How Elden Ring Taught Me To Take Breaks

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I'm stubborn. Bull-headed. And a recovering workaholic. But this is how Elden Ring taught me to take breaks. FromSoftware's Game of the Year 2022 not only perfect the open world game formula but also perfectly married open world game design with a Soulslike appeal. After playing a lot of Soulsborne games, Elden Ring seems to be teaching the player to take a break. Through the built-in difficulty spikes like the Margit the Fell Omen boss fight, players are encouraged to take a break and mindfully explore the open world of Limgrave. Instead of grinding and grinding your way to frustration, Elden Ring wants you to take breaks. In this video essay, things get personal. And I tackle my own struggles with the grind mindset that social media and modern society have fed us for years. Hope you enjoy the video essay!
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@filmotter Жыл бұрын

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@nah6024 Жыл бұрын

This makes me feel way less guilty about not dealing with my coursework for the entire last week while I was ill

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

I feel you there. The coursework will always get done at some point. Taking care of yourself is way more important

@ndesignt6805 Жыл бұрын

I really don't understand how you cannot have 10x the amount of views, likes and subs at this point. Your Videos are so damn good and elaborate. Its crazy to me Keep going!

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it! And sharing the video is always a good way to get it out there too. 😄

9 ай бұрын

I was drawing for a project while watching this. Haven't eaten my lunch yet and wanting to take a shower and just stretch a little. But then I was thinking "damn I've been drawing for what, 1 hour? I could just, y'know... finish to color the character..." AND THEN 4:21 COMES OUT AT THE SAME TIME I THOUGHT THAT. It really did hit me like a train. Thanks for that, I guess I was really needing to remember myself breaks are indeed important... 😅

@filmotter 9 ай бұрын

They are super important! Please eat something and take care of yourself! 🥰

@puzzledmonkeytree Жыл бұрын

Relax? a break? what are these strange unheard-of concepts? And I definitely did the same, following the bonfires and throwing myself frustratingly at Margit, before stepping back and embracing the joy of SPLORE! Although naturally I didn't find the fancy boss-fight item thing until more exploring long after beating the boss 😆 Now, take a break!

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

OHHHHH is that what I was supposed to do??

@marym6021 Жыл бұрын

what a wholesome end note uwu! what a vey good essay my friend! your editing is very clever; i often think "how did he think to get this scene to underscore this point he is making?? how did he knowwwww???"

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

Aww yay! I'm glad you enjoyed it. And believe me, the editing and picking the right scenes takes me ages. I keep notes while I'm writing of scenes I think might fit my points. 😄

@adamnystrom9101 Жыл бұрын

This is my new favorite elden ring video essay. I had this exact experience when I played. Hated it first because I wanted to just “git gud”. This perfectly shows how I believe most souls borne fans first experienced the game and I feel that’s amazing. Ps. I was shocked how low your sub count was. I hope your career continues to grow :)

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

I'm glad I wasn't alone there. And thank you for the kind words. 😊

@dearpapaya Жыл бұрын

Ok 3:55 seconds in and let me just say as a long time supporter of yours, I see your grind and I know it’s not easy. You are one of the hardest working individuals that I’ve had the honor to come across and I know it takes a lot of time to write a good script. I love your writing and I hope you take more breaks in the future to nurture your craft ❤

@marym6021 Жыл бұрын

what papaya said!

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

What the fuck Papaya you're gonna make me cry on my birthday

@torilynnwrites Жыл бұрын

This is probably my favorite video yet! I love Elden Ring for these exact reasons, and I loved your reflection on your fishing video.

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

A full-circle kind of video essay lmao. ❤️

@robbyfrank Жыл бұрын

Elden Ring + this topic = ❤

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the combo!

@Entre_Consolas Жыл бұрын

On my journey of finding new videogame essays and diving into this world I found your videos and they are just wonderful. You got me subscribed for any new topics you want to tackle. Congrats for such great work

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words! And I appreciate the support a lot! Hope to live up to your expectations haha

@Entre_Consolas Жыл бұрын

@@filmotter Make things you're passionate about and we'll love it :)

@xioussquid Жыл бұрын

The IRL application of this message is still so sorely needed to be heard. As a college instructor, I've had to re-think how to keep students from falling behind during and still after(ish?) the pandemic. Arbitrary deadlines and inflexible scheduled things create so much of a roadblock for people that are already pushing themselves so hard - it's no longer really "assessment" at that point. I can't imagine how youtube and social media engagement push people to keep at the content creation all the time... or maybe I can imagine it, with all sorts of content creators talking about burnout from feeding *the algorithm*. Total side note: Were you against summoning Rogier for the Margit fight? >_>

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

I was against summoning him at first because I had been conditioned to just like "get good" from the Dark Souls fandom lol. But I did summon him when I came back to the fight after my exploring.

@balladofcaius Жыл бұрын

Yaaaay the otter has returned, i missed these dulcet tones

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

I'll tone YOUR dulcet! Or something hee hee

@balladofcaius Жыл бұрын

@@filmotter whatever that means lmao

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

@@balladofcaius you know exactly what it means!

@balladofcaius Жыл бұрын

@@filmotter if you say so bestie lol

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

@@balladofcaius I do say so!

@nickelarpa Жыл бұрын

Just discovered you. Really solid videos. You gonna go places, so keep going, keep creating, keep yourself in front of your doubts and fears and with patience, effort and time you'll see how far you will go.

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

Aw thank you, I really appreciate that!

@desltiny2884 5 ай бұрын

wow i see you took a nice break after this video o_o and im surprised that this video has just 2700 views WHAT?? i added this video a couple of weeks ago to my watch later playlist and im watching it now and just noticed at the end (22:34 to be precise) that its not as popular as i thought ;( i hope all your videos will be as popular as video about sifu. its so good

@filmotter 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! But it's all good. They can't all be hits haha

@andrempmorais 10 ай бұрын

What a great video essay the ending made me cry

@poentecontente 9 ай бұрын

I don't like most open world games just because they fall into those "ubisoft traps". But I LOVE exploration when done right - hello metroidvanias! In Elden Ring I played for so many hours before even thinking about going to Margit's castle, exactly because I knew it was the "right way to go" to progress the story. And just exploring was so good.

@filmotter 9 ай бұрын

Agreed! Loooove a good metroidvania. And Elden Ring somehow scratched that same itch for me

@LeoDpt Жыл бұрын

Amazing as always keep it up ! (while taking breaks still :D)

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@safasfasfgasdgweg123 10 ай бұрын

Dont throw up this man, i love your videos

@sketchkay Жыл бұрын

Wow….it’s hard to put into words how beautiful this video and its message are. I’m so glad you took a break because you have so many commitments! Also, GOT DAYUMMM TWO PARTNERS? Having just one is a lot of work 😭😭😭 that’s so amazing! I hope you were able to spend some nice time with them during your break. My apologies for being late to watch this upload! Better late than never heavily applies to watching this. Thank you and please take care of yourself 🙏

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

No need to apologize! I'm just glad you enjoyed watching the video. And honestly taking that break was the exact kind of creative recharge that I needed.

@bubiwaan5857 Жыл бұрын

This channel is truly great... phantastic essay

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, that means a lot

@FauxRetro Жыл бұрын

You ever type a comment and forget to hit the comment button? Because I've never done that. Great video as always, Otter! I'll play this game! Eventually!

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

I've definitely never done that either, Faux. Especially not on any of your videos oops

@anotherbacklog 5 ай бұрын

The genius of Miyazaki is he can always predict 2 steps ahead of the player. While Elden Ring does feature an open world the progression is actually Linear. Many quintessential tools/upgrades are guarded behind easy to miss “optional” places. The exploration is actually intended by design, while it felt like player themselves had all the initiative to take the detour. Common issue with open world is the lack of intrinsic motivation to explore. Most developers uses mission systems to drive the player extrinsically, and you end up with the Ubisoft formula. By making the first gatekeeper hard and severely limiting the players toolset, Elden Ring provides strong intrinsic motivation to git gud or find more tools. Once you get enough tools and resources pass a certain threshold, the world “opens” for you. As the threshold differs from player, this is how everyone got their unique experience from the same game. If you do the game as “Intended” by Miyazaki and grind all the side contents before approaching each gatekeeper, Elden Ring isn’t really a hard game.

@SocraTetris Жыл бұрын

IF ONLY I hadn't gone hard on Elden Ring. I'm trying not to make the same mistake with Tears of the Kingdom.

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

Sometimes a game just hooks you! I'm the same way for games I'm just playing for myself tbh.

@glassgutta9112 Жыл бұрын

Impressive quality for a small youtuber. Hope You can turn this into your main job👍

@filmotter Жыл бұрын

I might be able to some day! People just gotta get the word out there and share the videos 😅

@frankallen3634 9 ай бұрын

Half hour in elden ring and I took a permanent break. Never got to a boss. Haven't had a single day of since 1998 and I've never had a single vacation in 45 years. 10hrs a day 7 days a week til I die and I'm fine with it

@Sputnik5790 Ай бұрын

I am pretty sure margit switches up his timings and combos once you start dodging it. I grinded the fight for hours and every time i found a opening in his combos HE STOPS DOING THOSE COMBOS.