If you want some fun Elden Ring content, I'd recommend CarbotAnimation's Elden Ring series. It's super funny, and also accurate to the game, but each individual episode is actually only a minute or two long, so they're easy to get into and binge watch.
If you guys ever want a slightly different, more academic style of analysis on this game, check out Tarnished archaeologist. It’s kind of an acquired taste, but he does long form analysis on the architecture and symbology of Elden Ring. It’s incredibly in-depth, he ends up connecting the symbols to historical analogues more often than not (because that’s where Miyazaki got them from), and his conclusions feel absolutely rock solid. Vaati will talk about item descriptions and some symbols like the chain loops on the Giant’s Forge, but the TA will exhaustively identify each location where a carving or statue shows up and draw conclusions from that. He has pretty much definitely proved the presence of a Greattree by showing a consistent and enduring difference in two series of tree carvings and ornamentation that show up throughout the game, connecting one, clearly older series with locations and persons associated with the Primordial Chaos, and the other with erdtree worship. And the videos themselves are absolutely captivating, packed with game art and art from the real world that inspired it, as well as a clear and concise production style. I imagine a lot of people here won’t be familiar with his work, so it could be fun to introduce them to another lore hound.
A great point, regarding the fire giants. From what we can see in the Mountaintops, Marika and Godfrey decimated the giants wholeheartedly. It's essentially a mass grave where you see dozens of giants standing dead on the spot, and a thorny, gnarled, tree root piercing their chest and rooting them to the spot. I think Marika's power was immense and she pierced every giant she saw with indestructible bramble, which we see the Erdtree use, and it is indestructible. The dragons attacked Lleyndell, and lost to it's defence. I think that's where they got all their big defence ideologies from. Which they used when they won against the attacking forces during the demigod wars. Some crucial events here but the whole of the Golden Order still has so many more facets, maybe he covers them in other videos.
15:08 I love the Crucible Knights. They have some big mystique about them playing through the game for the first time because they are one of the few types of enemies that still clearly have their wits about them and carry themselves with dignity and a noble air, and when you start to learn a little about them from their related items, you realize that they are also some of the oldest characters in the game. So they are extremely old but still mostly sane in this ancient and twisted world, that really says something to the strength of their convictions and the temper of their will. And yet all but one of them, the blasphemer, will see a Tarnished like yourself and immediately deem you kill-on-sight. That is the kind of reactive world building I love to see. Because at the beginning we really know very little about ourselves as Tarnished, let alone the world we have been called to and our place in it. And when trying to find your place in the world, it is very telling about how others view you when those who are amongst those who still know the most about what is going on here take one look at you and do not like what they see one bit.
the erdtree's forces became defensive later on. early in their history, they were led into battle by godfrey, lord of the battlefield, and queen marika the eternal. during that age, the erdtree and its forces made enemies of the entire world and had to be on the offensive every second of every day. it's not until godfrey crushed all opposition that they had the luxury to become a more defensive society. following godfrey being, quote, "hounded from the lands between", radagon stepped up and led the defensive forces of the erdtree against liurnia in two campaigns, both of which ended in a draw at best. radagon meeting the queen of liurnia, rennala, on the battlefield is what actually led to the end of the war and the unification of the continent under marika. and then at this point, because they have no more wars to fight, lyendell and the forces of the erdtree swap to a defensive posture permanently.
U guys should react to some boss battles from the game they r super cool and fun to watch as for myself who played the whole game can tell u from the experience 😊
the japanese texts apparently weren't always translated correctly, for example the "outer gods" are more akin to the japanese Kame instead of lovecraftian outer gods. Smoughtown also addressed this in on of his videos
When you play the game, it is implied that you serve the Golden Order to ascend as the next Elden Lord; but, that's if you don't dive into the lore. Once you know even a semblance of truth, it is pretty obvious that the Golden Order is the last faction that should not be in power, allowing the endings to branch as you choose who is in power.
Always enjoy your Elden Ring/Vaati reactions and I hope you'll do the other two Elden Ring Stories (The Blessing of Despair, Age of the Duskborn) and maybe also the lore videos for Miquella and Malenia, who are super interesting characters (lore of Malenia is a really long video though xD).
Glad that you guys picked up on the parallels between our world and the history of Elden Ring. The game's director/writer Hidetaka Miyazaki actually was a sociology major in college and it shines through in each game he heads. The othering of certain groups of people by the powers that be, social hierarchies and the unwillingness of those in power to move forward and progress past the current stagnant age. It's all there each time. Plus all the mythological, scientific and philosophical allusions like entropy, the meaning of life and death, etc. Anyway, I'm rambling. Thanks for another great video.
Hey so remember when you reacted to the space game "Starfield"? Well recently they had a MASSIVE gameplay showcase called "Starfield Direct" where it was 40+ minutes of nothing but the game. Its a bit long but I really recommend you watch it! Its all really cool. Love your vids!
Honestly a amazing Chanel for souls reactions! Love that your wife is following along and loving it! I am a ner around my family and they make fun of me
Lol my dog loves vodka and scotch. Her entire life if I have any drinks that have one of those two booze in them I can't leave em where she can get them. Gin, beer, or tequila she couldn't care less.
Fromsoft games in lore often have like a he says/she says narrative to them. The Erdtree forces dominate most of the forces and ideas in the Lands Between, so much coincides their ideas. They condemned much of old traits as accursed and not modern, such as wings, tails, horns, and scales. Contradictory to the simple take on flame of the fell god as harmless is that most in charge of watching over it began worshipping it with ideas of burning the Erdtree despite the heresy. This isn't so straightforward of a topic though.
I would like to suggest on checking out The Lich King video by Ghostcharm, really cool video that shows how good Warcraft lore is (until Blizzard messed it up anyway lol)
Think next month 😅 the pantheons we have left are huge so trying to figure out how to cover them and probably gonna be in two videos starting with Chinese 🤔😇
Even as a carian knight i have the utmost respect for the Crucible Knights, and i shall defenitly give them a try in NG+
If you want some fun Elden Ring content, I'd recommend CarbotAnimation's Elden Ring series. It's super funny, and also accurate to the game, but each individual episode is actually only a minute or two long, so they're easy to get into and binge watch.
Thanks for the recommendation 😀
If you guys ever want a slightly different, more academic style of analysis on this game, check out Tarnished archaeologist. It’s kind of an acquired taste, but he does long form analysis on the architecture and symbology of Elden Ring. It’s incredibly in-depth, he ends up connecting the symbols to historical analogues more often than not (because that’s where Miyazaki got them from), and his conclusions feel absolutely rock solid. Vaati will talk about item descriptions and some symbols like the chain loops on the Giant’s Forge, but the TA will exhaustively identify each location where a carving or statue shows up and draw conclusions from that. He has pretty much definitely proved the presence of a Greattree by showing a consistent and enduring difference in two series of tree carvings and ornamentation that show up throughout the game, connecting one, clearly older series with locations and persons associated with the Primordial Chaos, and the other with erdtree worship. And the videos themselves are absolutely captivating, packed with game art and art from the real world that inspired it, as well as a clear and concise production style. I imagine a lot of people here won’t be familiar with his work, so it could be fun to introduce them to another lore hound.
Thanks for the recommendation on another channel. Dig the name too - Tarnished Archaeologist 😀
A great point, regarding the fire giants. From what we can see in the Mountaintops, Marika and Godfrey decimated the giants wholeheartedly. It's essentially a mass grave where you see dozens of giants standing dead on the spot, and a thorny, gnarled, tree root piercing their chest and rooting them to the spot. I think Marika's power was immense and she pierced every giant she saw with indestructible bramble, which we see the Erdtree use, and it is indestructible. The dragons attacked Lleyndell, and lost to it's defence. I think that's where they got all their big defence ideologies from. Which they used when they won against the attacking forces during the demigod wars. Some crucial events here but the whole of the Golden Order still has so many more facets, maybe he covers them in other videos.
Lot to cover in Elden Ring so if he hasn’t covered more of Golden Order than for sure more is coming 😅
15:08 I love the Crucible Knights. They have some big mystique about them playing through the game for the first time because they are one of the few types of enemies that still clearly have their wits about them and carry themselves with dignity and a noble air, and when you start to learn a little about them from their related items, you realize that they are also some of the oldest characters in the game. So they are extremely old but still mostly sane in this ancient and twisted world, that really says something to the strength of their convictions and the temper of their will. And yet all but one of them, the blasphemer, will see a Tarnished like yourself and immediately deem you kill-on-sight. That is the kind of reactive world building I love to see. Because at the beginning we really know very little about ourselves as Tarnished, let alone the world we have been called to and our place in it. And when trying to find your place in the world, it is very telling about how others view you when those who are amongst those who still know the most about what is going on here take one look at you and do not like what they see one bit.
the erdtree's forces became defensive later on.
early in their history, they were led into battle by godfrey, lord of the battlefield, and queen marika the eternal. during that age, the erdtree and its forces made enemies of the entire world and had to be on the offensive every second of every day. it's not until godfrey crushed all opposition that they had the luxury to become a more defensive society.
following godfrey being, quote, "hounded from the lands between", radagon stepped up and led the defensive forces of the erdtree against liurnia in two campaigns, both of which ended in a draw at best. radagon meeting the queen of liurnia, rennala, on the battlefield is what actually led to the end of the war and the unification of the continent under marika.
and then at this point, because they have no more wars to fight, lyendell and the forces of the erdtree swap to a defensive posture permanently.
I highly suggest reacting to the boss battles in Elden Ring. Knowing the lore makes them look even more badass and fun to watch.
Yeah we for sure will have to check out some Elden Ring boss battles 🤩
U guys should react to some boss battles from the game they r super cool and fun to watch as for myself who played the whole game can tell u from the experience 😊
AGREED!
Fax!!!
They Need to react to Godfrey Bro🔥💯 Best Elden Ring boss imo, with beautifull lore, move, cutscene and plot during the fight
But if yall react to a boss fight rennla queen of the moon is one of the coolest boss fights in the game
@@jorgetheprince8316 Nah. “I am Malenia, Blade or Miquella…and I have *never* known “defeat.”
the japanese texts apparently weren't always translated correctly, for example the "outer gods" are more akin to the japanese Kame instead of lovecraftian outer gods. Smoughtown also addressed this in on of his videos
Yes, but the Frenzy Flame is still pretty lovecraftian regardless.
@@urtoryu_dy_althraidn oh absolutely
They are still Gods either way 🤷♂️
I love your soulsborne reactions so much, seeing peoples first time hearing the vast lore is the best.
😊 glad you enjoy them 😀🥳
When you play the game, it is implied that you serve the Golden Order to ascend as the next Elden Lord; but, that's if you don't dive into the lore.
Once you know even a semblance of truth, it is pretty obvious that the Golden Order is the last faction that should not be in power, allowing the endings to branch as you choose who is in power.
PROPS TO OUR FELLOW TROLL KNIGHTS! MAY THE FULL MOON SHINE UPON THEE!
Always enjoy your Elden Ring/Vaati reactions and I hope you'll do the other two Elden Ring Stories (The Blessing of Despair, Age of the Duskborn) and maybe also the lore videos for Miquella and Malenia, who are super interesting characters (lore of Malenia is a really long video though xD).
We plan to keep checking out the Elden Ring videos and more Vaati stuff on Fronsoftware games 😅
Glad that you guys picked up on the parallels between our world and the history of Elden Ring. The game's director/writer Hidetaka Miyazaki actually was a sociology major in college and it shines through in each game he heads. The othering of certain groups of people by the powers that be, social hierarchies and the unwillingness of those in power to move forward and progress past the current stagnant age. It's all there each time. Plus all the mythological, scientific and philosophical allusions like entropy, the meaning of life and death, etc.
Anyway, I'm rambling. Thanks for another great video.
I made good use the sword of night and flame and let me tell you: Its just as powerfull as it is cool looking!
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Fun drinking game for this video. Drink everytime Vaati says "Tree". Good luck, you'll need it.
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Really loving the elden ring reactions. Might rewatch the other videos.
Nice! 😀🥳
Can we get a tally of how many times he said Erdtree throughout the video 😂 great video as always though.
If you had to take a shot each time… 😯
Hey so remember when you reacted to the space game "Starfield"? Well recently they had a MASSIVE gameplay showcase called "Starfield Direct" where it was 40+ minutes of nothing but the game. Its a bit long but I really recommend you watch it! Its all really cool. Love your vids!
We’ve been hearing about that more and more. Gonna try and check it out just not sure when 😅
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames 👍
You should watch elden rings all boss cutscenes you’d love it
We may take the boss battles one at a time 😅
Honestly a amazing Chanel for souls reactions! Love that your wife is following along and loving it! I am a ner around my family and they make fun of me
Lol my dog loves vodka and scotch. Her entire life if I have any drinks that have one of those two booze in them I can't leave em where she can get them. Gin, beer, or tequila she couldn't care less.
🤣 Scotch. Your dog is high class 😁
Huh, what a informative history lesson, such a interesting Story.
Fromsoft games in lore often have like a he says/she says narrative to them. The Erdtree forces dominate most of the forces and ideas in the Lands Between, so much coincides their ideas. They condemned much of old traits as accursed and not modern, such as wings, tails, horns, and scales. Contradictory to the simple take on flame of the fell god as harmless is that most in charge of watching over it began worshipping it with ideas of burning the Erdtree despite the heresy. This isn't so straightforward of a topic though.
YEAHHHH YEAHHHH!!! I love these reactions to elden ring lore!
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Please do a One Minute Melee series reaction...
Happy Monday to you guys!
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Gears of war locust history and biology
What is the drink you guys are partaking in? Can you like a recepie?
I would like to suggest on checking out The Lich King video by Ghostcharm, really cool video that shows how good Warcraft lore is (until Blizzard messed it up anyway lol)
Thanks for the WoW video recommendation 😀
good vid as always
When are you guys gonna do smite pantheons again?
Think next month 😅 the pantheons we have left are huge so trying to figure out how to cover them and probably gonna be in two videos starting with Chinese 🤔😇
Awesome
Bravo.
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GEARS Ultimate Edition Cutscenes
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The great tree is actually confirmed. I can explain if I get likes
I like his videos but this one really boring to watch all of the jumping from place to place from story to stroy