Recently, my girlfriend got interested in Elden Ring, and I'm trying to give her some advice. She doesn't have much experience in gaming, mostly chill games like Stardew Valley and such.
I'm afraid I'll scare her off if I monologue about i-frames, poise damage and parry windows, so: People whose first FromSoft experience was Elden Ring, what advice did you find actually usable for getting into the game?
Being told the game was so obtuse, many things are not able to be figured out simply playing normally, so don’t be afraid to use guides or look things up; half the time, that was intended by the developer in the first place as a way of promoting discussion and having that old school sense of wonder. Other times, it was just to be “not like the other games.”
This was back when DS1 first came out, though. Elden Ring isn’t as bad as some of the older Fromsoft games in this regard. A couple quests, but not a huge bulk of the game.
Thanks! That’s one of those things “veterans” take for granted, and exactly the kind of thing I was looking for!