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[JohnnyFootball]

There is, level up more, take the easier fights first, find better gear before taking more challenging fights, its an action RPG afterall.

If you find a fight that is way too difficult, this mostly means you are either under leveled or under geared, the difficulty in this game is very balanced and manageable.

Agreed. Having summons make almost every fight easy mode. Get a blasphemous blade build with the mimic tear, pretty much nothing can stop you.

 

[TrollFAQs]

Took that long?

 

[Banjo64]

Add an easy mode and we'll make it 20 million and one.

You can literally kamehameha one-shot nearly every single boss in the game. How easy do you need it to be brother?

 

[hemo memo]

C’mon Elden Ring and TotK, you are ruining the “single player games are dead” narrative that the industry executives are running with to approve their latest, most likely to fail next GaaS projects.

 

[samoilaaa]

You can literally kamehameha one-shot nearly every single boss in the game. How easy do you need it to be brother?

exactly , people that want an easy mode either dont know how to play the game or they want to finish it in 8-10 hours

 

[kraspkibble]

Add an easy mode and we'll make it 20 million and one.

What if I told you there was already an easy mode? It's using the Spirit Calling Bell. It's an entirely optional item and using it makes the game significantly easier. I used it during my playthrough because I thought it was just a cool new gameplay feature but I regretted using it at times because it was too easy and there was no fun at all in using it against bosses. On my next playthrough I'm not going to bother using it.

Some people get too held up on the idea that "easy mode" has to be a setting you adjust in the menu. That's not how From Software games work.

 

[Skifi28]

I'm ashamed to say I'm still barely 15 hours in. The game is a bit too open for my tastes and it kills my motivation when I don't have a clear goal what I should be doing next or I have the fear of missing some cool gear/spell in some tucked away optional dungeon. I much prefered the more linear approach of the previous games, it helped me in pushing through. Not saying it's bad or anything, I will get to finishing it eventually.

 

[Fredrik]

Best game of the gen right here, don't think we'll top it

Zelda is here and is storming up my all time top 10. But Elden Ring is my #2, behind Super Metroid and ahead of BOTW, so we’ll see, tough games to beat.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

It's called playing on PC and using mods or cheats .

Actually.. if you spec around Comet Azur, this game is basically butter. Couple that with mimic tear and you're the Elden Ring now!

 

[Chiggs]

Isn't this old news?

From February:

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/elden-ring-has-sold-20-million-copies.1653167/

Elden Ring Sells 20 Million Units - IGN

Elden Ring has sold over 20 million copies since launch, Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have announced.

www.ign.com

One Year Later, ‘Elden Ring’ Announces 20 Million Copies Sold

We are just days away from the first anniversary of Elden Ring, but ahead of that milestone, Bandai Namco has come out to announce that the game has sold 20 million copies in its first year of release.

www.forbes.com

Isn't this old news?

https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-sells-20-million-units

It did this back in February. What new about this?

Edit: beaten.

Took that long?

No, it was announced in February. Not sure why this is popping up now.

 

[DavidGzz]

I knew I wasn't crazy. 20 mil sales is old news. Anyway, The Convergence mod is out so I've been playing it again lately. It will help tide me over til D4.

 

[GHG]

Add an easy mode and we'll make it 20 million and one.

Wait, there's more:

The negative intentions/contributions to this medium from you guys never cease to amaze me.

 

[Fredrik]

Actually.. if you spec around Comet Azur, this game is basically butter. Couple that with mimic tear and you're the Elden Ring now!

Takes awhile to get comet azur and 60 intelligence is a mountain to climb if you start off thinking it’s too difficult.

Magic builds in general makes the game easier though, glintstone pebble + rock sling and meteorite staff is a nice early game combo. Rock sling actually stayed til the end for me.

 

[adamsapple]

The negative intentions/contributions to this medium from you guys never cease to amaze me.

Ok boomer

 

[GHG]

Ok boomer

Imagine not playing elden ring because you can't be bothered to spend a bit of time learning the mechanics of the game due to thinking you need to mindlessly rush through hundreds of games a year on easy mode like a junkie.

One of the best games the medium has ever had to offer and you won't play it for that reason? Sad.

 

[adamsapple]

Imagine not playing elden ring because you can't be bothered to spend a bit of time learning the mechanics of the game due to thinking you need to mindlessly rush through hundreds of games a year on easy mode like a junkie.

Imagine getting this bent over more options that don't effect your enjoyment of a product at all.

 

[GHG]

Imagine getting this bent over more options that don't effect your enjoyment of a product at all.

Nope, we've had this discussion hundreds of times before and the developers decided it wasn't worth their time catering to "gamers" like you who likely wouldn't appreciate it anyway. 20 million sales and hundreds of awards later prove that they really didn't need to waste their time in creating an arbitrary "easy mode".

So you're left with 2 options:

1. Be a rational hunan being, play the game and realise there are dozens of reasons why the game doesn't need and "easy mode".
2. Cry, and continue to cry about an "easy mode" you will never get

 

[adamsapple]

Be a rational hunan being, play the game and realise there are dozens of reasons why the game doesn't need and "easy mode".

From are missing out on even more millions of sales but it is their prerogative, just as asking for more options is mine.

 

[In Cold Blood]

While I'm not Into Souls games, I get that it's obviously a great game.
You would think that for a game to hit this level of sales, it would need to hit the mainstream. I could not see the mainstream playing this game for any real amount of time.

 

[Madflavor]

The variety of builds, weapons, spells, ashes, and approaches to how you progress through the game, is one of the best and most natural Difficulty Mode integrations I’ve seen in gaming. Once you figure things out, the game is as easy or hard as you make it. It’s part of why I think Elden Ring deserves its place in the mount Olympus of gaming.

 

[Ar¢tos]

I could see them add an "easy mode" setting in the character creation screen and all that would do would be lock the character class as a sorcerer, and maybe, add a few more starting items.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

but how many MAU?

 

[German Hops]

Wait, there's more:

The negative intentions/contributions to this medium from you guys never cease to amaze me.

 

[Fredrik]

Get a blasphemous blade build with the mimic tear, pretty much nothing can stop you.

That’s a mid game boss weapon, those who think the game is too hard are struggling far earlier, 25% who started the game on Steam actually never beat Margit.

My advice for anyone who think it’s too difficult is to focus on magic and glintstone pebble and intelligence. Do safe exploring and upgrade until you’re around level 20, with focus on intelligence and some points on vigor and mind. If grinding is preferred then the troll outside of third church of Marika is easy fast runes early on. As soon as possible, rush into Caelid to get meteorite staff and rock sling in the swamp ruin, don’t attempt to fight anything, just ride in and grab the stuff and leave.
Then, at level 20-25, try Margit. Don’t forget to spawn Rogier. And don’t give up.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

best game I never finished

 

[Knightime_X]

I wonder what the total completion rate is for consoles only since that's the only platform without cheats or mods to make the game easier.

 

[StereoVsn]

Takes awhile to get comet azur and 60 intelligence is a mountain to climb if you start off thinking it’s too difficult.

Magic builds in general makes the game easier though, glintstone pebble + rock sling and meteorite staff is a nice early game combo. Rock sling actually stayed til the end for me.

...Or you can use easy mode mod or/and cheats and still have fun.

Its just wasn't worth it for me to research particular builds for more then a bit here or there. I know, blasphemy.

 

[Spaceman292]

Add an easy mode and we'll make it 20 million and one.

They wouldn't have built up this fanbase if they had added easy modes

 

[Fredrik]

...Or you can use easy mode mod or/and cheats and still have fun.

Its just wasn't worth it for me to research particular builds for more then a bit here or there. I know, blasphemy.

I don’t judge, have fun

But I think most people here play on console, without cheat mods. And it has always annoyed me when looking at Youtube guides that people show off these insane late game builds and have a level 150 character and claim it’s the way to make the game easy-peasy. Even just reaching the mimic is a mountain to climb, most will use the starter wolves for a long time, the early game struggle is the real barrier for most people who want easy modes.

 

[StereoVsn]

I don’t judge, have fun

But I think most people here play on console, without cheat mods. And it has always annoyed me when looking at Youtube guides that people show off these insane late game builds and have a level 150 character and claim it’s the way to make the game easy-peasy. Even just reaching the mimic is a mountain to climb, most will use the starter wolves for a long time, the early game struggle is the real barrier for most people who want easy modes.

Oh yeah, that's a great point. These builds are great...100 hours into the game. But most folks would love to actually have fun for those 100 hours, lol.

 

[adamsapple]

Oh yeah, that's a great point. These builds are great...100 hours into the game. But most folks would love to actually have fun for those 100 hours, lol.

But I think most people here play on console, without cheat mods. And it has always annoyed me when looking at Youtube guides that people show off these insane late game builds and have a level 150 character and claim it’s the way to make the game easy-peasy. Even just reaching the mimic is a mountain to climb, most will use the starter wolves for a long time, the early game struggle is the real barrier for most people who want easy modes.

 

[Smokken]

The game isn't super hard, it's all about memorizing attack patterns for the most part. You can just grind to OP level anyway early on. What makes the game difficult is the horrible controls and camera system. It's like they deliberately made them clunky for added difficulty.
I don't think I've ever played a game with more frustrating controls than this. This has been an issue with all Souls games imo. Great game, but nowhere near the hype.

 

[Fredrik]

Oh yeah, that's a great point. These builds are great...100 hours into the game. But most folks would love to actually have fun for those 100 hours, lol.

Yeah it reminds me of old wow talk where it was said the game started at level 65. Not a fan of that thinking.

In ER I actually set out to just have fun, never thought I would ever reach the end since I haven’t finished a single Souls game. I think that made it less frustrating early on for me, I just enjoyed the world and explored what I could explore and levelled up that way and didn’t rush into any boss fights.

Eventually I reached Margit… That was something else. Nearly gave up right there. But I didn’t and afterwards everything became easier from all the mechanics I had learned during my struggles.

 

[Knightime_X]

Nope, we've had this discussion hundreds of times before and the developers decided it wasn't worth their time catering to "gamers" like you who likely wouldn't appreciate it anyway. 20 million sales and hundreds of awards later prove that they really didn't need to waste their time in creating an arbitrary "easy mode".

So you're left with 2 options:

1. Be a rational hunan being, play the game and realise there are dozens of reasons why the game doesn't need and "easy mode".
2. Cry, and continue to cry about an "easy mode" you will never get

How come every time the undefeatable option of choice is mentioned people instantly move the goal post?
Leave the devs scapegoat out of this.

 

[MHubert]

Whats you gonna do when easy mode is too hard for you?

 

[adamsapple]

Whats you gonna do when easy mode is too hard for you?

Ask for a Story difficulty mode just to spite GHG

 

[tomato shrub]

C’mon Elden Ring and TotK, you are ruining the “single player games are dead” narrative that the industry executives are running with to approve their latest, most likely to fail next GaaS projects.

Even worse... they are ruining the narrative that casuals are too stupid play games that don't show you the way with bright glowing icons every step and no NPCs that spoil the puzzles after two seconds.

Who could've thought that problem solving actually makes games appealing!