New Elden Ring Images from Geoff

Vaati's video has now got me way overhyped for this. It sounds like Souls crossed with BotW and Ghost of Tsushima.

Happy Little Girl GIF by Demic
 
Scotty W said:
Still something about this thing makes it look/feel like a shitty phone app, it might be the generic UI or the repetitive background scrolling in a few scenes.

From doesn't usually do this style of trickle hype for games, this is a shitty weird new thing for them.
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I understood this reference.
 
Nickolaidas said:
I am not easily impressed after seeing Demon's Souls (it looks vastly superior, IMO), but the art, the design in the worldbuilding is very nice. I only wish FROM would hire more/better asset creators in order to up their game. It has the imagination of FROM, but lacks the detail of Bluepoint.
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And the games would take twice as long to make, twice as expensive and most likely not make as much more profit. I'd rather they keep doing what they do and how they do it.
 
Danteyke223 said:
After playing Psychonauts 2, I kinda appreciate level design , and art style more than hyper realism , this looks neat.
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No offense, but that doesnt make any sense. Hyperrealism or realism is indeed a type of art style. It's just that you just prefer the art direction in Psychonauts 2 and Elder Ring.

SSfox said:
I love realism, but games like this and Hades shows that it's not always about that to have a dope game.
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Agreed. It's all art direction.

I notice when people tend to criticize the look of a game, more often than not, they're criticizing the art direction without realizing it.
Realistic graphics doesnt make sense as a phrase imo. It's realism or realistic art direction that's defining most of the presentation,
which requires more creativity than just pushing more polygons or more detailed shaders.
This is why both a 2D indie game with a 1/4 of the budget from that of a 3D AAA game can both have amazing-looking visuals. It's dependent on the creative vision and the execution.
 
Magnific0giganticus said:
And the games would take twice as long to make, twice as expensive and most likely not make as much more profit. I'd rather they keep doing what they do and how they do it.
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Well, my point wasn't analyzing how much work it would take, but rather how inferior Elden Ring looks texture-wise to Demon's Souls.

Again, don't bash me, hardcore Souls nutcase here, Elden Ring sticks to the tradition of highly imaginative locations and enemy designs. But in terms of TEXTURES, From simply can't keep up with the times, is all I'm saying.
 
Nickolaidas said:
Well, my point wasn't analyzing how much work it would take, but rather how inferior Elden Ring looks texture-wise to Demon's Souls.

Again, don't bash me, hardcore Souls nutcase here, Elden Ring sticks to the tradition of highly imaginative locations and enemy designs. But in terms of TEXTURES, From simply can't keep up with the times, is all I'm saying.
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I think they do alright. It's not the textures though. I mean, the are mostly high res and very detailed, they are lacking in shaders, mesh shaders, geometry, the lighting does wonders for games, it certainly does for Demon's Souls Remake. Also particle effects are poor even for last gen standards.
 
Danjin44 said:
Because FROM aren't your "typical" AAA devs, they rather put resource on more important things rather try to appeal to graphic whores that have childish argument over few pixels.
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So there are no AAA games that are both technically competent and have great gameplay? Your response only validates my take.
 
Hendrick's said:
So there are no AAA games that are both technically competent and have great gameplay? Your response only validates my take.
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Well lets look at games like God of War (2018) compare to Bloodborne. Even tho both got released in PS4, GOW is above Blooborne from tech side, but when comes to enemy/boss variety, it soooooo blow Bloodborne that its sad.

FROM can have this amount of enemy and boss types and variety of locations because they use their resource on things that are important instead wasting time on "pretty graphics".
 
Hendrick's said:
So there are no AAA games that are both technically competent and have great gameplay? Your response only validates my take.
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I don't think the poster was actually saying that, but I will.

I'm sure I'm missing one or two out there, but I I'd argue that AAA games don't have great gameplay. They used to, back in the day; but not anymore.
Though it depends, of course, on how you define "great."

For me, it's things like legitimate - but fair - challenge, intricate level-design, unique encounters, proper AI behavior, emergent gameplay, etc.


Almost all AAA games have completely "good" gameplay, for sure. It does exactly what it's supposed to do, and it's exceptionally competent at its job.

But "great" gameplay? I don't know about that. I'm sure I'm missing one or two that aren't coming to mind at the moment, but the vast majority of AAA games are certainly not "great." It honestly feels like we're getting to the point where many AAA games are essentially all the same handful of games, just with a different theme put on top of them.




That being said, Elden Ring looks like a very minor step up from Dark Souls 3, graphically, which is a bit disappointing. I'm going to inevitably be obsessed with this game no matter what, but nicer graphics certainly wouldn't hurt.
 
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Yoboman said:
Shame this is so clearly cross gen. The lighting looks so flat
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It's not even because it's cross-gen. All of the Soulsborne games have had pretty bad lighting.

Either way, the art design looks fantastic and I'm super excited for this.
 
bitbydeath said:
Is this artwork or ingame?
I like that I have to ask this.
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I'm not trashing the game, but come on; let's not get overly-hyped.
The jaggies, clipping, and low-res textures are a dead giveaway. This is potentially an in-game screenshot, but it looks more like a frame-capture from a gameplay video.


A feathered dragon is sick, though. I don't think I've ever seen that in a game before.
 
I_D said:
I'm not trashing the game, but come on; let's not get overly-hyped.
The jaggies, clipping, and low-res textures are a dead giveaway. This is potentially an in-game screenshot, but it looks more like a frame-capture from a gameplay video.


A feathered dragon is sick, though. I don't think I've ever seen that in a game before.
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I ask because the placement of everything is just perfect. The dragon, the moon, the gold tree, the splash.
It looks like a painting with how it's framed.
 
I_D said:
I don't think the poster was actually saying that, but I will.

I'm sure I'm missing one or two out there, but I I'd argue that AAA games don't have great gameplay. They used to, back in the day; but not anymore.
Though it depends, of course, on how you define "great."

For me, it's things like legitimate - but fair - challenge, intricate level-design, unique encounters, proper AI behavior, emergent gameplay, etc.


Almost all AAA games have completely "good" gameplay, for sure. It does exactly what it's supposed to do, and it's exceptionally competent at its job.

But "great" gameplay? I don't about that. I'm sure I'm missing one or two that aren't coming to mind at the moment, but the vast majority of AAA games are certainly not "great." It honestly feels like we're getting to the point where many AAA games are essentially all the same handful of games, just with a different theme put on top of them.




That being said, Elden Ring looks like a very minor step up from Dark Souls 3, graphically, which is a bit disappointing. I'm going to inevitably be obsessed with this game no matter what, but nicer graphics certainly wouldn't hurt.
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I agree that most AAA games don't have good gameplay, but some do. I just want to see From step up their game.
 
FunkMiller said:
Vaati's video has now got me way overhyped for this. It sounds like Souls crossed with BotW and Ghost of Tsushima.

Happy Little Girl GIF by Demic
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While I had to endure 15 minutes of Vaati, you're absolutely right.

Sounds like the evolution of Souls a lot of people, myself included, wanted.

Less than 5 months to go... :lollipop_baby_angel:
 
Not impressed, looks like they literally took the original Dark Souls, upscaled the resolution and called it a day. i was gonna buy Elden Ring but i can't support such low effort from them, sorry guys 😔maybe next time
 
Represent. said:
Absolutely nothing from FROM... they are technically terrible.

Horizon 2, Ratchet, TLOU 2, RDR, etc, etc, etc.. this looks like a last gen game through and through
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and does it look bad ?
Sekiro is a last gen game and looks beautiful.

I hear gameplay is also liked by some people who game.
 
Danjin44 said:
Well lets look at games like God of War (2018) compare to Bloodborne. Even tho both got released in PS4, GOW is above Blooborne from tech side, but when comes to enemy/boss variety, it soooooo blow Bloodborne that its sad.

FROM can have this amount of enemy and boss types and variety of locations because they use their resource on things that are important instead wasting time on "pretty graphics".
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GoW boss/enemy variety is almost insultant.
 
How do they create such sick, feverish beauty. I feel I have to pinch my arm whenever From realeses a new game, and I keep pinching harder.
 
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