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To help with lore: The Elden Ring is the underlying logic that runs the universe. The Logos if you will. It is created by the Greater Will and administered by Merika as its subordinate. The theft of the death rune made death stop working. That’s why the undead are a new phenomenon and hunters are after them. Fia’s ending is incorporating undeath into the Elden Ring, so Zombies are part of the natural order. An empyrean appears to be either the subordinate of an “Outer God” (like Merika and potentially Rennala) or the child of such a subordinate (Ranni, Miquella, and Malenia are empyreans and are the children of empyreans). A demigod is the child of an empyrean and non-empyrean. “Outer Gods” are more murky. They are beyond the physical world and each have their own philosophy. The Greater Will is a generally benevolent entity that wants to establish order in as many universes as possible (you can see the multiple Erdtrees in the final boss fight). But it is generally hands off and leaves things to subordinates. The Moon God appears completely neutral to those it administers, neither helping nor harming. The Chaos Outer God (who is either Shabriri or his boss) is the opposite of the Greater Will. It wants to destroy all distinction and return things to primeval “chaos”. SPOILERS: The endings vary as follows: Default: Become Merika’s consort. Fia: Incorporate undeath into the natural order. Dung Eater: Incorporate curses into the natural order. Goldmask: Remove Merika from the pattern and allow the Elden Ring (and the Golden Order it generates) to be directly administered via the Greater Will. This perfects the Greater Will’s order and eliminates all “gods” (really just the subordinates of Outer Gods). Ranni: Switch control of the universe from the Greater Will to the Moon God. This means the fundamental order of the world is replaced so the laws of reality are completely changed. One could argue there are no longer any hard laws of reality since the Moon God doesn’t care about such things. Lord of Chaos: Switch control of the universe to the Chaos Outer God, which basically just destroys it (since that’s what he wants).
I was hoping Hanson would have made it to the end. He keeps apologizing for bringing up Elden Ring on the podcast and i'm just thinking don't apologize! I want to hear more about Elden Ring, i'm obsessed...
155 and I’m about to start volcano manor haven’t even gone to lyndell yet. First souls game and I’m playing it the way I’d play an assassins creed, milk it for months.
“You can’t get close to the fire serpent Rykard” Actually yes you can, especially if you have a flame drake talisman that negates fire damage, that’s exactly how I beat him lol
my first souls game and i fell in love. Long story short, hated it to start with, then watched a guide to get a bit of power and it opened the game up immensely. 110 hours later and ive finished my first souls game and as a strength build scrubs too
Finally came back to this after beating the game. I loved this crew for this discussion. Everyone brought some very different and thoughtful observations. Thank you!
Regarding the big face at the bottom of Stormveil, I don't think that's Godwyn, but it seems to be related to him somehow. If you do Fia's questline, you'll eventually find her in a place called The Prince of Death's throne, and standing above her is a very similar gigantic squid creature, and THAT creature is Godwyn. You can visually tell from remnants of Godwyn's clothes and streaks of blonde hair - but if you continue her quest she very explicitly says it's him. The one at the bottom of Stormveil is essentially the same type of creature but lacks Godwyn's identifiable features, and also notably has no eyes (which giant Godwyn does have). And I don't know what to make of it, it's by far the piece of lore I am most curious about.
Rogier clearly knows more about it, as he fought it down there as well (due to his bloodstain next to it displaying him being death-blighted and his subsequent injury at the round table). He doesn’t have much to say beyond that he fought it down there. But admittedly I forgot to follow up and try to get more dialogue from him on my first playthrough. I’ll wait for vaati or lore Hunter to figure it out
@@clintonleonard5187 it's before the Godrick arena. Go to the Secluded Cell site of Grace, then to the room immediately in front of it (with all the pot enemies). In that room there should be a ledge you can jump on and then follow along that path. I know that's very vague, it's a little hard to explain it in youtube comments lol but just keep exploring Stormveil, I'm sure you'll find it!
I think you may be right. I have a distinct memory of a cutscene of a hand grabbing the sword, but I can't find it online. Must have all been in my head!
Dark Souls 2 FTW. This was really fun, I don't know what it is, maybe getting older :p but the last couple of years I really enjoy the insights kyle brings to the table. Thank you for the great content ^^
This was my first Souls game too and I was obsessed, put in almost 200 hours lol. I'm playing through DS1 and Bloodborne now and while they're great so far, they definitely feel obtuse and unforgiving for the first dozen or so hours until you start to figure out the game loop, and I'm not sure I would have given them that effort without having played Elden Ring first
For what its worth, Souls game difficulty is pretty overblown if that's what is keeping you away. The mechanic of dying isn't meant to be a Game Over, and in fact dying to certain enemies has even taken the player to brand new areas lol. It's meant to be a thing where you make progress, and don't fight every enemy everytime you run pass them after you died three times and already fought them lol. Especially now thay Elden Ring has a horse that makes that easier
Theres an item near Maliketh where if you beat the invader on the lower side of the bridge rather than going up to fight Maliketh right away, it'll make that fight a lot easier with the Red death attacks in phase 2. Gotta explore better ;) lol
Loved this, but Whats it gonna take to get hanson dan tack and tim turi on a second version of this. I loved the old GI super replay of DS1 one of the funniest vids to me
I did speak with Tack ahead of this and he was going to come on for the chat, but the scheduling didn't work out, unfortunately. We'll get him on something soon!
Hearing somebody’s favourite souls is DS 2, a game with glaring mismatching scenery, story that doesn’t make sense and most importantly - known to be a rushed project due to bad initial directing, something the devs have confirmed - well all that makes me lose any trust in one such person. The arrogant “if you think otherwise, you’re wrong” is where I stopped listening to this person’s opinions.
No Hanson to pretend he knows and like the game? Thank god lol. I love the game, have probably played over a hundred hours between 2 characters, and have NOT beaten the game. I'm impressed by people who have beaten the game but i have a feeling they've rushed through it ;) I've also played mainly with friends and have reapeted a TON of content.
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To help with lore:
The Elden Ring is the underlying logic that runs the universe. The Logos if you will. It is created by the Greater Will and administered by Merika as its subordinate. The theft of the death rune made death stop working. That’s why the undead are a new phenomenon and hunters are after them. Fia’s ending is incorporating undeath into the Elden Ring, so Zombies are part of the natural order. An empyrean appears to be either the subordinate of an “Outer God” (like Merika and potentially Rennala) or the child of such a subordinate (Ranni, Miquella, and Malenia are empyreans and are the children of empyreans). A demigod is the child of an empyrean and non-empyrean.
“Outer Gods” are more murky. They are beyond the physical world and each have their own philosophy. The Greater Will is a generally benevolent entity that wants to establish order in as many universes as possible (you can see the multiple Erdtrees in the final boss fight). But it is generally hands off and leaves things to subordinates. The Moon God appears completely neutral to those it administers, neither helping nor harming. The Chaos Outer God (who is either Shabriri or his boss) is the opposite of the Greater Will. It wants to destroy all distinction and return things to primeval “chaos”.
SPOILERS:
The endings vary as follows:
Default: Become Merika’s consort.
Fia: Incorporate undeath into the natural order.
Dung Eater: Incorporate curses into the natural order.
Goldmask: Remove Merika from the pattern and allow the Elden Ring (and the Golden Order it generates) to be directly administered via the Greater Will. This perfects the Greater Will’s order and eliminates all “gods” (really just the subordinates of Outer Gods).
Ranni: Switch control of the universe from the Greater Will to the Moon God. This means the fundamental order of the world is replaced so the laws of reality are completely changed. One could argue there are no longer any hard laws of reality since the Moon God doesn’t care about such things.
Lord of Chaos: Switch control of the universe to the Chaos Outer God, which basically just destroys it (since that’s what he wants).
I was hoping Hanson would have made it to the end. He keeps apologizing for bringing up Elden Ring on the podcast and i'm just thinking don't apologize! I want to hear more about Elden Ring, i'm obsessed...
I'm at 95 hours and I don't even feel close to finishing this game and that makes me very happy
155 and I’m about to start volcano manor haven’t even gone to lyndell yet. First souls game and I’m playing it the way I’d play an assassins creed, milk it for months.
Aye my first and second playthrough pushed past 150 hours lol
Kyle does a great job of hosting this! 👍
“You can’t get close to the fire serpent Rykard”
Actually yes you can, especially if you have a flame drake talisman that negates fire damage, that’s exactly how I beat him lol
my first souls game and i fell in love. Long story short, hated it to start with, then watched a guide to get a bit of power and it opened the game up immensely. 110 hours later and ive finished my first souls game and as a strength build scrubs too
Time to jump onto the gank plank known as dark souls 2.
Or you want a real challenge haha... Sad times I am having go play sekrio XD
Finally came back to this after beating the game. I loved this crew for this discussion. Everyone brought some very different and thoughtful observations. Thank you!
Jacob is such a joy
Regarding the big face at the bottom of Stormveil, I don't think that's Godwyn, but it seems to be related to him somehow. If you do Fia's questline, you'll eventually find her in a place called The Prince of Death's throne, and standing above her is a very similar gigantic squid creature, and THAT creature is Godwyn. You can visually tell from remnants of Godwyn's clothes and streaks of blonde hair - but if you continue her quest she very explicitly says it's him.
The one at the bottom of Stormveil is essentially the same type of creature but lacks Godwyn's identifiable features, and also notably has no eyes (which giant Godwyn does have). And I don't know what to make of it, it's by far the piece of lore I am most curious about.
What face below Stormveil?
@@clintonleonard5187 at the very bottom of Stormveil Castle you can find this really weird huge dead creature (and walk all over its big face)
@@PSpiceProof Can you see it right after killing Godrick? I missed it.
Rogier clearly knows more about it, as he fought it down there as well (due to his bloodstain next to it displaying him being death-blighted and his subsequent injury at the round table). He doesn’t have much to say beyond that he fought it down there. But admittedly I forgot to follow up and try to get more dialogue from him on my first playthrough. I’ll wait for vaati or lore Hunter to figure it out
@@clintonleonard5187 it's before the Godrick arena. Go to the Secluded Cell site of Grace, then to the room immediately in front of it (with all the pot enemies). In that room there should be a ledge you can jump on and then follow along that path.
I know that's very vague, it's a little hard to explain it in youtube comments lol but just keep exploring Stormveil, I'm sure you'll find it!
Great discussion, well hosted Kyle!
Hey thanks!
I don't think the sword was in a cutscene, just sitting near the entrance to the boss room.
I think you may be right. I have a distinct memory of a cutscene of a hand grabbing the sword, but I can't find it online. Must have all been in my head!
This was my first spoilercast for the game. Feels great to hear other peoples end game thoughts. Amazing game
Dark Souls 2 FTW. This was really fun, I don't know what it is, maybe getting older :p but the last couple of years I really enjoy the insights kyle brings to the table. Thank you for the great content ^^
Aw, thanks!
Ooh! What a great cast! I would listen to y'all talk about souls stuff for hours!
I can't still understand how people enjoy Souls games but I love hearing people talk about how much they enjoy em anyway lmao
This was my first souls game and I’m honestly in love
This was my first Souls game too and I was obsessed, put in almost 200 hours lol. I'm playing through DS1 and Bloodborne now and while they're great so far, they definitely feel obtuse and unforgiving for the first dozen or so hours until you start to figure out the game loop, and I'm not sure I would have given them that effort without having played Elden Ring first
I’m never (never, ever ever ever) going to play this, but I’m happy for those who are enjoying it and interested in understanding why.
It's like a mix of Dungeons and Dragons and Bayonetta. Industry defining combat, mixed with limitless customization and a well realized, open world.
you got gamer in your name...for the love of god pls play it..
Let me know when you start playing it
For what its worth, Souls game difficulty is pretty overblown if that's what is keeping you away. The mechanic of dying isn't meant to be a Game Over, and in fact dying to certain enemies has even taken the player to brand new areas lol.
It's meant to be a thing where you make progress, and don't fight every enemy everytime you run pass them after you died three times and already fought them lol. Especially now thay Elden Ring has a horse that makes that easier
Commenting for engagement :)
Thank you for your engagement.
i wanna watch it but I stil feel like a long ways to go in this game
Theres an item near Maliketh where if you beat the invader on the lower side of the bridge rather than going up to fight Maliketh right away, it'll make that fight a lot easier with the Red death attacks in phase 2. Gotta explore better ;) lol
Love the discussion, great hearing your deeper thoughts on the game… but man, that crackly mic is a bit hard on the ears.
I just loved this video. Great discussion!
coolest design and favorite boss, was Radahn. Game peaked early for me
Could you guys do one for Stranger of Paradise? I need to know how the heck that game ties into FF lore.
I did pick up a copy yesterday...
No promises!
Seriously? The dudes name is Jack Garland. It's his origin story. Kinda on the nose. Garland is the main antagonist of FF1
Loved this, but Whats it gonna take to get hanson dan tack and tim turi on a second version of this. I loved the old GI super replay of DS1 one of the funniest vids to me
I did speak with Tack ahead of this and he was going to come on for the chat, but the scheduling didn't work out, unfortunately. We'll get him on something soon!
Beat the game tonight 109 hours.
Bloodborne is my personal favorite From game, although I think Elden Ring has tied it in quality.
YESSS!!!
Harper's totally right on assessing Dark Souls 1/2/3 and Sekiro
I'm surprised no one mentioned demon souls...
Dark Souls 2 is by far the worst
It will never not drive me absolutely insane that when people talk about the history of From’s Souls games, they start with Dark Souls.
Soloing Malenia wasn't that bad.
yea what level were you, what gear did you have, how many tries did it take, and what spirit ash did you sue?
Hearing somebody’s favourite souls is DS 2, a game with glaring mismatching scenery, story that doesn’t make sense and most importantly - known to be a rushed project due to bad initial directing, something the devs have confirmed - well all that makes me lose any trust in one such person. The arrogant “if you think otherwise, you’re wrong” is where I stopped listening to this person’s opinions.
Wow news just in people have different favourite souls games
No Hanson to pretend he knows and like the game? Thank god lol. I love the game, have probably played over a hundred hours between 2 characters, and have NOT beaten the game. I'm impressed by people who have beaten the game but i have a feeling they've rushed through it ;) I've also played mainly with friends and have reapeted a TON of content.
actually I love hearing Hanson talk about it since it's the first souls game he is hooked on, so it's an interesting perspective
Within 45 seconds, and I already hate harper
Thanks!
@@dreamcastaway not welcome
@@dreamcastaway Thanks for the insight you brought to this discussion, Harper! Always interested to hear your opinion on FromSoftware stuff
Because Harper is a dark souls 2 truther?
@@dreamcastaway loved you on this. this person is whack for sharing negative energy!
Was gonna listen but the plot summary at the start is egregiously bad.