Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else. Gets me frustrated. Just admit that you love the videos I make, my dear sq
Ahh the days before elden ring released....simpler times. This does bring me back. Liurnia was so amazing it really did mystify my adult mind with its fantasy.
Bro is it just me or has time flew since then? Looking back at playing it for the first time is already nostalgic and that makes me feel sad for some reason lol
-Summon 3 dogs that distract the boss for 10 seconds. "I think it's overpowered, I'm afraid it won't be balanced" -Summon homing swords that take 1/3 the bosses hp. "It's pretty strong."
It's just the network test so it's obviously unfinished. The dogs in the final product will have advanced AI letting them dodge all of the boss attacks (by teleporting), summon their friends in the neighborhood and stunlock the boss infinitely. If you're lucky you can spawn a dog with crow head with 50x more damage. You can basically be a pokemon trainer watching your dogs slay every boss easily. I guess that's pretty overpowered.
I wouldn't be surprised if the fp/stamina costs and damage values are all mainly placeholder and lacking refinement intentionally for the test so From can see what players use most and gravitate towards so they can then nerf and balance them respectively, those spells and weapon arts especially scream lack of tuning with how they're able to chunk whole entire thirds of bosses health at a time and stagger them effortlessly while only using a little fp and stamina while a greatsword struggles to do either.
Magic has always done a crap ton of damage though and usually required huge investment to be decent. The summons are potentially gamebreaking because they essentially allow you to ignore enemy mechanics completely because you have dedicated tanks, so the boss won't even aggro on to you. Also, that 10s distraction allowed Vaati to do almost 50% damage to the boss unimpeded. That being said, this game definitely seems less concerned with being difficult than previous Souls games.
@@codyfelts9531 I think most bosses would probably have AOE attacks to balance out the summons you conjure to even out the playing field. Some bosses doesn't have any summoning circles too so that you cannot abuse the summoning of phantoms too much.
@@EliVonder yup lol everything is the same pretty much haha. I’m not watching the vid tho but I did skim through it and even one main health bar for bosses is back!
The moment the sorcerer started talking about the cosmos, I got TOO excited and remembered how awesomely wierd Bloodborne was with its out of this world themes. I really hope eleden ring plays with that theme more. I love it
@Don Lobo I read it in styropyro's voice. Maybe if he was in that setting he'd be exactly that lmao "when you gain enough insight, you start seeing eldricht horrors and will probably go insane! Pretty cool, right?"
I like how the new Level Up Lady has, at least, a desire to help you. She's not just standing around like it's her job, she's making an accord with you because it seems like she has something she needs and you're just the kind of crazy she's looking for. That's nice. I don't need super deep characters in these games, but a little motivation goes a long way.
I can't stop thinking about the fact that your passion has led you from making (incredible) lore videos on TH-cam all the way to being able to PLAY FROMSOFT GAMES EARLY. As a small game dev I can honestly say that I would also be honored to have someone this passionate about my work. Very much looking forward to my copy of SoulArts and videos on Elden Ring to come. I'm so happy for you, Vaati! Congratulations!
@Shin Shaman lol... I just had to give you a like.. Your anger and hostility reminds me of this old women over the road that calls the council every time someone parks on the street too close to her house. Oh the sadness she embraces
@Shin Shaman its cos you're awful at FromSoft games, isn't it? FromSoft have a style and it works for their fans, so they'll continue to release critically acclaimed games that sell very well. Its time to accept that and move on. dry your tears.
@@ekimmara3027 I would honestly just ignore him, alot of other game fans keep coming to Elden ring videos to talk shit about it, I was arguing with a guy in the comments last night and he was saying character creation came from Skyrim lmao
One thing I really appreciate about Elden Ring is its art style, with the armor and bosses in particular. It's like this blend of Demon's Souls and Dark Souls with some high fantasy thrown into it, it's really refreshing to see a Soulsborne game with this kind of shift in tone while still remaining recognizably FromSoft, it reminds me a lot of the difference between Berserk pre- and post-Eclipse.
This game looks like the ultimate Miyazaki Hidetaka game, you can see Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro in it. I am excited for this amazing experience.
This is exactly how I imagined an open world souls would be like. I’ve always wanted a souls mechanics game in a larger world with more freedom for builds. Can’t wait!!
well, atleast the network test only shows a small area and knowing some gameplay mechanics beforehand would be nice to fluidly go into it without having to feel awkward
@@herb2627 yea there should be a ton more content to explore, like an iceberg. We only see so much rn, I can only imagine what the high level areas look like. I can barely contain my excitement, 11 DAYS LEFT BABY
I just hope the combat is closer to Sekiro and BB than souls, that precision and pixel perfect parry/timing and variety Definitely seems like it Sekiro is just so much more satisfying to play than DS, as much as I've loved them for 20 years haha. (Well, except for 2, we can ignore the janky stepchild)
I find it interesting that so many people were unsure about the checkpoint statues. Bossruns are consistently my least favorite part of any FROM game, as I view them as wastes of time, and sometimes even tension killers.
When you say bossrun you refer to the fact that you need to run back each time for an attempt? Because in Sekiro and DS3 they got better at this and it was less frustrating to run back to the boss arena.
@@paulrayner6744 Honestly almost every bonfire (or lantern or sculptor idol) before a boss is in a pretty easy location to sprint your way through enemies right into the fog gate. There are a few exceptions here and there, namely in DS1 imo, but for the most part running back to a boss is easy as hell.
The vendor in Stormveil castle who signals the gates to open for you has an interesting mechanic: if you die in the locked room (or perhaps to others enemies in the area), when you come back to collect your runes, you only get about 70% of them back. If you then kill the vendor, you find out he has your missing runes. Pretty sick if you ask me.
@@VaatiVidya Yeah, I wouldn't have noticed it if I weren't carrying around 17k runes, so the missing runes were very noticeable. And as the last session was ending and I was killing NPCs for dialogue, this dude dropped around 5k, which I was pretty sure wasn't the case when I killed him in my first playthrough.
This video was my first real taste of elden ring. I come back to watch this sometimes to remember that sense of wonder. It was the first game to give me that feeling since playing skyrim as a kid
I have a feeling that “No Melina” is going to be a very popular speedrun category, if she’s missable by not resting at this particular grace as you imply here...
Depends on how important Melina is for the compeltion of the game. If missing her doesn't change much, she might just become a simple skip which is implemented in most Any% runs.
I don't get some people crying that this is just DS4. Its clearly a spiritual successor to Darksouls in the same way DS was to Demons souls and that to me is a very good thing. It looks like it boiled down all the best parts of the Souls games and Sekiro and improved them. I personally can't wait. I can't wait to get into the PVP in this game. I hope we get an Arena for it as well.
People cry at every fromsoft release about something. But I would agree, this looks like a total culmination of their work, and probably their best game yet, so I also don’t understand it lol like what else could you possibly want from this studio
Which is funny considering demons souls was just kings gate 3. Narcissists thinking their shallow experience is representative of objective reality will never not be hilarious lol.
Calling this Dark Souls 4 or "Big Dark Souls" is a disservice to this game's achievements . This game feels like an amalgamation of all FromSoftware's design choices in the past games along with new mechanics . DeS : Basic Souls design and casting spells while moving. DS1: Healing refill at checkpoints , interconnected design. DS2 : Darkness and torch mechanic , power-stancing and unique weapons(twinblades) BB : Increased speed , varied combos , quicksteps , refilling health items through engaging powerful enemies. DS3 : Weapon Arts , faster rolling and human-monster hybrid fights. Sekiro : Stealth , Deflecting , stance breaking , jump attacks and less punishing gravity. New mechanics : Crafting , improved archery , casting and archery while jumping , mounted combat , interchangable weapon arts , an open world , mob summons , counter attacks , hunting , additional levels of environmental destruction and stronger magic attack varients.
Stop nut hugging this game without playing it. I've played the network test on ps5 and this gsme will 100% win game of the year but this gsme will be on easy mode for people that will have a magic build.
@@jaylenharris2866 the weapons arts are improved over dark souls 3 but come on the fact you can dump lvl ups into vigor end demand still have the ability to use weapon arts is cheese.. will see how it is upon release.. strength is now equipment load..
@@ranchmantubularspacesausag5709 lmao u do realize from soft has been a studio since long before the souls games right... go look up the armored core series. Also op is saying theyre building upon all the stuff they made in the past which is entirely accurate here
When he got attacked by the Tree Sentinel, that quote from happy souls 2 came to my mind. "Oh i see they made this game easier so new players can enjoy it" before getting oneshot by big knight man
@@GentlemanCho_gath haha to be fair, everyone tries to forget about that inbred offspring of the otherwise flawless soulsborne lineup DS2 was a mess made by the B team, horrible huge hitboxes, repetetive and dull boss design, janky level layout, can only move in 8 freaking directions haha...it was just a cash in knockoff while Miyazaki was working on BB. Compared to the precision and detail of 1, 3 BB and Sekiro with pixel perfect hitboxes and gorgeous level design, 2 is really embarrassing haha But happy souls 2 was still funny
i am in love with these bizzare fantasy designs fromsoft chose for the enemies, it adds such an overall charm aesthetically to the game, this is the case for most other fromsoft games but elden ring its especially apparent
This looks like one of the most beautiful next-gen games out there! Also, you did in 30 minutes what would've taken me 20+ hours to accomplish! Respect!
@@ivanleon6164 This will be the easiest of the "Souls" games, be prepared for that. But also keep in mind Dark Souls was never as hard as the mainstream people made it out to be. Basically this game will be perfect for challenge runs and such, but won't give any Souls fan trouble if they use everything they have.
I'm seriously impressed. It looks like they were smart to keep the good parts of the previous games before adding new interesting features. I think this will fit nicely in the series.
Sid Meier's "33/33/33" rule of sequel design: 33% of the game should retain established systems, 33% should feature improved systems over the previous version, and the remaining 33% should feature new material.
24:35 never in my life did I expect true t-bagging in a FromSoft game, much less that Vaati would be the first I see using it Genuinely had to stop and rewind to make sure I wasn't seeing things, and had to just cackle for for a good 30-40 seconds Can't wait for the boss bagging montages
I like your formula, your voice is relaxing, and your descriptions of your experience are well laid out. Well done, this is quality content. This game looks incredible, because of you I will be considering a purchase.
Finning you should mention ymfah. He made a comment a few minutes ago on this video which prompted me to check his channel and lo and behold he had a Elden Ring vid up.
Or for him to put up a contract to then scrub everything when it’s filled and not pay the people and come out with videos acting like he figured out how to do it all by himself. Yeah…. Can’t wait
"Parts of the environment are destructible now." There's absolutely gonna be one or two overworld bosses that will just chase you to the ends of the map & destroy any building u try to hide in isn't there?
@@akiraigarashi2874 yeah like that fat guy from shrine of storms in demon souls but maybe we can trigger these destructables now like use bombs to open up a death trap for a boss would be cool
Looks like they learned a lot from Sekiro in terms of posture damage. I'm so excited to play Elden Ring! Was literally drooling watching this gameplay! Amazing commentary, gameplay and presentation.
I was thinking the same thing. Margitt's parting words sound like you didn't truly kill him and he's going to come after you later on. Maybe bosses can benefit from the same ability to resurrect as the PC?
@@feathersigil2048 well canonically there have been many enemies in Dark Souls that lorewise should be able to come back just like the player does, unfortunately Fromsoft has never actually used this fact before. it'd be very cool if they did so now.
@@xylonus It's earlier on in the game, and its not a heavily rehearsed, carefully cherry picked sequence of the best moments of a long play session, scripted thing. While the preview was something that was scripted and rehearsed throughout the game released by Bandi-Namco. Vaati wasn't playing in the preview. He was playing in a sloppier, less practiced way. There also aren't a bunch of carefully selected camera angles. This is a better view of what the average play session would look like compared to what the preview (which was marketing material) showed.
It's kinda wild to watch this video for the first time after playing the game about 600 hours - seeing how different the network test was is fascinating stuff. Also: Happy New Year!!
Same(well now 2 years later) and seeing places named differently and smithing stone shards…. lol i didn’t realize how much would change from network testing to actual game
It’s going to be strange playing in such a vast open-world style map with these mechanics. I just know I’m going to feel like I’m missing so many things. Will be exploring for hours. Can’t wait!
Wait a minute didn't demon souls start as an elder scrolls clone back then. Sony wanted fromnsoft to create a game to compete with Microsoft's exclusivity to oblivion at the time. So essentially elder scrolls is what made from software create the soulsborne genre in the first place.
This is such a refreshing take on a playthrough, leaving the audio of conversations playing fits perfectly with the game and the almost "story telling" vibe you give off plays well with the aesthetic of the game. You've earned a subscribe from me man👍
Lol a vanilla playthrough of vaati vidya makes me jealous, you have literal years of content to get through and it’s ALL as high quality as this video if not more so.
Melina clearly has ulterior motives so I wonder what happens if you refuse to work with her, forgoing I guess the ability to level up or even have a mount. Watch as the true golden ending requires you to refuse the substitute ‘maiden’ lol.
well to be honest its nice having the maiden have some kind of actual goal and agency for herself rather than being a talking level up screen, and who knows maybe you both might want diferent things but striving for the same goal, her not having the same objective as you is not necessarily a bad thing
The best thing about spirit summons is that you can heal them with miracles. So you now can finally play as an actual healer support class. My favorite class to play in MMOs is finally available in a single player game, bois!
Really that's such a boring class lol when I used to play mmorpgs I switched to use group heal skills and buff ppl but then switch back to mt actually class and attack, if your only healing in mmorpgs I dunno that just sounds extremely boring.
Bloodhound knight Darawil gives me dancer of B valley and Abyss Watchers vibes. I’ve been seeing so many call backs and similarities to previous games in these review videos that really show how they are putting all their experiences into this game
Honestly skills having low cost is a good thing. As someone who's going to be playing through with magic, if they were expensive I'd never use them, especially since it looks like we're doing the "split your health healing or fp healing" thing again, and i doubt they'll give us actually useable fp regen.
Yep FP costs being too high is what killed most weapon arts and spells in DS3(Other then most of both being underpowered). I just hope its _NOT_ going to be the FP or HP flask choice again with it only being for the test as that failed miserably and was also one of the biggest design failures of DS3 as there was never a reason to use any ashen flasks on most characters even spell casters(Gave too little while making you even frailer with less healing).
In all likelihood this test is like every other one From has ever done, your character is intentionally stronger than they will be with access to abilities and tools they won't have at that time in the final release. It's also likely that the fp costs for spells and skills are going to be much higher and do less damage after a final wave of balancing since both spells and skills in this test have shown to chunk entire thirds of bosses health and chain stagger effortlessly with very little cost or downside to the player.
@@Warcrafter4 Magic has always been strong if you level for it. Your not supposed to be a jack of all skills character especially early. And even if your a hybrid, leveling 2 skills takes longer to strengthen them each than just leveling one
@@Warcrafter4 Definitely. I'm of the opinion that FP should be regenerated upon successful attack or kill. Run out of FP? Sneak around a corner and shank some dude. Feeling like being the ultimate spellsword? Exhaust your FP on one enemy and then switch to a sword and slash the heck out of another before spending your FP blasting the third enemy into smithereens.
Baffles me people saying "Open World Dark Souls 4" like it's a bad thing. That is a GREAT thing lol. This is literally like my dream game. DS3 combat with Sekiro inspired traversal and Bloodborne inspired dungeons, I just can't miss out on the chance to explore an entirely new world, All new lore along with new epic bosses. The souls formula has been excellent in every Fromsoft game up to this point, Weird how now all of a sudden people are tired of it, It's become its own genre at this point much like Metroid and tbh i could play both those games all day, The sense of discovery and progression is so beautifully done I can't help but appreciate it.
Yes, mechanically this is definitely a step in an amazing direction IMO. However, the game as a whole (from what little we've seen so far at least) feels uninspired... Idk, I hope I'm wrong, but usually my gut feelings from early game footage end up being right. I'll still enjoy it of course either way
@@purplereimu9701 The people who complain about it having some of the same animations as DS3 still haven't noticed that DS3 had animations from Demon's souls. Or that this game has animations from DS1.
@@BrokenorderGames Actually we did and it bothered us then, we just didn't mind because we wanted a conclusion to the series. A new IP with these same issues is what feels uninspired. I love the souls games, but I've gotten burnt out on them and stuff like that is what makes me decidedly less interested in the overall experience. If it's your cup of tea that's fine, I don't have any issue with people enjoying what they want to. I do have an issue with people dismissing the issue as if it doesn't matter at all, because it clearly does.
Graphics are clean, the colours vivid, & storyline intriguing - a hero who finds adventures in an epic quest to find oneself. It is a game that has a story behind the story, secrets to unlock, & a host of superbly detailed barriers & foes to overcome. The greater the challenge, the greater the victory.
@Albi Losha Games aren’t all about the graphics-I’d rather have an intricately built world and tons of lore to uncover than any next gen crap. FromSoft games aren’t for everyone, just let people enjoy what they enjoy
same. i have literally dumped hundreds of hours into the souls games just to farm the weapons and armors in other games. and this one will be no different.
@@kingkuder8427 dark set will be nice. and likely is going to be in since its been in every dark souls game so Elden Ring probably wont be to far of a stretch
Sekiro would occasionally have objects in arenas be see through like in the Saint Isshin fight; it was incredibly inconsistent though, hopefully in this game it’s consistent.
"Treat him with respect" That line makes me wonder: do you think you can actually lose the ability to summon Torrent if you let him die too much? Like "you keep getting me killed; you're on your own"
I just realized that the Elden Ring is said to be "that which commanded the stars, giving life its fullest brilliance," and glintstone sorcery is "the study of the stars, and the life therein." The Elden Ring is the source of all sorceries, and maybe all magic; so, if glintstones are "the ambers of the cosmos" and "contain residual life, and thus, the vitality of the stars," could they be the fragments of ancient stars that fell to the earth?
I played over 1000 hours of Dark Souls 1 in college, and it got me through the worst years of depression I've ever struggled with. Because of that, Soulsborne games will always have a special place in my heart, and Elden Ring is an absolute dream come true. It looks like they've taken everything they've learned from Demon's Souls through Sekiro and applied it here, and I couldn't be more excited! A fully open world Souls game is everything
Oh Vaati how I've missed you so. Every couple years I get to play some of the best games ever made, coupled with one of the best content creators to ever do it. Thank you for what you do ,and cant wait for launch!!!!
Burial tree watchdog is such a cool design damn. I was so surprised. It seems like Elden Ring is such a huge leap forward in every area for fromsoft. You can see where all the previous games have inspired things, but it also seems like they've gone above and beyond in almost every element.
I honestly wonder though with it being open world and no longer linear if it will lose a lot of its difficulty because it now gives so many options to approach fights and areas. In other open world games it is easy to cheese
The HUD is from Bloodborne , some animation is from Sekiro like jump , crouching . Basically this game is combination from 3 game with extra Witcher open world game
@@mikerzisu9508 yes that's absolutely right , the difficult will be easier when we are outside dungeon but the real deal is when we are entering dungeon or in boss fight . Hope this game will be good as expectations
@@regigigas9558 it actually looks more like Assassins creed origins or odyssey open world, with stealth, sneaking around camps, enemies alerting the entire camp if detected and critical attacks when sneaking up behind an enemy. Ghost of Tsushima as well.
@@alvarovasconcelos2533I'm not as worried about that. First off, look how close together checkpoints are, also you can craft consumables now and I'm betting many of them will have ways of restoring fp without a flask
He's such a nice guy in his videos, little do we know he's the type who invades with full havels and block spams & emotes after killing someone. :P ᵏᶦᵈᵈᶦⁿᵍ, ˡᵒᵛᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ᵛᵃᵃᵗᶦ.
As someone who was never into souls games an open world, dark fantasy, action rpg like this really speaks to me. The transition between mount and on foot, the mounted double jump, just chef's kiss. I love exploring WHEN THE WORLD IS INTERESTING. While my dream game would have more dmc like combat FS combat has grown a lot since it's clunky beginnings.
I was never interested into any dark souls until early 2017's, always thought the hype was fake or the game wasn't that good and the dificulty was going to ruin any possible experience that i could possibly have, then i decided to give a try and loved it, played dark souls 1, dark souls 3 and sekiro, awesome games
@@jodoncool well I like sekiro, but if you ask me which is my favorite fromsoftware game the answer for me personally is dark souls 3 as one of my favorite games of all time, with bloodborne as a close second
@@ObliqueXuba I only hate DS3's bland level design. Not layout design, just the graphics. The colours. The architecture etc. I still think mechanically it is the best dark souls (sorry DS1, you are a masterpiece all the same) but it isnt the best at everything. Meanwhile bloodborne is stylish as all hell. If DS3 had the design of bloodborne, it would be my top tier-est game ever. Honestly cannot pick between DS3/Bloodborne. But sekiro is 10/10 when you play brave and master the mechanics, the gameplay looks like samurai duel movies, only its physically you making the magic happen. Bloodborne edges it for me for the superb style, animations, and the completely hidden thing with the eldritch monsters they somehow AFAIK didnt let leak. We thought itd be werewolves, instead we got HP Lovecraft. Id say it was one of my favorite games ever, if it were on PC and not stuck at 25-28 frames.
The feedback already is INSANELY good... this is an amazing sign and justifies a good portion of hype... Miyazaki is really going balls to the wall and it may just look that the open world genre is once again after a hiatus done justice... exciting.
Why The Souls Community Is Beyond Deluded & Why Elden Ring Sucks * overhyping minimal details that other games have implemented way beyond its time. Oh look we have a horse that can jump! GOTY! Oh look when you walk through grass it moves a bit! Physics! GOTY! * pretending old animations are okay because they are slighted adjusted and a MixTure from Fromsoft Games - failure to acknowledge game has been in development for ages and how cheap such tactic is. For example. The R1 strings are slightly different - sure this would probably intrigue me for about 30 minutes but if you think a few animation changes is enough to keep you indulged in a game you’ll soon be mistaken. The roll is literally the same which is a huge red flag same for riposte but I guess we’ll let it slide because ‘if it’s don’t broke don’t fix it‘ It’s like Souls fans are scared to ask for New things. I mean it’s a new game. I want new things. Not old slightly adjusted things - are we paying for Elden Ring or DS3 with a little extra. Souls fans genuinely believe they make games based on the ‘Souls’ legacy and ThEY CaRe AbOUT U - Yeah right, they still need to make Money Bozo 🤡 * Literally the first moments of the game are incredibly boring and stale and it seems this theme will continue throughout but no one feels the need to point this out. Doesn’t seem like we’re getting anything new here - sure there are additional features and ‘new’ stuff but the game still feels lackluster - literally every souls game has this problem of repetition but I guess we just look past it because? Elden Ring hype? I guess. Couldn’t learn from Dark Souls 1,2 or 3? Nope just vibes I guess. Most things look cool the first time you see them but let’s not pretend we don’t see ourselves getting bored. * Pretending OPEN WORLD is something new? From my knowledge you could always explore in Souls games it was just limited. Are we getting excited over the fact you can just explore a little more now? - 3 games deep into the franchise and minimal exploration is enough for you. I guarantee the game isn’t even fully open world there will still be areas you can’t access/fully explore. Look at the map and how empty and boring it looks. If that isn’t the first red flag I don’t know how deluded you can be. It seems like you’ll be able to explore but it doesn’t seem like it’ll be worth it. * for some odd reason - dialogue is still limited. I don’t understand why your character can’t talk it really fails to develop any sort of relationship between me and my character. NPC’s are still incredibly dull and boring - literally reusing quest lines and scenarios but I guess it’s okay because Elden Ring? I would of thought they would understand the importance of interaction - not every-time I’m wanting to solve a NPC quest line I shouldn’t need to bring up the Wiki or lose brain cells trying to figure out what to do. * the game in no form looks difficult - boss fights look stale it’s nothing we haven’t seen before. If the two bosses in the tutorial are literally reskinned and copy and pasted (guy on horse etc) you would of thought this already isn’t a huge red flag - playing a new game I shouldn’t feel like I’m playing an old one I get nostalgia aspects but this should only be pushed so far. These content creators are sponsored and paid off - of course they’re going to pretend they haven’t been playing souls games almost everyday for the past years - pretending they don’t know how to roll / acting oblivious and brain dead to boss attacks to pretend it’s ‘hard’ getting mediocre and boring items pretending it’s interesting - ‘oh a cutscene’ ‘oh waifu’ it’s so cringe. Why does this community fail to speak up? Why does this community just accept things and lower their standards because Elden Ring? I’ve seen so many comments saying ‘X looks cool’ etc but it seems everyone is just convincing themselves - certain things are okay because Elden Ring?
@@aceboogie8941 The game hasn't even come out yet, this is barely a demo of the begining part of the game. The full game will probably have a lot more to explore. No shit the map looks empty, you need to explore to unlock more of the map.
@@aceboogie8941 Are you okay bro? Thing happening in your life that's triggering something there? I hope you are fine, and if not things will get better just give it time, but that response is beyond readable, Im sorry, but you invested WAY to much energy and emotion there. I stand by what I said, this game looks to be doing Open world justice, this game looks like Miyazaki is really putting all his ideas into it, and this looks VERY promising, and the feedback has been insanely good.... Literally anything you could have said outside of that to counter those wouldn't even be relevant, because each of what I said was fact... not opinion.. unlike that emotional outcry of a response you posted... damn.
@@pablosalamanca5727 Yeah it was a shitty opinion and I will delete the comment right now and to be honest I don't even know why I said that, must of been after a beer or someting. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Nah, it's just a dark souls with an empty "open world". I mean, it's not that original or even perfect to be "a next step in the open world" since zelda BOTW or even red dead redemption II did a better job being open worlds.
This game might deserve all the hype CP2077 got. I don’t to want to hype after so many letdowns but this game looks phenomenal and From hasn’t really disappointed me yet.
It doesn't look good at all though. This playthrough makes the game look really bad. Why can't we get a massive open world game thats like Ark but new. No game like Ark ever.
spirit summon automatically replaces the need for actual summons in my mind. My primary reason for summoning people in dark souls is distraction, to give myself a moment here and there to either heal or charge up an attack. so many things I'm loving so far.
@@Acesahn I'm always up at strange times, because I'm a night-shifter, as such yes, this is ideal for me. Otherwise I've hardly ever got summons or they're unstable as fuck. I'm sure From Soft will have whatever balancing issues there is mostly fixed when they actually release the game.
@@Acesahn heh, no cowardice from me. I'll charge in on a boss with a pile of souls in me. I just like having the option for summons when I've died for the 10th time on particularly hard bosses.
This is great! Although part of me wanted to hear real time vaati's first impressions and him be spooked by everything new, something totally opposite to the calm demeanour we're used to, would have been fun to see.
@@stevenlafever955 you really should... its people like you who are contributing to the slow decline of quality in games, if things don't get better they tend to get worse.
I remember when this was announced and everyone was going on about how it wasn't another Dark Souls and other such. However it does greatly resemble it, which is a very good thing. Dark Souls worked and this is the same formula but drastically improved. I'm so looking forward to this and all the inevitable speedruns from people far better than me.
@Shin Shaman Just because your mom said that you were a good boy because you ate your veggies once does not mean your life amounts to anything so get off your high horse you're making yourself look like a fool
It's balanced because Miyazaki has apparently never played a DS3 mod so he doesn't know that everyone likes a regenerating FP bar. So in his infinite wisdom he has allowed overpowered spells to compensate for the fact that you're gonna get mad when that FP bar goes empty
Just like an extended version of the gameplay preview. So cool that Fromsoft gave Vaati this opportunity, they must really respect his work and I love it.
@@TheDennys21 No. It isn't just that. There were a number of times where official FromSoft and the Bandai Namco commented on his vids and how much they love his work.
I can relate, I am a chef. Time and love put into something is the best thing in the world, makes everything taste better.......same way with video games.
The compass should definitely disappear when you're inside the dungeon. I think I will turn it off entirely and just use my surroundings and map pings to find my way.
I think I love most that they give you the option. I'm admittedly much more casual with these games, I think for my first playthrough I'd love to have the map on to sort of flesh out my understanding and then I can work up the courage to turn the compass off on later playthroughs. I get overwhelmed at the open world of BoTW or the new god of war tho, I love a big map but sometimes there's just too much to do at the start
Beautiful playthrough. I don't know how many hundreds of hours I've put into the game at this point, but I was immediately in love with mounted combat. I prefer it, if it's an option lol.
Interesting that they seem to be using the open-world and dungeon model to create a lot more bosses. They seem to have classic FromSoft bosses with complex movesets and BIG health, as well as what are mini-bosses. The mini-bosses seem to be a big upgrade over older mini-bosses, with more unique moves to suit their boss health bar, even if they seem to be not on the level of the classic-style bosses.
I wonder if this means the death of the mid sized dungeon. With open-world dungeons being small and numerous, while the classic large dungeons reside as the climax of each region. Perhaps they will have a few larger dungeons in the open-world. Otherwise, that means no mid sized dungeons.
@@arandomduck4352 The moment I saw the mount combat I thought to myself "Gyoubu cosplays are going to be everywhere" followed by a vison of 3 Gyoubu's charging at me.
This is the way to make a preview video! No introductory chatter - straight into gameplay. Lets the game do the most important talking, as it should be, but the explanatory comments throughout feel like they add to the experience rather than distract. Great work with what looks like a great game :) I pre-ordered it after seeing this.
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"You are Maidenless!"
"Feel free to go off and die in a ditch"
i see were getting personal with the dialogue
Lol
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else. Gets me frustrated. Just admit that you love the videos I make, my dear sq
Miyazaki knows his target group pretty well, I see!
Every copy of Elden Ring is personalized, gotta be the reason
Fromsoft really understands who their fanbase is lol
"But you, I am afraid, are maidenless"
no other enemy has dealt me such a blow
Didnt know Eldenring had the emotional damage type.
it hurts! so bad!
prepare to cry
you are probably used to it.
well she did offer herself so you WERE maidenless, now you have one of your own.... technically anyway
Cleanest footage&voiceover I've seen in any playthrough! Voice only record was genius. Well done!
Shut up this is epic, my favorite souls channels colliding
In my subscription feed right now it has Vaati’s video and then yours right next to it. I’ll be sure to watch your “guide” right after I’m done here!
Can't wait for Elden Ring OP
@@bookernavarro9447 “Someone pinch me, I’m dreaming!”
I'm waiting for ymfah to complete this beta in the most unexpected way
Ahh the days before elden ring released....simpler times.
This does bring me back. Liurnia was so amazing it really did mystify my adult mind with its fantasy.
Bro is it just me or has time flew since then? Looking back at playing it for the first time is already nostalgic and that makes me feel sad for some reason lol
Yeah I thought Liurnia was the whole map lol
@@gandalf1753 just the feeling of not being able to play for the first time again. But with shadow of the Erdtree, maybe we can get close lol
@@Moss_Cliff_ All new areas and dungeons to explore, the wait is legit killing me!! :D
I remember this exact video on the day it cane out something so magically about it i felt like a kid again. Elden Ring is extremely bittersweet for me
"You are maidenless"
Damn, shots fired.
Nah she was coming on too you it's cool, she saw the potential and swooped in.
Translation:
"You poor poor virgin."
Seethe and cope tarncell
Maidenless activities
@@A_Black_Sheep94
*YES I AM*
-Summon 3 dogs that distract the boss for 10 seconds. "I think it's overpowered, I'm afraid it won't be balanced"
-Summon homing swords that take 1/3 the bosses hp. "It's pretty strong."
It's just the network test so it's obviously unfinished. The dogs in the final product will have advanced AI letting them dodge all of the boss attacks (by teleporting), summon their friends in the neighborhood and stunlock the boss infinitely. If you're lucky you can spawn a dog with crow head with 50x more damage. You can basically be a pokemon trainer watching your dogs slay every boss easily. I guess that's pretty overpowered.
I wouldn't be surprised if the fp/stamina costs and damage values are all mainly placeholder and lacking refinement intentionally for the test so From can see what players use most and gravitate towards so they can then nerf and balance them respectively, those spells and weapon arts especially scream lack of tuning with how they're able to chunk whole entire thirds of bosses health at a time and stagger them effortlessly while only using a little fp and stamina while a greatsword struggles to do either.
Magic has always done a crap ton of damage though and usually required huge investment to be decent. The summons are potentially gamebreaking because they essentially allow you to ignore enemy mechanics completely because you have dedicated tanks, so the boss won't even aggro on to you.
Also, that 10s distraction allowed Vaati to do almost 50% damage to the boss unimpeded.
That being said, this game definitely seems less concerned with being difficult than previous Souls games.
@@KyokujiFGC Fair point. I'm biased because I love the idea of a summon build, but I like niche stuff like that
@@codyfelts9531
I think most bosses would probably have AOE attacks to balance out the summons you conjure to even out the playing field.
Some bosses doesn't have any summoning circles too so that you cannot abuse the summoning of phantoms too much.
When MIyazaki said "we won't be making another souls game" I was very, very sad. Seeing this? Can't help but be ecstatic. The hype is real.
3 was the end of an era but this this is a new beginning
there won't be another fromsoft game after Elden Ring????
@@lonesxz of course there will, he just said no more Dark Souls games
Tbf this game could've easily been named dark souls 4 and no one would've said anything.
@@EliVonder yup lol everything is the same pretty much haha. I’m not watching the vid tho but I did skim through it and even one main health bar for bosses is back!
The moment the sorcerer started talking about the cosmos, I got TOO excited and remembered how awesomely wierd Bloodborne was with its out of this world themes. I really hope eleden ring plays with that theme more. I love it
@Don Lobo I read it in styropyro's voice. Maybe if he was in that setting he'd be exactly that lmao "when you gain enough insight, you start seeing eldricht horrors and will probably go insane! Pretty cool, right?"
Is elden ring multiplayer, like could me n my friends run around and do dungeons together
@@iputsumcuminyourmum9755 yes
Bandi made this n it's just a re skinned black desert with a smaller map n stuff
@@bearded_z0mbiegaming108 uhh, what? You've gone hollow on me haven't you?
“Feel free to go off and die in a ditch somewhere.”
I remember when my mother said the same thing to me.
Oooooff...that gotta sting
Well why didn't you listen to your poor old mother? The youth today I swear... no manners or respect.
@@A_Black_Sheep94 can't wait to see how many people take this seriously lol
Fucking based
Mine said the same when I was having suicidal thoughts :D
I like how the new Level Up Lady has, at least, a desire to help you. She's not just standing around like it's her job, she's making an accord with you because it seems like she has something she needs and you're just the kind of crazy she's looking for.
That's nice. I don't need super deep characters in these games, but a little motivation goes a long way.
She's just as relatable too.
But she's got shoes. Not my Level Lady!
@@PauloGarcia-sp5ws We want the feet!
@@Ozone946
The *t o e s .*
Calm down or I will bonk all of you
I can't stop thinking about the fact that your passion has led you from making (incredible) lore videos on TH-cam all the way to being able to PLAY FROMSOFT GAMES EARLY. As a small game dev I can honestly say that I would also be honored to have someone this passionate about my work. Very much looking forward to my copy of SoulArts and videos on Elden Ring to come. I'm so happy for you, Vaati! Congratulations!
@Shin Shaman u prolly jus mad u couldn’t beat sekiro lmao
@Shin Shaman lol... I just had to give you a like.. Your anger and hostility reminds me of this old women over the road that calls the council every time someone parks on the street too close to her house. Oh the sadness she embraces
@Shin Shaman its cos you're awful at FromSoft games, isn't it? FromSoft have a style and it works for their fans, so they'll continue to release critically acclaimed games that sell very well. Its time to accept that and move on. dry your tears.
All you had to do was sign up to be able to play it early. I got my code so I’ll be able to play tomorrow!!😁
@@ekimmara3027 I would honestly just ignore him, alot of other game fans keep coming to Elden ring videos to talk shit about it, I was arguing with a guy in the comments last night and he was saying character creation came from Skyrim lmao
This voice-over format is godsend. The narration was immaculate and gameplay a pleasure. Wonderful video man. Keep up the great work!
One thing I really appreciate about Elden Ring is its art style, with the armor and bosses in particular. It's like this blend of Demon's Souls and Dark Souls with some high fantasy thrown into it, it's really refreshing to see a Soulsborne game with this kind of shift in tone while still remaining recognizably FromSoft, it reminds me a lot of the difference between Berserk pre- and post-Eclipse.
It's a blend of Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne and even the Witcher to be honest. It's beautiful
@@eternalhistory4706 tbh I see more Sekiro than Bloodborne.
that makes no fucking sense
@@bajsbrev4651 to you maybe
It gives this painting style, kinda like Bloodborne at times
"Summons aren't always useful"
*Deals half a life bar of damage while boss is distracted*
To be fair, so did half the summons you got in Souls games. A certain one in Sen's Fortress can solo a boss
@@OhNoTheFace He shall remain nameless, for he is already known to us
@@DarkLordToturials I feel bad now because I completely blanked on his name for a few seconds.
Tarkus
@@f2t948 Yeah that absolute unit
"Have you heard of the finger maidens?"
No, but I am intrigued.
Can't wait to try them but hole
You had my curiosity... Now you have my attention
We have already fisted enemies and bosses, now it's time to finger maidens)
Sounds like a one-time deal.
"I offer you two fingers"
Good, I probably couldn't handle three.
Prediction for Day 1 : Someone will go up against Margit the Fell unarmed bare-fisted while using a dance pad and win.
Or a banana 🤣
Lilaggy
You already know it lol
someone gonna use a microwave
And their character will look like Senator Armstrong
Elden Ring: *comes out*
Vaati: Business is BOOMIN!
Xactly...e?
@Shin Shaman gr8 b8 m8
@Shin Shaman "repeat copy and paste garbage" like you have any place to talk
@Shin Shaman who hurt you, friend?
This game looks like the ultimate Miyazaki Hidetaka game, you can see Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro in it. I am excited for this amazing experience.
And it feels like it's going to be the one that serves as the most Berserk inspired game.
I am seeing most from dark souls and demon souls remake as in UI , sekiro from stealth , what about bloodborne ?
@@user-ce9fm4bs1i sekiro in terms of jumping and skill arts as well, but for bloodborne elden ring takes its musical elements and dungeons
I'm seeing zero Bloodborne in it. It's pure DS3 with a tiny hint of Sekiro swordplay.
@@TheStraightestWhitest dude there blood arts and arcane magics in this game that are practically screaming bloodborne. Try using those builds.
This is exactly how I imagined an open world souls would be like. I’ve always wanted a souls mechanics game in a larger world with more freedom for builds. Can’t wait!!
I wanted so badly to go into this game blind. But I broke, and started watching vaati videos and others. Couldn't be helped. I'm dying to play this.
Same it's soo hard not to watch everything... The wait is killing me so bad!
I finally broke and watched this video lol. I’m getting way to antsy now and I’ll probably be off to the next Elden Ring video here in a few.
@@AutonomousVII I've done it over and over again lol. Even went back and watched all the other videos I've already seen.
well, atleast the network test only shows a small area and knowing some gameplay mechanics beforehand would be nice to fluidly go into it without having to feel awkward
@@herb2627 yea there should be a ton more content to explore, like an iceberg. We only see so much rn, I can only imagine what the high level areas look like. I can barely contain my excitement, 11 DAYS LEFT BABY
17:50 Oh God, we're here still trying to figure out why he's called Big Hat Logan, and Miyazaki gives us this enigma.
He's called that on account of the big hat I reckon.
@@AWMK101 madness!
It's a big hat, it's funny
I just hope the combat is closer to Sekiro and BB than souls, that precision and pixel perfect parry/timing and variety
Definitely seems like it
Sekiro is just so much more satisfying to play than DS, as much as I've loved them for 20 years haha. (Well, except for 2, we can ignore the janky stepchild)
@@KaladinVegapunk which dark souls game were you playing 20 years ago?
"Do you know of the Fingered maidens? Of course not, you are maidenless. You are hollow, without ambition." -miyazaki calling us incels and betas
at least he didnt "make us his bitch" like John Romera in daikatana
At least we’re not into feet 👀 I see you miyazaki
"What do you mean I don't? I've tried 'finger but hole' for 3 games!"
The coomer summoner spirit builds are going to be rad
Of all people, the last I will be admonished by is a fellow degenerate like Miyazaki
Melina: Have you heard of the finger maidens?
Tarnished: *nervously starts deleting browser history*
🤣
R34 artists be liek
"They serve the Two Fingers." Nervously deletes browser history faster. Backs up hard drive. Like it legit gets worse the more she explains
I hate that I instantly came to the comments looking for this
You mean surreptitiously.
I find it interesting that so many people were unsure about the checkpoint statues. Bossruns are consistently my least favorite part of any FROM game, as I view them as wastes of time, and sometimes even tension killers.
When you say bossrun you refer to the fact that you need to run back each time for an attempt? Because in Sekiro and DS3 they got better at this and it was less frustrating to run back to the boss arena.
@@paulrayner6744 Honestly almost every bonfire (or lantern or sculptor idol) before a boss is in a pretty easy location to sprint your way through enemies right into the fog gate. There are a few exceptions here and there, namely in DS1 imo, but for the most part running back to a boss is easy as hell.
@@KhreamedKhorne Sure its easy enough, but it does get tedious after a while and is a bit unnecessary I think
@@paulrayner6744 k
it’s mn
*laughs in Blue Smelter Demon*
The vendor in Stormveil castle who signals the gates to open for you has an interesting mechanic: if you die in the locked room (or perhaps to others enemies in the area), when you come back to collect your runes, you only get about 70% of them back. If you then kill the vendor, you find out he has your missing runes. Pretty sick if you ask me.
NO WAY
Patches confirmed.
@@VaatiVidya Yeah, I wouldn't have noticed it if I weren't carrying around 17k runes, so the missing runes were very noticeable. And as the last session was ending and I was killing NPCs for dialogue, this dude dropped around 5k, which I was pretty sure wasn't the case when I killed him in my first playthrough.
@@Kenshi876 first thing I thought when I talked to him was “this is patches”
@@jakubchalupa8510 seems legit
"Have you heard of the finger maidens?"
(hehehe)
"They serve the Two Fingers..."
Oh, stop it now.
Thank god someone else thought that was intentional, I thought I was going crazy that no one else was mentioning it lol
@@Darkthan-ki3fc Someone should put this in the They Knew subreddit.
I'm using 3 of my fingers most of the time xdddd
I mean this is also cowritten by George r r Martin so maybe
Wait til you find out that the Finger maidens are actually just giant toes
The struggle is real: I didn't want spoilers but I'm not able to wait until late February knowing there's Elden Ring content out there.
IKR i would of watched a full game playthrough while hating myself for not being able to stop
Same I can't wait for elden ring
Yeah I feel the same way, I loved dark souls 1 and 2 so when 3 was releasing I avoided any trailers and spoilers but I can’t do it this time lol
F
i opened this video not knowing it was going to show gameplay so I have chosen to not watch it. I dont want to spoil anything for myself.
This video was my first real taste of elden ring. I come back to watch this sometimes to remember that sense of wonder. It was the first game to give me that feeling since playing skyrim as a kid
I have a feeling that “No Melina” is going to be a very popular speedrun category, if she’s missable by not resting at this particular grace as you imply here...
Depends on how important Melina is for the compeltion of the game. If missing her doesn't change much, she might just become a simple skip which is implemented in most Any% runs.
Isn’t she the one who gives you your mount ?!
I don’t think that is missable
she gives you your horse so... that'd suck.
any% no hit no waifu speedrun. i dont think i have it in me for that
@@FrabascooSauce oof, no hit run on elden ring, the pain.
I don't get some people crying that this is just DS4. Its clearly a spiritual successor to Darksouls in the same way DS was to Demons souls and that to me is a very good thing. It looks like it boiled down all the best parts of the Souls games and Sekiro and improved them. I personally can't wait. I can't wait to get into the PVP in this game. I hope we get an Arena for it as well.
*Demon Souls 5
People cry at every fromsoft release about something. But I would agree, this looks like a total culmination of their work, and probably their best game yet, so I also don’t understand it lol like what else could you possibly want from this studio
I love dark souls. This is exactly what I was hoping for.
cope harder
Which is funny considering demons souls was just kings gate 3. Narcissists thinking their shallow experience is representative of objective reality will never not be hilarious lol.
I want Elden Ring now and these awesome playthroughs are just torturing me.
I feel your pain
when does it release??
@@azureandnoir3274 Feburary
Hawt tip: try functional alcoholism!
I often have no idea when "is" is.
Play Dark Souls 3. Its literally the exact same gameplay, just the map is different and smaller. Junk recycled games.
You've got a great commentary voice - it makes watching these excellent playthroughs even more so - keep it up
i guess he is a paid professional.
God wish he would lighten up lol so stiff and important sounding like hes talking about the end of the world
@@oxxy6678 ya the trying to sound epic all the time gets over bearing
@Cecile Solin ya thats fair. In fairness ive been watching for about 4 years now so i guess im just sick of it hahaa
@@oxxy6678 There's hundreds of perpetually happy screaming man-children on here. And this fits the tone of the game much better.
Calling this Dark Souls 4 or "Big Dark Souls" is a disservice to this game's achievements .
This game feels like an amalgamation of all FromSoftware's design choices in the past games along with new mechanics .
DeS : Basic Souls design and casting spells while moving.
DS1: Healing refill at checkpoints , interconnected design.
DS2 : Darkness and torch mechanic , power-stancing and unique weapons(twinblades)
BB : Increased speed , varied combos , quicksteps , refilling health items through engaging powerful enemies.
DS3 : Weapon Arts , faster rolling and human-monster hybrid fights.
Sekiro : Stealth , Deflecting , stance breaking , jump attacks and less punishing gravity.
New mechanics : Crafting , improved archery , casting and archery while jumping , mounted combat , interchangable weapon arts , an open world , mob summons , counter attacks , hunting , additional levels of environmental destruction and stronger magic attack varients.
Stop nut hugging this game without playing it. I've played the network test on ps5 and this gsme will 100% win game of the year but this gsme will be on easy mode for people that will have a magic build.
@@MatthewMonaco17 The network tests are always easier than the full game.
@@jaylenharris2866 the weapons arts are improved over dark souls 3 but come on the fact you can dump lvl ups into vigor end demand still have the ability to use weapon arts is cheese.. will see how it is upon release.. strength is now equipment load..
Yes the only games from soft has made and released since they became a company lmaooooo
@@ranchmantubularspacesausag5709 lmao u do realize from soft has been a studio since long before the souls games right... go look up the armored core series. Also op is saying theyre building upon all the stuff they made in the past which is entirely accurate here
When he got attacked by the Tree Sentinel, that quote from happy souls 2 came to my mind.
"Oh i see they made this game easier so new players can enjoy it" before getting oneshot by big knight man
The pursuer
*"Is this too easy for you?"*
@@GentlemanCho_gath haha to be fair, everyone tries to forget about that inbred offspring of the otherwise flawless soulsborne lineup
DS2 was a mess made by the B team, horrible huge hitboxes, repetetive and dull boss design, janky level layout, can only move in 8 freaking directions haha...it was just a cash in knockoff while Miyazaki was working on BB.
Compared to the precision and detail of 1, 3 BB and Sekiro with pixel perfect hitboxes and gorgeous level design, 2 is really embarrassing haha
But happy souls 2 was still funny
haha xD
Dark souls really trained us well
i am in love with these bizzare fantasy designs fromsoft chose for the enemies, it adds such an overall charm aesthetically to the game, this is the case for most other fromsoft games but elden ring its especially apparent
They really went all out with elden ring in every aspect of their design
It looks more of the same to me. Even animations
@@MG-eo8ps nancy of the animations are clearly reused from ds3. is that a bad thing? no definitely not. but it’s beyond obvious
This looks like one of the most beautiful next-gen games out there! Also, you did in 30 minutes what would've taken me 20+ hours to accomplish! Respect!
Yeah a lot of people are watching absolute veterans play through this and going "this looks too easy" Game ain't easy lol
The power of editing. 😆
This looks unbelievable. It's everything I ever wanted in a fromsoft game especially my favorite weapon making its return from dark souls 2!
THE HELICOPTERMAN RIDES AGAIN!
Limit breakers will release Helicopter man part 3 for sure.
Helicopter Chads we rise
im concerned the bosses were too easy.
@@ivanleon6164 This will be the easiest of the "Souls" games, be prepared for that. But also keep in mind Dark Souls was never as hard as the mainstream people made it out to be.
Basically this game will be perfect for challenge runs and such, but won't give any Souls fan trouble if they use everything they have.
I'm seriously impressed. It looks like they were smart to keep the good parts of the previous games before adding new interesting features. I think this will fit nicely in the series.
Sid Meier's "33/33/33" rule of sequel design: 33% of the game should retain established systems, 33% should feature improved systems over the previous version, and the remaining 33% should feature new material.
@Shin Shaman o-o
@Shin Shaman yes
@Shin Shaman no
@Shin Shaman sounds like you need some pills
24:35 never in my life did I expect true t-bagging in a FromSoft game, much less that Vaati would be the first I see using it
Genuinely had to stop and rewind to make sure I wasn't seeing things, and had to just cackle for for a good 30-40 seconds
Can't wait for the boss bagging montages
The biggest new feature for sure
I like your formula, your voice is relaxing, and your descriptions of your experience are well laid out. Well done, this is quality content. This game looks incredible, because of you I will be considering a purchase.
cant wait for ymfah to make a "maidenless run"
Finning you should mention ymfah. He made a comment a few minutes ago on this video which prompted me to check his channel and lo and behold he had a Elden Ring vid up.
Or for him to put up a contract to then scrub everything when it’s filled and not pay the people and come out with videos acting like he figured out how to do it all by himself. Yeah…. Can’t wait
a.k.a "No Simp Run"
"No bitches run"
This game just actually looks godly. Goddamn, I'm even more hyped.
"Parts of the environment are destructible now." There's absolutely gonna be one or two overworld bosses that will just chase you to the ends of the map & destroy any building u try to hide in isn't there?
Wasn't it always like this in the other games as well with the breaking floors and stuff in some places?
@@akiraigarashi2874 yeah like that fat guy from shrine of storms in demon souls but maybe we can trigger these destructables now like use bombs to open up a death trap for a boss would be cool
@@akiraigarashi2874 I think this is meant to be more of a "universal" thing as a mechanic instead of a rare set piece.
If we get more pursuer like bosses I would cream
Looks like they learned a lot from Sekiro in terms of posture damage. I'm so excited to play Elden Ring! Was literally drooling watching this gameplay! Amazing commentary, gameplay and presentation.
"Cower in fear. Of the night" - this probably hints on more difficult versions of bosses further on at night
Some enemies are asleep during the day.
@@vault29a Make sense for fromsoft to capitalize on the night and day mechanic.
I was thinking the same thing. Margitt's parting words sound like you didn't truly kill him and he's going to come after you later on. Maybe bosses can benefit from the same ability to resurrect as the PC?
(strong exertion for jump)
@@feathersigil2048 well canonically there have been many enemies in Dark Souls that lorewise should be able to come back just like the player does, unfortunately Fromsoft has never actually used this fact before. it'd be very cool if they did so now.
"Can I have Elden Ring?"
"To test Network?
"Yes."
Actually ignores online and talks about lore
And everyone is happy!
Vaatividya lore
Can anyone tell me why gameplay here look worse than the graphics?
Edit: graphics
FromSoft: "wait what are you doing?"
@@xylonus It's earlier on in the game, and its not a heavily rehearsed, carefully cherry picked sequence of the best moments of a long play session, scripted thing. While the preview was something that was scripted and rehearsed throughout the game released by Bandi-Namco. Vaati wasn't playing in the preview. He was playing in a sloppier, less practiced way. There also aren't a bunch of carefully selected camera angles. This is a better view of what the average play session would look like compared to what the preview (which was marketing material) showed.
It's like a mix of everything fromsoft has learned and mastered throughout the years , and i love it
I do really hope it will have "Deracine" elements in it too, but that may be a but much to wish for ^^;
So like any other fromsoft game?
It's kinda wild to watch this video for the first time after playing the game about 600 hours - seeing how different the network test was is fascinating stuff.
Also: Happy New Year!!
Same(well now 2 years later) and seeing places named differently and smithing stone shards…. lol i didn’t realize how much would change from network testing to actual game
They put some late game stuff in Network Test area, removing it later. Basically so people can test it out a bit. Eg. The Dragonscale Blade
It’s going to be strange playing in such a vast open-world style map with these mechanics. I just know I’m going to feel like I’m missing so many things. Will be exploring for hours. Can’t wait!
This game is giving me feels from all my favorite games, soulsborne,dragons dogma,and dragon age, a lot of stuff having to do with dragons lol
*MY CONTENT IS BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE'S, AND IT'S TRUE!*
*MY CONTENT IS BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE'S, AND IT'S TRUE!*
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that's what I was thinking! I hope it's well done because I loved how linear and "tight" DS1 was. It really added to the gloomy feeling.
For real. Even in the other games I always missed a ton of stuff on my first playthrough. This game seems like it will be incredibly replayable.
To me it just looks like Dark Souls with terrible level design (because of the open world).
"The real reason we're here is for that *lore*"
-Vaati, 2021
I can see the review quotes now
“It’s the dark souls of Elder scrolls”
this is the elden ring of dark souls
🤣
This made me laugh so hard I drooled. 👏👏👏
It's just like dark souls
Wait a minute didn't demon souls start as an elder scrolls clone back then. Sony wanted fromnsoft to create a game to compete with Microsoft's exclusivity to oblivion at the time. So essentially elder scrolls is what made from software create the soulsborne genre in the first place.
Its the dark souls of elder scrolls
Watching this after SotE has come out is so crazy. I remember soaking up every drop of the game before it came out.
This is such a refreshing take on a playthrough, leaving the audio of conversations playing fits perfectly with the game and the almost "story telling" vibe you give off plays well with the aesthetic of the game. You've earned a subscribe from me man👍
Lol a vanilla playthrough of vaati vidya makes me jealous, you have literal years of content to get through and it’s ALL as high quality as this video if not more so.
@Shin Shaman Lol ok troll.
@Shin Shaman "quality and creativity were**" illiterate
Melina clearly has ulterior motives so I wonder what happens if you refuse to work with her, forgoing I guess the ability to level up or even have a mount. Watch as the true golden ending requires you to refuse the substitute ‘maiden’ lol.
Kinda sus.
Bruh it would be so nervewrecking. Walking all the way through the story.
But you know.. for that platinum I will do everything😏
well to be honest its nice having the maiden have some kind of actual goal and agency for herself rather than being a talking level up screen, and who knows maybe you both might want diferent things but striving for the same goal, her not having the same objective as you is not necessarily a bad thing
The best thing about spirit summons is that you can heal them with miracles. So you now can finally play as an actual healer support class. My favorite class to play in MMOs is finally available in a single player game, bois!
Interesting indeed. Healing one's own summons...
Really that's such a boring class lol when I used to play mmorpgs I switched to use group heal skills and buff ppl but then switch back to mt actually class and attack, if your only healing in mmorpgs I dunno that just sounds extremely boring.
Redo of a healer anyone?
@@syunafrost351 depends on the system. Don't know aboit the WoW kind because I never played those bjt in Elder Scrolls online its pretty fun
@@syunafrost351 I don’t know which MMO’s you’ve played, but in FFXIV, you go for a healer class if you want to never be bored.
Bloodhound knight Darawil gives me dancer of B valley and Abyss Watchers vibes. I’ve been seeing so many call backs and similarities to previous games in these review videos that really show how they are putting all their experiences into this game
Honestly skills having low cost is a good thing. As someone who's going to be playing through with magic, if they were expensive I'd never use them, especially since it looks like we're doing the "split your health healing or fp healing" thing again, and i doubt they'll give us actually useable fp regen.
Yep FP costs being too high is what killed most weapon arts and spells in DS3(Other then most of both being underpowered).
I just hope its _NOT_ going to be the FP or HP flask choice again with it only being for the test as that failed miserably and was also one of the biggest design failures of DS3 as there was never a reason to use any ashen flasks on most characters even spell casters(Gave too little while making you even frailer with less healing).
In all likelihood this test is like every other one From has ever done, your character is intentionally stronger than they will be with access to abilities and tools they won't have at that time in the final release. It's also likely that the fp costs for spells and skills are going to be much higher and do less damage after a final wave of balancing since both spells and skills in this test have shown to chunk entire thirds of bosses health and chain stagger effortlessly with very little cost or downside to the player.
@@Warcrafter4 Magic has always been strong if you level for it. Your not supposed to be a jack of all skills character especially early. And even if your a hybrid, leveling 2 skills takes longer to strengthen them each than just leveling one
@@jamellwinners7192 But it was near impossible in DS3 at least compared to the first. Especially given how underpowered faith is until endgame.
@@Warcrafter4 Definitely. I'm of the opinion that FP should be regenerated upon successful attack or kill. Run out of FP? Sneak around a corner and shank some dude. Feeling like being the ultimate spellsword? Exhaust your FP on one enemy and then switch to a sword and slash the heck out of another before spending your FP blasting the third enemy into smithereens.
Baffles me people saying "Open World Dark Souls 4" like it's a bad thing. That is a GREAT thing lol. This is literally like my dream game. DS3 combat with Sekiro inspired traversal and Bloodborne inspired dungeons, I just can't miss out on the chance to explore an entirely new world, All new lore along with new epic bosses. The souls formula has been excellent in every Fromsoft game up to this point, Weird how now all of a sudden people are tired of it, It's become its own genre at this point much like Metroid and tbh i could play both those games all day, The sense of discovery and progression is so beautifully done I can't help but appreciate it.
Yes, mechanically this is definitely a step in an amazing direction IMO. However, the game as a whole (from what little we've seen so far at least) feels uninspired... Idk, I hope I'm wrong, but usually my gut feelings from early game footage end up being right. I'll still enjoy it of course either way
@@andrew5222
The game itself may feel uninspired because you've seen most of it but it's actually still brand new.
I think people mostly complained for some animation being the same as DS3. Which I personally don’t mind but I get what they mean
@@purplereimu9701 The people who complain about it having some of the same animations as DS3 still haven't noticed that DS3 had animations from Demon's souls. Or that this game has animations from DS1.
@@BrokenorderGames Actually we did and it bothered us then, we just didn't mind because we wanted a conclusion to the series. A new IP with these same issues is what feels uninspired. I love the souls games, but I've gotten burnt out on them and stuff like that is what makes me decidedly less interested in the overall experience.
If it's your cup of tea that's fine, I don't have any issue with people enjoying what they want to. I do have an issue with people dismissing the issue as if it doesn't matter at all, because it clearly does.
Enemy “hey look at my horse”
Guy with massive greatsword with high str cosplaying as Guts “I’ll just cut it in half”
I promised myself I won't make my first playthrough in ER as a str build, and you're not helping :(
must resist the urge to cosplay Guts
legion etiquette intensifies
I just cut this horse in half! Now thats alot of damage!
@@kaltezhan collect ashes and play a stand user instead
Graphics are clean, the colours vivid, & storyline intriguing - a hero who finds adventures in an epic quest to find oneself. It is a game that has a story behind the story, secrets to unlock, & a host of superbly detailed barriers & foes to overcome. The greater the challenge, the greater the victory.
@Albi Losha
I have 20/200 vision
@Albi Losha Games aren’t all about the graphics-I’d rather have an intricately built world and tons of lore to uncover than any next gen crap. FromSoft games aren’t for everyone, just let people enjoy what they enjoy
@Albi Losha than stick to cod warzone lol
1 minute in, see Tree Sentinel shield reflect Vaati's spell back at him with a boost.
I. WANT. THAT. SHIELD.
Same! I have a feeling that'll be it's weapon art too, and maybe something you could put on other shields
funny enough, the shield vaati had equipped could do the same thing lol. on a much smaller scale
Oh man, I cannot wait to farm all those armor sets. They're all just gorgeous.
same. i have literally dumped hundreds of hours into the souls games just to farm the weapons and armors in other games. and this one will be no different.
I'm hoping I get a set that's similar to the Dark set. As long as theres a skull mask and hood or something similar I'll be overjoyed.
Fashion Souls is best Souls.
@@DoingFavors elden bling?
@@kingkuder8427 dark set will be nice. and likely is going to be in since its been in every dark souls game so Elden Ring probably wont be to far of a stretch
13:42 *YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE PILLAR. GREG THE CAMERAMAN CAN NO LONGER HURT US. HALLELUJAH.*
Sekiro would occasionally have objects in arenas be see through like in the Saint Isshin fight; it was incredibly inconsistent though, hopefully in this game it’s consistent.
sounds like good ol' greg is your scapegoat
just git g00d 4head
@@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime Sekiro is awesome and an amazing game! one of fromsoftware's BEST games. Love that mature ninja fantasy action!
"Treat him with respect"
That line makes me wonder: do you think you can actually lose the ability to summon Torrent if you let him die too much? Like "you keep getting me killed; you're on your own"
Yes
In other words don't Yoshi him.
I just realized that the Elden Ring is said to be "that which commanded the stars, giving life its fullest brilliance," and glintstone sorcery is "the study of the stars, and the life therein." The Elden Ring is the source of all sorceries, and maybe all magic; so, if glintstones are "the ambers of the cosmos" and "contain residual life, and thus, the vitality of the stars," could they be the fragments of ancient stars that fell to the earth?
Moon Presence be like "hold my beer"
From what i understand they are sort of like Erdtree fruits maybe?
Praise the cosmos 💃
This game is more focused on glorifying Sorcerer builds than Str builds.
Aren't we all Stardust?
I played over 1000 hours of Dark Souls 1 in college, and it got me through the worst years of depression I've ever struggled with. Because of that, Soulsborne games will always have a special place in my heart, and Elden Ring is an absolute dream come true. It looks like they've taken everything they've learned from Demon's Souls through Sekiro and applied it here, and I couldn't be more excited! A fully open world Souls game is everything
The Souls games have so much content per game, you get your money's worth.
Depression getting better by playing a souls game? Wow, never thought I'd hear someone say that...
@Shin Shaman okay, we get it. You’ve spammed this comment so many times now that I’m starting to doubt its validity
@@werlucad5783 He's just attention seeking. Go on an don't feed this obvious looser troll.
@Shin Shaman that ending was perfect. Thank you
13:26
Imagine doing PvP and you start chugging the potion and the other player thinks you're just healing so they rush in to punish you.
this game is going to be even worse than dark souls 3 pvp
game will die in 2 months
@@matguimond92 LMAO
@@renkii_0 when is dark souls 4
@@matguimond92 you a funny guy
Dude yes, that's gonna be such a good pvp trick. Hope everyone abuses it.
Edit: auto correct loves "pop" instead of "PVP".
Oh Vaati how I've missed you so. Every couple years I get to play some of the best games ever made, coupled with one of the best content creators to ever do it. Thank you for what you do ,and cant wait for launch!!!!
Burial tree watchdog is such a cool design damn. I was so surprised. It seems like Elden Ring is such a huge leap forward in every area for fromsoft. You can see where all the previous games have inspired things, but it also seems like they've gone above and beyond in almost every element.
I was thinking it was a cat until i saw the name
Just this short 30mins shows just how incredibly much freedom there is for how you proceed each area and what kind of combat you want to experience.
*Takes half the health off of the boss while it's distracted by the summons*: So you can see, summons aren't always very useful.
I am so ready for this game its going to be one of those games where you take a week off work to play
Wasn’t able to get a week but 3days off to play seems like the best option I got😂😅
yeah I got Thursday night until Tuesday to play this 😅💕
I did. 4 day vacation booked and ready. x)
This is literally just dark souls which has evolved into an open world type game, and that's incredible
even the HUD is literaly the same
I honestly wonder though with it being open world and no longer linear if it will lose a lot of its difficulty because it now gives so many options to approach fights and areas. In other open world games it is easy to cheese
The HUD is from Bloodborne , some animation is from Sekiro like jump , crouching . Basically this game is combination from 3 game with extra Witcher open world game
@@mikerzisu9508 yes that's absolutely right , the difficult will be easier when we are outside dungeon but the real deal is when we are entering dungeon or in boss fight . Hope this game will be good as expectations
@@regigigas9558 it actually looks more like Assassins creed origins or odyssey open world, with stealth, sneaking around camps, enemies alerting the entire camp if detected and critical attacks when sneaking up behind an enemy. Ghost of Tsushima as well.
"Sorcery is strong" - Vaati
Full magic playthrough guaranteed!
I'm bothered by the fact that mp doesn't regenerate still
Oh boy, Ashen estus is back. Can't wait for mages chugging and spamming whatever powerful projectile there is!
@@alvarovasconcelos2533I'm not as worried about that. First off, look how close together checkpoints are, also you can craft consumables now and I'm betting many of them will have ways of restoring fp without a flask
@@angelmin8819 Won't be me, mainly a solo/co-op player.
@@Qushu92 Same I'm not one for pvp after witnessing DS3's. May try out magic but I'm mainly a melee player myself
24:40 lol Vaati doesn’t strike me as the T-bagging type, which made this even funnier
He's such a nice guy in his videos, little do we know he's the type who invades with full havels and block spams & emotes after killing someone. :P
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As someone who was never into souls games an open world, dark fantasy, action rpg like this really speaks to me. The transition between mount and on foot, the mounted double jump, just chef's kiss. I love exploring WHEN THE WORLD IS INTERESTING. While my dream game would have more dmc like combat FS combat has grown a lot since it's clunky beginnings.
I was never interested into any dark souls until early 2017's, always thought the hype was fake or the game wasn't that good and the dificulty was going to ruin any possible experience that i could possibly have, then i decided to give a try and loved it, played dark souls 1, dark souls 3 and sekiro, awesome games
As a Sekiro fan, I am pleased that this game is basically a lovechild of Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3, and Sekiro.
A love child of their best games :) DS3, BB, and Sekiro.
I feel like everyone watching is a fan of sekiro
@@jodoncool well I like sekiro, but if you ask me which is my favorite fromsoftware game the answer for me personally is dark souls 3 as one of my favorite games of all time, with bloodborne as a close second
It also has DS2 Power Stance and DS1 Poise.
@@ObliqueXuba I only hate DS3's bland level design. Not layout design, just the graphics. The colours. The architecture etc. I still think mechanically it is the best dark souls (sorry DS1, you are a masterpiece all the same) but it isnt the best at everything.
Meanwhile bloodborne is stylish as all hell. If DS3 had the design of bloodborne, it would be my top tier-est game ever.
Honestly cannot pick between DS3/Bloodborne. But sekiro is 10/10 when you play brave and master the mechanics, the gameplay looks like samurai duel movies, only its physically you making the magic happen.
Bloodborne edges it for me for the superb style, animations, and the completely hidden thing with the eldritch monsters they somehow AFAIK didnt let leak. We thought itd be werewolves, instead we got HP Lovecraft. Id say it was one of my favorite games ever, if it were on PC and not stuck at 25-28 frames.
6:38
Absolutely brutal, even in games Fromsoft refuses to let you escape reality
can just fkn cheese everything in this game
manus from the abyss lmfao.
@Shin Shaman :/
you're better off playing dark souls 3.
@Shin Shaman sounds like a horrible time
The feedback already is INSANELY good... this is an amazing sign and justifies a good portion of hype... Miyazaki is really going balls to the wall and it may just look that the open world genre is once again after a hiatus done justice... exciting.
I see people saying this will be the next cyberpunk, but I think the amount of hands on play people are getting already disproves that.
Why The Souls Community Is Beyond Deluded & Why Elden Ring Sucks
* overhyping minimal details that other games have implemented way beyond its time. Oh look we have a horse that can jump! GOTY! Oh look when you walk through grass it moves a bit! Physics! GOTY!
* pretending old animations are okay because they are slighted adjusted and a MixTure from Fromsoft Games - failure to acknowledge game has been in development for ages and how cheap such tactic is. For example. The R1 strings are slightly different - sure this would probably intrigue me for about 30 minutes but if you think a few animation changes is enough to keep you indulged in a game you’ll soon be mistaken. The roll is literally the same which is a huge red flag same for riposte but I guess we’ll let it slide because ‘if it’s don’t broke don’t fix it‘ It’s like Souls fans are scared to ask for New things. I mean it’s a new game. I want new things. Not old slightly adjusted things - are we paying for Elden Ring or DS3 with a little extra. Souls fans genuinely believe they make games based on the ‘Souls’ legacy and ThEY CaRe AbOUT U - Yeah right, they still need to make Money Bozo 🤡
* Literally the first moments of the game are incredibly boring and stale and it seems this theme will continue throughout but no one feels the need to point this out. Doesn’t seem like we’re getting anything new here - sure there are additional features and ‘new’ stuff but the game still feels lackluster - literally every souls game has this problem of repetition but I guess we just look past it because? Elden Ring hype? I guess. Couldn’t learn from Dark Souls 1,2 or 3? Nope just vibes I guess. Most things look cool the first time you see them but let’s not pretend we don’t see ourselves getting bored.
* Pretending OPEN WORLD is something new? From my knowledge you could always explore in Souls games it was just limited. Are we getting excited over the fact you can just explore a little more now? - 3 games deep into the franchise and minimal exploration is enough for you. I guarantee the game isn’t even fully open world there will still be areas you can’t access/fully explore. Look at the map and how empty and boring it looks. If that isn’t the first red flag I don’t know how deluded you can be. It seems like you’ll be able to explore but it doesn’t seem like it’ll be worth it.
* for some odd reason - dialogue is still limited. I don’t understand why your character can’t talk it really fails to develop any sort of relationship between me and my character. NPC’s are still incredibly dull and boring - literally reusing quest lines and scenarios but I guess it’s okay because Elden Ring? I would of thought they would understand the importance of interaction - not every-time I’m wanting to solve a NPC quest line I shouldn’t need to bring up the Wiki or lose brain cells trying to figure out what to do.
* the game in no form looks difficult - boss fights look stale it’s nothing we haven’t seen before. If the two bosses in the tutorial are literally reskinned and copy and pasted (guy on horse etc) you would of thought this already isn’t a huge red flag - playing a new game I shouldn’t feel like I’m playing an old one I get nostalgia aspects but this should only be pushed so far. These content creators are sponsored and paid off - of course they’re going to pretend they haven’t been playing souls games almost everyday for the past years - pretending they don’t know how to roll / acting oblivious and brain dead to boss attacks to pretend it’s ‘hard’ getting mediocre and boring items pretending it’s interesting - ‘oh a cutscene’ ‘oh waifu’ it’s so cringe.
Why does this community fail to speak up? Why does this community just accept things and lower their standards because Elden Ring? I’ve seen so many comments saying ‘X looks cool’ etc but it seems everyone is just convincing themselves - certain things are okay because Elden Ring?
@@aceboogie8941 I’m not gonna read all that, but I will say it’s very normal and not embarrassing to be this mad over a game that hasn’t come out yet
@@aceboogie8941 The game hasn't even come out yet, this is barely a demo of the begining part of the game. The full game will probably have a lot more to explore. No shit the map looks empty, you need to explore to unlock more of the map.
@@aceboogie8941 Are you okay bro? Thing happening in your life that's triggering something there? I hope you are fine, and if not things will get better just give it time, but that response is beyond readable, Im sorry, but you invested WAY to much energy and emotion there.
I stand by what I said, this game looks to be doing Open world justice, this game looks like Miyazaki is really putting all his ideas into it, and this looks VERY promising, and the feedback has been insanely good.... Literally anything you could have said outside of that to counter those wouldn't even be relevant, because each of what I said was fact... not opinion.. unlike that emotional outcry of a response you posted... damn.
This man has such a beautiful, clear, concise and impactful voice! 👏🏼
@@archie592 damn that’s a shitty opinion.
@@pablosalamanca5727 Yeah it was a shitty opinion and I will delete the comment right now and to be honest I don't even know why I said that, must of been after a beer or someting.
Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
@@archie592 all good my guy
@@pablosalamanca5727 Thanks bro
This truly looks like the next step in the open world genre. Can't wait to play it!!
How exactly?
@@m4rcin847 fromsoft are applying their level design philosophy to open world. A lot of tightly packed points of interest and details.
This is the next evolution laid by Breath of the Wild's reimagining of Open World; Open Air
Nah, it's just a dark souls with an empty "open world". I mean, it's not that original or even perfect to be "a next step in the open world" since zelda BOTW or even red dead redemption II did a better job being open worlds.
@@hectorjarachairez1168 we’ll see with the final product, Fextralife said they took 70h to see everything, doesn’t look like an empty world to me
It's so surreal that a game that felt like a myth that would never released is almost here.
This game might deserve all the hype CP2077 got. I don’t to want to hype after so many letdowns but this game looks phenomenal and From hasn’t really disappointed me yet.
Just 2 months
More like 3 actually
It doesn't look good at all though. This playthrough makes the game look really bad. Why can't we get a massive open world game thats like Ark but new. No game like Ark ever.
And appears to live up to the wait and hype.
spirit summon automatically replaces the need for actual summons in my mind. My primary reason for summoning people in dark souls is distraction, to give myself a moment here and there to either heal or charge up an attack.
so many things I'm loving so far.
@@Acesahn I'm always up at strange times, because I'm a night-shifter, as such yes, this is ideal for me. Otherwise I've hardly ever got summons or they're unstable as fuck.
I'm sure From Soft will have whatever balancing issues there is mostly fixed when they actually release the game.
@@Acesahn heh, no cowardice from me. I'll charge in on a boss with a pile of souls in me.
I just like having the option for summons when I've died for the 10th time on particularly hard bosses.
I summon to pretend I have people in my life.
This is great! Although part of me wanted to hear real time vaati's first impressions and him be spooked by everything new, something totally opposite to the calm demeanour we're used to, would have been fun to see.
The animations are fantastic. And the "weight" enemys convey feels bar to none.
Too bad 99% of them are from old games
@@NotSomeOrdinaryGuy too bad no cares
@@stevenlafever955 you really should... its people like you who are contributing to the slow decline of quality in games, if things don't get better they tend to get worse.
@@NotSomeOrdinaryGuy hate watching and commenting lmao stay seething.
@@NotSomeOrdinaryGuy It's people who defend games like CP2077, who ruin gaming industry
Anyone else think the best part of Elden Ring so far is bringing back levelling up at bonfi-- graces
I remember when this was announced and everyone was going on about how it wasn't another Dark Souls and other such. However it does greatly resemble it, which is a very good thing. Dark Souls worked and this is the same formula but drastically improved. I'm so looking forward to this and all the inevitable speedruns from people far better than me.
@Shin Shaman I can't tell if this is bait or not, and that's sad. Touch grass dude.
@Shin Shaman Just because your mom said that you were a good boy because you ate your veggies once does not mean your life amounts to anything so get off your high horse you're making yourself look like a fool
@Shin Shaman u not funny ur youtube wont make it anywhere i feel sry for u
@@solaris4022 its a copy paste they're not going to respond
If the speedruns include glitching through barriers and sh°t its not a speedrun anymore but a lame exploit run though.
Soo I live under a rock. Can’t believe I’ve only just now heard of this game. Looks absolutely amazing
"Sorcery is balanced"
Proceeds to one-shot mob.
Yeah seems about right.
We just trying not to get it nerfed man😂
@@BattleBrotherCasten EXACTLY. LET US BE OP BEFORE YOU NERF THAT SHITTTT
yes
My character: “Excuse me? I spent YEARS in the library learning that shit! Damn right I’m overpowered!!”
It's balanced because Miyazaki has apparently never played a DS3 mod so he doesn't know that everyone likes a regenerating FP bar. So in his infinite wisdom he has allowed overpowered spells to compensate for the fact that you're gonna get mad when that FP bar goes empty
Just like an extended version of the gameplay preview. So cool that Fromsoft gave Vaati this opportunity, they must really respect his work and I love it.
I don't think they respect his work, they only care how many subs he has.
@@TheDennys21 No. It isn't just that. There were a number of times where official FromSoft and the Bandai Namco commented on his vids and how much they love his work.
I feel like this game is like a slow cooked meal made by a chef who perfected the recipe.
Nice analogy hehe
Well said
I can relate, I am a chef. Time and love put into something is the best thing in the world, makes everything taste better.......same way with video games.
I may just shed a few tears of happiness when it finally comes out and we can all enjoy it 😁 it looks like too much fun
"Game of my dreams" didn't even begin to describe the expectations I had, and it's surpassing them. My god.
“We collaborated with infamous dungeon designer Sen from the souls series to create these new traps!”
Glad to hear he's still in the funhouse business!
@WraithTTVbtw I think they're talking about DN
The compass should definitely disappear when you're inside the dungeon. I think I will turn it off entirely and just use my surroundings and map pings to find my way.
Agree was just thinking that or at least disappear during boss fights.
I'm sure there's an option to remove the ui. There was in all the other games.
I think I love most that they give you the option. I'm admittedly much more casual with these games, I think for my first playthrough I'd love to have the map on to sort of flesh out my understanding and then I can work up the courage to turn the compass off on later playthroughs. I get overwhelmed at the open world of BoTW or the new god of war tho, I love a big map but sometimes there's just too much to do at the start
Beautiful playthrough. I don't know how many hundreds of hours I've put into the game at this point, but I was immediately in love with mounted combat. I prefer it, if it's an option lol.
Interesting that they seem to be using the open-world and dungeon model to create a lot more bosses. They seem to have classic FromSoft bosses with complex movesets and BIG health, as well as what are mini-bosses. The mini-bosses seem to be a big upgrade over older mini-bosses, with more unique moves to suit their boss health bar, even if they seem to be not on the level of the classic-style bosses.
I wonder if this means the death of the mid sized dungeon. With open-world dungeons being small and numerous, while the classic large dungeons reside as the climax of each region. Perhaps they will have a few larger dungeons in the open-world. Otherwise, that means no mid sized dungeons.
Dunno about big health, most of the bosses in the network test seem to be able to be killed in under a minute.
@Shin Shaman you seem to be a very sad person. Get some help
@Shin Shaman Why are you commenting on so many Elden Ring vids? If you don't like it don't watch
@@ethanbrock5453 apparently, he doesn’t have much else to do?🤔
Can't wait to make a Devil May Cry Vergil build in Elden Ring with those summon swords!
Man the first thing im gonna do when I get a mount is go around screaming: “MY NAME IS GYOUBU MASATAKA ONIWA!”
This is golden
I’m going to call my character Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa and invade other people on my mount. I’ll try to replicate him to the best of my ability.
@@arandomduck4352 please do, so that we can replicate the spiderman meme
@@arandomduck4352 The moment I saw the mount combat I thought to myself "Gyoubu cosplays are going to be everywhere" followed by a vison of 3 Gyoubu's charging at me.
@@arandomduck4352 I don't think you can invade on mount.
This is the way to make a preview video! No introductory chatter - straight into gameplay. Lets the game do the most important talking, as it should be, but the explanatory comments throughout feel like they add to the experience rather than distract. Great work with what looks like a great game :) I pre-ordered it after seeing this.