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It's a mixed bag. You can find some decent weapons early on but there's definitely some better gear further into the game.

This game is set up different than earlier From games too in that if you felt like googling "best Dex weapon Elden Ring" for example, chances are pretty good that you can bypass large parts of the game and go straight for that weapon, or focus on completing a couple things that will enable you to get that weapon, rather than play through half the game to get it

My brother wanted a particular sword and had to kill one boss to get it. It was fairly deep into the map, but he literally ran past everything in his path to get this sword (which From nerfed like a day later lmao)