too difficult for a casual

[Plutoski]

this is my first game from the developer. i never played souls like games & i find this game surprisingly difficult given it's an extremely popular game, i thought it'd be more forgiving to casuals like me. but i just keep dying & i don't find that fun

[Dedut]

Yes, you should expect this game to be hard, don't follow the train hype, always do research before buying a game

[C1REX]

The most difficult is to know where to go. The game is often misleading to new players and put difficult enemies very early that supposed to be avoided. But new players don't know that and try to brute force their way through these bosses.

Following a simple guide or checking on YT how to max out your weapon early or similar advices can, however, make the game really easy.

[1100011]

Use a shield to give yourself some breathing room. Don't skimp on consumables & crafting items, they're there for a reason. This game gives you AI support in boss fights, if you like to solo the boss you can use the AI in the trial fights to help learn their moves.

Not everything needs to be fought, if you want you can run past a lot of enemies. Some enemies are even designed to come back to later.

The enemies have a hidden stat called 'stance', heavy and jumping attacks, and some powerful ashes of war can help deplete this stat. This staggers the enemy and in a lot of cases gives you a powerful critical attack.

This will minimize, but not eliminate, the dying. Having peace with that may help with your enjoyment of the game.

[Necrophoria]

This game is actually the most accessible out of all of them. Use spirits (ai summons) to help in most cases. Also, be thankful there's no forced PVP, unlike the older games.

My suggestion is to play this as a co-op game. You will only have to git moderately gud as they say.

[scambammer]

reaction time. You think you are reacting on time, you are not. What you actually have to do is anticipate rather than react. Bump up all your dodges and blocks and stuff by 1/2 sec faster than it feels like you should.

[Stepos]

Watch some newbie guide on youtube

[1100011]

If you're really very new: keep a close eye on the green bar, easy to miss in the heat of the fight.

[Knavenformed]

Casual =/= bad

Give it some time, use the Spirits and train against Knight enemies by not attacking, just learning to dodge

Many bosses want you to dodge their combo before you get your hit in, the more you learn the more you get cheeky in-between attacks in

Also Vigor gets scaled up in effectiveness after 20VIG, so you get a huge chunk of health when pumping it up from 20 to 30

[Tao314zdin]

You have to accept some deaths and learn the gameplay, but once you do it's a blast. Just do not give up, try different approaches and see what clicks.

Also this:

Originally posted by Knavenformed:

Casual =/= bad

[Nauct]

I play this game casually and almost beat the DLC at level 1. You can do it. It doesn't require good reaction time or high execution. It's just a matter of learning the enemies moves

[paincanbefun]

it's probably your approach, not your real skill level

if you watch a video on starting tips, you can get some basic stuff like the importance of leveling VIGOR to at least 20 (probably 30-40) ASAP and eventually probably to 60. you can also get tips on powerful starting items to make it easier you can google Rotten Stray for a very powerful pet you can get early. it's a bit of an exploit, but it will help a lot in the starting area

what is your starting class and character plan (magic, sword/shield, etc)? people can give tips on good starting items to make the kit work well

[Sonnenbank]

I dunno.
I have allready said in another thread.
My best RL friend tried ER as his first Souls game and made it to Fire Giant on his own.

He is one of the worst players on a gamepad i have ever seen in my life.
But he is pretty smart. He used everything the game offers and he looked up guides and youtube videos on where to collect good items etc...

Now since he could not beat Fire Giant even with mimic and op weapons we converted his save to seamless coop and i joined him also converting one of my saves to seamless
did finish the game as coop with me killing the bosses for him.

I can honstley tell without hate but just as a fact that he has 0 talent for action games
and 0 sense of timing or when to press buttons on a gamepad.
Yet he made it to Fire Giant.

This should tell you a lot.

Beginner tipps

1.) When exploring always use a 100% phys shield ! This makes your life sooo much easier

2.) always use spirit ashes when you can

3.) Overlevel as much as you can

[Despiser]

There are always ways to progress in any FS game: consumables, build, ash, coop, talismans. One of the most useful is having the ability to lug around any gear you like without a penalty to weight until you actually equip it. If you find this fun then the game is for you, If not, find a more approachable game that allows doesn't require so much prep.

[Egon]

This game can be very difficult to newcomers to this style of play. If you keep at it, the satisfaction will be immense and you won't be able to get enough of this genre. Just gotta ask yourself how much effort you are willing to put in for a game and then decide if that is fun for you or not.

[Despiser]

Originally posted by Sonnenbank:

I dunno.
I have allready said in another thread.
My best RL friend tried ER as his first Souls game and made it to Fire Giant on his own.

He is one of the worst players on a gamepad i have ever seen in my life.
But he is pretty smart. He used everything the game offers and he looked up guides and youtube videos on where to collect good items etc...

Now since he could not beat Fire Giant even with mimic and op weapons we converted his save to seamless coop and i joined him also converting one of my saves to seamless
did finish the game as coop with me killing the bosses for him.

I can honstley tell without hate but just as a fact that he has 0 talent for action games
and 0 sense of timing or when to press buttons on a gamepad.
Yet he made it to Fire Giant.

This should tell you a lot.

Beginner tipps

1.) When exploring always use a 100% phys shield ! This makes your life sooo much easier

2.) always use spirit ashes when you can

3.) Overlevel as much as you can

If he is so smart why didn't he realize Fire Giant is easy to defeat with Latenna? She can take it down without any help from you. Odd he didn't find this as it's in virtually every post and many youtube videos.