You've led us through poison swamps, packs of crazed skeleton dogs, attacking treasure chests, and sewer centipedes. I am prepared to follow you once again. Lead the way, Cowboy.
I put 10hrs into eldin ring before I got deployed, I'm sooooo looking forward to playing the heck outta this game when I get home :) thank you cowboy, for helping me scratch the itch I have for this masterpiece!
@@dannysullivan12345 eh, only for souls-like games, his other games he definitely not "good" at, like Monster Hunter for example, he knows what he is doing, but nowhere near the level of skilled players.
Hey man I just wanna say thank you for all the content over the years. I started Playing Dark Souls because of you, I found one of your Let’s Plays DS and Bloodbourne and started playing along. Played every title and I just want to thank you for introducing me to such an amazing experience that’s been part of my life almost everyday for the last 5yrs.
i found this guy by chance and let me tell u am hooked his voice his vibe his everything,, he made this series playable for me i havent played 3 as yet because i cant afford a good laptop but he held my hands through 1 and 2 and i watched him played through 3 and now am here once again, prepared for another journey with this cowboy
I owe you my thanks for introducing me to the Souls series. Your DS3 let’s play marked my return after a 3 year hiatus. Long may your sun shine, Cowboy.
I'm so happy so many of us just like grew up on fighting cowboy videos atleast I did. For me he was like growing up watching Disney and its like a nostalgia hit hearing his voice. I'm late to the let's play because I didn't want spoilers but man this feels like the final season of an amazing show. I love this man
First time jumping into the Souls universe. It's kind of bringing back the feeling I used to get playing video games back in the 90's/00's that I slowly lost over the years with the way modern games have gone. I'm quite impressed with the few videos I've seen so far, can't wait to dig into more! I'm excited to learn how the stats and world of the souls games work. It's going to be a long journey.
Nah, not late at all. Elden ring is a warm welcome to the souls series for those who have never played. The community is always glad -to see newbies suffer- to have to have new players joining the community.
I know I'm late to the party, but just started playing. Watching this in parallel/offset a bit, so far my favorite ER let's play. Love the down-to-earth calm voice, a breath of fresh air among over the top streamers.
Only a few months ago we thought this game didn’t even exist. Six years of development up to this point, all the cards are on the table. Now is the time. Rise, Tarnished, your victory and adventure is at hand!
@@12345Yeah Your Highness, with all due respect, it's bold of you to assume I have such treasures to purchase such entertainment. For i am merely a peasant
Can't believe it's been 2 years already. I waited for this game for so long and ofc it was everything and more. Time to rewatch this let's play, ty mr cowboy
I waited to progress through a few bosses before coming to enjoy your let's play. "It's not the dungeon i was planning on going to, but a dungeon is a dungeon" is core to my experience with Elden Ring
I usually hate a gameplay video with a commentary but I find it pleasantly cool when I see your videos. Been following you since DS Remaster and now you're finally playing THE Elden Ring. Thank you so much!
@@LucaDavoli_ the ones prior to the release, by actual reviewers. The steam reviews are mixed at the minute and that’s because of the frame rate drops, (which are in fact really bad at the minute and need fixin ASAP). Fix that and the game is a solid 10/10 for me so far.
I remember watching Cowboy's first lets play video for DS3 years ago. That video hooked me on this series and changed my life. I can't even tell you how much seeing this video means to me!
Elden Ring is my first "soulslike"; I'm currently on episode 5 of this series and it has been incredibly valuable in helping me understand how to approach the game. Figured I'd come back to the first entry in the series and say thanks. It looks and sounds like you've been doing this for a very long time, and you've gotten it down to more-or-less a science at this point, so it's likely that you've already considered the suggestion I'm about to make, but just in case: You do a great job of explaining the basics of combat, but once you get into the fray, it's really hard for a noob like me to track what's going on in all of the chaos. My eye is not trained well enough to recognize when you are doing a heavy attack vs a light one, when you're switching to two-handed and back, etc. I wonder if you have access to one of those overlays that shows what buttons you are pressing on your controller? I feel like being able to play back the battles in slo-mo with that on the screen would be incredibly helpful. I realize of course that this series is already done, so I'm a little late to the party, but maybe something to consider for future videos if it's not something that's come up before. Thanks again for the wonderful content!
You have helped me immensely with all of the dark souls games, and for that I will forever be thankful. I hope you enjoy Elden Ring to the fullest. I look forward to watching your playthrough of it!
I've been watching you for years and I can't wait to journey through Elden Ring with your content by my side! You're awesome in everything you do! Keep it up Cowboy!
Started as a Samurai. Soon as I seen it was hands down all for it. Going to focus on building around it. Man I love this game. My be my favorite FSW game of all time. Hours and hours in the same area. So much to explore. Thanks for this Cowboy as always.
Another game for the great cowboy! This is a let's play I'm excited to watch! It's almost a tradition to watch your let's play videos and I'm sure I'll love every bit of it!
Man, I'm following your playlist and every time I click on it again I'm brought to this video and hearing your first words on this video it gives me chills. Thank you for your content and for being passionate about what you do. I had never heard of you before and got recommended from reddit and it's been worth every second. Wish you success.
@@atlantic_love I finished the game a week ago and the playlist yesterday, and it certainly was! Even AFTER the end game, watching the stream where he found and fought Placidusax for the first time in the world was quite an experience. I do wonder for the mental health of people who decide to hate-comment on a 4 week old reply to a 8-month video tho! Hope all is well.
@@atlantic_love lmao my original comment didn`t even address the quality of the game, just the channel videos. You actually popped out of nothing just to hate the game, without even appropriate context for it. You actually felt the need to explain that it is LEGAL to reply to old comments, holy shit. This is amazing.
I watched your entire bloodborne playthrough and loved it. Now I randomly find myself here and delighted to watch another one of your walkthroughs :) I just started Elden Ring and it is my first From Software game so this is awesome. Thanks so much!!!!
Can only be purchased from two mid game merchants and it doesn't light as much up compared to a torch and has no extra effects like some of the torches.
you know, i remember when i watched you play Darksouls 2 back in 2014 and you got me through that, Darksouls 3, Darksouls 1, and now Elden ring. Just wanted to say thank you for the many years of entertainment and joy.
What sucks is that when he opens the doors to the lands between, RUclips really doesn’t do it justice. Nonetheless, this game is as beautiful as it is fun. Keen to continue my play through and watch cowboy
I love watching your walk throughs after i have completed that part of the game to see how you did it and if I missed anything. Very excited to take this journey with you Cowboy
I'm on my second play through right now and wanted to find a video of someone playing for the first time. I'm not huge into watching people. But it's really fun watching you. This is the first video of yours I'm watching. And I'll be watching the rest.
I’m sure cowboy knows this, but for anyone else trying to get better performance, There’s always something in maximum settings that have such a negligible effect on image quality when compared to performance loss: I was a bit stuttery, but I turned down grass quality (and if there was a grass distance I turned it down one notch) also fiddled with the water a little, as well. Ran great after that (but I also play games with depth of field and motion blur set to minimum, because my screen is not a camera lens, so my depth of field is where my eyes are paying attention to the screen, and the blur is just me trying to take in the animations while dodging and blocking and attacking-so that probably has a performance effect as well)
@@456death654 I think it happens in crowded, later areas like the castle/fort. Cowboy had huuuge frame drops there, though it’d a pre-release play through so he had driver issues and was pre launch. The beginning section of the overworld was really well optimized, at least on my rig. Haven’t gotten to later areas yet though. I did have some pretty minor stutters when I was riding quickly through that soldier camp though.
I wish they didn't recycle as many tricks, boss mechanics, items, animations, etc. Sometimes it feels like I'm just playing one of the other souls games. It has the same optimization issues too. On top of that, they hired George RR Maryin to rewrite the same general souls story yet again. I'd say 7.5/10 is fair.
@@zbabyg6998 I would probably agree with you otherwise, but I’ve never played any other souls game of any kind before this game, and I’m blown away. 52 hours in and just left 2nd zone
Only issue I have is you can just get on your mounted run around and get powerful before you really get into any combat, but you can just play as you want so I guess its a little annoyance.
Even if this is an open world, there's always a path you need to follow to progress, in the correct way. I will watch this because Cowboy knows alot about soulsborne games.
It's fun seeing someone who so thoroughly explained and walked us through Souls games get hammered into the ground by this game. Of course, I say that, but by now Cowboy has probably already gotten close to the end or beaten it already, while I haven't even beaten the damn Tree Sentinel.
I have been following cowboys walkthroughs. It is my first time on his let’s play. It is nice to see that he is one of us. He had to learn where to find the summons like I did.
Wow. I totally skipped the whole first section. This game is definitely overwhelming but I love it. Still haven’t beat a boss yet but I’m making progress on the map
Lol. I did the same. I've been to like 70% of the map already, but I just finally got to lv 30 an hour ago, and just beat Margit finally. Have you been to the capital yet? Beautiful
I love watching cowboy with all commentary. Its priceless. Thanks cowboy for just being a real dude chillin and playing games and sharing with all of us.
For me, it’s between this and Bloodborne as the best FromSoftware game. This has the great open world exploration that Bloodborne doesn’t have and more options for playstyle as well but Bloodborne’s mechanics and lore REALLY resonate with me. It’s hard to choose.
Been here for your DS1, 3, and Bloodborne walkthroughs, and while deciding on who I wanted to watch first with their playthrough, you were at the top of my list. LET'S GO!!!
Ohhhh Elden Ring Let's Play by my favorite Streamer! Almost as hyped for this than the actual game. Taking my sweet time enjoying every second, 15 hours in and I still haven't left Limgrave, will watch along when progressing further...
Erdtree Burial Watchdog reminds me of the damn Guardian Sentinels on Zeffo from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Slow as hell, yet it hits like a truck lol.
GPU at 60% and CPU at 23% means it’s not optimized. Optimally this would be a GPU bound game because of the size of the textures and draw distances.. so in this case it would be optimized if GPU is at 95%+ and CPU for an 8 core machine around 35-40%(while recording). So I am thinking there will a patch sooner rather than later to get a consistent frame rate. Reading kotaku and digital foundry’s review, they also note random fps dips and crashes.. so yeah.. but this still looks gorgeous :)
Not gonna watch this until I played it myself (at least the starting area), but I'm super hyped and I'll definitely watch this to see how you experienced it and what I might have missed! 😀
I first found your channel when I started playing dark souls 3 back in 2016. It was my first souls game and I really enjoyed going through blind along with you. Looking forward to another journey!
Just bought this yesterday too having so much fun l playing this, it’s bin a long time coming 👌 always loved playing and watching your let’s plays dude! Keep up the awesome content 😌
I feel exactly the same man as you man. This is one of those times in history that we will all remember. The reviews have made it even harder to wait, and I cant wait to get my vagabond into some serious boss fights. Unfortunately I'm stuck at work till 1 a.m. so it's not looking good 😂
this is the first time I've come across any of your videos, but I like what I'm seeing so far! you have a chill voice and manner, so I'm probably going to end up watching your whole series. well, I say watch, but I'll probably fall asleep to some of it because like I said, you have a chill voice, and I watch a lot of RUclips before bed lmao so I'll probably be conscious for 70-75%
omg after so many months having played the network test, this feeling of actually playing was insane. Finding the uncanny nightmare area of caelid first on my end gave me goosebumps after expecting castles and plains and knight stuff all around, which I was dreading. I can't express how the game sold itself well to me. And I was healing internal private stuff, and made a quality (slight faith) character to symbolize that. This feeling is so contagious omg, everyone I saw and talked to was feeling it, it had been years of it and it surpassed anything I gave it for expectation
DS3 was my only other complete soulsborne experience and your play through was the only reason I learned anything about formulating proper builds and how to operate within the economy in that game. I started my trash character over and Rick rolled through the game over and over for months. I honestly have to say watching your videos and dueling in DS3 was my favorite part of the souls genre for a long time. I didn’t get into blood borne because I didn’t have a PlayStation but I’m excited watch through your content on Elden Ring. Glad to see this channel still doing well.
Hey I'm an aspiring RUclipsr myself on another channel just wanted to say I'm a huge fan and your dark souls videos really helped me out in the past. I hope to one day be as popular as you. Keep up the good work my dude.
I was looking for this comment lol hopefully he realizes sooner than later since it seems he uploaded 6 ep back to back, gotta love skipping the info screens lmao
@@lifelessexpression7670 I'm sure he'll get it tag has a knack for figuring out games, I just have a personal gripe with RUclipsrs skipping info screens then being like "_____ doesn't work????" But it's not gonna stop me from watching and enjoying a video. Just a little mini facepalm whenever a RUclipsr does that lol
@@lifelessexpression7670 He got it before I even posted the comment. He is also my favorite creator, but sometimes he skips the info screens on games, and then wonders why something isn’t working. On the off chance that he hadn’t gotten it (even though I knew he had as I had already seen another episode of him using it) it’s still helpful to someone who may not realize what they need. I didn’t tell them where to get it, I just told them the item name. They can do with that info what they will.
Dude!!! I discovered bloodborne two months ago and your videos helped through it. Thank you for the videos ......getting into elden ring now and happy to have you with me. Thanks again and keep up the good work!!!!
This game is so damn hard and maddening and I haven’t beaten anything but it keeps sucking me back in. Still playing with several classes but I’m lean towards the Samurai more and more.
Hey cowboy! I know these video a litle out of deate, but with said I'm enjoying watching them all and appreciate you and what you give us all thanks mate.
![My journey begins... - Elden Ring [1]](/img/1.gif)
You've led us through poison swamps, packs of crazed skeleton dogs, attacking treasure chests, and sewer centipedes. I am prepared to follow you once again. Lead the way, Cowboy.
Praise the Cowboy !
Praise the cowboy!
or just play the game yourself
guide us to victory cowboy
You think we could see the return of Biggus Dickus?
"Strong foe ahead? We'll see about that"
Narrator: Cowboy did, in fact, see about that.
Lol
Definitely in a Morgan Freedman voice :)
@@zbabyg6998 Freeman*
@@pthibault630 you still understood
@@larrynp dog😭😂
Time for the master and commander of Souls playthroughs to make his return.
You're a legend Cowboy.
Cowboys dark souls streams are so nostalgic. Love it! that watchdog was freaking terrifying.
for real man i followed cowboys sekiro walkthrough and it was amazing!
Cowboy: "Ima what?"
Is a legend
I appreciate the fact you do let’s plays that aren’t just vods so much. Thank you!
What does vod mean?
@@DanniBananni it’s just a livestream re uploaded
Cowboy: Oh, there's a samurai, that'll make the weebs happy...
Also Cowboy: We need to get the Elden Ring, so we can propose to our waifu
Cowboy is weeb
Weeb to another weeb: " Fuckin weeb. Degenrate thrash. Know your place."
@@bigboss-cg5es Damn I miss the times when Joji made FilthyFrank content...
Also cowboy in ds1 walkthrough: come here snake waifu
This, this is the content we need…
I put 10hrs into eldin ring before I got deployed, I'm sooooo looking forward to playing the heck outta this game when I get home :) thank you cowboy, for helping me scratch the itch I have for this masterpiece!
Deployed?😮
@@edwinungerer7989 military
Hope you get home soon and well, so you can enjoy this pice of art of a game 👍
hope you get home safe brother 😊
Thank you for your service!
Been waiting so long for this “let’s play”.
I always think I’m good at a game until I pull up a fighting cowboy 🤠 video 😂
Same
@@dannysullivan12345 eh, only for souls-like games, his other games he definitely not "good" at, like Monster Hunter for example, he knows what he is doing, but nowhere near the level of skilled players.
@@Tommyvang187 i just joking anyways
so much same
Although I'm going into this blind, I'm stopping by to pay my respects to Papa Cowboy. Long have we waited for this day.
FromSoftware: "this is a dog"....
Cowboy: "it's the cat!"
I mean, that thing is distinctly a cat in every way but name.
@@LucidPoseidon LOL
Hey man I just wanna say thank you for all the content over the years. I started Playing Dark Souls because of you, I found one of your Let’s Plays DS and Bloodbourne and started playing along. Played every title and I just want to thank you for introducing me to such an amazing experience that’s been part of my life almost everyday for the last 5yrs.
I love how the most difficult thing for most people will be the character selection screen
Choices man choice s
And yet my character still turned out ugly asf
My character turned out good. Next time I'm gonna make him as ugly as possible.
@@brooksgunn5235 That's the spirit
you can make changes later at hub area, no spoilers but if you get offered a hug look for a mirror in the room.
i found this guy by chance and let me tell u am hooked his voice his vibe his everything,, he made this series playable for me i havent played 3 as yet because i cant afford a good laptop but he held my hands through 1 and 2 and i watched him played through 3 and now am here once again, prepared for another journey with this cowboy
I owe you my thanks for introducing me to the Souls series. Your DS3 let’s play marked my return after a 3 year hiatus.
Long may your sun shine, Cowboy.
Nobody cares
@@12345Yeah Having fun being a douche in all the comments?
@@PuApOoK He is a fatherless child. Ignore him before he attacks us!
Dito
@@12345Yeah I bet your dad beat you
I'm so happy so many of us just like grew up on fighting cowboy videos atleast I did. For me he was like growing up watching Disney and its like a nostalgia hit hearing his voice. I'm late to the let's play because I didn't want spoilers but man this feels like the final season of an amazing show. I love this man
me too he's amazing
Came here for a walkthrough on ceaseless discharges and I’ve stayed for cowboy
Hes new for me and i like him for me it was theradbrad
Grew up on him?! Makes me feel real old, but thats life I suppose lmao. I grew up on Toonami and Gameboy color haha
First time jumping into the Souls universe. It's kind of bringing back the feeling I used to get playing video games back in the 90's/00's that I slowly lost over the years with the way modern games have gone. I'm quite impressed with the few videos I've seen so far, can't wait to dig into more! I'm excited to learn how the stats and world of the souls games work. It's going to be a long journey.
Nah, not late at all. Elden ring is a warm welcome to the souls series for those who have never played. The community is always glad -to see newbies suffer- to have to have new players joining the community.
it’s not a dark souls game, just similar
@@harrymcdougall7923 indeed....
I know I'm late to the party, but just started playing. Watching this in parallel/offset a bit, so far my favorite ER let's play. Love the down-to-earth calm voice, a breath of fresh air among over the top streamers.
You're late to the party?
Only a few months ago we thought this game didn’t even exist. Six years of development up to this point, all the cards are on the table.
Now is the time. Rise, Tarnished, your victory and adventure is at hand!
I knew this game existed for years
A few months ago we absolutely knew the game was coming out lol.
@@knallow_ yeah it was more like a year or 2 ago lol
The one true god at our fingertips I'm so excited
Lets goooooo!!!!! Cant wait! Grabbing my copy tomorrow!!!
I haven’t come here yet bc I’ve been smashing through myself, so hype for you bro!
yoooo I watch this guy
tmi dude
YES!! FINALLY A NEW SERIES I CAN ABSOLUTELY BINGE EVERY OTHER DAY AND EVERY OTHER WEEK!!
Play the game yourself maybe?
@@12345Yeah Your Highness, with all due respect, it's bold of you to assume I have such treasures to purchase such entertainment. For i am merely a peasant
@@basic2528 felt that😂 struggled with ramen for 3 days just to take part in a purchase of this fine merchandise
@@Kingsuketo the struggle is absolutely real. I hope you the best tho
@@Kingsuketo I'm honestly curious to know how old are you guys and if you have a job
Can't believe it's been 2 years already. I waited for this game for so long and ofc it was everything and more. Time to rewatch this let's play, ty mr cowboy
You are THE GUY for Soulsborne games in my opinion - hoping this release gets you to a million subs - you deserve it!
I waited to progress through a few bosses before coming to enjoy your let's play. "It's not the dungeon i was planning on going to, but a dungeon is a dungeon" is core to my experience with Elden Ring
That is why I am always fucking lost 😂
Can't wait for the build guides and the walkthrough. This game looks freaking amazing.
I usually hate a gameplay video with a commentary but I find it pleasantly cool when I see your videos. Been following you since DS Remaster and now you're finally playing THE Elden Ring. Thank you so much!
The most anticipated let's play in the history of gaming
You type like a 55 yr old 💀
@@MrLew1965 I mean, the reviews say otherwise
@@ichards7802 Steam reviews are at 'mixed' so perhaps you should clarify which reviews?
@@LucaDavoli_ the ones prior to the release, by actual reviewers. The steam reviews are mixed at the minute and that’s because of the frame rate drops, (which are in fact really bad at the minute and need fixin ASAP). Fix that and the game is a solid 10/10 for me so far.
@@ichards7802 Oh yeah, no doubt the game is amazing. I'm just upset over how Fromsoft always seems to screw over the PC ports of their game.
Man the prisioner looks like when Griffith from Berserk was imprisioned, so awesome. Also, Samurai looks like the best starting class to me.
Souls games took significant influence from berserk, it's no coincidence
😂😂😂 he does. I knew he looks similar
I remember watching Cowboy's first lets play video for DS3 years ago. That video hooked me on this series and changed my life. I can't even tell you how much seeing this video means to me!
Elden Ring is my first "soulslike"; I'm currently on episode 5 of this series and it has been incredibly valuable in helping me understand how to approach the game. Figured I'd come back to the first entry in the series and say thanks. It looks and sounds like you've been doing this for a very long time, and you've gotten it down to more-or-less a science at this point, so it's likely that you've already considered the suggestion I'm about to make, but just in case: You do a great job of explaining the basics of combat, but once you get into the fray, it's really hard for a noob like me to track what's going on in all of the chaos.
My eye is not trained well enough to recognize when you are doing a heavy attack vs a light one, when you're switching to two-handed and back, etc. I wonder if you have access to one of those overlays that shows what buttons you are pressing on your controller? I feel like being able to play back the battles in slo-mo with that on the screen would be incredibly helpful. I realize of course that this series is already done, so I'm a little late to the party, but maybe something to consider for future videos if it's not something that's come up before. Thanks again for the wonderful content!
You have helped me immensely with all of the dark souls games, and for that I will forever be thankful. I hope you enjoy Elden Ring to the fullest. I look forward to watching your playthrough of it!
I've been watching you for years and I can't wait to journey through Elden Ring with your content by my side! You're awesome in everything you do! Keep it up Cowboy!
This is my first Souls game and I’m so excited. It looks so good and I can’t wait to start it.
Praise The Sun ☀️
Gonna be hard
Cowboy you’re absolutely insane for making a play through for all my favorite games for this long, keep it up
Started as a Samurai. Soon as I seen it was hands down all for it. Going to focus on building around it. Man I love this game. My be my favorite FSW game of all time. Hours and hours in the same area. So much to explore. Thanks for this Cowboy as always.
My first play through I literally spent 60 hours in Limgrave alone
This is the greatest walkthrough on youtube, im starting my third time following this
Another game for the great cowboy! This is a let's play I'm excited to watch! It's almost a tradition to watch your let's play videos and I'm sure I'll love every bit of it!
Man, I'm following your playlist and every time I click on it again I'm brought to this video and hearing your first words on this video it gives me chills. Thank you for your content and for being passionate about what you do. I had never heard of you before and got recommended from reddit and it's been worth every second. Wish you success.
@@atlantic_love I finished the game a week ago and the playlist yesterday, and it certainly was! Even AFTER the end game, watching the stream where he found and fought Placidusax for the first time in the world was quite an experience.
I do wonder for the mental health of people who decide to hate-comment on a 4 week old reply to a 8-month video tho! Hope all is well.
@@atlantic_love lmao
my original comment didn`t even address the quality of the game, just the channel videos. You actually popped out of nothing just to hate the game, without even appropriate context for it. You actually felt the need to explain that it is LEGAL to reply to old comments, holy shit. This is amazing.
him: Look at this crisp 4K scenery
me: watching on youtube on 360p
This game is intense and a masterpiece much love for devs
"I wonder if something happens if I take all the pillars down"
And then he immediately forgot that idea for the rest of the fight and attempts
I watched your entire bloodborne playthrough and loved it. Now I randomly find myself here and delighted to watch another one of your walkthroughs :) I just started Elden Ring and it is my first From Software game so this is awesome. Thanks so much!!!!
Finally.. I've been waiting for this "let's play" to come out. I'm so hyped out to watch you play the game
For anyone wondering why he can't use the spirits, he needs an item. Like how you need something for spells. I'm not going to say what it is tho.
First of all, night, and then strange sort ahead...
To be fair, it’s in the help text for summoning ashes….
That's not why he cant summon the starter gift gave him the item it is because you are not allowed to summon in that area
Highly recommended buying the lantern off one of merchants, brightens caves/dark rooms while still being able to equip a shield.
Can only be purchased from two mid game merchants and it doesn't light as much up compared to a torch and has no extra effects like some of the torches.
this was streamed a month ago i’m sure he doesn’t really need a lantern at this point
you know, i remember when i watched you play Darksouls 2 back in 2014 and you got me through that, Darksouls 3, Darksouls 1, and now Elden ring. Just wanted to say thank you for the many years of entertainment and joy.
What sucks is that when he opens the doors to the lands between, RUclips really doesn’t do it justice. Nonetheless, this game is as beautiful as it is fun. Keen to continue my play through and watch cowboy
This game blows
maybe you blow 😮 @@ericsigginssr
I love watching your walk throughs after i have completed that part of the game to see how you did it and if I missed anything. Very excited to take this journey with you Cowboy
you can hear his excitement by the scream he does in the beginning.
ME: bro im getting butterflies seeing you play
I'm on my second play through right now and wanted to find a video of someone playing for the first time. I'm not huge into watching people. But it's really fun watching you. This is the first video of yours I'm watching. And I'll be watching the rest.
feels like home watching lets play again, thanks for these videos over the last years cowboy
And there it is! The one who helped me in so many games so far is back at it again! Bless you my friend
I’m sure cowboy knows this, but for anyone else trying to get better performance, There’s always something in maximum settings that have such a negligible effect on image quality when compared to performance loss: I was a bit stuttery, but I turned down grass quality (and if there was a grass distance I turned it down one notch) also fiddled with the water a little, as well. Ran great after that
(but I also play games with depth of field and motion blur set to minimum, because my screen is not a camera lens, so my depth of field is where my eyes are paying attention to the screen, and the blur is just me trying to take in the animations while dodging and blocking and attacking-so that probably has a performance effect as well)
I don’t understand the problems people are having, my pc is a potato and I can run at high with almost zero stutter
@@456death654 I think it happens in crowded, later areas like the castle/fort. Cowboy had huuuge frame drops there, though it’d a pre-release play through so he had driver issues and was pre launch. The beginning section of the overworld was really well optimized, at least on my rig. Haven’t gotten to later areas yet though.
I did have some pretty minor stutters when I was riding quickly through that soldier camp though.
wat
I play like you. I like it the way you try to make it look as cinematic as possible, while you play. I appreciate that.
This game is absolutely phenomenal! I never ever in a million years thought I would be saying this but this is the best game ever
If only the game performed well on pc I would have given this 10/10
9.9/10
I wish they didn't recycle as many tricks, boss mechanics, items, animations, etc. Sometimes it feels like I'm just playing one of the other souls games. It has the same optimization issues too.
On top of that, they hired George RR Maryin to rewrite the same general souls story yet again. I'd say 7.5/10 is fair.
@@zbabyg6998 I would probably agree with you otherwise, but I’ve never played any other souls game of any kind before this game, and I’m blown away. 52 hours in and just left 2nd zone
Only issue I have is you can just get on your mounted run around and get powerful before you really get into any combat, but you can just play as you want so I guess its a little annoyance.
Even if this is an open world, there's always a path you need to follow to progress, in the correct way. I will watch this because Cowboy knows alot about soulsborne games.
It's fun seeing someone who so thoroughly explained and walked us through Souls games get hammered into the ground by this game.
Of course, I say that, but by now Cowboy has probably already gotten close to the end or beaten it already, while I haven't even beaten the damn Tree Sentinel.
By now
He’s probably platted it
I have been following cowboys walkthroughs. It is my first time on his let’s play. It is nice to see that he is one of us. He had to learn where to find the summons like I did.
Wow. I totally skipped the whole first section. This game is definitely overwhelming but I love it. Still haven’t beat a boss yet but I’m making progress on the map
Lol. I did the same. I've been to like 70% of the map already, but I just finally got to lv 30 an hour ago, and just beat Margit finally. Have you been to the capital yet? Beautiful
@@ricardodarcangelo2437 how in the goddamn voodoo magic did you beat margit at level 30
@@Billybob7u7 I beat him at level 9 lmao
I love watching cowboy with all commentary. Its priceless. Thanks cowboy for just being a real dude chillin and playing games and sharing with all of us.
For me, it’s between this and Bloodborne as the best FromSoftware game. This has the great open world exploration that Bloodborne doesn’t have and more options for playstyle as well but Bloodborne’s mechanics and lore REALLY resonate with me. It’s hard to choose.
favorite video game channel hands-down. your let's plays function like entertaining walkthroughs for me while i dip my toes into the souls-likes
Cowboy- "Can I bring the ceiling down on the cat?"
Me- "It literally says Watchdog."
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Been here for your DS1, 3, and Bloodborne walkthroughs, and while deciding on who I wanted to watch first with their playthrough, you were at the top of my list. LET'S GO!!!
Ohhhh Elden Ring Let's Play by my favorite Streamer! Almost as hyped for this than the actual game. Taking my sweet time enjoying every second, 15 hours in and I still haven't left Limgrave, will watch along when progressing further...
I’ve watched a lot of creators for this.Thank you your the best out here!
Erdtree Burial Watchdog reminds me of the damn Guardian Sentinels on Zeffo from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Slow as hell, yet it hits like a truck lol.
Love that you are continueing the 'souls' tradition with this one!!! i'm strapped in now until the end...
GPU at 60% and CPU at 23% means it’s not optimized. Optimally this would be a GPU bound game because of the size of the textures and draw distances.. so in this case it would be optimized if GPU is at 95%+ and CPU for an 8 core machine around 35-40%(while recording). So I am thinking there will a patch sooner rather than later to get a consistent frame rate. Reading kotaku and digital foundry’s review, they also note random fps dips and crashes.. so yeah.. but this still looks gorgeous :)
One of the last of the great RUclips let’s players
Not gonna watch this until I played it myself (at least the starting area), but I'm super hyped and I'll definitely watch this to see how you experienced it and what I might have missed! 😀
same here. just watched the 16mins of character creation. now we shall wait a bit longer :)
@@LondonShishaShop same.. sadly cant play until next tuesday because i dont have enough money to buy this
@@LondonShishaShop i preordered can i play i get off work at 3 or will i have to wait for tomorrow?
@@kingspin14 you can play it, i got my preordered physical copy delivered today.
@@kingspin14 you can play today when it strikes midnight!!!
finally finished the game so i can enjoy the content now. your voice is so soothing, these are my bedtime videos
Can’t wait to play this game going in blind. Then watch all cowboys videos on my 2nd play through and realize how much stuff I missed!
I first found your channel when I started playing dark souls 3 back in 2016. It was my first souls game and I really enjoyed going through blind along with you. Looking forward to another journey!
Just bought this yesterday too having so much fun l playing this, it’s bin a long time coming 👌 always loved playing and watching your let’s plays dude! Keep up the awesome content 😌
Forgot how soothing your walkthroughs are. Helped me beat Bloodborne and DS3.
I feel exactly the same man as you man. This is one of those times in history that we will all remember. The reviews have made it even harder to wait, and I cant wait to get my vagabond into some serious boss fights. Unfortunately I'm stuck at work till 1 a.m. so it's not looking good 😂
It's ok brother only 3 more hours
@@Dragomicha I have now played 4 hours and the things I have seen... oh my God...
this is the first time I've come across any of your videos, but I like what I'm seeing so far! you have a chill voice and manner, so I'm probably going to end up watching your whole series.
well, I say watch, but I'll probably fall asleep to some of it because like I said, you have a chill voice, and I watch a lot of RUclips before bed lmao so I'll probably be conscious for 70-75%
Good stuff as always, looking forward to watching this series. Brightness could do with being a little higher 👍
I love a content creator who takes the time to make a character and immerse in the game.
I can’t wait for the 100% guide for this! going to be awesome to uncover all the secrets.
omg after so many months having played the network test, this feeling of actually playing was insane. Finding the uncanny nightmare area of caelid first on my end gave me goosebumps after expecting castles and plains and knight stuff all around, which I was dreading. I can't express how the game sold itself well to me. And I was healing internal private stuff, and made a quality (slight faith) character to symbolize that. This feeling is so contagious omg, everyone I saw and talked to was feeling it, it had been years of it and it surpassed anything I gave it for expectation
You need to activate the summoning pool in the room or area in order to actually use summons which in this case was right outside the boss area
They are for Co-op
Aaaah spending 15 minutes in character creation is indeed good
The changes from this version to release is significant particularly in the dungeon he does.
Watched your Bloodborne walktrhough ages ago and forgot about you. Cannot describe the Euphoric nostalgia I felt coming across this let's play.
I stayed up just to play this game, I feel the "child on christmas"
DS3 was my only other complete soulsborne experience and your play through was the only reason I learned anything about formulating proper builds and how to operate within the economy in that game. I started my trash character over and Rick rolled through the game over and over for months. I honestly have to say watching your videos and dueling in DS3 was my favorite part of the souls genre for a long time. I didn’t get into blood borne because I didn’t have a PlayStation but I’m excited watch through your content on Elden Ring. Glad to see this channel still doing well.
Dude... How did I avoid this whole area when I started. I basically went from tutorial boss death to limgrave what did I miss
Same dude
“I like to make my first characters look a little bit like me” - Liam Neeson probably
Confessor also just looks way cooler starting out
Yo cowboy I just wanted to say I couldn’t beat any of these games without your walkthroughs thank you for these videos
Playthrough cowboy = 12 year old on Christmas
Walkthrough Cowboy = No nonsense Professor
Hey I'm an aspiring RUclipsr myself on another channel just wanted to say I'm a huge fan and your dark souls videos really helped me out in the past. I hope to one day be as popular as you. Keep up the good work my dude.
Just outside the boss room, there is a little statue like a crucified person. Interact with that to enable spirit summons during the boss fight.
I was looking for this comment lol hopefully he realizes sooner than later since it seems he uploaded 6 ep back to back, gotta love skipping the info screens lmao
He doesn’t have the spirit calling bell yet.
Idk why people don't just let the folks playing figure things out for themselves ... he's a very smart guy he'll get it
@@lifelessexpression7670 I'm sure he'll get it tag has a knack for figuring out games, I just have a personal gripe with RUclipsrs skipping info screens then being like "_____ doesn't work????" But it's not gonna stop me from watching and enjoying a video. Just a little mini facepalm whenever a RUclipsr does that lol
@@lifelessexpression7670 He got it before I even posted the comment. He is also my favorite creator, but sometimes he skips the info screens on games, and then wonders why something isn’t working. On the off chance that he hadn’t gotten it (even though I knew he had as I had already seen another episode of him using it) it’s still helpful to someone who may not realize what they need. I didn’t tell them where to get it, I just told them the item name. They can do with that info what they will.
Dude!!! I discovered bloodborne two months ago and your videos helped through it. Thank you for the videos ......getting into elden ring now and happy to have you with me. Thanks again and keep up the good work!!!!
This game is so damn hard and maddening and I haven’t beaten anything but it keeps sucking me back in. Still playing with several classes but I’m lean towards the Samurai more and more.
Hey cowboy! I know these video a litle out of deate, but with said I'm enjoying watching them all and appreciate you and what you give us all thanks mate.
I need to show this to my mom so she can let me play it and I really hope it works 💪
Update: guys it worked I got it
@Mr.Sitallewal GAMING PS5 damn bro. I'm sorry I guess?
Finally, I can watch content of this game. Finished the game today, my God is it amazing
That watchdog boss looked like they just didn't code animations for him 😂 I did not expect him and I love it
Bro love the content that you are putting out. So far I’m like three hours In and still keep finding interesting stuff.