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Polygon | I played Elden Ring wrong for two years @polygon | Uploaded 1 month ago | Updated 10 hours ago
I started Elden Ring on launch day in 2022. It was my first FromSoft game and turns out, I didn't know what I was getting into. Here's how I let a bunch of assumptions and anxieties drive me to play Elden Ring wrong and bad for two years and over 200 hours. No, I still haven't beaten it.

0:00 I've been playing Elden Ring wrong
0:33 Context: I'm bad at games
1:40 Playing Elden Ring
3:15 What's the right way to play Elden Ring?
5:46 Learning that I'm an idiot

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I played Elden Ring wrong for two years @polygon