Attention to Detail in FromSoftware Games (2022)
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Following an obsession with Elden Ring, I wanted to revisit FromSoftware's earlier games to showcase some of their attention to detail. Enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS
Dark Souls (Trilogy): 0:00
Bloodborne: 2:40
Sekiro: 4:27
Elden Ring: 6:56 
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I managed to pull myself away from Elden Ring for a bit to revisit some of FromSoftware's previous titles. I chose to only focus on games with details I found interesting. I couldn't find any in Demon Souls, but I'm sure they're there. Let me know if you found any!
FromSoftware's attention to detail is mainly in how they build their worlds and lore, and less so like Rockstar who focus on making their worlds realistic (e.g. shrinking horse balls). This meant the video was a bit tricky to make, but I managed to find some stuff I found interesting. I hope you like them too!
Phenomenal video Guru! I have played all the Fromsoft games and I barely knew half of these cool details! So.. let me ask.. Which is your favorite Souls game? 😁
@@millbridge1016 Thanks! The only games I've really played are Elden Ring and Bloodborne. The rest I just played for videos. Even if I had played them all, I know Elden Ring would easily be my favourite. I still prefer Bloodborne's atmosphere, but I adore Elden Ring's exploration and combat far more than anything they've made before.
U forgot about the little dough people in the castle that play the trumpets with the music 😔
@@FunWithGuru Me too. The grand scale of everything in ER is staggering. From has sent the bar to the moon with this game. 90 hours in and I still have not revealed the entire map. That said, I think DS3 is still my personal favorite mostly due to the amazing soundtrack and boss variety. Keep up the great work :)
Did you mean Wind and -Weapons- Weather effect the torch (at 1:50) ?
Wolf fumbling his sword is one of my favorite details. He's rusty, only getting it back a few minutes ago after being without it for who knows how long. This perfectly mirrors the player's inexperience at this point. Both Wolf and the player are thrown into the fight with Genichiro without being ready, without having had enough time to truly get a feel for the game's combat.
Yeah, i thought exactly that too. This can actually be proven if you go back and play a new game against genichiro. He’s basically impossible for your first playthrough and you’ll no doubt die before you even get a quarter of his first phase. But after finishing the game, you can almost always beat him.
The final battle with him at the end of the game is a brilliant display of how far you've progressed as a player too. From getting stomped in the beginning to (most players) being able to make him look easy.
@@hookoffthejab1 you don't even considered him as a "boss" before the actual final boss
I have seen a vid of someone actually draw Katana like that, I don't think it's a fumble
In Elden Ring, Miquella is the one who created the rings of light technique as a gift to his father Radagon who then perfected it. I read this in an incantation description about halfway through the game. And it all came back to me the moment I tried to use the halo scythe weapon art on Radagon. He deflects the rings of light and instantly sends a holy bolt back as punishment as if to say “Lowly tarnished, do you know who tf I am?” This moment is what I love about fromsoft. Storytelling through gameplay and attention to detail.
if you try to do holy damage to the elden beast, it actually heals from it. and if you use a healing spell near undead enemies, it does holy damage to them
@@Tulip_bip that god forsaken hands guy
there is a similar thing in sekiro if you try to thrust attack the owl he mikiris ur ass and you learn mikiri from the shinobi arts scroll and owl is known as the ultimate shinobi, very nice
Not to disparage your discovery, but Radagon has a somewhat subtle animation where he will occasionally hold his free hand in front of him as he advances. If hit with any projectile based spell while in this stance he will deflect it and counter. It rarely lasts long and can be hard to spot if you don't know what to look for, but it is probably what happened rather than a specific interaction with the Rings spell. Though if not, then it is indeed cool.
@@TheTriforceDragon I noticed that as I was also casting lightning spears but he seemed to deflect the rings even with his back turned when agro’d on my mimic. Like he would snap 180 and end his combo early to do it with the rings and it seemed much faster than the other times he deflects magic. I’ll test it later you may be right. Could just be rng making me think that.
For Elden Ring, rolling around in pools of poison or rot makes the effects last longer than running through it.
Also, it coats your clothing and continues to build up even when you cure it, unless you use the soap item to clean it off your armor
For what it's worth, I think DS2 had a similar mechanic.
this happens since Ds2
@@marcelovinicius3386 since or just in ds2? I don't remember that being a thing in ds3
@@monke12354 Just ds2. It’s not present in ds3. Although it’s one of the few mechanics i wish they didn’t bring back for elden ring… kind of annoying imo even if more realistic lol
5:27 Ah yes, I love Arthur Morgan in the game Sekiro Shadows die twice.
Also the song, which the merchant plays at the end (Edit: sounds like but doesn't have to be) is Gehrman's theme from Bloodborne
i dont think its gehrmans theme exactly. mayve it is similar
It most likely isn't, just similar melody being played in a similar instrument
Some notes are very similar but it is not Gehrman’s ost
I also heard Gherman's theme, but turns out it's just a common musical arrangement
Yeah you might be right
The merchant playing their instrument really shocked me. that was breathtakingly beautiful.
I was more shocked from singing bat
That and the song they play is from Bloodborne, it's a small section of Gehrman's theme
@@Paramurasaki the pages play flutes too
The cool thing is that the violin theme that plays in the capital area will stop if you kill the enemies playing.
@@demonintellect9834 and the flute too, I love when games use diegetic music but the fact that it stops playing from the theme is even more impressive
Fromsoft had unused animations for torrent in the game in which he stopped to eat grass, had a back kick, and a few other idle animations, would have been quite cool if they actually kept those
if they have shrinking balls animation too, that would be perfect
I mean, the back kick is still in the game i believe? Mounts of enemies use it at times no?
@@Elmithian it isn't the torrent animation
Btw, the detail about the Doll reacting to gestures extends to the Firekeeper in DS3, she'll do a few different reactions depending on which gesture you use
and the penguins in Elden Ring. They bow back at you.
Small correction for DS3: fire only spreads in the Dancer’s arena. No other place in the game (to my knowledge) has this property
Really?! Thanks for letting me know. I'm curious why it's unique to that area.
@@FunWithGuru probably just for the cool aesthetic of the fight
There is like 2 chairs that go on fire in the teleporting guy bossroom
@@FunWithGuru The arena is already supposed to catch fire in the second part of the boss fight for the aesthetic
For some reason Fromsoft, since they have an history with performance issues and similar bugs, didn't think it was useful to spread this feature all around the game, probably because they would had to code every single furniture that was supposed to catch fire and if it had to spread it to nearby materials, and anyway apart from the Lothric Castle the only place where wooden furniture and tapestries are featured in a consistent way is the the Grand Archives and partially the Cathedral of the Deep, the rest of the maps were only cathacombs, stone temples and open maps.
@@FunWithGuru they tried to implement that as a feature but the engine could not keep up x) and btw in ds1 its not stairs for god, its only for "giant" but great vid ^^
As a musician who plays mostly strings, its nice to finally see a game animate proper finger placement and movement instead the character just dittling their fingers
Did u see ? he's doing EVEN THE VIBRATOS , daaaaang
It’s wonderful
what about cyberpunk and tlou 2?
Also when you use the snap fingers with different gloves, the sound changes on elden ring.
With normal fingers is a normal snap and with armoured gloves its a metallic sound.
Some more I've found:
1. Larger trees and boulders will protect you from dragon fire and flames, but thinner ones will crumble or allow flame to pass through.
2. The demi humans will lose hope and stop fighting if you kill their leader.
3. Grass sways when you walk through it.
4. The siren bat songs are actually in Latin and provide lore of their past lives before the Shattering.
The one about the lizards blood goes even deeper, the poison effect also aplies to the ninjutsu that makes your sword a temporary mortal blade soaked in blood, giving it a poison status when it comes from stabing a lizard. Then there're the white lizards at fountainhead palace which have their own unique blood giving the smoke bomb and fake mortal blade ninjutsus unique effects too
A cool addition to 8:30, lightning spells do more damage in rain compared to clear weather!
Quite the opposite actually. The fire damage negation increases in rain which explains less damage. The opposite happens to lightning negation.
Lightning attacks also spread in an aoe in water, this has been the case since DS3 iirc
Snipers accounting for the Coriolis effect when shooting is something i'd thought I would never see again since MW.
8:46 bro that clip is nuts and so satisfying to hear. talk about a detail within a detail 👏🏽 amazing fromSoftware
You are no longer maidenless because of this video, thank you
I KNEW that God stairs thing in Dark Souls reminded me of something!, the 2nd episode of the anime Gingitsune!, An old woman told the protagonist's friend that she couldnt walk on the middle of the shrine path as it's reserved for the japanese gods!
Holy heck, those lack of Marika stakes are genius world building if intentional!
I am pretty sure all the statue placings are very intentional as they are a crucial part of boss encoutners in elden ring. also if I am not mistaken there other bosses without marika stakes and I don't remember which video but someone explained lack of those too in some other video
good for world building yes, but fine line is crossed between sacrificing gameplay vs lore. The walk back to her boss arena is a pain in the fucking ass.
That Arthur mod is sick! Hahahaha 😂😂
the editing of all your videos each a masterpiece, keep on going
thanks very much! :)
@@FunWithGuru It’s gotten even better recently, when it was already in the upper echelons of quality!
I wish I had the patience for games like this. They have such a great atmosphere. The video was great again! 😎👍🏻💪🏼✊🏻
I thought the same thing until I played Elden Ring. You can basically play the game on easy mode if you put the time into exploring like I did. Theres a lot of lower-level bosses that aren't that hard, and they reward you with enough stuff to upgrade that main bosses become a lot easier. You don't have to spend hours dying if you put the time into exploring. I really recommend giving it a try!
Yeah these games really play with your patience, you basically need to take it slow in order to win or else you get stuck in a boss but the problem with that is you know there’s a faster way it’s just less efficient
@@FunWithGuru I got Bloodborne as a gift a couple years ago and haven't played it. I left it at the first boss because of the grind i needed to do. I hear Elden Ring has grinding too. As someone with barely any time even on weekends, would it be feasible to enjoy this game?
@@XGames-94 you only need to grind if you want to be overleveled, just exploring you get all the exp and weapons to progress in the game
@@XGames-94 there is no grind in a soulborn game…you need to learn le mechanic and the boss pattern.
Elden Ring is themed around fingers so I guess it makes sense that they'd animate the fingers accurately when strumming
2:40 that music transition is so smooth and beautiful
what's the score?
Know the song?
Torrent ducking is unbelievably adorable.
5:35 This is canonically how Arthur Morgan got Tuberculosis
Another one is when holding guts or any colossal sword while wearing D armor you will hold the weapon differently to move around the imprinted face in the chest of the armor set
Great video, from a phenomenal series!
The Firekeeper in DS3 also reacts differently to various emotes.
I'm not sure if the Emerald Herald does in DS2, but there is a small chance you'll see a rare idle animation,
where she's relaxing and playfully kicking her feet about.
"playfully kicking her feet"
Maiden in black from Demon's Souls does that too. Even in the 2009 Ps3 version
@@vindicator879 That's cool to know! I haven't played Demon's Souls, but it sounds like a definite call-back/reference.
That Arthur Morgan sekiro swap was pretty wild wish I coulda heard some of his kill commentary when he gutted the lizard😂
Excellent use of editing themes with the Intros of the games, I’m legit about to play bloodborne again.
I'm surprised FromSoft added animations for vibrato for the merchants. Most studios probably wouldn't think to add that. It's such a small detail, and many people won't care, but I think it's super cool
As far as the Fire in rain goes, you can check your stats while it's raining to see a buff to your fire defense, AND and de-buff to your lightning defense.
I love your editing! The transitions between shots and blending the audio really caught my attention!
thanks very much! :)
This is the attention to detail video I've been waiting for and Guru never disappoints. Great content with amazing editing. Also showed off details I haven't seen yet.
Out of all of your "Attention to details" videos, this is the one I've been hoping for🗿🌌
A detail I liked in elden ring is how the devs included something that seemed to be directed at the player and was that they are maidenless
What about touch grass.
Also the LOATHSOME DUNG EATER
In the weapons sparkling clip I found it more amazing how the sword makes that bouncing sounds between each tile, since there’s the gap between them
Its little things like the ones you showed that explain why the series is loved, they almost never pull any half assed crap (except Dks2 but we all know the story)
that "bouncing" is more the damage points of the attack, if you do that is a flat rock it also makes the same sound
Gotta disagree with you on DS2, maybe not the most liked of the series and it has its own problems, but the attention to the details is there.
@@Mushroomancer the attention to detail is definitely there, in different ways. We never got this back, and it was the only entry in the series to have different player animations for running out of stamina. The player would look tired, and regaining it their posture looked better. Many other things, this is just a big one that stuck out to me.
@@Mushroomancer Yeah I don't mean it in a way that says "Dks2 is shit", just feels a bit of a side project you know(And in a way it kinda was, since bloodborne was in the progress too)
I still enjoyed it, I just found it subpar compared to other souls
There are many things I don't like about it tho, but that's a really long topic honestly
DSII has quite a lot of influence on Elden Ring. It took some mechanics only found on DSII and improved them.
Yes!!! that's what i meant, sunday morning, hot coffee in hand and new Guru video ❤️🤘
Celery in one hand, OJ in the other, gamer time
Love from so much. I don’t want Elden ring to end. Playing from games for the first time Is straight up a magical experience
Too long
I have been delaying (now for almost a month) reaching the end area of the game, just because I don't want my first playthrough to end just yet. need to see more of the world first.
Wow that merchant detail in elden ring is striking. Great vid as always Guru, love what you do!
One detail that i liked about dark souls 2 was that when your character stamima was drainded you could see it breathing heavily.
They also hunch over when low on HP
The video quality on this channel has been high from its creation and it's still improving. Superb video
2 of those 3 years in Elden Ring’s development was spent with Miyazaki fighting for new feet mechanics
Beautiful video, I hope there will be part 2 ❤️
Love the smoothness of the editing in your video
Thank you very much! 😊
the music for this video, around the 3:00, was beautiful
I don't know why but this video made me really nostalgic. I can't imagine what we're gonna do when Miyazaki passes away, talk about leaving a legacy.
Amazing work as always Guru, love your work!
thanks very much, icebreak! :)
Holy shit i have more than 1k of hours in DS2 and i NEVER noticed that detail about the footprints changing.
Love you Guru! Keep up the good work
I was replaying Bloodborne some time ago and thinking "Man, it would be awesome if Guru made a video about the details in this series, there's so much in here!" And now i just found this video! The universe does listen.
Arthur that isn’t Tahiti.
Attention to detail in FromSoftware Games from FunWithGuru is exactly what i needed
love you Guru, another great video.
Fun fact: the Harpies you find singing are singing in Latin and it can be translated!
Fantastic work you did there, And just to show FromSoftware details are magnificent.
didnt know about the arthur skin in sekiro, maybe this is the dlc we all wait for
No words for Guru, he just keeps getting better and better... that's awesome.
Oh, that's a one year badge? HELL YEAH!
THANKS SO MUCH!!! 🤗 🎉
Not only the doll in Bloodborne will react to emote, but the firekeeper in Dark Souls 3 as well.
the fact all the merchants in elden ring are performing the bloodborne ost is a nice touch too.
Didn't expect to see Arthur Morgan stab a lizard but it was a welcome surprise
I don't know if you could tell, but the song the merchant was playing was Gehrman's theme. I'm sure you probably knew that but hey, I thought I'd throw it out there anyway
a cool detail in elden ring is the mimic blobs in nokron/nokstella death attacks, when they die they shoot out lighting, if they die in water the lightning attacks spread farther
One of my favourite moments was when a merchant on Altus plateau says 'Oh I'm sorry I don't have much to offer' when you don't buy anything from him then he pulls out his imstrument and plays that beautiful piece of music, so good.
That Gherman's theme was so well used, you're awesome
Lol. The thumbnail has my 3 favorite FromSoft games and in order. 😆
that transition to Bloodborne was beautiful. Impeccable work as always Guru
Thanks very much! 😊
Great stuff as always Guru.
Oh, I've been waiting so long for this video. Thank you Guru.
The last part is amazing, until you notice the clipping lol
You don’t need good graphics to make good games…..
So it’s a plus that these games have good graphics
Don’t forget what lighting sorceries/incantations get an aoe effect in watery areas. Puddles and pools and such.
Would love a video in this style about demon’s souls.
damn this video is crispy as hell. 2160 and 60fps? nice
Hope y'all are having a good Sunday so far
FROM Software.
The gift that just keeps on giving.
I enjoy your videos so much Guru.
Notice also that the sad song is only played by merchants that have lost their mule
The doll gestures in Bloodborne also works in Dark Souls 3. If you bow the fire keeper bows. I forgot what gesture i did, but i made the firekeeper twirl around too
4:02
Worth noting that the "hub mistress" reacting-to-emotes feature was carried over from Bloodborne to DS3 too!
Guess you preferred including it in BB's section since it had dibs.
Another impressive attention to detail in bloodborne is when u slide down ladders with a cone shaped helmet your character will hit every bar on the way down with the helmet
this channel is mad underrated
1:00 the larger stairs are for giants, not Gods
In Sekiro, if you put on the Shura skin, wolf's eyes will glow red instead of yellow in dark areas.
I had some dust in my eyes at the end...cool video
Gotta love the gherman theme. Holy shit. I got goosebumps.
As an aside, it seems they tried to let you use the poison blood offensively. It sprays forward, not everywhere :O
I noticed an Easter egg at 5:46! If you look really closely you’ll notice that Guru is playing as Arthur Morgan who is the Protagonist of “Red Dead Redemption 2” Arthur Morgan doesn’t actually make any canonical appearances in Sekiro.
Best detail in sekiro gotta be the secret Arthur Morgan skin
Finally! Was wondering when you would take a look at fromsoftwares great work
They can animate the individual fingers playing a whole song but they can't stop particle attacks from passing through walls lmao
That last music one is incredible...
Does anyone knows the name of the song that starts around 2:00 ?
Thanks !
The First Hunter from Bloodborne
@@juwe7143 thank you
The best detail is when you got hit through wall, just like irl.... Amazing!
In Elden Ring, some enemies doesn’t get any Bleed status like the Erdtree Avatar miniboss. Possibly cuz they don’t have blood. And yet other mobs like Skeleletons or Ghosts like the Tibia Mariner do
I've beaten bloodborne like 5 times and I never knew about the doll reacting to gestures. Now i wonder if there's other npcs in that game or others that do the same
I love that one of my favorite content creators does a video on one of my favorite game company’s. Tis a great day
i didnt even consider that with the merchants, thats amazing.
Proud patreon of yours (Jens Danquah).
Your videos keep giving me goosebumps. Most easy spend money every month.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! 😊
Torrent ducking for spells is so neat