First time

[f1fty]

Is it worth buying Elden Ring if you've never played a Soulslike game?

[Alby]

Abso-♥♥♥♥♥♥♥-lutely. It’s an amazing game for souls first timers and 36 smackerinos is a STEAL.

Buy it right meow, that way you'll have plenty of time to play it before the DLC drops

[Sonnenbank]

Its the best game to get into souls games.

When you do use spirit summons and all the tools available in the game like exploring and overleveling
it is also the easiest souls game.

Defnitely best of the souls series for first timers
Game was also made by Fromsoft with the intention to be better fitting for first timers than their other souls games

[JP_Limas]

Yes bro. I had never played any SoulsLike and I really liked this game. In my opinion, it's the best first souslike to play

[JollyChicken]

elden cringe

[Bricky strong]

I'd start with Dark Souls 1 honestly. Its easier, or maybe Dark Souls 3.....Dark Souls 3 may be the easiest....
Elden Ring can be easy but it uses rng-random number game- Meaning: A boss may be hard or easy depending on a random selection done by the games built in engine, further simplified: Sometimes Bosses are hard and sometimes easy depending on a random pick.
Elden Ring can be fine but be aware it will sometimes get rediculously hard at times and then try again and it may become much easier all dependent on a random software pick.
Like the lottery, if you are lucky, you could potentially breeze through the game like its a joke....
OR the game may punish you relentlessly if you are unlucky.

You see, if you know this if the game is being hard on you, you wont feel so bad because of the rng effect the game's built around- then you will try again knowing, well, basically, its Rigged!

[Sephylon]

Depends on what kinds of games you like and what you're looking for. Elden's my 1st souls game, but I came from monster hunter; the mindset needed and the combat is somewhat similar to each other, so I enjoy elden. Tho I did havr to get past some technical issues on my end.

[Despiser]

Absolutely. I never played a souls game and deliberately steered clear of them due to the linear nature. Another factor is I’m not the most dexterous but summoning bridges that gap. Just don’t expect a fully fleshed rpg.

[Yal]

Elden Ring is both the easiest game FROM has made in a really long time and has a lot of replayability, you need to beat any 2 out of 6 main bosses to enter the endgame and you can pick whichever you want (in any order), together with every continent being instantly accessible if you can just get past the monsters of that area you can have multiple completely different runs even if you do the exact same playstyle for each character! (And there's a lot of playstyles to choose from on top of that, even silly things like only using a shield and no weapon is viable if you know what you're doing)

"Easiest" is with a bit of a caveat though, there's extra-tough bosses sprinkled all over the place that you probably will want to save for later (you'll usually notice if something is out of your league after the first few attempts) and some of the gameplay mechanics that help balance things out are a bit hidden (IMO you should start with access to the Spirit-Summoning Bell instead of having to find a certain character to get it, for instance). If you get stuck somewhere, you can always go somewhere else first and see if you like that place better.

(Also worth pointing out that the 10 starting classes have wildly varying ease of play, apart from the obvious joke class for challenge runs you probably don't wanna play as Prophet or Bandit without prior experience because their starting weapons are tricky to use properly. My goto recommendation is Confessor since they have access to a good shield, healing magic, a stealth buff AND a regular sword, so you can mess around with a lot of playstyles and see what you like the most)

[Sonnenbank]

Originally posted by Bricky strong:

I'd start with Dark Souls 1 honestly. Its easier, or maybe Dark Souls 3.....Dark Souls 3 may be the easiest....
Elden Ring can be easy but it uses rng-random number game- Meaning: A boss may be hard or easy depending on a random selection done by the games built in engine, further simplified: Sometimes Bosses are hard and sometimes easy depending on a random pick.
Elden Ring can be fine but be aware it will sometimes get rediculously hard at times and then try again and it may become much easier all dependent on a random software pick.
Like the lottery, if you are lucky, you could potentially breeze through the game like its a joke....
OR the game may punish you relentlessly if you are unlucky.

You see, if you know this if the game is being hard on you, you wont feel so bad because of the rng effect the game's built around- then you will try again knowing, well, basically, its Rigged!

lol i have more than 800h in souls games combined and have no idea what you are talking about.

Bosses in Elden Ring have scripted attacks based on your positioning ( distance and angle)
there is very little rng where a boss chosses 1 of 3 attacks for a specific situation.
ofc it does exist
There are moments were the boss randomly chooses an attack out of a pool of options
but thats for sure not the majority of situations

[0C72]

If you're worried about content or quality: don't be, this game has tons and a lot is high-quality. There's some copy/paste but it's avoidable
If you're worried about difficulty: Elden Ring is by far the easiest of any souls game. Provided you spend a decent time exploring so you're roughly in the appropriate level range and weapon upgrade range for each boss you'll have a fine time

[Zogtar]

Frankly, John Elden Ring is the best main character ever.

[BurntFish]

ive never played any other soulslike game either and i HIGHLY suggest you buy it, although be aware that its a brutally hard game

[OnlyGoodOne]

This is without a doubt the worst game fromsoft has ever made. Play the other souls games, the pvp is dead but the PVE is infinitely better than this garbage.

[MɾSɾ3ɳιƚყ_97]

Elden Ring is the prefect souls game for those new to the genre in my opinion. I got some friends into this game and never even touched a souls game before and they loved it afterwards!

[M33 X-7]

Originally posted by OnlyGoodOne:

This is without a doubt the worst game fromsoft has ever made. Play the other souls games, the pvp is dead but the PVE is infinitely better than this garbage.

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