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My first ELden Ring playthrough was 45 hours and i'm wondering if this is too fast?

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I started playing Elden ring like 2 years after it came out in 2024. During my first playthrough I used a few guides and wikis to guide me through the game. My kind of gameplay is like a casual speedrun as some other post called it. I like to get to the next thing if I can and I don't really like just walking around until something cool happens or I find something. As much as I wish I could be that kind of gamer that checks every nook and cranny and has 200+ hours of gameplay on their first playthrough, im just not. I prefer to get play the game and main stuff and then if im interested enough i'll go back and do the sidestuff which as you know, isn't really possible as some things you do completely take away some questlines. Also as much as I wish I didn't, I summoned on most bosses, and I dont mean npc summons, i mean real players who helped me. Elden ring was my first souls game so to me, it was really difficult, nowadays ive played ds 1 and 3 and sekiro and i can beat elden ring easily but back then it was virtually impossible for me which made me summon for basically every boss. This post isn't really about the questions as much as i just want to talk about my run and experience. I LOVE elden ring and its my #1 game of all time but I just wish I had spent more time on that first playthrough. My second playthrough took me 75 hours for the base game and DLC which is super fast tbh. An average playthrough of mine is about 6 hours just going from boss to boss as fast as I can. Mostly I just wish I could've taken my time and play the game without worrying about the next thing and exploring as much as I can, also not summoning for the bosses as that really took away from the experience. BUT as of now i have 550 hours in the game with 15+ playthroughs and I love this game VERY much. I just wish I took my time and I wonder if I would have had more fun if I had slowed down and played it through or if slowing down would have been impossible for me lol. Anyways, thanks for letting me vent lol and i'm just wondering if anyone else is the same and speedran their first playthrough and such.

TL;DR
My first playthrough of elden ring was super fast and i wish I had slowed down and experienced it fully.

Posted Aug 31, 2025, 12:17 AM UTC

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