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There’s been a lot of debate going around about Elden Ring copying many things from Dark Souls 3 and how it should be called Dark Souls 4. I list 5 major reasons why this thought process is wrong. We also have a few news items to discuss about Taipei Games Show and Elden Ring early access.
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0:00 Elden Ring News
0:52 Intro
1:25 More Prominent Magic
2:30 Less Isolation
3:39 Story at the Forefront
4:44 Vast Replayability
5:33 Dynamic World
6:37 It’s not Dark Souls 4
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Music:
Metroid Prime 2 OST
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I've never called Elden Ring "Dark Souls 4" because they're copies or it's not different enough, I do so because it has the same engine and a bunch of returning mechanics and to me, the "4" implies that it'll be way better than 3. I love Dark Souls but because I joined the fandom somewhat late, I've never gotten to participate in the release of one of the games so you could imagine my excitement when, even though it's a whole new world with a whole new story it looks to be an improved Dark Souls, so to speak.
I'm excited about elden ring but I sure hope the dark souls franchise doesn't die. I'd love for them to release a dark souls 4, no open world, that's about 100 hours for the casual player and they come out with perpetual expansion packs every 12 to 18 months. Maybe 10 to 15 zones each, and its own Dark Souls related lore. OMG wouldI love.
is this dark souls 4?
Definitely not Dark Souls 4, more like Dark Souls 3.5
So, bunch of Dark Souls 3 fan girl boys are complaining, n' sayin' whatever… Seems bout right.
Elden Ring do you think in 2 friends playing co op together can play co op together from start to finish without any interruptions?
song at 6:37?
Saying dark souls 4 shouldn’t be a bad thing. Each new sequel is supposed to be a big step up from the last. And I imagine they changed the name because they changed the universe and storyline. I don’t understand what the big deal is.
From things I've seen on the magic line of spells, I might be making a battlemage with the warhammer I saw the soliders use in the cnt
It’s not because they need to allow George to write the story
It’s Dark Souls 4
Appreciate your thoughts. Also enjoyed the Metroid Prime background music. Brought back a lot of good memories.
Even if it is open world dark souls 3 with a horse pretty sure that would be good enough. The little things like weapon art swapping, summoning creatures, and power stancing just goes to show the devs love for their fan base.
people want souls games now they crying its to similar haha
#4 was my one caveat with games in general – I don't repeat playthroughs, no matter how tempting on souls games..elden will make this awesome for me 😎
I see it more as a spiritual evolution of Dark Souls 1. To me not a single From game that came before or after DS1 captured the same level of game design, particularly how open and interconnected it is. As good as Bloodborne and DS3 were, they were extremely linear to the point that a huge part of what made DS1 special was missing. DS1 is an actual adventure, it's on a whole different level in terms of decision making and player agency moving through the world, which gives it insane replayability.
Elden Ring basically takes that open exploration into the next logical step.
DS1 is likely my favorite game of all time and ER is the first From Software game to possibly challenge that spot.
Love this channel, I really can't wait for my Elden Ring journeys to begin, it releases the day before my birthday so it's a little sweeter and excited to see the many ways people play and interpret what I think will be the game of the year or at least Fromsofts crowning glory
3 words interchangeable weapon arts that already is a huge dif from ds3 where it was easy (with some experience) to tell exactly what ur opponent would do just by glancing at their weapon it wont be that way in elden ring that's a huge sell point for me
How does the co op work? I hope it's much easier for people to join you
I didn’t get into the souls games much, but I’m so excited for Elden Ring. So I don’t care if it is basically Open World Dark Souls.
I'm so wet waiting for this game to drop 💧💧💧
The game isn't DS4 because it has a different setting and lore? Hoping that would have been a little obvious before someone had to make an 8-minute video.
"oh look, there's a chicken" I say.
"Actually that's a rooster" you correct with.
Idk man, still seems like a chicken to me
I think the main reason why it's not called dark souls 4 is that it is set in an entirely different world with a different story and lore.
Dark souls ended and had, after the dlc, a somewhat conclusive ending. This game has nothing to do with a 'dark soul' and in doing so I think it justifies having a new name, even if the gameplay mechanics are largely the same.
I also think fromsoft felt the need to change the name and story in order to change dark souls. People don't seem to like it when the dark souls formula is changed, and by calling it something else I think it gets a lot more leeway. If Bloodborne was called dark souls 3 instead, I think it would get a little t of hate for being too different (that and I think they didn't (or couldn't) want to have a souls game owned by Sony).
But generally, if elden ring was called dark souls 4, I don't think it is too different to not just account it to being just the evolution of dark souls.
It’s sekiro 2
ELDEN RING
I'm excited to see how the Sekiro-inspired posture system affects the approach to combat.
You're right. Elden Ring is not Dark Souls 4.
It's Dark Souls 2 2
Even if it was almost exactly like ds3 who wouldn’t like it? Really?
I’m tired of people saying that elden ring is dark souls 4 like no it ain’t it don’t follow the dark souls lore it has it own therefore it can’t be dark souls 4
Who tf wanted a new riposte animation? Who on earth thinks that the DS3 walk cycle or whatever other generic move animation is somehow unfit for a modern game? What would the new versions of these things even look like? There's only so many ways you can stab a staggered guy with a sword. The game has thousands of brand new models and animations and people are upset they didn't invent some innovative new way to stab someone in the gut with a sword.
This isn't really similar to dark souls tbf it immediately seems different
Ooh I wonder if we will get any horse back boss fights
LMAO This fromdrone