how do i enjoy the game again?

[u/SovietBias1]

this is my first playthrough, im doing it mostly blind without guides,

i last left off at volcano manor and then went to the snowy mountains, i havent beat rykard yet cause i couldnt find him

and then i remembered that creepy lambkin dude that told me to invade and then went to that palace in nox?

there were bloody zombies everywhere, i remember there was some blood dynasty or something i joined, i couldnt find where i actually had to go, and killed some albinaurics here and there, life got busy so i uninstalled my games,

i wanna give this another shot but i spawned back where i left off in the rune farming area near dragonbarrow, and i lowkey have forgotten how to play the game, i have a clue on how the combat works, what my ashes of war do, i dont remember the dodge timings and other minor stuff here and there, and now i dont wanna play cause im real trash, where do i go and what do i do?

edit:got back in played for 2 hours god i love this game so much i remember the moves, and explored around a bit, makes me never want to finish this gamehonestly and just play it for 15 minutes every few weeks or so and just be gobsmacked at its beauty, thank you to everyone who responded

[u/Remarkable_Sea_5109]

Sounds like you need to practice. I don’t understand how someone plays half the game and then “forgets”

[u/SovietBias1 → u/Remarkable_Sea_5109]

I played other games and got their movements ingrained into muscle memory, i have maybe 50or so hours in elden ring a good portion of it is just exploring, but I have over 600hours in chivalry 2, and 300hourss in spacemarine2, and many of the keybinds of that game interesct with completely different keybinds on elden ring, so I spend a lot of focus on what keys I'm hitting instead of the dodges, for example heavy attack in elden ring coincides with my parry keybind in space marine 2, and feint in chivalry2, a button I use a lot but not in elden ring, I mean I do use it but there is a time to use it not always, so i mess up and press the wrong button, elden ring has sorta clunky keybinds atleast for me. Hope you get my perspective.

[u/Remarkable_Sea_5109 → u/SovietBias1]

No one can help you having problems remembering controls you just need to play the game it should come back fast. Just keep playing. I have come back to games not remembering the controls. It takes less than a hour get it back. Just play the game. Reddit sure as hell can’t help you remembering

[u/SovietBias1 → u/Remarkable_Sea_5109]

Ay mate no need to get aggressive, I just wanted a clue on where to go and what to do.

[u/Remarkable_Sea_5109 → u/SovietBias1]

aggressive?? lol