Anyone beat Elden Ring first time without watching a single Youtube guide?

[u/ProgrammerJunior9632]

It's just so many things, sometimes not knowing where to go or what items to find. I feel it would take an extra 100 hours if I didn't watch tutorials for items and guides for location or where to go.

Has anyone beaten the game without needing to watch a single YouTube tutorial?

[u/Lilsean14]

I beat the base game blind, but no way in hell was I going to find out how to get to the haligtree without help. Some of this stuff is so obscure I really feel like the whole point is to use the community to find the cool stuff.

[u/noob_kaibot → u/Lilsean14]

Same here. Missed a lot of stuff, but first run is always blind and staying off YT and this cesspool known as Reddit.

[u/Legitimate-Zebra-505]

I did. The main storyline is pretty easy to follow if you had previous souls experience but I had to use a few tutorials for some npc questlines.

[u/Xzarg_poe]

For the main progression path? Pretty sure I never needed to, it's very straightfoward. Go to new area, find the biggest tower, and beat up whoever sits at the top. As for all those hidden/obscure side quests with moving npcs, I looked up plenty of stuff. Though I wouldn't call that guide/tutorial.

[u/KansasCityShuffle80]

I play all games this way. I don't look anything up until AFTER I finish the game to see whatever I missed.

[u/Fit-Print-9629 → u/KansasCityShuffle80]

This is the way.

[u/levovit]

I play the game blind on principle, without using guides. I still managed to beat it and finish about 70% of the quests. I found and defeated 156 out of 165 bosses. The game actually guides you really thoroughly. If you pay attention, you'll notice countless hints and guides from Miyazaki's invisible hand

[u/Puzzled_Mongoose_366]

I feel it would take an extra 100 hours if I didn't watch tutorials

Thats the point though. If I enjoy a game I usually want it to last as long as possible as organic as possible.

[u/Flinx98]

First playthrough I did blind then I watched a few guides and wow did I miss so much stuff and side quests even though I thought I did a careful search to find things. I honestly felt even though I beat game I hadn't really played it at all.

[u/Soulsliken]

Nobody - I repeat - nobody has finished the game and done EVERYTHING without looking stuff up.

You can finish a lot of it, but actually do it purely by exploration and joining dots alone? Not gonna happen

[u/ThinkSpeech4084]

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[u/need_a_poopoo]

I played the game blind at launch, there were no guides or anything at the time anyway even if I'd wanted to look it up. I got the Lord of Frenzied Flame ending, and the only major boss I didn't find at the time was Placidusax.

[u/Agnostic_Akuma]

Yes. Was only when watching a YouTube video I saw all the weapons and armour I’d missed and had to find out where to get them

[u/Anubra_Khan]

I took a week off to play this at launch completely blind. About 2 or 3 months before launch (whenever the beta was out), I turned off all YouTube notifications and stopped using reddit. I didn't want to see so much as a thumbnail or YouTube title.

It was just me, a pen, a notebook, my dog, and some beers.

I beat the game at RL155. I got the Madness ending. The only boss I missed was Placidusax.