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

[REhorror]

I kneel.

We back Fromchads.

And I want AC6 DLC news tbh.

 

[abija]

Patch just dropped. Patch notes have no notes in them. Like, what.

It's common for them: https://steamdb.info/app/1245620/patchnotes/

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Hey @Crispy is there a retardo jail or something? I suggest we put Skinwalker in there.


Edit: Did something happen to Crispy? I can't shout at him..

Well he changed his name

 

[Barbarian]

dlc when

 

[Child of Malkav]

february

 

[Talby]

The DLC is Elden Ring 2: Eclectic Juggalo.

 

[Nathir]

 

[Lyric Suite]

I'm not ready actually. Fug.

 

[Ryzer]

In before they release DLC cash grabs like the DS3's DLCs, biggest scams ever.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Probably the best compilation of "evidence" that it's going to be in february, either a trailer or the release.

 

[Caim]

Probably the best compilation of "evidence" that it's going to be in february, either a trailer or the release.

25th of February is the game's release date, and it'd be a year after the announcement of the DLC.

 

[Barbarian]

I'm going to be a pessimist and assume it is the trailer.

Or is Fromsoft in the habit of announcing things weeks before releasing them? Devs these days like to build hype and have time to market their shit.

 

[Halfling Rodeo]

How much of the content will be reused?

 

[Caim]

How much of the content will be reused?

Lots. If there's new dungeons bosses it'll go like:

- New dungeon boss
- New dungeon boss but mace instead of axe
- New dungeon boss but fire
- New dungeon boss but magic
- New dungeon boss but mace and fire
- New dungeon boss but mace and magic
- That one shadow monster boss but deathblight
- Three Erdtree Watchdogs
- Three Erdtree Watchdogs but fire
- Three Erdtree Watchdogs but magic
- Four Erdtree Watchdogs
- Crucible Knight but sword AND spear
- Two Tibia Mariners
- Spiritcaller Snail that summons an Astel
- Godskin quartet
- Yet another dragon
- Fuck you five Ulcerated Tree Spirits at the same time
- Just one Runebear again (toughest boss in the DLC)
- Miquella, Blade of Malenia (reskin but with double health drain)

 

[Mauman]

- Fuck you five Ulcerated Tree Spirits at the same time

 

[D_X]

- New dungeon boss
- New dungeon boss but mace instead of axe
- New dungeon boss but fire
- New dungeon boss but magic
- New dungeon boss but mace and fire
- New dungeon boss but mace and magic
- That one shadow monster boss but deathblight
- Three Erdtree Watchdogs
- Three Erdtree Watchdogs but fire
- Three Erdtree Watchdogs but magic
- Four Erdtree Watchdogs
- Crucible Knight but sword AND spear
- Two Tibia Mariners
- Spiritcaller Snail that summons an Astel
- Godskin quartet
- Yet another dragon
- Fuck you five Ulcerated Tree Spirits at the same time
- Just one Runebear again (toughest boss in the DLC)
- Miquella, Blade of Malenia (reskin but with double health drain)

Man, Miyazaki's gonna be pissed you leaked the design documents. Now he's gonna have to come up with something new like 10 dragons and notMalekith (same as Malekith but spins the other way round so totally different).

 

[Elttharion]

How much of the content will be reused?

Lots. If there's new dungeons bosses it'll go like:

- New dungeon boss
- New dungeon boss but mace instead of axe
- New dungeon boss but fire
- New dungeon boss but magic
- New dungeon boss but mace and fire
- New dungeon boss but mace and magic
- That one shadow monster boss but deathblight
- Three Erdtree Watchdogs
- Three Erdtree Watchdogs but fire
- Three Erdtree Watchdogs but magic
- Four Erdtree Watchdogs
- Crucible Knight but sword AND spear
- Two Tibia Mariners
- Spiritcaller Snail that summons an Astel
- Godskin quartet
- Yet another dragon
- Fuck you five Ulcerated Tree Spirits at the same time
- Just one Runebear again (toughest boss in the DLC)
- Miquella, Blade of Malenia (reskin but with double health drain)

You forgot the poison swamp that gives you poison, sleep, scarlet rot, bleeding, death and madness at the same time.

Did you rike it?

Spoiler

 

[Halfling Rodeo]

You forgot the poison swamp that gives you poison, sleep, scarlet rot, bleeding, death and madness at the same time.

You dumb nigger brained faggot! It's FIVE swamps! FIVE SWAMPS! FFS. How could you miss such unique and special game design as FIVE SWAMPS.

 

[Barbarian]

I have purchased the official strategy guide and have been reading it. Pretty much the best official strategy guide ever btw - it is more like an ancyclopedia than an actual guide when you put it all together - the 2 volumes add up to more than 1000 pages. Lots of setting and character information which is implied in the game but might be missed playing it as well.

I would say the way the game progresses and the way you are constantly dealing with respawning enemies fools you about repetition. Just browsing the book you realize there is a very impressive amount of enemy variety and an impressive amount of work has been put into the sheer quantity of models and animations.

How much of the content will be reused?

Lots. If there's new dungeons bosses it'll go like:

- New dungeon boss
- New dungeon boss but mace instead of axe
- New dungeon boss but fire
- New dungeon boss but magic
- New dungeon boss but mace and fire
- New dungeon boss but mace and magic
- That one shadow monster boss but deathblight
- Three Erdtree Watchdogs
- Three Erdtree Watchdogs but fire
- Three Erdtree Watchdogs but magic
- Four Erdtree Watchdogs
- Crucible Knight but sword AND spear
- Two Tibia Mariners
- Spiritcaller Snail that summons an Astel
- Godskin quartet
- Yet another dragon
- Fuck you five Ulcerated Tree Spirits at the same time
- Just one Runebear again (toughest boss in the DLC)
- Miquella, Blade of Malenia (reskin but with double health drain)

Is there any info on how much of the team has been working on this? We have at least 1 year of development and by all accounts the dlc could be pretty big. Also considering the commercial and critical success of the game it makes sense that they would aim for something big.

 

[Halfling Rodeo]

Is there any info on how much of the team has been working on this? We have at least 1 year of development and by all accounts the dlc could be pretty big. Also considering the commercial and critical success of the game it makes sense that they would aim for something big.

Something big and unique means another swamp..

 

[Barbarian]

Is there any info on how much of the team has been working on this? We have at least 1 year of development and by all accounts the dlc could be pretty big. Also considering the commercial and critical success of the game it makes sense that they would aim for something big.

Something big and unique means another swamp..

Something something about the halig tree - wheat fields with a blonde girl riding torrent(who may or may not be tranny miquella).

(according to the dlc title and single promotional image so far)

 

[Skinwalker]

I have purchased the official strategy guide and have been reading it. Pretty much the best official strategy guide ever btw - it is more like an ancyclopedia than an actual guide when you put it all together - the 2 volumes add up to more than 1000 pages. Lots of setting and character information which is implied in the game but might be missed playing it as well.

Does any of it explain who the hell is Melina and why she is helping the Tarnished?

 

[Barbarian]

I have purchased the official strategy guide and have been reading it. Pretty much the best official strategy guide ever btw - it is more like an ancyclopedia than an actual guide when you put it all together - the 2 volumes add up to more than 1000 pages. Lots of setting and character information which is implied in the game but might be missed playing it as well.

Does any of it explain who the hell is Melina and why she is helping the Tarnished?

This and other things are left somewhat ambiguous and open to the player's interpretation.

Spoiler

She is heavily implied to be Marika's daughter, "the kindling maiden", and some form of incorporeal ghost who has partially forgotten the mission given to her by her mother but knows she must reach the foot of the erdtree. She helps the player because she believes he is destined to become elden lord. Also she needs your assistance in completing her mission.

 

[Skinwalker]

But isn't she also the gloam eyed queen, whatever that means?

 

[Barbarian]

But isn't she also the gloam eyed queen, whatever that means?

That is also a clusterfuck of hidden information and left for the player to interpret or even make up.

Also her obvious but non-explicit relation to ranni and the "sword of night and flame". They are each one-eyed(malina left-eye and ranni right-eyed), represent the sun and moon somehow, cross reference each other in dialogue and have an obscure relation to the night of the black knives(Malina's knife is identical to the ones blackknife assassins wield, Ranni is implied to have been the mastermind behind the plot).

I assume Myazaki's and Martin's idea was to have a very ellaborate and deep-seated setting - with tolkienesque levels of detail and self-reference - but make 90% of the info non-explicit in the game and left for the player to figure out somehow.

Honestly, this is sometimes infuriating but also part of the game's charm and otherworldliness.