Just played for a little over an hour… this sh** isn’t the “size of Limgrave” like Miyazaki said… this map is HUGE. The opening area alone is almost half the size of Fallout 4’s open world.
It's not that big if you purely count the horizontal scale. If you count the density and quality of the map it's pretty huge. Then if you count the vertical scale It's insane. I feel like I'll never be able to find everything
gamers are so obsessed w quantity over quality. i liked the more polished linear maps of earlier games than the giant algorithmically generated spaces in elden ring.
@@verygoodfreelancer agree, but they're appealing to different things. Riding through Elden Ring is more "beautiful" than anything really in the more linear games, like DS3 or Sekiro (even though the Gael arena and Divine Dragon arena etc are pretty jaw dropping). But ultimately it's just a nice plain, with a few enemies, maybe a dragon, maybe a roaming caravan of enemies, maybe an NPC or two. The legacy dungeons were pretty good. But its design is pretty lacklustre compared to something like DS1. ER appeals to more people, because gamers are now used to "open worlds" and easy mode levelling. But you're right in that ultimately, the other Fromsoft souls games are of a higher quality overall, because of how intricate and well crafted they are and feel.
@@mohammadjavadyeganeh5292 I think they just spawn at random as long as it's night time, because they are different from the normal Larval Tears yet do the same thing
@manguything6301 theoretically maybe? Idk how many it spawns but I'm maybe 10 hours in (only in the first and second major areas) and I've already found 5 brand new ones
I’m having a fantastic time with this DLC so far. The first area has tons of different optional areas to explore on top of being aesthetically gorgeous and the first boss humbled me very hard. It took me 50 attempts to kill the first boss and I felt a surge of adrenaline when I pulled it off. It was like I was fighting Margit for the first time all over again.
Dude I think I way overleveled or something. I went straight to the first boss and crushed him in one try. I was proud of myself but a little disappointed. Maybe it's because I'm in new game plus?
@@tuckervanleer8459 NG+ scaling has never been properly balanced in Elden Ring so that probably had something to do with it. You’ll probably steam roll the first half of the DLC and then get absolutely destroyed by the later bosses once the damage scaling actually catches up to your level
@jameslough6329 damn dude, I didn't have enough time this week to start a new character because of work. So I used my original character in new game plus and killed radahn and mohg for the dlc. Some of the ads are really tough but the boss wasn't an issue
I'm ng+6 level 300. I had to summon two friends, all 3 of us in full bullgoat with maxed poise and giant crushers and we still barely beat him, one of my friends died and me and the other had no health or flasks left when he finally went down
I can't play until July 4th. I'm finishing up my final class in Uni, so Shadow of the Erdtree is going to be a graduation present from FromSoft to me. Hella excited, gonna be starting from a new build and playing the entire game + DLC with all my newfound free time from graduating!
I had it in the mailbox last Friday. If I am not going straight to sleep, I will be able to start on Wednesday. I am so happy and grateful to see art and gaming still being honored by one stubborn and proud developer.
Wouldn't say better. It's literally just expanded upon. You only think it's better because you played the base game to hell already, as you will the dlc.
@@VykeKing I would say better. The weapons have more distinct and insane movesets, the land is even more dense and winding, the vistas are constantly breathtaking, the enemy design is more complex, the boss complexity is ramped up, the armour sets are way more drippy…. I’m sure it’s partially that I’ve played the ever loving hell out of the base game but no I do genuinely think that this is the best of Elden Ring
You guys can't look at an expansion and say it's better than the base game when the content is cut in half, if not more, than the base game. Yes, there are cool weapons that seem better than anything the base game has, but that's purely subjective. Yes, there are more interesting enemies, and yes, there seems to be cooler armor sets, ashes of war, incantations, and sorceries.. But nothing changes the fact that it's just extra content. If the base game was an expansion itself called "The lands in Between" and they released "Shadow of the Erdtree" right after, then everyone would have bitched and complained that Shadow of the Erdtree wasn't as big with less content.
I refuse to let people who play video games/stream all day tell me I’m trash and just need to “git gud.” I got HUMBLED by a certain snake like boss and resorted to using a bleed build I had never done before with my mimic tear and it was exhilarating idc.
Little Tip: you can find larval tears in the dlc at night surrounded by bright glowing ghost coffins in a little ring, it’ll be pretty obvious when you see it
Glad folks are enjoying the DLC, I like following the news on it. Unfortunately for me, Elden Ring was just too difficult a game for me to get through. I live vicariously through the RUclips videos of others. 😊
That's a shame, I feel like if you followed a guide you'd probably have a blast. Mimic tear really makes this game alot more chill. Maybe not the dlc lol
I think if you use summons and look up strong builds etc the vast majority of people should be ok. Maybe give it another try if you werent already using that stuff
banger man… i only defeated 2 bosses and they more epic than all of ER vanilla bosses. and if rellana have almost melania level of difficulty im so excited to see what is next… man what a time to be alive
Rellana is officially my favorite ER boss now. Holy shit it was intense with that amazing OST, it took me 4hrs on NG+ her weapon is so fucking good aswell
Been loving it so far. My main complaint is that I wish there were a few more rewards for exploring meticulously (hidden secrets, etc.) and that so many of the rewards weren't just smithing stones lol. Otherwise it's phenomenal, all the new weapons are so cool. I just switched to dual wielding the Perfume Bottles and it's hilarious lol
Great video, as always. Appreciate you not showing too much of the DLC's content. I just started a fresh playthrough of Elden Ring on Tuesday, doing a Wretch, DEX-based Fist Weapon build. I've since put 39 hours into it and I am having so, so much fun. I even started streaming/recording it at a friend's suggestion, just so I can chronicle the hype moments (I've unfortunately missed that chance with some of the earlier fights. Like one boss fight against these two Crystalians where I came into it with 25% health and no flasks, and I switched to the Red Assassin's Dagger and healed myself back to full with critical hits. I know the crystalians are wimps, but I was really proud of that. Lol)
This dlc has been a very unfun experience, the couple bosses ive been able to beat havent even felt satisfying to beat, because of how long it takes to learn, and how perfect you have to be. Even with 8 blessings, i still stand zero chance against 90% if the enemies. I get its supposed to be hard, but its so hard its unplayable, grinded for 2 hours getting blessings for no difference.
Depends which bosses you mean. If Lion and Rellana then yes, they are bad bosses to introduce the DLC (although I do like Rellana). Keep going and find and many Scadu Fragments as you can, Putrescent Knight, Scadutree Avatar and Metyr are quality bosses that feel way more like classic Dark Souls 3/Bloodborne fights. I almost quit this DLC too, but perseverance is key. It’s way better than the base game.
They should've built a system for saving builds you can revert back with this DLC. I just can't be bothered to respec to try one of the many new weapons, to then not want it.
This dlc honestly feels like it its the size of the full surface map of the lands between maybe minus some dungeons. The content is very plentiful. And they never fail at blowing me away with new bosses and equipment, because the world is just one aspect of the hard work they put into this dlc. I'm so shocked that i have so much left to do after like 24 hours of playtime. And the biggest difference is just how much this map brings me back to that feeling of playing Darksouls 1 with the amount of twists and turns it has. They absolutely outdid themselves and i'm really excited for lore dives. I feel like there's no way people will stick to old weapons btw! Just seeing rellana's swords i could tell they went all out.
I'm absolutely loving the DLC so far but a few of the bosses aren't designed that well, they shouldn't have an insane combo and then have 0 attack windows Mesmer and a lot of the story bosses feel balanced and have those openings but some like Putrescent knight does a malenia combo and then has 0 attack window even if you are on his face Also the performance on PS5 isn't too great I don't mind the pop in but losing frames in the lightning phase of the dancer and a few others needs to be fixed ASAP
If you are running out of larval tears, go to Nokstella underground city and go up the stairs to fight the giant metal balls that roll. Every time you defeat them, they give a larval tear guaranteed. Farming won't take long
@@MrAnimescrazy unfortunately I'm dealing with just a steam deck, but there's more than enough good games that run really well on it to keep me extremely busy. I know a steam deck isn't a proper PC but the portability works well with my schedule, and I often hook it up to a large monitor and connect a PS5 controller. This was just the best option for my low budget. I may be poor and busy, but I'll always find a way to game on.
@@zvacanti I'm only in the first 3 hours of the DLC, so I don't know if there is any area ahead that is much heavier. Though, in the base game, I also had no issues. One thing to consider is that I'm not using RT. Some people have reported having problems with it enabled. But considering how small the visual improvement is, it's worth disabling.
i'm on a gtx 1650 which should be below minimum specs but works ok, mostly 45-50 fps outside and 60 inside. that's exactly how the normal game worked for me on release 2 years ago so yea, i don't really see the performance issues either
I have locked 60 but I'm also using the DLSS mod so no online... A bit shameful they couldn't at last add that natively, should have come along with ray tracing.
Yes, I found one around the starting area, some of the graves had a weird greenish colouring. I was honestly expecting for some boss to pop up out of nowhere.
I think it took me… maybe 15 attempts at Margit? I was smiling ear to ear through every death. I’m kind of a dope, but I knew that even I could slowly learn his move set, and it was glorious.
I had a lot of issues with my i9 14900k CPU when I had just bought it. Issues with default motherboard settings that caused overheating. Had to look up how to fix that. Now my PC has stabilized and the DLC is running pretty good. I have seen frames dropping in the open areas but nothing too bad.
That Omen? You mean Mohg? Yes, you're going to need to brush up for the DLC. It's noticeably harder than the base game. It's doable, but after playing for a few hours today, it feels like trench warfare, fighting hard for every piece of the map. Even random basic soldiers can kill you in a few hits.
After playing this DLC it almost drives me crazy when people say oh it's more Elden ring it's familiar but it's so so so so so so so different at the same time they have made everything better the ruins are better the castles are better the open world is better the art design is better the weapons are better just exploring and going through the areas gives you one of those feelings of pure excitement it's the most fun I've probably ever had with the game to be honest especially when you're exploring and stuff it's just nothing like it there's no other game the even comes close 10 out of 10 easy
I started a new character in order to get into the DLC, made it all the way to Level 54 before my patience ran out and went in. While not undoable, it felt significantly challenging, and honestly it felt like i wasn't doing proper damage despite my weapons being +24 (or +9 sombers). Either i didn't gather enough scadutree fragments or your overall level plays a big role in your damage output.
@@danielrobinson9367 My point is, if you are level 180 and have all your points in vigor and mind, you will deal more damage than a level 80 with the same points distribution. I never considered the increase in power from the overall level to be that important compared to putting points into specific attributes that have a greater effect on damage output.
I am going to start the base game again from scratch. Because I never truly finished the base game before. But mostly I want to play something until the release of the next World of Warcraft expansion.
Ive only started the base game for the first time last week.12 hours in and really really enjoying the challenge of it. DLC looks amazing but ill be happy to wait until i deserve to play it 😂
I'm less concerned about Larval Tears (I think I collected every one available in the base game and only maybe used one once), but more concerned about weapon upgrade materials. As I recall, there was only something like 5 or 6 of those Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones or whatever was used to upgrade your weapons to the maximum, and I'm pretty sure I used every one available in the base game upgrading my favorite weapons. It'll really suck if there are none or only like 1 or 2 available in the DLC, considering the "100 new weapons" added.
That intel chip thing is an industry problem at the moment. Server providers have been having issues with 13th and 14th gen consistently failing and it’s supposedly a very complicated problem that might not be solvable with software updates.
I’m about 5 hours in and did the first 2 legacy dungeons. I already have switched my build slightly for the new weapons. They are all so fun. Only issue I have experienced on the ps5 is what you said. Some little pop in and frame rates sometimes stuttering. Especially in the first boss fight. I still absolutely love this expansion. I think it is not my favorite game of all time.
I'm going with no spoilers, god I can't wait. I had to wait until the beginning of next month to be able to. I Platinum'd elden ring and now I'm so excited for the dlc
So far im sticking with moonveil powerstanced with a cold uchi, with a few sorceries to boot. It plowed through most of the base game but 0 bosses found so far in the DLC, just exploring.
It's amazing but no reason to buy until you can get into it. I suck at souls games but I'm a vet that play at them all. They are my favorite. Elden Ring is my favorite game ever. Just go level up in another direction if you get stuck on any certain spot or enemies. Best advice I can give. Then come back and own whatever was given you problems.
10:00 Im so glad my dumbass spent about a week max leveling my first character for this exact reason lol, was nice to just swap on the fly for some fights, if you're curious if max level helped, it didnt... It actually made it harder LOL
That staircase 6:27 looks very familiar. The Moon academy one with the large boulder. Is it like the dark world/alternate world like in Link to the past or is that an example Of recycled assets?
The stuttering issues was bad at first, I ened up upgrading to windows 11 and capping the fps at 59 with R. Tuner. And set borderless window. It runs smooth now. I'm also running a low end budget pc R5 2600x paired with a 2060 super. 16gb 3000 ram. 1080p mixed settings with high and some medium.
*******Hey Luke not sure if you will see this, but I have a i9 14900k + rtx 4080 and I was running into performance issues in games, and it's because the 14900K pulls too much power due to motherboard manufacturers programming the higher end motherboards to overclock the CPU right out of the box. There is a planned system update by intel around July 15th that should fix it, but if you want to fix it yourself you can enter your BIOS and set your motherboard TDP to the stock recommended which is 253 watts. Usually in an ASUS motherboard BIOs that would be the Long Duration Package Power Limit and the Short Duration Package Power Limit. Set those both to 253. Hope this helps
If anyone is having problems on an intel chip with e-cores, you can turn them off in the BIOS. I did that for dragons dogma 2 and it improved performance by around 40%
I have a 4070ti and a very midrange Intel CPU and my performance is fine. Very odd. Might have to limit the available threads for the game? Great video Luke!
It's really, really simple. Certain types of people have made a job out of painting anything popular as sexist, racist or homophobic. "Ragebait" is an actual industry.
I’m currently playing Hogwarts Legacy and I think I’m at level 31, so probably pretty close to the end….That being said, I still have my Elden Ring save after beating it about a year or so ago….I finished the game by going back and beating Placidasax(which took me FOREVER) and Melania(I lost count 😂, but eventually beat her). This looks tempting, but playing Elden Ring was a Love/Hate relationship for me….Not sure I want to put myself through that again ie I’m looking at you Halig Tree….
Im sl 138 on ng+7. 60 vigor, pvp min maxed build. I ran into the blackgoal knight, and boi, than mans basic attacks flat one shot me. I was like “damn i might’ve made a mistake getting to ng+7 for the dlc”
I have max everything, level 713 and he can still kill me in 3-4 shots max. And this is at max level. Yes, I am terrible at the game, but you could see the same thing with the level 150 characters they used to test the DLC and it was the same thing, every hit just melting that health bar.
On PC I’ve had terrible stuttering. If you have adaptive sync on turn it off, that’s helped me. I also turned on performance mode in windows settings for elden ring.
I played it in pc last night and saw no stuttering at all. Could be that day one patch that helped but the issue I am seeing is really bad pop in when I respawn and the floor is blank and then populates with grass and stuff.
Thanks Luke - love your channel. I haven't played ER but I am looking at the hype and thinking about giving it a whirl with the new DLC. The thing is that I'm an older gamer (I'll be 50 in a couple of months) and as such I'm -okay- at games and enjoy playing a lot but not very good mechanically. I worry about the game being too hard for me to play.
I am so mad that there is still no ultrawide support. I invest in a great HDR monitor and one of my favourite games looks like garbage on it because of the black bars.
Appreciate you doing this spoiler free mate. Its so hard to navigate youtube rn with all the spoilers flying around. Elden Ring first playthrough is sacred and you honor that
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Just so you know your videos are the highlights of my days!
Luke what is the most amount attempts any of the bosses took you?
You could always ask miquella to compel us.
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Just played for a little over an hour… this sh** isn’t the “size of Limgrave” like Miyazaki said… this map is HUGE. The opening area alone is almost half the size of Fallout 4’s open world.
I think someone who had early access said he was being modest and it's closer to Limgrave and Caelid combined
@@veldarin and that’s not even taking the verticality into account
It's not that big if you purely count the horizontal scale.
If you count the density and quality of the map it's pretty huge.
Then if you count the vertical scale It's insane. I feel like I'll never be able to find everything
gamers are so obsessed w quantity over quality. i liked the more polished linear maps of earlier games than the giant algorithmically generated spaces in elden ring.
@@verygoodfreelancer agree, but they're appealing to different things. Riding through Elden Ring is more "beautiful" than anything really in the more linear games, like DS3 or Sekiro (even though the Gael arena and Divine Dragon arena etc are pretty jaw dropping). But ultimately it's just a nice plain, with a few enemies, maybe a dragon, maybe a roaming caravan of enemies, maybe an NPC or two. The legacy dungeons were pretty good. But its design is pretty lacklustre compared to something like DS1.
ER appeals to more people, because gamers are now used to "open worlds" and easy mode levelling. But you're right in that ultimately, the other Fromsoft souls games are of a higher quality overall, because of how intricate and well crafted they are and feel.
This aint no DLC it's a full blown expansion. Back in the day this shit would have come in a box.
I mean..... they always said it was an expansion.
Also, dlc is downloadable content soooo SotE is dlc.
DLC used to be big expansions like this. Nowadays it’s for some cosmetic bs that nobody cares about.
That just made me think of when I was a kid picking up the Diablo 2 expansion when I was a kid. Box and guide and all. 🤣
I mean an expansion is a DLC. you mean full blown game.
Should think so for the price to be fair
For Larval Tears, if you explore at night, you might come across a circle of blue graves that randomly spawn and give you a larval tear
Are those ponds respawn-able tho??
@@mohammadjavadyeganeh5292 I think they just spawn at random as long as it's night time, because they are different from the normal Larval Tears yet do the same thing
@@epsilon1275 does that mean infinite larval tears
@manguything6301 theoretically maybe? Idk how many it spawns but I'm maybe 10 hours in (only in the first and second major areas) and I've already found 5 brand new ones
Yeah, I found one.
Miyazaki didn’t mention it would be like 5 limgraves stacked on top each other lmao
He was probably being coy. Must have said it with a sly grin. Same size as lim grave yes...yessss.
Im pretty sure he also said the base game would only take 30 hours to beat
classic fromsoft. underpromise overdeliver
Limgrave has section so he kinda right
Shadow keep is like five fricking dungeons😂
I’m having a fantastic time with this DLC so far. The first area has tons of different optional areas to explore on top of being aesthetically gorgeous and the first boss humbled me very hard. It took me 50 attempts to kill the first boss and I felt a surge of adrenaline when I pulled it off. It was like I was fighting Margit for the first time all over again.
Dude I think I way overleveled or something. I went straight to the first boss and crushed him in one try. I was proud of myself but a little disappointed. Maybe it's because I'm in new game plus?
@@tuckervanleer8459 NG+ scaling has never been properly balanced in Elden Ring so that probably had something to do with it.
You’ll probably steam roll the first half of the DLC and then get absolutely destroyed by the later bosses once the damage scaling actually catches up to your level
@jameslough6329 damn dude, I didn't have enough time this week to start a new character because of work. So I used my original character in new game plus and killed radahn and mohg for the dlc. Some of the ads are really tough but the boss wasn't an issue
@@tuckervanleer8459What’s your SL?
With NG+ ?
I started with an NG+7 character and I think that was a mistake.
lmao
I feel you 😂
Same 😂 feeling precisely the same way.
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Yeah DLC is making me wish I just did what everyone else did and start a new save 😭 still a great experience tho.
I just started
The "spirit" boss with Guts crossbow was a brutal welcome back
2 shot king
Saw that damage and knew this was gonna be a doozy
Lol after 30 tries I finally got him. Ng+4 in this dlc is about to be a journey if he’s the standard😂
I'm ng+6 level 300. I had to summon two friends, all 3 of us in full bullgoat with maxed poise and giant crushers and we still barely beat him, one of my friends died and me and the other had no health or flasks left when he finally went down
@@Tmomo11 same with me lol, lvl 225 and had a rage moment there 😂
Few days into the DLC and a lot of people already forgot the Margit lesson and started whining about hard bosses.
Put over 200hrs of rage and anger into this game and loved every second of it
I saw grown men cry from FromSoft games, and it made them better than they were before.
Life is too short to be friends with quitters.
500+ and i still suck. however I learned a valuable lesson which is how to maintain my composure and stay collected.
Pretty much every 5 star review says this. I wonder when that will get old
I can't play until July 4th. I'm finishing up my final class in Uni, so Shadow of the Erdtree is going to be a graduation present from FromSoft to me. Hella excited, gonna be starting from a new build and playing the entire game + DLC with all my newfound free time from graduating!
I had it in the mailbox last Friday.
If I am not going straight to sleep, I will be able to start on Wednesday.
I am so happy and grateful to see art and gaming still being honored by one stubborn and proud developer.
They legit sold a sequel as a DLC and made it better than the base game. This is peak FromSoftware
Wouldn't say better. It's literally just expanded upon. You only think it's better because you played the base game to hell already, as you will the dlc.
@@VykeKing I would say better. The weapons have more distinct and insane movesets, the land is even more dense and winding, the vistas are constantly breathtaking, the enemy design is more complex, the boss complexity is ramped up, the armour sets are way more drippy…. I’m sure it’s partially that I’ve played the ever loving hell out of the base game but no I do genuinely think that this is the best of Elden Ring
@@VykeKingI disagree somewhat a lot of it is better
You guys can't look at an expansion and say it's better than the base game when the content is cut in half, if not more, than the base game. Yes, there are cool weapons that seem better than anything the base game has, but that's purely subjective. Yes, there are more interesting enemies, and yes, there seems to be cooler armor sets, ashes of war, incantations, and sorceries.. But nothing changes the fact that it's just extra content. If the base game was an expansion itself called "The lands in Between" and they released "Shadow of the Erdtree" right after, then everyone would have bitched and complained that Shadow of the Erdtree wasn't as big with less content.
Look at the base game as if it was it's own expansion and your guy's argument falls apart.
I refuse to let people who play video games/stream all day tell me I’m trash and just need to “git gud.” I got HUMBLED by a certain snake like boss and resorted to using a bleed build I had never done before with my mimic tear and it was exhilarating idc.
Little Tip: you can find larval tears in the dlc at night surrounded by bright glowing ghost coffins in a little ring, it’ll be pretty obvious when you see it
I kept getting sidetracked by different complex areas on my way to get a map. . . I LOVE THAT
Glad folks are enjoying the DLC, I like following the news on it. Unfortunately for me, Elden Ring was just too difficult a game for me to get through. I live vicariously through the RUclips videos of others. 😊
That's a shame, I feel like if you followed a guide you'd probably have a blast. Mimic tear really makes this game alot more chill. Maybe not the dlc lol
I appreciate the conclusiveness! Game recognize game. Nice job for not throwing shade at something just because it doesn’t click with you.
I think if you use summons and look up strong builds etc the vast majority of people should be ok. Maybe give it another try if you werent already using that stuff
A wise call, no point in malding over this thing.
Multiplayer..use Multiplayer for the bosses.. I beat all the main bosses in Multiplayer..
I’ve played past the second boss. I’m overwhelmed and I love it
rellana was a pain but man… the fight was as epic as malenia one if not more
Honestly speaking i am mad on the haters on many comments!! Complaining without playing about the bosses
Bosses are peak literally in the dlc
@@windows1543 I genuinely really hate the Golden Hippopotamus cause of the ridiculous hit boxes and get stuck in corners with nothing that you can do
@@NickJR528 lol even I don't really like the golden hippopatamus , I was actually referencing relanna and the final boss , people were hating badly on
@@windows1543 I found Rellana to be just a cheaper and lower budget version of Rennala from the main game
banger man… i only defeated 2 bosses and they more epic than all of ER vanilla bosses. and if rellana have almost melania level of difficulty im so excited to see what is next… man what a time to be alive
Rellana is officially my favorite ER boss now. Holy shit it was intense with that amazing OST, it took me 4hrs on NG+
her weapon is so fucking good aswell
I don't like the fact that experimenting with weapons is near impossible.
Been loving it so far. My main complaint is that I wish there were a few more rewards for exploring meticulously (hidden secrets, etc.) and that so many of the rewards weren't just smithing stones lol.
Otherwise it's phenomenal, all the new weapons are so cool. I just switched to dual wielding the Perfume Bottles and it's hilarious lol
I've found myself saying "all that for a smithing stone?" far too often imo
@@MattR8605 Yeah, and it hasn't gotten better as I've played more sadly. Which is a shame because it'd be a 10/10 for me otherwise
@@MattR8605 or cookbooks😂
Great video, as always. Appreciate you not showing too much of the DLC's content.
I just started a fresh playthrough of Elden Ring on Tuesday, doing a Wretch, DEX-based Fist Weapon build. I've since put 39 hours into it and I am having so, so much fun. I even started streaming/recording it at a friend's suggestion, just so I can chronicle the hype moments (I've unfortunately missed that chance with some of the earlier fights. Like one boss fight against these two Crystalians where I came into it with 25% health and no flasks, and I switched to the Red Assassin's Dagger and healed myself back to full with critical hits. I know the crystalians are wimps, but I was really proud of that. Lol)
Also, the point of my build is to get into the DLC and use the Martial Arts weapons.
The performance on PC is not acceptable
This dlc has been a very unfun experience, the couple bosses ive been able to beat havent even felt satisfying to beat, because of how long it takes to learn, and how perfect you have to be. Even with 8 blessings, i still stand zero chance against 90% if the enemies. I get its supposed to be hard, but its so hard its unplayable, grinded for 2 hours getting blessings for no difference.
Depends which bosses you mean. If Lion and Rellana then yes, they are bad bosses to introduce the DLC (although I do like Rellana). Keep going and find and many Scadu Fragments as you can, Putrescent Knight, Scadutree Avatar and Metyr are quality bosses that feel way more like classic Dark Souls 3/Bloodborne fights. I almost quit this DLC too, but perseverance is key. It’s way better than the base game.
Thats like saying ; i went outside to check if the sky was blue.
It’s not always blue
@@camzy96on a sunny day, it is. and Sun is always up when FromSoft drops new stuff.
They should've built a system for saving builds you can revert back with this DLC. I just can't be bothered to respec to try one of the many new weapons, to then not want it.
I broke my thumb a few weeks ago - going to be a long time until I'm anywhere near dexterous to play this :(
What’s the story with your broken thumb? And how long does that kind of thing take to heal?
Just play it on banana controller.
This dlc honestly feels like it its the size of the full surface map of the lands between maybe minus some dungeons. The content is very plentiful. And they never fail at blowing me away with new bosses and equipment, because the world is just one aspect of the hard work they put into this dlc. I'm so shocked that i have so much left to do after like 24 hours of playtime. And the biggest difference is just how much this map brings me back to that feeling of playing Darksouls 1 with the amount of twists and turns it has. They absolutely outdid themselves and i'm really excited for lore dives. I feel like there's no way people will stick to old weapons btw! Just seeing rellana's swords i could tell they went all out.
I'm absolutely loving the DLC so far but a few of the bosses aren't designed that well, they shouldn't have an insane combo and then have 0 attack windows
Mesmer and a lot of the story bosses feel balanced and have those openings but some like Putrescent knight does a malenia combo and then has 0 attack window even if you are on his face
Also the performance on PS5 isn't too great I don't mind the pop in but losing frames in the lightning phase of the dancer and a few others needs to be fixed ASAP
If you are running out of larval tears, go to Nokstella underground city and go up the stairs to fight the giant metal balls that roll. Every time you defeat them, they give a larval tear guaranteed. Farming won't take long
Really?
Thanks.
Those only give a larval tear the first time. You can't farm them.
The game is more than 2 years old, we all know by now that you cant farm larval tears from any enemy. It's 1 drop only
@@MrJuice-qe7nv No. they only drop them the first time. Larval tears can't be farmed.
I was a console gamer and recently switched to PC, but because of this I need to replay this game to begin the dlc. The pain is real..
What are your pc specs?
@@MrAnimescrazy unfortunately I'm dealing with just a steam deck, but there's more than enough good games that run really well on it to keep me extremely busy. I know a steam deck isn't a proper PC but the portability works well with my schedule, and I often hook it up to a large monitor and connect a PS5 controller. This was just the best option for my low budget. I may be poor and busy, but I'll always find a way to game on.
This DLC is HARD, I’m decently far after about 15-20 hours and jeez man. It seems almost impossible, you have to be ON POINT with everything
I'm playing the game on an 5800X3D and there are no performance issues whatsoever.
The game is at a constant smooth 60 fps frame rate.
Dang I’m on that cpu also with a 4090 but I’ve had some dips , nothing too crazy but down to the 40s a couple times
@@zvacanti I'm only in the first 3 hours of the DLC, so I don't know if there is any area ahead that is much heavier. Though, in the base game, I also had no issues.
One thing to consider is that I'm not using RT. Some people have reported having problems with it enabled. But considering how small the visual improvement is, it's worth disabling.
i'm on a gtx 1650 which should be below minimum specs but works ok, mostly 45-50 fps outside and 60 inside. that's exactly how the normal game worked for me on release 2 years ago so yea, i don't really see the performance issues either
@@winj3r good idea I’ll try disabling
I have locked 60 but I'm also using the DLSS mod so no online... A bit shameful they couldn't at last add that natively, should have come along with ray tracing.
Good thing I used mods to give myself 700 Larval Tears :)
why do you even need that many lol
I found a tear in the dlc last night. I hope that wasn't the only one. No way it was way too easy to get.
I've found 2 so far so there's more than one at least
Yes, I found one around the starting area, some of the graves had a weird greenish colouring. I was honestly expecting for some boss to pop up out of nowhere.
Never had so much fun getting my teeth kicked in. Seriously great, I stayed up waaaaay too late and am loving every minute.
I think it took me… maybe 15 attempts at Margit? I was smiling ear to ear through every death. I’m kind of a dope, but I knew that even I could slowly learn his move set, and it was glorious.
There are A LOT of larval tears in the DLC man. They spawn during the night in clearly lighted areas with a circle of special blue graves around them
I had a lot of issues with my i9 14900k CPU when I had just bought it. Issues with default motherboard settings that caused overheating. Had to look up how to fix that. Now my PC has stabilized and the DLC is running pretty good. I have seen frames dropping in the open areas but nothing too bad.
You can get more larval tears in the DLC at night by little moonlight pools around the map. Hope that helps!
The fact that you were having issues on pc made me feel less crazy
i finally got to play for a bit, havent played in over a year and forgot the buttons, got wrecked by that Omen in the starting area lol
That Omen? You mean Mohg? Yes, you're going to need to brush up for the DLC. It's noticeably harder than the base game. It's doable, but after playing for a few hours today, it feels like trench warfare, fighting hard for every piece of the map. Even random basic soldiers can kill you in a few hits.
@@octavianpopescu4776i think he means margit…
After playing this DLC it almost drives me crazy when people say oh it's more Elden ring it's familiar but it's so so so so so so so different at the same time they have made everything better the ruins are better the castles are better the open world is better the art design is better the weapons are better just exploring and going through the areas gives you one of those feelings of pure excitement it's the most fun I've probably ever had with the game to be honest especially when you're exploring and stuff it's just nothing like it there's no other game the even comes close 10 out of 10 easy
You still need to pick your runes up every boss attempt.
It's like they learned nothing.
Anyone who owns this on PC, you HAVE to play it with the Seemless Co-op mod. Life changing.
Is that the unaltered Banished Knight Armor I see? Luke is a man of taste.
I started a new character in order to get into the DLC, made it all the way to Level 54 before my patience ran out and went in. While not undoable, it felt significantly challenging, and honestly it felt like i wasn't doing proper damage despite my weapons being +24 (or +9 sombers). Either i didn't gather enough scadutree fragments or your overall level plays a big role in your damage output.
You don't say?
@@danielrobinson9367 My point is, if you are level 180 and have all your points in vigor and mind, you will deal more damage than a level 80 with the same points distribution. I never considered the increase in power from the overall level to be that important compared to putting points into specific attributes that have a greater effect on damage output.
@@marorerimeraremaro2533 levelling in a video makes you stronger? Stop the presses!
Man, no spoilers but there is a lightning based weapon in one of the mini dungeons, ash of war is one of the coolest ones I’ve seen in this game.
i thought i knew the scale of the map, after grinding and purposefully pushing progress. god damn this dlc is HUGE
With big empty spaces and rehashed pickups/mats/trash mobs. Woohoo /s
0:48 pretty weird flex
I have a 14700k and haven’t experienced any of that. It never goes below 60 fps
Love your videos luke. This game is awesome!
I am constantly laughing in awe playing this DLC. You know that feeling XD
I cannot even describe the scale of the dlc it's insane. Well done fromsoft👏
I am going to start the base game again from scratch. Because I never truly finished the base game before.
But mostly I want to play something until the release of the next World of Warcraft expansion.
Ive only started the base game for the first time last week.12 hours in and really really enjoying the challenge of it. DLC looks amazing but ill be happy to wait until i deserve to play it 😂
Sounds insane but the only thing that sorted out the awful performance on my Intel 12400f was to disable the processors 0 core. Much smoother.
If that performance was coming from an Ubisoft or Bethesda game, people would be saying this was the end of them as a publisher.
You have 18 larvar Tears. Thats more than enough for any playthrough...
No it isn't
@@Zoroasteriskyes it absolutely is.
reading comprehension is a virtue.
I'm less concerned about Larval Tears (I think I collected every one available in the base game and only maybe used one once), but more concerned about weapon upgrade materials. As I recall, there was only something like 5 or 6 of those Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones or whatever was used to upgrade your weapons to the maximum, and I'm pretty sure I used every one available in the base game upgrading my favorite weapons. It'll really suck if there are none or only like 1 or 2 available in the DLC, considering the "100 new weapons" added.
That intel chip thing is an industry problem at the moment. Server providers have been having issues with 13th and 14th gen consistently failing and it’s supposedly a very complicated problem that might not be solvable with software updates.
I’m about 5 hours in and did the first 2 legacy dungeons. I already have switched my build slightly for the new weapons. They are all so fun. Only issue I have experienced on the ps5 is what you said. Some little pop in and frame rates sometimes stuttering. Especially in the first boss fight. I still absolutely love this expansion. I think it is not my favorite game of all time.
You can farm larval tears... I got like 85
Im playing on mid tier pc 2k high and didnt have any issues in first 10 hours. Runs like a dream
That helmet is nuts
It actually is,
We are having loads of fun inside the shadow land❤❤❤
I'm going with no spoilers, god I can't wait. I had to wait until the beginning of next month to be able to. I Platinum'd elden ring and now I'm so excited for the dlc
My go to weapons so far have been between Milady (main) and the beast claws. The ash on the latter is just too fun.
I think it’s better than the old hunters
So far, it is.
tbh old hunters was only like 10h long, this is 30-40h maybe even more
Cap
Yea that was expected tbh
Ia it better than Ringed City DLC?
So far im sticking with moonveil powerstanced with a cold uchi, with a few sorceries to boot. It plowed through most of the base game but 0 bosses found so far in the DLC, just exploring.
I’m a scrub and haven’t finished the base game - should I first before buying?
Definitely
Yes also at least be level 130 - 150 have 12 health flasks at +12 and at least one fully leveled weapon for your style of build.
You have to defeat Radahn and Mohg to access the dlc anyway.
@@MasterJangleLeg oh dang copy that, thanks!
It's amazing but no reason to buy until you can get into it.
I suck at souls games but I'm a vet that play at them all. They are my favorite. Elden Ring is my favorite game ever. Just go level up in another direction if you get stuck on any certain spot or enemies. Best advice I can give. Then come back and own whatever was given you problems.
10:00 Im so glad my dumbass spent about a week max leveling my first character for this exact reason lol, was nice to just swap on the fly for some fights, if you're curious if max level helped, it didnt... It actually made it harder LOL
That staircase 6:27 looks very familiar.
The Moon academy one with the large boulder.
Is it like the dark world/alternate world like in Link to the past or is that an example Of recycled assets?
It's just a staircase lol
@@Proxy-gl1cw that’s been copied and pasted.
@@LukeTG1TTV There's only so many different ways a stone staircase can look
@@Proxy-gl1cw I know. 🤪
@@LukeTG1TTVit’s a staircase
The stuttering issues was bad at first, I ened up upgrading to windows 11 and capping the fps at 59 with R. Tuner. And set borderless window. It runs smooth now. I'm also running a low end budget pc R5 2600x paired with a 2060 super. 16gb 3000 ram. 1080p mixed settings with high and some medium.
There’s larval tears in the dlc they’re near glowing tombstones at night
the scalling is like twist on King Vendrick dificullty system.. and make it work the Whole DLC
You could try deactivating the e cores in the bios to see if that solve the issue. I too have a high-end system with a 4090fe and 12900k
*******Hey Luke not sure if you will see this, but I have a i9 14900k + rtx 4080 and I was running into performance issues in games, and it's because the 14900K pulls too much power due to motherboard manufacturers programming the higher end motherboards to overclock the CPU right out of the box. There is a planned system update by intel around July 15th that should fix it, but if you want to fix it yourself you can enter your BIOS and set your motherboard TDP to the stock recommended which is 253 watts.
Usually in an ASUS motherboard BIOs that would be the Long Duration Package Power Limit and the Short Duration Package Power Limit. Set those both to 253.
Hope this helps
If anyone is having problems on an intel chip with e-cores, you can turn them off in the BIOS. I did that for dragons dogma 2 and it improved performance by around 40%
I have a 4070ti and a very midrange Intel CPU and my performance is fine. Very odd. Might have to limit the available threads for the game?
Great video Luke!
I'm already NUTS deep Luke. Love your stuff! Keep it up my friend 🎉
It's really, really simple. Certain types of people have made a job out of painting anything popular as sexist, racist or homophobic.
"Ragebait" is an actual industry.
I’m currently playing Hogwarts Legacy and I think I’m at level 31, so probably pretty close to the end….That being said, I still have my Elden Ring save after beating it about a year or so ago….I finished the game by going back and beating Placidasax(which took me FOREVER) and Melania(I lost count 😂, but eventually beat her). This looks tempting, but playing Elden Ring was a Love/Hate relationship for me….Not sure I want to put myself through that again ie I’m looking at you Halig Tree….
I’m just levelling my character rn really excited to play it 😀
Started the DLC on my ng +8 save and this expansion is definitely a bit harder than the base game
Im sl 138 on ng+7. 60 vigor, pvp min maxed build. I ran into the blackgoal knight, and boi, than mans basic attacks flat one shot me. I was like “damn i might’ve made a mistake getting to ng+7 for the dlc”
I have max everything, level 713 and he can still kill me in 3-4 shots max. And this is at max level. Yes, I am terrible at the game, but you could see the same thing with the level 150 characters they used to test the DLC and it was the same thing, every hit just melting that health bar.
The size of Limgrave…..stacked on top of Caelid, stacked on top of Leyndell, stacked on top of Nokron/Nokstella and so on lol
Pc gamer: “ game doesn’t run perfectly”
Ps5 gamer: “does for me”
On PC I’ve had terrible stuttering. If you have adaptive sync on turn it off, that’s helped me. I also turned on performance mode in windows settings for elden ring.
12:16 typical theatre kid.
I’ve purchased it but haven’t played yet. Thank you for posting a spoiler free review. You might be the only one 😊
I played it in pc last night and saw no stuttering at all. Could be that day one patch that helped but the issue I am seeing is really bad pop in when I respawn and the floor is blank and then populates with grass and stuff.
Yeah I’m lvl 400 and I’m getting 1 shot alot the times they really did it with this one
Luke, have you ever reviewed Armored Core 6?
Thanks Luke - love your channel. I haven't played ER but I am looking at the hype and thinking about giving it a whirl with the new DLC. The thing is that I'm an older gamer (I'll be 50 in a couple of months) and as such I'm -okay- at games and enjoy playing a lot but not very good mechanically. I worry about the game being too hard for me to play.
Being rubbish is the best part
I'm much older than that and have been gaming for only a year. I beat the base game. You can do it of you're persistent. It's absolutely with it.
@@LauraL_PMPSbeast
Every boss a new weapon
Just got it. First From game, so far so good.
I am so mad that there is still no ultrawide support. I invest in a great HDR monitor and one of my favourite games looks like garbage on it because of the black bars.
Why is it that every time there’s a big game your pc just dies out lol
Is it all high level or does it have any expansion to early game?
Don't ask stupid questions
You'll want to be around level 150 IMO. It's definitely meant as later game content
Fromsoft has at last created a filter that’s filtered me out. I never got the summons bell tho
I’m at the boss you mention… Been using summons and all of the cheese for hours but it doesn’t matter. I need to just get gud
Appreciate you doing this spoiler free mate. Its so hard to navigate youtube rn with all the spoilers flying around. Elden Ring first playthrough is sacred and you honor that