Well they did say it will be their biggest game yet and I would imagine that there will be a lot more optional or even secret bosses.
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Well they did say it will be their biggest game yet and I would imagine that there will be a lot more optional or even secret bosses.
The "scorpion" boss from the trailer seems to be the gatekeeper for the big castle we see in the images (with the collapsed bridge).
And then you fight the multiple arms boss inside the castle, which is probably the "king" of that region.
In the Dragon fight the sky is red... could be something boss specific, or could also mean it's a late game boss fight when there were permanent changes to the world (like in Bloodorne when the moon gets exposed for example).
And then you fight the multiple arms boss inside the castle, which is probably the "king" of that region.
In the Dragon fight the sky is red... could be something boss specific, or could also mean it's a late game boss fight when there were permanent changes to the world (like in Bloodorne when the moon gets exposed for example).
New concept art from Yasuhiro Kitao, FromSoft dev's tweet.
New concept art from Yasuhiro Kitao, FromSoft dev's tweet.
Uh what do you mean concept art?
Well that's unfortunate. Only time I've seen the name was among Japanese people
Considering it's been awhile, I'm guessing bandai/from wanted the reveal to be explosive, which would explain why they showed a lot. Red haired lady is being a boss is very likely, and the scene where puts her helmet on could be an intro cutscene
There is also flying elk/moose thing, colossus, Smough, bearded guy, Sir Alonne-Penetrator looking guy, wyvern and paladin
If you pay attention to the very first shot the dragon appears in, you can just about see up in the cliffs that the sky is yellow. And then it's red in the later shots. I think it either happens mid-fight or it's unrelated to the dragon and it can be fought under different skies.
I started a new run of Dark Souls Remastered, honestly after playing the remake of Demon's Souls looks very rough, but I don't mind it because is amazing. I'm so hyped for Elden Rig god.
So watching through the trailer again...
What's up with all the hollows in the game? Is this the 'unending curse' again, some kind of undeath? I hope we get some new lore for them (and for player resurrection), they used the undeath-curse so many times already.
Why does the Ghru boss arena seems to be only a few steps away from the Arm Guy's castle/arena? I guess he's guarding the castle's entrance but it seems like the Arm Guy is right next to him.
What's going on with the pot guys? I can't wait to see From jumping through some hilarious lore hoops to explain the living pots.
What's up with all the hollows in the game? Is this the 'unending curse' again, some kind of undeath? I hope we get some new lore for them (and for player resurrection), they used the undeath-curse so many times already.
Why does the Ghru boss arena seems to be only a few steps away from the Arm Guy's castle/arena? I guess he's guarding the castle's entrance but it seems like the Arm Guy is right next to him.
What's going on with the pot guys? I can't wait to see From jumping through some hilarious lore hoops to explain the living pots.
New concept art from Yasuhiro Kitao, FromSoft dev's tweet.
Beetle Boss confirmed!
That doesn't mean it's art for something yet to be implemented. It could simply be concept art that was used already for the game, but they are now releasing it to the public. Or, it could just be something that was decided not to be used, but they still had the concept art for it.
idk about hoops. It'll probably just be something like, "the remains of human beings' ashes were placed in these pots, but their greed remained, eventually pushing back past death, and rekindling a twisted form of life that hungers after riches...among other things."
No I mean...that's clearly just a screenshot of the game. Whatever 2D dirt effect they have is covering much of the screen, and the entire thing is rendered exactly like in game stuff is, down to the lighting and everything. Look at how the grass is in the ground. No one paints grass like that, or does a render like that. That's...very clearly a screenshot.
Nah. That shot of the cave with the eggs looks like it's borderline an actual in game shot on PC and a painting to me though.
I...what? What kind of screen are you looking at these things on? These are screenshots.
Why would from release a collection of screenshots with that bug one as the random one out? What?
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"official screenshots"
https://twitter.com/erikkain/status/1403166026401943552?s=20
What device are you looking at these things on?
Looking on a 1440p desktop monitor. It doesn't look like a game shot at all if you look at the vegetation on the right, and what look like smudge marks all over the "fog". The creature looks like it could be an in game asset, but not the rest aside from some of the grass. Them showing in game shots and what look like paintings is what threw me off with the cave.
I don't know what to tell you because straight from the horse's mouth they are the official screenshots from bamco's press release
Behold, A Bunch Of ‘Elden Ring’ Screenshots From The New Gameplay Trailer
Check out new Elden Ring screenshots from today's Summer Game Fest gameplay trailer.
www.forbes.com
I don't even know how you are seeing these are concept art. It doesn't have the dung beetle in here that I can see but it does have your eggs one.
You're talking about the vegetation but like...that's clearly got the dirt effect over it. It's a 2D effect that from has already used in other games. It's very low cost graphically and does things like this. And speaking of vegetation look at the grass at the bottom right. It has the weird grass clipping you do in video games that you don't do in literally anything else cuz it looks bad. You can also see clear aliasing on the vegetation too, which is not something you would see in concept art.
EDIT: and note the clover floating in the air. That's an asset from has already used in water locations before.
I am not talking about a "dirt effect". It looks like brush strokes for the vegetation. I guess they could have used an in game effect and are trying to make it look somewhat like Diablo 3 in that regard, but then why do it for only some of the vegetation and not all? The plants on the side look painted, and the plants in the far background look brush stroked too.
How are you not seeing that this is the bug kicking up dirt, which, because it is a transparent 2D effect, is covering the screen is multiple splotches. You can literally see the separation in these splotches as separate from the items behind them.
Look at the actual geometry behind. See the roof there on the top left? See how it doesn't actually curve but is divided into low poly divisions? There is zero reason to do that in a concept art. Nobody does that in concept art. Again, like with the aliasing on the grass there on the right. That is real geometry from an in game screenshot.
The reason the vegetation looks like that is a combination of how less complex the lighting is on vegetation of that nature, and the 2D effect overlaying a dull color that gives them a duller, more painterly look.
Yeah, it's a different version of the concept. Instead of a curse where people die and lose themselves over and over, (I think) people seem to just die and then stay alive anyway because reality is broken.
And yeah they've used it so many times, but you kind of have to do something like that if you want player characters and enemies that respawn. They also tackle it differently in every ip, so I guess they just like exploring that trope.
I really have no idea what you're seeing, but it doesn't look like in game assets are being used in the entire image. Some of it looks like it could be, while much of it looks like it's painted. Why would they do a split like that? They probably wouldn't, and the "aliasing" is either something going on with the resolution, or you're just seeing strokes that aren't clean.
The encircled looks nothing like anything other than paint to me.
What am I supposed to be seeing from these obvious screenshots? I'm not seeing the cave nor the shot above, and to top it off, what's shown in that link is low res as fuck.
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Exactly, that's the aliasing I'm talking about. That and it could even just be low quality foliage, which would make sense. Either way most definitely isn't something you'd do in concept art.
This...have you ever looked at vegetation in video games closely? I don't know how else to answer this. This is very normal for video games to have vegetation look weird like that. It ESPECIALLY looks very normal for something from fromsoft.
No I'm talking about the actual aliasing that fantalas also sees on distinct blades of grass below the vegetation you've circled there. Actually in the bottom left of your circle you can see weird jagged edges on the grass. That is not something that someone drawing concept art does. It just isn't. I've lived with and follow people who do concept art. That is not something that they would do.
And again, are you not seeing the dome geometry top left? That is game geometry. No one would take a curve like that and divide it into edges.
What about the super faded out detail of the pillar? Nobody draws like that. Like. Nobody. Nobody draws something that faded. That is real geometry being occluded by a transparent effect. No one is going to do the detail that is there on the wall behind the weird squiggly middle of the dirt texture. You have to seriously strain to see it, but you can see a ton of detail exists there only to be occluded by a lower resolution dirt texture. That isn't how people do this stuff.
And surely you don't think the dung ball itself is painted right?
Go to the tweets posted at the bottom that have high res versions of the shots. As I said, I was bringing that up because the bug egg concept art you mentioned I knew for a fact I'd seen always accompanied by other screenshots. And sure enough it's because they were in the official press release screenshot folder. It doesn't make sense for that one to suddenly be the odd one out.
EDIT: Here is the press kit itself
Press Assets Download
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EDIT: Here is the press kit itself
Press Assets Download
en.bandainamcoent.eu
Thanks. What's in the screenshot folder I always thought were screenshots anyway (aside from maybe the cave), but looking at the higher res versions of them shows some of the same characteristics on the trees that I was seeing in the snail art. In the screenshot of the guy on the horse in the forest, and the party shot, the trees have that smeared look that you normally don't see in a game unless some gross XBR filter is being used for whatever reason.
Somebody on Reddit spotted the giant chalice/cauldron from the snowy area of the leaked footage.
Somebody on Reddit spotted the giant chalice/cauldron from the snowy area of the leaked footage.
This just furthers the impression that almost all of the scenes are from the area or land around the Erdtree. Even the short shot with the big hand in the snow has the tree in the background, close to the canopy.
I don't really have high expectations on that front, but we can hope for something better I guess. Maybe late-game enemies roam around even in early game areas or just increase some spawn rates or whatnot.
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Do you think different enemies will spawn according to the different time of day? Something lIke stronger enemies at night.
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Yeah, definitely. I hope at night you can hear enemies trying to sneak up on you or something.
Some enemies might be more fond of the moon and the dark and will come out at night.
Some areas/caves/hidden stuff might only be seen in moonlight or such. Would be awesome!
That would be really cool.
Amazing ideas if they put that in the game. I can't wait to explore all these areas during night time.
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The Lothric castle? Maybe. The whole Lothric kingdom? I think not
I'm a bit sceptical honestly, Miyazaki said there wouldn't be any (populated) cities, now that doesn't necessarily exclude these more desolate cities that you listed, but I'm keeping my expectations low on this. Maybe we'll get some larger castle-complexes instead, like High Wall of Lothrick + Lothrick Castle.
Yeah that's something I missed a bit from the trailer (although it had more than enough other stuff to make up for it), is some larger, more varied landscapes like snowy mountains or plains or whatnot; what Omni called multiple lands each with its unique visuals. Although maybe they didn't want to spoil us.
Not gonna lie, but I'm kind of hoped we can use our weapons for sharp turns while on the horse back.
With a dagger?
Dude's gotta lean in so hard he's gonna fall.
I do guess a next gen console. Why,
Because the sparks coming from wepaons in the trailer looks like Sekiro on the consoles, Sekiro on PC have like 10x times better sparks on effect, it enough to make a man sick.
That's because Sekiro have a fixed character, that's the reason why I'm always 100% percent with fixed character.
Or maybe a special event like the blood moon in botw. "Buring sky" event that caused by the Shattering made the world unstable that cause other creatures from other realems to sneak in.
No LMAO
Something longer, I bet even a dagger isn't good for mount combat
We barely know anything about the movement mechanics at this moment.
Ture, but felt like something special they would show it in the trailer, just like super jump and double jump.
Probably the potheads 😂. Gotta love fromsofts puns.
Everything shown in the trailer is more than I wanted. Only thing I need to find out to help ease my mind is if PvP exists. It only confirms coop but not PvP or Coop.
I hope omnipotent can help confirm it since so many articles are saying it might not have PvP but only coop.