Why Is Elden Ring SO SUCCESSFUL?!
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Elden Ring has sold 12 Million copies in less than a month. Which is INSANE! But what's more surprising is how it's done that while defying all the terrible trends of Modern Gaming.
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Modernizing Difficulty - How Elden Ring Became More Accessible - 5:33
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Elden Ring has sold 12 Million copies in less than a month. Which is INSANE! But what's more surprising is how it's done that while defying all the terrible trends of Modern Gaming.
Ok.
@@turtlinator9801 agreed
I have been very busy helping people who are having trouble finding certain bosses and locations with 145 hours of game-time on Elden ring best 60 bucks I ever spent
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Over bloating health and damage dose not equal interesting game play. If i have to use the exact same handful of basic tactics that I have been using since ocarina of time from first mob to final boss then I am not overcoming a challenge, beacsue their is nothing challenge. It nothing but tedious busy work that holds my hand costly telling me no i have to do the exact same thing 100 more time.
Don’t remember when but miyazaki became the company president of fromsoft after ds1 but still acts as director/producer for basically every souls game. It’s almost like projects turn out better when management actually understand what their team is making and know what they want in the end
God do I wish that was the approach CDProjekt took with 2077
Who couldve thought?
Wish Halo had someone like that
@@TheActMansame
Except ds2, he came in at the end. He was working on bloodborne, ds2 had a different lead. Play al the games. It’s blatantly obvious.
Ah yes, my work ethic has indeed been equally corrupted by this game
love ur vids dude
thank god I stopped going to work before I got this
The zanman is here boii
Same here Zanny, same here
redirected and your hidden potential revealed. not corrupted.
The evergaols are optional also, another example of organic difficulty. And FromSoftware made the design decision to spawn your runes outside of the optional fight if you die - meaning you lose nothing by giving these bosses a try.
Thank god for that !!
Yeah it was a better design choice than what they did in DS3
But what about bosses like margit and other dungeon bosses, i wished they also left the runes outside the boss gate
Easily one of the best games ever made. The level of detail is beyond staggering. The"lands between" seems like a real place. Even how you "learn" spells: it makes sense in the game's universe, and it feels like you personally "know" the spell. This shit is insane. This is the apex of what an open world video game can be.
It's mid and nobody talks about it anymore
@@Jeff_Biden Damn gunny, don't do it to em
@@Jeff_Biden That's just objectively false on both fronts sir.
I really don’t understand what makes it so great
Red dead 2 open world is so greatly detailed and the graphics are astounding well above expectations
God of war has a magnificent narrative
I really am confused if I should buy elden ring or not
Because i’ll be honest here, what i have seen about the game has not impressed me one bit but the praises are so high
If someone can suggest me about buying or not buying elden ring?
@@seniorgun9452 those worlds are good only through the visuals. But if you want a truly 'open' open world game it doesn't really get a whole lot better than elden ring. The sense of exploration, suprise, how rewarding it feels to explore sets it apart from its competition. It does not hold your hand like red dead does. It just throws you into this massive world.
Elden ring feels like a game that came out in a timeline where game developers weren't incompetent and gave their fans what they expect
i wish i was in that timeline.
Give what they want, and surprise for the benefit
Imagine giving customers a finished product. What a concept
And more
@@commander2552 not hard to finish a glorified reskin. Don’t get me wrong I’m still enjoying elder ring tho
Fun history fact for everyone mispronouncing Evergaol: Gaol is how the word "Jail" was spelt for centuries up until the early 1800s, when book publishing within the USA became so popular that the American spellings of English words started to take over as the accustomed way to write these words. In Elden Ring, when you are doing a Evergaol bossfight, you are fighting a prisoner sentenced for eternity.
You even hear Blackguard tell how he was in "gaol" with Dungeater, and pronounces it "jail".
Makes it fun when some Evergaols have Stonesword key goblins, and you then technically just remove one of the locks that would keep them in, just to make their life sentence a death sentence >:D
That's Yanks for you. One even managed to mess up the "Who are ya?" chant
@@Grandmastergav86 that’s a bit stereotypical don’t you think
@@cyrusmuller6502 Don't bother. Brits love stereotyping other countries but when people do the same thing to them they go ape shit.
@@Grandmastergav86 What do you mean? Y'all were spelling jail with an o
Over a year later and I'm still enjoying the HELL out of this game. I'm afraid we'll never get a game this great in our lifetimes again
I’m pushing 500 hours, got the platinum and nearly every weapon, I’m still having a time of my life. This is my number one game of all time.
@@ataylor345 I have 400 hours on my main and 100 on my alt and 70 on my other alt and I have got the platinum a few months ago. Despite all this I am still playing this game. As a matter of fact I’ve played it so much I even tried a BOW BUILD and still had a blast with it. Elden ring is without a doubt the greatest… game… ever… made.
@@PewDieFatyra that is a wonderful idea, welp time to start another Playthru😂
How? It doesn't have a years of content? Let alone 2?
@@everythingponyL+Ratio+TrashTake+Maidenless+Fatherless+Motherless+Cope+Mald+Seethe
The key to a sucessful game is a FINISHED GAME. Not an early access game with constant updates.
But was it finished tho?
I'm surprised you didnt mention the flasks refilling when finishing a group of enemies out in the overworld... allowing you to truly explore and follow your fancy without worrying if you're stocked up on flasks.
There is something like that in ds3 but it's a lot more rare and less generous
Dude, when I discovered that I was so pumped.
I think it is natural and acceptable for people to 'not care' beyond baseline success. That allows for a very healthy range of choices and reactions ranging from "you failed to even give the most basic shit" to "under no circumstances were you required to do this, but you did so anyways". Miyazaki & co may not be everyone's cup of tea, but as someone who abandoned Bloodborne on release only to come back later due to the RUclips lore community and become absolutely addicted to the entire franchise, holy shit my guy, FromSoft is like the AboveAndBeyond train that has no brakes. They are the living embodiment of the long, hard, sure road to success; they've shown unapologetic commitment tempered by disciplined authenticity, a humble love for the moments of joy and awe their games have virtually become a byproduct for, as well as a dash of malicious, predatory, grounded realism.
In a way, FromSoft acts a lot like a real-life cell or immune system in the critical ways that are abjectly lacking in the majority of the industry. Namely, once FromSoft decides what is good, they have stayed true to that vision regardless of peer pressures. For Demon's Souls (OG game), it was the Vice President of Sony saying the game was dogshit. For Sekiro, it was seemingly every games propagandist *cough* I mean journalist and their brother/uncle/mother/daughter. A cell without a cell wall is the most inclusive thing on earth. It is also dead without exception. Likewise an immune system is trusted absolutely with defense of the greater whole and must be absolutely ruthless in its simple recognition of what is/isn't 'the body'. The immune system isn't attacking anything as much as it is simply reinforcing the original image of what the body should be. If you choose to paint a picture and another brush comes along and actively interferes with your vision, yeeting it off your canvas is the most basic possible requirement to self-validating your vision as a painter, if you will. Within the uncompromising harshness of these borders, however, there is a true opportunity for life in abundance to take root and flourish. Souls players KNOW the sheer "come, taste, and see that it is good" X factor under the 'git gud' surface, which is why I think so many players readily hop into the gatekeeping trenches. It isn't arbitrary - it is a voluntary sanity check for those who can't be told why overcoming adversity is a good thing - we all have to experience it to truly taste and see it is good for ourselves in a way that words alone will always fail to convey.
Sorry for the rant. The long & short of it I guess is that there's probably nothing I love more than someone who chooses to do an unbidden good thing, above and beyond any expectation of duty or reward, especially when done in the face of peer pressures/when it is explicitly unpopular/when doing such will earn you open scorn & ridicule. FromSoft seems to manage an incredible resilience overall to both internal rot (level of effort and love they pour into their games; e.g. dare I say the Souls games HAVE soul) and external rot (coercive, manipulative, ill-fated influences to conform or otherwise abandon FromSoft's chosen principles).
ant over
@@HailThanagor a choice i regret to this day is that i dropped Bloodborne in 2018 after finishing it because of how intimidating the damage was but when i came back to it last month i was so engrossed with it, the cosmic horror and the things you see when you thoroughly explore it, is so fuckin good it's like I'm getting real life insight everytime i explore and discover things, and if you want to breeze through things go to the old hunters dlc and hit the legs till you get the beast hunter saif the attacks of that weapon is so goddamn good
I don’t blame him for leaving out the pussy parts of this game that gift you easy mode all the time
@@d-turn3314 as it should be. There’s like 10 features in Eldon ring that make it easy mode. 🤦♂️
When you play Elden Ring you can see the passion, soul and effort they put in. They took everything they learned from previous titles and expanded on it. All for the same price as the previous games. Meanwhile EA did the complete opposite with Battlefield 2042, charged up to $120, and didn't even have a scoreboard on release. Fromsoft is still making mostly finished games.
I truly think Fromsoft has made entirely “completed” games. Not that they’re not sometimes missing content but that the games ARE what they envisioned when they’re released not months later or at the end of their lives. Everything we get after is bonus stuff.
Lets not even talk about Halo infinite 😭
@@NotSoSerious69420 I think you're right. Fromsoft isn't perfect, but their games are very well thought out, and like 99% finished on release. I'm also thankful they aren't 200gb lol
@@prodbylewis2308 Why do AAA games keep screwing up 😭
Did I just go the wrong way or something, world feels mega empty to me?
It's a totally approachable game. It's punishingly hard yes but the open world lets you reduce the difficulty as much as you want. They made something amazing that I can't stop playing and I've hated souls games for years and years. This thing is fantastic.
The question is; how do you feel about souls games now? 😮
Now go back and try the older ones again 😈😈
I’ve never played a souls game but this game makes me feel like I should give it a go
@@cormacbrowne9308 You most certainly should!
@@cormacbrowne9308 play DS1 at least. it's very different and such an epic, but also brutal experience. DS3 on the other hand, not that much different. you dont really need to play it, if you've already played ER, imho.
18:00
I still remember on my first playthrough of Eldin Ring.
I was like "fuck I can't beat Stormveil Castle and I wanted to see what's in the North area so much"
and then I accidentally discovered the hidden path to the Liurnia of the Lakes area
The immense joy and surprise I had lol
The fact that this game, while being heavily single-player focused is STILL pulling in 700-800k players over 3 weeks after release constantly on Steam alone is really telling.
Tbf, the multiplayer in this game (although a bit clunky) is incredible, obviously playing with friends is great but invading someone and being able to act and feel like an in-game boss yourself and fighting against players with wildly different sets, skill, classes, and playstyles is incredible, plus using the already beautiful and incredibly wide array of backdrops, areas and locations in this game make every invasion so unique and incredible, or frustrating of course, but still, the things you can experience in this game are incredible.
@@kappadestiny638 Still, you can't deny that this is primarily a single-player focused game, and thos usually die in a week at most in terms of player numbers. Not Elden Ring though, it just keeps going and going.
@@beetheimmortal It would be a lot like Skyrim in terms of how there's still a massive player base because the game is just so massive, not really sure if it's possible to even mod elden ring but if it is then this game would have a really lengthy lifespan.
@@kappadestiny638 Well, FROM games are not really known for their moddability, then again, Cinders exists, so who knows
Well, given that Halo infinite is experiencing the DOOM Eternal effect (Releasing in a solid state, but not having a whole bunch of stuff to keep people busy) other multiplayer games releasing in sorry states, and overall a lack of solid games.
Obviously people are going to play the best, and arguably only great game out right now.
A huge open world with amazing content with no microtransactions and is actually playable on release? Beautiful.
@matin hasan IF YOU WANNA GET UP...
>playable on release
there are still tons of people with bricked saves, invisible enemies, and terrible performance
i love the game but i wish people would stop pretending it had a perfect release
@@Michael-zp6hq Idk where the fuck is that but I've never encountered anything like you said. Maybe it is on PC where it actually is pretty hard to play on and has some big problems, but here on console I have zero problems whatsoever.
@@professionalsimpdestroyer4135 have 150 hours on pc and never had any bugs. There is a lot of frame drop but not the worst performance Ive seen. Its still very playable and I dont have a high end pc
@@Michael-zp6hq Large majority have not experienced those issues, and there is no game that is comparable in size that didn't have some issues like that after launch, especially when you compare to Bugthesda games.
Because it's just trying to be a game. Not a casino like most EA games, not a marketplace with an attached shooter minigame like Halo Infinite, it's just a game.
This game is a very rare occurence in this industry and i'm so glad that i was able to experience it.
0:39 , the ActMan made a character so bizarrely looking that the tree sentinel had to take a sec to make sure that what's he is seeing is real
"It is my holy duty to slay this Tarnished abomination. But by Marika, do I pity it"
T. Sentinel, famous noobtrap
The feeling of eventually getting strong or good enough to overcome bosses that once seemed impossible is extremely satisfying.
Proceed to use mimic tear
@@alastatious5460 play how you want. I prefer being mr macho big sword guy with no help >:)
An experience and feeling you'd get playing the very first souls game lol
not when ita takes literally 4500 years , endless grinding and dying is dogshit
@@BrainDrainProduction doesn't take long at all. The game doesn't feel even remotely like a grind. Git gud
Favorite parts of this game include every time I’ve just sat back, and taken in the Lands Between. Something so cathartic about a game that finally hits the mark, where you can rack up 100 hours and still think, “God damn this is amazing.”
Well said.
This video honestly sold me on Elden Ring. Wasn’t feeling it before for some reason but now I’m totally hyped to pick it up. Thanks Act Dude Savior Dude
Sorry bro I really want to like your comment but the numbers are too good
@@akabara0000 a true gentleman
What did you think?
@@callumanderson6373 my copy arrived yesterday. I like it a lot so far
elden ring is terrible and i regret wasting 60 dollars on it
The fact that I'm already 50 hours into Elden Ring and haven't fought most of the bosses you showed footage of is a testament to the variety in which everyone will experience this game
50 hours brother isn't a lot, hell I'm currently over 50 hours on Wolfenstein The New Colossus and that's a chapter based single player game
I was 120 hours in and still seeing new zones and new normal ass enemies.
Bet ya wished he would've put up a Spoiler tag though
@@Summer_Tea Yeah, well I'm 250 hours in, and I smell terrible
@@jmarra07 I prolly wouldn't have noticed it anyways
The game DESERVES to be successful. This game is the best game weʼve seen in a while.
what about madness
is it good for complete Massachists like me how only play hard games because we hate ourselves, cuz the its the easiest fromsoft title kinda throws me off
@@acidiccow.63 Yes. There are talismans that enable the game to be more difficult. I.E. trading a buff to a stat for taking more damage etc.
@@jamescarr9347 ah yes, snake girl talisman
@@acidiccow.63 but it definetly is the most fun one,its also easier because of how open it is, in ds3 once you reach a boss or either explore a bit and try to prepare( that rearely does anything tbh) you have to fight him to pass to the next part, so you will have to hit your head agaisnt a wall until it breaks, but elden ring says "ay bro, come back later if you dont mind, take your time".
I remember 2 moments that blew my mind in ER when i discovered the underground City and extra zones and when a trap chest took me to the capital and i had a hint of how huge the map was, i was in awe and i was so excited
I’m 125 hours in and still going for more. Officially the first game to hold my attention this long. Best game of all time.
Fromsoft games in general are always top notch in quality, I started off with Bloodborne and got addicted to all the Souls games, they know how to make amazing games.
Ong
What's the song in the the background at 17:06
@@sidthemid_yt9123 Some Zelda song.
Normally you're cringe but here you're objectively correct
@@iHaveTheDocuments Cringe are the people who keeps repeating "how are you everywhere", "I see you everywhere" etc
I’m 74 hours into the game, have only one Great Rune, and am having the time of my life exploring every nook and cranny. Yeah, I’m a little over powered for the starter area, but when I come across something that kicks my butt, boy don’t I get excited for the challenge!
I love this game!
I’m 70 hours in and just beat Radhan but haven’t even fought Godrick or Renalla yet just because I’ve been absolutely in love with the exploration and discovery 😂
im 30 hours in and brute forced the Firegiant
That's the best thing about this game. Anyone can play at their own pace and still have something new and/or challenging to deal with. It caters to the hardcore brute forcers and over-leveled cheese-strat players with the same amount of respect.
150 hours in and still farming limgrave. I’m lvl 220 getting ready to beat Margit.
@@TropicJesus If you have fun this way, its totally fine. I must say: you're so ridiculously overpowered, it won't be fun
i have 180 hours in this game and am about to fight the final boss the first time
Dude you nailed it in this video. I have always loved your “Why Dark Souls is a Masterpeice” and loved how you referenced the best parts of DS, and explained how Elden Ring improved on the formula. Great video my man…thanks for sharing mate 👍
Expect why Elden ring is a masterpiece in 5 years
It's almost like releasing a completed game with no microtransactions that contains weeks worth of content to explore and earn with amazing attention to detail with environments, enemies, weapons, etc coupled with great gameplay would make people happy. The last like 7 years of gaming has completely lost touch with this simple concept which is the reason as to why things like Halo was so successful in the 2000s, RDR, GTA, Fallout, Skyrim.....
Still can't believe 343 ruined my favorite franchise for paying $20 for white
I mean... Microtransactions aside, infinite had pretty fun gameplay.
That's all it has going for it though..
@@noobnoob8922 all Halos have great gameplay, if they messed that up Microsoft would probably shut down 343
@@Suumac_ exactly
@@Suumac_ Halo 4 and 5 sucked, Halo hasn't been good since Reach and hasn't been truly great since Halo 3.
We neeeeed more content!!!!
This is the first time in over a decade, with Halo Reach, that all of my friends are playing the same game and even better we're all absolutely loving it. The the only thing we've talked about is Elden Ring, which is surprising considering everything that is going on public and personal, and very welcomed.
Everyone of us has various amount of gameplay time from 20 hours to 200 hours and everyone of us is still enthralled and captivated by the experience. I'm at NG+ and having the time of my life revisiting the world
Seriously I can't understate how good it feels to actually enjoy a game so intensely again. To be so immersed. To be so grossly incandescent. It feels nice to be back.
If only I could be so grossly incandescent
yeah, my friends discord ended up having a dedicated elden ring channel because everyone was playing it lmao.
Praise the Sun!
But first, but hole
The last part of your comment is spot on. It's an unbelievable feeling playing such a landmark game and you're going through it with so many other people at the same time, you're discussing the path you've taken and bosses you found (and haven't found lol). Everyone's experience of the game is so unique and you could talk about it endlessly, overall just a great feeling of community I haven't had in any videogame for a long time and this is coming from a person who's played mostly multiplayer games since forever, apart from FromSoft games and miscellaneous single player games like TW3 here and there. This is my second FromSoft game I've gotten to play right from its release, the first one being Sekiro, and I can't imagine how people must've felt when they've released their previous titles. Although Elden Ring has really captured the whole gaming world for almost a month now and it's yet to show signs of stopping. I think this game came at the perfect time in terms of the gaming industry and the real world itself, things are looking really dark but at least we have this to raise our spirits.
Elden Ring will forever be a masterpiece to me and the DLC will make it even greater.
09:15 "and be aggressive, be be aggressive." Lol that made me spit my drink out, caught me off guard.
The reason FromSoft keeps making good games is that Miyazaki is at the helm and he is a creative visionary. When you have a creative at the head in a creativity based industry rather than just another fucking suit, things tend to go well.
Yep. Miyazaki has flat out lied to upper management/business in order to implement mechanics and features in the souls games. Wheras any other dev team would have just just rolled over and let the business-side tell them what to do.
For example, Miyazaki didn’t tell upper management about the “souls” system when he was working on demons souls, because he knew they would tell him to remove it. They also asked him to not include the praise the sun gesture in dark souls, because they said it was “too uncool”.
So he lied and told them that devs removed it even though they didn’t lol.
@@Micolashcage1 a legend he is
And at that time he didn't care if it failed, he has nothing to lose and besides the game was already a failure
Until he directed and lied to the higher-ups
It's another one of those things where original vision matters
So imagine if more directors get more freedom and don't always have to listen to the demands of the suits
@@Micolashcage1 i cant even imagine life without the praising the sun, miyazaki is a wondrous body, like a magnificent father.
Miyazaki also didn't come from a game development background. He was originally an office manager who also worked in programming for financial software. Unlike creatives in roles of authority who can't lead worth a flip (Ken Levine, Swery65, etc) Miyazaki already had real world experience in a position that necessitated merit for the hire. Many people in the western entertainment industry today just fail forward over and over again for non meritorious reasons, ruining absolutely everything they touch before getting a golden parachute right back into another role.
@@Micolashcage1 The first time I see Solaire standing firmly under the sun, that feeling is so great, indescribable, this is one of most iconic scenes in souls games
This game took 215 hour of my life in 18 days. Worth it, freaking masterpiece. Already excited for second playthrough
Holy, 11+ hours each day? I wish I had that time
@@Furtner5 everything is a choice my friend
WOW. Honestly jealous I wish I had the time, because I definitely would do that too lol
215 on one playthru? How tf lol
That’s absolutely ridiculous I couldn’t imagine
Fun fact: Evergaol is pronounced ever-jail. Gaol is just a really old spelling for the word jail. It also appears in Bloodborne in the Hypogean Gaol, which is a prison in Yahar-Gul. It’s similar to how the word ‘dungeon’ came from the medieval Don Jon.
My theory is that the Evergaols are what it says on the tin; eternal prisons.
Yep
300+ hours into Elden Ring and I’m still having a lot of fun! Mixing up my builds, trying new ones, helping people in PvE, PvP, and exploring places I haven’t been to before always gets me hooked. The best game I’ve played in recent years.
I’ve never touched a Souls game before because I was intimidated by the people saying “These games are very difficult.” But now I feel like I get the general idea, so I’m gonna try Dark Souls 3 next. I know Elden Ring is different from a actual Dark Souls game, but I can learn and I always welcome a new challenge. Can’t wait till I do decide get it!
As General Kenobi once said, “A good defense is a swift and decisive offense.”
Army or not, you must realize... you are doomed.
When you can create a game where every single player has a unique experience, in the best possible way, you’ve knocked it out of the park
Right all my brothers and cousin and my uncle all so far have had very unique experiences from one another and we build each other up from all of our experiences
Every copy of elden ring is personalized
No microtransactions & no agendas
@@milkymilkman This too. No politics, just a big ass world filled to the brim with cool and/or weird enemies and npcs
This is an absolutely INCREDIBLE piece of art! I've never felt so much like I have no idea of what I'm doing, while knowing exactly what to do! Learning anything in this game isn't too much work either, it's either stamped in front of your face, or it's clued into the world!
On journey 4 and can honestly say I just can’t wait for DLC, there’s so much in this game and I loved the feeling of exploring it all for the first time, so I can’t wait for DLC because it’s the only way I can imagine having that experience again. That or the MiB neutralizer
I'm so glad elden ring is giving the middle finger to every other AAA game right now. It proves that all you need is a good game that has a lot of content and very few bugs if at all in order to be successful and make a shit ton of money. Give people what they want, and they'll throw money at you. Try to rip them off and you'll never see a cent
honestly. i fucking wheezed when forbidden west and ubisoft devs attempted to slam er on twitter only to lock down their accounts from how much they got clowned on
@@Lu-bc3pl when I found out that the Ubisoft dev that complained about elden ring's UX worked on *battlefield 2042* out of all games, I pissed myself laughing. If you worked on any part of battlefield 2042, you should not have a right to talk about game design
@@Lu-bc3pl they got mad because everyone forgot about their forgattable games when elden ring came out
@@Lu-bc3pl You can like your game without crapping on all other games. It doesn't show confidence in your game if you're going after others and putting games against one another.
@@Lu-bc3pl I'd probably do the same if I got ratio'd by a fucking furry. That shit was great.
Having a blast with this game on series s, it’s my first souls type game. I’ve never died so much lol but it’s in a fun way 🤣
Same! Good luck with the rest of your journey, brave tarnished!
I’ve also never played a souls type game, but this one is appealing. I think it’s the fantastical and more colourful environments
Im so glad this is bringing people to souls. They are hard but SSSSOOOO rewarding. Keep going, im glad your having fun with this game!!!
@@CrispyHulk1 I’ve only played darks souls 3 and sekiro but those both have great colors and environments as well
How is it on the series s? Does it run fine?
A lot of these innovations came from sekiro, another excellent fromsoftware game. More on-rails, but on the flipside you get very delicately designed boss fights that suit your character's movesets.
It does have a higher difficulty floor, I wish more people could give it a try, maybe even use some mods to make it easier just to experience the game
Sekiro has one of the most fun combat systems I have ever played *hands down,* and that's coming from a *100%* new souls player after recently falling in love with Elden Ring. That led to the introduction of Sekiro, and although I *do* prefer Elden Ring, I 100% agree with you. Not enough people give Sekiro a shot. If they did, and actually spent a *BIT* of time practicing combat, they'd realize that it is certainly one of the most underrated games of all time.
@@stefdezy1562 the reason why its one of the best games that surpasses a lot of other soulsborne game is because of the thrill it gives, like how many times you have finished the story? and then you want to do it again, over and over, and yet never get bored.
@@mohdshahariar5833 I haven’t even fully beaten the game yet and I can certainly already see that. It’s an absolute gem.
The music and amazing views you just randomly come across just remind me again and again that I love this game
I was so bored with video games. Everything was going downhill and companies are becoming increasingly out of touch with "fun" in video games. My favorite game to play right now (before er) was L4D2. It's old but way more fun than anything I've played in recent years. Elden ring came out, I waited. I'm not a real souls fan, although I've dabbled. Ever since I gave in to the Elden Ring, I have been given a new entire love for video games and how much they make and have made me happy. This game literally brought my childlike wonder back.
DS1 and 3 bro. go for it
Same here, bro
Well, we at least had Hollow Knight. 🙃
I feel the same exact way bro. This game is a true blessing
You voiced my feelings better than I could have
These “Souls” games aren’t really for me, but I LOVE how this game has managed to be such a success and has had the ability to bring so many people together. It’s nice that a game developer for once has decided to actually finish a game that was also a new IP and LOOK what happened! Huge respect to FromSoftware and Act Man, hope you’re still enjoying your distraction to your work lmaooo
That's a defeatist attitude. Go play it
@@t2av159 What? Not everyone likes every single genre of games. I for one can’t stand sim/civilization type games. If he don’t like souls games, how they play and what they’re about, then so be it. Who tf cares?
@@game-enjoyer13 you sound like the whiners/journalists in act man's original video on darksouls and elden ring easy mode.
@@t2av159 you should play ghouls n ghosts if ur not a baby casul, if you hate side-scrollers its cause your a loser irl. I am going to write this comment not realizing I sound like a douche for failing to comprehend what I'm replying to and spewing rhetoric that isolates me from others by labeling them with a preconceived negative stereotype that either drives people away or draws equally charged responses.
@@t2av159 it’s more just a distaste for specific genres, really. I personally love coop and roguelike games, but have little to no interest in RTS and moba games. And y’know, bein like that is perfectly okay, as the person isn’t saying they’re bad, just going out and stating “eh, I tend to get much more enjoyment out of other genres than I typically do from games like these”. No need to judge them for being like that
I think there’s something about a newly released title that, not only lives up to the hype, but completely surpasses it that just blew everyone away.
Miyazaki and his team at FromSoftware are truly god sends. Ever since Dark Souls 1 in 2011, they just don’t miss. The games have been either awarded Games of The Year (DS2, DS3 for the Golden Joystick Award; Sekiro, Elden Ring for Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards). Even games like DS1 and Bloodborne that didn’t win any GoTY award, they are still hailed as one of the greats of this generation.
Hell, even though Armored Core 6 most likely won’t be winning GoTY for 2023, it still shows that FromSoftware and Miyazaki respect their roots and the fans who’s been with them since the beginning. I mean, the entire SoulsBorne franchise is them paying homage to their first game, King’s Field
Imagine how many people played elden ring and just found out about bloodborne and Dark Souls.. i m legit happy for them...
I got Bloodborne for free on psplus and bought Sekiro thinking it was Ghost of Tsushima so I got both on my library. I never played either however. Having such a great time on this game, I'm definitely gonna go back to them and try em out.
@@BG-mv7vm Nice thing is that after you beat Elden Ring, you will have the skills to take on sekiro and bloodbourne. There will be a learning curve with new mechanics but you are basically half way there.
I would kill to have a PC bloodborne port. I hear it's a great game but I'm not trying to buy a playstation for just that
@@brickfan3565 I´m pretty sure you should do it. thank me later.
I have never played any game made by Fromsoft and i'm still a very happy man who played other old gems of videogames. I hope to play Bloodborn and Dark Souls someday but it's not like I'm going to die for not playing the most popular and difficult series of games.... and it's not like I've not played or beaten challenging games before.
The praise for Elden Ring convinced me to finally play Dark Souls. I'm disappointed in myself for not playing FromSoftware games earlier.
The curses from the AAA devs is more reason to get it.
dont be, everything happens for a reason. Maybe you wouldnt have liked them back then, like me, I didnt dark souls 1, but then came back and played it again years later and loved it
You're lucky to be able to do it for the first time. Dark Souls is something special, enjoy.
@@MTLGSE I've really enjoyed the four or so hours I've played. I kind of knew what to expect when getting into it but I'm having a lot more fun learning the game then I thought I would.
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Just one thing I thought I should mention: The second half of Dark Souls 1 feels incomplete, so don't blame yourself if you aren't feeling motivated enough to finish DS1. It's still really freaking good though. :)
Always love the iconic music from other games showing up in your videos Act Man. Brings a smile to my face. Especially the Oblivion tracks. Never change Elden Lord. ❤❤❤
Thanks for doing this video Act man, I’ve always been on the fence with souls games as my bother and a few friends love them a lot but after watching this video you’ve helped point out key improvements (like checkpoints before boss fights) that has made me actually excited to pick this up myself. Keep up the stellar content
If you didn’t know: Miyazaki got the idea for player summons when his car got stuck in the snow and some strangers happened along and helped him push the car out and then disappeared into the night.
Weird to think if that never happened then we wouldn’t be able to summon buddies to help us through a tough spot
(Inb4 jojo’s reference)
I apreciate the citation
@@TheBakingYeast Its legit. This is from an interview like 10 years old at this point.
i mean coop wasnt invented by dark souls lol
@@kirururik it's more about the way it works. Fully integrated into the game world, no microphones and matchmaking, no menus. Along with the ghosts, messages and bloodstains Souls asynchronous multiplayer is fairly unique. Even more so when Demons Souls released in 2009.
and to think, there are people nowadays that see summoning as a bad way to fight a boss. imagine if you see someone with their car stuck asking for help and then someone comes along to laugh at them for not being able to get it unstuck on their own
This game has most of what makes Skyrim and TW3 so popular in the FromSoft form and with their absolute peak combat. The exploration makes me feel like a kid watching the LOTR trilogy at the movies. Everything is huge and theres so much environmental storytelling that casual gamers wont ever appreciate. The world feels like it was created by cosmic forces and the enemies make you feel both small and powerful.
@@hashimrahman51 No shame in being scared by this game, I've had mini heart attacks with enemies either jumping me from unseen angles and/or boss music suddenly starting lmao. It's hilarious how this is more efficient at being terrifying than most horror games are, I'm 25 and I jump at a lot of small enemies I didn't see especially since I play with my volume quite high.
11:30 You have to run back to the MF. Just to die again
This is a great review for an equally as great game.
I love this game.
I always stayed away from Souls Like games because I always heard they were super hard, but I’m so glad I gave this a shot. I beat the game for the first time at around 140 hours because I did almost all of the side bosses and tried getting all the weapons and armor sets before I took on the last boss. Now at 240 hours and almost finishing my first New Game+ and I am still having a blast. I haven’t played anything else since I got this game.
It really sucks when you see reviews of people who gave up on the game at the Tree Sentinel because they are missing out on such a great game.
I have played this game for about 100 hours, and I still haven't seen my first ending. There are so many things to do and find! The amount of content is just so rich that you just can't seem to stop playing it...
It has been such a long time since I had this much fun with! Even with some of the flaws that the game has, I still think that this is one of the best games of the decade.
I agree, i mean all games that are considered the greatest of all time have flaws and this is up there with them.
And all this without......DLC!!! LOL
I can’t wait to see Miyazaki standing on stage with George R.R Martin accepting his game of the year award.
What a time to be alive
Would be ironic if George died from a diabetic heart attack before the awards show lol...Edit: Nobody has a sense of humor lol
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Bruh who even thinks that
@@jmarra07 that’s awful :(
I doubt grrm would be there
@@billydeeznuts what did they say?
Can I just say this has been one hell of a fun RUclips rabbit hole I jumped down with Charles (PenguinZ0) that all started with his reaction to your video on the qtv drama and I've been watching the channel and subbed ever since
rly love this review, explain in details every aspect and good vibes
If Elden Ring had quest markers telling you where to go, you wouldn't be exploring, you'd be on a field trip with a tour guide showing you what they want you to see.
tell that to ubisoft
Not necessarilly
No one is really asking for quest markers or UbiSoft style/MMO vomit all over the map. That's just RUclipsrs needing something to talk about claiming "THEY" want it. Who's they? Its a strawman. We have custom markers to help somewhat and the NPC patch was VERY welcome. Many would have loved a simple quest log of sorts to keep track, because the writing is cryptic enough, especially when most of the quests refer to places or things you haven't even seen yet, so you have no frame of reference. Google solves that, but it would be nice to stay in-game. Look what Last of Us and Uncharted did with their journals. Extremely well crafted and immersive. It would have fit right in here. Its not like there are that many quests, so an artfully created journal of your interactions with NPC would have been 100X better. But then that's what WIKIs are for and FromSoft knows the players would do their job for them=)
Markers showing what you have discovered is what I want. They already do it for points of interest, and they just implemented it for some NPCs and merchants, which is good. It doesn't take away from the discovery of things, but does help the player remember things that would be impossible to remember otherwise without a wiki, guide, or notepad.
All they need to do from a quest perspective and let you look up the last lines of dialogue NPCs said to you so you can try to continue quests. The fact the game doesn't give you that is a huge oversight.
@@AlexTaldren They literally already have markers for things you've discovered. Open your map and place them manually
Elden Ring is like how Doom Eternal was. Defied the modern gaming trends and just perfected what it did well in the past
@Hare75 The Lowly Tarnish You're absolutely correct but just like 2020 and 2021 Doom, Infinite, and Elden Ring will all be the winners for those years in the hearts of us gamers. 🙏🙏🙏
@Hare75 The Lowly Tarnish btw nice pfp lmao
@Hare75 The Lowly Tarnish Who gives a crap about a meaningless industry award? Here's the thing: TLoU2 may have won GOTY of 2020 (completely undeservedly), but Doom Eternal outsold it massively. People are still talking about Doom Eternal; meanwhile, nobody's talking about TLoU2 anymore.
@Hare75 The Lowly Tarnish Who cares? As long as great games make money that's all that matters. The game awards are worse than the Oscars.
Both Doom Eternal and Elden Ring are somehow exactly what I want a video game to be like.
This is one of my favorite games of all time, if not my absolute favorite. I do truly think it is almost perfection. The one single mechanic I despise in this game is how long your character is knocked down after an attack from a boss.
The first time I opened that transporter chest in aghel lake is something I will never forget
Don't feel bad, 100 hours in and I just realized you can rest at the round table. 140 hours and I beat the game, thought I fought every boss and went on NPC cleanup. Found 3 new bosses during that. Finally NG2 after 160 hours. It's a BIG game with much to do. My advice for mewcomers, take your time to comb areas. You will be rewarded for your efforts
i realized you can rest at the round table only after beating the game,to start the journey 2 :D
You can rest at the round table lol???
130hrs in
Im 110 in you can rest there wtf!
Ah just realized im in my first playthrough. Puh ;)
20 hours found out how to get spirit bell
@@legamerfish49 That's rough...Stormveil early must've sucked then
Still blows me away the “easy mode” debate.
From soft has said no for years now,
(As stated in this video even though they made changes to make it more assessable)
Never tell a artist to change their work lmao
16:55 and you’re 100% right, Twitter just has a hate boner for From Software
The easy mode is present in the form of spirit summons/ npc summons. Also souls farming to level up
@@acr7780 Yup. It's just like old school JRPGS, want to get through it quickly? Buckle up buckaroo you're goin level grinding then
Literally magic build is the easy mode of this game with summon behind it
@@acr7780 You kinda need to farm some to have hp and endurance to face the boss, just don't go crazy and its fair.
Twitter has a hate boner for pretty much anything that isnt virtue signalling.
Regarding boss runs, what I really like about gael is that, unlike you having to run to the boss, he runs to you.
I get rdr2 vibes from this game, its that refined and polished, the map is absolutely massive, almost overwhelming
Fromsoft is one of those companies that, in my opinion, has always deserved this type of success just because of how creative they have been with this genre and essentially birthing the soulsborne genre. It brings so much joy seeing all the praise elden ring gets.
“in my opinion”
People should really stop saying this and have more confidence in what they are saying. No “ifs” and “buts”, FromSoft absolutely deserves that success. I can think if every other company a decade ago, and they’ve all stagnated since. But they’ve always made new games even knowing Dark Souls success. That IP in every other companies hands would have been milked to death and its direction would have been absolutely destroyed because every current major game companies always chase current trends to put into their game.
Look at Demon Souls remake. The graphics look really good, but they sacrificed the art direction the game had. And the UI and menus look like absolute MMO tier garbage with no aesthetic.
It’s insane to say how it’s a breath of fresh air seeing a video game company that actually wants to make a game first and foremost. The game industry really has regressed a lot.
They sold 3 times more than they expected. And that's a massive win for all of us cause it proves that games don't have to hold our hand, have top notch graphics and above all no bullshit microtransactions.
Oh hello garuga, can’t wait for sunbreak.
Nice name and pfp. Love Garuga, even with its instant attacks and terrible hitboxes in 4U lol
I have watched this video at least 5 times from start till end. Just to find the valuable passion that you put to make this video and the fromsoft team making elden ring.
I really hop that Act Man makes a video on the dlc when it comes out. Also, im glad almost everybody agrees Elden Ring is (one of at least) the closest game there is to perfection, its been my favorite game since I started playing
This game raises the bar for all open world games. I almost cried when I discovered the underground region. Like there was so much content already, they didn’t need to add another massive section to the map. But they did and it’s awesome
Wait till you discover the other 3 😁
One of the underground areas suddenly opens up a bit and revealed a red lake from afar and I was like *WHAAAAAT THE FUCK IS THAT??* It reminded me of seeing Ash Lake and Izalith from Tomb of the Giants in DkS1, it was a amazing experience!
There are multiple underground regions 😏
This was my first "Souls game" and I loved every second of it. Just beat it a few days ago. This game is like the type of video game that only comes around rarely. It's like when Bioshock came out or GTA 3 or The Last of Us, it's one of the greatest video games ever made
I suggest playing through the rest of the Souls franchise. Demon's Souls (remake or orignal), DS trilogy, Bloodborne, and Sekiro are a must play
Welcome to Souls games. Now play Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro.
@@solidarity9371 u dont have to torture him/her
@@catodes1295 I wish they make an open world Bloodborne.
I prefer the gothic/Cthulhu theme of it than the medieval theme of souls.
Its the perfect introduction to fromsoft ... its the easiest and more accessible..
Your vids are always entertaining and exciting to watch. Thank you for some good content
It's one of the few games I can actually say I pre-ordered it with complete faith that the game was going to be awesome because it's from software a company that actually thanked it's fans for buying their game with no microtransaction or lootbox BS
Yeah, they're a safe bet always
It's from from software
@@MonkeyDefenceForce amen agreement absolutely wonderful
I pre order Horizon Forbidden West and I didn’t regret it my personal GOTY
@@MalikATL don't worry it's your opinion and I respect it but Elden ring is my personal game of the year
As a person who’s never played a souls game in their entire life, all I can say this game is amazing !
@@mathajar9563 I wish I could but I truly appreciate that game, elden ring being my first Souls like game
@@mathajar9563 nah he's right same boat here
Play souls 3 or sekiro
Everything youve said about "wheres the map and quest log?!?" Is spot on. I never felt stressed while playing unless I was in active combat. Having a marker pointing to where im supposed to go feels like the game is treating me like im unable to remember where to go or how to do anything and makes me feel stressed im not continuing the story.
Letting me go wherever i want and do whatever i want is so freeing and doesn't make me feel like im wasting time not continuing the main quest. Beautiful game and im more than happy it got game of the year
16:02 this is the perfect choice for background music. Skyrim suffered this issue where every boss encounter or area felt more or less the same in terms of difficulty, it made exploring more tedious and less rewarding. That’s why there are so many mods on the nexus to fix it. This is one of the main reasons why I like to say elden ring is a genuine open world game. You get rewarded for exploring and there’s so much stuff to do. Hell even if you’re not trying to explore and just speedrun your way to items and gear to finish a character build. (me on my seventh playthrough.) you will still find yourself genuinely exploring on the way to your items and end up even finding new things you haven’t found before.
Thanks for illustrating that point for me
What makes Elden Ring so engaging is precisely one of its biggest criticisms: the lack of quest markers. Because the map doesn’t tell you anything, every inch of terrain has the potential to hold something special. So every step you take is net discovery. Everything feels truly uncharted and worth venturing into, with the looming threat of death at every corner.
On Ubisoft games, everything is already marked. When you already know *exactly* where you need to go, why bother with anything else? And thus their maps end up feeling like barren wastelands from the start, no matter how large and bloated they make them. They’re shallow and linear and not worth exploring.
Proceeds to inspect every area
**Gets mushroom**
Yeah but you can also see why some people don’t want to search the entire map over and over again just to finish a storyline
@@TheFlamingoBird playing a souls game for storyline alone is a bad idea maybe the games not for you if that's the only thing that peaks your interest
So how you figure out how to get through the story
Not worth venturing :)
Imagine an entire "genre" named after you....that to me is the highest honor of recognition! It's the "Kafkaesque" moment!
Rogue: welcome to the club!
Metroid says hi.
Castlevania Be like
Actman please do a review on the new coliseum battles!
I was one of the people that called Elden ring overhyped until a year later I bought it because I was trying to see what the hype was about. I played the game and eventually made it to Godrick and at the moment my addiction began and I truly understood what gaming is and what a good product is. No micro transactions, no greed, good launch. Elden ring really is a masterpiece and I can’t wait to see the next DLC story. One of the best games I ever played.
Proud of you for admitting that :) I hadn’t played a From game up until Elden Ring and randomly started hearing about it the week before release. I thought I’d give it a shot. Never looked back. It blew me away. I’ve played every modern From game since then.
The amount of endorphins I got from defeating the guard dog really shows how great this game is. I’m 8 hrs in and I spent two hrs trying to kill the golden horse boss in the beginning and still haven’t succeeded 😂😂😂 it’s pretty cool on the major difference from where I started until now.
So.... where u now?
@@benfrank9622 I beat margarit the fell. Next part of the map and I am really struggling 😂😂😂
@@16maze I suggest lvling up first. there are plenty of good places to farm runes like caelid
Keep it up
You know what i did to that Tree Sentinel after it tortured me for an hour when i started?
I took my bitchass to the Church of Elleh, bought a whole stack of arrows, jumped up and squeezed myself between two pillars there and started blasting arrows at his golden booty because he couldn't do shit but stare.
over my 130 hours of playing Elden Ring, that moment was the proudest of my time spent on that game
I think the funniest thing that happened to me while I was playing Elden ring was my brother coming into the room while I was checking out new ashes of war. The man went, "oh that's really cool but how much did you have to buy?" and was shocked when I told him I paid nothing extra and that you just get all of this by playing the game lmao
That's legitimately sad lol
@@lockhart7813 legitimately? that's beyond sad if he believes that the way of life(not to be rude Its just that this should not be the path games are going)
@@lienomzekon4763 yeah fully agree man, it really is the worst how people have become so accustomed to stuff like micro transactions and we no longer get the full content of a game we probably paid $60+ for.
you should said I bought all of them when i bought the game 😂
@@CostasSavvides giga chad.
I like when act man adds bf1 music to his videos not only is it cool it makes me think of a great game
You had me at Star Wars Kinect. 🤣 Subbed!
Elden Ring is my first Souls Game and I’m genuinely having a blast. I vowed to never touch a Souls game in the past because I didn’t want to spend my hard earned money to get my ass kicked and have a terrible time. I never saw the appeal in a game that was touted to be so ungodly difficult. I saw all the hype and acclaim for Elden Ring and decided to give it a go and I am in love. Sure, it’s hard. But what I love is that it isn’t impossible. I can actually do it. The satisfaction you feel when you clap a boss that was giving you trouble is second to none. It’s a very beautiful game and the open world is doused in mystery and has me really hooked on this world’s lore and the going ons. The community aspect is also something I didn’t expect from Elden Ring. Everyone is so supportive and the knowledge that people are suffering with me, and that people have conquered the roadblocks I’m facing motivates me to do better as well. I love the collaborative strength of the Elden Ring community because I never feel alone when I’m playing. Even though the reason why I never touched souls games before was the difficulty, the satisfaction that comes from the difficulty is what truly makes this game amazing.
EDIT: I beat the game! Thank you for all your support!
souls fans always said that the difficulty of these games were hard but fair, and once you got the mechanics down it wasn't even that hard, but the difficulty was greatly exaggerated by being a meme and by people who didn't play the game. also yeah the community is great, the message of congratulations or 'i did it!' after beating a hard boss or the classic 'don't give up skeleton' they always made me feel part of a community that supports each other. I love reading comments from people new to the genre, I hope you have a good time
Truely said, brother. I barely touched a FromSoft game until now with ER. I didn't expect to be playing 100 hours of the friggin thing, yet I am. There's still moments I want to tear my hair out, but balanced out with moments of triumph, that shudder in your breath telling you succeeded against something mighty.
And, in both beauty and beastly, the game just looks goddamn gorgeous.
All it took was a new coat of paint to get your money so clearly it couldn't have been all that
Welcome to the club m8, good to have you! The past Souls games are pretty tough, but they aren’t exactly “impossible” either, try em out when you finish with Elden Ring
That's exactly why we love those games too much, they don't feel impossible, but they're hard and require you to best yourself to stand upon foe after foe. And every successful encounter makes you feel absolutely great, and every defeat makes you want to go back and do better next time, to study the movement and the timing of your enemies go overcome them. That's what I love about these games, and if you like them I'm sure you'll love them as well. Try Dark Souls one or Bloodborne. Both of them are great games from Fromsoftware.
I’m surprised. TheActMan truly hit most of the important points. This can be the easiest souls but only if you use the right equipment (this community including me is stubborn and will make the game more challenging for ourself).
Talking about how Elden Ring has DNA from the previous entry is such a beautiful statement, I would add that from Bloodborne the caves from Elden Ring with a boss at the end is a clear reference to Chalice Dungeons!
I’ve seen many reviews of the souls game, actually many reviews from back in the day praised having to a difficult and time-consuming run back to fight the boss, but I prefer ActMan’s positive take, let us respawn near the boss and we will make the decision of learning the move-set of a long fight or come back once we are overleveled.
Elden Ring can only really be easy if yeah, your overleveled or boost runes. Trying to play the normal way and progressing from level 1-10+ zones, then 10-20+ etc is actually hard asf because you can die in like 1 or 2 hits from almost anything lmao.
Dude, this video is so on the nose it’s incredible. Awesome video man; definitely worth a subscribe.
Love the Castlevania music in the background!
I absolutely love that there is no quest markers besides for objectives like the Volcano Manor quest line. I think its a good idea mostly because I am not going from quest to quest constantly. Like as much as I love games like Xenoblade Chronicles the constant quest and quest markers become a hassle. Elden Ring is more focused on the world which is why I also love BOTW.
Skyrim is like the sweet in-between. Quest markers can be disabled individually.
I do like the addition of showing where npcs are. Could never remember where all those merchants were
Same, I really got into JRPGs these past couple of years but I get exhausted by the quest fests. Especially when you can literally see the quests, so you feel you miss out if you don't see them. In Souls games, even if you miss npcs and quests it doesn't matter cause you don't even know they exist lol. And when you discover them you really feel the sense adventure and that you stumbled onto something great by accident
@@furiousturtl3 I like how they've done it too. You found that NPC? Alright, we'll mark it for you on the map.
That fucker moves? Well too bad, the mark is gone. Go find them again.
@@buggart too bad skyrims combat is boring as shit
Elden Ring has made an embarrassment out of the rest of """modern gaming""" by being so incredibly good while also having zero ways to extract additional money from the player. I completely agree that despite reaching crazy levels of hype, Elden Ring somehow still exceeded expectations. I also agree about the difficulty being tuned just right. The game is undoubtedly hard, but it seems like Fromsoft finally eased up on punishing the player and wasting their time. Elden Ring has virtually no padding in the form of running back to the boss but still manages to have over twice the content of any previous game. They totally could have charged $70 for the game given how much there is to do (not to mention the development time of over 4 years), but they didn't, and that's extremely admirable.
After more than 100 hours, I have no major issues with Elden Ring. The worst thing I can say about it is that sometimes it feels TOO big, overwhelmingly so, such that it's hard to commit to any one direction because there are so many branching paths. Obviously this problem will solve itself once I've finished the game and have grown familiar with all the areas. I really am over the moon with how amazing the game is and I'm very happy that Fromsoft is enjoying its incredible success.
Well said
Well said but no shit tbh. Former gen oldschool devs who have been around forever are the greatest. Nothing compares to the xbox 360 era in the modern online world plain and simple. These mainstream ps4 new gen fans and developers that AAA teams have been letting in/hiring over the years would never understand what makes a great simple game thats not some boring graphics or walking simulator that feels like an interactive movie rather than a actual game.
@@Slurpified An interactive movie can be an actual game, nice goalpost move tho.
@@Slurpified Sorry but that just isn't true. It's not the developer's fault that modern games suck, it's the fault of the corporate leadership who will do anything to maximize profits. This includes rushing games out the door unfinished, aggressive microtransactions, and cutting out pieces of the game to sell as DLC. Games with "boring" graphics and interactive movie games are what sell well. I'm not interested in them either but those games appeal to the largest possible audience and therefore make the most money.
Back in the day the only way to make money was to release a good game. With the advent of DLC and microtransactions that is no longer the case. Unfortunately the best way to make money now is to pump out mediocre games, market the shit out of them, and load them full of monetization.
Didn't they literally charge $70 though? I paid 70 digitally on Xbox.
This is also why I love monster hunter, they get so much criticism about not having hp bars. Even if they are dangerously close now. And also no easy mode.
When that announcement trailer dropped this game was all I could think about throughout the radio silence, then we finally got gameplay, then it was all I could talk about and then it finally released, and now it’s all I could play.
Elden Ring is a perfect example of "Executing it by the book."
it captured everything that made the Dark Souls games incredible, and upped it just a tiny bit with an open world mechanic instead of the linear coridors, which instantly was a hit with the fans!
and the size of this open world of course paves the way for more and powerful foes to best, and also LARGER foes as well! after all, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. *and my GOD is it satisfying to see a giant enemy fall after a long and strenious battle!*
I truly hope Elden Ring will signal to other developers and publishers that single player games can very much be profitable when done right!
They're gonna get the wrong signal and copy FromSoft again
Lol, Elden Ring has co-op and pvp. I love the game, but it's not the best example to hold up for single player games.
@@GeraltofRivia22 but it’s not a live service games
@@toshibiswas3115 you know the argument isn't single player or live service, right?
Elden Ring isn't a live service, but it has some live service elements. Just recently they released a patch that buffed and nerfed equipment, and added some npcs and extended other npc questlines.
Not going to happen. Elden Ring is extremely successful, yes, but microtransactions are still FAR more profitable while requiring far less investment and risk. EA, Activision, Ubisoft, and Take-Two make almost all of their money from microtransactions now.
Until and unless you can convince the masses to stop buying this garbage, microtransactions and live service will never go away.
I was very unsure if Elden Ring would be for me. But after actually trying to learn how to play, I'm in love.