are honestly the sweatiest gamers you can find even worse than World of Warcraft nolifers from back in the day. Not even "seek life" would help them 😅
For being a new player you're doing very well with the combat and the exploration. I really enjoyed watching you learn to look around corners and anticipate traps. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more of your journey!
@@davobandsdude you got the gameplay loop like almost instantly. I have to watch the rest of the series, but so far you’re doing great. You’re asking questions and looking for answers in the right spots.
You know a community is dope when a small channel with 1.3k subs posts their first Elden Ring reaction and it (at the time of) has 24k views and then episode 1 of their playthrough already has 4k. Like bro's pulling in viewers left and right and you 100% deserve it man. So genuine and enjoyable to watch. Keep it up, this community is massive and long lasting. Just wait for when that DLC drops. You'll be swimming in views.
Ngl you have a really keen eye for intuiting the dodge timing, especially compared to most FromSoft beginners. Same for the situational awareness and stamina management. You're definitely going to do well in this game once you get the hang of things. Can't wait to see how it goes! Your enthusiasm is infectious ^^
Quick tip for NPC decisions: only in extremely few cases does a choice with an NPC lock you out of something else. For Sellen, you’re safe to go along with her for now. As for Boc, if you want to continue his quest, head down to the beach, northwest of where you first entered the open world. Search the west facing cliffsides. The game does not tell you where exactly NPCs go after talking to them, though some will at least hint at it or tell you the general area when spoken to, usually in their last repeating line. By the way, Samurai is a great starter class. You might’ve noticed enemies sometimes take huge chunks of damage with a lot of extra blood spewing out. That’s because the katana has inate bleed. You can build your entire character around the bleed effect with the proper equipment and levels, though some bosses and enemies are immune to select status effects. Living statues like the Watchdog for example won’t bleed or get poisoned. For levels, pumping vigour is a good idea, you’ll want to keep it at least in your top 3 highest stats. Otherwise, you can base your levels on the weapon you use now and what it scales with or something you find in the world while playing. At a later point you can also fully respec everything aside from the levels your character started with
You speaking facts I just beat the game with a bleed build and finally see hype about this game a destroyed malenia in 20 minutes but struggled wit radagon and the elden beast for 2 day this game is amazing
Tips: 1- visit the Church of Ellen(santa claus) at night (might have to rest there) to get the bell for summoning spirits 2- you can read lore/more explanation of what items does by expanding switching display(mid) on inventory
I've seen a lot of first-time players start this game, but very few where the player adapts to the combat this quickly. You took that camp down in no time, and I've seen newbs get stuck there for an hour. And you showed some good timing and pattern recognition against the Watchdog. I think you'll gel with this game really well, and that's no exaggeration.
I feel like I only adapt because i'm a huge monster hunter world fan and the two games kinda follow the same rules? if that makes sense. but thanks for the positive message man! means a ton
Some huge tip for ya. All From Software Soulsborne games are made in such way that you probably will miss a lot of items, quests, and other stuff at your first playthrough. So just don't worry about it and have fun. And also if the game becomes very hard at some moment, that means that you are in high-level location, so for first playthrough I really recommend following the grace (these gold lines from checkpoints, they will guide you through the plot)
That was intense watching you take on that Burial Watchdog without any level ups. You're actually doing a lot better than most people do their first time in a Souls game. Souls games have pretty esoteric quest progressions, so yeah, it can be pretty easy to mess up a questline without even knowing it. In this case, I don't believe there's any reason not to accept Sellen as your teacher. I wouldn't worry too much about it on your first playthrough, but on your second playthrough it might not be a bad idea to look up the questlines on a wiki. You should still be able to go back and talk to some of the NPCs whose dialogue you didn't exhaust yet. Also, those greatshield soldiers (and the knight) weren't parrying you. Smaller weapons bounce off of greatshields, and the knight was performing a guard counter. You can also do guard counters; just R2 immediately after blocking, it even works if you block with a weapon (e.g. while two-handing). Ironically, flails are actually decent DEX strike weapons, won't bounce off of almost anything, and can't be parried at all (on the rare occasions that comes up). I often use a flail as a backup weapon on DEX builds for enemies that are weaker to strike damage or that cause weapons to bounce off. Anyway, it's always cool to see someone playing a Souls game for the first time. That feeling when you beat the Burial Watchdog, that's why so many of us love these games. You got your butt kicked, came back, and stood victorious at the end. You only lose if you give up, and that's such an important life lesson.
1. Try to always two hand katana 2. The red bar you had on bottom is bleeding which is strongest effect in game and your katana has it and that makes it very strong 3. Go back to the church with merchant at night there is a surprise there (it has a time limit i think so im not sure if it still will ne there i aint gonna spoil it) 4. Some bosses in the open world will only appear at night Good luck fellow tarnished!!!
@@kingchongy1712 for things like that it's better to jump attack, it will put you into a low position so the second swing goes overhead after jumping over the first one.
I typically don’t like watching people play games but your videos are entertaining. You’re a natural at this game and I’m interested in seeing you get to the first couple main story bosses. Btw two handing your weapon gives you extra damage and being in light load gives you more s than medium load if that is interest to you. Keep up the cool vids.
Ayyy, welcome to the Lands Between, Tarnished! We have gold, bears, horrible cosmic rotting diseases, and a whole lot of other shit that wants you dead, lol. Have fun, take your time and explore as much as you can, itll be worth it.
Thank god I’ve finally found a series to binge at work. Been having that urge to watch a newbie play through elden ring but nobody ever edits so you get 6 hours of them fighting the same boss. Your vids seem very well edited. Stoked to watch
Some gameplay tips: 1. You can press the dpad on the controller and see the explanation of the ui. 2. Wetblades are to change affinity and ashes of war. 3. Boc is precious 4. There are freaky night bosses,just go and explore 5. Using crafting materials are very useful. Like it's insanity that not many people use them. 6. Since you're online it'll be interesting to see you fight some other players. 7. In the map pressing r3 can make bookmarks for graces. 8. You can check info tutorials at the end of yourself inventory. Hopefully this helps some things.
It might take a while but keep in mind pretty much any NPC that respawns can drop all of the gear they are using, so in other words you see an npc with armor and weapons you really like? Maybe find a nearby grace, kill, rest at grace and repeat.
Halfway through the video right now. its been quite enjoyable so far. Came from the trailer reactions and didn't know you've been doing this for so long but it clearly shows since the editing was much better than I expected as was the commentary. You also picked up the game quite fast. You're getting greedy sometimes but you can certainly handle the enemies/bosses movesets and learn/adapt/dodge. Dont know what the rest of your content is like but I might just stick around and check out your journey through Elden Ring at least
my guy i am so impressed with how well you're handling yourself in the game especially as a first time fromsoft gamer. like genuinely you're doing fucking great especially with picking up on boss attack patterns. great job with the watchdog boss in catacombs, believe me when i tell you that less than 20 minutes for one of the first bosses in the game is actually very decent
Bro u got em!!!!! Once you figure this all out you can easily pick up other Fromsoft games. Enjoy it! Pretty sure Elden Ring one of the greatest products in gaming.
Before I forget, press “talk” on npcs multiple times until they start repeating the last thing they said. Because otherwise you’ll miss a lot of info and lore if you talk to them just once! Excited to see the rest of the playthrough :) have fun!
Oh massive tip, yeah that starting weapon is busted as hell, everytime you hit something it builds up bleed, whenever that bar fills up on the enemy (you cant see it yourself) it will cause a huge chunk of health loss on your target, the weapon has a skill called unsheathe which has both horizontal and vertical slashes, the vertical slash has immense stagger damage and will chunk away at bosses, top that off with bleed and its GG's
Some advice for the future: Two handing your weapon is good for getting through shields. And you'll want a better shield for yourself that can block 100% of physical damage. There's a few options you can find and buy in the starting zone. The brass shield those soldiers use is the best medium shield in the game, but it's a bit heavy.
I wish I can relive the whole 'First time playin Elden Ring' journey and emotions. It's very enjoyable to watch someone exploring, learning quickly and actually dedicating their time. Hope this game and its community bring you joy like it did to many of us and I hope its followed by a greater success 🙌
I am so jealous of watching people play ER for the first time. I wish I had amnesia and could go back and experience it for the first time again....Ahh nostalgia. But can't wait for Shadow of the Erdtree!!
Subbed for your Elden Ring playthrough. Nice edits btw. You're the first streamer that I've seen that has adapted so quickly. I did much worse my first week. Keep getting better brother!
I’m never really one to sit down and watch reacting videos like I did with the trailer one, just finished that and came here. Ur mad entertaining and chill, and for a TH-cam vid to captivate me for 30+ mins and want me to watch more, means something. Nice content bro
Great vid!! Cant wait to see more! There are a few different types of mini dungeons and knowing what they might have is helpful, heres a "quick" rundown of them. Ruins: Upper area with some loot and enemies, has a basement with 1-2 rooms with a boss/chest/npc. Catacombs/Graves: Filled with "undead" enemies, has loot, spirit ashes and glovewart (spirit ash upgrade material). Caves: Series of tunnels with loot and enemies that lead to a boss, using a torch of some sort is very helpful. Tunnels/Mines: Similar to caves but has lots of upgrade materials for your weapons.
It's so entertaining to see someone learn how to beat a boss using the knowledge of their moves. This is basically what filters the playerbase. If you can't learn - it's Joever. Good job 👍
hey man congrats, just got done watching the trailer reaction and i love your personality and energy, can’t wait to keep watching you play through. good luck! oh also a few tips: 1. when you go into inventory and look at an item you can press Square or X (depending on if you’re Xbox or PS) to get additional information for items which tells you lore, item information, and how to use items and stuff like that, i find this to be super helpful info for first playthroughs. 2. when you need to do more damage, upgrading your weapon is FAR more important than upgrading your player stats, i would recommend finding a weapon you’re comfort with, getting to the level requirements, then make sure you’re upgrading Vigor (HP). Health is the most important stat. many early game upgrade materials can be purchased from merchants around the world, and from caves so make sure you’re exploring every inch of the map (it’s more fun that way too). 3. don’t be afraid to use NPC or spirit summons for difficult boss fights, there is absolutely no shame in it and some toxic players might try to tell you it makes the game too easy, but don’t listen to them. elden ring gives you so much freedom in the way you play and the most important thing is that you find something you enjoy and that works for you. 4. ashes of war are skills you can equip on your weapons but can also change the affinity, which alters the damage scaling of the weapon. damage scaling means what stat is going to be the best to upgrade for more damage (e.g. your uchigatana scales well with dexterity, so you’d upgrade that instead of strength to get the most benefit), but early game you’re just gonna want standard for the most part. make sure to try some ashes of war to see what you like, but the uchigatana already has one of the best ashes in the game by default so don’t feel pressured. and most importantly, have fun and don’t give up, the game can be brutal but there’s always a way. looking forward to more vids bro, you earned a subscriber!
Oh to play Elden Ring for the first time! One of the best gaming experiences one can have. I just watched your reaction to the trailers and stayed for the gameplay. It's always fun to see someone experience this for the first time
Comments and time stamps as I watch the video separate from my initial comment: Opening the door to the open world: 06:32 Your joyful reaction gives me chills. Hell yes. You can visit all of it. What a feeling. What a genius display on the part of the game devs. "Hit npcs" 07:23 : Do not. Do not hit NPCs. You CAN. You def can but it usually locks you out of stuff in some way. You can GET stuff early as well, but forget that, that's a second playthrough strat. Also I love that everyone takes it the same way. "Maidenless," is an insult, ahahahaha. Engages with Tree Sentinel 00:80 : Here we go! Enters stormfront catacombs 12:20 : Let's gooooooo! 12:42 : Jumpscare! PANIC! Suffering is great content. 14:40 : Failed jumpscare before double flame tunnel. Good eyes. 18:50 : Boss time lets GOOOOOO! He immediately sees what we all see; that's definitely a cat. AHAHAHAH! 22:10 : "I don't use FP." But why not?! Katana weapon arts are awesome! Turbo-weeb wish fulfillment mode bro! You skipped the tutorial, now I'm wondering, did you miss the weapon arts instruction? There was one, right? It's been some time since I played. 23:53 : "I greeded." Got that Souls-style lingo down already, ahahahha! Also never feel bad about failing in Souls games. The only true failure is giving up. The next go after this was tense. 26:00 : Yeaaaaaaaah! Victory! Hell yeah! "I was like, fighting that boss for twenty minutes bro." Oh man. OOOOOOH man. I have got some bad news for you bro! AHAHAHAH! 27:15 : "Is that a grace? ...I dont wanna go all the way back over there. I'd be sick to my stomach bro." see above statement. 27:40 : Time to meet Melina. You are not tweaking sir. Lore-beard moment; "beyond the fog." Miyazaki uses fog literally and symbolically a lot in his games. Good stuff. 30:10 : Engaging with the enemy camp. Time to learn about enemies with shields! It goes....entertaining-ly. Is that a word? Bleed proc finisher and doesn't realize it. Good fight! You find the chest from a distance. Bro I kid you not it took me forever to realize there were chests in those carts. I watched your previous video and commented the same thing; GOOD EYE. You seem to have a pretty good awareness for things around you. 34:43 : Time to engage with the big boi of camp after stealthing around. YEAH! Finally using the Katana weapon arts! Serious mode beigns, ahahaha. "Am I going to have to fight that all again?" See above comment that references above comment. It's wonderful welcoming people into the experience. 37:10 : Victory, realising your own strength. Moving into the two guys at once and using the realization of your own skills to take on both of them at the same time. Personal growth on screen bro, good stuff. 38:20 : First time learning about the guy with the trumpet. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT! Do these guys even show up all that often later in the game? This area really does feel like the perfect demo zone. 40:15 : "I should've read that." You'll figure it out. You've got this. Also yes you should have, ahahahahah. 40:50 : Horse combat time! 42:10 : Boc discovery time. Hey bro! In your ER trailer video you went "EW" when you saw Boc in that video. Apologize to your bro, bro! Someone telling you to talk to NPCs over and over again is foundational, top-tier, advice. You got an amazing and primordial piece of advice early on, heck yes. 44:20 : To cross the barrier or not, that is the question! Great fight and further realization that while the game is challenging you're stronger than you think you are. As far as NPCs go, usually, just accept everything you can. Don't worry getting it wrong your first playthrough bro, just accept and move on and don't kill NPCs unncessarily (except Shabriri when you meet him and exhaust his dialogue). If it's fucked up, reconcile on a second playthrough. Great stuff bro. I hope your journey goes well and thank you for your time editing and posting your adventure.
"He attacks so fast" during the cat boss. Meanwhile for me having fought dlc bosses like Messmer and a certain someone this feels like slow motion now.
Keep uploading. I enjoy your commentary. Also you can agree to everything in this game, whether you do what you agree to do is entirely up to you, but typically defeating bosses at certain stages changes the "world state" and can cause some quest lines to be automatically failed and the NPCs will despawn.
Its so refreshing seeing another person getting into the wonderous world of Elden Ring, i recently started playing myself again, in a second playthrough
Why am I watching this instead of playing the DLC. Found you randomly and your vibe and skills definitely hooked me. For a first timer, you are really good.
the bar that the stone imps were giving you was a status effect called bleed, all status effects build a bar when hit by them and when the bar is full thats when it takes effect, bleed just does a big chunk of damage when the bar fills
I haven’t made it all the way through yet, and I haven’t seen any of your other videos yet, but one thing I will say is to read each item you pick up. There’s like an extended description of each item in the inventory when you hover over them, and a lot of items give you small details of the lore and the world around you which is really cool. Great video so far!
I saw your trailer reactions and I'm happy to be here! You said you were wondering how bad we thought you were but you are way better than I was starting this game, and I had already platinum trophied Dark Souls 3. So with enough levels and learning you'll probably surpass my skill by the end of this play through.
that red bar is a status effect called hemorrhage or bleed and your weapon ( the katana) does that to enemies and if you constantly hit them the status on the enemy will go up until it procs dealing a large sum of damage but you have to keep doing damage or else the status on the enemy will go away.
Hey man, for your very first Souls-Game you are doing great. You pick up on things fast, the fight against the Watchdog was cool to watch. Good luck and have fun, you will have a blast with this game, absolute masterpiece.
I love your charisma, your editing, and hearing your thoughts! One tip: Try to remember when to look up in Fromsoftware games. Looking at the ground is what we do when we're scanning the area and avoiding unsuspected enemies, but this studio loves to implement vertical design and stunning views like the one from the beginning. I'm sure it'll make for unforgettable moments! I hope you enjoy!
The bar you saw was a effect and when it fills up it will do what it's supposed to do. For example bleed, (which is what you were affected by) if the bar fills up it will do a lot more damage then normal, hope that helps.
Randomly got recommended your channel! I’ve played a crap ton of Elden Ring over the past few months and I really enjoy watching new players experience the game for the first time as well. Enjoy the game, tarnished!
Pro tip: The white masked guy has a questline that will lead you to the DLC content that will be added in the future, but even on it's own it's extremely great quest to do. Be sure to check on Varré troughrought the playtrough. Same goes for lot of Npcs like Milicent for example. If you don't want to miss on questlines just check up on NPCs how they are doing. Check your map from time to time if they didn't move from their original location. Some ussualy leave an item in their own place that you can inspect in inventory to read the description.
Bro you’re really good for just starting out keep it up!!! The progress is gonna be crazy. Explore the world and get lost in it, this first experience can’t be re-experienced, I’m on ng+ and I love it but i wish I could re-experience everything for the first time again .
You deserve more subs man, keep this up, i always love watching someone play through this game for the first time. Just remember some of these bosses can be ROUGH later but the more you play the better you’ll get (you’re already better than i was when i started so aye)
i cant believe i easily watched all 47 minutes of all that. I never play because i dont have good pc but i watch gameplay a lot. good game bro Ps: love from india, yes thats how far ur content is reaching
Checked your channel the moment I finished the trailer reaction vid. Glad to not only see you play the game, but that you have clean edits to boot! Watching people's first play of this game is always a treat, but your video style makes for a very attractive bonus. Edit: Good job with the fights, man. You know if you say "that's beatable" when others say "THIS SHIT IS BROKEN/UNFAIR" then you got that _true_ Dark Souls mentality! Dying doesn't matter; you only ever lose when you give up. Taking breaks and coming back when you're more prepared isn't losing either. Just remember that!
Man i love watching a fromsoft noob learn how to play the game. Call it living vicariously until i have a new one to play through for the first time again. Really enjoyed you learning on the spear knight after the first dungeon.
That sellen witch is awesome for getting some cool intelligence sorcery you can even give her additional spell scrolls for more spells if you find one. Being her student won’t change anything story wise
Live your life man. Sometimes success just happens when having fun or doing something you enjoy. I remember when I got my first PC and tought myself how to do all sorts of things. Now I do alot of work doing that stuff. Love it. When I got my first twitch viewer I got so excited some guy who always stopped by and talked for hours. Eventually stopped streaming but I met cool people and some great thing came from it for just doing it for fun.
Feel like being a fly on the wall watching you play would be a hilarious experience, loved beating the game and the achievements are pretty easy to get so a great one to start with
The jump off the cliff is a prank from early souls game, always funny to see a new guy fall for it😂
It never gets old does it?
@@jmt7240 yeah
Never gets old 😂
I fell for it! 😂 Elden ring is my first souls game 😅 Have loved every seocond of it!
Rite of passage
The fact he learned not to be greedy and to not panic roll so early on into his first playthrough on his first soulsborne game is actually impressive. A lot of new players don't know what they're doing wrong at first when they're dying a lot in the early game until they're told what they're doing wrong by older players.
doesn't that make you suspicious? because I am.
@@Retro_RainerHe might have experience with other games similar-ish. Watching enemy attack patterns and waiting for openings isn’t actually that unique to souls likes. You could learn those lessons from even Breath of the Wild which is a game he references in this video.
@@Retro_Rainerfor me it was the breaking the skull at 11:30 that made me suspicious. But he’s entertaining so why not just enjoy it right
@@RawGameplayStreams the first time i played elden ring and i saw a skull, i hit it because it was glowing and it seemed like maybe i could interact with it. this was correct. while obviously i can't know if he is actually blind here or not, "he interacted with an object in the game world in the most simple and obvious way imaginable" doesn't exactly strike me as suspicious, and if you think something like that is exceptional, you might be watching too many streamers.
@@RawGameplayStreamsThe skull thing was just gamer's intuition lmao. Like any gamer with any prior experience would look at that GLOWING skull on the ground and get a suspicious feeling that interacting with it in some way might achieve something.
Coming out of the tutorial knowing how to two-hand the weapon...
He is already better than most streamer! 😂
fuckin true. Aggravating beyond belief some of these streamers
That and taking care the soldiers in the ruins easily. Many Souls vet streamers struggled there. This dude pays attention (liked and subscribed)
Factual, tried telling a streamer to two hand a weapon and they were scratching their head. Gotta explain it to them like they're 5
What’s even better is that he even used Unsheathe properly against the knight captain. He’s even better than me who didn’t even understand how to use that ash of war during my first playthrough.
Honestly a breath of fresh air, it’s like a lot of the others have never picked up a controller before
Don't worry about saying yes to Sellen, you can still learn from any other "teachers" after you agree. When you say yes, you are essentially starting her questline. Also, don't worry too much about NPC quests. They are cool and all, but unless you do a real deep dive, are very hard to complete blind. If you're into it, consult a guide about the steps of their quests, otherwise just play the game and have fun. Also there is no shame in looking up where to find certain things, FromSoft games don't do a lot of handholding, so missing out on stuff is bound to happen.
Part of the fun of the first playthrough is finding stuff for yourself, though.
Idk if fighting cowboy but there is the shatter channel as well?
Well said
I’m a few bosses away from beating the game for the first time, and I have never seen that NPC before lmao
@@stephenotterman6236 there are so many things hidden in the game even when i try to clean everything i miss some random cave hidden in the dark
@@stephenotterman6236Before you beat the game make sure you go to Halligtree and Mohgwyn's palace. Those places have absolutely insane items and weapons you definitely don't want to miss. But be ready for a challenge. For example you can get to Mohgwyn's palace as soon as level 30 if you follow the white masked dude's advice from the beggining of the game but the place itself is for levels 130+
You hooked me in with the Elden Ring trailer reactions. Congratulations on the milestone, man!
Also, it's mostly always a positive when you accept offers from NPC's in order to advance their questlines. Some NPC questlines have "points of no return" based on how far along you are in the game. You don't get locked out of anything from becoming Sorcereress Sellen's student.
Same
LOL with you on this, only reason im watching
Erdtree burial watchdog killing him 26:16
"seek life" is crazy 💀
Lots of people who still play today play mostly Multiplayer and invasions and they are honestly the sweatiest gamers you can find even worse than World of Warcraft nolifers from back in the day. Not even "seek life" would help them 😅
@@cursedimageseveryday5559 me reading seek life on my 356th playthrough "😀😀😀"
The Three Commandment of souls games:
Seek life.
Touch grass.
Try finger, but hole.
For being a new player you're doing very well with the combat and the exploration. I really enjoyed watching you learn to look around corners and anticipate traps. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more of your journey!
Thanks man!
@@davobandsdude you got the gameplay loop like almost instantly. I have to watch the rest of the series, but so far you’re doing great. You’re asking questions and looking for answers in the right spots.
You know a community is dope when a small channel with 1.3k subs posts their first Elden Ring reaction and it (at the time of) has 24k views and then episode 1 of their playthrough already has 4k.
Like bro's pulling in viewers left and right and you 100% deserve it man. So genuine and enjoyable to watch. Keep it up, this community is massive and long lasting. Just wait for when that DLC drops. You'll be swimming in views.
funny how he gained 2k views in 3 hours hes growing fast
also because of the DLC hype. bro's riding the hype wave
The botw music with the door open brought me back to first playing both games. Enjoy this masterpiece
Haha, I loved your jaw-drop when you saw the erdtree for the first time
Cant wait for Siofra Well reaction
Ngl you have a really keen eye for intuiting the dodge timing, especially compared to most FromSoft beginners. Same for the situational awareness and stamina management. You're definitely going to do well in this game once you get the hang of things. Can't wait to see how it goes! Your enthusiasm is infectious ^^
Quick tip for NPC decisions: only in extremely few cases does a choice with an NPC lock you out of something else. For Sellen, you’re safe to go along with her for now. As for Boc, if you want to continue his quest, head down to the beach, northwest of where you first entered the open world. Search the west facing cliffsides. The game does not tell you where exactly NPCs go after talking to them, though some will at least hint at it or tell you the general area when spoken to, usually in their last repeating line.
By the way, Samurai is a great starter class. You might’ve noticed enemies sometimes take huge chunks of damage with a lot of extra blood spewing out. That’s because the katana has inate bleed. You can build your entire character around the bleed effect with the proper equipment and levels, though some bosses and enemies are immune to select status effects. Living statues like the Watchdog for example won’t bleed or get poisoned.
For levels, pumping vigour is a good idea, you’ll want to keep it at least in your top 3 highest stats. Otherwise, you can base your levels on the weapon you use now and what it scales with or something you find in the world while playing. At a later point you can also fully respec everything aside from the levels your character started with
You speaking facts I just beat the game with a bleed build and finally see hype about this game a destroyed malenia in 20 minutes but struggled wit radagon and the elden beast for 2 day this game is amazing
“Greetings traveler from beyond the fog, my name is Melina. I come to offer you an accordion” *polka music starts blaring*
Oh to be this summer child again and enjoy the first playthrough. I am here to live vicariously through you 🤣
Tips:
1- visit the Church of Ellen(santa claus) at night (might have to rest there) to get the bell for summoning spirits
2- you can read lore/more explanation of what items does by expanding switching display(mid) on inventory
I've seen a lot of first-time players start this game, but very few where the player adapts to the combat this quickly. You took that camp down in no time, and I've seen newbs get stuck there for an hour. And you showed some good timing and pattern recognition against the Watchdog. I think you'll gel with this game really well, and that's no exaggeration.
I feel like I only adapt because i'm a huge monster hunter world fan and the two games kinda follow the same rules? if that makes sense. but thanks for the positive message man! means a ton
@@davobands Makes sense. They have their differences but the two franchises have a lot of transferable skills between them
Some huge tip for ya. All From Software Soulsborne games are made in such way that you probably will miss a lot of items, quests, and other stuff at your first playthrough. So just don't worry about it and have fun. And also if the game becomes very hard at some moment, that means that you are in high-level location, so for first playthrough I really recommend following the grace (these gold lines from checkpoints, they will guide you through the plot)
For now, he probably shouldn't follow them and go south to weeping peninsula, it's a low level area and the grace doesn't point towards that direction
Following the graces only makes it too difficult, you should explore when you get stuck at a boss so you can level and gear up and then beat it.
That was intense watching you take on that Burial Watchdog without any level ups. You're actually doing a lot better than most people do their first time in a Souls game.
Souls games have pretty esoteric quest progressions, so yeah, it can be pretty easy to mess up a questline without even knowing it. In this case, I don't believe there's any reason not to accept Sellen as your teacher. I wouldn't worry too much about it on your first playthrough, but on your second playthrough it might not be a bad idea to look up the questlines on a wiki.
You should still be able to go back and talk to some of the NPCs whose dialogue you didn't exhaust yet.
Also, those greatshield soldiers (and the knight) weren't parrying you. Smaller weapons bounce off of greatshields, and the knight was performing a guard counter. You can also do guard counters; just R2 immediately after blocking, it even works if you block with a weapon (e.g. while two-handing). Ironically, flails are actually decent DEX strike weapons, won't bounce off of almost anything, and can't be parried at all (on the rare occasions that comes up). I often use a flail as a backup weapon on DEX builds for enemies that are weaker to strike damage or that cause weapons to bounce off.
Anyway, it's always cool to see someone playing a Souls game for the first time. That feeling when you beat the Burial Watchdog, that's why so many of us love these games. You got your butt kicked, came back, and stood victorious at the end. You only lose if you give up, and that's such an important life lesson.
the cave and catacomb bosses in limgrave are expected to be fought without any levelups anyway.
he has pplayed monster hunter
1. Try to always two hand katana
2. The red bar you had on bottom is bleeding which is strongest effect in game and your katana has it and that makes it very strong
3. Go back to the church with merchant at night there is a surprise there (it has a time limit i think so im not sure if it still will ne there i aint gonna spoil it)
4. Some bosses in the open world will only appear at night
Good luck fellow tarnished!!!
Try dodge rolling towards them instead of away, just as invisible if timed right and leaves you next to em to strike.
Yes and no. Some bosses actually work better if you roll away from them (the ones that over swing or step towards you
Just depends but yeah a reliable strat for most enemies is to try to roll behind them
@@kingchongy1712Not even different bosses, especially later game. The attack pattern is like a dance and you have to decide the next move lol
@@kingchongy1712 for things like that it's better to jump attack, it will put you into a low position so the second swing goes overhead after jumping over the first one.
3:24 Welcome to Soul community bro 😂😂😂
Ill watch your full playthrough, keep em coming
I typically don’t like watching people play games but your videos are entertaining. You’re a natural at this game and I’m interested in seeing you get to the first couple main story bosses. Btw two handing your weapon gives you extra damage and being in light load gives you more s than medium load if that is interest to you. Keep up the cool vids.
I'm glad im living up to your expectations!
Honestly I remember how much of a pain this was for me. You're recognizing your mistakes and capitalizing on openings. You've absolutely got this!
Keep it up man, loving the fresh ER content
Ayyy, welcome to the Lands Between, Tarnished! We have gold, bears, horrible cosmic rotting diseases, and a whole lot of other shit that wants you dead, lol. Have fun, take your time and explore as much as you can, itll be worth it.
Thank god I’ve finally found a series to binge at work. Been having that urge to watch a newbie play through elden ring but nobody ever edits so you get 6 hours of them fighting the same boss.
Your vids seem very well edited. Stoked to watch
Preciate that man 🙏🏿 hope you enjoy the videos!
Trust. Play the whole game and you will 100% blow up off this. The community will be with you and we love to see peoples first time with this shit.
Guaranteed. I subbed at 250 like 40 hours ago and he at nearly 1.8k already. Can only go up from here 🙏🏼
Some gameplay tips:
1. You can press the dpad on the controller and see the explanation of the ui.
2. Wetblades are to change affinity and ashes of war.
3. Boc is precious
4. There are freaky night bosses,just go and explore
5. Using crafting materials are very useful. Like it's insanity that not many people use them.
6. Since you're online it'll be interesting to see you fight some other players.
7. In the map pressing r3 can make bookmarks for graces.
8. You can check info tutorials at the end of yourself inventory.
Hopefully this helps some things.
You have the personality to be huge. You remind me of Jettro
Oh yeah, he kinda does
The thumbnails immediatly reminded me of Jettro
@@alu9140a little too much
@@SAMUEL-bb2igdon’t knock the hustle
He could calm down a bit for sure.
Youre picking it up really fast and doing better than you think! Thanks for sharing this, youre going to have a blast!
This guy is actually pretty good
It might take a while but keep in mind pretty much any NPC that respawns can drop all of the gear they are using, so in other words you see an npc with armor and weapons you really like? Maybe find a nearby grace, kill, rest at grace and repeat.
Halfway through the video right now. its been quite enjoyable so far. Came from the trailer reactions and didn't know you've been doing this for so long but it clearly shows since the editing was much better than I expected as was the commentary. You also picked up the game quite fast. You're getting greedy sometimes but you can certainly handle the enemies/bosses movesets and learn/adapt/dodge. Dont know what the rest of your content is like but I might just stick around and check out your journey through Elden Ring at least
my guy i am so impressed with how well you're handling yourself in the game especially as a first time fromsoft gamer. like genuinely you're doing fucking great especially with picking up on boss attack patterns. great job with the watchdog boss in catacombs, believe me when i tell you that less than 20 minutes for one of the first bosses in the game is actually very decent
I see someone playing a game I love for the first time, I’ll always give a few watches!
Bro u got em!!!!! Once you figure this all out you can easily pick up other Fromsoft games. Enjoy it! Pretty sure Elden Ring one of the greatest products in gaming.
You can learn from anyone, you are not locked into any 1 option. She simply teaches you glintstone sorceries, and is part of her own questline.
Before I forget, press “talk” on npcs multiple times until they start repeating the last thing they said. Because otherwise you’ll miss a lot of info and lore if you talk to them just once! Excited to see the rest of the playthrough :) have fun!
Oh massive tip, yeah that starting weapon is busted as hell, everytime you hit something it builds up bleed, whenever that bar fills up on the enemy (you cant see it yourself) it will cause a huge chunk of health loss on your target, the weapon has a skill called unsheathe which has both horizontal and vertical slashes, the vertical slash has immense stagger damage and will chunk away at bosses, top that off with bleed and its GG's
Some advice for the future:
Two handing your weapon is good for getting through shields. And you'll want a better shield for yourself that can block 100% of physical damage. There's a few options you can find and buy in the starting zone. The brass shield those soldiers use is the best medium shield in the game, but it's a bit heavy.
I wish I can relive the whole 'First time playin Elden Ring' journey and emotions.
It's very enjoyable to watch someone exploring, learning quickly and actually dedicating their time.
Hope this game and its community bring you joy like it did to many of us and I hope its followed by a greater success 🙌
Legit the most entertaining ER playthrough I have seen. Keep making these bro
I think I just found my new fav youtuber damn. Not me screaming SLaAaAAaY everytime you beat something
I am so jealous of watching people play ER for the first time. I wish I had amnesia and could go back and experience it for the first time again....Ahh nostalgia. But can't wait for Shadow of the Erdtree!!
Subbed for your Elden Ring playthrough. Nice edits btw. You're the first streamer that I've seen that has adapted so quickly. I did much worse my first week. Keep getting better brother!
I’m never really one to sit down and watch reacting videos like I did with the trailer one, just finished that and came here. Ur mad entertaining and chill, and for a TH-cam vid to captivate me for 30+ mins and want me to watch more, means something. Nice content bro
Love how exploratory you are with the game, youre gonna love it !
You are a natural!!! This is going to be hype
Any support you’re getting you fully deserve, and btw you’re good as shit compared to most people I’ve watched start this game, much love brother
6:31 the brawlhalla notification with the botw music had me dying 😭
Fire video I can't wait till you get to the hard bosses!
Great vid!! Cant wait to see more!
There are a few different types of mini dungeons and knowing what they might have is helpful, heres a "quick" rundown of them.
Ruins: Upper area with some loot and enemies, has a basement with 1-2 rooms with a boss/chest/npc.
Catacombs/Graves: Filled with "undead" enemies, has loot, spirit ashes and glovewart (spirit ash upgrade material).
Caves: Series of tunnels with loot and enemies that lead to a boss, using a torch of some sort is very helpful.
Tunnels/Mines: Similar to caves but has lots of upgrade materials for your weapons.
Bro im just getting into elden ring aswell and your vids are actually soo underrated W vid 👍
This series is gonna be one of my favorites, I just know it. Takes me back to my own first playthrough lol. Never give up, Tarnished!
Got me hooked with your trailer reaction video, cant wait to watch your elden ring journey!
26:00 the soulsborne rush! That amazing feeling of overcoming challenge. It's good!
It's so entertaining to see someone learn how to beat a boss using the knowledge of their moves. This is basically what filters the playerbase. If you can't learn - it's Joever. Good job 👍
Souls gamers excited to see you play this! Honestly the game is so so rewarding and gorgeous if you keep going.
hey man congrats, just got done watching the trailer reaction and i love your personality and energy, can’t wait to keep watching you play through. good luck!
oh also a few tips:
1. when you go into inventory and look at an item you can press Square or X (depending on if you’re Xbox or PS) to get additional information for items which tells you lore, item information, and how to use items and stuff like that, i find this to be super helpful info for first playthroughs.
2. when you need to do more damage, upgrading your weapon is FAR more important than upgrading your player stats, i would recommend finding a weapon you’re comfort with, getting to the level requirements, then make sure you’re upgrading Vigor (HP). Health is the most important stat. many early game upgrade materials can be purchased from merchants around the world, and from caves so make sure you’re exploring every inch of the map (it’s more fun that way too).
3. don’t be afraid to use NPC or spirit summons for difficult boss fights, there is absolutely no shame in it and some toxic players might try to tell you it makes the game too easy, but don’t listen to them. elden ring gives you so much freedom in the way you play and the most important thing is that you find something you enjoy and that works for you.
4. ashes of war are skills you can equip on your weapons but can also change the affinity, which alters the damage scaling of the weapon. damage scaling means what stat is going to be the best to upgrade for more damage (e.g. your uchigatana scales well with dexterity, so you’d upgrade that instead of strength to get the most benefit), but early game you’re just gonna want standard for the most part. make sure to try some ashes of war to see what you like, but the uchigatana already has one of the best ashes in the game by default so don’t feel pressured.
and most importantly, have fun and don’t give up, the game can be brutal but there’s always a way. looking forward to more vids bro, you earned a subscriber!
Oh to play Elden Ring for the first time! One of the best gaming experiences one can have. I just watched your reaction to the trailers and stayed for the gameplay. It's always fun to see someone experience this for the first time
Comments and time stamps as I watch the video separate from my initial comment:
Opening the door to the open world: 06:32 Your joyful reaction gives me chills. Hell yes. You can visit all of it. What a feeling. What a genius display on the part of the game devs.
"Hit npcs" 07:23 : Do not. Do not hit NPCs. You CAN. You def can but it usually locks you out of stuff in some way. You can GET stuff early as well, but forget that, that's a second playthrough strat. Also I love that everyone takes it the same way. "Maidenless," is an insult, ahahahaha.
Engages with Tree Sentinel 00:80 : Here we go!
Enters stormfront catacombs 12:20 : Let's gooooooo!
12:42 : Jumpscare! PANIC! Suffering is great content.
14:40 : Failed jumpscare before double flame tunnel. Good eyes.
18:50 : Boss time lets GOOOOOO! He immediately sees what we all see; that's definitely a cat. AHAHAHAH!
22:10 : "I don't use FP." But why not?! Katana weapon arts are awesome! Turbo-weeb wish fulfillment mode bro! You skipped the tutorial, now I'm wondering, did you miss the weapon arts instruction? There was one, right? It's been some time since I played.
23:53 : "I greeded." Got that Souls-style lingo down already, ahahahha! Also never feel bad about failing in Souls games. The only true failure is giving up. The next go after this was tense.
26:00 : Yeaaaaaaaah! Victory! Hell yeah! "I was like, fighting that boss for twenty minutes bro." Oh man. OOOOOOH man. I have got some bad news for you bro! AHAHAHAH!
27:15 : "Is that a grace? ...I dont wanna go all the way back over there. I'd be sick to my stomach bro." see above statement.
27:40 : Time to meet Melina. You are not tweaking sir. Lore-beard moment; "beyond the fog." Miyazaki uses fog literally and symbolically a lot in his games. Good stuff.
30:10 : Engaging with the enemy camp. Time to learn about enemies with shields! It goes....entertaining-ly. Is that a word? Bleed proc finisher and doesn't realize it. Good fight!
You find the chest from a distance. Bro I kid you not it took me forever to realize there were chests in those carts. I watched your previous video and commented the same thing; GOOD EYE. You seem to have a pretty good awareness for things around you.
34:43 : Time to engage with the big boi of camp after stealthing around. YEAH! Finally using the Katana weapon arts! Serious mode beigns, ahahaha. "Am I going to have to fight that all again?" See above comment that references above comment. It's wonderful welcoming people into the experience.
37:10 : Victory, realising your own strength. Moving into the two guys at once and using the realization of your own skills to take on both of them at the same time. Personal growth on screen bro, good stuff.
38:20 : First time learning about the guy with the trumpet. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT! Do these guys even show up all that often later in the game? This area really does feel like the perfect demo zone.
40:15 : "I should've read that." You'll figure it out. You've got this. Also yes you should have, ahahahahah.
40:50 : Horse combat time!
42:10 : Boc discovery time. Hey bro! In your ER trailer video you went "EW" when you saw Boc in that video. Apologize to your bro, bro! Someone telling you to talk to NPCs over and over again is foundational, top-tier, advice. You got an amazing and primordial piece of advice early on, heck yes.
44:20 : To cross the barrier or not, that is the question! Great fight and further realization that while the game is challenging you're stronger than you think you are.
As far as NPCs go, usually, just accept everything you can. Don't worry getting it wrong your first playthrough bro, just accept and move on and don't kill NPCs unncessarily (except Shabriri when you meet him and exhaust his dialogue). If it's fucked up, reconcile on a second playthrough.
Great stuff bro. I hope your journey goes well and thank you for your time editing and posting your adventure.
"He attacks so fast" during the cat boss. Meanwhile for me having fought dlc bosses like Messmer and a certain someone this feels like slow motion now.
Dude this is gonna be so great to watch. I'm gonna enjoy every bit of it
Keep uploading. I enjoy your commentary.
Also you can agree to everything in this game, whether you do what you agree to do is entirely up to you, but typically defeating bosses at certain stages changes the "world state" and can cause some quest lines to be automatically failed and the NPCs will despawn.
Its so refreshing seeing another person getting into the wonderous world of Elden Ring, i recently started playing myself again, in a second playthrough
That beam of light that the site of grace gives off is the direction towards the next site of grace in the game progress
I just discovered your channel, i love your energy man, ill definitely watch this journey of yours🙌🏻🙌🏻😮💨
Why am I watching this instead of playing the DLC. Found you randomly and your vibe and skills definitely hooked me. For a first timer, you are really good.
the bar that the stone imps were giving you was a status effect called bleed, all status effects build a bar when hit by them and when the bar is full thats when it takes effect, bleed just does a big chunk of damage when the bar fills
I haven’t made it all the way through yet, and I haven’t seen any of your other videos yet, but one thing I will say is to read each item you pick up. There’s like an extended description of each item in the inventory when you hover over them, and a lot of items give you small details of the lore and the world around you which is really cool.
Great video so far!
Bro you are doing amazing for someone who is playing a soulsborne game for the first time.
I saw your trailer reactions and I'm happy to be here! You said you were wondering how bad we thought you were but you are way better than I was starting this game, and I had already platinum trophied Dark Souls 3. So with enough levels and learning you'll probably surpass my skill by the end of this play through.
that red bar is a status effect called hemorrhage or bleed and your weapon ( the katana) does that to enemies and if you constantly hit them the status on the enemy will go up until it procs dealing a large sum of damage but you have to keep doing damage or else the status on the enemy will go away.
Hey man, for your very first Souls-Game you are doing great. You pick up on things fast, the fight against the Watchdog was cool to watch. Good luck and have fun, you will have a blast with this game, absolute masterpiece.
This channel is a true gem can’t wait for more
I love your charisma, your editing, and hearing your thoughts!
One tip: Try to remember when to look up in Fromsoftware games. Looking at the ground is what we do when we're scanning the area and avoiding unsuspected enemies, but this studio loves to implement vertical design and stunning views like the one from the beginning. I'm sure it'll make for unforgettable moments!
I hope you enjoy!
Dude I’m about half way into the video and I gotta say you got some skill!!!
The bar you saw was a effect and when it fills up it will do what it's supposed to do. For example bleed, (which is what you were affected by) if the bar fills up it will do a lot more damage then normal, hope that helps.
its so cool to watch someone play this fresh so long after it came out, keep up the series this is good
Randomly got recommended your channel! I’ve played a crap ton of Elden Ring over the past few months and I really enjoy watching new players experience the game for the first time as well. Enjoy the game, tarnished!
Was a very enjoyable episode, can't wait to see your reactions to the rest of the game! And you can say yes to Sellen, it's not a problem
hey man thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it! I hope you continue uploading your elden ring gameplay until you finish the game!
Pro tip:
The white masked guy has a questline that will lead you to the DLC content that will be added in the future, but even on it's own it's extremely great quest to do. Be sure to check on Varré troughrought the playtrough. Same goes for lot of Npcs like Milicent for example. If you don't want to miss on questlines just check up on NPCs how they are doing. Check your map from time to time if they didn't move from their original location. Some ussualy leave an item in their own place that you can inspect in inventory to read the description.
Its amazing that you found the Catacombs and also the scarabs. People just keep missing those on the start.
Bro you’re really good for just starting out keep it up!!!
The progress is gonna be crazy.
Explore the world and get lost in it, this first experience can’t be re-experienced, I’m on ng+ and I love it but i wish I could re-experience everything for the first time again .
Love seeing someone’s else’s first reaction! You can never experience it again, the only way is through watching others’
Enjoy the game!
Watched the trailer reaction video in the morning, and I was craving your gameplay reactions so bad and now we’re here! VIBES immaculate!
watching this is giving me vibes of the unknown like my first playthrough- enjoy the ride bro you will never forget it
You deserve more subs man, keep this up, i always love watching someone play through this game for the first time. Just remember some of these bosses can be ROUGH later but the more you play the better you’ll get (you’re already better than i was when i started so aye)
i cant believe i easily watched all 47 minutes of all that. I never play because i dont have good pc but i watch gameplay a lot. good game bro
Ps: love from india, yes thats how far ur content is reaching
We all just wish we could be in your shoes. Playing this ridiculously amazing game again for the first time would be incredible.
The trailer reactions brought me here just now. I'm excited to see how this goes!
Can't wait to see you fight some of the main bosses, this is so wholesome and funny
Checked your channel the moment I finished the trailer reaction vid. Glad to not only see you play the game, but that you have clean edits to boot! Watching people's first play of this game is always a treat, but your video style makes for a very attractive bonus.
Edit: Good job with the fights, man. You know if you say "that's beatable" when others say "THIS SHIT IS BROKEN/UNFAIR" then you got that _true_ Dark Souls mentality! Dying doesn't matter; you only ever lose when you give up. Taking breaks and coming back when you're more prepared isn't losing either. Just remember that!
Man i love watching a fromsoft noob learn how to play the game. Call it living vicariously until i have a new one to play through for the first time again. Really enjoyed you learning on the spear knight after the first dungeon.
I find your content genuinely enjoyable and will be watching this whole seriers now :D
That sellen witch is awesome for getting some cool intelligence sorcery you can even give her additional spell scrolls for more spells if you find one. Being her student won’t change anything story wise
Live your life man. Sometimes success just happens when having fun or doing something you enjoy. I remember when I got my first PC and tought myself how to do all sorts of things. Now I do alot of work doing that stuff. Love it. When I got my first twitch viewer I got so excited some guy who always stopped by and talked for hours. Eventually stopped streaming but I met cool people and some great thing came from it for just doing it for fun.
Also love the video keep at it! Would like to see the full playthrouh.
Feel like being a fly on the wall watching you play would be a hilarious experience, loved beating the game and the achievements are pretty easy to get so a great one to start with
A warrior blood is running in thy veins. Tarnished
Thank you for this fun video and hope won't give up in this world until you become the elden lord❤