Elden Ring (George RR Martin and From Software)

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 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

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!!

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

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"!

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

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.

Well that looks ****ing class.

Would be nice if there was a tad more info in the Bandai Namco stream on Tuesday evening.

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1403081878366830595?s=20

:pac:

Markitron wrote: »

Please don’t be as hard as Sekiro, I want to actually be able to play this

Sekiro isn't hard.

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Looks like a From Software game. Not a bad thing as I love From Software games, but marketing material is meaningless - nothing matters till I get to play the darn thing myself



Of course it’s hard. I’ve finished it and it was tough, even as a Souls veteran. Perhaps you found it easy, but the vast majority of players have and will find it a hard, demanding game. That’s not the same as saying they shouldn’t persevere and see it through, because IMO it’s well worth it.

Once you get the rhythm of deflecting down you can kill enemies without much trouble.

J. Marston wrote: »

Looks more Souls-y than Sekiro-y, thankfully.

Wouldn't be too mad about GRRM's involvement. I enjoy piecing together the sparse lore in Souls games anyway. GRRM will give you buckets of lore and then blueball you at the end.

AFAIK the game is based on a short story GRRM wrote for From. I don’t think he will be heavily involved in how the exposition is delivered.

About 18 months ago I wouldn't have been too bothered by this, as I'd never played a Souls game. The Demons Souls announcement trailer got me intrigued, and I tried Bloodborne which I had free from PS Plus. Got hooked into the Souls games after that, and the only ones I haven't beat yet is DS3 and Sekiro, I just started DS3 last week actually.

Can't wait for this now, it looks fantastic I love the idea of an open world souls game which you can explore, with these dungeon style areas for the big bosses. I'm looking forward to it being the first souls game I play at launch, where I'm discovering the secrets along with everyone else.