*** Elden Ring ***

It’s a decent example of the open world genre and I would give it 6/10 overall. Where it excels is the combat and I have played the starting area Limgrave many times just to enjoy the combat.

Though once you have done one dungeon or area you have done them all.
 
I'm at Godrick, and I can tell that's my game over as there's no way I'll defeat that. It's just insanely difficult.

30hrs out of it isn't the worst VFM, but it's time to put it down - I'm amazed I got that far TBF. :p
 
Dirk Diggler said:
I'm at Godrick, and I can tell that's my game over as there's no way I'll defeat that. It's just insanely difficult.

30hrs out of it isn't the worst VFM, but it's time to put it down - I'm amazed I got that far TBF. :p
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Don't give up, that mofo has to die:p You can summon Nepheli for the fight if you found her in Stormveil and exhausted her dialogue. You can try summoning other players as well.
Don't know about your build but the good ol' bleed treatment makes short work of him:D He's tricky sometimes but doable even pure melee so give it a couple of tries or even look up some cheese strats or tactics.

And...

....it would've been game over had it been a standard game but you can
completely skip Stormveil as theres a path that'll lead you straight to Lliurnia of the Lakes and let you bypass the entire castle
:D Plenty of stuff like that yet to discover so stick with it for a while:P
 
Yeah don't give up - honestly you can beat him or do as Amatsubu suggested and move on to Liurnia via the hidden path. Have you done everything you can in Limgrave? I beat Godrick on my first go - not trying to brag - I was over levelled because I did (almost) everything in Limgrave and probably was at a higher level than most for that fight. It is surprising how easy bosses are when you are at a higher level.

I was using the Bloodhound Fang (which you get from beating one of the Evergaol bosses in Limgrave) and used the lone wolves summon. The bloodhound fang has a skill that has a big attack follwed by a leap backwards out of harns way. You can then follow up with a heavy attack that phases you through enemies and follows up with another attack. I can't expalin just how good this is for bosses. Also, check your inventory for any items that might give you a stat buff.
 
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Yeah, the ash on Bloodhound Fang is pure BS and the weapon itself is one of the best in the game, especially for something that can be acquired so early. It even has innate bleed build-up like katanas but much higher stagger potential, especially with jumping R2's.

You have full control over whether to do the follow up attack after the first one (which already positions you well as it ends with an evasive somersault) and it does massive damage while literally phasing through enemy attacks with a bit of timing. There's even a second Bloodhound ash that turns the game into Bloodborne (no built-in attacks though):D

Honestly, I played around with Godrick in a variety of ways, pure melee, no ash etc.
but if you just want to kill him, Bloodhound's Finesse + Lone Wolf ashes + a bit of patience = Godrick dead.
 
I found the jellyfish a better ash to keep Godrick aggro’s. It is less likely to be one shot with his AOE earthquake attack.

I ran around limgrave and weeping peninsula until about level 30.

My only advice is if a boss or area is making you angry, just go level up yourself, your ashes and your weapons. Then come back later.
 
Thanks for the replies, I was genuinely happy to leave it there but I've found the bypass path and now back at it. :)

I'll probably have to fall back and clear as much as I can - I don't have that fang yet for example.
 
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This game is hard - I quite like the not really knowing what to do.

Have found a way to unlock the 60fps, widescreen support FOV - does require you to play offline only though as EAC needs turning off. But this could be due to the other options available.

One that may help people become less frustrated with not knowing how strong a boss is and losing everything - it's the disable loss of runes on death, otherwise it can become a bit grindy to get levelled up enough to defeat some bosses. Pressing E to tranverse the mist to get a whoopin' and not go back to get your runes coz you just aint levelled enough may help with keeping folk interested if rune loss.

github.com

GitHub - uberhalit/EldenRingFpsUnlockAndMore: A small utility to remove frame rate limit, change FOV, add widescreen support and more for Elden Ring

A small utility to remove frame rate limit, change FOV, add widescreen support and more for Elden Ring - uberhalit/EldenRingFpsUnlockAndMore
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Use the app to launch the game - much more comfortable not locked to 60 fps. It doesn't overwrite any game files.
 
Been using that app since I started playing. 60fps is just painful :D
The only thing I found with it, is sometimes my anti virus has a moment and removes the app! :rolleyes:
 
Dirk Diggler said:
Thanks for the replies, I was genuinely happy to leave it there but I've found the bypass path and now back at it. :)

I'll probably have to fall back and clear as much as I can - I don't have that fang yet for example.
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There are many ways to go about the game, which makes it different to other From titles as you don't have to bang your head against a wall like people who struggled with Sekiro for example and weren't even allowed to grind because there was nothing like that in that game.

Here you can just do whatever without grinding and go back:)

As you saw, you didn't even need to fight Godrick and there are hidden areas (with bosses) and shortcuts within Stormveil itself that you might have missed.

Also, if you continue past Stormveil and finish Raya Lucaria academy in Lliurnia of the Lakes, you'll get an option to respec your char using a rare item, this'll give you some room for experimentation.

As for clearing areas, I played this for 100h on PC and now replaying on console and I'm finding new things still, including places, conversations and tools I've never seen or heard so I'm not surprised you missed the Fang:D
 
Dirk Diggler said:
Thanks for the replies, I was genuinely happy to leave it there but I've found the bypass path and now back at it. :)

I'll probably have to fall back and clear as much as I can - I don't have that fang yet for example.
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Out of curiosity have you tried searching for tips and tricks on how to beat a boss you are struggling with?
 
Chuk_Chuk said:
Out of curiosity have you tried searching for tips and tricks on how to beat a boss you are struggling with?
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Yes. There's a couple of things that frustrate me:

I just can't get the roll timing right, and end up rolling into damage 75% of the time.

Every time I drink a health potion, it takes so long to complete that the boss can nip in and pound me while I'm draining the flask.
 
Dirk Diggler said:
Yes. There's a couple of things that frustrate me:

I just can't get the roll timing right, and end up rolling into damage 75% of the time.

Every time I drink a health potion, it takes so long to complete that the boss can nip in and pound me while I'm draining the flask.
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Fair enough. I have seen a lot of people struggle with roll timing and I expect it will catch me out as well.

With regards to healing, the input reading by bosses does make it tricky. In Sekiro I found either putting a large amount of distance between me and the boss helps or waiting for them to start an attach that I know won’t hit me and then drinking.
 
Dirk Diggler said:
I'm at Godrick, and I can tell that's my game over as there's no way I'll defeat that. It's just insanely difficult.

30hrs out of it isn't the worst VFM, but it's time to put it down - I'm amazed I got that far TBF. :p
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Godrick is okay, part of the trick to beat him is get really close, especially when he goes to the 2nd phase and does the fire. if you go within his arm's reach and his body, that is a dead zone.

If you are a magic user like me, level up really high and he died really fast.
 
Dirk Diggler said:
Yes. There's a couple of things that frustrate me:

I just can't get the roll timing right, and end up rolling into damage 75% of the time.

Every time I drink a health potion, it takes so long to complete that the boss can nip in and pound me while I'm draining the flask.
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Healing in soulsborne games always required knowing when you can do it safely but, as mentioned, some bosses in ER just blatantly cheat by reading your inputs.

However, that's offset by the BS you can pull off yourself that wasn't possible in the other games.
It's annoying still, especially Crucible Knights.

I suggest rolling into attacks to get into the blindspot but watch out for the combos, the bosses in this were practically designed for summons so they have tricky combos and delays.

Mages can do tons of dmg without even getting in, it's the game's easy mode.

As suggested, when the second phase starts run towards him immediately, circle around when he spews fire and whack him.
 
Amatsubu said:
Healing in soulsborne games always required knowing when you can do it safely but, as mentioned, some bosses in ER just blatantly cheat by reading your inputs.

However, that's offset by the BS you can pull off yourself that wasn't possible in the other games.
It's annoying still, especially Crucible Knights.

I suggest rolling into attacks to get into the blindspot but watch out for the combos, the bosses in this were practically designed for summons so they have tricky combos and delays.

Mages can do tons of dmg without even getting in, it's the game's easy mode.

As suggested, when the second phase starts run towards him immediately, circle around when he spews fire and whack him.
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The Crucible Knights!

That's hard, 2 bosses at the same time, took me about 50 tries i think and I am way OP against them and the only way to do it was to take down the wolf before the knight made it over and take them on 1 at a time. If the Wolf was still alive when the Knight gets to me i am pretty much dead.
 
Godrick is super weak to Scarlet rot as well, if you get the Rotten Stray Ashes
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and level them up, you can practically let it solo him (you can also use healing spells to heal your ashes if they are taking damage).

There is also the Antspur rapier but you would have to get a few medalion pieces to get to the Altus Plateau in order to get that that.

What I love about this game is there are many different ways of doing something, and you can figure out how to use those game mechanics to your advantage. I massively over-levelled myself in Limgrave by farming the rolling ball trap in Caelid - I was probably level 70 before I defeated Margit and for that I went and got the Sword of Night and Flame - it was super OP then and made short work of him.
 
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Raymond Lin said:
The Crucible Knights!

That's hard, 2 bosses at the same time, took me about 50 tries i think and I am way OP against them and the only way to do it was to take down the wolf before the knight made it over and take them on 1 at a time. If the Wolf was still alive when the Knight gets to me i am pretty much dead.
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Have you got to Commander Niall yet? That guy is an absolute BALLACHE to beat.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I need to pick it up again actually...I stopped in the summer when i went to ireland but then never picked it up agian.
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Definitely worth finishing. I just refused to let the game beat me - it took me up to about 96 hours on my first run through but it's probably my greatest gaming achievement of all time :cry:
 
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