Elden Ring "gameplay" trailer is out. Releases January next year.

By 2030 Fromsoft might get there, and i am not even memeing. Unless they're using UE5 for the game after Elden Ring, we're very far from Demon's visuals made by Fromsoft.

Yeah, a little dissapointing.

@Juub1990: I don't totally agree, but you're not wrong either. I love medieval fantasy (dragons and knights included), and From does a wonderful interpretation of it through a Japanese lense. But it could be neat to see that applied to Egyptian lore as well. What would you like to see instead?

Personally, I would love to see From reimagine Armored Core. There is a lot of potential with that franchise, and I feel like they have never quite nailed it.

I'm sick of superheroes, fortnite art, magenta, overuse of particles and games/levels always being set during a sunrise/sunset.

@Miyomatic: I can't speak for all the games, since I've only played Demon's Souls, Dark Souls and Bloodborne, but at least with Demon's, there is so much. It's got a unique story that isn't forced on you, but there is tons of depth and texture; if you want to seek it out. The manual combat is more grounded and methodical, as opposed to other games that are more chaotic and cartoony. The sense of accomplishment felt, after defeating an area or boss that has been destroying you for hours is amazing. There are so many secrets and hidden systems that require more of you than most games. A big part of it was also a backlash to so many games that just grab your hand and walk you to the end credits.

But hey, if that's not your thang, it's not your thang. It saddens me to hear someone not love Demon's Souls, but maybe it's filling a void for me, that they don't have. But I would also say that they've stretched this series out a little too long.

It looks great. I’m impressed with their willingness to take what they’ve established in the Dark Souls series to the next level. I also get the impression that it's a legitimate evolution of OOT's very basic concepts, such as riding horses to explore vast 3D fields, infiltrating dungeons and castles, and fighting mysterious monsters. Either way, I cannot wait to play it.

That has nothing to do with an engine.

@lebanese_boy: this game isn't for you then

I have to admit I'm surprised by all the people saying "meh looks like more of the same"

On the one hand, there seem to be notable differences from the more open feel to the more acrobatic combat to what seems to be a more explicit story

On the other hand, visually and thematically, what did you expect from a From colab with GRR Martin on a fantasy game (which we knew from the start)? Sexy space vampires fighting zombie shrubbery?

Is it just me or does that video look "flat"

Textures are not great, lighting not great, and colour not great

got to admit. the graphics looks so outdated. after playing demons souls remake, this look like an early ps4 game. but il take anything fromsoftware gave so still hype.

So is like Demon Souls meets Lord of the Rings?

@dimebag667: Antiquity would be cool. To me Ancient Rome is far more interesting than any medieval setting. If we move outside of Europe, we could have gone to Mesoamerica (Aztecs, Incas etc), or the middle east (Mesopotamia, Persian empire), could have been medieval Africa like the Kongo Kingdom, Axum, or Ethiopia. There are hundreds of places to choose from over thousands of years but fantasy writer prefer to stay stuck in medieval Europe.

@Sagemode87: Indeed chicken, it may not be.

Well, the trailer didn't show that much. How big the world is, what the combat system is like, etc.

Right now it looks like a more open Dark Souls, and that's pretty much it. As some people said, if it wasn't presented as Elden Ring, the first guess would be Dark Souls 4. Even the graphics looks the same as DS3. I think people had some other things in mind after Sekiro being very different from Dark Souls, and Elden Ring being said to be different.

Something other than Dark Souls?

That is how a trailer is done.

If you don't think this looks like the bee's knees you're either

1) a mindless, frothy-mouthed Miyazaki hater, or

2) a mindless, frothy-mouthed Miyazaki hater.

On that note, don't hate Miyazaki-san. He is a very nice man.

I'm disappointed that the game is not far from the Souls formula ... but this still looks great.

Even if i wanted something different, there is nothing wrong with the Souls formula, specially if the main From Software team is involved. I'm really interested to see what's new and what's going to be added from old games, personally i love different builds and differen styles so i wasn't a Bloodborne nor Sekiro fan in that regard. Also I have the feeling the horse riding will be more of a gimmick than a full feature, but let's see.

All in all ... it looks great.

@sakaixx: Agreed! But still hoping it’s not delayed. Question: How long has ER been in development for?

I don't think people hate Miyazaki. I think some folks had unrealistic expectations and some others wanted something completely different from the "usual" From Software game. I mean i guess they could have done a better work showing more gameplay but for a reaveal, it was great and it's much more better than the cringe fest EA did with Battlefield.

Prolly an awesome game, DS remake looked better graphically though.

@pc_rocks: I think most Dark Souls is often quite derivative visually and thematically. The bosses are the stand-out distinctive feature IMO. So I don't see it - a grim GRR Martin fantasy world and story from almost any dev in that playing field would look along these lines in at least broad strokes.

Trust me, dude, there's some serious Miyazaki hate going on out there. I can't tell you the number of times I've seen people call him a has-been, or a hack, or a nobody, etc. From Software in general gets a fair share of hate, clunky games that have no story, make no sense, yada yada. Bunch of rubbish.

Oh please. It has everything to do with the engine. UE4, in many cases, suffers from the same issue. Reusing assets with the sameish texture and the same outdated lighting makes it look like an expansion in many ways.

About as good as a reveal gets right here. Its here sooner than we thought.

The wide landscapes, the giant roaming beast that may or may not be hostile, the slick looking spells and fast combat, and what looks like a horse you can summon from air for some jousting ... From brought the goods for sure!

You have to ask wenzen on this. I really dont care much about Elden Ring, Heck I will be extremely happy if they stopped development now and just concentrate on Bloodborne 2. Or Armored Core, that works too.

They're not making BB2. Its a one n done kind of a thing lol

The game has been in development since early 2017. Enough time for it to be done on the 21st.

I'd be interested in knowing how many people upset about it being similar to Souls are folks who have played 20 Zelda or Mario games.

Anyway this looks great, the flying horse shit is definitely something I want to see more on, as well as the the scale of the content, as it definitely looks a lot wider open. Only thing now is to fast forward time by 6 months.

Has nothing to do with engine. It looking like Dark Souls is due to art direction not with anything technical.

@pc_rocks is correct.

You might not be able to tell, but i can pretty easily spot the similarities in UE4, BB engine and Frostbite 3. The game doesn't even need to be of the same genre or even the same dev.

That's something different.

It isn't. When you've spend a load of time playing games using the same engine, you notice similar meshes and the like instantly. Even tho it was made by completely different devs and isn't even the genre, i remember bitching about DA:I looking very BF3'ish. Same applies to BF5/BF1 to the Battlefront games.

@Juub1990: Yeah, any of those places could be cool. Maybe someday.

So I see the From Software signature style but not seeing why George RR Martin had to get involved, and it doesn't look like the kind of game that needs a trigger warning beyond the normal ESRB buzzwords.

Didn't he wrote the backstory of the world of Elden Ring? We're not gonna see this in a 3 minutes trailer.

I'm sure he was consulted for lore building. Then again, could just be a marketing schtick. Maybe it gave George a reason to keep pushing off GOT.

Im so sick of the souls-like genre, it was cool at first because it was different, but now its just ridiculous. Like battle royal I'm sick of it. Do something else...

If game is like Souls then all those lore and world building is pretty much dead and lost and require some youtube lore videos to find out the smallest details. Also the fans after watching will claim they already cried vs bosses even though all the lore you get is from equipment description and obsecure references in the boss room AFTER you beat the said boss.

It better be youtube worthy. I sure as hell don't want the story to be anything like Sekiro. Didn't require any youtubing, and easily the worse story of the fromsoft titles.

Looks great.

We were expecting Dark Souls meets Game of Thrones.

Instead we get Dark Souls meets Breath of the World.

Not really seeing much Game of Thrones there.