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

[Black Angel]

Are you saying there's nothing wrong with releasing literally the exact same game for nth times?

If each iteration is greater or on the same level as the previous one then I don't see a problem.

Indeed, which is why circa 2009 Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro are the only Fromsoft games that matters in recent times



But seriously, I still think they should stick to making new stuff, while stick to their own strength. Hearing people saying ER is literal Dark Souls 4 disheartened me slightly, but I'd hold on to From's promise of taking what they've learned from Sekiro and marries it with RPG mechanics of Souls....

.....in an open-world

 

[mediocrepoet]

... some shit ...

So... if those hands were at the edges of the seal, this image is very goatse.

 

[NJClaw]

There's nothing wrong with wanting more of the same, just don't pretend you're superior to fags who buy yearly rehash franchises and low effort shovelware like ubisoft games.

How deranged do you have to be to think that it's possible to define a hierarchy of human beings based on the videogames they play, of all things? Wait, do YOU think that you, as a person who played the first souls (but won't play the next ones), are somehow superior to "fags who buy yearly rehash franchises and low effort shovelware like ubisoft games"? Are you delusional?

Why do you people have to fall for internet memes like "bullying kids who buy COD every year" and think that they actually apply to real life?

If I enjoy a videogame series, of course I'm going to buy its new installments. Just like I'm doing now with FS games. Just like I did in the past when AC games were still enjoyable to me. And just like a did in the past with FIFA when I still had pals to play those games with on a daily basis.

 

[Silva]

Fifa is shit. PES rules.

Anyway, serious now, speaking as a From fan, I'm not impressed. Everything feels more generic, both from a aesthetics and gameplay POV, which is weird because FS games felt anything but generic thus far. At least in the "main line" of Demon > DS1 > BB > Sekiro , every game felt unique and exotic. Not the case here, I could confund this for Kingdoms of Amalur or Dragons Dogma or whatever fantasy generic stuff. There was a certain "subdueness" in the classics that's absent here. Like the suits above wanted to catter to a wider audience or and asked "more colors, more Dragons, more Zelda" or something.

That said, this being From it will be probably a better game than 90% of what's out there and we'll play it anyway, warts and all.

 

[Verylittlefishes]

Combat looks like a mixture between Dark Souls 3 and Sekiro and the map system reminds me of Hollow Knight.

Miyazaki became so lazy that for his new projects he just steals cool things from the Soul-like (though the best Soul-like).

 

[Zlaja]

Anyone excited for this has no right to criticize anyone who buys CoD/FIFA/Madden/Ubishit year in year out

 

[ADL]

Since everyone is gonna buy it, might as well save yourselves twenty bucks.
$41.69 with no taxes.
https://www.cdkeys.com/elden-ring-pc-steam

 

[Cromwell]

How deranged do you have to be to think that it's possible to define a hierarchy of human beings based on the videogames they play

do you know where you are?

 

[Black Angel]

Why do you people have to fall for internet memes like "bullying kids who buy COD every year" and think that they actually apply to real life?

Huh? I thought Codex is too hardcore to think it's okay to buy the exact same thing over and over again? Aren't this corner of the internet think it's not okay for developers to just keep making essentially the exact same game for 10+ years?

Memes and shitposts aside, don't you at least recognize the difference between playing the exact same damn thing, versus playing games of the same genre? Think of how there exists a group of people who bought the new iPhones every year. You can say the blame is equally on Apple, but they wouldn't be doing what they're doing if not for it being there's where the money is. Why do you think Bethesda stagnates post-Morrowind, and in fact on a downward trend of constantly dumbing down their products for maximum profits possible?

Truth be told, it's 2:30 AM here, and my mind's in shambles, so I couldn't put it into better words right now. But hopefully you get what I meant; I'm not one to care where one spends their money on, but I'd care when it affects the things I genuinely love, directly or not. Still, Scamco is still the publisher here, so call me a From fanboy but I'd give them the benefit of a doubt if and when there are things that goes wrong from what I expected of them.

 

[Black Angel]

Not the case here, I could confund this for Kingdoms of Amalur or Dragons Dogma or whatever fantasy generic stuff.

Excuse me, sir, I challenge you to a duel

 

[Silva]

Ninjerk Black Angel, I never played that shit. It was just to illustrate my point.

 

[Black Angel]

Ninjerk , I never played that shit. It was just to illustrate my point.

I'd assume you meant me, in which case, you really, really, reallyreallyreallyreallyreallyreally need to play Dragon's Dogma, especially with the Dark Arisen expansion.

 

[Morgoth]

... some shit ...

Is that Bruce Boxleitner doing the voice?

 

[Morgoth]

Either way, I'm persuaded. There's nothing else to play in early 2022 anyways.

 

[Nathir]

Preordered, and I'm not watching any spoilers.

See you in february 2022.

 

[Verylittlefishes]

Preordered, and I'm not watching any spoilers.

See you in february 2022.

Tarnished one will sacrifice himself in the end to unite the Elden Ring and make Melina free.

 

[Cyberarmy]

 

[meanwhileInPoland]

I think I uncovered some pattern here:

Codex in 2013:

Man, I wish From would make a sequel to Dark Souls. I would give my left ball for another rolling simulator in bleak dark fantasy setting.

Codex in 2016(after playing 5 Soulslike titles in 7 years):

Man, I wish From would stop making the same game over and over again. Why cant they try something different than dark fantasy action rpg.

Codex in 2019, after Sekiro getting GOTY awards and being loved by both casuals and hardcore fans:

Man, I wish From would make another Soulslike game. Sekiro was alright even though I could not learn new mechanics for shit. I wish I could play again medieval knight simulator with different weapons, armors and summons to carry my ass.

Codex in 2022 after playing ER:

Man, I wish From would try something new. They are creatively bankrupt and ER is just Dark Souls 4 with jumping and mount in open world setting. This fuckers are done(… game sells +10 million units and wins all possible GOTY awards)

Codex in 2025 after playing Froms new IP game:

Man, I wish From would just get back to what they do best. I would take another Souls game over this new action game in Sci-Fi setting with guns, cosmic horrors and derelict space ships. I just want to cosplay Guts for 5th time…


You fuckers need to understand that From Soft was never the innovators, their fanboys held them for. They make games their autistic leader Miyahaki loves to play and he probably couldn’t give any less of a fuck for inventing the wheel again in action rpgs genre.


Anyway this game has to run on the same archaic hardware as Dark Souls 3 and yet looks 10 times better:





This is how you do a map if you want to incentive players to explore the world and fill out the blank spots. Compare it to the Witcher’s 3 marker on top of the marker with worthless shit to collect.

My butt is ready

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Is that a giant poisonous swamp located in the upper-left of the map?

 

[Matador]

Is that a giant poisonous swamp located in the upper-left of the map?

Literally half of the world is a Poison Swamp, and still we have people here complaining about the game.

 

[Sunri]

I have no hope after ds3 and Sekiro.

 

[Alfgart]

I found the trailer a bit underwhelming. But I'll still D1P it probably

 

[DemonKing]

That looked amazing, especially the spell effects (Dragon Head Arms rock) and the bosses as intimidating as ever.

Personally, I don't give a damn if it turns out to be just DS4 with jumping and a magical unicorn mount:

 

[Rivmusique]

When I heard about the golden trail that shows the way I thought it would be a full breadcrumb all the way to a boss or dungeon. I don't mind the one shown at all. It looks like it only gives you a direction to look for the next main dungeon.

Map wasn't plagued by glowing CONTENT HERE icons, also nice.

The castle/dungeon bit looked the most fun. I suspect time in the open world will be a lot of running/stealthing past enemies to look for entrances to dungeons or a boss.

I hope crafting/looking for materials isn't mandatory.

 

[perfectslumbers]

The open world looks great, hopefully it will improve the games pacing by being somewhat more meditative and less combat heavy. It will be nice to have actual stealth in Dark Souls 4 and the level design looks great as usual.

Unfortunately it uses the same animations and engine as ds3, so it'll probably be a super fast paced roll spamming game vs bosses with 30 hit combos again. Hope they prove me wrong.