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JSchreier Regarding Elden Ring: "I don't know much about it but there is strong evidence floating around that the game will be shown relatively soon"
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The latter obviously. Like, the game hasn't been announced that long ago. There are games that haven't been shown for more than 3 years. This game was announced on E3 2019, not really that long ago. Sure it's strange that there has been no news since, but I assume the game was early on development and this is also From's first open world game. Also, Covid.
It has to come out by end of year right? How long are cross-gen games going to be thing? I thought Cyberpunk disaster put that to bed. If "Elden Ring" became a next-gen only release and was pushed back to 2022 I'd be ok with that. I'm still not sure it exists.
I'm sure the game will get a proper 'reveal' at some point, but I feel all I personally need to hear from FromSoft is "yes this is a game molded in a similar gameplay fashion to the 'Souls' games and 'Bloodborne" and "yes there's a character creator". The latter is where Sekiro lost me personally. I'm not saying a fixed protagonist was a bad decision by From by any means, it's just a big appeal of Bloodborne to me was creating my own protagonist, and for whatever reason, it was just super satisfying for me to play through Bloodborne as a customized protagonist, and in turn made that experience more endearing to me. From what I've heard on Elden Ring from what I understand they're going back to that system, but as long as that is confirmed to be the case, I'm looking forward to giving it a shot.
it took me about 4 attempts to actually get into it.
It's in my top 3 GoTG for sure.
Horizon 2 is cross gen, even God of War Ragnarok might be. Cyberpunk was simply a badly optimised, unfinished game. It has nothing to do with cross gen games no longer being viable.
I think this addresses most of your concerns:
Elden Ring Is an Evolution of Dark Souls Says Creator – E3 2019 - IGN
FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki, director of Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro, sits down with IGN to tell you what to expect from his new game Elden Ring.
MS will likely have "marketing" for the game like they did Dark Souls 3 and Sekiro, but there's no chance it's exclusive.
i doubt that, i don't see them taking a previously announced multiplat game and making it exclusive. day 1 on game pass is a possibility tho.
I think this addresses most of your concerns:
Miyazaki specifically says no set protagonist, gameplay similar to Dark Souls, etc.Elden Ring Is an Evolution of Dark Souls Says Creator – E3 2019 - IGN
FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki, director of Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro, sits down with IGN to tell you what to expect from his new game Elden Ring.www.ign.com
Yeah glad to hear that. Looking forward to checking out Elden Ring whenever it comes out in that case.
I think From hasn't put a single game on Game Pass or any other service yet. Correct me if I am wrong but I think it was only Bloodborne on Plus and that was most likely because of Sony.
Is it the difficulty holding you back? I cheesed plenty in Bloodborne using summons for certain bosses, so I'm far from a good player at Souls games in general, but it does feel amazing when you overcome the difficulty curve for whatever encounter. Bloodborne has some of the most amazing atmosphere, enemy designs, and environmental storytelling/world building out there, and is well worth the grind to experience the total presentation.
I never got far in Demon's Souls on PS3 but am forcing myself to stick with it on PS5 just because I can't get enough of the art and world. The Soulsborne wikis are a fantastic resource, highly recommend checking them out if you want to tackle Bloodborne again.
Dark Souls (360) was gifted as Games with Gold a while back, but the decision isn't theirs to make, just the publishers. Activision hasn't allowed a single game on the service, so I'd definitely doubt we see Sekiro, but with Namco being behind Elder Ring, that definitely increases the likelihood given that they've allowed a lot of their games on the service. The marketing deal with Xbox could also play a part.
Nice. Hopefully it's not just "Dark Souls in an open world" and it feels like a new IP (which imo Sekiro didn't).
Dark Souls 3 is on PS Now, but I could be wrong about that.
Edit: Looks like I got it mixed up with Darksiders 3.
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Edit: Looks like I got it mixed up with Darksiders 3.
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Game seems to be MS marketed so maybe he doesn't have many (good/deep?) sources there?
Jason doesn't seem to report on Xbox or Xbox-adjacent news does he? Seems like he has many tentacles in Sony's studios though, no doubt!
He's actually more vague, too. "relatively soon"
Possibly it's just not for you but I only stuck with BB after the third try and it ended up being one of my favourite all-time games.
I'm just glad you're being honest.
Where is this Game Pass and MS exclusive stuff coming from? Lunacy
Wishful thinking. Maybe year after release will be on GP, but at launch unlikely.
That's such a weird take on it. That's like saying the only reason people are so interested in Breath of the Wild 2 is because the first game was so damn good. I mean, yeah. That's the point.
Agreed. This is what happens with these so-called journalists and insiders. One outlet breaks a story and then everyone and their mother starts claiming they heard it too and can corroborate it.
Well I could see if it was described to be like the Souls Borne games, but we don't have a clue what the game will be about, especially the gameplay as far as I know, and I'll admit I don't know much so maybe that's why I'm not so excited.
Yes, I explained why we won't see Sekiro, but I do see Namco being more open than Activision to doing so given they allow the majority of their titles on XGP. Dark Souls did hit GwG and Xbox have a marketing deal for Elder Ring, so it's more likely than not imo.
Yeah I think this is definitely showing at this Microsoft event next month. I'm not sure why so many people are insistent that it's purely 'tech/business' focussed when literally all that has been said is that there's an event called 'whats new in gaming' happening.
If Sekiro with its different combat system, traversal, set character, feudal Japan setting, stealth, and lack of RPG options and online, didn't feel like a new IP to you, then I doubt this will as it sounds way closer to Soulsborne than Sekiro ever did.
Someone crunched the numbers and if the reveal is march then the release could be Dec. Frankly I dont see them putting it on Dec when their usual early quarter window is so near by in 2022.
At the same time idk if either Bamco or From can afford to delay this game any longer for the sake of their finances. Im hoping for Oct/Nov, that seems like a good date to release the game assuming the game gets a reveal by April.
Trailer sharing happens, I'm sure much to the ire of publishers.
Clearly it means that Sekiro was the Skyward Sword of Dark Souls.
If you didn't feel like Sekiro felt like a new IP then you are in big trouble with Elden Ring.
I think having a large world that doesn't feel like every inch of it has been meticulously handcrafted would be a huge downgrade. That is what From is the best at. Their level designs are second to none. No one does it better than them. Elden Ring is clearly going to open things up, but they need to keep their design principles intact. If Elden Ring feels like BOTW that would be really disappointing.
I expect this game to feel more like Dark Souls than Sekiro did. However, I am also of the opinion that Sekiro has some shared DNA with the Souls series, but plays in such a dramatically different manner that it really doesn't feel like a Souls game.
Great open world of Dark Souls variety™
In all seriousness, if it had the density and curiosity of Breath of the Wild's open world, and you truly can go to where you can see, but the atmosphere and mythos of the game was set in a significantly more dark and mature world... that would be a dream come true.
we know ER has been in development since early 2017, and from had a very consistent output plus that from has never went silent for this long after the announcement before, it's normal for us to complaint about the long silence
I have reached the firm point of completely not giving a shit about this game. There is a point where constant tease becomes just numbing.
There is that and where I'm at , end of the day it's another souls game. It's not going to be this accessible third person action game that 10 million are going to cop at launch.
I've tried twice. On my latest try it kept giving me a connection error after the opening cutscene and booting me back to the main menu.
One day I will play it, perhaps if they do a next-gen patch.
Ya know like magnet puzzles and stuff :P
I think Ashen had a good semi open world, or at least the feel of more outdoor, non structures/ruins locations traversal between the actual caves, ruins locations. Really excited to see what FROM has come up with for Elden Ring.
It means that Bloodborne is the Schindlers List of Dark Souls, while Sekiro is just John Wick.
It has to be "internet memes". I know FromSoft games have a dedicated fanbase now but seeing how this game trends at every gaming event and how the internet talks about it you'd think it's the next GTA or Zelda. Didn't Sekrio sell less than 5 million copies?
