>>53565656It also applies to Elden Ring vs the old souls games. I felt exhausted on my first playthrough because I made it s lot harder than it needed to be: 1. Stay in whatever “meta” dueling PvP level range, which made me severely underlevelled compared to the average player when they fought Malenia and the boss gauntlet at the end of the game 2. No spirit ashes on bosses with the idea that I would be unrestricted on all subsequent playthroughs with my builds and using any method to win if I wanted to 3. FINISH ALL THE CONTENT I COULD FIND INCLUDING ALL NPC QUESTS AND DUNGEONS. the third caused me to take a break for a while because the stuff after Leyndell was mostly soul-crushing rehashes of earlier stuff and I was completely below the power curve. Still ended up 100%ing it but I made a promise to myself to never 100% it again and only go after items I’d need for whatever themed build I would make going forward. Still proud I killer Malenia completely solo and underpowered, it was a plucking nightmare
