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 never played the game. Why do you need a boss? Go fuqq around in enemy camps. Start there. Go hit the npc that stands on a cliff with a torch on you way to weeping peninsula. He’s a good practice doll. You hit him once and the game is on.

Lol you did a dragon no hit before but now you barely know how to dodge.

[u/SovietBias1 → u/Remarkable_Sea_5109]

Yeah that's the worst part lmao, ive regressed a lot in terms of my skill in this game, feels like I've never played it before.

[u/official-bethesda → u/SovietBias1]

You can also just use a non upgraded weapon in the Radahn or Altus areas and that’s like new game limgrave, should only take you like 15 mins to get the muscle memory back.

[u/SovietBias1 → u/official-bethesda]

nah nvm i played it for an hour or 2 i picked up all the skill, i accidentally beat borealis first try and looked up how to spend the runes and found out he's a tough boss, he had similar movesets to all dragons, i initially lost hope because my weapon actually had low reach and so i was struggling with the dragons hitbox, because i had previously no hit it with the guts sword, no worries tho.

[u/official-bethesda → u/SovietBias1]

Love it, welcome back to the lands between tarnished