As most players did, I b-lined it to Margit. Unlike most players, I sat there for about 5 hours trying to beat him, thinking it was normal in a soulslike
After finally defeating Margit, I trekked through the castle, finally getting back to the courtyard. After dying 5 times and with no idea where to go, I (finally) decided to explore limgrave
Unfortunately, the first thing I found was the secret passage past the castle
So I waltzed into the lands of raya lucaria, except I didn’t, because the first thing I did was take the teleporter past it to that manor in the top left of the map
Because of this, I found myself venturing all the way to Loretta, at which I was stuck for another couple hours trying to beat her
After all that, I didn’t even go and meet Ranni in the tower because I tpb back to the starting area after I realised I was probably in the wrong spot to continue on in
To be clear, throughout this I was heavily underleveled, underequipped and didn’t have my physick
So that’s the story as to how I beat Loretta as my second boss (including mini bosses)
I guess you could say my first playthrough was a little special
Went on to beat Malenia in my second playthrough, absolute gem of a game
Wow that’s hilarious and probably made for a very memorable experience and journey. Had you known that you were going through the game in an “unintended” way or did you just go in blind?
Elden Ring is the best doing that. The others that came before allow for some branching paths and alternate routes but usually lead to the same bosses somewhere down the line
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As most players did, I b-lined it to Margit. Unlike most players, I sat there for about 5 hours trying to beat him, thinking it was normal in a soulslike
After finally defeating Margit, I trekked through the castle, finally getting back to the courtyard. After dying 5 times and with no idea where to go, I (finally) decided to explore limgrave
Unfortunately, the first thing I found was the secret passage past the castle
So I waltzed into the lands of raya lucaria, except I didn’t, because the first thing I did was take the teleporter past it to that manor in the top left of the map
Because of this, I found myself venturing all the way to Loretta, at which I was stuck for another couple hours trying to beat her
After all that, I didn’t even go and meet Ranni in the tower because I tpb back to the starting area after I realised I was probably in the wrong spot to continue on in
To be clear, throughout this I was heavily underleveled, underequipped and didn’t have my physick
So that’s the story as to how I beat Loretta as my second boss (including mini bosses)
I guess you could say my first playthrough was a little special
Went on to beat Malenia in my second playthrough, absolute gem of a game
Wow that’s hilarious and probably made for a very memorable experience and journey. Had you known that you were going through the game in an “unintended” way or did you just go in blind?
First time playing a soulslike, I just went through it blind and explored around
Didn’t realise until pretty late that the game would just let me go places I didn’t belong lol
Elden Ring is the best doing that. The others that came before allow for some branching paths and alternate routes but usually lead to the same bosses somewhere down the line