Elden Ring feels like what I made of Dark Souls as a teenager in my own mind when it came out, 10 years ago.Back then it felt like what I see in those videos.Lordran was always a "completely" open world in my mind back then, although in the real game it wasn't.I believe Elden Ring is like a dream for every single one of us who loved those games back in the days of Demons/Dark Souls and got lost in their lore. This feels like what they WANTED to make...but FromSoft wasn't big enough.But after such success they finally ARE big enough.And what I want to believe is that Elden Ring is the realization of that dream, because it sure looks like it. For a game to surpass Dark Souls for me feels impossible but this seems like what I wanted to play all those years ago.And I freakin' love it!
Ds1 actually is the closes thing too this. It's the only one with free roaming, all the others you had to follow specific paths to get to specific areas. Ds1 had farming areas, open areas and you can go damn near everywhere at the start of the game. Ring the bells and then the entire game opens up after that.
@@sorakazama7031 Id argue DS2. You can go to Heides Tower of Flame, Forest of Fallen Giants, or the Pit from the start in any order you like without any linearity from the start.
Just in time for Elden Ring's release ᶦⁿ ᵗʰʳᵉᵉ ᵐᵒⁿᵗʰˢ ;_; Jokes aside, if you didn't play the Network Test - then this video should help to teach you everything you would have learned from it.
I've been watching your videos for years, you're the reason I tried again after a year and finished dark souls 3, leading me and my son to DS1,2, Bloodborne. It's been a bonding and magical experience and it's thanks to your videos and soothing voice that got us there. You made us care about the characters, even the bosses. It matters. Thanks man. For real
Gosh I wish I could have played, you're making me feel like I'm just waiting for the game to install but yeah 3 months away from release, Atleast I have got the tutorial down!
Well the video is amazing I would disagree that you can’t just play this like any other souls game that’s what I did and had very little difficulty but maybe that’s just because of how much experience I have with the games still wouldn’t recommend doing what I did lol
I feel like they keep on showing these games looking like the best thing ever and we all get super excited about it and spend our money and then the game ends up trash
Im amazed that in a world where games monetize literally every little thing, Elden Ring just gives you a fuck ton of content without isolating it and selling it separately. I really wish it weren't so impressive that they're just doing what games used to always do: give you a complete experience
@@obscure.reference The DLC isnt part of the game, or necessarily cut from the game. I encourage DLC from FromSoftware just due to the fact that everything they add is at the very least impactful, and isnt already in the games files or behind a paywall.
@@seb1520 i do agree with your sentiment, fromsoft makes good DLCs, adding generally new item sets and fleshed out levels from content that isn’t actually essential to the game. however the fact is that many dlc’s have been based on cut content, which is a bit of a sketchy practice. fromsoft has no apparent interest in “games as a service” and as such their dlc is just what it is, more of the game. nobody can complain, and nobody should.
Important Thing 11: ALL skeletons will reanimate. The way to stop it this time around is by attacking its body after "killing" it. Though if the skeleton glows while active, there's a necromancer to kill. Important Thing 12: You can freely rebind your controls. Soulsborne veterans, are you tired of jumping when you want to pick up an item or read a message? You can swap those buttons around and instead jump when you intended to two-hand your weapon.
it's pretty cool that the day/night time cycle takes exactly one hour. Makes it easy to look back and contextualize your journey, like "it took my character four months to reach the erdtree and fulfill the prophecy" or whatever it is that happens at the end :D
I think he is more referring to how flashy and refined the animations look. The Souls Series has always had one of the best atmospheres but with this focus on the little details it makes both the larger world and the little movements feel extra satisfying to experience and watch.
I am so unreasonably excited for this game, i haven't been this hyped since the run up to Dark Souls 3. Can't wait to be in the thick of an active souls game again. Bring it on Fromsoft.
@@gilbertgotfried oh wolves are OP against some optional bosses. They stagger a lot and deal damage and they are evasive as well. I was playing cleric and imagine my face when I healed up all three wolves during bossfight lol Both demihuman chieftains and that gladiator-like were sooo dead that I stopped using wolves
@@kalameet3136 That healing is partially a bug. Apparently your healing spell costs nothing if you have summons active, which is an oversight. I never denied that you could have them take advantage of stagger, only that summon DPS is thankfully low.
The biggest thing I’m getting excited seeing from the game is that you will see really unique play styles once the full item sets are released. Based on consumables spells weapons etc pvp will be really dope
I just really hope Divine Blessing equivalents aren't going to make it. It's very irritating feeling like you can't use your extremely rare and valuable healing items to win a PvP but the person savescumming, twinking, or save editing can. I don't want PvP to be decided by who is willing to blow the most play hours crafting powerful rare consumables in a race to waste everyone's time. Getting geared up for an optimal PvP loadout shouldn't take very long or require a whole playthrough to get more of a particular consumable.
Ditto. I'm a Soulsborne rookie and he makes the mechanics really easy to understand and even inspires me to use what he's telling us without any fear or trepidation.
I'm so glad they're pulling lots of great stuff from Sekiro. Jumping, crouching, swappable weapon art, chargeable abilities with unique effects for no extra cost, guard attacks, posture damage, etc. I love it.
not only sekiro, they really took unique stuff from past games they made and fine-tune them into this game. something like powerstancing/dual wield moveset is from DS2, and some tohers stuff too
I broke my feet today because I kicked my computer because someone commented that my videos are bad! I hate unjustified criticism. Please wish me a speedy recovery, dear ba
It's like everything you can do is more useful in Elden Ring. I've never been a shield person in Souls, but then they made them extremely useful with guard counters now. But then you think "So, 2handing is bad now, right?" and the answer is NO, 2handing is also great for other reasons that might suit different playstyles. So far Elden Ring sounds like it's getting everything right, this Network test was a blessing for us and probably for them too with the amazing advertisement being made here on YT.
I hope they have some cool armour sets, I’d love to see some sets from dark souls 3 even though it’s a new IP, the Alva set is so fucking good. Or at the least something reminiscent of it.
This seems like the perfect combination of everything Fromsoftware has learned throughout the years, and turning it into a unique and fun experience for both returning players and new. I can't wait to see everything this game has to offer.
I love it too, going back through it now for the umpteenth time. My only problem with it is how it switches back and forth from one narrator to the whole cast. Both are absolutely fantastic, but I wish they'd have just picked one.
That was one of the smoothest transitions into a sponsorship commercials I have ever seen and it reminder me a lot of how Internet Historian does it. Been watching a lot of Elden Ring content lately but your channel is the only one I actually subscribed to so far. Great work dude and can’t wait for us all to get our hands on the game.
Pro tip: equip the whistle item in the hold triangle menu instead of the quick slot. It’s much faster than using it from your inventory, but it doesn’t make it harder to get to your healing mid combat
On the menu to the left hand side above the emotes. There is 4 slots that correspond with the triangle button and the d pad. So hold triangle and press up, left, right or down to use an item set to this quick bar. Hope this helps 🙏🏻
Even still though, I wonder if they have the mechanic where you hold the up directional button (ds3) and it goes straight to your heals. That would be great.
your audio book recommendation for "the name of the wind" really was the starting point for one of the best story experiences in my life. I have to thank you for that 🙏
That's a smart idea they had for charged attacks: they cost the same amount of FP, but they expose the player to attacks for longer. Considering the nature of the Souls games, that could spell disaster. An higher risk of one's life is counterpart enough for the better result of one's actions. Yes, I approb.
@@CraigUntlNytTym charge attacks in the souls games still take more stamina to use than a regular attack, while also taking longer. Elden Ring is making the costs equivalent but the time to cast/use longer. I’m not sure that’s a good change, tbh. We’ll see, I’m still excited.
Nobody mentioned this to me either but once I found out, it changed my experience significantly lol. You now have a pouch in ER, similar to a hot-bar that you can access by holding triangle. You can select different items to be used with the corresponding buttons on the D pad. For example, if you put the spirit whistle in the pouch you can hold triangle and down and access it immediately. The same goes for your Physick, Fire Grease, etc. Using this means you can clear out most of the items in your bar that you usually have to cycle through. :)
THANK GOD. I was worried because so many items seemed incredibly useful. Previous games you didn't have to worry too much because most items were really situational but swapping was still annoying at times. Nothing like getting toxic and having to AHHHHH through the pause menu hoping you don't get hit Sekiro in particular would have been so rough but luckily we had an actual pause button so we could use items not on the bar.
That's awesome, glad to hear the mechanic is in the game. Sounds like the Will system from the first Fable, where you could toggle between different spell sets by pressing and holding another button.
That pot limitation system is a cool idea. Especially since the Souls 3 limited inventory of consumables system wouldn't work quite as well on a map as open ended as Elden Ring's
at 6:00, you indicated the triangle button for two-handing, an additional thing for the triangle button is that it is the toggle button for the "pouch" in the upper right of the main menu, you can register flasks, the mount whistle, etc. to the 4 or 6 available slots in it, and access it via holding triangle + d-pad up/down/left/right. this addition to the game helps you avoid toggling the inventory tab in the equipment menu, so just place the other consumables and summons on the inventory tab, and the flasks and mount whistle in the pouch. it's something that's left out from tutorials, and other video creators failed/miss seeing/experimenting on it.
I can only speak for myself: suffering from psychosomatic disorder, every souls game following ds1 were very hard for me, bloodborne most of all. But Sekiro was actually very friendly. i can see how i might overcome every enemy by just trying a lot and getting good but also every time i stuck on some fight i didn t need to grind like in BB or DS3: i could just go to a different location in the present or use the buda statue to go to the past and most of the times i d get a new powerup which made things a lot easier, i even felt some mega man vibes while playing. so i think they started experimenting that in Sekiro and perfected in Elden Ring
At 4:22 his heal spell didn't cost any FP. I did the network test too and noticed that after I summoned spirits my spells would be free as long as I stayed in that same area. Pretty sure it's a glitch, and I really hope they fix it because healing your wolves for free forever made every fight way too easy. I'm not sure if anyone is talking about this anywhere.
Thanks for all this content my dude. I can’t imagine how much whiplash the creator community must’ve gone through after literally two years of no news on Elden Ring, but you’re killing it right out the gate.
Casting special spell like moves with a sword is a game changer and something I’ve always wanted. Sure previous games experimented with it but not to this degree
A thing I haven't seen many people suggest is to bind your Horse summon item to Y/Triangle + Down D-pad. It eliminates the need to repeatedly cycle through important items like Flasks, making the Horse easier to pull up in combat.
Also, you can quickly use 4 items of your choise by holding triangle and pressing one of the four arrows on the d-pad, just like triangle + R1 or L1 lets you dual wield one of the weapons. This is a very important new mechanic in my opinion. I am totally going to assign the flasks and the mount here, for a quick use, without having to search for them spamming d-pad down.
I think I'm still going to put the healing flask on the usual quick slots since it only needs 1 button to use. You probably need to stop moving for a sec as you hold triangle and tap the d-pad once as your finger move off from the analog stick, which may sound negligible but it can be a matter of life and death in combat. The other flasks I might put on the triangle slot.
@@shira_yone yes, i also thought that the healing flask might be better to keep on the square so that i can always see how many are left. As for the "moving the thumb off the stick" it is still necessary if you have some other object in the quick slots, but i guess you can simply always keep the healing flasks selected.
When the first gameplay trailer dropped, I was replaying DS3 and I was worried From was gonna stick to their formula too much and have the faster pace like they've been doing since Bloodborne but with standard DS restrictions. But all the videos and mechanic tweaks has made me excited again. Seeing the magic and weapon arts being better, dual power stancing back, guard counters, jump s. Love that From is upping the action for the player with the enemies.
@@shira_yone Oh definitely, it more about how they have the pace increased but are giving more options to the player to meet up with that pace. As Ive been playing DS3 again yea the bosses were just amping up and up but your options werent as great.
You could also end up landing in the middle of an enemy combo, I think it will be more important to memorize enemy/boss combos if you are going to depend on jumping to dodge rather than the typical rolling.
It's actually very narrow for when it would actually matter. Most of the time, eg for bosses, you're prone to get hit when you land and are therefore immobile or when the attack has AoE/swing/damage over a small time frame.
@@thebluhu2096 Pretty sure there's s for directional jump attacks, but they are extremely narrow. But I could be wrong, I didn't test it out for long enough during the Margit fight.
@@benireges Only for basic enemies, but there's more than enough enemy types that counter this, since you're vulnerable with lack of maneuverability during the last few hundred miliseconds.
Well there was a couple where you could, I think, unintentionally slam them most of the time the tools were there to significantly shorten the fights. You still had to have the fight pretty much mastered for the most part
Tools were literally completely minor compared to actually being able to switch entire weapons. You aren’t going to tell me Isshin is somehow a much different fight with a different item equipped. Because it wasn’t. Sekiro was only a good game for 1 style of play. But that’s all it was, 1 style of play.
@@Ceece20 Not Isshin necessarily but that's by design. Other bosses though, Great Ape was a pushover with flame and spear equipped, you could ruin the demon of hatred with snap seeds, the whistle and negate pretty much anything he did with umbrella. Monk could be trick shot with snap seeds and firecrackers. Raging bull, same with firecrackers. The monk school overhead kick utterly destroyed Genichiro sweeps so yeah, there were tools in the game to make things easier, but as I said in my original point they mostly just shortened the encounter. None of them were get out of jail free cards. The fun of Sekiro by far was mastery of the core principles of the fight. And there's nothing wrong with that. The tools were just there as a leg-up
@@Ceece20 Yeah I can't argue with that. But there was something distinctly satisfying to me about mastering Sekiro on the games' extremely strict terms. Very different beasts. All good shit though
This may be late - it is, but I need to get it out of my head: Your succinct analysis of this game is so valuable. You obviously wrote - and rewrote your thoughts to the point that you can explain it with fluidity. No spare comments, all to the point, anticipating viewers' reactions to the video and your words, well timed. I haven't seen anything to match it. So, kudos to your demonstrating how to craft and edit a TH-cam video. Well done. Always well done, which is why I subscribed. Just, keep it up. Haha.
USE THE POUCH!!! It's basically a whole other quick item bar that you can tie to any direction on the d-pad while holding triangle. It'll let you keep only the stuff you use frequently on your item bar too so less clutter.
Vaati, I'm so glad you're liking Dune! It really is one of the most iconic scifi works I've ever read. The transition to rhe sponsorship ad made me lol xD
Consumable items being craft-able is pretty cool, but my concern with them is how useful they actually are. I dunno about you guys, but I find most consumable items to be useless after early game. They deal too little damage and/or have been replaced by a spell that does the same thing but better.
@@moonlightning8269 Oh, I see what you mean. Consumables come in "tiers" or something, and each region allows access to higher "tiers", thus allowing consumables to stay relevant. I dunno how that would work with NG+, but I like the concept.
@@MaxiGoethling That's good to hear, but I'm just worried about if it will stay that way as the game continues. Consumables usually don't have any scaling, so they fall off quickly.
15:04 lol you got me with that one! As a from soft DSDSBBSER fan thank you The context You and your team add to these games is immeasurable! Thank you‼️🇨🇦
Does rain apply the wet status like pools of water did in the previous souls games? Like does it increase fire resistance and reduce lightning resistance?
@@jojoversus1100 so youre telling me theres not gonna be a poison swamp that applies curse and sets you on fire while youre travelling through it? lame
@@NieroshaiTheSable I highly believe there will be. Considering how much inspiration Miyazaki gets from Berserk in all of his games, I think it’s safe to assume he’ll be making a nod to our fallen author. Among everything else that is.
Great vid! I played this for the first time last year, and my best friend was the guard counter. For the record, as of watching this I have recently started ng+ at 225 hours, and even though this was an old video it was pretty well informed and fun to watch as a recent player. Dont listen to the haters, and keep making great videos! Your theory ones and lore videos are so much fun to just sit and watch. 👍
@@emulation2369 what’s wrong you? He just asked if he was gonna make lore videos on the network test, which isn’t obvious at all since it’s just a small part of the game
I'm excited about how with all these additions, just about any weapon seems like it can be made viable instead of there just being a handful of "meta weapons" out of the hundreds of options like it seemed to be in previous games Only thing I'm still worried about is respecing I'm sure it'll be included, but I'll still be a bit antsy until I have the details lol
Any weapon can be viable in DS... it just depends if you learn how to use it. Plenty of people can make perfect use of an Estoc or a plain old dagger in DS. You don't need some OP high level end game weapon to have a viable build... you just have to, dare I say, Git Gud and learn the mechanics and the pros and cons
Im just glad it isn’t Sekiro “only swords and only parry” forced build. I honestly never picked up the game after beating it once, but I’ve made multiple builds in DS1 and DS3 since then.
@@A_Black_Sheep94 I guess I just meant that I always seem to see people use like the same handful of swords and greatswords, with the occasional hammer or axe Almost *never* saw people using spears or halberds or whips or anything relatively more "niche" like that Elden Ring just feels like there's enough variety and customization to make every weapon under the grossly incandescent sun more or less interesting *and* viable to use as the next So I'm just hoping to see a much wider variety of weapons getting used
I'm hoping weapons here have TRUE combos and really glass cannon builds like the rare ones in ds3 like, you can kill someone in pvp in oen combo but die in one or two hits
I just hope there's those 1v1 dance battles with bosses where you have to learn and improvise. Those are my favorite things about these games and some of stuff being too op definitely makes worry about some of the balance.
Finally a heal spell with a good casting speed. Now we just have to wait for the game to come out and all the crazy souls players can do a pacifist run without having to worry about if they can get the heal off
I hope you can still parry with a rapier weapon in your off hand. Power stancing with rapiers could be a cool build, especially if there’s enough flexibility with the ashes of war to equip normally spear exclusive weapon arts on your rapier
I am sadly not very good at Souls-like games but man, this looks freaking incredible. Dual weilding great swords seems so awesome and stylish in this, way more dynamic than in Dark Souls.
Luckily for you it looks like this is shaping up to be the most accessible souls-like yet! Hopefully players like you who the games didn't quite click with can use this as a jumping off point and fall in love with the whole series like the rest of us have
More Elden Ring content! Just what i was looking for. Totally haven't watched many, many hours and 10+ youtubers/streamers play through the entire test. But glad to hear Vaati tell me more about another Fromsoft game. Can't wait to play this game myself. And ofc for all other vids you'll drop about the lore.
Holy crap... I've been avoiding Elden Ring videos for the most part, but this one seemed worth watching... I did not think I could be more excited about this game, but Power Stance is back? YES! :D And so, so much more! All these deep mechanics are amazing. Now if only they'd also bring back Bonfire Ascetics...
one of my favorite thing is using torches in caves its actually dark and in one of the caves the torch can be used to kill some enemies. so cool walking with the torch
The thing you mentioned that I'm most excited about was that there are creative ways to defeat enemies. One of my biggest gripes with Sekiro was that I felt like the designers had a specific tool or technique in mind for each enemy and boss, so all that was left for me to do was figure out the approach I was supposed to take. It made the combat feel even more rigid than the deflection mechanic and the "tell" attacks with the kanji that required a specific reaction already would have done. I much prefer Dark Souls and its "here's an enemy, use anything you want to kill it" approach.
Great video! I like the fact that you took the time to sit and time the whole passage of day to night. that's something I usually do too. One thing I can't stand are adds but the way you snuck this one in was hilarious. Not to mention the face that I am a huge Dune fan really lessened the blow also. First video I've seen from you and it earned you a like a subscribe. Thanks for your time.
I really hope they give The player and Torrent sone nice passive animations, like being able to give him a pat or atleast watching him actually take the food from your hands. Its a bit pick but this kind of little thing can make a game for me
I love that armor set with the flaired shoulders. The colors and shape seems to be inspired by the Dunnmer/Dark Elf style of clothing from the elder scrolls franchise.
Good call on the Audible edition of DUNE, Im about 1/2way thru, and its already near the top of my list of best audiobooks. And thank you for all of the Demons Souls (Remake) videos, and info, I had tried to get into several Souls games, and just never had the patience or the skill, but your walkthrough video of 1-1, helped me get through it finally,and I havent played anything else since then, jonesin for Elden Ring, hope you keep putting out high quality content
Elden ring went through so much trouble to hide how much content they have while every other game gloats 500hrs of gameplay and has like 17 unique things in the game
One tidbit you didn't mention was mapping items to the item pouch. It's the boxes that show up above the gestures in the start menu. I mapped my horse whistle to that and even some of the spirits if I needed them to that so it doesn't take up a hot bar slot. The item pouch can be used when holding triangle/Y and pressing the corresponding button on the D-pad.
I usually just burn through games. Not really paying attention to lore. I think I might be taking notes for this game and reading everything. I’m so invested in this game. I just know it’s going to be a masterpiece.
As a magic User in basically any souls like i touch, this game makes me squee. The magic is cool looking and strong. even if they nerf some of it, (And they probably should) i am still going to be using it so much. It just looks so awesome
@@theendereyes4395 well you stinker idid say every one i touch.i did pick up sekiro, and i did try a heavy tools run but the game wasnt doing it for me. It felt good and was kinda hard at first but then after i got the rythm was too easy. I could have rang that difficulty bell i suppose but while the game felt good to play i dunno its the only souls game i totally fell off of. But when i say souls like its not just fromsoft. I mean stuff like salt and sanctuay and that kinda stuff too. Maybe i will go back to sekiro and finish it though, the parrys do feel good
I’m so glad they are moving away from forcing you into one style of weapon like they did with Sekiro. It really never felt fun for me and honestly I’ve gone back to DS3 and DS1 way more often after beating Sekiro once. Being forced into 1 build was never really what I liked about Fromsoft games. I can grit my teeth on it, but I won’t like it.
sekiro reminds me a lot of deathstranding in terms of game design. both were created with a very clear vision for what the end gameplay was supposed to be like, and unfortunately that means both became the type of games that either click with you or they don't. no real in between. I applaud FromSoft for proving they could make a souls-like game that was completely different from any of their previous titles or really any souls-like game out there. I also have over 400 hrs. in sekiro so I'm probably a bit biased.
Elden Ring feels like what I made of Dark Souls as a teenager in my own mind when it came out, 10 years ago.Back then it felt like what I see in those videos.Lordran was always a "completely" open world in my mind back then, although in the real game it wasn't.I believe Elden Ring is like a dream for every single one of us who loved those games back in the days of Demons/Dark Souls and got lost in their lore.
This feels like what they WANTED to make...but FromSoft wasn't big enough.But after such success they finally ARE big enough.And what I want to believe is that Elden Ring is the realization of that dream, because it sure looks like it.
For a game to surpass Dark Souls for me feels impossible but this seems like what I wanted to play all those years ago.And I freakin' love it!
Guessing you didn't play the Kingsfield games? They were much closer to open world than DS/DeS
I still feel there is something amazing about Lordran's world design and how interconnected it is.
@@A_Black_Sheep94 That's true but the Kingsfield series wasn't really the formula I loved!!
Ds1 actually is the closes thing too this. It's the only one with free roaming, all the others you had to follow specific paths to get to specific areas. Ds1 had farming areas, open areas and you can go damn near everywhere at the start of the game. Ring the bells and then the entire game opens up after that.
@@sorakazama7031 Id argue DS2. You can go to Heides Tower of Flame, Forest of Fallen Giants, or the Pit from the start in any order you like without any linearity from the start.
Just in time for Elden Ring's release ᶦⁿ ᵗʰʳᵉᵉ ᵐᵒⁿᵗʰˢ
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Jokes aside, if you didn't play the Network Test - then this video should help to teach you everything you would have learned from it.
I've been watching your videos for years, you're the reason I tried again after a year and finished dark souls 3, leading me and my son to DS1,2, Bloodborne. It's been a bonding and magical experience and it's thanks to your videos and soothing voice that got us there. You made us care about the characters, even the bosses. It matters.
Thanks man. For real
Gosh I wish I could have played, you're making me feel like I'm just waiting for the game to install but yeah 3 months away from release, Atleast I have got the tutorial down!
Well the video is amazing I would disagree that you can’t just play this like any other souls game that’s what I did and had very little difficulty but maybe that’s just because of how much experience I have with the games still wouldn’t recommend doing what I did lol
Another great video love the details thanks
Dat audible segue tho lol
I feel like this is the game I've always wanted to exist
Honestly yea
Elden Ring in the holodeck
I feel like they keep on showing these games looking like the best thing ever and we all get super excited about it and spend our money and then the game ends up trash
@@nitsuanomrah6997 ok cool?
@@nitsuanomrah6997 which FromSoft game in particular are you referring to as trash?
Im amazed that in a world where games monetize literally every little thing, Elden Ring just gives you a fuck ton of content without isolating it and selling it separately. I really wish it weren't so impressive that they're just doing what games used to always do: give you a complete experience
fromsoft usually make dlc
@@obscure.reference a dlc isnt a bad thing as long as it isnt a part of the game that was cut off to sell later
@@sr3Superior that was the case for at least bloodborne ive heard. all the dlc’s are pretty essential in the ds games as well.
@@obscure.reference The DLC isnt part of the game, or necessarily cut from the game. I encourage DLC from FromSoftware just due to the fact that everything they add is at the very least impactful, and isnt already in the games files or behind a paywall.
@@seb1520 i do agree with your sentiment, fromsoft makes good DLCs, adding generally new item sets and fleshed out levels from content that isn’t actually essential to the game. however the fact is that many dlc’s have been based on cut content, which is a bit of a sketchy practice. fromsoft has no apparent interest in “games as a service” and as such their dlc is just what it is, more of the game. nobody can complain, and nobody should.
Important Thing 11: ALL skeletons will reanimate. The way to stop it this time around is by attacking its body after "killing" it. Though if the skeleton glows while active, there's a necromancer to kill.
Important Thing 12: You can freely rebind your controls. Soulsborne veterans, are you tired of jumping when you want to pick up an item or read a message? You can swap those buttons around and instead jump when you intended to two-hand your weapon.
I need to change the crouch button then. Whenever im in a boss fight my guy crouches and it pissed me off so much.
Or, you can trivialize skeletons by throwing holy pots at them. :D
Vaati: Don’t play this like sekiro, you can find other ways to beat the bosses
Me: But hesitation is defeat
Hesitation to try new things is also defeat
You were still just a puppy...
OH HOW MY BLOOD BOILS
*glock saint intensifies*
@@kapitankapital6580
Death of a Shadow...
You've taught me well.
Not sure what is more exciting. The actual game coming out, or knowing a new wave of Vaati videos are coming!
Both
Why not both
I mean Vaati is good but you can't play his videos soooo Elden Ring
I think you should be more excited about the game, than a person lol
The game.
it's pretty cool that the day/night time cycle takes exactly one hour. Makes it easy to look back and contextualize your journey, like "it took my character four months to reach the erdtree and fulfill the prophecy" or whatever it is that happens at the end :D
I started playing Ds3 in 2016 and only finished the game in 2020. If Elden ring records time it'll take my character decades lol
:O good point!
The open world we’ve all been waiting for built by a development team we’ve always trusted
Amen
Straight up bro I am 100% against preordering games but not fromsoft masterpieces
Some of the combat I've seen so far looks remarkably fluid. It's amazing how far we've come from Demons Souls.
speak for yourself
@@monkeyrobotsinc.9875Yeah, I think these games have always been beautiful
I think he is more referring to how flashy and refined the animations look. The Souls Series has always had one of the best atmospheres but with this focus on the little details it makes both the larger world and the little movements feel extra satisfying to experience and watch.
what? demons souls have one of the most fluid combat in fromsouls. you probably played ds3 last time, it have really some jarring animations
@@MrVoland44 Well, yes. I was referring to the PS3 version of Demons Souls when referring how far the Soulsborne animations have come.
I am so unreasonably excited for this game, i haven't been this hyped since the run up to Dark Souls 3.
Can't wait to be in the thick of an active souls game again. Bring it on Fromsoft.
Yo you remember that first few years when the player made covenants were big? The blood shades and crusaders and them? I lived and died
Crab summon doomstack in Eldenring?
@@zyztem8775 a 19 white summon doomstack maybe
@@d.robinson6262 That was sick.
That's great, hype and all. but let's not make it into another cyberpunk and give it unreasonable expectations
This game looks incredible. Like an open world adventure crossed with the highest evolution of Soulsbornkiro
I think if you just said soulsborne, everyone would know you meant the prominent from games
@@daizenmarcurio Soulsbornekiroring
@@BreninCyhyr elden demons soulsbornekiroring shadows prepare to fade twice
I enjoy that this company likes to shake up the IP from time to time, it keeps it fresh, unlike Call of duty 24
@@BreninCyhyr and the list goes on😭
Vaati: "Some spirits like the Noble Sorcerer are a sort of ranged dps"
Noble Sorcerer: *Glintstone Pebble* *11dmg*
lol.
Emphasis on "sort of" lol
Honestly I'm glad these summons don't seem to overpowered, damage-wise.
leave him alone, he's trying his hardest
wait till you see magic/faith build and ring that make them stronger and they will be used more often in pvp summons only.
@@gilbertgotfried oh wolves are OP against some optional bosses. They stagger a lot and deal damage and they are evasive as well. I was playing cleric and imagine my face when I healed up all three wolves during bossfight lol
Both demihuman chieftains and that gladiator-like were sooo dead that I stopped using wolves
@@kalameet3136 That healing is partially a bug. Apparently your healing spell costs nothing if you have summons active, which is an oversight. I never denied that you could have them take advantage of stagger, only that summon DPS is thankfully low.
The biggest thing I’m getting excited seeing from the game is that you will see really unique play styles once the full item sets are released. Based on consumables spells weapons etc pvp will be really dope
I just really hope Divine Blessing equivalents aren't going to make it. It's very irritating feeling like you can't use your extremely rare and valuable healing items to win a PvP but the person savescumming, twinking, or save editing can. I don't want PvP to be decided by who is willing to blow the most play hours crafting powerful rare consumables in a race to waste everyone's time. Getting geared up for an optimal PvP loadout shouldn't take very long or require a whole playthrough to get more of a particular consumable.
it's going to be a min/maxing meta as usual, no casual build allowed
@@Helmic sry no healing in pvp please ^^
Man i could listen for hours to your walkthroughs! Really love how you explain everything so easy and calm! Thank you!
Ditto. I'm a Soulsborne rookie and he makes the mechanics really easy to understand and even inspires me to use what he's telling us without any fear or trepidation.
I'm so glad they're pulling lots of great stuff from Sekiro. Jumping, crouching, swappable weapon art, chargeable abilities with unique effects for no extra cost, guard attacks, posture damage, etc.
I love it.
its incredible how fromsoft can pick out things they did right in previous games and add them onto the next. so few companies can even compare.
Don't forget the description says full story coop. They way they should have done Souls coop.
Posture damage was already a thing, but it only applied to larger enemies in the other games
not only sekiro, they really took unique stuff from past games they made and fine-tune them into this game. something like powerstancing/dual wield moveset is from DS2, and some tohers stuff too
give me one mind
"You don't JUST have to 'git gud', instead you can take a step back" - Words to live by.
A HERESY
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I broke my feet today because I kicked my computer because someone commented that my videos are bad! I hate unjustified criticism. Please wish me a speedy recovery, dear ba
Genuinely good life advice
@@AxxLAfriku well deserved noob
It's like everything you can do is more useful in Elden Ring. I've never been a shield person in Souls, but then they made them extremely useful with guard counters now. But then you think "So, 2handing is bad now, right?" and the answer is NO, 2handing is also great for other reasons that might suit different playstyles. So far Elden Ring sounds like it's getting everything right, this Network test was a blessing for us and probably for them too with the amazing advertisement being made here on YT.
I hope they have some cool armour sets, I’d love to see some sets from dark souls 3 even though it’s a new IP, the Alva set is so fucking good. Or at the least something reminiscent of it.
@@Salmon_Toastie as long as there’s a moonlight greatsword somewhere I’m happy
@@Emperorhirohito19272 its included 100%
I hope the powerstanced jumping L1 does as much posture damage as the guard counter since powerstance doesn't have blocking.
Shields were amazing in Dark Souls 1.
This seems like the perfect combination of everything Fromsoftware has learned throughout the years, and turning it into a unique and fun experience for both returning players and new. I can't wait to see everything this game has to offer.
The flexible spawn points seem like really great idea for the open world.
I LOVE that audiobook version of Dune.
Listened to it so long ago, but it's still great every time I go back to it.
I love it too, going back through it now for the umpteenth time. My only problem with it is how it switches back and forth from one narrator to the whole cast. Both are absolutely fantastic, but I wish they'd have just picked one.
That was one of the smoothest transitions into a sponsorship commercials I have ever seen and it reminder me a lot of how Internet Historian does it. Been watching a lot of Elden Ring content lately but your channel is the only one I actually subscribed to so far. Great work dude and can’t wait for us all to get our hands on the game.
Pro tip: equip the whistle item in the hold triangle menu instead of the quick slot. It’s much faster than using it from your inventory, but it doesn’t make it harder to get to your healing mid combat
Wait, how do you do that?
On the menu to the left hand side above the emotes. There is 4 slots that correspond with the triangle button and the d pad. So hold triangle and press up, left, right or down to use an item set to this quick bar. Hope this helps 🙏🏻
Protip, play it on pc, you have a fuck ton of keys there.
@@becharac the game is meant for controller, I play souls games on PC and still use controller lol
Even still though, I wonder if they have the mechanic where you hold the up directional button (ds3) and it goes straight to your heals. That would be great.
I feel like the jellyfish summon is probably the best summonearly, that poison stacks fast and can sometimes be at weird angles and not take damage
your audio book recommendation for "the name of the wind" really was the starting point for one of the best story experiences in my life. I have to thank you for that 🙏
That's a smart idea they had for charged attacks: they cost the same amount of FP, but they expose the player to attacks for longer. Considering the nature of the Souls games, that could spell disaster. An higher risk of one's life is counterpart enough for the better result of one's actions. Yes, I approb.
Charge attacks have always been like that in souls games... at least that's how I've always treated them.
@@CraigUntlNytTym charge attacks in the souls games still take more stamina to use than a regular attack, while also taking longer. Elden Ring is making the costs equivalent but the time to cast/use longer. I’m not sure that’s a good change, tbh. We’ll see, I’m still excited.
@@BL-xz3ym it sounds like a great thing.
I also approb
I'm approb 👍
Nobody mentioned this to me either but once I found out, it changed my experience significantly lol. You now have a pouch in ER, similar to a hot-bar that you can access by holding triangle. You can select different items to be used with the corresponding buttons on the D pad. For example, if you put the spirit whistle in the pouch you can hold triangle and down and access it immediately. The same goes for your Physick, Fire Grease, etc. Using this means you can clear out most of the items in your bar that you usually have to cycle through. :)
that sounds awesome, monster hunter has a similar mechanic
Thisbis the first time I have heard this and so far is probably the most overlook detail. Thanks brother
THANK GOD. I was worried because so many items seemed incredibly useful. Previous games you didn't have to worry too much because most items were really situational but swapping was still annoying at times. Nothing like getting toxic and having to AHHHHH through the pause menu hoping you don't get hit
Sekiro in particular would have been so rough but luckily we had an actual pause button so we could use items not on the bar.
That’s huge lol! Why isn’t anyone talking about it
That's awesome, glad to hear the mechanic is in the game. Sounds like the Will system from the first Fable, where you could toggle between different spell sets by pressing and holding another button.
What was the guard listening to on Audible? Was it the Sandman Radio Play? That shits good. (Great ad segue btw)
Anyone gonna be playing this on TFS Plays?
Dune
Audiobooks have gotten soo good after the Shattering
Have you never seen the original dune movies?
Darude - sandstorm
That pot limitation system is a cool idea. Especially since the Souls 3 limited inventory of consumables system wouldn't work quite as well on a map as open ended as Elden Ring's
you know what hit me just right? the view of those clouds over the ocean, love the art style srsly
Horse, with an arrow in its eye: "This ain't shit, ooh this grass lookin' tasty tho"
I feel there is an arrow in the knee joke somewhere here.
@@micab7660 I used to have an arrow in my eye, …then I took an arrow to the knee
Literally happened as I was reading it
it's one tough ass SOB horse.
@@milkschalklate i love it.
at 6:00, you indicated the triangle button for two-handing, an additional thing for the triangle button is that it is the toggle button for the "pouch" in the upper right of the main menu, you can register flasks, the mount whistle, etc. to the 4 or 6 available slots in it, and access it via holding triangle + d-pad up/down/left/right. this addition to the game helps you avoid toggling the inventory tab in the equipment menu, so just place the other consumables and summons on the inventory tab, and the flasks and mount whistle in the pouch. it's something that's left out from tutorials, and other video creators failed/miss seeing/experimenting on it.
You should know that Miyazaki thinks you’re a “maidenless runt” ☹️
He's not wrong
He probably looked at the demographics of souls games players and came to that conclusion...
Lol
>see newcomer
>call them a virgin
>tell them to die
What did he mean by this?
Sad Struggler hours :(
This feels like a near perfect combo of all the previous soulsborne titles.
I can only speak for myself: suffering from psychosomatic disorder, every souls game following ds1 were very hard for me, bloodborne most of all. But Sekiro was actually very friendly. i can see how i might overcome every enemy by just trying a lot and getting good but also every time i stuck on some fight i didn t need to grind like in BB or DS3: i could just go to a different location in the present or use the buda statue to go to the past and most of the times i d get a new powerup which made things a lot easier, i even felt some mega man vibes while playing. so i think they started experimenting that in Sekiro and perfected in Elden Ring
I suppose finding the unlisted video is one way to be first
cheeky
At 4:22 his heal spell didn't cost any FP.
I did the network test too and noticed that after I summoned spirits my spells would be free as long as I stayed in that same area. Pretty sure it's a glitch, and I really hope they fix it because healing your wolves for free forever made every fight way too easy. I'm not sure if anyone is talking about this anywhere.
Definitely contact From about that somehow. That's definitely an oversight on their end.
Well, did you report it? You were part of the network test. You're expected to report any bugs you come across.
@@NavidIsANoob yeah I did report it, just wanted more attention to be brought to it.
Thanks for all this content my dude. I can’t imagine how much whiplash the creator community must’ve gone through after literally two years of no news on Elden Ring, but you’re killing it right out the gate.
We are MORE than ready lol
Casting special spell like moves with a sword is a game changer and something I’ve always wanted. Sure previous games experimented with it but not to this degree
One of the best sponsorship plugs ive seen in a while...Great Video man, cant wait for Elden Ring!
A thing I haven't seen many people suggest is to bind your Horse summon item to Y/Triangle + Down D-pad. It eliminates the need to repeatedly cycle through important items like Flasks, making the Horse easier to pull up in combat.
I'm so happy to hear that power-stancing is back! That was probably my favorite addition to the Souls formula from DS2.
Hype for the inevitable naked, UGS dual wielding madmen in PVP
Only good addition from that game!
i hope dual-wield attack shields make a return!
The only worth while stuff from ds2
@@Norilius shut.
Also, you can quickly use 4 items of your choise by holding triangle and pressing one of the four arrows on the d-pad, just like triangle + R1 or L1 lets you dual wield one of the weapons.
This is a very important new mechanic in my opinion.
I am totally going to assign the flasks and the mount here, for a quick use, without having to search for them spamming d-pad down.
I think I'm still going to put the healing flask on the usual quick slots since it only needs 1 button to use. You probably need to stop moving for a sec as you hold triangle and tap the d-pad once as your finger move off from the analog stick, which may sound negligible but it can be a matter of life and death in combat.
The other flasks I might put on the triangle slot.
@@shira_yone yes, i also thought that the healing flask might be better to keep on the square so that i can always see how many are left.
As for the "moving the thumb off the stick" it is still necessary if you have some other object in the quick slots, but i guess you can simply always keep the healing flasks selected.
As always this helped me out a lot. I played maybe 3 hours or so of this and didn't know half of this. Guard counters are the shit.
When the first gameplay trailer dropped, I was replaying DS3 and I was worried From was gonna stick to their formula too much and have the faster pace like they've been doing since Bloodborne but with standard DS restrictions. But all the videos and mechanic tweaks has made me excited again. Seeing the magic and weapon arts being better, dual power stancing back, guard counters, jump s.
Love that From is upping the action for the player with the enemies.
As far as I can see, it is more faster paced than the souls game but not as fast as Bloodborne or Sekiro.
@@shira_yone Oh definitely, it more about how they have the pace increased but are giving more options to the player to meet up with that pace. As Ive been playing DS3 again yea the bosses were just amping up and up but your options werent as great.
Is it nioh fast? That and ds3 my only experience with soulsborne games
having jumps generate i-frames seems way overpowered. Definitely excited to try it out
You could also end up landing in the middle of an enemy combo, I think it will be more important to memorize enemy/boss combos if you are going to depend on jumping to dodge rather than the typical rolling.
It's actually very narrow for when it would actually matter. Most of the time, eg for bosses, you're prone to get hit when you land and are therefore immobile or when the attack has AoE/swing/damage over a small time frame.
@@thebluhu2096 Pretty sure there's s for directional jump attacks, but they are extremely narrow. But I could be wrong, I didn't test it out for long enough during the Margit fight.
Yeah, it makes dodge useless
@@benireges Only for basic enemies, but there's more than enough enemy types that counter this, since you're vulnerable with lack of maneuverability during the last few hundred miliseconds.
That ad transition went down smoother than some siegbreu after a valiant battle!
The creative solutions for difficult parts was also in Sekiro, with the amount of items and techniques you can use to cheese the bosses
Well there was a couple where you could, I think, unintentionally slam them most of the time the tools were there to significantly shorten the fights. You still had to have the fight pretty much mastered for the most part
Tools were literally completely minor compared to actually being able to switch entire weapons.
You aren’t going to tell me Isshin is somehow a much different fight with a different item equipped. Because it wasn’t.
Sekiro was only a good game for 1 style of play. But that’s all it was, 1 style of play.
@@Ceece20 Not Isshin necessarily but that's by design. Other bosses though, Great Ape was a pushover with flame and spear equipped, you could ruin the demon of hatred with snap seeds, the whistle and negate pretty much anything he did with umbrella. Monk could be trick shot with snap seeds and firecrackers. Raging bull, same with firecrackers. The monk school overhead kick utterly destroyed Genichiro sweeps so yeah, there were tools in the game to make things easier, but as I said in my original point they mostly just shortened the encounter. None of them were get out of jail free cards. The fun of Sekiro by far was mastery of the core principles of the fight. And there's nothing wrong with that. The tools were just there as a leg-up
@@NickHunter tools might shorten the fight, but being able to play different weapons and builds will always be infinitely more enjoyable and fun.
@@Ceece20 Yeah I can't argue with that. But there was something distinctly satisfying to me about mastering Sekiro on the games' extremely strict terms. Very different beasts. All good shit though
This may be late - it is, but I need to get it out of my head: Your succinct analysis of this game is so valuable. You obviously wrote - and rewrote your thoughts to the point that you can explain it with fluidity. No spare comments, all to the point, anticipating viewers' reactions to the video and your words, well timed. I haven't seen anything to match it. So, kudos to your demonstrating how to craft and edit a TH-cam video. Well done. Always well done, which is why I subscribed. Just, keep it up. Haha.
Ok, that transition into Audible was pretty damn smooth man.
Interested to see where Patches comes into this game
Patches will be played by George R. R. Martin
I dunno, but he will be dead again after his first trick
Patches is my favorit soulsborne character so i cant wait to see him.
He'll be wielding the Moonlight Greatsword and talk to you about the treasure of the Dark Soul
In one of the dungeons with the gargoyle men, there is a statue of one of them with a bald human head, made me feel like that'll be him eventually.
USE THE POUCH!!!
It's basically a whole other quick item bar that you can tie to any direction on the d-pad while holding triangle. It'll let you keep only the stuff you use frequently on your item bar too so less clutter.
Vaati, I'm so glad you're liking Dune! It really is one of the most iconic scifi works I've ever read. The transition to rhe sponsorship ad made me lol xD
Props for putting the ad at the end + the seamless transition.
Consumable items being craft-able is pretty cool, but my concern with them is how useful they actually are. I dunno about you guys, but I find most consumable items to be useless after early game. They deal too little damage and/or have been replaced by a spell that does the same thing but better.
I actually used crafting much more than I expected, like the item for additional fire damage, throwing knifes, firebombs, arrows...
There's potential each region may have different resources and with it different consumables that will be useful in that region
@@moonlightning8269 Oh, I see what you mean. Consumables come in "tiers" or something, and each region allows access to higher "tiers", thus allowing consumables to stay relevant. I dunno how that would work with NG+, but I like the concept.
@@MaxiGoethling That's good to hear, but I'm just worried about if it will stay that way as the game continues. Consumables usually don't have any scaling, so they fall off quickly.
I've never used temporary effect consumables in like any game ever. Even in Souls, I would end up with a whole bunch of unused resin.
Golly this game looks so beautiful. Wish I didn't know when the release date was. Can't wait to play this nonetheless.
"In a world full of wandering monsters, what are you gonna arm yourself with?"
"BUBBLES!"
15:04 lol you got me with that one!
As a from soft DSDSBBSER fan thank you The context You and your team add to these games is immeasurable!
Thank you‼️🇨🇦
Powertancing is freaking cool , Pontiff Sulivahn uses that before elden ring anonsed what a chad
Does rain apply the wet status like pools of water did in the previous souls games? Like does it increase fire resistance and reduce lightning resistance?
Good question!
I would assume so. This game is the true amalgamation of everything good they've ever done in their games, so. Lol.
@@jojoversus1100 so youre telling me theres not gonna be a poison swamp that applies curse and sets you on fire while youre travelling through it? lame
@@marah4847 Dude, come on. This is From. There will absolutely beyond a shadow of a doubt be a poison swamp that takes 7 years to get through.
@@jojoversus1100 as long as there are giant curse monsters hiding behind trees ill be happy
I like how the spell and magic attacks look different and not just the same thing but with different stats.
Can't wait to see all the now amazingly accurate Berserk cosplays.
I swear, if there's not some kind of tribute to the author's passing somewhere in the game...
@@NieroshaiTheSable I highly believe there will be. Considering how much inspiration Miyazaki gets from Berserk in all of his games, I think it’s safe to assume he’ll be making a nod to our fallen author. Among everything else that is.
@@adamwestslappup I half expect to find guts just sitting around somewhere. I mean, the world tree is literally right there after all.
Guts has invaded your world.
Phantom vanquished
There is so many ways to play this game, makes Dark Souls seem lacking in depth I am truly hyped. Build options are nuts.
Great vid! I played this for the first time last year, and my best friend was the guard counter. For the record, as of watching this I have recently started ng+ at 225 hours, and even though this was an old video it was pretty well informed and fun to watch as a recent player. Dont listen to the haters, and keep making great videos! Your theory ones and lore videos are so much fun to just sit and watch. 👍
Are you gonna do a lore video on Elden Ring? I'd imagine there's quite a lot that got revealed from the Network Test items.
Ofc not, why would he do lore videos on lore channel dedicated to souls games... It will be just stupid...
@@emulation2369 what’s wrong you? He just asked if he was gonna make lore videos on the network test, which isn’t obvious at all since it’s just a small part of the game
@@noamias4897 Dude, it was just a harmless bit of sarcasm. No big deal. Calm down, my friend.
@@emulation2369 >t. frustrated gamer that feels the need to reply to comments
Me watching this video knowing that I most definitely already know all 10 things from watching hours and hours of the network test.
I'm excited about how with all these additions, just about any weapon seems like it can be made viable instead of there just being a handful of "meta weapons" out of the hundreds of options like it seemed to be in previous games
Only thing I'm still worried about is respecing
I'm sure it'll be included, but I'll still be a bit antsy until I have the details lol
Any weapon can be viable in DS... it just depends if you learn how to use it. Plenty of people can make perfect use of an Estoc or a plain old dagger in DS. You don't need some OP high level end game weapon to have a viable build... you just have to, dare I say, Git Gud and learn the mechanics and the pros and cons
Im just glad it isn’t Sekiro “only swords and only parry” forced build. I honestly never picked up the game after beating it once, but I’ve made multiple builds in DS1 and DS3 since then.
@@Ceece20 Yea Sekiro seems like a playthrough once game tbh
@@A_Black_Sheep94 I guess I just meant that I always seem to see people use like the same handful of swords and greatswords, with the occasional hammer or axe
Almost *never* saw people using spears or halberds or whips or anything relatively more "niche" like that
Elden Ring just feels like there's enough variety and customization to make every weapon under the grossly incandescent sun more or less interesting *and* viable to use as the next
So I'm just hoping to see a much wider variety of weapons getting used
I'm hoping weapons here have TRUE combos and really glass cannon builds like the rare ones in ds3 like, you can kill someone in pvp in oen combo but die in one or two hits
The jumping Iframes seems like it will make PVP literally just two people jumping into eachother constantly
haha nice, AD transition was so good xD
I just hope there's those 1v1 dance battles with bosses where you have to learn and improvise. Those are my favorite things about these games and some of stuff being too op definitely makes worry about some of the balance.
I wouldn't worry about that stuff based on what you've seen from the network test. From always dial the difficulty back for them
the boss at the end of the network test is definitely in the spirit of those in bloodborne and ds3
Finally a heal spell with a good casting speed. Now we just have to wait for the game to come out and all the crazy souls players can do a pacifist run without having to worry about if they can get the heal off
Discussing / dissecting all of these excellent insights on episode 14. Thank you as always, brother 🙏 - Albert (show producer)
The spirit summons make the boss fights so much easier. I'm not sure how I feel about this but first impression is they are OP.
Basically everything that gets a boss's attention is OP. Because it's not the damage the spirits do but the damage you do while they distract.
That was a slick way to ease into the sponsorship! Love audible though! Absolutely recommend it!
I hope you can still parry with a rapier weapon in your off hand. Power stancing with rapiers could be a cool build, especially if there’s enough flexibility with the ashes of war to equip normally spear exclusive weapon arts on your rapier
Yes yes, Elden Rings is coming out, but you know what's more exciting? More lore videos from Vaati and getting to hear that beautiful voice.
Elden ring was amazing. I was glad to try it. I look forward to playing it together with and against you all.
I hope so. The back for blood testers and cyberpunk testers did that something. Then we got what we have
Power stancing is back?
That's all I needed to hear, chief.
the audible commercile was the best commercial things i've seen in my all life, what a genius !
I am sadly not very good at Souls-like games but man, this looks freaking incredible. Dual weilding great swords seems so awesome and stylish in this, way more dynamic than in Dark Souls.
Luckily for you it looks like this is shaping up to be the most accessible souls-like yet!
Hopefully players like you who the games didn't quite click with can use this as a jumping off point and fall in love with the whole series like the rest of us have
Apparently you can coop through the whole game as well
More Elden Ring content! Just what i was looking for.
Totally haven't watched many, many hours and 10+ youtubers/streamers play through the entire test.
But glad to hear Vaati tell me more about another Fromsoft game.
Can't wait to play this game myself. And ofc for all other vids you'll drop about the lore.
Everyday I scour the reddit and youtube for a tiny drop of content, this is truly the Dark Souls of testing my fucking patience...
Man!! The audible promo was sooo well implemented in your video wow that just got me offguard like stealth at night. Good one
Holy crap... I've been avoiding Elden Ring videos for the most part, but this one seemed worth watching... I did not think I could be more excited about this game, but Power Stance is back? YES! :D And so, so much more! All these deep mechanics are amazing. Now if only they'd also bring back Bonfire Ascetics...
one of my favorite thing is using torches in caves its actually dark and in one of the caves the torch can be used to kill some enemies. so cool walking with the torch
The fact powerstancing is back makes me a lot more excited. I was so sad ds 3 didnt have them.
Same!
The thing you mentioned that I'm most excited about was that there are creative ways to defeat enemies. One of my biggest gripes with Sekiro was that I felt like the designers had a specific tool or technique in mind for each enemy and boss, so all that was left for me to do was figure out the approach I was supposed to take. It made the combat feel even more rigid than the deflection mechanic and the "tell" attacks with the kanji that required a specific reaction already would have done. I much prefer Dark Souls and its "here's an enemy, use anything you want to kill it" approach.
Great video! I like the fact that you took the time to sit and time the whole passage of day to night. that's something I usually do too. One thing I can't stand are adds but the way you snuck this one in was hilarious. Not to mention the face that I am a huge Dune fan really lessened the blow also. First video I've seen from you and it earned you a like a subscribe. Thanks for your time.
Thanks for this helpful video. It gave lots of tips without spoiling to much. Very useful
I really hope they give The player and Torrent sone nice passive animations, like being able to give him a pat or atleast watching him actually take the food from your hands.
Its a bit pick but this kind of little thing can make a game for me
I love that armor set with the flaired shoulders. The colors and shape seems to be inspired by the Dunnmer/Dark Elf style of clothing from the elder scrolls franchise.
Elden Ring is everything I wanted it to be, cant wait to get my hands on it.
Time is near by dude. One month from today!
@@nymetsfan912 6 more days
Awesome video as always sir. But that Audible intro was the best 😆
Good call on the Audible edition of DUNE, Im about 1/2way thru, and its already near the top of my list of best audiobooks. And thank you for all of the Demons Souls (Remake) videos, and info, I had tried to get into several Souls games, and just never had the patience or the skill, but your walkthrough video of 1-1, helped me get through it finally,and I havent played anything else since then, jonesin for Elden Ring, hope you keep putting out high quality content
Elden ring went through so much trouble to hide how much content they have while every other game gloats 500hrs of gameplay and has like 17 unique things in the game
I hope they don't nerf magic to the ground when pvp junkies inevitably complain about it.
"jumping has iFrames"
*PTSD from bunny hopping*
Thank god pvp is optional.
It always was
No, for real?
@@Andre-ee6gc ....he says it in the video
One tidbit you didn't mention was mapping items to the item pouch. It's the boxes that show up above the gestures in the start menu. I mapped my horse whistle to that and even some of the spirits if I needed them to that so it doesn't take up a hot bar slot. The item pouch can be used when holding triangle/Y and pressing the corresponding button on the D-pad.
I usually just burn through games. Not really paying attention to lore. I think I might be taking notes for this game and reading everything.
I’m so invested in this game. I just know it’s going to be a masterpiece.
As a magic User in basically any souls like i touch, this game makes me squee. The magic is cool looking and strong. even if they nerf some of it, (And they probably should) i am still going to be using it so much. It just looks so awesome
How’d u use magic in sekiro
@@theendereyes4395 well you stinker idid say every one i touch.i did pick up sekiro, and i did try a heavy tools run but the game wasnt doing it for me. It felt good and was kinda hard at first but then after i got the rythm was too easy. I could have rang that difficulty bell i suppose but while the game felt good to play i dunno its the only souls game i totally fell off of. But when i say souls like its not just fromsoft. I mean stuff like salt and sanctuay and that kinda stuff too.
Maybe i will go back to sekiro and finish it though, the parrys do feel good
I’m so glad they are moving away from forcing you into one style of weapon like they did with Sekiro. It really never felt fun for me and honestly I’ve gone back to DS3 and DS1 way more often after beating Sekiro once.
Being forced into 1 build was never really what I liked about Fromsoft games. I can grit my teeth on it, but I won’t like it.
sekiro reminds me a lot of deathstranding in terms of game design. both were created with a very clear vision for what the end gameplay was supposed to be like, and unfortunately that means both became the type of games that either click with you or they don't. no real in between. I applaud FromSoft for proving they could make a souls-like game that was completely different from any of their previous titles or really any souls-like game out there. I also have over 400 hrs. in sekiro so I'm probably a bit biased.