Elden Ring (George RR Martin and From Software)

Vicxas · 21-05-2019 1:55pm #1

Would be unreal if this was a Dark Souls inspired GoT game:

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-05-21-george-r-r-martin-stokes-flames-of-fromsoftware-collaboration-rumour

Cryptopagan · 21-05-2019 1:57pm

What would George RR Martin actually add to a Souls game, which are more about the atmosphere and the nuggets of lore than intricate world-building and character development? I’d be more excited to see him work with someone like Naughty Dog.

21-05-2019 2:00pm

Probably start out like GTA 5 and end up like Space Invaders..

J. Marston · 21-05-2019 2:00pm

Cryptopagan wrote: »

What would George RR Martin actually add to a Souls game, which are more about the atmosphere and the nuggets of lore than intricate world-building and character development? I’d be more excited to see him work with someone like Naughty Dog.

At this point he is looking for absolutely anything and everything to distract himself from actually finishing the books.

But I won't say no to creating my own head-canon ending via a game.

Retr0gamer · 21-05-2019 2:05pm

If it's even true it might not even be Souls inspired. From do a lot of different types of games from Mech simulation, stealth games to turn based RPGs.

Mr Crispy · 21-05-2019 6:23pm

Before GRRM confirmed anything, the rumour was about From's next project; "an open-world title on which George R.R. Martin is one of the lead writers, with various kingdoms to visit and abilities to obtain from killing the leaders of those kingdoms." A lot of people, myself included, assumed/hoped it was GoT-related.

Gematsu report the project is codenamed GR, has been in development for three years, and has horse riding in its open world. It will be officially announced at Microsoft’s E3 2019 press conference, at least according to their source.

Another rumour I read, but whose source I can't find now, is that it isn't anything to do with Westeros - it will in fact be based on Scandinavian legend, with GR standing for Great Rune.

Edit: Great Rune source (WCCFTech). All speculation at this stage, but not long until a supposed reveal.

ShaneU · 21-05-2019 10:59pm

FromSoft + Norse mythology + G.R.R. Martin = sign me up

dreamers75 · 21-05-2019 11:15pm

Horse riding......Assume that means white horses!!!!

Uhhh poor black female donkeys being left out again.

Shiminay · 22-05-2019 10:46am

I'd rather they didn't do GoT and explore something else cause it'll never be able to get out from under the shadow of the TV series - hell, the books will be hard pressed to get away from it at this stage which is maybe why he's taken so long to get the next in the series finished.

If we're going to get a GoT game, then give me Total War Westeros, then have Total War Essos as a sequel and have a mega-map campaign ala Warhammer and for the third part, do a Northern Invasion of the Night King and all will be well.

Potential-Monke · 22-05-2019 10:59am

Shiminay wrote: »

...it'll never be able to get out from under the shadow of the TV series - hell, the books will be hard pressed to get away from it at this stage...

I'm pretty sure this season made sure the books will be better...

I'm optimistic, because its From I'm of the opinion it'll be hard and not enjoyable for me. But, considering who's involved, I'd imagine they'll put in a mode for people who just want to enjoy the story. Early days to make any judgements yet though.

Didn't realise they were behind Armored Core on the PS, I actually really enjoyed those games even with the turn based combat.

Mr Crispy · 22-05-2019 11:35am

Rumour:

the game may not be fully open world due to technical limitations of the engine used by From Software, so it’s likely that we should expect something akin to the Dark Souls games

TheValeyard · 22-05-2019 11:36am

If he is involved it make longer than Star Citizen for development

K.O.Kiki · 22-05-2019 12:04pm

Personally, I hope it's Dragon's Dogma 2.

The original was already "the best GoT game", and it has important dragons!

Retr0gamer · 22-05-2019 1:02pm

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Personally, I hope it's Dragon's Dogma 2.

The original was already "the best GoT game", and it has important dragons!

FF Tactics and Tactics Ogre called and said GTFO of here.

BeerWolf · 24-05-2019 3:58am

*Imagines naked Crow Women, and coitus...!*

ERG89 · 26-05-2019 4:20pm

Theory video I came across.

ShaneU · 08-06-2019 12:18am

It's called Elden Ring

ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki – creator of the influential DARK SOULS video game series; and George R.R. Martin – author of The New York Times best-selling fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. Danger and discovery lurk around every corner in FromSoftware’s largest game to-date. Hidetaka Miyazaki, President and Game Director of FromSoftware Inc. known for directing critically-acclaimed games in beloved franchises including Armored Core, Dark Souls, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. George R.R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made.

YouSavedMyLife · 08-06-2019 8:50am

OMG ELDEN RING ITS GOING TO BE THE BEST GAME EVER.

Shame it's gonna take like 10 years to make since GRR Martin is so slow to do everything.

Also can we get a thread name change to the games title? When a game name is unknown a thread is created and used, then the game releases and the same thread is used but it's not simply the game name but some other explanatory title triggers me for some reason

Miyazaki and Martin is a strange team up to be honest. Miyazaki is all about ambiguity, then Martin would want to really hard tell a story with alot of dialogue. Maybe Miyazaki will take a back seat in the storyline and world building of this game.

Doctor Nick · 08-06-2019 9:36am

Wonder if we'll see a March/April 2020 release for this. Think Demons was 2009,DS1 2011,DS2 2012 then 2015 for Bloodborne and 2016 for DS3. Could have dates wrong. 2020 is possible given that it was reported that they were working on two other games alongside Sekiro.

This news pleases me greatly. After finishing Sekiro NG+ and trying to play other games I got bored and ended up going back to DSR and now playing DS2:SOTFS and plan on playing the other three straight after. Since discovering this series in 2017 I've more or less played them constantly. I played other games alright but always get an urge to try a new build (though usually end up just sword and boarding my way through again). Looking forward to the trailer tomorrow night.

daheadonu · 08-06-2019 10:37am

Apparently this has been in development for 3 years so we could get a possible 2020 release date

J. Marston · 10-06-2019 12:11am

Elden Ring it is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4euIi1JfMqs

A "dark fantasy action RPG".

Lots more info in this interview with Miyazaki...

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/06/09/hidetaka-miyazaki-and-george-rr-martin-present-elden-ring/

Mr Crispy · 10-06-2019 2:11am

^Good read, thanks. My main takeaways;

Dark fantasy action RPG
Greater focus on RPG elements, but still has From-flavoured combat
Wide variety of weapons/magic etc - can approach enemies with different strategies to suit your play style
Miyazaki says he's not sure if "open world" is the correct phrase to use, but he goes with it - "the scale of the world and its narrative, as well as the depth and freedom of exploration have increased dramatically. It is without a doubt our biggest title yet in terms of sheer volume."
Big boss battles, of course
They approached GRRM, he liked their ideas and developed the over arching mythos for the game world

Doctor Nick · 10-06-2019 5:27am

Pity there was no indication of a release window. Not even a "coming 2020/2021" tagged on at the end of the trailer.

lawlolawl · 10-06-2019 6:18am

This looks like it's just the next Dark Souls which I'm fine with because Sekiro wasn't very good.

titan18 · 10-06-2019 6:29am

Doctor Nick wrote: »

Pity there was no indication of a release window. Not even a "coming 2020/2021" tagged on at the end of the trailer.

Probably same date as Winds of Winter

ERG89 · 10-06-2019 9:06am

titan18 wrote:

Probably same date as Winds of Winter

Genuinely feel he wanted to wait until the TV series ended but the Game of Thrones last season has left everyone with such a bad taste in their mouth that imo the "A Song of Ice and Fire" brand has never meant less in the last decade than it feels like it does right now.

K.O.Kiki · 10-06-2019 12:42pm

Wish we'd seen some gameplay at least

YouSavedMyLife · 10-06-2019 1:37pm

lawlolawl wrote: »

because Sekiro wasn't very good.

WHOA WHOA WHOA THERE COWBOY

TheIrishGrover · 10-06-2019 3:17pm

Elden ring??? ELDEN RING?????? Get off your own f*cking ring and finish Thrones you procrastinating b*stard

I hope it's not gonna be episodic. You'll have a better chance of seeing Half Lift Episode 3 if it is.......

TheIrishGrover · 10-06-2019 3:18pm

daheadonu wrote: »

Apparently this has been in development for 3 years so we could get a possible 2020 release date

Oh you innocent Summer Child......

Mr Crispy · 03-08-2019 2:12pm

It's rumoured that this will be shown to journos at Gamescom, later this month.

YouSavedMyLife · 31-12-2019 12:15pm

Great video here. Its a fan art competition of what people think could be bosses for Elden Ring. The SoulsBorne community is truly something special. A few Irish folklore entries on that list. I think Irish and Celtic mythology is largely untapped by gaming these days and there is a wealth of "content" to be had here. I hope Elden Ring steers closer to said mythology opposed to Norse myth which is very common in games these days

J. Marston · 31-12-2019 10:29pm

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Great video here. Its a fan art competition of what people think could be bosses for Elden Ring. The SoulsBorne community is truly something special. A few Irish folklore entries on that list. I think Irish and Celtic mythology is largely untapped by gaming these days and there is a wealth of "content" to be had here. I hope Elden Ring steers closer to said mythology opposed to Norse myth which is very common in games these days

I thought 2 was far more impressive than 1.

YouSavedMyLife · 01-01-2020 12:24am

J. Marston wrote: »

I thought 2 was far more impressive than 1.

Likewise. When he was done talking about 2 i was thinking i would be blown away by 1, but i was underwhelmed :pac:

As i was watching the video and thinking of how the fights would play out in my mind with in game graphics and such im starting to think FromSoft might not reach the standard set by some of these entries

Mr Crispy · 31-10-2020 11:22am

Speak for yourself, Vaati!

https://twitter.com/VaatiVidya/status/1322390885414285312?s=20

Mr Crispy · 11-11-2020 6:17pm

Still no major news regarding ER, but Phil Spencer has played it "quite a bit" according to this interview with GameSpot.

As somebody who’s played all of Miyazaki’s games, over at least the last decade, this is clearly the most ambitious game that he’s done,” he says. “I love his games, but seeing some of the gameplay mechanics stuff that he’s tackling, he and the team are tackling this time, of the setting, working with another creator in terms of story. I love it. I love to see him challenging himself.

Scraps. We're living off scraps!!

Mr Crispy · 03-12-2020 6:11pm

Rumours are growing that the game is nearly done, and/or we could see a trailer at the Game Awards.

https://twitter.com/imranzomg/status/1334315924573155329?s=20

https://twitter.com/imranzomg/status/1334320704032923650?s=20

Mr Crispy · 28-02-2021 9:00am

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1365844188458287105?s=20

J. Marston · 01-03-2021 2:39pm

There's a leaked trailer floating around apparently, says it's a gameplay trailer too...

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1366374770196021255

Screenshot according to that Twitter thread...

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Edit: A couple of very short very blurry clips...

https://streamable.com/wdy1x6

https://streamable.com/c0xcil

Mr Crispy · 01-03-2021 3:44pm

Apparently Imran Khan mentioned it in his latest livestream - he said the next we'd hear about ES would be the trailer itself, just dropped without warning, and that it would happen "soon". If it's already in the wild, the "soon" could be "very soon"!

01-03-2021 4:56pm

Blurry and low rez, watermarks alll over screen etc but it's legit apparently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axP6el8Xzu0

Zero-Cool · 01-03-2021 4:59pm

They need to release the proper trailer asap before they get plagued with comments about how **** it looks.

Mr Crispy · 01-03-2021 5:01pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

They need to release the proper trailer asap before they get plagued with comments about how **** it looks.

Yeah, just release it now in 4K, thanks.

Mr Crispy · 01-03-2021 9:42pm

This is supposedly all the available clips gathered together. There's a distinct couple of nods to LotR in there, as well as some very obvious From flourishes.