“25 Hours Into My First Souls Game and I Finally Get the Hype”
About 25 hours into Elden Ring as my first ever Souls/DS-style game and I’m completely hooked.
I’m level 37, playing blind with no walkthroughs, and honestly I think that’s a huge part of the magic. I’ve done a little of Limgrave (spent way too much time fighting the partisan guy and his squad at Gatefront lol), but I’ve mostly been wandering all over the Weeping Peninsula exploring every nook and cranny.
This game feels unlike anything I’ve played before. The atmosphere, environmental storytelling, sense of discovery, random terror around every corner… it’s incredible. Sometimes I feel underpowered and completely lost, then suddenly I stumble into something beautiful or epic and it all clicks again.
Curious what other people’s “first it finally clicked” moments were with Elden Ring or Souls games in general. Also wondering: did you play blind your first run, or eventually cave and use guides?