“This is going to be cyberpunk all over again mark my words.” This aged like milk 2m from the sun

I was one of the people who were concerned about the reused animations, but then a friend said, "There's only so many ways to swing a sword before it just starts to look silly."

Damn…”elden ring will be cyberpunk again..” that didn’t age well. Since the game is sitting at a 5 star rating…

Elden ring being out and having so much success has shown one simple truth. Gamers, critics and developers seem really disconnected and from software has become one of the exception clearly showing they understand gamers very well. They excel is the things that truly matter

The gameplay reveal did nothing but make me so much more excited for the game. I guess it's not for everyone, but the game is exactly what I have always wanted. A massive open world Souls game, with seamless traversal into massive castles, dungeons, etc.

"Look they're reusing animation, Fromsoftware is a bunch of lazy pricks!" "So you're saying a skeleton tapping it's skull to make sure it stays put is not the greatest thing ever?

I'm 220 hours deep and I've already gone into NG+ ...my mind remains blown that I'm STILL finding things I missed after going out of my way to explore everything as completely as I could. The fact that the game renders so much of the world simultaneously, with acceptable load times and overall fair FPS for the visual quality, is impressive.

Changing for the sake of changing is an AWFUL concept. FromSoftware knows exactly what they're doing (and I can only agree...), they have something that works and that is GOOD, why change? They're expanding and improving other things. Why change? Why risk to make something worse? And trust me... the complaints of people saying "why did you have to change that? It was so good before!", very unnecessary. Elden Ring is clearly a souls game, that's why it plays like a souls game, there's nothing wrong about that unlike Sekiro where everything is different. If anything please make more 10 Elden Rings, as long as their quality delivers I'm down, complaining about animations? reused assets? WHAT?

"the graphics look bad and they reused animations" The average monster hunter player : "the combat looks sick"

if you perfect an animation library, there's literally no reason not to reuse animations, it's common practice

This also just proves to me yet again that people like to think they know a lot more about game development than they do. The fucking gall to call FS lazy because you recognize some animations when they've made an entire massive open world with tons of new and unique enemies and locations is so insane to me.

Elden Ring feels like a perfect game to me. It feels to me like they've spent 10 years finely honing the skills and mechanics to make a timeless game, Sekiro and Bloodborne were just informative to the creation of Elden Ring as the Souls series was.

As a die hard Souls fan, this demo was everything I wanted it to be. It looks gorgeous to me. It's a massive open world, it was never going to look like DS remake.

This is a great example of the quote “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. every souls game kept aesthetics and expanded upon them. Each game resulted in an evolution until fromsoft got to where they are today. Fans love originality AND innovation, and fromsoft has never failed to deliver

how can people not like it? its single handedly one of the most fun/challenging and rewarding RPGS ive ever played

Elden Ring could very easily be the best game I've played, and I'm Happy Miyazaki decided to reuse souls assets, because that allow them to focus in the stuff that makes Elden Ring unique and special, besides it also makes the game feel familiar while at the same time, having its own voice and character.

I really like your ending statement, that the animations are there because fromsoft thinks they’re good and don’t need to be changed. It’s a shame that people immediately think that because something is old or reused they’re bad. It feels like people don’t even consider that the animations could be there for a reason other than “we’re lazy and don’t want to make new animations”

The gameplay of elden ring is exactly what i imagined it was going to be, the world and dungeons however exeeded my expectations. The jump button seems to play a way bigger role in traversal and gameplay than i originally thought. I couldn’t be more happy

I finaly discovered the Soul's games with the remake of Demon's Souls and I have to say that the expectation I had about these games that it would make me frustrated and that they were just made for people that don't like fun was totally wrong ! It was a long time I didn't felt so much inside a game and hypnotized by the mood and the Lore of it. Also I had never felt so proud finishing a game before and I'm a 34 yo gamer since the SNES. The Art direction is really good and people that are whining about graphics just don't understand Art. Art direction and gameplay make great games. I'm a concept designer trained by Feng Zhu in Singapore so trust me. Ultra realistic graphics are worth nothing if your game sucks. Just take the UE5 demo in Matrix. Great photography, jaw's dropping amount of objects on screen with photorealistic textures. No game, no mecanic, no Art direction. Bored in 2 min. Elden Ring have a great Art Direction just like every soul's. Therefore it's a beautiful game, end of discussion. Anyway, my first point was that I just discovered these games and so, I ve never played the dark souls serie or Bloodborne or Sekiro. So I really don't care they used the same animations cause It would be a whole new game for me ! Ahahah

I don’t get it, the graphics *do* look great, this game is going to be amazing. Not a single thing in the trailer looks recycled and they have the game of thrones author (George R.R. Martin) working on the lore? It’s a huge open world filled with secrets, enemies and things to explore; I don’t understand how this game could possibly be bad Edit: I was right

"I was let down. It's basically DS4" Ya, that's exactly what I'm hyped about because that's exactly what I've been wanting.

From softwares games have never been at the pinnacle of graphics tech. Their art direction and overall atmosphere are what separates them from the pack. I think What makes people upset is the fact that ever since the ps5 and Xbox series X have come there hasn't been a game that has shown off a generational leap. Maybe they were expecting this game to be that showcase game but that's not what from soft do. They make a game that combines great elements (art direction, graphics, gameplay, atmosphere) to make a memorable game.

“It’s gonna be another Cyberpunk, mark my words.” Ahaha that aged well. Eat them words brother.

people don't know what they want, and developers/designers that cave-in to the clamor of idiots end up with a subpar product Dark souls in an open world setting is something I've been looking forward to for -so long- I'm grateful they're being careful with implementing it and gradually developing it into the ideal form

Im so happy Miyazaki stands his ground and isn't freaking out about all of the opinions that really don't matter. He understands that true art is in the making and I couldn't be more excited to play it! These are going to be the slowest 3 months of my life lol

Imagine only playing a game for the graphics.

It’s so crazy to come onto the internet and see comments like that, because I played Elden Ring completely blind and never watched a single trailer. I never even played a FromSoftware game before. It instantly became one of my top games, and every moment wowed me. The graphics, art direction, combat, and open world are all top tier.

Great commentary! How you addressed and responded to the graphics complaint was excellent. You offer a life-lesson on how to listen and respond to differing opinions with honesty and sincerity that derives from genuinely wanting to understand their position, not necessarily refute it.

I had been worried that FromSoft's relatively small development team wasn't big enough to make all the content for a large open world game. So when I saw the game play footage, my immediate thought was "wow, they were really smart and focused on adding the new content and not reworking elements that were fine in previous games." Given a team of devs, you can only make so many animations in a given time period. So every animation they reused is an animation that they got to add to some other part of the game. Makes me excited to see them.

“Should be a standalone expansion” damn I didn’t know expansions added horseback combat, an open world, and whole new vibrant color scheme with dynamic weather and day/night cycles lol

I very much am glad that I randomly discovered and watched one of your vids yesterday because the more I watch you the more I like: 1) the way you make your videos 2) The calm way you speak 3) And the fact that I usually end up opening my mind to change and thus evolve, one way or another, constantly reminding me that there is always more than meets the eye with things I may be already be judging severely

What is the soundtrack used from 3:40 ?

I genuinely appreciate the fact that FromSoft still operates like a small studio making niche games. By being economical with their assets and animations, it allows them to get more creative elsewhere. They don't need to rebuild every game from scratch, they just need to iterate and improve on what they've already created, and that's what makes their games so consistently good. So go ahead. Reuse every asset you can. I think it's fun to see how pieces of code or artwork can be directly traced back all the way to Demon's Souls

Graphics have gotten to the point that you really don't need the highest textures and fidelity, as long as the lighting works with it to convey an engaging atmosphere. Honestly I'd be more happy with companies just focusing on framerate now.

All I wanted was something simmilar to the old games in an open world with new secrets to uncover. My only complaint is lack of Fashion souls in the game, really limits nice looking armor combination. But I love that you can alter some garments which could have been taken further as in changing metal tint and colors.

On top of the open world being a huge part on how er is different, it also DRAMATICALLY changes the combat, no more will people spam r1! Now since the hidden posture bar is a thing, you have to string different kinds of attacks together Ex. R1x2, r2, jump, r2 There is a video talking about how that is more effective than r1 r1 r1 r1

There are a few game developers whose motives, by this time, I trust implicitly. Yoko Taro, Hideo Kojima (I didn't like Death Stranding but I am so happy that it exists as a concept because we desperately need innovation), supergiant games (no I could not care less about finishing Pyre but I bought the game anyway so as to vote with my money) and finally Hidetaka Miyazaki. No hate intended to folks who are just voicing their concerns but people who would suggest that Fromsoftware are lazy developers are simply living on a different planet than I am.

"I am more threatened by the man that has practiced one punch 10,000 times than the man that has practiced 10,000 punches 0ne time." -Bruce Lee

How come I haven't found your channel before? I freaking love your videos. Keep up the good stuff, man. Not only are you sharing your views and opinions, you're also giving me new perspectives. GG man.

Isn’t the background theme from King’s Field? If it is, what’s the name of the piece?

"This is gonna be Cyberpunk all over again" I don't see 100000 trailers for the game each describing a feature in the game in minute detail. I have no idea what some people expected. When people say "Bluepoint outclassed them", what they MEAN is "This Game doesn't look truly next gen haha graphics bad" No disrespect to Bluepoint, they did an amazing job, but it's literally just a shot for shot remake, not an entirely new game. Also, i can't believe we're still having this discussion in 2021. I personally liked the Gameplay a lot, and i am looking very much forward to playing. It's exactly as i imagined.

Graphics aren’t the most important aspect of a game. Mechanics and design are. FromSoft’s games incrementally improve their assets/graphics over time and re-use some too. It’s a good practice.

I was always excited for this game but when I first saw that dragons fire dance across the river towards the player I was stunned. I cant wait

What's the song that plays between 5 and 7 minutes?

There actually is a generational leap shown with Elden Ring. It’s just subtle, but it is apparent to me as a longtime console game lead programmer and designer (co-founder Naughty Dog). In Dark Souls, while the art design was always fabulous, the engine with just good, not great like TLOU or God of War. But they still used extremely careful and crafty level design to showcase very large open vistas that depicted areas you could get to and were available in the game. However, those distant areas couldn’t be directly approached from the vista viewpoint, you had to wind your way through the convoluted levels in between. In this progression the viewpoint was always carefully managed so as not to overwhelm the amount of detail either required in memory or pushed through the render pipeline. Likely, when you look down from high up and see the swamp far below it’s a low polygon replica of the swamp. In Elden Ring, this appears different, with a much larger amount of background assets connected into one less linear virtual level. Even still, they probably need lower polygon versions of far away chunks, and it’s highly unlikely you can spot the hollows on the battlements of a distant castle, but the Ps5/Xbox X can push enough through the pipe to render a far less toy variant and far more numerous actors than previous generations. The ER open design just wasn’t even possible on the PS3 and would be marginal (which big compromises) on the PS4. FromSoftware is also a very efficient team. They reuse assets for 2 reasons, as you mentioned that they think it already works, and also to create emotional familiarity for players. This is most prominent in sound fx. Bloodborne, utter masterpiece that it is, and differently styled, borrows so many sounds from DS. But there is a deep emotional connection now to those sounds, like the sound of touching a bonfire/lamp or the use of a flask etc. it’s both instantly familiar and resonant.

I think the main problem is an inherent misunderstanding of what Elden Ring is among the community. It’s not meant to be Bloodborne or Sekiro, nor is it meant to be DS4. It’s taking everything that From has learned with the previous entries and evolving it to fit on this huge plane. Like Miyazaki said, every single piece of this game is shaped around the idea of being a true open world. On a related note, it seems like people aren’t paying as much attention to the intricate details in the combat as I’d have hoped. Barely anyone I’ve seen has commented on the multi-hitting attacks on weapons, driving your weapons further into the enemy when given the chance. You can parry with weapon blocks, shields seem to function similar to the Lance from MH, the hit box on that enemy’s spear was IMPECCABLE. I struggle to care about the reusing of a deathblow animation when the combat system as a whole seems to have been dragged up by the roots and polished to a golden sheen. I’m not saying that you can’t complain about such things, but I feel as though some fans are missing the forest for the trees here. And I will absolutely not abide by anyone saying From is lazy, that’s a step too far. Also I’m just…so tired of the graphical comparisons at this point. Every time I see a current gen, open world game get its pixel count compared to a PS5 exclusive remake I start to feel closer and closer to Micolash.

Elden Ring has given me something within a game that I NEVER actually thought would legitimately happen outside of my one hype-riddled musing that I say with every title I am hyped for. I am legitimately afraid that I am never going to be able to experience forthcoming games the same. I have always been a slow player, but.....I can feel myself intentionally avoiding things and repeating location returns under the lie of "accidents". I have never played a game where I actually wanted to go back to something I already explored from the absolute top to bottom, in order to inspect it clean again. This game just feels so rewarding, like, man......the previous game design of FromSoft already included the mysticism and consequence of scale. The way that FromSoft has been able to vary exploration and discovery in both small and large spaces is just incredible; the intricacy and layout of Elden Ring's structuring feels so much more liberating and....softer feeling than the other games, in which turning a corner feels strikingly similar to the disruption of stumbling into a very annoying schoolmate twenty years later at the grocery store when all you needed to grab was a bag of shredded cheese, and you're just stuck there, in the purgatory of the future. Slight spoiler (I don't know, it's hella vague, so please don't come for me 😂), but I was in a very large, deep sewer area recently (oh, if you know, trust me, you KNOW), and, Jesus H. Christ, did I underestimate its size. I got lost for hours, but not once did I feel irritated because of being able to constantly translate my real-time directional "flow" in my brain directly to my movement. The sense of curvature to these locations (we can probably owe it to the environmental design deliberately diversifying the architecture for both aesthetic and gameplay) makes my experience embody the present and feel proactive much, much more since one can engage a much more physical and hands-on approach to critical thinking. The game's facet of "learning" has felt wholly kinetic. I dunno about you guys, but I am a strictly auditory learner and can never remember or apply something as proficiently as when I hear it. Ths dialogue is conventionally and purposefully vague, the FromSoft standard, but, with the exponentially larger map and variance in building composition and dimensions, I found it even more difficult to interpret locations of areas and NPCs. I am a staunch guide despiser (only for myself, hold onto your comets), and Elden Ring as a result is almost equally hard for me outside of combat! Talk about mega suckage on my part, but it blows me away that this game has captured "scope" and "denisty" as more than just being really, really, really big. There is largeness whose complexity is never sacrificed. The small places always seem to capture spatial variety really well, too, where some small locations are not limited to merely being tight and claustrophobic. I can take a rubber band, doing the thing where I squish it in on itself so that it gets those little sine waves. Shrunken, but fiercely dynamic. Elden Ring says, "Don't just think in the moment. Play in it, too." It's like they did everything they could to create a cohesive experience that you will remember in its entirety. Not just a broken mirror of memories. Oh, and I have died to fall damage in this game more than any other game I have ever played in my life 😂. There. I hope that comment was excrutiatingly annoying, but not in the traditional way. This video and the game rock. Thank you for your insights 💜!

I am so looking forward to playing this Feb 24th can not come soon enough❤️

I suppose Elden Ring is falling in line with what I would call a classic sequel. I know this is a new IP but it's building off of their last works and expanding on it. I'm excited to play this game

You know what I'm excited about in Elden Ring? The open world meaning 90% less deaths from falling off a cliff into an abyss and now invaders will no longer be able to just wait farther along the linear path of a particular area and use NPCs as effective meat shields as much. I feel it will encourage just having a straight PvP fight as opposed to either the host just standing by the bonfire or the invader just standing behind enemies until they see you on low HP. I only hope they consider adding an item similar to the dried finger that allows me to be invaded without being in Co-Op. Not that I don't want to co-op it could just kill or harm the PvP in the long run when a lot of the player base inevitably falls off.

It’s an easy fix. Don’t use weapons that have similar animations to DS3 if you’re thaaaat worried about it. I actually appreciate a little familiarity because Sekiro was hard as hell with the learning curve, but not everyone sees that way. Not to mention animations would be one of the easier things to change if the outlash really does hurt the identity of the game. And let’s be honest, half of y’all used the straight sword on your first pt on DS3 so something tells me it’ll be a similar thing with ER.

What is the music used in this video?

"Because we all know graphics is the soul foundation of what makes a good game." Said no true gamer, ever.

I love From Soft games. Each one brought something unique to the table I see Elden Ring as the compilation of the best From Soft has done. They’re taking what they learned and putting it into the type of game they want to make. I would not be a gamer if not for From Soft. Period. Graphics alone don’t mean jack.

I was thinking the same thing about the animations. In all the different FS games, it seems like they keep the solid and tried aspects from old games while changing other aspects to make the game better or different. Honestly, the combat system was already great and I’m happy they focused their energy on other things. I also love your comparison of Miyazaki to the painter

I LOVE your take on the negativity, and the facts of the points they make. The idea that Fromsoftware aren't just taking an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach, but taking it to the next level of "if it ain't broke, fix something else instead" is very interesting. Makes me wanna see how things play out, and how they adapt to whatever comes their way.

It's "Man swinging medieval weapons" animations, how different do people expect? I would't blame FromSoft for saving money by reusing animations if they put the budget to introducing other good stuff that justifies it, and so far, the game looks pretty good. Bloodborne and Sekiro had vastly different animations because we used GRAPPLERS and GUNS.

"It's open world Dark Souls" How is that necessarily a bad thing? FS have perfected their art and know what they're GOOD at. If it ain't broke, why fix it?

The game is awesome! I am 24 hours into the game and I am still in limgrave, I have defeated Margit but still a lot of stuff remained to be explored. I am all good with the graphics, the game is less taxing and core of the game is enjoying and not worrying if I am getting a 120 fps or 240 fps. Yes stuttering is an issue but I only faced it majorly in the tree sentinel fight no where else. If cyberpunk can be fixed this stuttering issue is meager compared to that.

What's the armour called at 6:28

I honestly think that the re-used animations is a sign that Fromsoft is further streamlining their game development process. From what little I know, it seems like the earlier Souls games had incredibly rushed developments, especially Dark Souls 2, because of how many new things they wanted to make, and how little time they had to do it well. Even Bloodborne seems to have had a bit of a wonky development, and they only reason it probably isn't more noticeable is because Sony was backing the project, giving Fromsoft more money, and probably more man power, to work with. But so by re-using animations that are deemed "good", Fromsoft is saving themselves a lot of time to work on arguably more important things, like updating the engine and creating the world

Recycling of resources is probably the only reason Fromsoftware could even tackle such an ambitious project. If people were asked "Hey we wanna make an Open-world soulslike, its very ambitious so we might have recycle resources" all these people wouldve approved.

I think just at the end of the day, we want bloodborne 2, imagine open world bloodborne like elden ring, they are so close to achieving this perfect game formula that when combined with possible future titles, could be INSANELY awesome. i believe each game since bloodborne has been trying to achieve this open world with classic souls fighting, along with choice of stealth-if desired, or choice of dimension when going from point A to point B, etc.. I am excited to see what fromsoft will bring to us in the future. Our eyes have yet to open

The previous games using these animations were unable to fully capitalize on them. The games devolved into RB/R1 spamming and rolling. The focus on this game is to 'try again from scratch' if that makes sense. Yes, there is a similar rolling stab for one handed sword attacks. However that was rarely used in ER it deals extra posture damage. Ditto strong attacks, charge attacks, etc. Those animations are already perfectly fine, but as they were never used to their fullest they wanted to give them their time to shine. That's my theory.

In a recent interview, Miyazaki said that Elden Ring is very close to his ideal game. I think you’re right! Miyazaki has been working for a long time to make the ideal game for himself, and Elden Ring is not only the next step, but perhaps the closest possible and is the culmination of all of their experiments. Think of Demon’s Souls/Dark Souls/Elden Ring as the “core.” He loves this medieval genre, and every time he makes a medieval themed game he gets closer to his ideal game in one way or another. Demon Souls was his first attempt, Dark Souls his second, Bloodborne was where he refined and experimented with making the combat closer to what he wanted, Dark Souls 3 got it to that point, Sekiro experimented with more freedom and mechanics, and Elden Ring is where he returns to the “core” to the type of game he wants to make again for a third huge attempt at making his ideal game. The fact that there is more carryover from the other games means that they’ve either done it or have gotten quite close

Gotta love graphics snobs….. *some people need to understand that good graphics don’t always make for a good game.*

I'm still looking for that rain of arrows spell from the reveal.

What is the name of the background song? 4:30

2030 gamers playing photorealistic 4k VR games: "Shitty graphics."

People were really expecting From to get rid of everything they've previously made and create every single gameplay mechanic and animation from the ground up while creating a big open world with RPG elements and good writing, graphics and designs like that was at all posible or reasonable.

This is my 1st FS game so haha all the animations are new to me

This is very well made and well-reasoned. I was kinda waist deep in this argument on Reddit when we got the footage and I wish I had stopped to think it through this way.

Souls game may “reuse” animations (even though they’re always improved to look better. But every souls game NEVER lacked new stuff. They add in the old with the new. Not a big deal. Some actually prefer it like that because the spells and weapons and armors they usually “reuse” are like the bread and butter stuff. They’re usually very basic stuff that’s easy to use or make a build around. People going crazy from covid this game looks amazing.

To sum it up... From Software: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." I get it.

Great video! I concur! I think ‘top of the line’ graphics should be considered a feature not a necessity :)

King's Field Ancient City music in the background, awesome. I'm gonna play though that again, huge king's field fan. It would be sick if they made a new kings field, first person and all.

Open world Dark Souls is all I ever really wanted anyway.

The game looks absolutely gorgeous, they know how to caputure what id like to call hauntingly beautiful aesthetic. Who else has sat there mesmerized by first time they seen the Dancer boss just twirling away and dodging for your life. They have found a strat that works for them with out a doubt, and im glad they are doubling down on it.

1mil views and only 70k+ ?? Come on people! You make some quality videos keep them coming 😁👍

How tf can you say the graphics is bad? Elden ring has one of the most beautiful visuals and sceneries in gaming.

As my gramps always says "Work smarter, not harder" and "If there ain't nothin wrong, don't change it." Honestly, most of the animations of DS3 were spot on. They were perfect. Most of them. I mean, was jumping a pain? Yep. But they look like they're changing that. Plus, they're adding more. If you've ever watched Animators React to Bad and Good CGI, you'll know they constantly say that a huge aspect of making good CGI is having a good reference, taking a lot out of that reference and adding in stuff to make it look good. Most explosions of Hollywood are just regular explosions but beefed up x2. I feel like that's what From Software is doing here. They left the good stuff, took out the bad, and added some great stuff, while still trying to put a new twist on the Souls genre. Lastly, in my opinion, I feel like those that are complaining about the reused animations are just nit-picking. They wanted some extreme new thing like Bloodborne or Sekiro. But both of those were in different time periods. Bloodborne is in like an Industrial Era and Sekiro is in feudal Japan but with monsters. Dark Souls is medieval fantasy and so is Elden Ring. What'd they expect? Frickin Thomas the Train to come barreling through a castle?

The artstyle is so incredible that it pretty much makes up for them going back to the old engine instead of having it be on part with Demon's Souls Remake's tech. As nice as Demon's Souls looks from a tech standpoint, there's always a particular charm to FS's actual artstyles and general look.

i love the outro i normally sub after 20 videos but this honestly made me laugh and sub on the second video.

almost 1M views? Finally Ratatoskr is getting is deserved recognition. Keep up the good work and the success will arrive

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, I am more than willing to be satisfied with a “big dark souls”. Could be out in left field with this too but, in my experience with somewhat niche communities like dark souls, there’s generally a lot of LOUD complaining from minority opinions and people jumping the gun that are usually silenced upon release. Miyazaki hasn’t let me down yet. I wouldn’t be surprised if they change up more animations before final release either.

Honestly the only thing i want them to do is improve the co-op in Elden Ring where you and your friends can progress through the story together.

I've been watch you since the elden ring came out maybe a week or so before, and my first impression was uninteresting person, but with a good take, but you've grown on me since then, especially with your outro talking about alienating and I enjoy how you go about presenting your points in great detail you've earned a sub keep up the Good content 👍🏻

I’m glad this will be my first souls game. The previous ones just looked claustrophobic and so hard it would take me forever to beat. They also didn’t look fun(to me). This game gave me elderscrolls/monster Hunter vibes and that’s what has me excited. I also thought this game looks gorgeous. I want to explore that world, even if it’s probably going to kick my butt.

I imagine the sacrifice in uniqueness of player character animations was to allow for more time for the animators to work on all the monsters we'll be fighting. Of which, seem to be varied and unique.

Dark Souls was one of the few games in its time that didn't have facial animations and was still using billboards for its trees. From - and Miyazaki's team especially - has *always* put set dressing on the backseat to laser focus on gameplay mechanics; that's what makes their games so good to play. They always focus on the *game* part of the game. And as for reusing assets - is this a serious complaint? If you take someone who's never played DS3 and Bloodborne and show them a bunch of random clips from both games, I'd bet an eye they won't be able to tell one from the other. And that doesn't make either one a bad game, and in fact they are vastly different from each other in a number of non trivial aspects. This time they're attempting something that, mechanically, is unlike anything they've done before, of course they're not gonna be allocating large resources to reinvent stuff they already know works more than fine. That's always been Miyazaki's MO and I wouldn't want it any other way.

I didn't expect to love this game as much as I do. What a game. It's like complaining the Harry Potter books contain the same characters. It's bloody brilliant once you get into it.

No anger at all, such a balanced wonderful video.. you got a new subscriber

What people seem to forget about Bluepoints Demons Souls remake, is that graphics, sound and animations and such were basically ALL they had to work on. And even those, they didn't have to do from complete scratch, they at least had templates of everything to work with. They forget that level design, gameplay, lore, dialogue, etc, were all things that Bluepoint didn't change in almost any capacity. So while yes, I do think on a technical level, Demons Souls PS5 looks better than ER, that's to be expected. I also think there's an argument to be made that the art direction is better in ER, in fact, in my opinion that IS the case .

Best case of “If It’s not broke don’t fix it.” Why revamp the combat and animations entirely when you can just improve and add to it. It saves time and resources for them to allocate elsewhere which I think is a very good decision.

Me as a newcomer to the souls Bourne games who has been searching up elden ring videos and this one popped up and now that the game has released and it has completely blown me away and this will be game of the year

Think you made some damn good points. Good job!

I've started my Indie Game Dev career recently, and even tho I'm just one guy and From Software is a big studio, same principles apply regardless of a scale of your game, and I absolutely understand choices made by From Software. They chose to expand in other directions, invest their time and effort in something new they as creative persons are interested in. Not remaking a walk animation that is already fine just to make it feel new.

I find this emblematic of the Japanese philosophy of "kaizen" (かいぜん); it can be loosely translated to "continuous improvement" and refers to the ongoing perfection of a process using iteration. There is a core idea of a Dark Souls-type game that Miyazaki has been constantly refining. I understand how some people may be upset about the reused animations, but there's nothing inherently wrong with them. Instead of devoting resources to something that doesn't need to be fixed, they've utilized that energy in other areas of the game and it clearly shows.

yo why is the raging wolf Bloodborne quick stepping in the Godrick boss fight?? Was that intended for a period? Or is it an older version of bloodhounds step? Very interesting