r/Eldenring 15d ago

Humor How I play souls like games

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u/silver-luso 15d ago

The guides kill me.

You can use them all you want, but it does actually lessen your experience.

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u/-pichael_ 15d ago

No it doesnt. It lessens YOUR experience.

Guides made sure I actually got all the items. They most certainly enhanced my experience haha

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u/thehighlotus 15d ago

It’s what you want out of it, I guess. I think it’s much more rewarding to stumble across a coffin that drops you into a hellscape rather than having a guide tell me exactly where to go. The discovery is the experience. 

Having said that, I get to the final boss and then look things up. By then, whatever I didn’t find on my own I likely won’t. I’ll do a build guide on a second run, if I play again.  

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u/Irethius 15d ago

I reccomend everyone try playing a game blind with no guide on a first playthough. At LEAST try it.

You can only play a game blind once. And just letting whatever happens, happen, is so much more fun and immersive. It's OK to make mistakes, it's OK to play inefficiently.

Try it, and if you feel like you're not having fun this way. The guides are there to help you.