This really does feel like the culmination of everything From did with Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro, just put within an open world and refined. I'm all on board, I didn't expect the wheel to be reinvented, but fine tuned.

2 жыл бұрын

Cant wait for dlc's and deleted stuff to be found, then modders make some crazy shit :D

@thelaughingrouge

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. If we can get more Souls style action with maybe a better frame rate I'll be happy. Hell I'd be happy with a solid 30 fps at this point.

@Tenchigumi

2 жыл бұрын

@@thelaughingrouge Yeah, while it's been nice getting all those other Soulslikes to chew on, there's nothing like the stuff from From itself.

@grey3318

2 жыл бұрын

"put in an open world"? Dark souls IS an open world game, it just doesn't have miles of empty fields like most open world games.

@harryguidotti3815

2 жыл бұрын

From: What if we took everything cool about our recent games, and put it all together?

This game looks like what you imagined in your head when you imagined yourself fighting monsters and dragons as a kid. Wow.

@tarekadel7631

2 жыл бұрын

Daaamn that’s exactly it, stuff of kids’ dreams haha

@shutup1037

2 жыл бұрын

Isnt that already happen with Monster Hunter, Dragon's Dogma or other Fromsoftware games?

@agssilv5919

2 жыл бұрын

@@shutup1037 mhworld actually kinda fills in the gap but only in the last fights (alatreon/fatalis) i wasn't imagining an actually believable ecosistem as a kid but something more along the lines of this

@crisgeraldperez7

2 жыл бұрын

Except that you die. A lot.

@stevenluoma1268

8 ай бұрын

And then it turned out to be kind of close. Surprisingly so

A big pot boi essentially being Elden Ring’s Solaire or Siegward is something I would’ve never expected but will welcome wholeheartedly. Thank you again, fromsoft.

@nanashi1173

2 жыл бұрын

Shut up

@berk6413

2 жыл бұрын

@@nanashi1173 who pissed in your cornflakes? Oh who am I kidding. This is a YT comment section. We all have piss in our cornflakes.

@thephoenix2038

2 жыл бұрын

@@nanashi1173 Uncalled for

@christopherheiser6090

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if later on it breaks and there’s an onion boi inside it.

@sage0fthiccpaths656

2 жыл бұрын

I already want a plush or figure for Alexander lmao

Crafting, horse riding combat, combat arts, summons, variety of weaponry, open world... jumping! This is giving me Dark souls, bloodborne, Zelda and Nioh vibes combine into one

@leithaziz2716

2 жыл бұрын

I got Witcher 3 vibes once I saw the player riding through the swamp and facing the dragon. Deffinitely a good feeling for me.

@Autechltd

2 жыл бұрын

A bit of Monster Hunter too with the bosses

@Gankstomper

2 жыл бұрын

@@Autechltd Dark Souls has always had a bit of monster hunter

@Gankstomper

2 жыл бұрын

I hate how every open world game is "like Zelda" now. As if BOTW was the first open world.

@MegaMinecraft901

2 жыл бұрын

u really said nioh instead of sekiro

Max like "people already making builds" Me: "dude, you just saw the #1 casual build, the phantom summoner, Fromsoft saw the dark souls 3 meme and made it a feature."

@Sumthin_Unbearable

2 жыл бұрын

Cant wait to be invaded and ganked by 3 summoner

@Bryanneo1

2 жыл бұрын

Summoning is my favorite brand of magic, so it would be cool if you can make a summoner build

@Zero_Cool8760

2 жыл бұрын

Oh god, can't wait for the endless bitching of the non-summoner purists ffs.

@sablen1319

2 жыл бұрын

I can finally play as a necromancer

@alenezi989a3

2 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of the dark souls 3 pokemon mod XD

The horse jumping is genius even though it's simple in concept... Makes traversal more dynamic streamlined and fun. It reminds me how manual jumping in BotW was something so stupidly simple but changed everything about movement

@JohnnyBoy7267

2 жыл бұрын

Yess what i was thinking as well. Simillar as what Ghost of Tsushima did with it’s traversal mechanics… stremlined af

@cessare2467

2 жыл бұрын

It's a goat, isn't it?

@sikaliptica8720

2 жыл бұрын

Im glad to let the Elden Ring champion ride my Horse hehe

@Thollis1987

2 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of the animated movie Princess Mononoke

@sonymicronin

2 жыл бұрын

@Eddy I disagree. Find the horse riding in BotW to be extremely fluid and controls better than most other games imo. Not only that but the options who have while on horse back are more than you have in other games as well. The only caveat is that you can’t scale steep cliffs and hills/mountains but that’s ok as it then allows more incentive to take advantage of climbing if you choose to or take a different route. The controls might seem weird and stiff to some but you have to take account the Horses gait and watch your speed and slow down or speed up when necessary to be able to maneuver through and around trees or other obstacles. The cherry on top is the beautiful music that plays while riding through the World that brakes up the other wise silence apart from the sounds of nature, the way the hooves sound as the horse runs goes along with the rhythm of the music almost as if it’s a percussion instrument and it all comes together amazingly.

I love the confidence in this presentation, like, they know what they got is good and they just want you to know it

@healmyvision5941

2 жыл бұрын

Yes instead of talking a billion lines they just show And explain a few things while showing

“You could totally dodge that thing” You know good and goddamn well there’s 40 more of em at the top of that path

@alec123456789capps

2 жыл бұрын

On cue waiting 🤣🤣

@MrDibara

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Did you see how *long* that path was?! No way three ballistas are all they're gonna be aiming at our asses! XD

@AdamJMGamesDev

2 жыл бұрын

Even playing the network test Max didn't dodge it lol

"Godrick the Golden" is the first definitive sign of GRRM's writing that I've seen in this game. That name is just dripping with Game of Thrones energy.

@SteelShroom256

2 жыл бұрын

I'm just waiting for at least one NPC who curses like a sailor.

@Bessux

2 жыл бұрын

Stormveil is Asoiaf as fuck.

@MrDibara

2 жыл бұрын

You want another sign someone once pointed out to me? Godrick's sigil is *a lion* and his whole motiff is all about *gold.* _House Lannister, anybody?_

@toledochristianmatthew9919

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrDibara The more i see Elden ring, the more i see the it as combination George rr matin's influence mixed with berserk and the souls series influence

@toledochristianmatthew9919

2 жыл бұрын

@@yellowcard8100 True but you can't ignore the amount of berserk references he puts in these titles. He even outright stated he was and still is a massive fan of dark fantasy tabletop games and manga like Berserk. People are gonna notice that more. And with George RR martin being a part of elden ring, you can expect people to start seeing the references to George's works as well.

Never thought I'd see a souls game where "Summoner" is a valid build

@MrDibara

2 жыл бұрын

Well I have been *DYING* for the day I would get to witness this be a thing. And I mean outside of mods like Convergence. ^_^

"This is could end up being Bandai-Namco's Skyrim." Holy crap, could things come more full circle? King's Field and its ilk were the prototype for fully-3D first-person action-RPGs, brushing shoulders with the earliest Elder Scrolls games. Demon's Souls was originally an attempt to make Japan's answer to Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, but thankfully went and did its own thing entirely, partially due to limitations in budget and ability. But now that FROM is armed with the budget, ability, and their own esteemed powerhouse franchise, they really CAN create the Japanese answer to Elder Scrolls, and in an entirely unique way that only FROM can do.

@realpatriot1769

2 жыл бұрын

They dont have to create an "answer" at this point. Bethesda's incompetence and Fromsoft's skills will easily allow them to surpass anything the former could ever create.

@bdpchamp

2 жыл бұрын

@@realpatriot1769 that’s a pretty hot take, Skyrim is one of the most iconic and most resold/remastered/highly reviewed games of all time, let alone RPGS. It still pretty much sits atop the throne of the open world RPG genre in terms of everything it was able to accomplish and the versatility and freedom offered to the player. I have faith in Elden Ring but let’s not count our eggs before they hatch

@voltscreamratty

2 жыл бұрын

@@bdpchamp Honestly, my opinion on Skyrim has soured more and more over time. I certainly enjoyed it the first time, but I was also a lot younger then and didn't really recognize how poor the writing is in many places. Funnily enough, it was Dark Souls that made me realize how bad Skyrim's combat is. In a lot of ways, it feels like a game foreshadowing how bad Bethesda would truly become after it.

@marklikeshark

2 жыл бұрын

@@bdpchamp Skyrim is so overrated. It’s by no means a bad game but I think it’s severely overrated especially in comparison to previous games they made. It’s not a terrible RPG but definitely a step backwards especially for Bethesda but hey dumbing stuff down definitely increases sales/resales.

@punishedbrak4255

2 жыл бұрын

@@marklikeshark Yeah, Skyrim is just Fallout 3 with a coat of Elder Scrolls paint, but objectively worse than either Fallout 3 or Oblivion.

Elden Ring looks like a combination of every Soulsborne game ever

@mrdisaster5880

2 жыл бұрын

And more since they now added horse combat which seems to be key to defeat the wyvern.

@sicotropic

2 жыл бұрын

literally. so good.

@dathunderman4

2 жыл бұрын

A bit of Sekiro as well.

@-Blue-_

2 жыл бұрын

@@dathunderman4 sekiro is also a member of demon souls games

@ganglotron

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of BOTW in there as well

I see A LOT of familiar stuff here, and I don't mind! What's funny about the souls games is that people love the core gameplay no matter what skin it has on. I feel like the souls community will acclimate to this game very quickly.

@OoToxiToxioO

2 жыл бұрын

Every Soulskiroborne content creator I know is ready for it

@xylonus

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, i recognize all of those pervious DS3 animations, and what can i say? Im hyped

@armaani11

2 жыл бұрын

I actually don't understand the point that "its just Dark souls 4". What else? People want them to stop doing what they're good at and instead do something completely different that most likely would end up shit? Is that what people want? At this point most people are complaining just for the sake of it.

@aegis027

2 жыл бұрын

I actually really appreciate that they aren't going from a blank slate here. I was sad when they announced the end of the Dark Souls series, but it did make sense, the story had run it's course, there was nowhere else to go. But this looks like a spiritual successor, not just to Dark Souls, but also to Bloodborne and Sekiro in places. They're taking that core gameplay from each game, fusing them together, and refining it. Not only that, but they're actively showing this off. Other companies would be trying to put the focus on what's new and exciting, and desperately disguising the things they've carried over. Meanwhile, Fromsoft is taking entire animations, sound effects and stances from their other games and putting them on full display. They appear to know that a refinement of their gameplay style is exactly what people want from them. And hell, all that effort they saved from just porting over all of these things? That's probably gone into all the crazy new stuff they're showing off as well.

@alejandro9829

2 жыл бұрын

I never got into dark souls but I'm a fan of rpgs and the fantasy genre so I'm gonna give this a try I'm sure this game is gonna bring in new people

"I mean, it looks good, but I'm not as excited as some others might be online." *twinblades are back* "TEN OUT OF TEN BEST GAME NEED IT NOW"

@dragondaddykushala7133

2 жыл бұрын

I've found a brother AND THE ACTIONS ARE SO FLUID AND EPIC!! they was stiff and clunky af in DS2

@celestiallarvae8254

2 жыл бұрын

@@dragondaddykushala7133 DS2 as a whole is so stiff and clunky.

Waifu ✅ Dragons ✅ Catacombs ✅ Traps ✅ Epic music ✅ Unnecessary long door opening animations ✅ Yup this is 100% a Fromsoft’s game alright lol

@UnknownZealot77

2 жыл бұрын

All it needs is barefeet

@shadmage3762

2 жыл бұрын

Dont forget the suffocating swamps

@cherrydragon3120

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget devastating bossfights that needs hours of practise to beat

@ary7633

2 жыл бұрын

The blood

@thepizzaelf

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget POT BOI

I stg, IGN is going to look at this and go “its *feels like* a darker version of breath of the wild”

@El_Chuchuca

2 жыл бұрын

A solid 7/10.

@slayeroffurries1115

2 жыл бұрын

"Elden Ring is the Dark Souls of Breath of the Wild"

@twincherries6698

2 жыл бұрын

"It's missing the heart of Dark Souls III"

@Sumthin_Unbearable

2 жыл бұрын

"It make you feel like link"

@TheScorpia12

2 жыл бұрын

One of the most anticipated games in the last 5+ years, 7/10

I just noticed: the whistle your player character makes when summoning his mount sounds exactly like Kuro's whistling in Sekiro.

@AnarickTheDevil

2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't be surprised. I hear sound effects they used in Demons Souls in this video as well.

@spiraljumper74

2 жыл бұрын

I'll eat my shoes if that mounted miniboss was using anything other than Gyobou's skeletal rig.

@ioverslept.

2 жыл бұрын

@@spiraljumper74 ight bet

@AMediumSizedKodiak

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they reused sounds, textures, animations. Not a surprise.

@AnarickTheDevil

2 жыл бұрын

@@AMediumSizedKodiak Wish they used the old estus sound though the new one is too high pitched for my liking.

What impresses me the most is that the Fromsoft devs finally found the color saturation slider.

@omegabright-hawk1794

2 жыл бұрын

The lack of color on these games were the only thing I didnt liked.

@xylonus

2 жыл бұрын

Elden Ring learned from Sekiro on the visuals really

@bloodybackfat

2 жыл бұрын

dark souls 2 had a nice variety in colours.

@Dizzifying1

2 жыл бұрын

@@bloodybackfat Very true, but people act like DS2 was the anti-christ and extremely bad. It made some bad decisions, but PVP in DS2 was the pinnacle of the franchise by far.

@bloodybackfat

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dizzifying1 yeah its a good game

I like that the whistle sound for summoning your mount is the same whistle Sekiro does when using the finger whistle prosthesic

@scuppo

2 жыл бұрын

Technically don’t all whistles sound the same unless the shape of the hole and materials are different.

@martia86

2 жыл бұрын

My GOD this game is chock-full of recycled assets. You like it, I find it a little embarrassing. I do think it's likely the game is gonna be fun, but it sure feels cheaply made.

@burntfishy7833

2 жыл бұрын

@@martia86 Is this your first fromsoft game? We've had the same Greatsword and Hammer sounds since the original dark souls, and they'll be here as well.

@DavidVillaTorre

2 жыл бұрын

@@martia86 we've had the same skeletons for more than a decade.

@pal1890

2 жыл бұрын

@@martia86 ?

The biggest question remains. What will the Moonlight Greatsword look like?

@xylonus

2 жыл бұрын

The question is, how will the weapon art looks like and how it works

@YourDevastator

2 жыл бұрын

And now we know, it's sick asf. Haha 🔥🙌🏼

This looks like everything I’ve ever wanted in a Fromsoft game. I absolutely cannot wait

@calebplerry9664

2 жыл бұрын

I'm trying not to overhype myself but this looks like potential GOAT material

@griffnuts

2 жыл бұрын

If this is everything you wanted in a Fromsoft game, then you don’t like Fromsoft games.

@Michael-bn1oi

2 жыл бұрын

@@griffnuts How embarrassing to actually hate on people for liking something...

@pal1890

2 жыл бұрын

@@griffnuts ?

@aaronmccormick810

2 жыл бұрын

@@griffnuts That's a non-sequitur on your part. It's perfectly possible to enjoy/like previous FromSoft titles while also desiring what Elden Ring brings to the table to be part of your personal ideal FromSoft experience. The two aren't mutually exclusive at all and you're creating a false dichotomy where there is none. FromSoft is more than King's Field, is more than Armored Core, is more than Dark Souls, is more than Sekiro. Furthermore, gatekeeping is never cool. It's fine to be a purist [whatever that means here: Dark Souls is only a percent of what FromSoft actually is as a developer] but don't make comments that *could* imply a form of pushing-someone-away-from-the-fanbase [i.e. "then you don't like FromSoft games"].

It's going to be trippy playing Dark Souls, but with a dedicated jump button, and where gravity isn't the greatest enemy. It looks nice, a less clunky highly polished Dark Souls fit for next gen but with a new game world/title. The map reminds me of Morrowind.

@Summer_Tea

2 жыл бұрын

Jumping and no fall damage is from Sekiro.

@hobbyistkeita

2 жыл бұрын

@@Summer_Tea But Sekiro isn't Dark Souls The traversal aside, even basic gameplay is completely changed up due to the player and enemy posture gauges It's very much a Souls game, but it's the furthest thing from Souls since Bloodborne. It's basically a different game entirely from a gameplay perspective.

To hell with the fall damage lol it f*cked me over more than it immersed me anyways

@shawklan27

2 жыл бұрын

Same bro same!

@altinademi9499

2 жыл бұрын

at that point its just wanting old features for the sake of it because major fall damage in this vertical open world would be so annoying

@AndresLionheart

2 жыл бұрын

It's probably just like Sekiro. There is fall damage but you have to fall from very high up.

@xylonus

2 жыл бұрын

Gravity, my old foe. You will bow to me now.

@Dizzifying1

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair though, fall damage and the lack of a jump (Legend of Zelda) is how you can make the player go through your map the way you want to. Freedom is fine in games, but sometimes sequences shouldn't be jumped over or through. It makes map design and dungeon design a nightmare.

I am exactly the kind of player who will be grabbing the biggest, fattest sword I can find and cramming all of my souls/blood echoes/whatever into Strength. I feel seen.

@Jeffmetal42

2 жыл бұрын

Hello kindred spirit, I see our methods are similar. 🤘

@mr.hedgefund6205

2 жыл бұрын

Strength builds are always more fun.

@jojak0512

2 жыл бұрын

I completed DS3 for the first time a week or so ago with the Greatsword and I'm gonna be using the biggest sword I can find in Elden Ring.

@r.j.tammaro8383

2 жыл бұрын

FUNNY GERMAN SWORD GANG

@darthsolo8291

2 жыл бұрын

blocking with the greatsword looks nice so i guess strength + stamina for me.

It felt like that horse riding mini boss should have shouted, “My naaaaaame, is Gyobu Masataka Oniwa!”

@CameronKujo

2 жыл бұрын

Now the player can do that instead

@TheArrivalCyberse

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like Havel tbh

@MrDibara

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheArrivalCyberse Havel with the Dragonslayer Armor and a big, badass mount. *I dig.* 👍

It was painful for me to watch Max miss the dragon moment.

@PLAYDIMITRI

2 жыл бұрын

Max always looks away from the screen at the WORST moments it drives me crazy lol

@leithaziz2716

2 жыл бұрын

@@PLAYDIMITRI Reminds me of when Max skipped past the sunset in Hades once he finally escaped the first time. Beautifull scenery just rushed through.

@Priceluked

2 жыл бұрын

@@leithaziz2716 Max couldn't care less about story the first time through.

@MasterKombatBro

2 жыл бұрын

Godrick reanimating the dragon head onto himself?

@MrDibara

2 жыл бұрын

@@MasterKombatBro No, maybe they mean the moment the black dragon comes flying from _aaaaall the way in the back, Midir-style_ before landing in front of the player like a Skyrim dragon. It's a very beautiful moment, but if you're not paying attention, it's very easy to miss and then you just see the dragon pop up in front of the Tarnished.

"99% of people will find the biggest sword they can find and cramming it all into strength" - yup, sounds good to me 😂 smash souls is best souls

@APG93

2 жыл бұрын

First playthrough of every Souls game has to be a Guts build. It's the law for me lol. 😂

_double jump_ DevilMayCry Dante: *hmmm*

That part on the gate was freaking hilarious.

It's literally just Seki-Born-Souls: The Game. XD Glad FromSoft didn't try to fix what ain't broke and just expanded on what works.

@AlexSabines

2 жыл бұрын

Like Capcom whit Monster Hunter

@DuskWolf224

2 жыл бұрын

Man we really need a new name for the series that isn't such a mouthful!

@COWENS986

2 жыл бұрын

@@DuskWolf224 EldenSekiSoulsBorne

@DuskWolf224

2 жыл бұрын

@@COWENS986 At some point I fully expect From to have like... 10 different series names for games that fit that style but aren't in the same universe XD

@sabotower1792

2 жыл бұрын

@@DuskWolf224 Soulsbornekiro

Pot Boy isn't just a boy, he's a scholar and a gentleman! Gives me major Seigmeyer vibes and the world is stunning. Love it already

Spirit Attacks looking like the Yokai attacks from Nioh 2. Life comes full circle.

28:52 I see that people didnt noticed that character cuts himself to buff weapon while silmultaniously getting poise, similar effect to blood execution in sekiro that infuses the blade with a greater range.

All I’ve been waiting for today, LETS GET IT ELDEN RING!

@Dracobyte

2 жыл бұрын

OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!

As I was watching the stream, I was thinking "I bet Max is watching this too". So I'll watch it again now, cause Max's impressions are always spot on. You'd better do a playthrough and upload that thing like you did with the other Souls/Blood games!

The fucking music for Godrick's start of the fight is just an eargasm to me. SO good! I am really hoping that Magic and the Summons shown here give way to a MUCH better system to get into. Like yeah previous games you had ways to cheese things or just op mode stuff, but I want something that I can just experiment with and not be screwed out if a fun and fluid way to play the game other than just plain old melee. I agree with Max that the co-op system HAS to be better, something not obtuse and restrictive.

@RotaAbyssian

2 жыл бұрын

At least at face value, the magic system and melee seem to be way more integrated. I'm all for it.

I'm glad they fixed the fall damage because being a god killer and not being able to fall 6 feet was getting immersive Breaking 😂😂

@cessare2467

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, wearing a fricking hell as fuck heavy armour and being able to *jump* is actually surreal. It can be easily justified or ignored, I don't mind that, but imagine *falling* in one of those. You'd have to break at least your knees or something.

@afif5496

2 жыл бұрын

@@cessare2467 oh wooooww you're so smart you must be an armor expert

@CameronKujo

2 жыл бұрын

@@afif5496 you’re colored

@NinjapowerMS

2 жыл бұрын

Dark souls 3 had a good leniency on fall damage though. You can survive a lot of falls and then there's the ring switch in the middle of the fall lol

@americadrm

2 жыл бұрын

@@yellowcard8100 I don't know being an undead God killer who can tank strikes from giants to kings of magic to falling 4 feet down and dying seems pretty un even.

28:52 That's just a heavy attack with armor. It's not reacting to the hit it's just going through it. You can tell because the enemy's attack isn't prevented. It still follows through and there's a damage spark on the player, the player's attack just doesn't get interrupted by it.

@nikkis.2066

2 жыл бұрын

I figured it was one of those moves of "yeah you hit me but it's not gonna stop my attack" where the player just endures the hit

@necromax13

2 жыл бұрын

Poise. It's been a feature since DS1 lol.

@MrSolidsnake293

2 жыл бұрын

classic DS1 play with Poise and Heavy armor actually working...... IM PRAYING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A MEDIUM ALL ROUNDER MAGIC KNIGHT WITH SPEARS AGAIN!

@MrSolidsnake293

2 жыл бұрын

@@necromax13 yea but as of 2-3 its been either buster or non existent sadly it restricts so many builds and weapons

@necromax13

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSolidsnake293 It's been limited to work during attack animations in DS3.

As someone who has over 1000 hours in dark souls 3 (on a beefy pc at maxed settings), Elden Ring looks WAY better. The lighting and texture quality is a MASSIVE step up. I don't understand when people say it looks even similar

@keyamazed1038

2 жыл бұрын

That's nothing. There are clowns out there saying it looks like a PS2 game. Blind

@cemarz

2 жыл бұрын

Hair, I suppose.

@xylonus

2 жыл бұрын

@@keyamazed1038 Trolls or just haters as usual. How tf you can even compare this to PS2 game graphics? Like how?

@choodle9729

2 жыл бұрын

The art direction and animations are similar. I don't think people are saying it looks similar in graphics

You can see Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro DNA all over this, it's great

@rain1676

2 жыл бұрын

Nice

That falcon with giant blades attached to it's feet is pure nightmare fuel...

@BloodLegaZ

2 жыл бұрын

Bird looks like it came straight out of guardians of ga'hoole to kill you. XD

Dear lord, the souls style gameplay and storytelling fits an open world game like this so well. I can't imagine a better incentive to explore than the prospect of fighting a Soulsborne boss!

and again art direction alone sells me on this game, who cares about same animations like chat was crying

@DWN-024ShadowMan

2 жыл бұрын

I'm just thankful there is new armors lol, can't wait for some good ol fashion Souls 😆.

@sonymicronin

2 жыл бұрын

Idk why but compared to other Souls games and SoulsLike with the exception of maybe sekiro, the movement in Elden Ring looks so much smoother and less rigid. In other soulslike games, the movement always felt robotic to move so this looks like it's gonna feel great

@marshallmussarela943

2 жыл бұрын

@@sonymicronin DS3 was veeeery smooth, if this game is the same or a bit better then that's good enough for me

@bdpchamp

2 жыл бұрын

@@sonymicronin that’s 60 FPS for you

@cessare2467

2 жыл бұрын

@@marshallmussarela943 yeah, DS3 was the game that mixed the Souls.universe with Bloodborne's agressive and quick fighting. Then Sekiro appeared with the best character control from Fromsoftware's "recent" games and hopefully Elden Ring will be between Sekiro and DS3 right in the middle. Gotta say the clunkyness from the first 2 Souls was in some way part of the narrative. You're alone, exposed and in a heavy as hell armour. It's surreal DS3's character movement but it feels great.

9:32 MY NAAAAAAME IS GYOUBU MASATAKA ONIWA! AS I BREATHE, YOU WILL NOT PASS THE CASTLE GATE!

Common dungeons and caves like the one that the character drops down a ravine to enter will probably have a more simplistic designs and visual style, since there will be dozens of them across the world. Legacy Dungeons, like Stormveil Castle, will be far more complex, layered and thematically distinct.

9:32 Horseback Havel over here, that should be a fun fight.

@96Vladek

2 жыл бұрын

more like Havel Gyoubu

Like shadow of the colossus on steroids. I'd love a princess monanoke mod.

@BloodLegaZ

2 жыл бұрын

Give me a DireWolf to ride and I'm all set bro.

Ohh baby. Another reaction video We love to see it

Goddamn the naming is giving me heavy ASOIaF vibes, I fucking love it. I've played all the Souls games and have enjoyed them, but I think this one is gonna be the one to really hook me into the genre. Love the aesthetic, the magic, the environment, the odd creatures like Alexander and those swamp giant things we saw with the vines, and what really sold me was the massive castle dungeon. Edit: I'd love if they did a mixture and allowed players to customize their character based on playstyle. Out of all of FromSoft's titles, Sekiro was my favorite because of the parrying and countering. But it was also one of my biggest issues because gameplay became repetitive pretty quickly imo. So to be able to have a mixture or switch playstyles would be fantastic and offer even more replayability.

@raikouija663

2 жыл бұрын

That is deliberate, before this game was even prototyped, George RR Martin was hired by FromSoft to create the world of Elden Ring. Miyazaki made the story, but he manage to not cut anything lore wise that george penned, he’s happy with the result

@maninblack3410

2 жыл бұрын

Godrick had me dying lol. I was already going back through the souls games, but now I might have to go back through asoiaf.

@sage0fthiccpaths656

2 жыл бұрын

@@raikouija663 oh wow, I didn’t realize Miyazaki made the story. I knew GRRM was working with them on it, so I just assumed he’d be writing the story. Now I’m even more excited and impressed with Miyazaki’a writing skill. GRRM is notoriously in depth with his lore so I’m sure that was a pain in the ass lol

Everybody's on about the visuals and the combat and the animations, and i'm here wondering how is Fromsoft going to implement their level design given the openness of the exploration.

@muzzers2776

2 жыл бұрын

That I think is what will make or break this game. From this video, I get the feeling the open world is as empty as new Assassin's Creed games or Dragon Age Inquisition.

@Craftal

2 жыл бұрын

In the video the narrator states outright that the castle that they enter is a "legacy dungeon" which is a large traditional DS-style level, that connects seamlessly to the open world. So it'll have both open exploration and their signature interconnected levels. They might fail on the open world front tho, it's their first time. I hope they don't!

@kwedl

2 жыл бұрын

The open world will probably serve more as a hub to enter actual interiors or smaller more well designed areas. And you will probably have to even unlock certain shortcuts or actual access to new areas. But seeing how many mechanics, animations and even sound effects they reuse, i hope it's because they actually put most of their time into world and level design. It's pretty much a natural evolution to Sekiro which already had some huge completely open areas, that were still really well designed.

@esmith2k2

2 жыл бұрын

They explained it, the legacy dungeons. There will be somewhere between 6-10 of these which are basically the size of a regular dark souls level scattered around and between the open world. The one they showed was stormveil castle. They also have their mini dungeons and the "open world" itself. Also, fromsoftware/bandai have never used the term "Open world" to describe this game. One of the developers said they intentionally avoided that term because they didnt want to misrepresent what the game was. Its not a fully open world, rather multiple massive areas split apart by the legacy dungeons mentioned above.

Love your channel dude. From this to final fantasy. My favorite to watch reactions. You capture the excitement that everyone is feeling. That’s why it’s fun to watch; you are our excitement embodied.

This feels like a blend of Dark Souls and Dragon's Dogma and I'm here for it!

@maninatreeproductions9588

2 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what I was thinking, this is like the Dragon’s Dogma sequel I’ve been waiting for!

@bruhder5854

2 жыл бұрын

@@maninatreeproductions9588 2022 or 2023 is where dragon's dogma 2 is supposed to come out.

This is the culmination of every previous entry that from soft as done, its fantastic! I was not anticipating Elden Ring before this, but this, essentially being Dark Souls in a Ghost of Tsushima style setting is a wonderful thing to be looking forward to. I only hope we can see characters talking to each other as opposed to just the player, this might be the best of from soft's ARPGs.

@maninblack3410

2 жыл бұрын

Max acting like this wasn’t gonna be game of the year 2022 when he gushes over the soulless cash grab that is the ff7 remake, smdh. It’s really sad. Dark souls has pushed the gaming medium forward in a way that can only be claimed by very few other games in the past, original ff7 included, and yet he absolutely falls head over heels over the company that hasn’t changed in 2 decades and doesn’t give the more recent innovator the benefit of the doubt. It’s just a shame.

@jimb0072

2 жыл бұрын

@@maninblack3410 what are you saying

@maninblack3410

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimb0072 idk, I get his hype for the ff7 remake, totally understand it, but he’s been subtly downplaying elden ring hard, especially in that video where he talks about bluepoint vs from software, and it doesn’t sit well with me. To me elden ring looks like it might be the culmination of everything From has learned in all their soulsborne series, even sekiro, and to downplay the potential importance of that while on the other side completely ignoring every flaw ff7 remake has… it just doesn’t feel right to me. Either be the hype guy and hype up games, or wait until they come out before you start spreading doubt about them. He can have these opinions, but wait until the game comes out, don’t judge it based on a poor quality stream and then once you actually see it in 60fps say “oh it’s not really that bad.” Ehh. It’s not that big a deal, just my 2 cents.

@Thanos5

2 жыл бұрын

@@maninblack3410 how is this a ghost of tsushima style... you mean any other open world game with a horse and sword

@maninblack3410

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thanos5 replied to the wrong person? I don’t think it looks like ghosts. It looks like a culmination of everything From has done in the past. Original commenter probably said that because of the horse and the golden leaves and the open world, like just looking at it how can you not see a surface level comparison like that? But I don’t think it’ll feel anything like ghosts of Tsushima.

“Is that Miyazaki?” Everyone has said it never fails to make me laugh

I'm so surprised about the world exploring aspect , this seems to have to mixtures, combatwise this is Darksouls+sekiro to the extreme, the way they expanded the spells , spirits, etc, looks amazing, and for the world part, this is Skirim for sure, I really hope they have a lot of secret caves/dungeons to explore, and with a bit of AC and their "dinamic" events on the map, like the one they showcases with the carriage being protected by skelies or whatever with random drops, maybe? This seems to be REALLY funn to explore! damn it! a lot more of what I was expecting!!! to the store!! take my money!

It's pretty funny that we're basically watching a long drawn out conversation between game devs on what an RPG or Adventure game should be. Demon's Souls started life as Sony commissioning FromSoft for an answer to The Elder Scrolls Oblivion. It went its own way entirely instead drawing some themes from Western fantasy but as much Zelda and Castlevania ended up in its DNA as anything. Dark Souls continued its concept while releasing around the same time as Skyrim. Nintendo saw how well Skyrim sold and studied it and turned out their idea of an open world fantasy adventure with Breath of the Wild while From finished the Souls trilogy. Now we're watching this crazy culmination of what FromSoft can do, mixing Elder Scrolls and BotW concepts in with their own now well established Souls formula. Frankly, the real question will be if Bethesda can even respond in any coherent manner with the next Elder Scrolls. Because being able to traverse huge environments and battle huge monsters with good 3rd person action combat as in Elden Ring takes a pretty big dump on the lame combat of Skyrim, and BotW showed how fun really open traversal options can be. I dunno if the folks at Bethsoft can even compete with this decade long rejoinder.

@jackwithahat8601

2 жыл бұрын

This is indeed a very interesting take. I think the only way Bethesda could compete with BOTW2 and Elden Ring is if they were to go back to a more RPG-focused, story oriented, immersive experience in an unique setting like what Morrowind was but without all of the bullshit that makes Morrowind unplayable for casuals. I don't think they're going to do this, because Bethesda has proven in _multiple_ ways to be full of incompetent, passionless devs in the last decade, but that's the only way I could see them surviving. It's clear that Elder Scrolls games were never built around good combat, so immersion and story are all they have. Basically what I'm asking is for them to make a quality product which they most definitely won't lmao.

yo, am I the only who saw the NPC using a Griffith cosplay at 11:37?

@jojak0512

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't notice that at all lol

Alexander is cuphead and mugman's ancestor 😂

@captainhyrule9741

2 жыл бұрын

"He's out of line, but he's right"

I have been waiting for this its so close

Ok, everything until now had me curious. NOW I'M FUCKING HYPED.

Never played a souls game before. Will definitely be checking this out! Those magical effects look amazing

@xylonus

2 жыл бұрын

You should, but expect the game to really punish you. Itll be tough especially in this newest title

@-Blue-_

2 жыл бұрын

@@xylonus I like fromsoftware game for there lore

@choodle9729

2 жыл бұрын

You should play DS3 Bloodborne and sekiro, and if you like those play the older games. They're all great

The elden ring ad was interrupted by an elden ring ad, litterally said "the tarnished" twice in a row

First time seeing your channel Really enjoying the intro Nice job man!

31:48 Yooooo! A Cadaver collector!!! D&D inspiration for this enemy? Maybe?

Hopefully they add more stuff to bows. I can already see that you can move and shoot at a good pace. I loved being an archer in DS3, but GODDAMN did Nameless King take me forever.

I actually liked the layouts of the chalice dungeons. My issue was the merciless grinding which unfortunately did suck a lot of the fun from the dungeons themselves. That’s why I don’t mind if the dungeons in Elden Ring are similar in design, just hopefully without the awful grinding for rare items and upgrades. Simplicity is perfectly fine, I don’t need to have this incredible “cultivating” dungeon designs for them to FEEL good and fun to explore.

Dude, summoning, and magic looking kickass again? I am stoked, looking forward to see some of that closed beta footage.

Yeah; this jumped to the top of my must-play list pretty quickly after I saw the spells.

I'm really glad they keep taking this "Souls game" concept and keep giving it a spin instead of just doing Dark Souls again with a new map and monsters.

@jimb0072

2 жыл бұрын

Tbf it looks like dark souls and sekiro

@kingofthemoon3063

2 жыл бұрын

I feel the opposite. I've seen enough souls game with new thing to satisfy me already. I don't feel like this is going to interest me a 20th time. I'd prefer that Fromsoft move on and do new things.

Who else is excited about the updated jump mechanics, you having an actual jump with out needing to run.

Yooooooooo! The jumping arrow shot though! @8:00

8:21 Definitely want to probably do a magic build with that armor set on my first playthrough, lmao.

“BANDO NAMCAI SKYRIM” that’s all I needed to hear

The game actually looks good, the movements are so smooth and you can clearly see the details in the characters. I like your reaction to the game, can't wait to see you play it.

@junebug4004

2 жыл бұрын

Copying the guy with no mustache I see.

Those special effects look AWESOME!

Already saw this on your twitch feed but I'll watch it here too for the views 👍

10:10 *I’m going full in on the magic build in the game because see that 🐉 she made that was pretty cool.* 💪🏽

I was nervous about it being open world since I like so few games with open worlds, but it seems like From is landing right in the sweet spot I look for from open world games. Much more in the vein of BotW, Morrowind, and Shadow of the Colossus than, say, assassin's Creed, which I am very pleased with.

12:47 "I offer you an accord" A NEWWW CAAAR!

This looks really fun; the magic/spell combat and summoning reminds me a little of the fight between doctor strange and thanos in infinity war, especially with the storm cloud of lightning arrows and 'my hand becomes a dragon that burns everything with intense fire breath' attacks :D

@punishedbrak4255

2 жыл бұрын

10:09 Look closely; it's not cast from the hand, it's cast *from the head.*

I saw quite a lot of weapon switching during battle. I understand the necessity of having weapons weight quite a bit and all of that in Souls games, but I've always thought allowing you to carry more equiped weapons and switch them quickly would actually make a more stylish and fun combat system, hopefully that's what they are doing here.

@Dizzifying1

2 жыл бұрын

Play some of the good Dynasty Warriors my friend. You'll very much enjoy that feature. (Don't play 9 or 6.)

@neoshenlong

2 жыл бұрын

​@@yellowcard8100 Yeah, but unless you have crazy weight stats or want to fat run everywhere there is a limit to what you can carry. I guess it depends on what they want to do. If they want to keep it as Soul-ish as possible its great, and I'll love it anyways, but if they are going for a more dynamic combat system, reducing the weight of weapons so that you can realistically carry more of them in your hotbar would automatically speed up combat and make it more flashy which is different, but would also be fun.

I've watched a few of these reactions so far and everyone has noticed the lack of fall damage. Nobody has mentioned the giant man serpents.

It’s already preordered now to wait 😭

Glad I'm not the only one who made the Demon's Souls association at that gate scene. Tower of Latria flashbacks hit HARD during that moment! By the way, that segment of going around the castle's side wall... Who else got Shrine of Storms feels during that, just me? By the way, Max. You _are_ going to be playing that public closed Network Beta Test, right?

I groaned the second I heard crafting, because I'm so done with harvesting materials in games.

@nikkis.2066

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's kinda bland for me at times too. Hopefully it's straightforward and just not super complex or required....but it probably will be at least one of those

@trunklemcjeans

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikkis.2066 i think they said crafting was optional and an alternative to buying parts

@nikkis.2066

2 жыл бұрын

@@trunklemcjeans Then I'll def have fun with it if that's how it's done! I get that open world games and crafting/resource gathering go hand-in-hand but after so many games it just gets old when it's usually pretty prevalent and needed xP

@GruppeSechs

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikkis.2066 Open world games are so boring to me, because it's just a flower picking simulator with some combat. I'd love for someone to tell me how this game is going to be any different than, say, Horizon Zero Dawn, other than the combat being a bit different and the aesthetic not being robot dinosaurs. These open world games all follow the same gameplay reward loop, 70% time wasting and 30% game.

@yamomspotatosalad818

2 жыл бұрын

@@GruppeSechs if you think the game is gonna be the same as HZD, well, you might be watching something else or were dropped as a baby.

I just realized this is Fromsoft’s version of Skyrim and I’m absolutely here for it

@canada0118

2 жыл бұрын

More like morrowind to be honest

@lothara.schmal5092

2 жыл бұрын

I think it’s unfair comparing From’s work to fucking Skyrim tbh

@1RickyRice

2 жыл бұрын

@@lothara.schmal5092 my god I hate having conversations with the general gamer because of dialogue like this

@lothara.schmal5092

2 жыл бұрын

@@1RickyRice Yeah, people having opinions…scary stuff

Can't wait to see the fashion souls like videos 🥰

Look at those armor sets. OOoooh Elden Bling!

The thing I'm really excited for is magic it looks way less clunky than it's ever been when it comes to soul's games the phantoms look interesting as hell too can't wait till this comes out

I can confidently assume that this is going to be my favorite game of all time

OH THERES JUMPING!

Finally we can jump and fire arrows. This is going to be an opening for a good combo.

Am I the only one who sees that this is a very clear graphical step up from DS3?

@Jbswe

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely except for some of the people saying it looks like a ps3 game 😂 they haven’t booted up their ps3 in like 10 years to see how shit demon souls looks like in comparison

@CameronKujo

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jbswe right! When I went back to my Xbox 360 games, they looked like SHIT!!! Lmao still good tho

@cemarz

2 жыл бұрын

Hair and skin textures seem pretty bad. But yeah, looks great outside of that.

Pure 🔥

very impressive can't wait to try it out

16:34 Had a flashback of Cole from Dragon Age Inquisition for a sec. :)

Honestly I want to see a game of thrones reference even though George R.R. Martin didnt have the biggest of roles other than some world and lore design

Was wondering how they were going to do bosses. If they would only show up in dungeons or whatever

@MrDibara

2 жыл бұрын

That black dragon attacking in the middle of the swamp legit made me hyped. Skyrim experience with the Souls-gameplay of FromSoft, what else could I possibly ask for?!

That big tree reminds me of the one from Ever Grace

I love the fact there's a proper jump in this game. Lots of familiar stuff, but also a lot of new. Cant wait!