Elden Ring - But I've Never Played A Soulsborne Game
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- I've never played a soulsborne game but I just couldn't resist the hype that was Elden Ring, so allow me to take you on my journey of trying to play my first FromSoftware game.
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I literally started this game a few days ago myself and now i can’t wait too watch this series along with my own first playthrough without ever playing a souls game, relatable asf i hate that goddamn castle, i still haven’t escaped lmfao
I finally got to the boss, it was a struggle
kill the guy at the front he will sabotage you all the way through the castle
You should check out FightingCowboys channel. A staple in the souls community and has in depth guides on everything related to the game including a gull walkthrough.
Thank you!
@@TrashedCans also check out vaati vidya, hes like the main souls borne channel on yt and covers everything from gameplay to lore
“I killed them for no other real reason then the game says they’re enemies” Welcome to the Souls Like Genre.
Always good to see new players experiencing these great games. Keep up the good work dude!
Thank you!
Hey man, great video, always fun watching people new to the series play. Some spoiler free advice: if something is really kicking your ass, go explore the world for awhile. You’ll get runes to level up, and new equipment to kick ass with.
I continued playing after uploading and had an amazing time running through it after powering up!
@@TrashedCans grind out those easier bosses in the caves scattered around. plus, i hope its not considered a spoiler, but an important first location you missed in the vid. its right out front of the first open world reveal. (nothing crazy and im really not spoiling anything, just helpful)
great video, didnt expect to find a hidden gem of a channel today
Thank you so much!
How do you only have 800 subs, your content is so good.
Thank you!
As a souls vet its so fun to watch new people play a souls game, especially elden ring. After you beat elden ring, I would highly recommend playing the dark souls trilogy starting with 3, then 1 and ending with 2. Love the vid man!
Thanks man! I've been thinking about starting the other souls games :)
@@TrashedCans it’s definitely an experience. My biggest suggestion for any fromsoft game is to take your time and enjoy it.
Me when I first saw the stats screen:
*_"The numbers, Mason! What do they mean?!"_*
No cap, waiting all these months out of hesitation to play a Soulsborne game for the first time with Elden Ring is exactly the same situation that happened to me lol
I wish I could replay the SoulsBorne franchise for the first time again. Such wonder and amazement
I'm thinking about going through them !
Funniest part is the hug DOES weaken you physically, having the item she gives you in your inventory reduces your HP by 5%. Great vid btw, I expect to see you at 100k soon :)
Thanks so much man! Good to know too!
A hidden gem on youtube :D
Also, try to put as many points on vigor as you can (it's your HP). Reach either 40 or 60 vigors. It's going to help you a lot :D
Good luck \o/
Man I feel you. Lol I had a little help in the beginning and end. Without that help I wouldn’t have understood much until the end lol.
Or ng+ lol.
It's not exactly the most self explanatory game lmao
great video man, this was also my first souls game. I had bit more trouble as I didn't know the controls for the longest time. Now doing my second play through and I couldn't be loving it more!
Thank you! I'm really starting to enjoy it now that I got the basic movement down
Just some fun facts and helpful tips:
6:24 That's not an enemy player. That is an NPC. There are player invasions and there are NPC invasions. Just FYI.
7:26 Not sure if you're intentionally joking or unintentionally but... hugging her does LITERALLY make you physically weaker. She gives you a debuff (removes like 10% of your health bar permanently). You can remove the debuff by using the "Baldachin's Blessing" item that she gives you.
7:32 This guy seems helpful but he is quite the asshole. He also curses you. After meeting him, you will lose a percentage of the souls you recover after each death (meaning when you die you only recover like 80% of the souls you lost instead of 100%). This is not permanent. The effect is only active during the first time you visit the castle. When you leave the castle area the effect disappears (or after you kill the main boss in the castle area, not sure to be honest).
All of these are incredibly hilarious, thank you for the advice lmao. I can't believe I thought an NPC was a player
@@TrashedCans Don't worry. It's hard to tell what is and what isn't an NPC invasion if it's your first time playing. I didn't know either when I was new to Elden Ring :)
@@TrashedCans happened on my first soulsgame (DS3) aswell, i was so proud after thinking i beat an invader only to find out later that it was just an NPC :D
great content id love to see you complete the game
Thank you! I wanted to but this 9 minute video was close to like 8 hours of gameplay so it might take a while 😅
My.God. You were at 300-400ish subs like 10 days ago. the growth is insane! Also your content is very professional, which is most likely causing this growth
Just watch, we're gonna have 10k this time next year!
@@TrashedCans If the growth remains steady,easily over 10k my man
Fun fact. That castle is legacy dungeon and there is more of them in the game. Those are the most close to the classic fromsoftware level desing that was present in their older games. Good video i will just give you a tip. If you ever feel like something is too hard you always can leave go somewhere else level up a bunch, upgrade weapon get new skills and then come back. Its actualy imprsssive that you beat that first story boss so early. My first elden ring playtrought was strugle but now i know how to exploit open world aspect and game is 100% easier.
Thanks for the advice!
That "Melina AWOOGA" really got me good. Fyi you too can summon a goddamn whirlwind (or do other cool stuff) with your sword. Try two handing your katana and using its ash of war, it's really strong and versatile. At gatefront ruins there is a stairway leading into basement with a treasure chest, in there is a necessary item.
I didn't even know you can two hand weapons lmao
@@TrashedCans holding a weapon in two hands also effectively increases your strength stat by 1.5 times. For example, Lordsworn Greatsword you picked up requires 16 strength, but if two handing 11 strength will be enough (11x1.5=16.5).
@@eliasmamiev3415 thanks for the advice!
@@TrashedCans np, have fun!
Nice video dude. Would love a continuation, also highly recommend trying a controller. It's much more optimized for this type of game.
Thanks for the supports and recommendation, I'm definitely thinking about making the switch lol
@@TrashedCans if you grind a lot. a good substitute for a keyboard is a xbox elite series 2 controller. works perfect for pc because microsoft, and you keep the functionality of being able to aim while doing other things. default controllers are such a handicap since you have to take your thumb off the stick to press the buttons
Thanks!
@@TrashedCans the playstation controllers work as well, just use steams controllers options to get it working.
Just found your channel, your videos are cool keep on it
Thank you!
Some useful tips
Level vigor. Vigor has a non linear scaling and softcaps: leveling vigor from 10 to 20 doesn't make much difference, but going from 20 to 40 is going to give you a lot of health. Going from 40 to 60 for the lategame could be useful if you don't want to use 20 points elsewhere or you're using magic and trying to stay away in order to cast spells.
This game encourages exploration more than any other fromsoftware game. Margit(gud) is a boss that encourages you to explore more if a boss/general encounter seems too hard at first glance. That's why most people go into stormveil around level 30.
Teo hand your weapons. You'll not only do more damage, but you'll get access to their weapon arts, or how the game calle them, ashes of war. The ash of war for the uchigatana, your current weapon, is arguably the strongest there is in the game.
Also, you've missed a VERY important item in the gatefront ruins. You don't need to kill anything, but thrust me, it is extremely useful
Also, good video
Thank you for the tips! Quick question, was the item the weird wolverine claws?
@@TrashedCans no, but can you really find those things there? Never knew that. It's a key item, usable for everyone, it's not a weapon, talisman or set of armor
@@lorenzo8208 is it the Godslayers Seal? I like this game
@@TrashedCans maybe you don't know what the gatefront ruins are. They're the set of ruins where Melina offered you the steed, was the lance guy and where ahead there was a passage to stormhill with the troll and the crossbow soldiers.
Also, the godslayer seal makes you cast incantations and it's better if you're below 50 faith. There's however, better seals for faith strength and faith intelligence. I, though, don't recommend doing a faith strength first playthrought, and strongly not recommend a faith intelligence first playthrought, as it's the hardest build to make
Awesome vid. Elden ring was my first soulsborne as well and I just beat it for the third time today 😆
Great video , one thing though is that I suggest you go to the church of elleh ( its just past the tree sentinel you met at the beginning ) , there you'll find a merchant that sells really useful stuff and you'll be visited by a character that gives a bell to summon creatures to help you
Yup I found her after wandering around once I was done recording, so much easier lmao
Loving your video. Keep it up. This was my first souls game as well. I'm on NG4 at the moment. I wish you well tarnished
Thank you!
I loved this video!! Your commentary is hilarious and I was really happy to see you were taking notes it's a great way to keep everything strait. I hope you continued your journey, this game is filled with a lot of amazing moments. You really have to work to see the best the game has to offer, but it is so worth it!! 💜
Glad you enjoyed!
I have a feeling that you are about to gain quite a lot of subscribers. Nice video, as someone who played only Sekiro and is in the middle of playing Elden Ring - this video was awesome and pretty much mirrored my experience. You did great against Margit too, for me his second phase was like a brick wall until I realised that I need to roll to the side of him, instead of trying to get away
I really enjoyed playing the game and making the video, glad you enjoyed !:)
great work on this video! it's so rare to see someones firt time as well taing notes
Thanks!
I wish you had made a whole series of these, this was so entertaining
My first Soulsborne game was DS3 and only played it before Elden Ring at the beginning of this year. I can confirm i also got absolutely trashed in stormveil castle. Couldn't find any graces. After completing the game 6 or 7 times now, i just want to leave a couple pieces of advice.
The game is as hard as you want it to be. If you want a challenge, go straight where the grace is pointing you, that's the "main questline". If you have the time, patience and you want to take it easier, go explore everywhere but the main questline. You'll find stuff to help you later down the road.
This game is unlike most games. Not only that it makes almost no effort in helping you find graces, items, spells, weapons, it actually tucks them away behind bushes, trees, on top of rocks, in side rooms. You geniunely need to be looking for them in a dungeon like stormveil where you cannot use your Double Jumping Goat Torrent. Don't get discouraged, Stormveil is a big dungeon, not all castles are as big and confusing.
Don't explore outside (dungeons such as castles are fine) during the night unless you're feeling extra edgy. Nightime actually matters in this game. Don't want to spoil much, but let's just say there are only night time bosses that appear only during night and they're more difficult than the daytime level of the area.
There are hidden catacombs. Took me forever to find my first one and some i never found without a walkthrough. Look for a door in a mountain or what looks like a mining shaft.
If something looks like it's taking you a while to beat and you're dying over and over, consider to leave it aside and come back to it later when you're more leveled up.
Lastly, level up vigor to 40 and then 60. More hp means you can take a couple of hits before the YOU DIED screen, meaning more room for error.
Storytelling is very subtle in this game. You'll find yourself in the middle of your playthrough not understanding much and that's ok. That's what they expect off your first playthrough anyways.
Sorry for the long message, hope you continue playing the game, it's really good.
Very true, after the video I spent a couple hours training and fighting smaller bosses and it completely changed the dynamic of the game
Good luck bro.
Just remember, the first difficulty obstacle is fear.
I'm getting over it!
Yo dude just wanted to say that you deserve way more recognition for quality content you're creating. Keep up the good work.
Thank you man that means a lot to me!:)
I was like you, unseasoned in souls gaming, but I got in early. I have now put in… more hundreds of hours than I’m comfortable admitting. But I can safely say I consider this to be a masterpiece in gaming.
It's so fun
@@TrashedCans beyond the gameplay the lore really knocks me out too. It’s been a blast to see how over months the community is still piecing it together.
Awooga indeed bro, awooga indeed. Cant wait to see more
Amen brother
Was an entertaining video. I played bloodborne before elden ring but still played almost the same as you so well done to you i guess haha
Thank you!
I love soulsborne games, i've got my first souls gamę when i was 12 and it was dark souls 3 , currently im 15 and i have been playing elden ring for a Month now and i have like a 100 hours and a Platinum trophy on the way ( the only ones i dont have are all the ending throphies )
I'm definitely gonna continue playing I'm really enjoying this
@@TrashedCans that's great to hear
This man played Elden Ring with mouse and keyboard. Respect.
dam your hella good for never have played a souls game, I also have never played any souls game before elden ring and when I say im worse than you with 70+ hours in and you at the beginning of the game im not lying, I wish i was good at gaming
I've gotten even better!
planning on watching the whole series bro keep it up. i only wish i could be brand new to this game, so seeing it gives a whole other experience compared to what its like to have played all the other games beforehand. when you know what you're expecting it becomes like a checklist instead of just pure curiosity
Thank you man it means a lot !
Dang, you were almost to the first puddle of grace inside the castle. I always recommend people head south to castle Morne, start blind girl quest, get wolffang curved sword from the Gaol, start Blaitth quest, get Reduvia and start samurai guy quest, and hit up Caelid for the rot dog ashes, then maybe Sifora for the Minotaur man ashes. And farm the mega ball for some levels.And Dailos quest...he disapears really fast...not sure what triggers it. And D's quest.
Swoaoahah so much to do haha
Let's keep it going, this is too relatable
You got it:)
Great video..continue playing the game dude....you've got a lot to learn and a long way to go and definitely worth the effort
Thank you!
Here before 1k milestone, remember me when ur famous lol. Keep going and the views will follow. Subscribed.
Thank you so much!
Great video I beat the game two times but I highly recommend to plug in a controller the controls are so much better. I usually play on keyboard and mouse with games but this game really needs a smooth control for accurate and precise attacks and makes for a less frustrating experience certainly needed in this game.
Took me 72 hours to beat the game on steam and in total I played 144 hours of Elden Ring.
Good to know, thanks for the advice!
Apparently it takes about 60 hours to complete the game but i feel like its gonna take me 90 hours lol. This is my first playthrough as well so everything seems pretty relatable.
Yeah I've been moving through the game REAL slow
it took me over 120 lol. good luck!
120 hours? Now that i think about it I
probably won't do any better or even worse 🐢.
I deadass didn’t know you could run on foot in the first couple hours of my game my homie had to tell me too I thought u could only do it on horse and just thought it was a “souls” thing I had no fucking clue😭😭😭😭
My favorite game design rule is don't tell players how to play your fucking game
I watch gaming TH-camrs... But I don't really play games
I did play a couple pokémon (GBA on mobile) games around 3 Years ago but ion really enjoy gaming... nor anime... nor the outside world...
I really am a boring person 😔
My only hobbies are Reading or Just Coding
Same but I can't game no console me poor really want to though
Nice video! I just bought the game and it will be as fun as it looks. Keep up the good work!
Thanks man!!
The castle was annoying to me for the sole reason of trying to find everything, every hidden path, every item. But at the same time i want to progress, so I was actually kind of getting annoyed when the paths split again and again.
I literally just ran straight through it
just so u know, other players cant invade u unless u invite them or u are playing coop, but there are NPC invaders, which was the red guy u saw
Goes to show how little I know!
Im now going to call them what the fuck bats
It's the only natural response
@@TrashedCans can't wait for episode 2 dude, keep it up really enjoyed it
Lovin the vids man! Keep it up!
Thanks! Will do!
Awesome video dude!
Thanks man!
This was great. Liked and subbed for this without watching anything else yet!
Thank you!
Man my first 50h of this game is just me not knowing what to do so just riding around and getting my ass whooped by every frraking boss i ran into
Basically my experience so far, oddly enjoying it!
You should get the bloodhound finesse
Its skill followed by a heavy attack combo made most of the areas easy for me
@@llen3804 thank you!
Hes playing exactly how I played I love this
Thank you!
Bro the names are so good 😂😂
Thank you!
actually such a good video lmfao, keep it up
Thank you man!
This is so underated, keep it up man great content
Thanks man!
Jus a fyi that wasnt a enemy player it was a npc theyre all over the map, you have to manually call other players or be invaded wile in coop, to fight real people. Good video tho i was curious what new players though about the game
Shows how bad I am lmao
definitely make more elden ring videos i enjoyed this one
Thank you man!
I hated the castle so much on my first playthrough. It was my first time ever playing a souls game too. Was such a pain.
hey Bro great video, if you want another souls like game that is very fun, try salt and sanctuary, its 2d but still so awsome.
Thanks for the recommendation!
@@TrashedCans gotta try hollowknight bro i fell in love with that one after completing the souls series
I've been trying to get into it, so hard to figure out where to go lmao
@@TrashedCans lmao, look for the power ups. half of them will allow you to access the rest of the map. I struggled a lot with navigating. If youre finding bosses youre in the right direction
Gotcha, thanks!
Here before the channel blows up 🤘🏼👾
Hell yeah 🙌
@@TrashedCans I’d for sure watch another episode yo, just don’t feel obligated to do it for the viewers, handle whatever you need to first and just keep making videos for fun and it’ll only get better I’m sure
You got it!
waw you are underratet, amazing video :)
ps: love your humor
Thanks man:)
on the off chance you haven’t figured it out, if you’re in the castle and you go up the ladder that you use the rusty key to access, you can turn left and go up the stairs where you’ll see a door right next to an item (a silver fowl foot). if you go through that door, turn left, climb up the stairs, go into the tower, ignore the knight with the halberd and run up the stairs, and there’s a grace puddle in the room there. love the video, especially your notes, hope you make this a series
Finally figured that out after 2 hours of constantly dying 😅😅, now I'm trying my hand at godrik and might start the next video off there if this one does well. Thanks for the support!
@@TrashedCans my first play through was exactly the same lmao. if i had to give one other thing to be aware of, the uchigatana you’re using deals a status effect called blood loss, which essentially means that each time you hit an enemy you’re filling an invisible bar, and when that bar fills it takes away a chunk of that enemy’s health. the cool thing about that is that that chunk is percentage based, so whether something has 500 or 500,000 hp it will take away the same percentage of damage. that’s why you may have noticed every once in a while margit’s health dropping by a bunch randomly. anyway just a neat thing to keep in mind since if you focus your build on doing blood loss it can get ridiculously strong. keep up the great work!
My only recommendation based on what I've heard you struggle with during this video is to simply read the menus and item descriptions (not every single one ofc, just interesting/unique looking ones). A lot of players feel the need to do research on google when the game gives you all the info you require to understand the mechanics and story... with few exceptions that wont really matter anyways. This applies to the map too, as small structures and a few caves can be spotted on the map before you unlock them. The game encourages some exploration before following the main path.
At least you wrote notes, which I wish everyone else would do since this is like the 6th souls game and we should all know people will never repeat themselves in these conversations.
Also that's not a player that invaded you, but an NPC. They disabled player invasions during solo play this game.
Thanks for the advice!
@@TrashedCans npcs also reveal a lot as you progress there quests.
I recently beat this game it took me months so if anyone is on steam and needs help let me know. The multiplayer pass I use is Elden420 but remember this was my first souls game too.
Lmao that name
First time seeing ur content. I like how you talk broski, hilarious that your first time playing elden ring is so similar to mine. Maybe because it was my first soulsborne game too🤣 u earned my sub
Thank you man+
This was a really cool video
Thank you!
I'm officially invested *clicks subscribe*
Thank you, genuinely means a ton:)
Highly recommend playing Darksouls 1 and Darksouls 3 after you finish elden ring.
Thanks!
very nice video my man
Thank you man!
Wtf bats 🦇 🤣
Lmaoo
I started playing the game 130 hrs ago I have beaten the game tbh elden ring is addicting (idk how many days or months is 130 hrs
I'm so excited
Still waiting on pt 2
Eventually
Yo, nice vid dawg :)
Thank you man!
Elden ring is a great game in my opinion, and compared to other fromsoft games it's friendlier towards players who are not familiar with the genre
(I hope you discovered that you could level up and upgrade your weapons )
I kept playing afterwards and quickly progressed and am really enjoying it!
Godaam I'm also planing to buying this game does it worth it?? And nice video by the way.
Very much recommend, great game
I recently beat Elden Ring and bought the souls trilogy. needless to say I think that Elden Ring is quite a bit easier than ds1.
Oh geez
@@TrashedCans Id recommend starting off with dark souls 3 (if your going to play any other FromSoft games) because it's the fastest and plays like Elden Ring the most out of the dark souls games. Have no idea about Sekiro or Bloodborne.
Mannnn when’s episode 2
someday :)
fire
Thanks man!
Carry on :)
You think he knows you can level up?
Found that out after I finished the video! Lmao
Damn.
You really havent played any souls games; while watching, I made notes on the things that comes automatic to me, but for new commers is unknown. Learn about the scaling of weapons; it'll help.
I pumped all my points into strength instead of dexterity 😭