I think the beginning of it was supposed to be a flashback to the war of the Order against the followers of the Frenzied Flame, that left the merchants as pretty much the last remnants of that group.
@datonkallandor8687 that co-op mod basically killed online play and invading. Soo i wonder if this dlc or an update is gonna turn that seamless mod into the basegame so elden ring ends up looking like an mmo without any grinding
@@Splatcake I will be shocked if fromsoft doesn't take some notes from the seamless co-op mod. IDK if they will integrate some kind of similar functionality into ER with DLC, or their next game. But if they don't do one or the other it would be pretty dumb of them IMO. It's crazy how popular it is (~1.6 million downloads from the nexus), not surprising with how much fun it is and easy to use (just drag and drop some files). I've played hours of that mod with my cousin and had SO much fun. WAY more fun than we ever had playing the games built in multiplayer. And it's amazing how perfectly it works. But yeah that was my first thought when I saw that shot. Only 30 days to go!
I think it is a bunch of npc’s, as the big stone armour guy is there. Considering it’s the story trailer it perhaps means all these npc’s are here for the same reason as us, finding miquella. But I hope it means better coop and invading
I mean a lot of them were still willing to follow, Leda caused the rift imo. The others might not have "rebelled" if not for her. Of course Miquella is also responsible for mind-controlling people in the first place.
@@Arkayjiya It's quite ironic, since there are far more people (and a much more diverse crowd) that voluntarily choose to follow Messmer than Miquella, and Messmer didn't even use any charm spells. Even after Messmer got abandoned by Marika and the Erdtree, they still follow him.
Dane, Leda and Moore still follow him and believe in him after the charm is gone. Although not out of any loyalty, both Freya and Hornsent do as well. Thollier follows St. Trina, who is technically still kind of Miquella, and presumably was still part of Miquella when Thollier first chose to follow. Only Ansbach didn't choose to follow. Miquella's charm was, primarily, to soothe conflicts (like Leda trying to murder people the second it goes away) and increase their efficiency in helping his goals. Miquella does not *rely* on his charm, it's just a tool that he likes using. It's weird how post DLC people have suddenly decided that Miquella is some kind of complete fraud with no redeeming qualities who just hypnotized his way through everything so he could take power. He's still a powerful and very intelligent demigod who ultimately wants to fix the problems of world but lost himself while doing so.
> drops initial trailer with hardly any notice > refuses to elaborate > goes silent for a month > drops another trailer without notice > refuses to elaborate further > leaves
@@Stargold-w9mam i the only one who thinks two (even bigger than normal mob) hornsent warriors with the curved greatswords and better incantations would fight way harder than two guys under a robe ?
I just spent an hour looking over it for clues and piecing bits together. I dont even have a youtube channel it just seemed like fun. And like... its gunna be more then 3 hours if they want to explain all the different story threads. This thing feels like its pulling together like more then half of the threads. Fall of Nox? Check. The Gloam Eyed Queen, and the sealing of destined death? Probably check. Miquellas plan? And his relation to St. Trina? Obviously check. The god eating serpent heresy? Check. The end of the non-illusory erdtree and its sap? Probably check. The piles of frozen people in the Nox cities? Maybe? etc etc.
Vaati: Spends days putting together 5 hour armoured core video, taking a toll on his life and putting it out finally From Soft: GET BACK ON THE CLOCK BOY
Hmm....is that really a good thing though or is TH-cam shit for forcing you into a niche as a "creator" aiming for "freedom" and even then 10% constitutes as "positive" stats if you include, respective and relative down the ladder, subs to viewers to likes?
Still absolutely love it. It's cool that while it may seem like they didn't put anything of the final bossfight in the trailer(s), this proves otherwise.
@@kumitapp I will help: The quote about beginning, seduction, and betrayal is about marikas origins as elden lord. She entered Godhood and was seduced by the greater will to be its vassal (all outer gods need a host to have influence in the lands between, Morgott tried to make miquella the host for his God, the formless mother, malenia is the host for the sealed god of scarlet rott, melina is the host of the twin bird/death and you are the host for the frenzied flame in one ending.) and in turn betrayed her people, as she was the tool the greater will used to destroy them and replace them. vaati hasnt made a dedicated video about it but hes talked about it alot. There is a different giant tree under the erdtree, but its dead. its called the Greatree and it had its own civilization surrounding it, its what the crucible knights were apart of, and its why they are ostracized. The war you see is how that was done, they razed the civilization as a whole, and built a new tree (out of dead bodies, see intro, and also see the dead bodies being sucked into the roots of the erdtree in every dungeon in the game, and the dialogue about how the dead are absorbed into the erdtree, which explains why the greater will gives a shit about having control over the lands between, because people souls = yummy). Vaati summarizes this all into Erdtree = parasite. miquella went off to learn about this whole conflict, which relates to him as he himself went to war against the erdtree and tried creating his own civilization in opposition to it around the haligtree. He is the primary figure in opposition to the golden order and greater will. Every single shot of this games new area contains the Primordial Greatree standing and the trailer is about the past so, so we can assume that we are running time travel back for the bajjilionth time in a souls games dlc, and we can assume thats where miquella went and where we are following him.
1:50 out of all of fromsoftware's tracks so far, I don't think I've ever heard a piece so full of... optimism? heroism? hopefulness? I dunno, it almost sounds cheerful.
That's what I was thinking - the trailer establishes a tragic background before presenting us a heroic figure - Miquella and all those who decided to follow him, despite the fact he abandoned his role as an Empyrian as well as his fate. It's, to date, one of the most optimistic trailers we've ever had. I've still got *some* suspicion towards Miquella but I'm starting to really like the idea that he's just straight up a nice guy who wants to fix shit and just straight up help.
@@fishgiovaana8441 not all songs, theres the song of the batmaidens who is in full latin, which probably meant that the devs wanted us to know more about the suffering the misbegotten endured because of the Golden Order. If this were truly the lyrics of the song Marika's armies extended way before the Golden Age. What wars did she fight? What races did she shun? etc etc.
Also, a lot of people have connected the weird white thing to the jar innards, but to me it looks like a Bonny potentate hood with the maggots removed. Basically we see Marika harvesting her torturers.
From Software has done some serious witchcraft. First trailer used my Credit card to preorder and second one wrote and gave an vacation request form to my boss
Wait a minute. I think the graces in the shadow lands are actually Miquella’s rune, which would make sense because grace abandoned these lands so the place we rest at must be some form of his rune acting as the grace in this land.
And this is maybe how the new levelling system is Miyazaki said there will be a new levelling system similar to Sekiro it will make sense that we get stronger by visiting more sites of grace ( miquella rune) and basically collecting fragments from the graces until we get the whole rune
If you are implying that they are not following him voluntarily and that Miquella is controlling them let me tell you that you are wrong and you are misunderstanding the lore. This is not an opinion, it is reality. Investigate the lore.
the wise old master who says a single brief phrase that makes no sense upon hearing, but after everything is settled you realize he told you everything you needed to know right from the start
The line about “a purge without Grace or honor” is subtly terrifying in what it implies. We know from the base game that the Golden Order has been responsible for several horrific massacres, many of which they either boast about or at least seem indifferent to the knowledge of. Whatever the hell Messmer did, it was so nightmarish and morally bankrupt that even MARIKA- who ordered or at least condoned the mass torture of the Omens and the slaughter of the Misbegotten- wanted nothing to do with him and had all record of his deeds erased from history.
Right? The implications are unimaginable. In the base game we learn of the Golden Order's several wars across the continent, complete genocide of the giants, the persecution of the omen and wandering merchants, and enslavement of demihumans. Somehow there's something so atrocious even compared to all this it is considered unspeakable in nature. Holy shit.
something tells me that whatever happened here was just messmer's first offense against the golden order. i think he probably did something else later to get himself excommunicated, and marika chose to stick him in the land of shadow as a sort of poetic justice. shame for whoever survived the first round messmer had with the place, though.
If the uplifting music and the representation of his followers indicate, I honestly hope that Miquella is actually what everybody says he is - A kind, empathetic and charitable soul who genuinely wants to save the broken world of Elden Ring. As much as I love From Soft's grim visions on the world's they create, it'd be nice to see a little hope for a change.
I do like the idea. However his character has so many small tying things to Griffith from berserk which is portrayed the exact same way it’s hard for me to think he will be
@@thekingtm760 I wonder if maybe that's the twist: not that the beautiful, kind soul is actually a monster, but rather that we all think he will be, and he isn't.
he also respects the Tarnished despite him known to killing some other Tarnished in the past and he doesn't hold grudge after knowing you were the one who put an end to Mohg
-Foot shot at the very beginning -Pure art with that 1:07-1:30 scenes -Leaves us with more questions than answers -Killer Messmer's soundtrack -Absolutely beautiful ending song Miyazaki definitely cooking again
@@monkey.dluffy4063 Im not sure if Miquella is gonna be a boss, but I definitely want that the soundtrack appears in the DLC bcoz is absolutely beautiful
I love the shot at the end- I don't think the human characters have ever been so prominently featured in a cinematic trailer like that. Gives me hope that they are very fleshed out characters and questlines!
My wifes favorite game was bloodborne. Until this game came out and blew us away. It sucks that this time I will journey into the shadow alone. may she rest in peace. may her grace guide me.
damn dude this just made me cry. i will be sure to cherish every moment me and my girl have together with this. may you find peace man you have my condolences
The stylization of the characters is beyond me as an artist. Such love for uniqueness and originality. FromSoftware is constantly seeking to break from conventional design. I love it.
My biggest complaint with the soulsborne games is we never get to see what happened before everything went to shit. 15 seconds of Messmer's war and I am satisfied
Dark souls 1 sends you back to partake in the legend of artorius, dark souls 2 sends you back to the war with the giants. Like you get to see and take part in these events, I don't get this complaint.
I like that it seems like they're keeping Miquella as someone actually trying to make the Lands Between a better place. He's still otherworldly and kind of terrifying in a subtle way, but it's nice that he seems to be motivated by a genuinely altruistic desire to reduce suffering. Now I'm sure we'll eventually learn that Miquella *IS* Messmer or that he secretly eats babies, but we can cross that bridge when we come to it
yeah his whole shtick is that everyone loves him and he inspires followers cause hes a great guy. im betting that whatever mohg did to him with the formless mother ritual thing is not just going to be brushed over, he is gonna turn into a bad dude. i see so many parallels with him and griffith at least following what i think will naturally happen. effeminate blonde dude everyone loves and wants to fight for turns into evil demon prince because of some weird demon shit, would be a sick boss and a cool plot twist.
Miquella is so sus. The love he inspires on people is almost cult-like and bordering on zealous (But he's divine so maybe this can be excused) He's honestly the most 'godly' out of all the Empyreans. We'll find out if he eats babies soon.
@@SkinManJimyeah dude I've played all of Fromsoft games and finessed my skills (Huge fans and a gud player) but yeah like you said this Radahn is the hardest shit I've ever fought with.😭 Seen a lot of fraud and liars saying bs like it was not that hard lmao most of em only watch people fight it on youtube but never try it themselves (barking super noobs and keyboard warriors) and spouting lots nonsenses lol they had no idea how many times I've wasted just to beat this Radahn WITHOUT any summons. It may be a BIT easier with summons but still doesn't change the fact that it is a super hard boss for casuals.
that lion head thing that is modeled after the chinese dragon dancer thingamabob is such a cool design, fromsoft needs to give them a raise who came up with it
And the sound when it moves, the clatter of hundreds of plates, by the looks of it it is probably made of, moving together. I really hope that this detail is not only for the trailer but that an actual enemy in game produces that sound. It adds so much to that kinda "robotic", determined movement but kinda not feeling. Its awesome.
@@adhgymmixes7515 Holy shit I thought it was just a beast with armor but its actually a person inside like the lion/dragon dancing thing cuz you can see human hands holding it. What an odd fighting style, but so cool!
My wifes favourite game was bloodborne. Until this game came out and blew us away. It sucks that this time l was journey into the shadow alone. may she rest in peace. may her grace guide me.
@@ilyassayga7255 I'm inclined to believe he casted "her" away or did something to restrain that side of him given the scene and the lore of talking about her dissapearing.
@@anadvocateoftruegenderequa6528 the weapon she holds is the polearm you get from romina's rememberance also the music at around 1:29 is her theme but that's more of an easter egg ig
@@1lomi901 yeah it's mostly that tbh, more companies should start dropping high quality products that players will happily buy instead of whatever the hell EA and Ubisoft are doing nowadays.
@itsmeike That's me with Armored Core VI rn lmaooooo, focused on getting all of the endings and forgetting that time even exists. Like a Reverse Hyperbolic Time Chamber from Dragon Ball 😂
@@emperorpalpatine4953 While I understand your point, it doesn't mean much in this context. The hornsent actively encouraged the mutilations and sufferings of the shamans. If there were outliers to those beliefs, people or cultures that denied the need for "sainthood" they were either completely forgotten or didn't exist in the first place. It's not "killing all germans because a lot of them were nazis", it's "killing all germans because ALL OF THEM were nazis". I certainly don't agree with the genocide because it ultimately lead to even more suffering for everyone involved, but saying the hornsent didn't deserve it is downplaying the horrid things they did. They absolutely deserved what was given to them, but Marika took it a lot further than she needed.
@@heathermelton5688 its possible to draw conversations about real world morality from fiction, thats half the damn point of creating fiction in the first place- to ask hypothetical questions about things in the real world
Number 1 on trending for the 2nd time in a row with trailers. Miyazaki and the guys at Fromsoft really do have the internet in a chokehold. They're just built different.
It's called advertising. They spend millions on it. Trending is the just for the masses. Same as the old days top 40 charts. Make sure to buy just like your peers 😊😊
I just realized this is the first time I’ve been a fromsoft fan during a new souls release and it’s so cool man, one thing I wanna mention is the massive contrast between the first half of just blood, fire and death compared to the second half where it’s so motivating and hopeful
I like how Miquella's sites of grace are strong and appear as a shining beacon on the landscapes. It gives hope. Compared to the aura of grace given off the sites of Marika's, Miquella's is a confident ray pointed to the heavens.
@@tyler547 Right. I think these are special sites of grace and perhaps more contextual than the regular ones. The narrator talks about following Miquella while they're on screen, so I'm thinking we'll only see these around sites of major importance or before some story bosses.
@@Nomadestra1776 There's some sort of new, separate way of gaining power in the dlc, to stop people from coming into it completely overlevelled with max weapons and slapping everything - I think it's probably these things, Miquella leading his followers along while also making them (us) stronger
Bro, glad you are a part of it. I lived all the hype after Dark Souls 1 DLC and tot his day, Fromsoft DLC released days are the best gaming time of my life
@@silentnquiet The hornsent used tooth whips to whip the flesh of the Shamans (Marika's people) since their flesh melds harmoniously into jars to commence the Jar saint ritual. Marika was likely tortured and nearly stuffed into a jar, but she managed to escape and crossed the gates, becoming the eternal and swearing revenge for the death of her people. We know the Gates of Divinity are built from corpses, but who built it is unknown, its definitely before Marika, though, so there's a possibility that the hornsent built the gates with the corpses of Shamans to commence the ritual of divinity and ascension, maybe they believed that if they crossed it, they may commune with the Heavens themselves, they did believe themselves messenger of Heaven, since the crucible touched them, even building Enir-Ilim to get closer and closer in physical form. The hornsent hunted the Shamans because they believed anyone untouched by the crucible is lesser than, since the crucible is nature itself, (symbolic to trees, horns etc), and the Shamans were "purified" in the eyes of the hornsent. It's also worth noting that the specimen storehouse is chalk full of old tomes and a treatment clinic for the fleshy Shamans, implying Messmer preserved hornsent knowledge in attempt to heal his mother's people.
@@silentnquietyou know those slimy things that burst out of the jars that you fight in the gaols? Those were shamans, Marika’s people. They were enslaved by the hornsent and stuffed into jars in the hope that they could become “saints”. That is why Marika is so full of hate towards the Omens and why she made Messmer slaughter their kind
Ngl I thought that was Godwyn for a brief moment. I really hope he shows up in the dlc since Fromsoft isn't doing anything else with Elden Ring besides this
Exactly my thoughts. It is so bright, uplifting and holy. I totally suspect it's for the final or penultimate boss and more specifically for Miquella. I literally couldn't imagine a more fitting song for him. They also ended one of the Ringed City trailers with Gael's theme back then.
Their pre-rendered animations are always great, so I always hope for them to use a modernized fully path tracing renderer in their games to make the actual games to look like the CGs
The shot at 2:12 is paired with the line "even his fate" Knowing what we do now about St. Trina, this was clearly meant to depict abandoning love, not fate.
@@Endonae , Did you ignore the part where he abandoned his compassion? How can you be a compassionate God when you don't have compassion. Miquella was a kind, compassionate demigod but stripped himself down to the point where he became borderline sociopathic. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. I believe miquella genuinely wants to create an age of compassion, but he is naive, and in the process of trying to create it, has fallen into the same trap his mother did and became a POTENTIAL monster.
My first association was that we are looking from an inside giant(godly) womb to the outside where Marika stands and births into the world what she stole. But after many have mentioned, it kinda does look like the foot of the Erdtree...
The music in this specific part is so different to anything i've ever heard in any From game, it almost sounds like a Monster Hunter track or from some Nier game.
The only mistake miquella made. Abandoning his love meant we would not usher in an age of compassion as he proclaimed, but an age of control. One where the god adored is a husk unable to feel. The inspiration from Griffith/Femto is apparent now that I think about it
Her holding those string reminds me of Ludwig Holy Blade dialogue in Bloodborne: "Have you seen the thread of light? Just a hair, a fleeting thing, yet I clung to it, steeped as I was in the stench of blood and beasts."
I think I have a grasp of what's going on based on the trailer: It looks like Marika at the beginning doing "a betrayal" in a very gruesome scene "from which gold arose", meaning this is likely the final step Marika had to do to establish the golden order, this act also seems to have created the land of shadows (or alternatively: separated it from the lands between). Mesmer likely is the warden of the land of shadows appointed there by Marika, but then he found out something (maybe the betrayal, maybe the separation of the land of shadows, maybe that he is being given the thankless job of looking after her leftovers, etc) and decided to purge everything golden order related from the land of shadows. Miquella discovers all of this and abandons his fate as an empyrean to go and try to help fix the land of shadows that his mother and brother (Mesmer) broke through their shared actions, and the group we see at the end are champions who heard what Miquella is doing and decided to follow him. Whether Miquella actually has a nefarious intentions and is compelling affection from these followers, or is legitimately just a good guy trying to help the downtrodden, is only going to be found out once we have our hands on it.
@@yungkyoto610 To abandon his golden flesh is to diverge himself of godhood, he gave up on being the Elden Lord and has no intention of ruling over people as a god. despite what the OP here says, Miquella is a character protrayed as always forgiving, loving and willing to fix the broken or at least provide it a place to belong. He's a gentle god, which is why Malenia, his sister is so fervously loyal to him, out of all the demigods he's the only one that genuinely from the bottom of his heart actually cares beyond his own station and being. To abandon his golden fate is to deny his right/responsibility to take the title of Elden Lord and stand under the Greater Will. Miquella is one of the few gods who actually seems to know that he is being manipulated to ends that do not benefit him or those he cares about, eg; his sister's scarlet rot is part of the Greater Will's plan.
@@Rexhunterj I get more a read from Miquella that while he can be "kind" he more-so uses that title as a subtle manipulation tactic. Think doing a small favor for someone then asking for a larger one later, they feel indebted to you. His manipulations happen in the subconcious which explains the duality of his godhood being one of light innocence and the blissful annihilation of sleep. My personal interpretation of this trailer and the things Miquella is doing are a sort of peaceful takeover of his Mother's lineage as well as The Greater Will, or maybe a protest of it and renunciation of his place in it. He has always been curious and more minded to factual discovery than belief, and in turning away from The Golden Order and to Alloyed Gold in an attempt to cure Malenia I think he uncovered this dark past of his Mother. A story not put to song is one too shameful to bring into your Lore for a new religion, and we know Marika has done hostile takeovers in the past but apparently this one was so horrendous she didn't want anyone remembering it. I think Messmer was her first child. I think the gold essence she is taking from what looks like a birthing canal may have been an Outer God made flesh that she murdered as an infant (an affair and betrayal), and she stole its Grace to rend a gateway out of the Shadowed Lands to establish her new order. Perhaps that Erdtree is sickly and dying because its steward has ceased to exist. And Messmer was too scandalous to bring to her new Golden Order. A child of shadow drenched in blood doesn't fit with that aesthetic and besides, she needs someone to mind the gateway and ensure her secrets don't spill out in a rather literal fashion.
I the impression I got was more the opposite, where Marika wanted any knowledge of whatever she did here at the very start of the Golden Order to be kept hidden away and effectively got Mesmer to purge it all. So perhaps there's something about her origin or what she did that completely contradicts part of the Golden Order that she herself ruled.
How different you think fromsoftware is compared to the rest of gaming industry? Are they like a diamond in the rough or a hidden gem that just being discovered?
@@realhidetaka the souls games are incredibly thoughtful and rewarding its like these guys are from the future and know how to make a complete game without it feeling so ... Gamey Industry--y. Like Cyberpunk2077 failed so badly to me. It felt so corporate while having this anti-corporate terrorist character that doesn't seem to have much a motive to his actions other than "big corporation bad" and blowing shit up without any real meaning to it.
@@realhidetaka I know some people are fed up of games that seem to be designed to leech money off you. Whether that be through lots of micro-transactions, or a cash-cow series of games being abused. In comparison, From Software are of course still offering a product, but you're treated to games that had an extreme amount of love put into them, and are very well designed to boot, with no hidden fees. They're not alone, Larion Studios is another studio who similarly just seem to be concerned with delivering high quality games they love. Team Cherry is also another studio that comes to mind. It's a shame hearing game-devs talk about the industry, because a lot of them seem to also be just as concerned with delivering good quality games. But horrible management at studios, especially bigger ones, prevent them from making the games they truly want to make. And it seems like it's been an issue within the industry for a long time, many, many stories of management prioritizing what they think will make the most profits and appease their shareholders.
@@realhidetaka My man, just because you may have only heard of Fromsoft does not make that a diamond in the rough or a hidden gem. Fromsoft is THE godfather of soulslike games. They are THE diamond. There is no rough or hidden here.
>Story trailer
>Completely indecipherable
We are so back
Even the countdown was making me lose my marbles.
Lmfao
Vaati: You underestimate my power, mortal
@@Dalmoon98 yeah, I'm happy that one person will understand what's going on
I think the beginning of it was supposed to be a flashback to the war of the Order against the followers of the Frenzied Flame, that left the merchants as pretty much the last remnants of that group.
I’ve never seen so many homies standing next to each other in a fromsoft game. What a bold shot at the end there
And yet you still needs mods to actually play proper coop, much less with that amount of people.
@datonkallandor8687 that co-op mod basically killed online play and invading. Soo i wonder if this dlc or an update is gonna turn that seamless mod into the basegame so elden ring ends up looking like an mmo without any grinding
@@Splatcake I will be shocked if fromsoft doesn't take some notes from the seamless co-op mod. IDK if they will integrate some kind of similar functionality into ER with DLC, or their next game. But if they don't do one or the other it would be pretty dumb of them IMO. It's crazy how popular it is (~1.6 million downloads from the nexus), not surprising with how much fun it is and easy to use (just drag and drop some files). I've played hours of that mod with my cousin and had SO much fun. WAY more fun than we ever had playing the games built in multiplayer. And it's amazing how perfectly it works. But yeah that was my first thought when I saw that shot. Only 30 days to go!
You just know most of them are going to die by the end.
I think it is a bunch of npc’s, as the big stone armour guy is there. Considering it’s the story trailer it perhaps means all these npc’s are here for the same reason as us, finding miquella. But I hope it means better coop and invading
Fromsoft always dropping bombs on random Tuesdays.
Always
Tuesday seems to be FromSoft's favorite day!
You wannanow ?
Seems like FromSoft has a favourite day
Just so happens to be recording gameplay to build up to the entrance for the DLC too lol
"We CHOOSE to follow."
Me after the dlc: well...
I mean a lot of them were still willing to follow, Leda caused the rift imo. The others might not have "rebelled" if not for her. Of course Miquella is also responsible for mind-controlling people in the first place.
@@Arkayjiya It's quite ironic, since there are far more people (and a much more diverse crowd) that voluntarily choose to follow Messmer than Miquella, and Messmer didn't even use any charm spells. Even after Messmer got abandoned by Marika and the Erdtree, they still follow him.
Just like trailer messemer soldiers fuck you up if not careful😂😂
Ironically Leda distrust was contained by Miquella spell
Dane, Leda and Moore still follow him and believe in him after the charm is gone. Although not out of any loyalty, both Freya and Hornsent do as well. Thollier follows St. Trina, who is technically still kind of Miquella, and presumably was still part of Miquella when Thollier first chose to follow.
Only Ansbach didn't choose to follow.
Miquella's charm was, primarily, to soothe conflicts (like Leda trying to murder people the second it goes away) and increase their efficiency in helping his goals. Miquella does not *rely* on his charm, it's just a tool that he likes using. It's weird how post DLC people have suddenly decided that Miquella is some kind of complete fraud with no redeeming qualities who just hypnotized his way through everything so he could take power. He's still a powerful and very intelligent demigod who ultimately wants to fix the problems of world but lost himself while doing so.
understanding of whats going on - 0 %
hype - 100%
I have been following some lore youtubers and it gets easier to decypher some of the visuals after a while and it's fun.
That’s what playing every fromsoft game feels like
@@amwazdraws6890same. Smoughtown and vaati have dived into it. And they will do the same for this one.
And I will be there for it 😆
😂😂😂😂😂
This deserves more likes lol
> drops initial trailer with hardly any notice
> refuses to elaborate
> goes silent for a month
> drops another trailer without notice
> refuses to elaborate further
> leaves
> delivers on all promises and more
> gets DLCOTY (dlc of the year)
> keeps making microtransaction-less bangers
cant forget the elden ring EXPANSION on twitter during april
Normal souls development
This is why we love him and Fromsoft haha
Finally someone who uses this with correct grammar
immediate foot shot you can tell miyazaki made this
Bro is the Tarantino of games
collab with Quentin
At this point, it's his personal signature lmfao
@@princeprinc12unironically this I want Pulp Fiction by Fromsoft
He loves feet and femboys and I hope the man never changes
Messmer soloing three divine lions goes crazy
Let Me Solo Them
What a fucking chad
It’s deadass who guys in a suit😭
@@Stargold-w9mam i the only one who thinks two (even bigger than normal mob) hornsent warriors with the curved greatswords and better incantations would fight way harder than two guys under a robe ?
i wish he'd solo me
I’m so emboldened by the flame of ambition rn
ooh, my flame of ambition is so hot, its emboldening the fuck outta me
There is a zero percent chance my foolish ambitions are being put to rest
big if true
I'm out here buffing my shit I'm a freak man fr
PC optimization: put these foolish ambitions to rest
You just know that about 1000 youtube channels will turn this into 3 hour essays before it even releases.
1 billion things you missed in elden ring trailer
watching all of them
@@ashplattsii1fan92 just 1 billion??? why not a trillion!!!
I just spent an hour looking over it for clues and piecing bits together. I dont even have a youtube channel it just seemed like fun. And like... its gunna be more then 3 hours if they want to explain all the different story threads. This thing feels like its pulling together like more then half of the threads. Fall of Nox? Check. The Gloam Eyed Queen, and the sealing of destined death? Probably check. Miquellas plan? And his relation to St. Trina? Obviously check. The god eating serpent heresy? Check. The end of the non-illusory erdtree and its sap? Probably check. The piles of frozen people in the Nox cities? Maybe? etc etc.
it's not GTA 6 so i extremely doubt it
Vaati: Spends days putting together 5 hour armoured core video, taking a toll on his life and putting it out finally
From Soft: GET BACK ON THE CLOCK BOY
🤣right, damn
The most funny thing is - it is true xDD
Excited for his vid 😸
Stop violating my boy fromsoft
get back to work Vaati.
2:20
Me watching the first time: "Wow, the music and the group are so epic"
Me watching again after playing the DLC: **suffering**
bro flies into space and comes back as a gamma ray burst 🗿
nuke incoming
@@paco3771 I saw it as a chariot from the heavens
same bro... same...
"We choose to follow" ._.
FromSoftware is so kind. They're keeping Vaati's channel alive since more than 10 years now.
Lmao thats so true
If you listen closely, you can hear him fervently typing multiple essays right this moment.
@@nox2742 get ready for a 40 minute breakdown video of ridiculous theories and vocal fry
@nicolasrojas84
Shhh you're killing the lighthearted vibe
Hmm....is that really a good thing though or is TH-cam shit for forcing you into a niche as a "creator" aiming for "freedom" and even then 10% constitutes as "positive" stats if you include, respective and relative down the ladder, subs to viewers to likes?
The music at the end is the most positive and heroic music I have ever heard in a fromsoftware game.
I was just thinkin that too lets goo
Literally 😂 I was like why does this sound like they’re about to say some motivational ish. That’s a first
Yeah. And that's _highly_ suspicious.
Yes what did they mean by this, are we possibly getting a positive ending in a souls game?
Gave me goosebumps when I realized this.
>Miyazaki releases trailer on random Tuesday
>Includes Marika feet shot
>Leaves
Or was it Radagon's feet? Who knows
Miquella, and it's a he
It’s may 21st…
@@hitagi531 She wear a long black robe, with rings around her arms, long golden hair, quite tall and feminine silhouette. For sure it's Marika.
@@Aenarion_GodslayerWhat’re you talking about??? There was no black robe, are you blind? That was Miquela
1:57 Hearing this in the trailer: Thats so beautiful and heoric
Hearing this in the game: 💀💀💀
Where is the soundtrack from? Is it a boss theme?
@@Navarroandy77not A boss theme. Its THE boss theme. The single hardest boss fromsoft has ever made and its not even close
Still absolutely love it. It's cool that while it may seem like they didn't put anything of the final bossfight in the trailer(s), this proves otherwise.
@@malikhittam1440 idk personally I think he was easier than a couple. Could just be that I somehow became a better player though.
@GregerMoek really? You're probably the first person I've heard say that. I'm curious about which bosses you thought were harder than radahn 🤔
You know its a fromsoft trailer when you are left with more questions than answers
Indeed, though we had some pretty SLICK information from this trailer. Make some screenshot and look well mi friend
Waiting for 3 hours long, Vaati's video
@@kumitapptrue lmao
@@kumitapp I will help:
The quote about beginning, seduction, and betrayal is about marikas origins as elden lord. She entered Godhood and was seduced by the greater will to be its vassal (all outer gods need a host to have influence in the lands between, Morgott tried to make miquella the host for his God, the formless mother, malenia is the host for the sealed god of scarlet rott, melina is the host of the twin bird/death and you are the host for the frenzied flame in one ending.) and in turn betrayed her people, as she was the tool the greater will used to destroy them and replace them.
vaati hasnt made a dedicated video about it but hes talked about it alot. There is a different giant tree under the erdtree, but its
dead. its called the Greatree and it had its own civilization surrounding it, its what the crucible knights were apart of, and its why they are ostracized. The war you see is how that was done, they razed the civilization as a whole, and built a new tree (out of dead bodies, see intro, and also see the dead bodies being sucked into the roots of the erdtree in every dungeon in the game, and the dialogue about how the dead are absorbed into the erdtree, which explains why the greater will gives a shit about having control over the lands between, because people souls = yummy). Vaati summarizes this all into Erdtree = parasite.
miquella went off to learn about this whole conflict, which relates to him as he himself went to war against the erdtree and tried creating his own civilization in opposition to it around the haligtree. He is the primary figure in opposition to the golden order and greater will. Every single shot of this games new area contains the Primordial Greatree standing and the trailer is about the past so, so we can assume that we are running time travel back for the bajjilionth time in a souls games dlc, and we can assume thats where miquella went and where we are following him.
Let’s not forget about the feet
1:50 out of all of fromsoftware's tracks so far, I don't think I've ever heard a piece so full of... optimism? heroism? hopefulness? I dunno, it almost sounds cheerful.
I think that the first few words in Latin are "AVE MARIKA, AETERNA" ( greetings, Marika the eternal)
I hope the ost will be as memorable as ds3, it definitly is a great one ^^, for me the only one rhat stuck was radagon/eldenbeast
That's what I was thinking - the trailer establishes a tragic background before presenting us a heroic figure - Miquella and all those who decided to follow him, despite the fact he abandoned his role as an Empyrian as well as his fate. It's, to date, one of the most optimistic trailers we've ever had. I've still got *some* suspicion towards Miquella but I'm starting to really like the idea that he's just straight up a nice guy who wants to fix shit and just straight up help.
If not Miquella's actual theme, I'm assuming it's related to service to Miquella due to it's falsetto vocal and endearing quality.
They are selling out with this game. George R.R. Martin, the empty-ass sandbox
WE WILL WATCH THIS TRAILER TOGETHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AS FAMILYYYYYY
Togethaaaaaaaa
We will devour the very DLC's
Togethaaaaaaa we shall play this very DLC
TOGETHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
1:56 the choir says "Ave Marika Aeterna", which means "Hail, Marika the Eternal". Clever, FromSoft.
Amazing detail!
OH BOY Latin songs lesgoooooo
Do you know what choir says after ave Marika aeterna?
I thought Latin words in elden ring are gibberish?
@@fishgiovaana8441 not all songs, theres the song of the batmaidens who is in full latin, which probably meant that the devs wanted us to know more about the suffering the misbegotten endured because of the Golden Order. If this were truly the lyrics of the song Marika's armies extended way before the Golden Age. What wars did she fight? What races did she shun? etc etc.
You're just a Third Rate Tarnished, with a Fourth Rate Bleed Build.
-Messmer
Joke’s on you, I’m a 4th rate tarnished who isn’t even sure what his build is supposed to be!
I understood that reference
"Tarnished... thou art of the third degree, possessed of armaments of the fourth degree... Bereft of power."
-Messmer
Nah I got starscourge swords avenging my boy radahn 😈
Play your last pathetic card
For those confused on the release on a random Tuesday, it's exactly one month before the actual release
I do hope I get the chance to release
I figured they would drop a trailer today because like you said its 1 month away from the release.
@@thato8000 AYO???
I just realized. We got Elden Ring and the DLC before Silksong
World war 2 started and ended before silksong too
😭
This is a hard realization lmao
Thanks for reminder. I hate you :D
Truly an ever elusive game.
0:18 If you look real close, you can see marks from the Tooth Whip on Marika’s arm.
Damn you are so right man nice pickup
Marika gave the hornsent got what they deserved tbh.
Also, a lot of people have connected the weird white thing to the jar innards, but to me it looks like a Bonny potentate hood with the maggots removed. Basically we see Marika harvesting her torturers.
Excellent catch. Well done 👍
That doesnt look like it
Fellow Tarnished. The way ahead is pleasingly simple. We fight, sword and fang.
What a sick way to fight, eh? The glory of the clash is shared, Tarnished warrior
And fist and foot! And magic! Oh, and glutes - can't forget the buttslams!
And well use the blood hound
Eygon of Carim: you will face death…enough death to leave you broken….time after time hahahaha
lets fucking GOOOOOOOOOOO!!
For the fans, it was the most important day as elden ring fans
For Fromsoft, it was Tuesday
Quite literally in fact.
They know the havoc they bring on those Tuesdays🤣
"OF COURSE!"
Tuesday 21st May - exactly 1 month before release day.
I got that reference. 😉
From Software has done some serious witchcraft.
First trailer used my Credit card to preorder and second one wrote and gave an vacation request form to my boss
Exact same thing happened here. Made that a nice long weekend with Monday and Tuesday off so I could play it lmao
Strategy pays my friend!
In the same boat here lmao scheduled to take off the last week of June.
Holy cow, me too! Wowee!
This is hilarious! I literally just checked to see if I work on the 21st 😂😂
what a lovely group of lovable heroes surely they will not suffer fate's worse then death at the hands of their charismatic yet ambitious leader
No not again, I can't. I'm not strong enough
"Griffithhhhhh!!!!"
You had to remind us of Griffith didn't you
@@ctsperformance1755 "Miquella " 😫
Didn't have to do us like that...
Bro it's literally random tuesday what are you doing Bandai
I mean it's exactly a month before release, not too random
Bandai Namcoooo
God’s work
Now it's not just a random tuesday.
@@incineakechi5197good eye, dlc comes out 30 days from now- THE DLC COMES OUT 30 DAYS FROM NOW
Wait a minute. I think the graces in the shadow lands are actually Miquella’s rune, which would make sense because grace abandoned these lands so the place we rest at must be some form of his rune acting as the grace in this land.
Plus it resembles his twin’s rune, Malenia
And this is maybe how the new levelling system is Miyazaki said there will be a new levelling system similar to Sekiro it will make sense that we get stronger by visiting more sites of grace ( miquella rune) and basically collecting fragments from the graces until we get the whole rune
Also resembles the Halo Scythe, weapon of the Cleanrot Knights who served Miquella and Malenia
My thoughts exactly
cant wait to call these bonfires
1:22 clearly Mesmer may have to tank the hit because that casting speed is too slow, what a casual
Dex build forever
If you think that's not a viable strategy, you're the casual.
No he's a chad, hes showing that he's confident in his Vigor.
But what if he planned for that and used something to reduce the incoming damage, Like a talisman or physick?
@@Car_made_of_cheeseworlds first counter-attack spell?
The irony of "We choose to follow"
Well we know at least SHE definitely choose to😂
Bro's heart got stolen
@@tj778that lady needs help
@@gabriellecas8308I can fix her
If you are implying that they are not following him voluntarily and that Miquella is controlling them let me tell you that you are wrong and you are misunderstanding the lore.
This is not an opinion, it is reality.
Investigate the lore.
FromSoftware strikes me as an old, wise master who stays mostly silent, and only speaks when they have something legitimately important to say.
Yeeeeep sounds about right
"..."
the wise old master who says a single brief phrase that makes no sense upon hearing, but after everything is settled you realize he told you everything you needed to know right from the start
Shut up
And it's always in riddles
The line about “a purge without Grace or honor” is subtly terrifying in what it implies. We know from the base game that the Golden Order has been responsible for several horrific massacres, many of which they either boast about or at least seem indifferent to the knowledge of. Whatever the hell Messmer did, it was so nightmarish and morally bankrupt that even MARIKA- who ordered or at least condoned the mass torture of the Omens and the slaughter of the Misbegotten- wanted nothing to do with him and had all record of his deeds erased from history.
"nah bro that aint mah kid bro, hes adopted"
Right? The implications are unimaginable. In the base game we learn of the Golden Order's several wars across the continent, complete genocide of the giants, the persecution of the omen and wandering merchants, and enslavement of demihumans. Somehow there's something so atrocious even compared to all this it is considered unspeakable in nature. Holy shit.
@@deltaz3362Man Godrick is already fucked in the head. I can’t imagine how bad Messmer is
Calling it now that holy damage is gonna be crazy in the dlc
something tells me that whatever happened here was just messmer's first offense against the golden order. i think he probably did something else later to get himself excommunicated, and marika chose to stick him in the land of shadow as a sort of poetic justice.
shame for whoever survived the first round messmer had with the place, though.
If the uplifting music and the representation of his followers indicate, I honestly hope that Miquella is actually what everybody says he is - A kind, empathetic and charitable soul who genuinely wants to save the broken world of Elden Ring. As much as I love From Soft's grim visions on the world's they create, it'd be nice to see a little hope for a change.
I do like the idea. However his character has so many small tying things to Griffith from berserk which is portrayed the exact same way it’s hard for me to think he will be
i agree
He VVILL be like griffith and yuo VVILL like it
@@thekingtm760 I wonder if maybe that's the twist: not that the beautiful, kind soul is actually a monster, but rather that we all think he will be, and he isn't.
@@thekingtm760🙄🙄🙄
2:30 Ansbach is like ''Nahhh i dont believe this Bullshit''
That’s why Ansbach is one of my favorite characters, he seen through miquellas bs just like I did.
he also respects the Tarnished despite him known to killing some other Tarnished in the past and he doesn't hold grudge after knowing you were the one who put an end to Mohg
Absolute legend, that Sir Ansbach
gideon but not a bum
@@randomguy5093 yet still he served to a fucked up blood cult
-Foot shot at the very beginning
-Pure art with that 1:07-1:30 scenes
-Leaves us with more questions than answers
-Killer Messmer's soundtrack
-Absolutely beautiful ending song
Miyazaki definitely cooking again
Shut up, Elon Musk.
Thank you Elon for purging X.
the voice actor makes me hard
The beautiful soundtrack is Miquellas theme when we will fight against him
@@monkey.dluffy4063 Im not sure if Miquella is gonna be a boss, but I definitely want that the soundtrack appears in the DLC bcoz is absolutely beautiful
Miyazaki going for seconds with the GOTY tittle
Edit, I have now just found out a DLC cannot win GOTY, very sad
tittle
Miyazaki will win DLC of the year with this one.
@@rngesus66 If its possible to win that title He will win IT
Formsoftware about to make a new Trophy category
triple actually, sekiro won goty too
I love the shot at the end- I don't think the human characters have ever been so prominently featured in a cinematic trailer like that. Gives me hope that they are very fleshed out characters and questlines!
I need that animated wallpaper now!!!
need the big hat guy to give us the crest/belt to kick messmer's ahh!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Lee-km7qq defo not lol
Felt a little like a gang of chosen undead working together...
I’ll do everything to get everything they own…..
In retrospect, it was a nice touch that Leda and Dane are the ones kneeling closer to the cross.
Kinda hoped the Hornsent was actually turning a bit away from it haha
Dude, this shot literally gave us all the characters personalities and motives. And after playing its so obvious now.
Also thioller and ansbach being two of the furthest away! Which makes it odd that the person in the very back is... Moore? Why Moore???
@@misfortunecookiedragon probably didn't like moving much because he has the heaviest equipment out of the entire team
I already know Messmer will drop some of the hardest lines ever uttered by a Boss
YOU SHALL NOT PASS! 🔥
"BEPIS OWWW MEEEEH UWU UWUUUU" - Messmessmer
Wouldst thou truly lordship sanction in one so bereft of light?
y'all aight ready for my lines 😜
"It's not how *hard* you hit..."
My wifes favorite game was bloodborne. Until this game came out and blew us away. It sucks that this time I will journey into the shadow alone. may she rest in peace. may her grace guide me.
if youre saying what i think youre saying. sorry to hear and condolences. 🙏
Umbasa!
May her grace guide you to a brighter path ❤
damn dude this just made me cry. i will be sure to cherish every moment me and my girl have together with this. may you find peace man you have my condolences
May she rest in peace. She lives on through you, as long as you remember her.
I was worried I was going to get spoilers for the expansion by watching this and then i remembered which game it was for
“And one day, we’ll return together…to our home, bathed in rays of gold.”
There's a phantom in Limgrave that refers to Leyndell as that. However, this is an interesting parallel you've drawn.
Shaman village
The stylization of the characters is beyond me as an artist. Such love for uniqueness and originality. FromSoftware is constantly seeking to break from conventional design. I love it.
This is the most fascinating aspect of From Software games.
Their art style is leagues ahead of anyone else in the gaming industry.
indeed they constantly seeking to break conventional design, but vasilisk-lizards stays the same since DS1
@@ChuvakSuralaBecause those are fan favorites. You’d hear people complaining if they didn’t look like goofy frogs with big fake eyes.
@@spiraljumper74 Fuck favorites
big nah
My biggest complaint with the soulsborne games is we never get to see what happened before everything went to shit. 15 seconds of Messmer's war and I am satisfied
Yeah it's fantastic. You see Messmer's legions, him burning a city and the impaled remains of his enemies and you *get* it
all the 'messmer is actually the hero' mfs are so horrifically wrong lmao
@@anemoi6803 fanboy nonsense
@@sigmaoperator1688Messmer did nothing wrong
Dark souls 1 sends you back to partake in the legend of artorius, dark souls 2 sends you back to the war with the giants. Like you get to see and take part in these events, I don't get this complaint.
Bro I was just about to go to bed 😭
hello funny internet man who is definitely not tired of elden ring
get back to work!!
dont worry about it, once the new sleep swamp comes out you can sleep plenty of time
No bedtime for you
Fucking same. I'm gonna get an hour and a half of sleep now... fuck me..
1:15
We hear Romina's theme because that's her, holding the weapon which she probably found in her burnt out temple
I like that it seems like they're keeping Miquella as someone actually trying to make the Lands Between a better place. He's still otherworldly and kind of terrifying in a subtle way, but it's nice that he seems to be motivated by a genuinely altruistic desire to reduce suffering.
Now I'm sure we'll eventually learn that Miquella *IS* Messmer or that he secretly eats babies, but we can cross that bridge when we come to it
This guy gets it
yeah his whole shtick is that everyone loves him and he inspires followers cause hes a great guy.
im betting that whatever mohg did to him with the formless mother ritual thing is not just going to be brushed over, he is gonna turn into a bad dude. i see so many parallels with him and griffith at least following what i think will naturally happen. effeminate blonde dude everyone loves and wants to fight for turns into evil demon prince because of some weird demon shit, would be a sick boss and a cool plot twist.
@@christiansargent6053 you mean mohg
Miquella is so sus. The love he inspires on people is almost cult-like and bordering on zealous (But he's divine so maybe this can be excused) He's honestly the most 'godly' out of all the Empyreans. We'll find out if he eats babies soon.
@@e-money9251 there are too many similar sounding names in this narrative lol
The last song that plays is the most heroic shit I've ever heard. Damn that gets me hyped.
Idk it sounded eerie to me. I cant explain it, but it felt like the coming of something ominous
@@JoltOfJoyThe part where Miquella showed up sound angelic though
@@wildbard4112 yes but it building up throughout the song, is what I’m referring to, as were they
That seems appropriate given what we know about Miquella so far.
@@rebusbiggsesq.3666you mean his power being the most terrifying among all demigods?
that one close up of messmer might actually be in contenders for the coolest thing like ever
Fr then the serpents heads on pikes. It was sick
@@VanceWeebinI think those r the lion dancer’s being strung up on those spears.
2:13
Before DLC: Wow this music is a banger
After DLC: *Vietnam War Flashbacks*
😭
Whos the music of
@@rathosalphaThe final boss of the DLC, promised consort Radahn. Probably the hardest boss Fromsoft have ever made
@@SkinManJim I think you spoiled the final boss for him, you could've at least put a spoiler warning😭
@@SkinManJimyeah dude I've played all of Fromsoft games and finessed my skills (Huge fans and a gud player) but yeah like you said this Radahn is the hardest shit I've ever fought with.😭 Seen a lot of fraud and liars saying bs like it was not that hard lmao most of em only watch people fight it on youtube but never try it themselves (barking super noobs and keyboard warriors) and spouting lots nonsenses lol they had no idea how many times I've wasted just to beat this Radahn WITHOUT any summons. It may be a BIT easier with summons but still doesn't change the fact that it is a super hard boss for casuals.
that lion head thing that is modeled after the chinese dragon dancer thingamabob is such a cool design, fromsoft needs to give them a raise who came up with it
And the sound when it moves, the clatter of hundreds of plates, by the looks of it it is probably made of, moving together. I really hope that this detail is not only for the trailer but that an actual enemy in game produces that sound. It adds so much to that kinda "robotic", determined movement but kinda not feeling. Its awesome.
@@DreamskyDancethat’s gonna be a boss for sureee!
@@DreamskyDance I agree, and I also hope it's multi stage.. maybe after knocking off the armor, you fight the beings beneath
I just realized the lion dancer thing is having to hold his jaw together at 1:18 if you slow it down. Fucking christ that is disturbing.
@@adhgymmixes7515 Holy shit I thought it was just a beast with armor but its actually a person inside like the lion/dragon dancing thing cuz you can see human hands holding it. What an odd fighting style, but so cool!
My wifes favourite game was bloodborne. Until this game came out and blew us away. It sucks that this time l was journey into the shadow alone. may she rest in peace. may her grace guide me.
Much love brother. Enjoy the hell out of the DLC for the both of you ❤️
❤🙏🏻
Bless her soul
As dareal said above yo 🙏
Kick all that DLC ass for the both of ya >;D May she rest in peace 🙏
Long may her sun shine, and don't you dare go hollow.
The shot at 2:14 makes Miquella look like the Nascent Butterfly
*(I know about the butterfly lore just thought it was nice they had it in there)
As every speculative piece of lore has predicted.
That's St Trinas fate
@@90piterr Exactly since they are the same people its a good scene
@@ilyassayga7255 I'm inclined to believe he casted "her" away or did something to restrain that side of him given the scene and the lore of talking about her dissapearing.
That makes malenia the aeonian butterfly (obv) Millicent the smoldering butterfly, because of the "burning man" event, am I missing anything?
here after finishing the game, in 1:13 that's romina, saint of the bud
great spot
Romina but no bugussy 😢
Finished the game but still didn’t realize that wth. Was it an items description or smth
I dont get it, how is that person romina?
@@anadvocateoftruegenderequa6528 the weapon she holds is the polearm you get from romina's rememberance
also the music at around 1:29 is her theme but that's more of an easter egg ig
I thinks what makes this company's marketing so succesful is that they drop trailers without ever saying anything.
Ancipation and payoff just like their gameplay
That and the fact they don't spit on the respect the players give them.
Mostly that
They make good games, listen to their actual market, and their employees don't run their mouths on Twitter.
@@1lomi901 yeah it's mostly that tbh, more companies should start dropping high quality products that players will happily buy instead of whatever the hell EA and Ubisoft are doing nowadays.
No, their marketing is good because they have amazing games full of complete content ready to be shown!!
Despite waiting over 2 years, this last month is gonna feel like an eternity, I can already tell 😂
No kidding!! The suspense is terrible🤣
@itsmeike
That's me with Armored Core VI rn lmaooooo, focused on getting all of the endings and forgetting that time even exists. Like a Reverse Hyperbolic Time Chamber from Dragon Ball 😂
@itsmeike based af. And while you are at it, be sure to try out bug fables. It's like paper mario, but with insects.
honestly though ghost of tsushima coming out on PC is a blessing
Especially for me tho
The dlc will release in the middle of my final exams .... How unfortunate
They really hit us with the *Plin, plin, plon*.
When?
plin plon plin
Around :25 and :45 seconds.. I noticed them too. Sounds like the middle note is removed.. WHAT DOES IT MEAN
@@ollychismon-hurst3710:25
It's just final fight OST, though.
2:13 this shot is fucking heartbreaking especially knowing the context
rominas too…
St Trina?
@hexap3410 yea he abandoned her
@@ryanmccall5330 not just abandoned, but yeeted into a giant hole in the ground full of rotting corpses
Here i abandon my love
1:07 this shot is one of the best things i ever laid my eyes upon
yes
pandemonium vibes right there
Feels like looking at a painting. I want to call it “Footsteps of the Impaler,” or something like that.
Take it easy. Sounds like you've never seen a blizzard trailer
@@zeMasterRuseman What are you? The “fun police”?
I love how no one understood anything yet we are all hyped more than ever. God I love this community
Speak for yourself. Plenty of people understand quite a lot. Tarnished Archaeologist predicted a lot of the content of this DLC two years ago.
@@garrett2439 yap
Everything they make is really easy to understand if you just make some effort but gamers are lazy
I love you too bro. Can't wait to don't understand shit and get frustrated with unbeatable bosses.
@@garrett2439calm down…you definitely are not one of them.
“One that could never be put to song”
Music in the background:
Bees make the honey
Bards drop the beats
Shadow wizard money gang
OOOOOOOOOOHHH ELDEN RING
can't wait for the dynamic writing Erdetree DLC would drop 🤤
Watching this after learning the dlc lore you can’t help but cheer on Messmer as he burns everything down
I hate those Hornsent
Hope both of you get therapy. This is like killing all Germans because of WW2 and Hitler.
@@emperorpalpatine4953 While I understand your point, it doesn't mean much in this context. The hornsent actively encouraged the mutilations and sufferings of the shamans. If there were outliers to those beliefs, people or cultures that denied the need for "sainthood" they were either completely forgotten or didn't exist in the first place. It's not "killing all germans because a lot of them were nazis", it's "killing all germans because ALL OF THEM were nazis".
I certainly don't agree with the genocide because it ultimately lead to even more suffering for everyone involved, but saying the hornsent didn't deserve it is downplaying the horrid things they did. They absolutely deserved what was given to them, but Marika took it a lot further than she needed.
@@emperorpalpatine4953that's a stretch and it's just a game, not ww2
@@heathermelton5688 its possible to draw conversations about real world morality from fiction, thats half the damn point of creating fiction in the first place- to ask hypothetical questions about things in the real world
Number 1 on trending for the 2nd time in a row with trailers. Miyazaki and the guys at Fromsoft really do have the internet in a chokehold. They're just built different.
It's called advertising. They spend millions on it. Trending is the just for the masses. Same as the old days top 40 charts. Make sure to buy just like your peers 😊😊
@@markdelgado6984 'Spend millions on advertising'
>two trailers and radio silence
Can’t forget to give props to Unit Image who bring these cinematics to life.
Elden Ring & FromSoftware games are like one of best games & one of best fantasy worlds. Really unique.
@@markdelgado6984 Yeah dude the games suck, people just buy them cause the marketing's really good. You definitely sound like a very smart individual.
2:37 "Will you walk with us?"
You already had me sold with the music and feet shots alone. Now I'm completely emboldened by the flame of ambition 🔥
I just realized this is the first time I’ve been a fromsoft fan during a new souls release and it’s so cool man, one thing I wanna mention is the massive contrast between the first half of just blood, fire and death compared to the second half where it’s so motivating and hopeful
I like that contrast ur right
Same, this is so cool!!
I like how Miquella's sites of grace are strong and appear as a shining beacon on the landscapes. It gives hope. Compared to the aura of grace given off the sites of Marika's, Miquella's is a confident ray pointed to the heavens.
That... Or markers for the sacrificial effigy to birth a new god. We'll see, I guess 🤷
A screenshot shows normal sites of grace but maybe these are special ones
@@tyler547 Right. I think these are special sites of grace and perhaps more contextual than the regular ones. The narrator talks about following Miquella while they're on screen, so I'm thinking we'll only see these around sites of major importance or before some story bosses.
@@Nomadestra1776 There's some sort of new, separate way of gaining power in the dlc, to stop people from coming into it completely overlevelled with max weapons and slapping everything - I think it's probably these things, Miquella leading his followers along while also making them (us) stronger
@@willb8673 I forgot they were doing this with the DLC. Now I think that's almost certainly what they're going to be used for.
Cant wait for miyazaki explaining us the lore of the new swamps for three minutes
I swear I saw sleep swamp and deathblight swamp in previous trailer 💀😭
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ich habe zwar noch keine Ahnung aber frfr
@@cmdrziczag was geht bro
"And this swamp here gives you radiation sickness."
"Will you walk with us?
Or have you been swayed by 18 inches of Messmer?"
lol🤣
Enjoy yourself a full 18 inches of Messmer
Too mesmerizing. Hard not to.
@@anthonydraco7958 was that on purpose
@@anthonydraco7958 true😁
They keep out-doing themselves with Music and scenery, i'm glad to finally be riding the hype train after missing the previous ones
Bro, glad you are a part of it. I lived all the hype after Dark Souls 1 DLC and tot his day, Fromsoft DLC released days are the best gaming time of my life
Welcome aboard
Same, im so hyped, could compare it to the hype i have felt before god of war ragnarok and it delivered
That song at 2:00, my god we are gonna be fighting something so godly!
0:20 you can see teeth marks on Marika’s arm from the whip found in Bonny Village
Care to hit me with some lore?
@@silentnquiet The hornsent used tooth whips to whip the flesh of the Shamans (Marika's people) since their flesh melds harmoniously into jars to commence the Jar saint ritual. Marika was likely tortured and nearly stuffed into a jar, but she managed to escape and crossed the gates, becoming the eternal and swearing revenge for the death of her people.
We know the Gates of Divinity are built from corpses, but who built it is unknown, its definitely before Marika, though, so there's a possibility that the hornsent built the gates with the corpses of Shamans to commence the ritual of divinity and ascension, maybe they believed that if they crossed it, they may commune with the Heavens themselves, they did believe themselves messenger of Heaven, since the crucible touched them, even building Enir-Ilim to get closer and closer in physical form.
The hornsent hunted the Shamans because they believed anyone untouched by the crucible is lesser than, since the crucible is nature itself, (symbolic to trees, horns etc), and the Shamans were "purified" in the eyes of the hornsent.
It's also worth noting that the specimen storehouse is chalk full of old tomes and a treatment clinic for the fleshy Shamans, implying Messmer preserved hornsent knowledge in attempt to heal his mother's people.
@@silentnquietyou know those slimy things that burst out of the jars that you fight in the gaols? Those were shamans, Marika’s people. They were enslaved by the hornsent and stuffed into jars in the hope that they could become “saints”. That is why Marika is so full of hate towards the Omens and why she made Messmer slaughter their kind
@@vladdiaconescu5665 Look at Mr. Vaati over here. Thanks man, clear and concise.
That first shot with Marika surrounded by mountains of corpses seems like the formation of the Erdtree.
Yes you can see Messmer sending other bodies up to the tree later in the clip!
maybe all that meat is the primordial crucible?
The golden strands she's holding also look a lot like a rune arc
Ngl I thought that was Godwyn for a brief moment. I really hope he shows up in the dlc since Fromsoft isn't doing anything else with Elden Ring besides this
@@TheMrNukeman ?
This score is CRAZY
It's incredible. I'm really feeling Miquella's "welcome" score too. Super high fantasy shit and I'm all about it.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard that chord progression at 2:06 before in any media it’s so unique
It's fcking awesome
OST GONNA BUMP IN THE SPACE COUP
Hopefully it’ll be better than main game
you know it's a good story trailer when every frame is wallpaper worthy
2:14
Dang Miquella really yeeted her down the fissure
Probably why her neck is fucked
He heartless 😭
@@dopeanimemind7049threw his love away 😔
2:12 is such a great little music chord, we dont hear themes as uplifting as the one toward the end, really liking the direction.
Got legit chills
Exactly my thoughts. It is so bright, uplifting and holy. I totally suspect it's for the final or penultimate boss and more specifically for Miquella. I literally couldn't imagine a more fitting song for him. They also ended one of the Ringed City trailers with Gael's theme back then.
@@valentinvas6454 i highly agree it's gna be so cool
the hopeful tone is especially noticeable at 2:40
Sounds like an entirely different composer
This people have the gift of telling us stories that we barely understand, and still, they keep everyone as hyped as the very first day. AWESOME.
There is a David Lynch level of surrealism to FromSoft's material. The mood and imagery of everything they do is so enchanting
insane art direction, this game will still look good 20 years from now, just like the lord of the rings
A good Art team with heart and soul and imagination around the Art Direction goes a long way, and way further than any “realistic graphics” ever have.
Focusing on realism tanks your budget and your game looks like garbage in 5 years. Fromsoft are smart
The game still looks « realistic » in its presentation, but above all it’s the art style that makes the game timeless.
Their pre-rendered animations are always great, so I always hope for them to use a modernized fully path tracing renderer in their games to make the actual games to look like the CGs
@@jmssun That was the dumbest thing I've read in years
The shot at 2:12 is paired with the line "even his fate" Knowing what we do now about St. Trina, this was clearly meant to depict abandoning love, not fate.
No it was correct. By abandoning his love, he abandoned his fate to be loving demigod/ God.
@@amoose3582 His entire deal as a god was to be compassionate. That sounds pretty loving to me.
@@Endonae ,
Did you ignore the part where he abandoned his compassion? How can you be a compassionate God when you don't have compassion. Miquella was a kind, compassionate demigod but stripped himself down to the point where he became borderline sociopathic. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. I believe miquella genuinely wants to create an age of compassion, but he is naive, and in the process of trying to create it, has fallen into the same trap his mother did and became a POTENTIAL monster.
0:39 this frame is so powerful...
I prefer 0:21
I have a hunch...that is the final boss arena or we need to enter that for the final boss...
It's so bizarre and captivating
no, you are beautifull
My first association was that we are looking from an inside giant(godly) womb to the outside where Marika stands and births into the world what she stole.
But after many have mentioned, it kinda does look like the foot of the Erdtree...
Funny how one 3 minute trailer can turn an average day into one of the best days of the year
2:30 is such a boss shot. Looks so good.
the boys
The music in this specific part is so different to anything i've ever heard in any From game, it almost sounds like a Monster Hunter track or from some Nier game.
Hello! Have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior?
@@Br.Kevin1 damn fukin right man
A call to arms, I am so ready for June
1:13 Romina, Saint of the Bud!
That shot of Mesmer with the city on fire in the background... pure art 🚬
Yes, art is art. Got any other fascinating comments?
@@Rooster_Ric who hurt you? seek therapy, bud.
2:37 need this as a wallpaper.
WE ARE SO BACK
From where
@@DevPriti1From soft
@@DevPriti1 From Softwhere
@@DevPriti1 From FromSoftware
Started my new character on PS5 a week ago (originally beat ER on PS4). Cannot wait!
2:13 "Here I abandon my love."
Chilling in the extreme.
Loved it.
The only mistake miquella made. Abandoning his love meant we would not usher in an age of compassion as he proclaimed, but an age of control. One where the god adored is a husk unable to feel. The inspiration from Griffith/Femto is apparent now that I think about it
And poor trina still had a full body....
@@namelessiam7792 Not even just that, but they also abandoned their indecision and fears.
@@ShinStriderHiryu The hard landing really messed St. Trina up.
Vadi about to make a 1 hour analysis on this 3 min trailer 💀
And we will flocked to it
@@colecarmichael5724 flock to it*
Who tfs that
And imma watch it 4 times
more like SmoughTown
So, we're basically Miquella's fanclub following him into the Land of shadow
Getting slight band of the falcon vibes from that. Just wondering if it will end the same way.
@@amannamedsquid313 Oh God, Oh no.
We are Miquellas Band of the Hawk 💀
about an hour ago I was excited for my new job, a good day just got so much better
Did you already let your new job know you're gonna need June 21st off?
Congrats on your new job brotherman
Congrats on being gainfully employed good sir.
congratss m8
Congrats!! Make sure to put in PTO for the release date🤌🏻
Her holding those string reminds me of Ludwig Holy Blade dialogue in Bloodborne:
"Have you seen the thread of light? Just a hair, a fleeting thing, yet I clung to it, steeped as I was in the stench of blood and beasts."
Great catch. Haven't seen anyone else mention that.
01:00 the sound of the slow marching in unison is so good
This shot is absolutely ominous, can't believe people are not talking more about it.
@@Valzack The rhythm and pacing of their steps is unexpectedly great
Definitely! That’s a strong scene that one
It's not so good if they are marching towards you
@@Valzackit’s hardly ominous. It’s pretty obvious what’s going on lmao
I am so ready for Countdown boss battle!
Phase 1: 5 minute countdown
Phase 2: 30 minute countdown
Phase 3: When the ashes are two a flame alighted (15 minute countdown)
So true bro😅😅😅
phase 4 numbers
@@zak5575Phase 4: Blackflame Countdown
JEFF MY BOAH
“Will you walk with us?”
YOU HAVE MY SWORD! (Bloodhound Fang)
And my bow!
and my cerulean hidden teared comet azur!
Shit we lost the axe
And my axe!
And my Poleblade
2:14 The fall of saint Trina just gives me goosebumps everytime
I think I have a grasp of what's going on based on the trailer: It looks like Marika at the beginning doing "a betrayal" in a very gruesome scene "from which gold arose", meaning this is likely the final step Marika had to do to establish the golden order, this act also seems to have created the land of shadows (or alternatively: separated it from the lands between). Mesmer likely is the warden of the land of shadows appointed there by Marika, but then he found out something (maybe the betrayal, maybe the separation of the land of shadows, maybe that he is being given the thankless job of looking after her leftovers, etc) and decided to purge everything golden order related from the land of shadows.
Miquella discovers all of this and abandons his fate as an empyrean to go and try to help fix the land of shadows that his mother and brother (Mesmer) broke through their shared actions, and the group we see at the end are champions who heard what Miquella is doing and decided to follow him.
Whether Miquella actually has a nefarious intentions and is compelling affection from these followers, or is legitimately just a good guy trying to help the downtrodden, is only going to be found out once we have our hands on it.
I have a question what did they mean when miquella said he abandon his golden flesh and fate i don’t understand it throughly
@@yungkyoto610 To abandon his golden flesh is to diverge himself of godhood, he gave up on being the Elden Lord and has no intention of ruling over people as a god.
despite what the OP here says, Miquella is a character protrayed as always forgiving, loving and willing to fix the broken or at least provide it a place to belong. He's a gentle god, which is why Malenia, his sister is so fervously loyal to him, out of all the demigods he's the only one that genuinely from the bottom of his heart actually cares beyond his own station and being.
To abandon his golden fate is to deny his right/responsibility to take the title of Elden Lord and stand under the Greater Will.
Miquella is one of the few gods who actually seems to know that he is being manipulated to ends that do not benefit him or those he cares about, eg; his sister's scarlet rot is part of the Greater Will's plan.
@@Rexhunterj stop blaming the greater will for everything, i has long lost any influence on elden ring's world, also elden lord =/= god
@@Rexhunterj I get more a read from Miquella that while he can be "kind" he more-so uses that title as a subtle manipulation tactic. Think doing a small favor for someone then asking for a larger one later, they feel indebted to you. His manipulations happen in the subconcious which explains the duality of his godhood being one of light innocence and the blissful annihilation of sleep.
My personal interpretation of this trailer and the things Miquella is doing are a sort of peaceful takeover of his Mother's lineage as well as The Greater Will, or maybe a protest of it and renunciation of his place in it. He has always been curious and more minded to factual discovery than belief, and in turning away from The Golden Order and to Alloyed Gold in an attempt to cure Malenia I think he uncovered this dark past of his Mother. A story not put to song is one too shameful to bring into your Lore for a new religion, and we know Marika has done hostile takeovers in the past but apparently this one was so horrendous she didn't want anyone remembering it. I think Messmer was her first child. I think the gold essence she is taking from what looks like a birthing canal may have been an Outer God made flesh that she murdered as an infant (an affair and betrayal), and she stole its Grace to rend a gateway out of the Shadowed Lands to establish her new order. Perhaps that Erdtree is sickly and dying because its steward has ceased to exist.
And Messmer was too scandalous to bring to her new Golden Order. A child of shadow drenched in blood doesn't fit with that aesthetic and besides, she needs someone to mind the gateway and ensure her secrets don't spill out in a rather literal fashion.
I the impression I got was more the opposite, where Marika wanted any knowledge of whatever she did here at the very start of the Golden Order to be kept hidden away and effectively got Mesmer to purge it all. So perhaps there's something about her origin or what she did that completely contradicts part of the Golden Order that she herself ruled.
While most AAA studios are creating a product
Fromsoftware is still out there creating art for us
Thank you.
How different you think fromsoftware is compared to the rest of gaming industry? Are they like a diamond in the rough or a hidden gem that just being discovered?
@@realhidetaka the souls games are incredibly thoughtful and rewarding its like these guys are from the future and know how to make a complete game without it feeling so ... Gamey Industry--y. Like Cyberpunk2077 failed so badly to me. It felt so corporate while having this anti-corporate terrorist character that doesn't seem to have much a motive to his actions other than "big corporation bad" and blowing shit up without any real meaning to it.
Lemme put it this way @@realhidetaka. Fromsoftware are the only people I will pre order a game/DLC from anymore.
@@realhidetaka I know some people are fed up of games that seem to be designed to leech money off you. Whether that be through lots of micro-transactions, or a cash-cow series of games being abused. In comparison, From Software are of course still offering a product, but you're treated to games that had an extreme amount of love put into them, and are very well designed to boot, with no hidden fees. They're not alone, Larion Studios is another studio who similarly just seem to be concerned with delivering high quality games they love. Team Cherry is also another studio that comes to mind.
It's a shame hearing game-devs talk about the industry, because a lot of them seem to also be just as concerned with delivering good quality games. But horrible management at studios, especially bigger ones, prevent them from making the games they truly want to make. And it seems like it's been an issue within the industry for a long time, many, many stories of management prioritizing what they think will make the most profits and appease their shareholders.
@@realhidetaka My man, just because you may have only heard of Fromsoft does not make that a diamond in the rough or a hidden gem.
Fromsoft is THE godfather of soulslike games. They are THE diamond. There is no rough or hidden here.
That "even his fate" shot of St. Trina thought... 2:14
Stolen comment
@@defaultname7685I'm calling the police 11!1!1!1!
@@defaultname7685two people can have the same idea.
Has to be right?
@@deadlyapple8333he literally used the exact sentence structure and wording lol, I wouldn’t have called it out otherwise
From 1:50 on the music is amazing. At 2:11 it gives chills.
Now It gives me PTSD