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I’m about three and half hours into playing Sifu. First of all, what an incredibly fun game. I also absolutely love the art style and just the general atmosphere of the world you’re in. But I’ve got a question….

Are people on the internet that say they made it through The Squats at age 22 on their first run being serious? I’m only asking because I’m trying to understand if I’m truly the worst Sifu player there has ever been. My first run I completely lost the game before making it to The Botanist. I’m now capable of making it to the boss around age 30 but haven’t beaten him in three tries now. In fact I don’t even get close, not even through phase one.

I’ve watched some beginners guide videos and I have a decent understanding of what I should be trying to do but I’m still not all that great. I assume I just gotta keep playing and I’ll get the hang of it.

Does anyone have any tips for me on what helped them out in the beginning? How in the world am I supposed to be able to react fast enough to the sweep kick The Botanist does that is ending me so quickly?

Edit: I’m on the hardest difficulty by the way.

Edit: I lowered difficulty to disciple and I beat the squats first try! So much easier but also I still have a lot of room to improve because I made it at age 35.

I want to play Gothic 2 Gold Edition on steam while using a PS5 controller and I was under the impression that I would need to mod the game to do that. I can't find any kind of mod on Nexus or the Steam Workshop that talks about the use of a controller. I thought maybe it was a mod called Gamepad or something like that?

Will I need to install Union as well? How do I go about installing Union? And if I install Union manually, can I then use mods from the Steam Workshop that require Union?

What would you recommend for mods to use for my first play through?

I see lots of people joining the Old and New Camps but I don’t see much talk about joining the Swamp Camp. Is it not as fun and/or not as powerful of an option? In real life I am not religious but in video games I’m often drawn in by religious/cult like factions for some reason and I like the appeal of The Sleepers or whatever the hell they call themselves.

Is there some glaringly obvious reason I should avoid joining them that I’m not seeing? I haven’t done any quests for them yet so I don’t know anything about them. I mostly just think their camp is a cool change of pace from the other environments I’ve seen so far.

Gothic 1 was actually the first RPG I ever played way back when I was like 9 years old when it released. I loved it so much but I have very little memory of anything besides the Old Camp. I’m not actually sure I ever made it anywhere besides the Old Camp. I have one very specific memory of fighting mole rats to discover Nek’s body but I really don’t think I got very far at all back then.

What camp do you like the most to join?

I swear I’m not just some insanely dumb person but puzzles aren’t my strong suit. For what it’s worth I have always said that I probably have a very average IQ at best. I’m smarter in other ways I think…

Any chance someone could try to explain to me what I’m trying to do? I mean I understand that all the pins have to be up and that they come up when in the middle position which is fourth place from both right or left.

Is there some sort of basic trick to be paying attention to? I have learned lock picking skill 1 and I’m gonna get the master lock picking skill next because I’ve heard that it makes the game easier. But even the easiest chests are confusing me.

I just tried on a chest and was able to get all but the first plate in the correct position. But when I moved the first plate, it moved the third plate out of position. I kept messing with other plates trying to stumble on some sort of understanding of how to finish the puzzle but I’m still just as lost as when I started.

Please help! I really don’t want to mod it out of the game but I’m getting pretty close. I’d love to play the game as intended however.

I started the game as a pyromancer and had fun doing that up until Pontif Sullyvhan. My stat spread just wasn’t good enough like that to beat him so I respecced into sell sword twin blades and dexterity build. I played the rest of the game like that.

I’m now thinking either full sorcery, back to pyro, or a big ass heavy weapon like an ultra greatsword to just stagger and beat down enemies.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what they have found fun? I’m okay with a build that is a bit harder to use but I’m no professional at this game so it’s gotta be a somewhat competent play style.

I’d love to hear what you guys had fun with!

Our battle ended by both of us killing the other person simultaneously. It was pretty funny. I’ve never been invaded before so it was a blast. I’m on PC/Steam, I don’t know if there is anyway of seeing who I was just invaded by but I’d love to tell them it was super fun!

I’m afraid that I am addicted to my prescribed aderall. I have no desire to do anything when I’m not taking it. Sometimes I decide to take a few days off and sometimes I will even go for a couple weeks before taking my medication again. I do this because I want to know that I can manage without it if need be.

But when I’m not taking it, I never really have any interest in doing much at all. I’m currently not working due to other life events but plan on going back to work soon. I absolutely can’t function at work without my medication. It scares me to feel this dependent on it.

I am an alcoholic in recovery. I haven’t drank in over four years but I did have a bit of a time doing kratom pretty excessively for a year but quit a little over nine months ago. Besides aderall, I have been sober since then. Some people in my circle wouldn’t consider taking aderall to be sober but I do because I don’t abuse it and I was diagnosed when I was much younger, like fifteen or more years ago. I didn’t get diagnosed just to get drugs, I got diagnosed before I knew anything at all about stimulant medication or adhd. My mom urged me to get tested because of how much I struggled in school and work. I also got retested again before getting prescribed medication and was told that the adhd diagnosis was correct. I also have a possible diagnosis of bipolar type 2.

I have very little to show for my life and what progress I have made, I made it in the past three years while medicated. When I was originally on medication when I was much younger, I abused it so I pretty quickly stopped taking it. I was nervous to start taking it again in sobriety but it hasn’t caused any problems that I can tell.

As a side note, my parents, sister and extended family are all successful doctors, teachers, dentists, etc… and all I have is a high school diploma. I’m not stupid but I can’t find anything that I don’t burn out in almost immediately. It feels humiliating.

I recently played through the base game and DLC of Elden Ring for the first time and found it challenging but fun and mostly doable without any kind of summons. Only boss I needed help with was for PCR at the end of DLC.

I immediately downloaded and started Dark Souls 3 after. I have just made it to Irithyl at level 48 and so far every single boss fight has been an absolute piece of cake. I think they are extremely fun fights but pretty much every time I beat one I think, surely there is a second phase? But nope, that’s the end of it. I have a harder time with all of the trash enemies in the areas leading up to the boss than I do with the actual bosses.

Is this generally considered to be an easier game? I’m going to play Dark Souls Remastered or Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the First Sin next, not sure which one I will play first. Any suggestions on which one is more fun to play?

Edit: I thought there was only going to be maybe 3 or 4 replies at most! I love all the responses but doubt I will respond to all of it right now. I’m currently playing DS3 and wanna keep doing that. Thanks for all the input. It seems like people are somewhat divided on whether DS3 is easier than ER or not. But that is definitely my experience so far, although I’ve been told the difficulty is going to increase starting where I am at now. I also want to mention that I still absolutely love Dark Souls 3!

I have just decided that I’m simply not good enough at dodging and rolling at the correct times and I won’t be able to beat PCR. This is my first play through and I plan on at least one more, more likely multiple more play throughs. So maybe I will get better and beat him myself one day but for now I just want to finish the DLC and move on. At this point I’m not even trying when I enter the fog gate, I’ve basically already given up before he launches himself at me. I’ve even tried using Ansbach and Mimic Tear but to no avail. Every boss I beat in the base game and DLC so far I have done on my own without any kind of summon but I can’t do this.

Is there anyone out there who would have the time to let me summon them and beat him for me? Again, I’m on PC. Thanks for any help that may be out there and even if you can’t help and just want to leave a comment saying git gud, I welcome that too.

EDIT: I GOT IT TAKEN CARE OF, THANKS!!

I can give karma and I can also mule for you if you want but I’ve never muled so you might have to walk me through the process. It seems easy enough though. Thank you!

Just trying to decide if I care enough to get the pro version or not. Does anyone have any big arguments for the pro over just the standard model? Obviously you guys have the pro so you’re gonna like it more but I’m not a huge tech guy so I don’t know if there is going to be anything that matters to me.

I have never done this and am new to Elden Ring so if you’re willing to help me out, which I will be extremely grateful for, you might need to walk me through how to “meet up” with you in game. I’m hesitant to just use mods like grand merchant because I’m worried I will make a mistake and get banned and I love online play.

I will be grateful for any amount of these items you can/are willing to give.

I will help in anyway I can in return, I might even have something you want but I can’t promise it.

Thank you!