Margit is an amazing boss. Taking him down is such a confidence booster for the next several hours. The best definition of a door boss.

Wow such an underrated video made by an even more underrated creator truly the greatest retrospective 10/10

Man, I love these multi-hour long deep dives on FromSoft games. Your added humor made the whole video a joy to watch. I cant tell you how many times I burst out laughing. Very well done 😀

Finally a short and to the point video on the game

If you skip Stormveil Castle, and Margit, by taking the alternate path to Liurnia, then defeat Morgott, you'll be rewarded with an extra talisman slot. Not something most players will do on their first playthrough, but it's a good option for the second.

Man I can’t believe this video doesn’t have more views, this is probably the best review/critique video about any game I’ve seen on KZfaq.

Idk why this video doesn't have more likes. This is so well put together. You truly are phenomenal.

This video is HELLA crispy. Instant like. Also, you’re not dogshit for using summons. Use whatever tools the game makes available to you is what I say.

20:00 You don’t have to fight the copy. You can run past him. Also this is because Margot wants the capital to himself, so he attacks when your the weakest via the Margot alias, attacks you trying to prevent your entrance to Lyndel then attacks you at the end. Margot of which has a different move set, different phase, etc etc.

I’m sure you’ve learned by now, but you can buy a lantern early in the game that you attach to your hip pouch that you can use to light dark areas that frees up both hands. You can use the sentry torch and equip it to your back after activating it and fight the black knife assassins that are typically “invisible” otherwise. Can also get the jump on them using the Black Knife Armor Set found in the same area. Also for the invisible pathway puzzles, use glow stones or rainbow stones to drop before you to find the path. Cheers! Great video! I subbed. Can’t wait for the DLC!

I know it’s not graphically the best game but god damn I think Elden Ring is one of the most beautiful games ever made. The art design is completely next level

One of the best 3 hour videos i watched ngl, I'm actually playing through elden ring for the first time too.

Excellent presentation. Seriously entertaining. I disagree with almost everything you complained about though. Would you say maybe you're impatient or not detail oriented? A lot of these things, especially bosses and terrain, don't need to be cheesed, you just need to know all your options and pick your moments. Even the things you said you needed to Google, I kind of get it, but I also think you jumped the gun a fair bit. I guarantee all the little inconveniences are part of the intentional design because they know you have everything you need to overcome them if you put in the effort.

39:49, that's not the run back, you didn't open the short cut to the left out of the debate parlor which takes you to the elevator below the boss room.

This review was a highly enjoyable experience which I finished over a few sessions while cooking dinner and having a beer. Top stuff man, really enjoy your perspective and banter🍻

holy moly!! you weren't kidding when you said you were working on something big! 3h video is wild!! I'll have to grab my bucket of popcorn and get to watching!!

I never comment on videos. Im so surprised you only have 1.7k subs this video is so well done, also hope u didnt stop making videos, you’ll be a big youtuber one day

I WATCHED THE WHOLE VEDIO BRUHH GREAT CONTENT MY DUDE I STILL HAVENT DEFEATED MELENIA THOUGH I HAVE DIED OVER 200+ TIMES

I am obsessed with this game. I've played it so many times and just like Hollow Knight, I love the exploration and sense or wonder. The world building intrigues me and makes me want to learn as much as I can from videos like this. Great vid!

Great job on this video, man. Superb work!

Great video man. Really high quality and fun listen/watch over the last few days. Definitely need more views on this.

An outstanding video essay. You’re authentic and unpretentious and I really rate that, especially in terms of Fromsoft content. Subbed. You deserve to grow. Go forth and prosper mate 👏

Fantastic retrospective.

Elden Ring will forever be my favorite game of all time, it literally changed my views & expectations on games, I’m itching so much to see the DLC.

01:38:00 Margit and the clone outside capital outskirts are shadow clones of Morgott. He's using projections of himself to scare you away

Will watch this in stages, what a great showing of passion for this game. Can’t wait to continue watching.

You a cool dude, subscribed, loved the way you presented the game! :D

Really enjoyed the video :)

Fantastic video! I've watched it three times now (although I've skipped bits because I haven't finished the game yet). I love this format and I hope you use it again. Also, your personality makes it a really fun watch. Subscribed!

Such a good video! I actually laughed at alot of the things you said

Great video. Was not expecting to end up watching the entire thing, but I did.

King Morgott never left the capital in my eyes, makes sense to me, since we see one guy transform in front of us outside the capitol, both times you fight him it's someone else not Morgott, after I watched so many people play Elden Ring on KZfaq, I started to notice the very first time you see him (Margit) there's a gold sparkle when the camera goes to look up at him so I believe that's another cronie posing as Morgott, heck couldn't even say his name right lol

great video really enjoyed that

Really well made video!!! Great job!!!

Great video and and personality :)

Great video, my dude. I sat here for 3 hours straight doing my 2nd play through, listening to your thoughts and opinions on one of my favourite games of all time. I hope you can cover the DLC in the future 👍🏼

great vid dude, super underrated

The Elemer of the briar is cool boss where you can heal if you not healing in front of his neutral position and I like him

Great video man :)

Switches from PS5 to phone just to tell you: Ye Dawgshit😂🤘

I played a flame profit on my first playthrough and killed Maliketh so fast that I didn't even see what his moves were... On my second playthrough I used a Reduvia bleed build and got my ass kicked for like half an hour. Everyone is going to have a different experience with this game.

Check on for the the torrent elden beast update. Fights gonna be waaaaay better

2:07:36 actually, the Mogh in the sewers is a projection put there by the real Mogh (similar to what Morgott does with Margit) to prevent anyone to get to the frenzied flame because it would not allow Mogh to stablish the Moghwin dynasty

you’re so funny dude love the way you explained the game i’m on my first play through of the game it’s so good

Hi! Great video! I just wanted to tell you that I'm a "completionist" player, I'm also a Souls fan, I've played all of the souls games (also Sekiro and Bloodborne), and some of the "I googled it" that you said were found by me by chance, because I always do my first run as a blind run. For instance, I got to all the areas in the game, including the Haelig Tree, so I found the medalions, I knew reading it the it opened a secret passage or something like that and I was like 5 minutes trying again and again the medallion until I noticed that I could change the option for the elevator with triangle hehe. I agree with you on the NPC quest's, in fact he only quest I finished was the Jar one, but giving that I was a mage I explored very well Caria and I almost finished the Rani quest, even if it wasn't the final I chose.

I'm late to the party, but extremely well made and entertaining video!

Silly to argue that you MUST use Google to play and/or complete the game. Exploration and discovery are a huge part of why this game is great. NG+ runs are there for a reason -- so you can go through the lands and quests again and find things you may have missed thus far. If 100% completion or getting the Platinum is your goal and the only thing that makes the experience worthwhile for you, that's your problem, not an issue with the game.

Astel is probably my favorite boss in the game. Not the hardest boss, but the cosmic Lovecraftian design and the spectacle of the fight is phenomenal.

I’m sure someone pointed it out, but you missed the shortcut back to Renalla. That’s brutal lol

You gotta play Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne! Good Video, love to see the perspective of a new player 👍

You deserve wayyyy more subs

I finished Ranni's quest no googling except I didn't get the ending because chaos took the world

underrated video ngl

I’ve been sitting on my copy of Elden Ring for a while now. Never played any Souls game. Gonna give it a shot after FFVIIReBirth. Great video!!😊

I found myself in Caelid after activation of teleport trap. It was a shock for me for my character was weak and slow as a snail.

I love this game… but wow it scares the cr@p out of me at times. And as soon as I start to feel confident something comes along to shatter this 😆 + great video but I only watched to capital as that’s where I’m at. I’m finding it really tough to navigate ‼️ but will soldier on

The hands got hands & will put you to sleep 😂

45:35 LMAOOO nah this is so real im on NG+8 and still can’t figure that mf out

"I'm a pussy" Bro Marget owns me. I had to use a summon too. "LOWLEY TARNISHED, THOU'ART UNFIT EVEN TO GRAFTTTT"

I did a magic run my first time and so many things that gave you trouble were so much easier with ranged magic. That’s what’s amazing about this game. If you’re not having fun try a different play style.

There's nothing wrong about Rogier killing Margit instead of you. Hell I even summoned Jellyfish also. It's a part of Jolly Cooperation. That's what these games are all about, achive victories together 🔥💯

I liked Elemer of the briar lore and weapons and armor but hated the boss fight😂

36:18 "flin flin flin" 45:50 "WOOoo" 46:07 "lrlrlrlrlr" 47:32 "uuh" 48:59 "heee" 1:14:30 "lrlrlrlrlr" 1:18:34 "urlurlur" 1:21:30 "eueueueh" 1:49:12 "skueueueu pft" 2:14:08 "brlrlrlrlrl" 2:55:48 XD

If my memory is correct, I believe Miyazaki stated a Malenia-type boss will be in the DLC.

Many thing about exploration is actually told you by Giedeon at the roundhouse table.

Man if you think these boss runbacks are bad, you shoukd play DS1, DS2, or BB 😆

Samwell how you moved from GoT to IRL?

There is a bridge right outside the Renalla tower that you can unlock once you go through the normal path once and it cuts the runback into less than a minute; you make a few fair points in the video but unnecessary boss runbacks aren't one. I know it's your first FromSoft game, but trust me, it's insane how much better the runbacks are compared to the Souls series

"everything Elden Ring has to offer" well he can't cover ever- 3:07:29 😳 good job man, I'm sure the video will be great not sure if I should play the game first tho

3 motherfucking hours??? I'll make some popcorn, hold up

What does he mean by Godric is optional?

Using ashes and summons for bosses is okay. Don't let those elitists tell you otherwise. They are tools the game gives you, so use them if you need to. It's like, someone called it cheesing when I explained I was getting the invisibility spell from Dusk to help me with the Anor Londo archers. No. It's using a tool from the game to make an unecessarily frustrating part less frustrating. Maybe a little cheesy, but not pure cheese. Those archers aren't worth spending too many of my nerves on.

28:05 You know... i just climb the ladder and jump down on em. That way she cant teleport away.

Elden ring retrospective: "It's annoying" Agreed. I didn't find the good in it like you though, even after 150 hours. Still wish for a return to ds1 and DeS style less focused on annoying movesets and more on creating interesting design and mechanics. Playing DS1 blind in 2012 was special because it was unique to me. I hope they rediscover their courage in designing their next game. Tbh I prefer the fromsoft games not made by Miyasaki now. This video was excellent though, really enjoyed your takes and format. Cheers

00:36:07 lmaooooooooo xD

Mount jelmeer

What a great video! One thing I noticed is that you think there is NO way anyone could ever figure out the quests or lore. I have to really disagree with you on this one. The pot in the village of albinaurics? Well the fingermaiden on the bridge in liurnia tells you about exactly that. Stonesword graves? Tell you about the lore of the place. Dectus medallion? A fingermaiden tells you about the whereabouts. Rannis quest? You hear the howling and see the guy at the top. Now, Kalé was the guy you go to in the first area basically always. Why? Because you are led to fort Height in first place. How? Because grace guides you to the gate where the troll is. He is too strong so you go the other way, which is directly through mistwoods. Then you good to the bloodhound prision with Blaidd, and he tells you to go to liurnia to find Iji. He tell you NOT to go to the manor that directly lies ahead. Which of cause you do. So you find Ranni. If you follow the quests, theres ALWAYS someone telling you where to go and what to do. After playing the game as intended, i realized EVERYTHING is easy to figure out if you just talk to poeple and read stuff, going the inteded way. Now, most poeple wont go the intended way obviously, so that doesnt always end up happening but it is there. If you go up the way from the ruin strewn precipice, you will DIRECTLY see Milicent. I havent found her the first time because I went with the lift. Does it mean she is hard to find? No, it means that I just didnt went the way she was meant to be found. FromSoftware is very special in the regard so I didnt realize it the first time because I never played the souls games. But it IS there. You basically have to learn how to play their games. I will play the DLC VERY differently then I did the main game at first because there are huge differences

correction margit is a cake walk for a souls vet

Did he just say Mount jell-meer

Ok, so I am gonna watch it little by little an update this comment each time I want to add something to say, cause I really wanted to talk in detail about the game. -1:46: The tutorial is completely stupid, is like ACTIVELY designed for you to miss it as a new player, like, where are you going? The glowing tree and door that are clearly visible or down a hole in the ground? -3:52: The tree sentinel is not really hard, with a couple of tries you can kill it without any issue just with a stick and no clothes; but is also kinda stupid that they placed a grafted scyon to kill you in the initial are, and THEN a new boss meant to kill you as the next enemy you see normally; like why 2 in a row? -4:22: You are meant to find Ranni? Like really? In my first run it took me like 10 hours to find Ranni for the first time, cause I had literally no reason to get back to that chuch, and you can miss the spirit's ashes mechanic entirely, kinda dumb -6:31: That's not just a little deep, like you went almost ti the deepest corner of Caelid... why wouldn't you turn back after seeing the sky turning fucking red? -7:37 : Did you actually went to the weeping peninsula first? Like before the lake or castle, or any evergoal? I completely missed that zone until like 30 hours cause I though it was a entirely new zone I wasn't supposed to go yet, just like the others and not an extension of Limgrave -10:22: Not aggreing, like Margit at lvl 30 or so is already supereasy, you can tank everything and still win, and at the same time that it is a good thing that you can come back later if you want to make it easier It is also terrible thing that you can come to places already leveled and make e erything easy for you when you actually want a challenge. You barely ever un the sweet spot if exactly an enjoysvle challenge, and that's awfull -10:50: Proceeds to show probably the 2 easiest attacks from the boss, instead of the long combo that always roll catches you or the ultraquick double slash that always hit you if you are not possitioned well when trying to punish him -25:18: If you have that opinion of tbe boss fight of "they are awesome" just cause they look and feel cool, you truly just scratched the surfarce of the issue, like for a new comer, getting traded or summoning to bear bosses may seem like nothing out of the blue, but for a seasoned veteran is blasphemy, like you don't have to just defeat the boss to barely get pass it, no, no, you HAVE to dominate the fight, learn it, mark tje pace of the battle, not "withstand the storm"; YOU are the storm. Like in elden ring the bosses have some many cheeky, cheap punishing and bullshit attacks thay for a new player may seen just more of the same but for someone with moderate experience is like a massive red flag, like not being able to consistently evade any form of damage, is a sing of weakness in our book, ut doesn't feel good or rewarding when you have to trade the boss or just enter defensive mode cause they are doing some bullshit. Then there will be the opposite side telling you that the desing is actually genious cause some god gamer beated it at rune level 1 with punches, no hit, under 3 hours, playing with a guitar hero controller; that people, that people is not the target player, nor should you look at them to meassure is something is good, cause if they are the meassure of what's good balance you literally could not play ANY games cause you reaction time is just that of a normal human being. The bosses are bullshit, and not only from repetition, which also, yes, they are repeated as fuck, they could literally remove bosses without adding anything in their place and the game would be better, cause it would feel less repetitive; but cause their desing is difficulty for the shake of it and trying to punish the player for playing in the obvious and fun way -27:40: It is more part of Ranni's quest, but they are interteinef, so you are not wrong, just that it is Ranni's towers so... -28:56 : The lobsters are not that bad, is fine to have some enemies that are specially dangerous at great distances -33:10 : Ranni's quest is not that hard to figure out, only a few parts are easy to miss. Step 1: Kill Radahn, which you would want to do anyways. Step 2: After killing Radahn, the cinematic would compel you to see if something has change in the map; which is not that hard to find, it is not easy either, but like eventually you will find it. Step 3: Complete the dungeon completely, if you explore well enough, you will find everything and likely go check on Ranni's if you hadn't already or you will find her later. Step 4: Kinda conculuted, you have to figure out that you have to talk to her several times and then she will go missing and you have to figure out that a new tower is open with a portal. You would likely go to the sacred tower since you got the clock, find the stuff there, try to get back to talk to her, find her missing and see if their fellas have anything to tell; you would likely find the tower open if you do that. Step 5: Loot Ranni's doll and talk to her,hard to miss, once you have entered the portal. Step 6: Continue the dungeon normally. Step 7: Defeat Asteel. Step 8: wonder why the door after the boss doesn't open. Step 9 (This is the hard one for me :P): Realize Ranni gave you a key not to long ago in the path to Asteel, after defeating the shadow. Step 10: Read the description of the key to figure out what to do Next. Step 11: Loot the chest at Raya Lucaria, get the ring and proceed through Asteel's door. Step 12: Explore the new area and eventually find the end of Ranni's quest. That's it. Is not THAT misseable; like I missed the ring part for like 30 hours, that's literally the only thing I checked online, but I could have figure it out, if I just cared enough to check the key's description once she gave it to me. So I can believe someone did that route without a guide. -38:54 : You are totally right, it makes no sense that there is not a respawn point just outside the boss room, like Marika's efigies are literally meant to do that, I don't know why is not one there. If you say it is for lore reasons, that's literally stupid, cause for lore reasons I doubt a site of grace would just spawn after killing the red wolf -45:15 : By the point you are here, this guy should be easy; like the moveset is kinda hard, but you can find him in Limgrave and in Liurnia as the bell beating hunter, and he is considerably harder there for me, cause you don't really have a build yet. If you have find it before and beat it, now is the chance to take revenge and bully him, not a challenge -48:08 : Malenia didn't win, like she fought in the name of Miquella, as Miquella's Blade. As Miquella's Blade she could not beat Radahn, so she HAD TO resort to the rot, a curse for her, something she despises, the entire Caelid is proof that Malenia did not win as Miquella's champion, but as a herald to the scarlet rot, something she fought her entire life, which is the greatest shame for her, they both lost that fight and Radahn is not even killed, so Malenia failed her quest. Malenia later, is completely crazed and defeated knowing Miquella is missing and that the last thing she did was fail. Fail to kill Radahn, fail to contain the rot, fail to protect her brother. When you find her later, she has lost any will to live, and is just there, grieving for her mistakes. She goes on and fight you, in a desperate attemp to clean her name. When she says "I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella, and I have never known defeat", she is trying to convince HERSELF of it; an important point I think many people missed.

I feel real pain of not being able to play, but after 10 campaigns it is the healthiest thing to do, wait for the DLC

Gl great review ps you played bloodborne

I really did platinum without google tho 😂

3 hours really? jesus christ even miyazaki didnt put this much thought into the game.

Aw dude, nobody beat grafted scion right out the gate. Even souls vets.

Way better than shaati shitya

Even though I can't completely say you're wrong. As someone who this is also their first Souls game, I'm on a new game plus and considering a third with the coming DLC. With the repeat, duo/trio bosses, and 'difficulty spikes', most people are kinda making a mountain out of an anthill. Not only does the game give you the tools you need, but most of them are optional. Top shelf video though

Loved the video, however everytime you say "you have to google it" 9/10 times there's an in game coment left by the community to help each other which is something incredibly beautiful in these games, for example hidden paths or invisible paths always have a comment and you feel like everyone is helping each other without actually playing on multiplayer. Now if you want to play without comments to not get spoiled then that's on you heh anyone can play the way they like the most :3

not quite so ultimate since the dlc isn't out yet ....

no im fucking good

I don't understand the hate for the dogs in these games? Yeah, they suck but they're not hard.... the fucking rats on the other hand?

You don't have to Google a lot of stuff he's telling. All you need is to actually read the description of items.... Oh look, I got a new wondrous physic, what does it do? Oh I see, it cures mohgs curse... Daaaa

While ER is a great game. I think it’s a bit overrated. It felt to me like the AC Valhalla of from software games. And after the first say 30 hrs (about the length of most From Soft games) it starts feeling a bit like a Ubisoft game at this point. most bosses are really re used from previous games (yes, the few new ones are awesome). And it was way too big and way too long for my personal taste. I prefer a shorter game with quality over quantity. ER is one of the best examples of quantity over quality. After 50-60hrs, I was getting very fatigued of going through a very hard dungeon just to fight a boss I have killed before, but there’s just two of them…

40 min into the video. Let me see, so far: Repetitive bosses Convoluted and missable quest lines Annoying enemies Goofy looking enemies Annoying areas Frustrating fights when multiple bosses Annoying run back to bosses... If I hadnt played the game, and only watched this video I'd said it's trash and wouldn't recommended it, lol. I personally think it's a masterpiece. From games are set in world that put you in your place: you can die in any moment, no matter how strong you think you are. They changed the way in multiple bosses fight to make it unpredictable, but hey you can f*king put them to sleep (Miyazaki actually promotes cheesing, that bastard genius). Run backs are annoying if you don't learn or get the short cut. Some enemies (spammers) are annoying but hey it's like f*king PvP (spam, roll, spam, roll)... Anyways, welcome to From/souls games. Now, I gonna watch the rest of the video. Cheers.

Now play bloodborne

Skill issues abound.....

I'm gay and even I liked this game. It was alright.

The game is barely over 1 year old..."retrospective" The Elden Ring mainstream appeal and it's consequences have been disaster for the Souls community

before judging FromSoft Games, u should get gud.

One thing is self-deprecating humor, another is repetitiveness. 14mins in and I'm already growing weary of how often you're joking about how much you suck. Hoping it eases off