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shortcut or skill to access new parts of the map ala metroid,zelda etc
I also have to make a comment regarding the tone of the game.
Although it's not as dark as Bloodborne,I dont think there was a frame in the trailer that I ve sensed a bright place or hopeful feeling. There is a constant melancholy and withering beauty in almost every scene.
Which is even better than what I was expecting. I like the melancholic tone of these games and Elden Ring seems to be delivering on that
Although it's not as dark as Bloodborne,I dont think there was a frame in the trailer that I ve sensed a bright place or hopeful feeling. There is a constant melancholy and withering beauty in almost every scene.
Which is even better than what I was expecting. I like the melancholic tone of these games and Elden Ring seems to be delivering on that
If Elden Ring is an actual metroidvania I'm losing my shit
Yeah I've wondered about this and how they're gonna gate off areas since they are ""connected seamlessly", but we've seen fog gates already so most likely it's going to work exactly like in previous games. Full independent exploration is probably just not technically feasible, plus it would be a mess when you bring invaders into the equation. Invaders can be so annoying in current games when you're winning a duel and they go run and hide behind some enemies, now imagine that in an open world if they could go literally anywhere.
Seems like a guess/wishful thinking more than anything, with Bloodborne PC/remaster I really won't believe any rumours anymore until it's actually announced
Yeah, I suspect that canyons, tunnels, bridges and miscellaneous choke-points will play a surprisingly large part in Elden Ring's topography just so they've got plenty of places to shove a fog gate.
The synopsis:
"Marika's offspring, demigods all, claimed the shards of the Elden Ring known as the Great Runes, and the mad taint of their newfound strength triggered a war: The Shattering. A war that meant abandonment by the Greater Will.
And now the guidance of grace will be brought to the Tarnished who were spurned by the grace of gold and exiled from the Lands Between. Ye dead who yet live, your grace long lost, follow the path to the Lands Between beyond the foggy sea to stand before the Elden Ring.
And become the Elden Lord."
Undead again, then? Really are leaning into the "Souls, but bigger" thing. I have no problem with that at all, though obviously you gotta hope there's more to it
"Marika's offspring, demigods all, claimed the shards of the Elden Ring known as the Great Runes, and the mad taint of their newfound strength triggered a war: The Shattering. A war that meant abandonment by the Greater Will.
And now the guidance of grace will be brought to the Tarnished who were spurned by the grace of gold and exiled from the Lands Between. Ye dead who yet live, your grace long lost, follow the path to the Lands Between beyond the foggy sea to stand before the Elden Ring.
And become the Elden Lord."
Undead again, then? Really are leaning into the "Souls, but bigger" thing. I have no problem with that at all, though obviously you gotta hope there's more to it
There were some undead/zombie-looking pale mobs with their heads tilted walking around in the footage, so yeah.
Love this shot so much....What little we've seen of this set makes it some of my favorite fashion From has ever made. IDK why but I'm getting a bit of Arwen from LOTR from it?
That big guy is a tall version of those enemies in Old Yharnam
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It's kind of like an overblown version of it. There's the theme of the order of the world being broken. The phrase "dead who yet live" makes me feel like most of these undead are running on borrowed time, already truly dead but without the consequences (yet). If the order of the world is restored as it was before, they'll probably finally die, but if a new order is established, they may not have to.
I think that's what this game is going to be about, bring everything back to the status quo or embrace change. A lot of these themes have already been seen in other soulsbornekiro games, but this time we're probably going to have more of a say in the matter, instead of just having to deal with a forked road that ends in the same place in the end.
That's where my money is too, I wouldn't be surprised if we learned that the Ring was kind of a nuanced/bad thing in the world and the world is ultimately better without it (or we have to decide that for ourselves).
I think some loose metroidvania structure and elements are more than likely in order to at least slightly restrict which areas are visited last. I doubt From intends to scale anything at all to the players level in their semi open world Souls game.
I think the biggest thematic difference so far is that unlike souls, where you are marked (or manipulated) as the hero trying to save the world against enemies that are obstacles but have honestly no alignment or hostility towards you until you challenge them, in the trailer the dialogue hints at the PC facing enemies that are clearly aligned against you this time. I think there is definitely room for more meaningful choices to be made with NPCs in this game than souls games, if they choose to go that way.
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Seems to me from the trailer that it's just a dark souls Dark Lord path. The tarnished all got exiled and now the level up waifu or whoever the kid who comes up to you wants you to kill all the demigods and get the Elden Ring so you can return to the lands between and be free. That's why she says brandish the Elden Ring for all of us.
Ok saw it yesterday and have just watched it again, pausing some shit, and well, it looks really good. Still darker than I anticipated (especially having seen the leaked internal footage) in terms of lighting and designs both.
Lighting has received a boost I guess, it looks awesome, and art style is glorious as always. More detailed than ever.
In terms of mechanics and such, I'd like to see some extended footage, uncut, of some part of what seems the central area in the world. With that I'd need nothing more to see from it until release.
Very pleased with the release date, I hope it doesn't need to get delayed, and a 6/7 month marketing cycle is very fine I guess.
Pretty much satisfied with everything in this new reveal I think, except I still don't know exactly how it plays and wanna see more, pure and uncut, gameplay. I get there are new animations for attacks, magic and bow seem faster and very cool, there seems to be both rolling and evading... And it seems there's Series native version with smart delivery. Shit. Very nice, From, can't wait to play this as soon as it unlocks on Xbox digital.
Lighting has received a boost I guess, it looks awesome, and art style is glorious as always. More detailed than ever.
In terms of mechanics and such, I'd like to see some extended footage, uncut, of some part of what seems the central area in the world. With that I'd need nothing more to see from it until release.
Very pleased with the release date, I hope it doesn't need to get delayed, and a 6/7 month marketing cycle is very fine I guess.
Pretty much satisfied with everything in this new reveal I think, except I still don't know exactly how it plays and wanna see more, pure and uncut, gameplay. I get there are new animations for attacks, magic and bow seem faster and very cool, there seems to be both rolling and evading... And it seems there's Series native version with smart delivery. Shit. Very nice, From, can't wait to play this as soon as it unlocks on Xbox digital.
Yeah it seems to be a similar deal. But the main difference is that in ds3 it's kind of a moot point, you know it doesn't matter in a cycle or two. I don't think it's the same here.
I doubt the open world will be a complete sandbox,I guess it's gonna be a zeldaesque structured map
Something tells me I'm going to be tearing that Greater Will a new one :)
I want this so bad
This sums up my feelings so well. Not just in relation to Elden Ring, but you see this attitude everywhere. Frankly I don't think that 80% of gamers even know what "4k 60fps" even means nor should they care. Challenging a game purely on graphics alone is such a pointless conversation when the majority of people who buy the title don't care. Obvious visual bugs like in CP or lazy pop-ins like in Sw/Sh are pretty much the line for me. Do I prefer 60fps? Sure as hell do. Am I gonna skip on a title because of that? Hell no.
There are games that clearly prioritize the visual experience. I like those games. I play those games. Not every game is meant to be one of them.
You see a lot of these people toss around terms like "engine," "shading," "textures," without really knowing what they mean. Or just the super vague "the graphics look bad" which is meaningless. Just let yourself enjoy stuff without worrying about numbers and metrics.
Thanks! Sounds like it's well worth playing on there as a Switch only gamer. Honestly if it gives me the same feeling I had when playing Demon's Souls over 10 years ago I'll be happy.
Another question, is it good enough with the joycons or needs to be played with a Pro Controller?
Demon's Souls looks technically good, but they changed a lot of the architecture and enemy designs, and I personally think they all look worse.
FROM Software's art design is equal parts gross/ugly and hauntingly beautiful and just exploring that is the reason FROM can make these games in perpetuity and I'll always enjoy them.
I like how everything seems to be broken, including the landmass. I can totally see the structure of the game being a constant descent to whatever ground zero is at the bottom.
FROM Software's art design is equal parts gross/ugly and hauntingly beautiful and just exploring that is the reason FROM can make these games in perpetuity and I'll always enjoy them.
I like how everything seems to be broken, including the landmass. I can totally see the structure of the game being a constant descent to whatever ground zero is at the bottom.
I mean we are in a new generation, and I think Demon's Souls Remake unfortunately set the bar for what a current Souls game should look like. The backlash isn't totally unreasonable and will probably continue to release date, but most likely become a whisper afterwards.
not reinventing the wheel,but building on what they already have saves them time to focus on improving or evolving everything else imo.
You can see from the trailer that this already looks like a compilation of all games in one and then some more. I can see glimpses of Sekiro,Bloodborne and Souls throughout the whole trailer
It is though.
It's one company known for their graphical and technical prowess remaking a game from 2 generations ago that has far less going on in it in terms of design and complexity vs another company that considers themselves to be a AA developer that is often known for not being great on a technical level making their largest and most complex game to date and doing it primarily on last gen consoles.
Do you think this large area around the Erdtree with the gothic castles and structures that we saw so much in the trailer is like the first land/kingdom we got to explore?
I know that trailers usually only showcase the first parts of the game but it's hard to imagine that most of the shit we saw is all early/mid-game content.
I know that trailers usually only showcase the first parts of the game but it's hard to imagine that most of the shit we saw is all early/mid-game content.
I'm excited to see what kind of skills they added to the game. I also wonder if/what the significance of the red lightning is like in Bloodborne with Bolt being bluish instead of yellow like lightning in other From games. I swear Redgrave talked about it somewhere but I can't find it.
But I mean what is the essence of that criticism? It's not like From decided to make the game look worse on purpose. They worked on it really hard and gave their best, I don't think we can expect or demand more. (And it looks gorgeous btw)
It's two letters away from a big SMT concept, no relation i think. But we've shifted from asking what the elden ring is to what the Greater Will has to do with everything.
I think it's kind of like the Bloodborne trailer where it gave us the general feeling of the game, but no one saw the Eldritch Twist coming. I think there might be a similar moment where things are darker than they appear in a brightly colored world. If anything, I think a bright looking fantasy world will contrast well with the dark things that live in it.
For the average gamer, I don't think it is. Add the fact that the awards and GRRMs involvement w/ ER have set a certain expectation for and brought a new audience (or new scrutiny) to this game. Anyways, it seems like there is some fallout with cross-gen titles at the start of every new gen. I'm not surprised at all.
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Some people just enjoy popping in and posting that stuff because they think it's funny to go into different communities and stir shit up. It's like the numerous "easy mode" threads: everything has been said about that and there's no reason to have more other than people who think it's funny to watch people freak out about it. I ignore it at this point; I'm going to love this game and that's all I'm worried about.That trailer thread
So many weird takes and people hung up about it not having next gen visuals. FROM was never pushing graphics, instead they are going for a creative world and level design with some crazy and beautiful aesthetic style, which I prefer.
Indeed, but if I'm being objective and/or playing devils advocate it makes a bit of sense.
That's dope! I couldn't ask for a better birthday present.
Extremely. First, isn't it true that ER was meant to release before PS5 was out? (With an intended upgrade of course) We're basically looking at a PS4 game here that now is cross-gen due to the Covid delay.
Second, thats comparing a next-gen title where the main focus of the devs efforts is visual fidelity, with a cross-gen title where the dev time was spent on actually making the damn game.
Its like saying "SotC remake looks better than The Last Guardian." Of course it does. Why are we comparing remakes to fresh titles?
My expectations for the visuals were DS3/Sekiro level, was even expecting a bit worse due to it being open world.
Visuals went far beyond my expectations, It looks gorgeous. Things are always moving in the environment, making the world feel even more alive. The new dynamic lighting system Omni was talking about adds so much to the overall presentation. Fromsoftware just keeps getting better and better.
Visuals went far beyond my expectations, It looks gorgeous. Things are always moving in the environment, making the world feel even more alive. The new dynamic lighting system Omni was talking about adds so much to the overall presentation. Fromsoftware just keeps getting better and better.
Agree. Where they 'embellished' things look great, but I didn't like any of their larger changes tbh.