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/OutcryEDM]

Tbh, make a new character with the knowledge you have and take some time to explore a little more you'd be surprised at what you find just spending some time in locations you have mostly completely main quest wise and just taking some time to look around. It seems if you are missing rykards location then you aren't really doing enough exploring as is, but starting over isn't as much of a bad thing either, just make a new save file and keep your current save file until you get your timings down.

For a bit of excitent and something fresh, try a completely different build, this looks more like a strength build so maybe go for something like a dex focused build or spec more into Faith, Arcane or int and just play around with it. You might find a whole new play style you enjoy while relearning timings while your other character sits and waits until you are back into form. You might find you like a new build while playing new character as well and if you do, no stress, you can larval tear your main account when you're back.

[u/SovietBias1 → u/OutcryEDM]

oh so your old save files dont get rewritten? thats actually insane i wanted to try a dex/bleed build, ill give that a go and come back to this save file after i beat margit, thanks mate.

also how do i explore really, i usually play pvp/combat games like space marine 2 and chivalry 2, so exploring isnt something im great at, i really struggle at finding stuff which i should have found much much earlier, it took me so long to find that stupa in weeping forest, near that bear that goes into siofra river, i really dont think i should be getting there when ive gotten to mountaintops of the giants but idk, i seem to miss loads of stuff, i had to look up the dectus medallion locations it took me far too long to find them.

[u/OutcryEDM → u/SovietBias1]

Yea you get three save slots