From Software Elden Ring - From Software's new game with writing by GRRM

[Matador]

I hope GRRM just influence word building and marketing, and not plot and characters. Don't want edgy, nihilistic and sadistic western drama in a FROM game.

 

[vortex]

I hope GRRM just influence word building and marketing, and not plot and characters. Don't want edgy, nihilistic and sadistic western drama in a FROM game.

not sure if serious
nihilistic - every hollow character arc
sadistic - Patches

 

[Matador]

I hope GRRM just influence word building and marketing, and not plot and characters. Don't want edgy, nihilistic and sadistic western drama in a FROM game.

not sure if serious
nihilistic - every hollow character arc
sadistic - Patches

If you can't distinguish between Souls and ASOIAF tone,characters, events and themes, there is nothing to talk with you. Too blind or stupid.

 

[toroid]

So, do we know if this vaporware game is going to have a multiplayer component or will it be single player only? Hoping to be free from the blandness that tends to set in when balancing for pvp.

 

[NJClaw]

So, do we know if this vaporware game is going to have a multiplayer component or will it be single player only? Hoping to be free from the blandness that tends to set in when balancing for pvp.

I'm 99% positive that there's going to be a multiplayer component. Sekiro was kind of a hiccup in that regard: it's an incredibly good game, but its lifespan was very short if you compare it to Dark Souls 3. Right now, even after 4 years, DS3 has 12.000 spectators (10 times those of Sekiro).

 

[Alphard]

I hope GRRM just influence word building and marketing, and not plot and characters. Don't want edgy, nihilistic and sadistic western drama in a FROM game.

not sure if serious
nihilistic - every hollow character arc
sadistic - Patches

If you can't distinguish between Souls and ASOIAF tone,characters, events and themes, there is nothing to talk with you. Too blind or stupid.

aside for insults, ( please we are family here) i agree with you.
dark souls tone is more melanconic and metaphisical, while ASOIAF is down to earth materialistic and nhilistic tone, with some magic and mistery vibes.

 

[Alphard]

I hope GRRM just influence word building and marketing, and not plot and characters. Don't want edgy, nihilistic and sadistic western drama in a FROM game.

not sure if serious
nihilistic - every hollow character arc
sadistic - Patches

you are partly right btw. hollows lives are devoid of every sense and sanity, and accomplishes nothing no matter how hard they try. this is especially marked in the first game, but in ds3 in the firekeeper ending there is some hope.
i don't agree regarding patches, he is just a gimmicky and joke character present in every From soul. he means nothing aside from his gimmick

 

[Silva]

The sadistic part is having to play DS3 just to see the series closure.

 

[cvv]

So, do we know if this vaporware game is going to have a multiplayer component or will it be single player only?

Yeah, this is THE question. I love the idea of seamless single and multiplayer modes, it's brilliant design-wise, but sadly the practical problems kinda ruin it. I guess there's a reason all games since forever always had their SP and MP modes separate.

That said I do hope they at least bring back co-op, the lack of it in Sekiro was a bummer, and I also hope in a separate PvP mode, some sort of Arena or some such, with all weapons and gear balanced just for that. I have never played these modes in DS games but I love watching tournaments and shit.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

I hope GRRM just influence word building and marketing, and not plot and characters. Don't want edgy, nihilistic and sadistic western drama in a FROM game.

Nihilistic characters is something more prominent in Souls games. And only a handful of characters in the books could be considered edgy and sadistic.

EDIT:
Honestly if they are indeed going to use him, then he should be the one to write the characters as world building isn't his strongest suit.

 

[Matador]

Gonna be fun embarking on this long trip with Rape Rape Martin fans.

 

[Cnaiur]

I hope GRRM just influence word building and marketing, and not plot and characters. Don't want edgy, nihilistic and sadistic western drama in a FROM game.

"Hiroto, what ever did we do with that sizeable investment to spend on a famous writer for our next game? The execs want an update." "Fuck me if I know Asahi, but one thing is certain: that motherfucker is not allowed to go anywhere near the plot or characters with his experienced fat fingers."

 

[Matador]

I hope GRRM just influence word building and marketing, and not plot and characters. Don't want edgy, nihilistic and sadistic western drama in a FROM game.

"Hiroto, what ever did we do with that sizeable investment to spend on a famous writer for our next game? The execs want an update." "Fuck me if I know Asahi, but one thing is certain: that motherfucker is not allowed to go anywhere near the plot or characters with his experienced fat fingers."

He is a lazy fatty, probably he is glad that Hiroto do his work and he receives the check and name on the credits.

 

[Silva]

Before last GoT season: "Mwahaha! With GRR Martin at our side we're invincible!"

After last GoT season: "Fuck".

 

[Echo Mirage]

Yeah, this is where they will supposedly show Elden Ring and the new Obsidian RPG.

No doubt one of them will disappoint, but I won't tell you which one!

Imagine GRRM and Avellone work on new epic fantasy RPG with Obbsidian after done with ER. It must happen.

no, he should fucking write the last two books.

it will be enough if he manage to publish another book, at his writing pace, and good luck wrapping up all the plot threads and secondary characters in only 2 book. it would need need at least 4 more books to finish the saga properly and satisfyingly, and we will have only TWOW .

Plot twist: Elden Ring IS the next ASOIAF book.

I think that could be the greatest troll move in literary history.

 

[Doktor Best]

Before last GoT season: "Mwahaha! With GRR Martin at our side we're invincible!"

After last GoT season: "Fuck".

Last seasons writing was done by Dumb & Dumber, not Martin.

 

[Zeriel]

Before last GoT season: "Mwahaha! With GRR Martin at our side we're invincible!"

After last GoT season: "Fuck".

Last seasons writing was done by Dumb & Dumber, not Martin.

Apparently all the beats are what Martin planned to happen though, it's just the execution that you can argue is "incompetent". Which would explain why he seems willing to do anything to delay writing, because he knows when people realize it's going to the exact same place as the show his adoring fans will turn on him.

 

[Silverfish]

If you can't distinguish between Souls and ASOIAF tone,characters, events and themes, there is nothing to talk with you. Too blind or stupid.

Yeah, Lorian and Lothric dry humping each other during their boss fight isn't reminiscent of the Lannisters at all.

 

[Nifft Batuff]

From should stop following this soul-like bullshit and start doing games like King's Field or even Echo Night.

 

[Higher Animal]

Before last GoT season: "Mwahaha! With GRR Martin at our side we're invincible!"

After last GoT season: "Fuck".

This seems revisionist. GOT writing started trending down with season 4, fell off a sizable cliff in season 5 and was never recovered. Dany's storyline only had one good season (season 1, where she was vulnerable) and her big reveal was not only botched, but unimportant as the world didn't feel alive anymore.

I don't think Martin will finish his storyline. I think he even mentioned somewhere he wants to do more prequel work, like the silmarillion with Tolkien.

 

[Morgoth]

 

[NJClaw]

Where the fuck is my Elden Ring, Miyazaki? WHERE IS IT?

 

[Morgoth]

Perhaps next week @gamescom. Namco is listed as a gamescom partner, but that could mean anything.

 

[vortex]

Perhaps next week @gamescom. Namco is listed as a gamescom partner, but that could mean anything.

No ER at gamescom, confirmed. Not even at Tokyo game show.

 

[Silverfish]

You expected a GRRM project to be timely?