Elden Ring

[Talal86]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUV5dqaumHE

[tcripe]

Yep for sure will be getting this. Looked absoluetly amazing.

[gundamcero]

Holy crap. The nips are super hard right now. I didn't know how much I needed this game in my life until today. What a day to be a gamer.

[Steelmaker]

Cross gen! Don't want!

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

Cross gen! Don't want!

From Software

Don’t want.

[ratandjmt]

Originally Posted by Derb

From Software

Don’t want.

It looks amazing but your comment is my first thought.

[gundamcero]

I hope it's $70

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by gundamcero

I hope it's $70

LOL and was made with a ton of 3rd world, underage, sweatshop level crunch!

[guizhang]

anyone else upset that elden ring is coming out before winds of winter

come on george

[Vincanws]

It looks pretty overwhelming and excellent. I’d pay 90...

[Talal86]

Originally Posted by Vincanws

It looks pretty overwhelming and excellent. I’d pay 90...

It’s $60

but even if it was $70, you can buy the ps4 version and get the free upgrade

[Zivouhr]

ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki—creator of the influential DARK SOULS video game series; and George R.R. Martin—author of The New York Times best-selling fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. Danger and discovery lurk around every corner in FromSoftware’s largest game to-date.

HIDETAKA MIYAZAKI
President and Game Director of FromSoftware Inc. Known for directing critically-acclaimed games in beloved franchises including Armored Core and Dark Souls.

GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
George R.R. Martin is the #1 The New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made.

Amazon Elden Ring product page quote.

"A NEW WORLD CREATED BY HIDETAKA MIYAZAKI AND GEORGE R. R. MARTIN" as described on Amazon.
The writerr George RR Martin seems to be inspirred by JRR Tolkien.

The open world aspect, if this is in fact open world, sounds promising.

[NARMAK]

So is this basically another Souls style Open World game or basically an online version of that game?

It's a little formulaic given From Software are treading the same look and feel of prior titles they have done, but i guess if you do something so well. Why change too right.

[Warm Gun]

Looks too much like Dark Souls, which I'm over. I don't get why Miyazaki wants to return to that aesthetic again after so many games.

[Vincanws]

In other shocking news, Miyazaki, known for his Dark Souls games, Bloodborne and Sekiro makes a new game with some of the aesthetic and style of Dark Souls games.

[Zivouhr]

The games are a success in sales and gamer feedback from what I hear, so that's a good reason to stay with that brutal, punishing style of game with bosses that are tougher than nails.

I personally rather play a fun game first, before a game that is brutally difficult and unforgiving without decent checkpoints, due to limited free time. The last thing I want to do is not see progress but keep playing the same section over and over until I finally get it right. Not enough free time in life to do that at the moment.

That said, if the open world is epic in scale and variety, I'll definitely consider this game even with the brutal difficulty. Maybe I can skip most of the bosses if the map is fully open from the start and explore while building the character up, eventually getting strong enough to wipe them out. If that's possible.

[KRW1]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

The games are a success in sales and gamer feedback from what I hear, so that's a good reason to stay with that brutal, punishing style of game with bosses that are tougher than nails.

I personally rather play a fun game first, before a game that is brutally difficult and unforgiving without decent checkpoints, due to limited free time. The last thing I want to do is not see progress but keep playing the same section over and over until I finally get it right. Not enough free time in life to do that at the moment.

That said, if the open world is epic in scale and variety, I'll definitely consider this game even with the brutal difficulty. Maybe I can skip most of the bosses if the map is fully open from the start and explore while building the character up, eventually getting strong enough to wipe them out. If that's possible.

I can't usually do hours long sessions either, an hour or two a night if i'm lucky but I had a blast with the Souls games. Their difficulty is overstated, it just means it doesn't hold your hand, and, usually, if you can't do a bit, there's something else fun to do while you level up enough so you can do it. The design and aesthetic of these games is just amazing.

As an aside, I can barely believe that a game (and it's sequels) I had to import from the USA to play at one point, as a UK release was uncertain (Demons' Souls) has been so successful, I see bits of it in a lot of other games now.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by KRW1

I can't usually do hours long sessions either, an hour or two a night if i'm lucky but I had a blast with the Souls games. Their difficulty is overstated, it just means it doesn't hold your hand, and, usually, if you can't do a bit, there's something else fun to do while you level up enough so you can do it. The design and aesthetic of these games is just amazing.

As an aside, I can barely believe that a game (and it's sequels) I had to import from the USA to play at one point, as a UK release was uncertain (Demons' Souls) has been so successful, I see bits of it in a lot of other games now.

Good points. It really does boil down to time for me these days. As a kid I had way more free time to win at some of the most brutally difficult NES and SMS games, but as with your situation, 1 hour a day if I'm lucky to play games due to other stuff.
These games are tough, but with enough trial and error practice with enough time to achieve that, they can be fun and achieved over.

With that mindset, I'm definitely considering looking closely at Elden Ring.

[KRW1]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Good points. It really does boil down to time for me these days. As a kid I had way more free time to win at some of the most brutally difficult NES and SMS games, but as with your situation, 1 hour a day if I'm lucky to play games due to other stuff.
These games are tough, but with enough trial and error practice with enough time to achieve that, they can be fun and achieved over.

With that mindset, I'm definitely considering looking closely at Elden Ring.

I'm pretty sure Elden Ring won't be as tough. I understand limited gaming time all too well, and I have a backlog of shame to prove it. That said, I never encounter gaming droughts! I'm about 1/2 way through the first Legend of Heroes game on the Vita and almost at the end of Yakuza 0....

[PissedOffPeoN]

I got my amazon ps4 pre order from june 19th 2019 still =-O.