Elden Ring: A Storytelling Masterpiece
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Song 1: Fire Keepers (Dark Souls II)
Song 2: Deacons of the Deep (Dark Souls III)
Song 3: Nameless Song (Dark Souls)
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Please let me know if you're interested in potential character analysis/overview/theme videos for Elden Ring! I already plan to do one on Maliketh if that gets funded on Twitch :)
Also, this video was edited by @Xanshil: twitter.com/Xanshil
Looking forward to it
Maliketh is an awesome character
Yes absolutely yes
I'd love one for Maliketh or Marika, maybe Miquella or Radahn
Would love to see your take on goldmask
I loved how you brought up how Godrick's grafting was born of an inferiority complex, that's the same way I saw it too. Another environmental detail that I noticed on a subsequent playthrough was the capital Lyndell, and how the doors and windows on all the buildings are glued shut, with what looks like tree sap (fitting) as a way of conveying Morgott's cope, that everything is okay, and that one day things will return to the way they were, shutting people inside there homes and having soldiers roam the streets until that day comes. Many characters in Elden Ring are coping, or are compensating for the loss of the world that once was, and seek a return to it, Morgott, Maliketh, Mohg and they all attempt to achieve this in there own unique way.
Great point, the little characterization details in the tiny touches like that are so good.
Damn is there any hope in this story?
I think the sealing around the doors and windows was corpse wax, if you look close at the material and what's on the gargoyle's weapons. To keep the ashes of the last erdtree burning out, but that's an interesting idea I hadn't thought of regarding why it would be there.
There's a difference between not preferring one style of storytelling, and that style being bad or the story not being present. And too few people understand that.
Based.
As a Berserk fan elden ring helps me imagine what I would be like to live in the world of Berserk and really see and feel how unforgiving it all is
Caelid is literally Eclipse land lol
@@seemonuzumaki723 I remember going to caelid after opening some damn chest and escaping and mine to see the red sky and I was like "damn I'm getting some mad eclipse vibes from here"
Did you see the Miura tributes?
@@justmyopinion79 yes I love the hill of sword and the big guts sword + loins claws ash of war just make you feel like guts
Exactly, this game made me want to reread Berserk
YES! I'd love to hear more about Elden Ring from you. I also love that kind of story telling. If you haven't played it already, check out Outer Wilds (NOT Outer Worlds). Brilliant World to explore, puzzles to solve and mysteries to uncover.
I’ve heard a TON about Outer Wilds lol, may be an idea for a future stream game!
@@Aleczandxr Yes please! Also, watch out for spoilers. :D
Numbskulls really expose themselves are idiots when they see games like this and say that there isn't a story. There absolutely is one, you just either aren't paying attention or are not used to the style and need to get accustomed to it, or both. There's a difference between not preferring one style of storytelling, and that style being bad or the story not being present. And too few people understand that.
I once got into a pretty heated argument with a guy not only claiming there wasn't a main story, or plot, but that there wasn't any storytelling at all in these games. He was clearly fairly educated too, which absolutely baffled me.
@@LunamrathP I don't understand it, people turn their brains off sometimes when it comes to abstract or unconventional stories.
putting my feet up at the end of everyday to play elden ring, a game from my favourite series, and watching your streams has been a real helpful for a guy like me enduring the monotony of a cringe 9-5 office job. seeing you and this game come together was a real treat. im glad i had the opportunity to help fund this video :)
Bloodborne and Elden Ring as your top 2 FromSoft games is extremely cultured
more like basic.
@Peasant Bro same, it's so entrancing and rich I can't get enough of it
Damn right, two masterpieces
@@darklight6921I bet you're the type to put narrative-driven games with trash gameplay as your top games
ER and BB are my top two as well
I've seen people say "instead of games telling actually stories, they can now have an item description that just says 'Brother...' and people will praise it." which I think is very silly because the way fromsoft games tell their stories are entirely to serve the way the games are. Yakuza, for example wouldn't benefit from their type of storytelling, but games like this does and to say it's bad because it's not like traditional games doesn't make sense to me.
Item descriptions are a medium through which video games can inform, so that criticism is stupid. Because it's not like the games don't use other ways to tell their story too, like visuals, dialogue, etc
Like Alec said, series like Pokemon and Zelda do it too in ways he described in those videos. But people are just too lazy to use the medium
There's a difference between not preferring one style of storytelling, and that style being bad or the story not being present. And too few people understand that.
I saw people say this about Bloodborne when it came out, and that it doesn't qualify as "real" storytelling or that it's lazy. I love games that are very cutscene heavy too, but not every game has to get their story across that way.
Besides. The story isn't in item descriptions. Item descriptions simply add more context to the world and characters to flesh them out. Its essentially flavor text, something that has been in games since forever. Fromsoft just does it really well
Man you're really making me want to do another playthrough! Thank you for always putting my thoughts into words that describes so much perfectly. It makes me appreciate the media I experience even more. Hopefully there's more Elden Ring videos, thanks again AJ!
Wow.. Great to see you do another video on a game!
Its storytelling needs an Easy Mode
LOL
It's called Vaatividya.
@@androsh9039 I consume his videos like I consume ice cream
Another Great Video! I really like the visuals for this one.
Editor here, glad you liked it! Worked hard to get the visuals just right 🥰
More videos for Elden Ring PLEASE! I played the game 8 times already... I consume everything with Elden Ring in it!
It’s a donation goal on Twitch! We’ll see if it gets fulfilled.
Elden Ring is my favourite FromSoft story and one of my favourite video game stories in general, it's so epic and grand and so full of intrigue and awesome characters. Dare I say, based?
I don't have the setup to play the game but i'm fascinated deeply transported by this crazy story building !
Definitely was never expecting a Elden ring video from you
Great video. I'd definitely be into more about Elden Ring.
Very hype for this video though, I'm so glad you think the story is great
Damn I never thought I would hear someone make a comparison between Pokemon and Souls games!
Hey man, it's been a LONG time! I have a huge backlog of your videos (especially the AoT ones), and the bulk of the reason is probably because of Elden Ring, and how deeply immersed I've been in the game over the last couple of months (seriously, just two extremely thorough playthroughs and a bunch of coop/pvp has netted me a crazy 400+ hours already)! With that in mind, it's so awesome to see you make a video detailing the storytelling brilliance of the game, since I also love these Soulsborne games for their unique narrative experience, just as you elucidate upon!
I'm so glad to see you hit the nail on the head about what makes these games so special, why they stand out in the non-traditional storytelling sense, demanding investment to truly appreciate as narratives in a nuanced way that genuinely fits together like some kind of archeological lore puzzle. So many people just blow them off as lacking a coherent story because of their purposeful ambiguity and open-ended interpretive and community-driven nature, and it really is a shame, because it is all there if you allow yourself to be engrossed by From's storytelling, and there is so much depth and longevity to it all because of the novel style it perpetuates. Of course, it's fine for a storytelling style not to be for everyone, but it's also unfair to disparage the story as not being there just because of how uniquely different it is to the norm. I think the collaboration of Martin with Miyazaki really paid off in particular with Elden Ring as you discuss, and it really is up there with Dark Souls 1 and Bloodborne as among my favorite games of all time now (and MGS2 and the Witcher 3, among a few others). Barring some flaws with boss design philosophy, it's hard to say ER isn't already up there with their best work yet, and if they pull a DLC with anywhere near the quality of The Old Hunters (still my favorite content From has ever produced), ER truly make surpass them all. We have to wait and see about that, though...
I look forward to catching up to your other anime videos over the last few weeks and months, but well done with this brilliant video! If you would like to check out a couple of essays of mine on the Elden Ring subreddit relating to the game's lore and story, I'd love to share them with you and get an opinion from a creator like you who I respect a great deal! I have a huge essay on the core plotline of Elden Ring and Marika's grand design in relation to our journey as a Tarnished, and a slightly shorter one on the mystery of Farum Azula and its compelling history. Please let me know if you're interested so I can send you the links, and thanks again for your awesome content!
Hey dude, no worries about needing to catch up/form a backlog of my videos, it’s appreciated that you plan to get to them despite being busy. I’d be very down to read some of what you’ve said about ER! Like I said in the video, I’m extremely invested in learning more and more!
This was beautiful
🔥🔥🔥 love your work homie. You’re a wonderful writer
I appreciate that!
Chad knights of Redmane build walls of fire to keep the rot from spreading. Maidenless tarnished comes and murders them all.
Guy...are we the baddies?
👀
Thank you!!!
I'm glad there are people who feel the same way I do about games. I play mostly for a great story and world immersion, however, I was told that I should just go read a book lolz. Not sure why there are people who would get upset about what attracts me to certain things more than others. But it's nice to see others feel the same. Of course I also like gameplay. I play certain genres just for the challenge. I guess it wasn't something they could really understand.
Enjoyed the video and have a nice day everyone!
props for the comedic title of this video
Watching this after playing through the DLC as I search through Videos on Marika. The DLC somehow made the story so much richer. I got emotional as soon as I heard the music in Shaman Village and read the minor erdtree description.
Absolutely! The narrative for Shadow of the Erdtree is unreal.
Being a souls vet and a berserk enjoyer, it was nice getting messages from newcomers when I destroyed their bosses with the great sword. It felt good being able to play in a game and show off my experience in exciting and moving fights. The developers did a good job on not only doing their vision, but honoring Miura’s work. It’s not often a game can teach valuable lessons about enduring and overcoming, let alone make it into the mainstream. To everyone, keep struggling.
i loved the story of hora loux doing away with honour and relapsing into bloody violence in his second phase
I do miss some of the simpler stories in these games. Solaire's questline from ds1 was so good because you didn't need to be a lore expert to understand it. There is a point in which reading item descriptions just gets boring and I don't want to feel like I'm forced to do it to understand even the basic premise of the story and questlines.
Elden Ring has that too. Blaidd, Edgar and Alexander for example, very simple and up front.
You miss them because you ignored them, they're all still there
Elden Ring's world is a dream melded with a nightmare. Lovely vid
Thanks!
Ah Caelid. Or as my friends and I call it after having visited the Haligtree, Paradise.
Hewg's story is so sad..
Also, loved the editing on this one.
Oh an elden ring aleczandxr vid let's gooo
Great vid. Everyone underrates Soulsborne stories.
Thanks.
It will be a pleasure to have conversation with you as a friend during lunch break....
I was engraved in the game. It intrigued me. This was the first time in a while when I was captivated by such great narrative. Last time was with RDR2.
Nice! Looking forward to the Bloodborne video!
Aleczandxr?
Covering Elden Ring?
This should be good :)))
many thanks for sharing.
gonna finish my play through now
I would LOVE more Elden Ring stuff.
Elden Ring isn't quite my favourite game but it's close, and I was amazed at how captivating I found the narrative. Usually I just tune them out and don't bother, but this game was so rich and interesting.
I agree with everything this man says. Beautiful games
Great vid.😺
The one reason i love from software games is that they dont treat their fans like retards. They respect us. They give us everything we need to understand the story, and gameplay. Its up to us how we utilize it. We need to support a company like that.
Funnily enough, it's the retards that are the biggest criticisms of the story for not being the style they want it to be
Bullshit. Maybe in other souls games, yes, but in Elden Ring more than once I missed a quest or a detail just because I didn’t backtrack the entirety of the map every 3 hours or so. Triggers are not explained. Riddles are sometimes bugged or straight up stupid. I’m a lore fan but I must say that without a guide I would’ve never been able to gather the information I needed to put the pieces together. This time they didn’t manage the discovery of “stuff” very well.
@@Neverwas LMAO calm down.
Hilarious given that they treat the audience with intelligence, but all of the criticisms about the story aren't intelligent.
@@soccerstuff8071 Classic fromsoft dickriding. Just dismiss all the criticism and call it dumb because how dare anyone criticise their games. I was fairly happy with the game and overall had fun but it was in no way perfect and absolutely deserves criticism in certain areas.
Majula theme is love. Majula theme is life.
Bro I just bought it and got this notification that's huge
I would love to see a video about the story of the areas
Based Deacons theme use
Every Elden has its Ring
-John Elden
Hell yeah. Fromsoft story telling is GOAT
I have about 8 hours clocked in and have literally no clue as to what the story is, I feel like I'm missing the point as I play and kill these bosses I don't know, but an Aleczandxr vid may sway me to find out more lol
This is more of a reflection from him than something that will probably change your mind. Are you familiar with the Soulsborne/Sekiro series? Because if not then what he says in the video about how they tell their stories probably applies to you and you might need to change your perspective and dive deeper?
Or watch some lore videos lmao
@@justmyopinion79 yeah I played DS1 and 2 with a friend but mostly just killing everything for the challenge and fun of it. Never did put much thought into it and we never bothered connecting the dots or reading the dialogue
Yo Alex, love the content as usual! Wanted to ask if you’re going to watch the movie “bubble” by wit studio and maybe do a video on it? I think the the story isn’t that fleshed out but has a lot of things open to interpretation, would be interesting to see your take on it!
He saw it already I'm pretty sure, check his MAL
I saw it a little while ago, wasn’t a big fan unfortunately. Sorry!
You got my like because you can put into words the loveI feel about Elden Ring, an is my very first Souls Bourne Game.... Maybe you should talk once about Hollow Knight since it gives me a similar feelings I got from ER.
You're right on about that hollow knight thing. I think if you go back and play dark souls 1 you'll find that the two games are structurally and thematically quite similar.
I agree that Hollow Knight is quite similar in storytelling to Soulsborne games! I don’t have an interest in talking about it in a video though, sorry.
Elden Ring Video 😲😲
Alec, I think you would really enjoy games by Remedy if you haven't checked them out yet. Alan Wake and Control do a lot of the similar things with their storytelling and I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Thought's on Joseph Anderson's critique on this game?
Sound like a good Game of Throne game
Appropriate since Martin is the scenario/lore writer
i won't lie, this almost feels like a response to shadiversit's video...
and i absolutel love it.(this video, not shad's)
I doubt it's a response, Alec doesn't do that
What did Shadiversity say?
@@justmyopinion79 that it's objectively bad because it doesn't tell much to hook the player in on the story and to make him look for the story himself(when alec literally proves the oppposite)
@@seemonuzumaki723 yeah i know, but it just felt fitting 😅
@@iota-09 Thanks. That's a very dumb premise lmao
I personally think Bloodborne, Dark Souls 1, and Hollow Knight deserves that title. To me, Elden Ring need a DLC to expand more about Ranni's great rune, Godwyn, and of course Miquella himself. If all of these 3 are fleshed out a little bit more, I'd put it up there with Hollow Knight, BB, and DS 1
Of course, multiple games can be storytelling masterpieces!
What are the similarities and differences between Gon Freecss and Ging Freecss?
Why are you asking this on an Elden Ring video dude, do it on a HxH one. Like his recent stream discussions on the second channel or the recent video about the ending. Better yet ask it in his live stream
Enjoyed the video, but I’d consider this lore more so than a story. Take lots of the rings for example: the world had a huge battle against sauron a couple thousand years ago, and every character has a rich history, but the actual story is Frodo trying to get the ring to Mordor. It uses lore to supplement and bolster the story. In the case of elden ring, it uses the lore and history to supplement the gameplay. Elden ring doesn’t have a bad story, it just doesn’t have a story at all IMO. Please don’t be upset
I wouldn’t. I consider lore to very much be a part of a story, I don’t agree with anyone who separates the two. And don’t worry - I’m not upset, I don’t know why you assume I would be.
@@Aleczandxr I think you may be right on lore being a part of the story, I guess my issue lies in the fact that it’s only a part. It’s not a replacement for the 7 elements of storytelling. It’s supplementary. I think the plot, the dialogue,theme and characters . The decor and melody are nothing short of phenomenal, and I think that’s why many people like it so much, but I genuinely feel it’s not a very well rounded story. Would love to hear more of your perspective though. Even though I disagree with you, you made your case pretty strongly
Sorry but I’m not sure how to provide you with more without you giving me something to aim at specifically. I’ve given my perspective pretty extensively, I don’t know what else I can elaborate on without you explaining yours.
@@brianmcdermott8693But all 7 elements of storytelling are actually in fact present in Elden Ring, and more than the 7. There is a plot (multiple plots), there is an overarching branching main story, there is a setting, a theme, a central conflict, a beginning, a middle, a climax, and endings.
You are not inhabiting another character like Solid Snake, Aloy or Cloud, who have specific stuff happen to their lives and you're just watching in 3rd person. You are a direct participant in the story as yourself.
Gostoc locking you in a room with big baddie knight and stealing your hard earned runes because he is a lowlife, setting you back in your quest to reach Godrick so you can defeat him to get an audience with the Two Fingers, making you curse the bloke and even try to kill him, IS story. After you defeat Godrick, when you learned you must risk more to get the benediction for the great rune to receive its power, you travel to heights you never before seen, defeating giants along the way and barely escaping with your life to arrive at a divine tower at the top of the world, feeling the immensity of the powers of old that is now within your grasp. That is the next chapter in the story. And that's just the beginning of a long long path of discovering how much of a pawn you are, taunted and used by powers both cosmic and mundane, or mad or petty, and liking some characters so much, that it genuinely hurts to see them die for you, or sacrifice themselves for a fanatical cause, and how you define your character in this strange world. You ARE Frodo on his quest to Mordor. You are Tarnished on your own quest to the Erdtree, swept up in a game of thrones like conflict between gods and even between insane zealots from different religious sects, and unlike Frodo, is becoming Elden Lord even a good thing? as clean cut as throwing the One Ring into Mount Doom as Frodo was tasked to do? Or is something far more sinister and frightening going on and how should you react when you discover that all is not as they seem? Elden Ring is the Escape Room of game storytelling, like Myst, like Shadow of the Colossus, it's not just lore. To me, what you seem to be defining as "storytelling" is "objectively narrated presentation". I love those too, a lot, (FF7 my favorite game) but this also has story, in spades.
The amount of people who I've seen throwing a tantrum about this game's apparent "lack of story" tells me everything I need to know about the sorts of games they play
Exactly, these comments even are full of them too. Very loud and rude.
Would love to hear you cover The Last Of Us
- your biggest fan….many thanks for reading
It was a good choice to not comment on gameplay lmao, the Dark Souls community are heavy elitists. Happy you enjoyed this game.
Some aren't so bad
@@stevenpeeckford5999 its a mix. I'm a pretty big fan and I could not care less if you used summons or magic or whatever else. And plenty of people are like me. But plenty of others are always whining about "journalists modes" and other overplayed jokes.
Thinking about it now - you never mentioned Maliketh by name in this video, despite mentioning so many of the other major characters. Hint for a future video?
You should check out resident evil village. I think you would really enjoy it.
I've also never been so stunned by a game as I have been by Elden Ring. Every new area, every new boss, every new discovery just fascinated me and sparked my curiosity even further. And the sheer scope of this game is simply insane. So many moments where I just sat there in awe, literally with my mouth open. And the way FromSoft tells their stories in the Souls games gives Elden Ring such a deep and rich atmosphere. The feelings I had the first time I entered places like Caelid or Nokron is something I've never had before or since in a video game. It felt like I'm setting foot in some alien world that I'm the first human to discover.
Who is the best character in Elden Ring?
Radahn
Vyke is up there
The jar
Marika
Radahn, Maliketh or Miquella
officer test
Please do monster hunter stories 2
HXH IS COMING BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Bloodborne slightly better for me but Elden Ring is such a masterpiece, totally relate.
i feel like ER is too big for the usual storytelling method to work well. im around 60 hours in through sheer force of will, and as much as i want to give a crap about anything in this world, it's just giving me nothing.
It gives you plenty if you look for it, literally straight out into Limgrave there is stuff with Blaidd, the remains of Farum Azula, Melina, Ranni, conclusions you can make about Godrick's soldiers and the Misbegotten, etc.
it's just as dense IMO, maybe you are more focused on the gameplay?
I don't know. Maybe I'm just acclimated to the souls style but I feel like the story is pretty straightforward. I understand the basic societal and political landscape more than ever only occasionally interrupted by a "what the fuck" moment like the windmill village which turns my understanding on its head
With the exception of Bloodborne, the souls games generally share the theme of loss and the recapturing of that which cannot return.
Except for the part where it didnt tell a story at all.
It definitely told a story! It may not be to your liking in terms of content or presentation, but it’s an indisputable fact that there is a story here. Sorry you didn’t enjoy it! :)
@@Aleczandxr Being told a story and having to look for the story are different things.
Oh yeah I’m well aware, no need to explain that! But a fun and active mix of the two can form a very engaging type of story presentation that can be very fruitful and fulfilling for those who are into that sort of thing :)
@@TheDraco175 Why are you being so rude in your reply? No need to be condescending and insulting intelligence just because he thinks something is good and you don't.
So be honest - how many tries on Malenia? 100? 200?
69
Yo
I wish i could see his playthrough
I personally thought this game had a garbage story like every fromsoftware game but to each his own I guess.
Careful. Between your takes and your profile pic you're likely to cut yourself on all that edge
me too.
people are just in the honeymoon phase.
Sorry it didn’t work for you! I’m confident that it’s wholeheartedly a wonderful narrative package but of course like I mentioned, it’s an esoteric type of story presentation!
I will say as far as story and gameplay, elden ring is definitely not in my Top 3 FromSoft games, but one thing I think it excels at better than any previous title is the CHARACTER writing, for the first time in a soulsbourne game I actually feel like the characters have relatable issues and tangible desires, they actually want HUMAN things, like recognition, food, wealth and even sex. Before characters were obsessed with abstract concepts like blood/souls, vague covenant rituals, destiny and the cosmos
not in your top 3 in terms of story OR gameplay? LOL how does that work? Elden ring is in my opinion not only perfection of souls combat that takes Sekiro levels of aggression and gives the variety of souls trilogy. And has one of THE most profound and deepest lores I've ever seen in an action game and gaming in general. None of the previous games come close for me. I think you simply have a surface level understanding of the lore and the gameplay. I dont say this to demean you. Literally 90% of people who played didntt get the richest and most advanced aspects of gameplay (Challenge runners like Lupine got it. You can watch his criticism of Joseph Anderson response to understand) and also lorewise 99% of people dont have a clue about some of the deeper sub-text and motivations of MANY characters and how they relate to each other LETALONE the basic plot points like why ER was shattered or for what purpose etc. ER is so complex and rich in BOTh gameplay and lore that MANY would be dumbfounded by it if explored deeply.
As much as I don't love this game, the lore is really cool and the worldbuilding is the best part of it and this was a nice breakdown.
Really counting on you having an opinion on Nier Automata.
I’ve made a video on it.
@@Aleczandxr oh my God! I'm so sorry. I'll look on to it. I really love your deep dives videos and i thank you for that. More power!
No worries at all!
How would you rank the Soulsborne games in terms of gameplay? Dark Souls 3 is the best.
DS1 > Sekiro > BB > DS3 > Elden Ring > Demon Souls > DS2
Sekiro best
Sekiro has the best combat in my opinion.
Call me a hipster but DS1 has the best combat to me.
@@justmyopinion79 What about it appeals to you that the other games don't have? Just curious.
Elden Ring has a story?
If you pay attention
@@meleronnef8411 Naw I'm good I'm more interested in just playing the game because from what I'm hearing the story doesn't sound that interesting.
@@jayDee92133 It's very interesting but it may not appeal to you. Not everything is for everyone.
@@meleronnef8411 Yeah man but it's definitely fun. Probably the third best game I've played all year.
U should play red dead redemption 2 if u haven’t
He did and it isn't a favorite of his but he does think it is pretty good
I beg for a video on Outer Wilds 🙏
There won’t be any videos on it but you can check out my blind playthrough on my VOD channel!
@@Aleczandxr aw why not? but yes I will definitely watch the playthrough and I appreciate the response
I don’t want to!
@@Aleczandxr Fair enough!
*reads video title* i disagree
Getting hit by the Elden Beast's grab attack and realizing that it captured Radagon/Marika with the same move was one of the best moments in the game. I went from thinking the two were the masterminds behind everything to knowing that they had no power at all in an instant. No other game can do things like this except FromSoftware's.
HUNTER X HUNTER IS FUCKING COMING BACK LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
YESSSIRRRRRRRRRRRRR WE LOVE TO SEE IT
Wait really?
It's no coincidence that most of the story presentation complaints come from lazy people who want every detail spoonfed to them like in a cutscene compilation like The Last of Us
Poor TLOU :'(
Hold on now last of us has lore outside of the games .... Have you actually played, The last of us? Because it sounds like you haven't.
@@jayDee92133 don't even try to play dumb and pretend like you don't know what they're talking about
@@jayDee92133 What are you even trying to say? Of course I've played it otherwise I wouldn't have said this. And I never said there wasn't lore outside of the games, what the hell are you even talking about
@@michaelyu6250 It's a good game with a great story, it just doesn't use the medium well and it's just different, which is my point.
as someone who loves ER, has 240 hrs in it, has a platinum, would rate it a 9/10 and maybe put it in my top 10 of all time i can say its storytelling is shite, sorry but it is
Not sure why you’re apologizing! No need to be sorry :)
Also, if a 9/10 makes it into your top ten then you needs play more masterful games my friend! ;)
Nah you're wrong, the storytelling is phenomenal. And since you seem to be touting your play hours as some sort of qualification, I've got 326 hours.
@@meleronnef8411 ppl rly want to love the story i guess, there is a lot ER is great at, communicating the story isnt one of them. it wasnt a qualification, but when it comes to games as popular as ER ive found that if i simply say they are bad at one aspect im pretty much automatically just labeled a hater and dismised by most fans immediately even if i actually love the game
Why are most of the people who hate on the story in this game so nasty and condescending? I'm seeing a correlation
I was about to say brace yourself for the people who are close-minded and unaccepting of unconventional storytelling, but judging by some of the shitty comments, looks like they're already here!
I didn’t like the Lore in this game, it was really underwhelming. Compared to other Souls’ Lore (DS1/3 & Bloodborne) it is definitely less intriguing and interesting. I would say that Elden Ring’s strenghts come from its characters. And that’s all. They are beautiful and well characterized. But the stories they are thrown into are poor and definitely not moving at all. Their endings feel wasted. When you face them, it doesn’t feel epic at all. It’s a waste.
I totally disagree, sorry it didn’t work for you!
@@Aleczandxr why weren't their endings wasted? Most of them still failed their goal they spent eons working towards
It barely has a storytelling. Except Ranni, all the side characters are boring and not interesting.
LOL
If people want to see something that tells a story the right way without cutscenes go play the Half-life games for example.
Just say you don't like to be challenged and go, you're exposing yourself. It has nothing to do with lack of cutscenes, no one mentioned that at all
Too bad you felt that way, sorry about that! Personally I think there’s immense quality throughout the cast and particularly Ranni, Marika, Miquella, Radahn, Rennala, Radagon, Rykard, Maliketh, Godrick and Morgott. Blaidd is quite good as well.
Joseph Anderson hates it lol
His video on it sucks though
and?
he even openl admitted that he doesn't want to play in any other way that isn't mashing R1 with a big stick against bosses without trying any other tool... and yet proceeded to criticise those bould take im all that seriously tbh.
That was his worst video in years, he replayed it 4 times in a short period of time and complained that there's no replay value after he purposely burnt himself out on it
That means it's good
He loves it to death but he has both constructive praise and criticism
the game is overrated. i prefer dark souls 2.
LMAO
@@meleronnef8411 this game is like dun dun dun marika is radagon. and like... so?
You didn't see the video
Hindsight here
Elden ring is probably the greatest game ever made is Malenia is one of if not the best boss of all time