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[Schmendrick]

From Soft`s artists are amazing, their writers probably just on drugs.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Not being able to comprehend the story and calling it "fucking retarded" is pretty low IQ.

Bro, you don't need to pretend. Or did you watch a youtube video to have it explained to you, so you can act like you got the the story straight.

And I'm curious, with the many ending possibilities, is one of them canon to this DLC?

 

[winjer]

I'm sure there is a ton of lore in that trailer, but for me, it all went over my head.

 

[FoxMcChief]

The ending of the trailer seemed different from anything else "From Software"

It was about we, and us. Typically you were alone. Just really makes me wonder if they are pushing co-op. Which I'm for, if the difficulty stacks.

 

[Gideon]

The Previews will be dropping after this trailer,

Then we won't have any trailer before June 21

When?

 

[FoxMcChief]

You have to beat Mohg and Radahn. I assume it'll have something to do with Miquella's cocoon in Mohgwyn Palace.

I just beat both versions of Mohg last night. Made him my bitch. I killed the version in the Palace before he could transform.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Can DLC be Goty contender ? Damn, this looks good.

 

[near]

 

[Lokaum D+]

Jesus, my levels of soy are over 9000 after seeing this gif, can you put this in a spoiler ?

 

[near]

Jesus, my levels of soy are over 9000 after seeing this gif, can you put this in a spoiler ?

No.

 

[Draugoth]

When?

I was wrong

 

[tmlDan]

im kinda burnt out on souls games, maybe ill play this when my backlog dries up

 

[MrRenegade]

What a meaningless trailer about nothing. Fuck, FROM could hire the best talent from top studios to create cinematics with their engine, but this feels like it was made by a marmot munching in front of an AI with a microphone trained to create trailers.

prompt: elden ring dlc yumm, mmm, nyyumm, nyam gulp, carrot, chew, chumm, yumm, gulp.

PS: Date format, please, use year, month, day, thank you.

 

[EviLore]

Indeed, I think of the story as part of the general atmosphere... I don't actually need to grasp all the details of it, but just to have a sense of this otherworldly logic of this universe, and enjoy its strangeness and mystery as I explore. I love the weird dialogue and hints of lore etc but I don't care at all about reconciling them or grasping the whole thing as a coherent story.

Worldbuilding and lore development are so important when building a scifi or fantasy world. All those little details don't need to be shoved in your face, and in most cases shouldn't be, but they add up to help create something with depth and staying power.

Audiences may not consciously realize it or be able to articulate what's going on. They'll just, for example, love the earlier seasons of Game of Thrones but think the last couple ones went down the drain for some reason.

In the case of the Souls games, Miyazaki is an intelligent and literary guy. He and his team are putting in work to build a detailed framework for the worlds of these games and then deliberately withholding it in an explicit sense. But it's there, and that's why it feels great to experience. And also why hardcore fans can write 10 hour video essays after delving into it all.

 

[DelireMan7]

Are we all going to ignore the close up of the fisted vagina just at the beginning?

Spoiler: NSFW ?

 

[Arsic]

You have to beat Mohg and Radahn. I assume it'll have something to do with Miquella's cocoon in Mohgwyn Palace.

I thought up until now it was just mohg.

Do you have a link to where they stated this?

 

[near]

I thought up until now it was just mohg.

Do you have a link to where they stated this?

If I recall correctly, defeating Radahn opens the areas required to get to Mohg. I could be wrong, but I do remember a cutscene that triggered something.

But you definitely access the DLC via the cocoon at the palace according to Miyazaki.

 

[Danjin44]

HYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYPE!

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

What a meaningless trailer about nothing. Fuck, FROM could hire the best talent from top studios to create cinematics with their engine, but this feels like it was made by a marmot munching in front of an AI with a microphone trained to create trailers.

prompt: elden ring dlc yumm, mmm, nyyumm, nyam gulp, carrot, chew, chumm, yumm, gulp.

PS: Date format, please, use year, month, day, thank you.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

 

[Gideon]

I was wrong

I see maybe we'll get them this month, hopefully

 

[Draugoth]

I see maybe we'll get them this month, hopefully

There will be only one more trailer after this one, so probably sometime in June

 

[Fake]

Thats a bit underwhelming and adds nothing to me. Still getting the dlc regardless.

 

[ChoosableOne]

 

[Hohenheim]

I've been doing a new (third) playthrough, getting ready for this dlc.
Recently defeated Mohg, so I'm ready to go. This will be so good!

 

[MrRenegade]

That is the perfect fly trap.

 

[FoxMcChief]

So the baddie is now a fire guy?

 

[GustavoLT]

his hand is on fire after watching some hentai!!! (easy lore)

 

[proandrad]

Bet you this expansion will have less reused assets than Tears of the Kingdom.

 

[N0S]

2024 saved

 

[Danjin44]

2024 saved

For me it didn't need to be saved, I got tons of great games this year.

 

[Chuck Berry]

These games have stories?

 

[Terenty]

Wow, the fire motive is certainly something new for Fromsoft, didnt expect them to innovate like that

 

[ebevan91]

These games have stories?

Kind of?

Most of the lore is told through item descriptions lmao

 

[GrayChild]

FROMSoftware's art direction has always trumped even the most technically advanced studios. This will be no exception.

 

[Saber]

This video didn't do well for me. I'm already up for this DLC though.

 

[Danjin44]

I dont know why people are down on the trailer, I thought it was epic as fuck....and also it always relates to main story.

For example this trailer.


At first this looks like nothing more mech battle to promote the game but this actually part of the main story that takes place before you land on Rubicon and even Carla asks Walter about it.

 

[newtypepilot]

HYPED.

I'll also wait for the eventual breakdown video form The Tarnished Archeologist.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

FROMSoftware's art direction has always trumped even the most technically advanced studios. This will be no exception.

This 100%.

You can throw all the fancy technology in the world in your game, but if the art direction is shit then I don't care. Elden Ring to me is one of the best looking and atmospheric games I've ever played due to the art.

 

[EruditeHobo]

I finally picked-up my playthrough over the past week... cleaned up some bosses and questlines, powered through Mountaintops, then Heligtree, now at Malenia. Beating the game later this week. Then my body is ready for DLC.

Pre-ordering. Baby's first From DLC! Exciting.

 

[Wimbledon]

I have this game and still have yet to play it. lol

Guess i should get started

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

I don't think I understand the story of the original game yet, and that's after a ton of hours.

if theres a story, i dont want to know what it is

 

[gaming_again]

Started my hammer build. Lady_hammer. Wave if you meet her on the PS5 servers.

 

[semiconscious]

i mean, sheesh! it isn't completely obvious to some of you as to what's going on here?...

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

i mean, sheesh! it isn't completely obvious to some of you as to what's going on here?...

i kinda gives me dynasty warrior (aesthetic) vibes

 

[Zimmy68]

Great another reveal consisting of 100% CGI cutscenes. Just what I wanted. Way to 1 up Assassin's Creed.

 

[Danjin44]

Great another reveal consisting of 100% CGI cutscenes. Just what I wanted. Way to 1 up Assassin's Creed.

The first trailer we got was 100% gameplay and FROM always shows CGI for story trailer, I dont see anything wrong with that.

 

[Alebrije]

For the ones that want to understand the story , this is a resume:

Git Gud

End.

 

[SSfox]

So what best version Elden Ring to play? PS4 or PS5? heard PS4 had better framerate. Wonder if they will fix PS5 framerate with DLC release?

 

[LavitzSlambert]

No idea WTF is going on but I am excited for the expansion.