What Elden Ring Is Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play Games

We're back. For those interested, here is a link to a highlight video of part of my wife's playthrough of Elden Ring: nebula.tv/videos/razbuten-my-wife-beating-elden-ri…. Hope you enjoyed this little journey! Wishing you a happy old new years, and I will see you in the next one.

Congrats on the baby! Now in a few years you can run experiments on the kid to get the true non gamer experience

The fact that she even entertained this request of yours shows what a great trooper she is. Goals.

The squeal of joy near the end where she finally beats the beast man without summons really brought a smile to my face

As a girl I wasn't allowed to play much for video games growing up. Games were always something that always intrigued me, but I was always told "no" because I was a girl, and then later "no" when I was a teenager because I was "too old" for them I didn't get to start gaming until a couple years ago. In the past 2 years of buckling down and diving into gaming I followed a journey not unlike your wife's in this series you've been doing. I tried "approachable" games that were recommended to me only to find them entirely non-intuitive and unapproachable. The only games that really made sense to me on first play were the likes of Animal Crossing and Minecraft. However, something about gaming continued to stick with me, and I kept powering through and playing more games. I wanted to get good at gaming. I even went straight into Elden Ring when it came out, which was probably the most foolish thing I've ever done. It was also the best thing I could have done for myself. Over the past 2 years of pushing forward, I owe games like Skyrim, Final Fantasy 14, and Elden Ring my life. I now play Souls games quite a lot, and I think I've gotten pretty good (I also started with Bandit in Elden Ring, but I actually have kept that class and really, really love DEX builds). It's been an endlessly rewarding experience. I say all this to point out the fact that not everyone gets to learn how to play games from an early starting point. I've seen a lot of nasty words thrown at people who enjoy simpler games like Animal Crossing because those "aren't REAL games" or in playing them you're "not a REAL gamer", but everyone has to start somewhere. Games are not intuitive for people who haven't touched them before, and we should be encouraging and welcoming with open arms. You never know who's going to Get Good. It took me less than 2 years to go from playing Minecraft to beating Souls bosses--proof that you can start anywhere at any time, and enjoy gaming the way you want to. (And honestly, if you just want to stick to AC or Minecraft, do it--there's no shame in playing what YOU want to play.) Congrats to your wife, she did something amazing. It's such a good feeling to defeat a boss in a FromSoftware game.

the dichotomy of “Can you get me something to fight?” into immediately screaming and retreating is something that never leaves even the most veteran soulslike players

Your wife is so courageous, that she would attempt a "no level up run" on her VERY FIRST Elden playthrough. Kudos to her!

I love how after she switched from one of the worst starting classes in both Elden Ring and Dark Souls to objectively the best ones (Vagabond in ER and Warrior in DS) she had a much easier time dealing with the bosses, just goes to show how much of a difference starting stats make lmao

Elden ring really helped me overcome my panic button pressing. Never got through these games, but I think I can finish this. I actually beat Radahn ! (Unfortunately he has been nerfed)

That shriek of joy when she finally beats the Beastman on her own is the absolute essence of why people love these games and im so glad she got to experience that

Your wife's screams of delight every time she beats a major hurdle are the best part of this series. I'm really glad you've helped her to enjoy playing games

Even though I am the one who bought a PS5 and a disc for Elden Ring, I am so glad my husband was the first one to play it. He handheld me through the Godrick soldier camp near Gatefront. After successfully eliminating the enemy group there, I had grasped most of the combat mechanics and was able to beat Margit eventually. Now this has become my favorite video game with more than 500 hours gameplay time and extra time on Youtube for learning boss movesets. Having never played a 3D action game before, without his coaching, I may have given up on the game and missed my chance to fully experience such a masterpiece.

The messeges people write are seriously helpful. I would miss so many things without them

A triple A game: $60 The shout of glee as someone you love defeats her first boss on her own: Priceless.

Lady: gives birth to an entire child Lady: finally gets some sleep Raz: time to play elden ring

i love her <3 and props to her for not giving up and beating her first boss fights in two different games! seeing the joy of you both made me smile :)

Part of the issue might be that the daggers are probably the hardest weapons to use in this game. They aren’t really viable unless you master going for critical hits which is difficult.

i actually didn’t expect this series to ever make a comeback, but here we are. she has suffered through elden ring.

I love her happy squeals on defeating bosses 😄

Im on like a 2 month hiatus from ER and seeing her enter limgrave made me really excited to return. I forgot how beautiful this game is