News ELDEN RING (Bamco/FromSoft )- releasing January 21 . 2022

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ELDEN RING will launch on January 21, 2022 for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via STEAM It will support English voice-overs and English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Neutral Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean subtitle options.




Elden Ring, developed by FromSoftware Inc. and produced by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG and FromSoftware’s largest game to date, set within a world full of mystery and peril.



THE NEW FANTASY ACTION RPG.

The Golden Order has been broken.
Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.

In the Lands Between ruled by Queen Marika the Eternal, the Elden Ring, the source of the Erdtree, has been shattered.
Marika’s offspring, demigods all, claimed the shards of the Elden Ring known as the Great Runes, and the mad taint of their newfound strength triggered a war: The Shattering. A war that meant abandonment by the Greater Will.

And now the guidance of grace will be brought to the Tarnished who were spurned by the grace of gold and exiled from the Lands Between. Ye dead who yet live, your grace long lost, follow the path to the Lands Between beyond the foggy sea to stand before the Elden Ring.

And become the Elden Lord.


A Vast World Full of Excitement
A vast world where open fields with a variety of situations and huge dungeons with complex and three-dimensional designs are seamlessly connected. As you explore, the joy of discovering unknown and overwhelming threats await you, leading to a high sense of accomplishment.

Create your Own Character
In addition to customizing the appearance of your character, you can freely combine the weapons, armor, and magic that you equip. You can develop your character according to your play style, such as increasing your muscle strength to become a strong warrior, or mastering magic.

An Epic Drama Born from a Myth
A multilayered story told in fragments. An epic drama in which the various thoughts of the characters intersect in the Lands Between.

Unique Online Play that Loosely Connects You to Others
In addition to multiplayer, where you can directly connect with other players and travel together, the game supports a unique asynchronous online element that allows you to feel the presence of others.

Key Features

  • A New Fantasy World – Journey through the Lands Between, a new fantasy world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki, creator of the influential Dark Souls video game series, and George R. R. Martin, author of The New York Times best-selling fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. Unravel the mysteries of the Elden Ring’s power. Encounter adversaries with profound backgrounds, characters with their own unique motivations for helping or hindering your progress, and fearsome creatures.
  • World Exploration in the Lands BetweenElden Ring features vast fantastical landscapes and shadowy, complex dungeons that are connected seamlessly. Traverse the breathtaking world on foot or on horseback, alone or online with other players, and fully immerse yourself in the grassy plains, suffocating swamps, spiraling mountains, foreboding castles and other sites of grandeur on a scale never seen before in a FromSoftware title.
  • Genre-Defining Gameplay – Create your character in FromSoftware’s refined action-RPG and define your playstyle by experimenting with a wide variety of weapons, magical abilities, and skills found throughout the world. Charge into battle, pick off enemies one-by-one using stealth, or even call upon allies for aid. Many options are at your disposal as you decide how to approach exploration and combat.

"With ELDEN RING, we have applied all our dark fantasy and action-RPG expertise cultivated throughout the Dark Souls series, in order to create a bold, classical evolution of the genre,” commented Hidetaka Miyazaki, Director at FromSoftware, “We've crafted a rich world with a staggering sense of scale, based off of legends written for the game by George R. R. Martin.
ELDEN RING is a world full of mystery and peril, ready to be explored and discovered; a drama in which various characters flaunt their own mystique and ulterior motives. We sincerely hope you enjoy experiencing it for yourself.”


“I am very happy and excited to announce the release date of ELDEN RING, a new game created by Mr. Miyazaki and Mr. George R.R. Martin, two creators that I truly admire and have a passionate fan base around the world. I am very happy and excited to be able to tell you about it.”
Added Yasuo Miyakawa, President & CEO, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. “
We will continue to develop ELDEN RING not only as a game but also in a variety of other areas in order to deliver the worldview and charm of this title to our fans around the world. We look forward to your continued support.”


Rise, Tarnished.
#ELDENRING comes to PlayStation, Xbox, and PC Digital January 21, 2022.
 
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I don't hype for games at all, but damn this looks good. It's hard not to get excited about this game after the gameplay trailer. In the past I bought maybe 2 games at launch because games are expensive compared to what I earn, but so far this looks like another day 1 for me.
 
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Day One for me, hope they do a physical collector's edition
 

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I'm not a fan of buying games on day 1 but I may do it for Elden Ring. I liked what I saw in the trailer and I can't wait to dive into this game.
 
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I don't get the hype. It looks like Dark Souls 4 with a horse and bad lastgen graphics. Somehow aesthetically the trailer looks ugly to me.

I was really hoping this would be something fresh and different by From.
 
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snippets from interviews
  • six major areas that function as distinct dungeons, ruled by demigod characters (you don't have to follow an order)
  • hub confirmed
  • catacombs, castles, fortresses, mini dungeons etc.
  • confident that Elden Ring will arrive on its release date
  • character creator
  • multiple endings
  • much higher degree of freedom than before
  • optional bosses
  • Battle arts from DS3 return but are not fixed to a weapon (~100 techniques)
  • Spirits can be collected and equipped apparently (summons)
  • different types of spirits (use them for assaults, as decoy, for defense etc)
  • Spirits can be improved apparently
  • There are also rather useless spirits with other traits
  • multiplayer support during exploration on the open fields (but you are not able to ride your horses in multiplayer apparently)
  • ER is more "manageable" due to the many different options the player has but there are still many tough enemies
  • fall damage is low to keep explorers motivated
  • there is a world map
  • the actual dungeons do not have a map
  • crafting system with materials
  • Miyazaki guesses playtime is maybe at 30 hours "without too many side trips"
  • Asynchrous multiplayer elements return; you can apparently set up groups (with friends for example) and give their messages/dead bodies etc. higher priority (keyword system, no limit on group size)

Elden Ring: The Big Hidetaka Miyazaki Interview - Summer of Gaming - IGN

A huge Elden Ring infodump just dropped
 
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Wishlisted! I'm very much looking forward to this.

I don't get the hype. It looks like Dark Souls 4
I mean, that's why I'm hyped. I just don't like most of the Souls-like games (including From's own) nearly as much as actual Dark Souls.
The most important aspects that are often missing for me in other "Souls-like" games are co-op and build variety. This seems to have both.
 

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My most awaited game at the moment - I've played parts of Demon Souls when it came out, about half of Dark Souls then nothing in the genre until Sekiro at a point where I was dabbling with single player games a bit more. It's one of the best games I've played and I can't wait to dive into this one.

I'm not sure if I wanna do this with the Deck though as this might be a big screen experience for me. Does it have an always online DRM or will it work offline?
 

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What yea all think about the invasions only happen in CoOp? I welcome it but I think it should be something one can toggle.
 

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What yea all think about the invasions only happen in CoOp? I welcome it but I think it should be something one can toggle.
That seems fair enough to me (as someone who plays in coop 99% of the time) as a balancing mechanism. It would be nice if they had a coven or equivalent which allowed people to opt into it in single player as well. That seems more in line with how these games work than a simple toggle.
 
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Assuming it plays out similar to the souls games, i don't mind it as a general rule but i would very much like to still be in the game:

  • an item you can use to open yourself up to invasions in single player
  • specific areas designed for pvp

Having now written that statement... that would be just like the souls games except maybe the item not giving gameplay benefits like ember/humanity and no situation where the game forces you to use one.
 
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