Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree: 12 BEST WAYS TO PREPARE
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With Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree launching on June 21st for Xbox, PlayStation and PC, now is a great time to jump into the acclaimed open-world action ...

I’m just now finishing the first campaign of Elden Ring (I’m at the Altus Plateau) and then they drop this DLC expansion. Just my luck… But yeah, what do you all think?

Spoilers are allowed, btw.

Should be arriving at around June 20th to June 21st world-wide, correct me if I’m wrong.

  • ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I started a new character (mostly because I no longer have a working PC, so I had to switch to playing on my roommate’s PS5) and am about 40 hours in now. I know I should be trying to actually advance, but I can’t stop myself from puttering around the open world.

    I did, for once, decide to restrain myself and only level my main stats (Strength, Vigor, Endurance) instead of branching out into a little bit of everything to hit stat requirements for spells and weapons just to try them out. Either I suddenly got a lot better than I remembered being, or leveling sensibly makes the game like 10x easier.

    One problem I’m anticipating for the DLC: I’ve already settled into an aesthetic I like, with lightly-armored sellsword vibes (bastard sword, Vulgar Militia armor, bandit boots, bandit manchettes). So there is a good chance that I pick up all the new DLC items, go “oh that’s neat, but not for this character” and then never give them a decent shot. :P

    Edit: Holy shit Starscourge Radahn is, like, a real boss? The first time I played I killed him on my second try and I didn’t really understand what all the fuss was about. I spent the entire rest of the game making fun of him by pointing out enemies that are “literally stronger than Radahn.” But, uh, now he’s kicking my teeth in and it turns out I didn’t learn the fight at all. Did his hitboxes used to be bugged or something? I seem to recall that I previously killed him just by hugging his feet and mashing R1 while all his attacks missed me, but that is not currently happening, LMAO.

    • QuietCupcake [any, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      18 days ago

      (mostly because I no longer have a working PC, so I had to switch to playing on my roommate’s PS5) and am about 40 hours in now.

      Would you say the experience is significantly better on PC vs PS5? I’ve been really wanting to play Elden Ring after finally playing Bloodborne a few months ago, but I only have a PS4. I’ve been holding off with the hope that at some point in the distant future I’ll have a PC capable of running games like this, or less likely, a PS5 if I luck into one on absurd sale.

      • ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        18 days ago

        The experience is very similar, overall. The most noticeable difference is that the textures for overlays like blood spatter are very low res on PS5 in performance mode. Not sure what quality mode looks like, I tend to leave everything on performance out of habit.

    • Babs [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      18 days ago

      There was like, a month where Radahn was accidentally nerfed between patches. I’ve never been brave enough to fight him up close. That’s what all my buddies are for. It’s the Radahn Festival not the Radahn Festivme.