Is this harder than elden ring?

[Makoto]

I want to finish this game so bad. Can you give me some tips on weapons to have the easiest possible playthrough? Thanks

[Tikus Tycoon]

People's answer will vary according to their playstyle in both games. Shield up and you'll be fine. If you are good at parrying, the gane won't be too hard against mobs and a few bosses can be parried. Some bosses can be very hard but you can get help from other players if too overwhelmed.

[TheAlmightySunBro, Silkaire]

Depends actually; some people find Dark Souls 3 easier, some find it harder. I personally find it easier, but still very hard. Elden Ring plays a bit differently then this though so you can’t take skill from Elden Ring and immediately become a god at this game.

[Elthrael]

I think that your success depends a LOT more on skill in DS3 than in Elden Ring, especially the DLC. I played Shadow of the Erdtree right before starting my first DS3 playthrough and playing SotET on NG+ and DS3 back to back you really see how cheap some bosses are in Elden Ring. Again, the DLC is a bigger offender than the base game, but this game seems a lot more focused on good timing, punishing at the right time and so on, Elden Ring sometimes felt like an eternal DPS/poise check.

I expected DS3 being too easy after coming from ER DLC but I felt that the challenge in DS3 was a lot more... I don't know how to say it, "tangible"? For two reasons.

First, very few enemies in DS3 have some big stupid barely dodgeable "might as well be undodgeable" AoE wipe attack or insane MMO-level screen-filling particle effects you either need an item or some crazy dodge pattern to avoid. Like for example, it took me quite a few tries to beat normal NG Malenia on my Greataxe STR build and it mostly felt like it depended on how close I was until her Rotten Slashyness decided to use the infamous Waterfowl. Or, to me, the hardest part about the Dancing Lion was the fact I couldn't see jack, locked or unlocked, because there was so much crap on screen.

It took me WAY more tries to beat the Nameless King than either of those two bosses, but I always felt like I just plain messed up a dodge or got greedy or something and not "oh crap she's doing the thing again" or "ffs I can't see". I just beat Sister Friede today and it took me a decent amount of tries, but again, I knew why I died every single time.

Second, I think Elden Ring puts a lot more focus on your build, like I know it's a staple of FromSoft games that technically every playstyle is viable, from spells/incants to bonk or dex poking, but I felt like it's a lot easier to become just ridiculously OP in Elden Ring with status effects and the myriad buffs and so on. DS3 is a lot "cleaner" in that respect, you're given a solid challenge and good tools to overcome it. In Elden Ring, you're given ridiculous challenges and ridiculous tools to overcome them.

I have to say I liked the type of difficulty in DS3 more than ER. Elden Ring is still a great game, and part of me enjoys the over-the-top craziness, but if I had to choose, I'd say DS3 comes out on top.

So to answer your question, I wouldn't say DS3 is "harder", but it's challenging for different reasons.

[Toasty]

this is easier than elden ring (most of elden ring bosses are bs because they spam combos+AoE attacks that can cover the whole zone of the Dancer of the Boreal Valley)... the only thing that make ER a joke on certain aspects is how easy is to break the stance of the enemies with big weapons (greathammers, ultragreatswords, etc etc)
there are few exceptions of course (Malenia can reset her stun sometimes so it's not safe to use this tactic aganist her), but most of the times this rule is valid for 3/4 bosses of the game

[noisyturtle]

DS3 is harder than the ER base game, but some of the side stuff and optional bosses in ER are arguably more difficult. If you compare all of DS3 to ER's main quest line only, ER is much easier.

[hawklaser]

While I haven't played Elden Ring yet, I'd probably say the best tip can give for an easier playthrough is to start as the Pyromancer class, unless you have a specific build style in mind already. The Knight would be better if you are planning on not using any magic at all, as it does start with a 100% phys block shield.

Now for the reasons I recommend Pyromancer. It starts with a decent stat spread to try out a variety of equipment and spells from the get go, allowing you to use early levels on things like vigor til you figure out what you want to do. Early on, the fireball spell it starts with is great against a number of the trickier enemies you can encounter early on, either by hitting a weakness, guard breaking them, or just plain ole hitting them at range. If you get lucky, or farm the tutorial area a bit, you can get a "Cleric's Sacred Chime" which has an hp regen skill, and Pyromancer has enough faith to equip it without having to level up. Also of note, it takes very minimal investment into the casting stats to gain access to the majority of the bufffing spells in the game, which can benefit even a non-caster style.

As to weapons, that is going to come down to personal taste more than anything. As while a few weapons do have unique skills, its no where to the degree of Elden Ring. So I'd imagine if you liked an Elden Ring weapon type's base moveset, odds are will probbably gravitate towards similar weapon types in Dark Souls 3. You will end up relying more on the basic attacks than skills for most weapons in general.

[Preacher]

Originally posted by Elthrael:

I think that your success depends a LOT more on skill in DS3 than in Elden Ring, especially the DLC. I played Shadow of the Erdtree right before starting my first DS3 playthrough and playing SotET on NG+ and DS3 back to back you really see how cheap some bosses are in Elden Ring. Again, the DLC is a bigger offender than the base game, but this game seems a lot more focused on good timing, punishing at the right time and so on, Elden Ring sometimes felt like an eternal DPS/poise check.

I expected DS3 being too easy after coming from ER DLC but I felt that the challenge in DS3 was a lot more... I don't know how to say it, "tangible"? For two reasons.

First, very few enemies in DS3 have some big stupid barely dodgeable "might as well be undodgeable" AoE wipe attack or insane MMO-level screen-filling particle effects you either need an item or some crazy dodge pattern to avoid. Like for example, it took me quite a few tries to beat normal NG Malenia on my Greataxe STR build and it mostly felt like it depended on how close I was until her Rotten Slashyness decided to use the infamous Waterfowl. Or, to me, the hardest part about the Dancing Lion was the fact I couldn't see jack, locked or unlocked, because there was so much crap on screen.

It took me WAY more tries to beat the Nameless King than either of those two bosses, but I always felt like I just plain messed up a dodge or got greedy or something and not "oh crap she's doing the thing again" or "ffs I can't see". I just beat Sister Friede today and it took me a decent amount of tries, but again, I knew why I died every single time.

Second, I think Elden Ring puts a lot more focus on your build, like I know it's a staple of FromSoft games that technically every playstyle is viable, from spells/incants to bonk or dex poking, but I felt like it's a lot easier to become just ridiculously OP in Elden Ring with status effects and the myriad buffs and so on. DS3 is a lot "cleaner" in that respect, you're given a solid challenge and good tools to overcome it. In Elden Ring, you're given ridiculous challenges and ridiculous tools to overcome them.

I have to say I liked the type of difficulty in DS3 more than ER. Elden Ring is still a great game, and part of me enjoys the over-the-top craziness, but if I had to choose, I'd say DS3 comes out on top.

So to answer your question, I wouldn't say DS3 is "harder", but it's challenging for different reasons.

Good response and exactly how I felt playing Elden Ring vs DS3.

[Bunny Massacre]

Elden Ring is just a ripoff of Dark Souls 3. The people that made Dark Souls 3 should sue.

[Fingerhut]

I found dark souls 3 to be a bit more easy but I've been made aware by my brother's I play the games sorta weird and rush threw everyone under leveled without help. If you have beat any souls title with some dedication you can definitely take down dark souls 3

[Fingerhut]

If your looking for a strong weapon early you can get cell sword twin blades pretty early at farran keep bonfire. They are considered one of the best weapons in the game you only need to beat vort boreal valley to run and get them I think. That is one of the biggest differences between elden ring and dark souls. 3. Is builds in dark souls Take a little bit more time to get going because you can't Just go anywhere it's a bit more closed off if Dex isn't your thing, the greatsword is pretty cool as well and can be found at the fairing. Keep bonfire as well. Best of luck.

[MeowMixMax]

No lol

[urabe mikoto]

ER can be the easiest or the hardest game in the series, it all depends on your build

[Gacktdirge17]

Nop, Margit alone is tougher than a chunk of ds3 bosses without even talking of Maliketh or Malenia.