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Huge souls fan so really excited for next Friday.
Apart from the early trailer, and scrolling past the odd image/headline here and there, I've purposely avoided watching any gameplay footage, reading about starting classes, avoided information from the stress test etc.
There's just something nostalgic about loading up the game for the first time with little idea of what's in store or what to expect. It reminds of being younger, reading the back of the game case or the game manual over and over until you could get home! You didn't have any pre-conceptions, it just felt really ... Personal?
Information and opinions are so widely shared and easily accessible these days that I find it sometimes impacts on the experience a little for me if I get too far down the rabbit hole. I start forming opinions on things that I may not have even cared about had I read nothing but the back of the case!
Maybe I'm just old, clinging on to the golden days ha!
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Yes I purposely did the same. Can’t beat that excitement and wonder of the unknown in a souls game. Much better not knowing what to expect.
ID: hxo2ooeID: hxonym1It honestly surprises me a little when some of the hardcore fans choose to just devour every piece of lore and info there is. I mean those games were always about exploration and about not knowing what is around a corner. To each their own but it seems like they might be ruining themselves the experience a little. Even the tiniest spoiler can lead to huge changes in how you play the game.
If for example, you recall some building from some video you will instantly know "oh there's a miniboss inside" and the surprise and sense of adventure are gone. I just wish for the sake of others they could stay away from everything and enjoy the game how it's meant to be enjoyed.
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Yes, I've been avoiding everything. Haven't watched any videos, even quit the Elden Ring subreddit a while back just to avoid seeing stuff.
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I have ignore basically everything since the announcement trailer! Can’t wait!
ID: hxp33aeI do this for basically all games, movies and TV shows these days. Maybe watch a trailer and do a little reading. I don't need to know any specifics.
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First playthrough is always completely blind in a Fromsoft game for me. After that, I'll open up the online resources (Future Press hardcovers back in the day) and work my way through all that I missed to get the Platinum.
ID: hxn140fI think once you've cracked the seal you reach a natural point where you feel divulging is acceptable lol! Miss me a good solid strat guide though. Would flick through those babies for hours!
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Yes, this is why I always get FS games day 1 (started with DS3) to avoid spoilers especially on Elden Ring since there's a heavy emphasis on exploration this time. Can't wait!
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I caved and watched a little gameplay from the beta. I became wise to the idea of spoiling anything and have been dark since. I doubt my collectors edition will arrive on release day anyways so I plan on enjoying Horizon until I get my updated delivery notification.
ID: hxoio8jHow is Horizon so far? Only read great things.
ID: hxoj5u2It’s everything I wanted it to be and more. Granted I haven’t had the chance to play nearly as much as I’d like to but so far it’s been wonderful. The graphics are incredible, I love the music and the motion captured animations during the cutscenes bring life to the characters. It’s like Guerilla wrote down a checklist of all the issues people had with the first game and addressed them. You can see and feel the love these people put into making it from every ripple of water to the beautifully animated foliage. It’s unreal.
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Haven’t even looked too closely at a screenshot, bro. I know dick all about it other than the name and release date.
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I'm going mostly blind as well. I wouldn't if I had been chosen for the network test, but since I didn't I decided to avoid everything that was shown since then, the only things I watched were the reveal trailer and the gameplay trailer from the Summer Game Fest, outside of some headlines and Twitter posts that spoiled some smaller things as well.
I think Bandai spoiled ER too much, almost every week I see news of gameplay videos and new trailers coming out, that coupled with the fact that many things were datamined from the Network Test and people who received early copies are spoiling stuff online makes me glad I haven't been keeping up with news about the game.
ID: hxn0rraI know right, I feel like I've scrolled past dozens of trailers for this game. Yeah I tried to avoid any info from the test, I've no idea how limited the experience was but I'm sure I saw a headline about people already cheesing a boss!
ID: hxnbkd9I luckily haven’t hit any major spoilers this far, but I don’t really think too much besides the area in the network test was all too bad when it has come to spoilers so far. I still don’t know all of the big bad guys surrounding the various areas so far, and I have no idea about the story, just the basics on gameplay and how mechanics will work.
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I am I going in blind too!
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Yes. I knew right away that I would get this game but thought I might wait 6-12 months for patches, tips, sale price, etc. But I think I will go ahead for the experience as you said - get through as much as I can and then look for that help online.
ID: hxoh3ugI think the price here in the the UK is very reasonable. You can get it for as little as £40! I'm assuming that's because it's not an exclusive?
ID: hxolcplYeah I have it pre-ordered from Curry's for £40 which is crazy. I'm still waiting to see returnal at that price before I buy it.
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I have only watched official trailers and review the starting classes. I am ready to f***
ID: hxne5d8Going in either wretch or prisoner
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Never played a souls game in my life and I am going in blind. Can't wait!
ID: hxniei9Me too man!
ID: hxnq9lqMe too! Hype!
ID: hxohsqbOh boy I'm jealous lol! Hope you have fun. My first encounter with a souls game was brutal! If the difficulty is comparable just be prepared to die at first .... A lot.
Part of the addiction is getting better, learning attack patterns etc. Man .. the satisfaction I felt after killing some of those bosses, never felt like it with any other game. Smough and Ornstein in DS1 took me literally days to defeat!
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I’m mostly going in blind since I did not get lucky with the network test, but I have been pretty up to date with the trailers and everything revealed so far. Once Wednesday hits when streamers get early access and the reviews start spilling out, I’m going completely dark on everything. So far not much has been made clear besides the limgrave area from the network test, and I plan on keeping it that way going into the game.
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I've seen some things about the first area and some trailers but it doesn't really matter to me, I'll replay Elden Ring several times, like the other games, and enjoy every playthrough. Knowing some things about it beforehand won't make me enjoy it less.
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I tried dark souls, didn’t like it. I tried bloodborne, liked it but didn’t finish it. Demon Souls remake oh my god if that isn’t one of the best games I’ve played in years.
I’ll be going into Elden Ring blind based on how much I loved the Demons Souls remake. (Also a huge fantasy fan so this looks like a brilliant mix).
I’m hoping it’s a bit more manageable than some of the other souls games but who am I kidding? It’s gonna be hard isn’t it.
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Someone will use this post to target all posters with Elden Ring spoilers.
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Nah I already know what is going to happen. We are going to see the "you died" screen. A lot.
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I'll be looking up the location of multiplayer items immediately but from there gonna raw dog it
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I can't I'll watch a few random pictures or videos, but I want no story spoilers. I played the Closed Network test, I've done lots of beta, gaming tests over the years, but the amount of content and size of it blew me away. I can't wait, only a week to go!
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Yes completely blind. I watched the first gameplay trailer nd that's it. I dont deep dive on games before they come out anymore. I like to experience it all for myself
ID: hxohvh0Yeah me too 🙂
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Enjoy! I wish I knew that little, I feel like I spoiled myself by watching footage from the network test. Kinda regret that but I'm sure I'll still LOVE the game if its anything like From's previous games.
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I'm doing this on hardmode, going in completely blind, but I will wait a couple of months until I get the game. I hope I stay spoiler free =)
ID: hxoi06pGood luck!
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I am. Other than the original teasers and trailers, I haven't seen anything (other than good reviews)
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I've looked at the story traile
reveal trailer, and I know of one of the early game bosses, and I've seen the starting classes, but I still consider myself to be going in blind because I've purposely only looked up stuff that will get me more hyped, as opposed to stuff that will change the way I approach the game. -
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I've seen a little about the classes but that is it. And watched one of those earlier trailers.
I always go in blind. As much as possible. Which means ignoring 95% of anything related to this game on the internet and being quite selective on other things
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I’m not 100% blind but I’ve made sure to watch no play through videos. I watched so many play throughs of Dark Souls 2 that I can navigate and play through to the first real boss without dying. I never want that again so I’d say I’m mostly blind on Elden Ring.
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Yeah, I've watched the official videos and read a few interviews, but mostly ignored the network test stuff. Looking forward to dying over and over!
What do you think you'll do for your first playthrough?
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Yes
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Not fully blind as I have watched a couple trailers to scratch that itch.
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Not completely blind but the most blind I’ve ever been since I randomly picked up OG demons souls
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Count me in! 🙂
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I’ve literally never been so hype for a game. This may be THE Game we hold as the new standard of excellence
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I’m goin blind as well,because I’ve never played a fromsoftware game lol
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Blind and naked ( wretch)
引用元:https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments/swmr3o/will_anyone_else_be_going_into_elden_ring/
I have for the most part but for whatever reason wasn’t super excited about this one so I decided to watch a random preview recently that showed a lot of gameplay and talked about some of the details and now I’m extremely hyped. After that preview vid iv gone back to not watching anything.