Why You Should Play Elden Ring - By Brandon Sanderson
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2022
- Best selling fantasy author and Dark Souls fanatic, Brandon Sanderson play Elden Ring and discusses why he loves this game and why he enjoys the fight with Great Wyrm Theodorix so much.
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2.7 million runes? Are you saving up to directly purchase the Elden Ring from Radagon himself?
Haha. Spend them and use your magick on something else!
More like to take Malenia out on a date.
LOL....good one.
In DS3 you can spend the equivalent of your next five level ups in order to reverse a certain status. I did it at over level 200. It cost something like 5 and a half MILLION souls(runes).
I regular get that many runes. I spend them on items like bombs, and throwing knives. Maybe a bunch of smithing stones if I'm looking to try a new weapon.
Brandon rolling into the Theodrix boss fight with near base vigor and carrying 2.7 million runes, the mad lad. For those on the fence about this game's difficulty and seeing Brandon get two-shot by this dragon, he would have had a MUCH easier time if he'd used those runes (the game's equivalent of experience points) to level up and get more health, defense, etc. It's clear that he calibrated his experience to his own difficulty preferences, though, and had a great time with it. All power to you, Brandon!
So true I had a completely different build with dual hammers and I could take 5 or 6 hits from this boss without dying
I was trying to figure out what the heck was going on. Thanks for the explainer.
He's using a mod that removes the rune lost on death part of the game. He respawns with all the runes still present.
@@blugobln85 He used a special tear for it
He's using the Twiggy Cracked Tear, which prevents rune loss on death.
This is the closest we’ve ever gotten to hearing Sanderson’s opinion on Guts from Berserk.
Where?
@@lordfifthissth8258 He's using the "Guts" Greatsword in his build
i’d love so badly to hear his takes on berserk but tonally they are so far apart i’ve made my peace with the fact it’s just not brrrrisket ssandwiches cup of tea
there some parts in oathbringer that reminds u of guts, when Dalinar goes berserk in the battlefield
@@agustiniturrideluca6051 made me laugh for some reason. Goes berserk, therefore guts reference sounds like an awful joke I would make.
Dual wielding ultra greatswords like everyone expected him to, what a legend.
And intentionally underlevelling himself, to boot lol. I'm impressed
I fangirled. And I’m a boy
Must be burning pewter
One aspect I adore about these games is the sudden quiet after the boss is defeated. Often the music is incredibly intense and epic, and the adrenaline rush toward the end when victory is within grasp adds up, so when you pull it off, the boss dies and your left standing in the now empty arena... Victory.
Yep...there is an indescribable high when a tough boss is defeated.
Me, too. Then I fell off, and lost all the runes.
That hit the hardest after the defeat of Melina for me. You work so hard to get it done, and then that's it. dead end. Move on.
@@JoshBurcham104 Malenia
The one thing I noticed, that I preferred in DS3, was that when you beat a boss in that game there was a little more lag until the victory was made official. The sound was also a little more dramatic. I was in the habit of always throwing that extra hit because of the dreaded 10hp left possibility lol....those 2 factors just made it even more dramatic compared to ER.
All I could think while playing this was how amazing a FromSoft mistborn or Stormlight game would be
Maaan that would be awesome... from Leyndell to Luthadel
I feel like From would struggle with those because they would rely on freedom of movement as mistborn and radiants can fly and every from software game relies on game mechanics and items to keep you from going too far off course or into end game areas and you can't do that if your characters can literally fly. Besides Miyazaki would never make a game where you're immune to gravity 🤣
@@TrashPanda90914 i think the way they made sekiro could function pretty well for a mistborn game, and showcased that they can make games with more movement, but mistborns world doesnt have any really huge monsters or such that would constitute the kind of bossfights from usually does.
if there was a game series i could see making a good base for a stormlight game it would be the infamous series, but with more focus on melee combat as rosharan magic isnt really spellcasting, and roshar does have huge monsters that could be the kind of monster boss battle.
@@mikkelbirkholm6095 Totally agree about infamous, my thought was actually arkham city or Dishonoured. A game where you're just playing in Luthadel as a mistborn trying to promote the interests of your noble house would be pretty awesome. For stormlight I feel like something akin to Elden ring with a splash of Witcher 3 would work best, the flying is still a bit iffy but I suppose if its class based maybe only a few of them can do it or its a really late game ability etc. There's very little actual world building in mistborn so Luthadel would be the only logical setting but roshar is huge with multiple races and many different nations so it kinda has to be open world imo.
@@TrashPanda90914 they did Armored Core which has limited flying so.... I'm more than sure they could pull off either and it would be epic af!
gigachad brando doing a zero vigour challenge run, respect
So glad you loved this game. Been watching your lectures from a while back. I can imagine someone who crafts worlds like you do can find much more to appreciate beyond the surface
Yo Zio, love your videos. Have you read Brando's books?
I was going to ask if you're aware that your metroid prime logo is backwards, but then I realized it's meant to be a Z because of your name. I am dumb.
Wasn't expecting to see you here Ziostorm - also wasn't expecting to see a video from Brandon Sanderson about Elden Ring in my video feed. Small world. I'm kinda surprised he didn't talk more about this game's lore and world though, given how much of a selling point it is and given how that's Brandon's whole thing lol
Maan as a huge fan of souls since the first one way back when, it really makes me proud to see the reach elden ring has. It isn’t my favorite soulsborne as I’m not really a fan of huge open world games, but it is still a fantastic experience.
Sekiro is my personal favorite fromsoftware game due to the amazing combat and imo best bosses in the series like isshin the sword saint, father owl.
@@MrRadiantMan my fav is elden ring, but sekiro comes in as a VERY close second. tbh i now find the fromsoft games that are older than ds3 to be pretty boring. i even tried replaying bb right after elden ring and just stopped playing when i reached burgenworth and went right back to elden ring. ill replay sekiro in another 3 or 4 years. god that game is a masterpiece.
all the games are freakin amazing though. dark souls 2 gets a bad rep but it still has the best build variety/viability and pvp by far.
@@flamingmanure I would say elden ring has the best build variety now and i still love bloodborne..got platinum in sekiro, bloodborne and elden ring as these 3 are my favorite fromsoftware games.
@@flamingmanure I still recommend you muscle through Bloodborne. The Old Hunters is more than enough to warrant a playthrough. But yeah, Elden Ring is a Masterpiece (like most Fromsotf games), but Sekiro and Bloodborne are something else.
Ds1 is still my favourite. I which they'd make a game with a world as amazing as ds1's, but I believe the developers have said in interviews that that was pretty much by accident.
My favorite fantasy author talking about how much he loves my favorite fantasy game was a pleasant surprise to receive while waiting for my car’s breaks to be fixed. I love you Brandon and your insanely low vigor bar.
I've been a fan of the "franchise" since Demon Souls, and it's been super surreal and amazing seeing FromSoftware games getting more and more popular. Brandon, hopefully we'll get to see you collaborate with FromSoftware in the future. Also, you need to show us your fight against Malenia, the Blade of Miquella! :)
Brandon and FromSoft is a match made in heaven. Write this down and send it to Sanderson and From! Brandon could have the entire franchise written and submitted by the time George even lifted a finger!!
@@joshuarogers5563 what are you even saying man. brandon the exposition man sanderson is not the right guy for we dont care if you understand the story fromsoft. i like brandon very much but no, this is not a perfect match. i would much rather brandon teaming up with studios like arkane, the people who gave us arx fatalis and dishonored and prey. that would be a good match up.
Oh, she's the Blade of Miquella? How do you know this?
@@psterud everyone who fought her can't forget that she's the Blade of Miquella. 😂
@@PetrikLeo 😁
There is something wonderfully bizarre about seeing Brandon Sanderson play a game where a cosmic world-defining entity has been shattered, resulting in singular named shards of reality being taken ahold of by shardbearers, in a world dominated by eternal storms, carapace-covered semi-aquatic crustacean life, featuring interplanetary conflict, an internarrative trickster character (in the form of Patches), magic horses, spirits that embody forces of nature, alternate planes of reality, gravity-based magic, illusions, a corruptive red essence that can unmake entire regions, a thrill of battle that brings a red haze to the eyes, characters with (admittedly cartoonishly portrayed in Elden Ring) mental instability, summonable magic swords, a cosmic power called Ruin, inanimate objects that have been imbued with power to carry out specific tasks, gemstones that house cosmic magic, and a comparatively hard magic system involving things being imbued and invested with Color (that can be drained)....
...written by George Martin.
I've been laughing my head off about this for months.
What can be imbued and invested with Color in Elden Ring? I get the reference to Warbreaker, but don't remember that in the game
@@garnix5427 Gold is kind of The Motif in the game, alongside red, silver, blue, and so on-and Somber Smithing Stones, for example, talk about how they’ve been drained of color. It’s mostly in the crafting and upgrade materials I think.
This game sounds perfect for me. Brandon managed to voice all the abstractions in my head of the things I love in games.
"...written by George Martin."
Martin collaborated, he didn't really write it. He provided the backstory lore for the gods, then the game jumps forward a few hundred years and everything currrent is written by the usual Fromsoft team.
Still funny.
@@robbybevard8034 Yeah, but it doesn’t play into the joke as well lol. Miyazaki’s incredible-honestly the game’s got so much of his style it’s easy to forget Martin was involved at all.
I just like to imagine this whole thing was an elaborate ploy by George to, right under Miyazaki’s nose, cleverly sneak his revenge against Brandon for writing so fast. With Miyazaki being completely aware of it the entire time.
There’s a really good-bad reality TV show in here somewhere.
Oh man, I'd love to see Brandon do these for the whole series. Sekiro is still my favorite. The greatest rhythm game ever made.
Sekiro definitely has the best combat, but lacks the variety of other games.
@@oscarromarioflorezcamargo6342 What’s there is so insanely good that I could do it for eternity, so lack of variety isn’t a problem, at least not for me
@@carlossalazar3182 It probably It's my fault, I played it back to back to get all 4 endings. But I do feel like a lot of the content is recycled and a little repetitive at times.
@@oscarromarioflorezcamargo6342 I think it's replayable in the same way a rhythm game is. There's just a simple satisfaction of parrying, countering and striking perfectly and each boss is like a different song.
Brandon vs Guardian Ape would be awesome to see haha.
Brandon Is truly based. I love this man
Brandon if youre reading this based means youre smart
If you're not luring Theodorix out to be aggro'd by the ginormous land octopus nearby you are absolutely missing out on one of the great Elden Ring 'moments'. It's King Kong vs. Godzilla goodness.
I did that by mistake and just ended up being a surprise bystander to a glorious battle.
Also from a story perspective, essentially everything you fight has story implications. There's very little in terms of filler enemies in Elden Ring, the existence of enemies in certain places gives environmental storytelling. The Great Wyrm here is actually a former troll who consumed so many dragon hearts and became so powerful in Dragon Communion that they have turned into a dragon themselves.
The bosses sure, not the regular enemies.
true. Another thing I like: every boss give you something when defeated, being a weapon carrying its skills, a spell, a special item or a technique. By triumphing over the boss, you gain his power and incorporate it into your own style, becoming more and more adaptable as time goes by.
I'd like to see the lore on the thousand glintstone dragons in Manus Celes
I'm not sure I agree with that statement. Most of the bosses in the smaller dungeons felt incredibly arbitrary.
dont say that. theres about 6/7 ulcerated tree spirits throughout the game. some of them are in some wild locations. that is annoying and i would call it padding.
Nothing better than seeing one of your favorite writers playing one of your favorite games. This was awesome.
more Brandon Sanderson video essays would be amazing
I have never seen a game recommended by such a diverse roster of gaming UA-camrs.
Arlo, The Act Man, and now Brandon Sanderson.
I didn't think we would get game of the generation this early on.
Arlo's goated
Considering how long console generations are, I think it's a little premature to just assume that nothing else as good or better than Elden Ring will be coming in the next 6+ years.
@@coredumperror you are right, from soft will release more games after all.
@@BronzeApparathus lel
@@BronzeApparathus the next one is most likely going to be armored core. i think they have talked about having one in the pipeline.
I just love how passionate he is talking about the game. Actually a gamer. Truly can't wait to see Mistborn or Stormlight video games. Or perhaps an entirely new Saga in the Cosmere to sink our grubby little paws into.
Guess this is the last piece of advice I needed to finally go try the game
It took me a good 40 hours to understand and enjoy the game. I didn’t watch any tutorials…maybe that could have helped. Haha
GLHF! I wish I could experience this game for the first time again. Don't be afraid to look things up, there's a LOT that this game doesn't tell you
do not be afraid to look into the community for advice... to some extent, it is part of the experience.
100% look up questline guides, it's wonderfully alarmingly easy to miss huge sections of the game like Rannis quest, haligtree, volcano manor, numerous underground areas etc. . .
Loved this
I love to read fantasy novels. I never thought I would find an author who is so relatable, positive and encouraging. Thank you Brandon!
You won’t believe how much I love this content Brandon! So yeah please do more of these. I’d love to hear your thoughts about Sekiro as well, it is my personal favorite Fromsoftware game.
How do you feel about the game's lore? It'd be really interesting to hear your take as a fantasy writer, and there is a *lot* to unpack in this game.
Yeah I was expecting him to talk more about that side of it tbh, given that fantasy world building is what he does lol. Maybe in the next one, it sounded like he wants to make more elden ring videos
I’d love to have your take on the lore of Elden Ring - so beautiful, yet so difficult to grasp being explained in small bits every now and then!
Love this 🎮 love seeing what inspires you and gets you excited. Anyone who wants to keep evolving as an artist needs things like this to spark new ideas and excitement 💡
Literally just beat Elden Ring last night. Easily top 3 games of all time for me (up there with Hollow Knight and the Witcher 3)! So glad to see my favorite author also enjoyed it
I just want to say you are by far my favorite author of all time! I have loved so many of your books and your writing style is fantastic! It's pretty awesome to see my favorite author playing my favorite game. Keep up the great work!
YES!!! We've got commentary now! Love these videos!
Even as someone who doesn't enjoy these games at all and who prefers to calibrate his difficult levels by different means, it's great to hear your passion for this! I'm sure you glad for the chance to talk about something other than the Cosmere, as well!
I love that you made this video. I hope you talk about storytelling in videogames.
If Brandon says so, all must follow through. Thankfully I finished it a while ago, want to play it again with a new build.
As someone interested in writing fantasy lit, Lost Ark seems to have such a good story once you get to the endgame. It starts off as a typical fantasy story, but the later questions it asks about free will, motivation, how difficult decisions are made, and how they form a story are insightful and thought provoking.
I hope all these Elden Ring videos means Brandon and Bandai are seriously looking at working together after the extension made toward him. We want Sanderson in our games
I think you would love the game Tunic. It's like old-school Zelda meets Dark Souls meets fascinating storytelling, and it has a similar difficulty style to what you're describing (a lot of the difficulty has to do what you just don't know yet, and much of the game is discovering more and more that you can do)
I would *love* to see Brandon play Tunic, applying his Dark Souls skills to beating the bosses, of course, but above all, having the end-game epiphanies. When you figure out what you have to do to get the true ending... it's a one-of-a-kind feeling.
I love this Elden Ring content coming from you, Brandon! Excited to see what's next. I absolutely love this game. No doubt in my mind that it's one of the best fantasy games of all time.
The thing I love about the Soulsbourne series is how satisfying it is to go from taking 200 tries on each boss on your first playthrough to beating every boss first try on your tenth playthrough
While I will probably not play ER (got enough in the backlog as is), this video was really fun to watch - keep them coming!
This was a really good video Brandon - thanks for posting it and giving us your feedback. Keeps on reinforcing my desire to purchase this game and take my first stab at a Souls game. Keep the videos coming!
I saw this video more than a year ago. I was convinced and bought the game. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am very grateful for this video
Awesome video I love how you really enjoy playing these games
This was great, would love more videos like this 👍
Here's the thing. That feeling of being rewarded for your struggle is exactly why and how the game is designed, and exactly how the Kaizo genre (the "brutally unfair platformers where you just die randomly" games mentioned in this video) isn't.
I'd like to sum it up thusly: Kaizo games are hard because they want you to lose. True Soulslikes are hard because they want you to win.
What does that mean? Well, it means a good Soulslike is designed such that failure is intended to push you to improve, to motivate you to succeed - but beneath the cruel exterior, these games are rooting for you deep down. They're not going quite as hard or quite as unfairly as they could. You have little things like the ability to recover your runes, or souls, on death. You have the freedom to level up (or not) as needed. You have a variety of options to build a character how you like, and play how you like, essentially making your own difficulty setting even when the game will never explicitly put that in a menu. You see attacks coming and can react. Enemies have certain clearly defined rules they'll almost never violate. And so on.
That's something the developers of bad Soulslikes don't get, and many of the genre's players don't get either. A lot of people have this idea that the genre is about Being Hard, and thus tie the identity of the games and their players to that. But they don't get it - even by Miyazaki's own admission, that was never the point and it never will be. A proper Soulslike, and by extension a proper Soulslike community, is one that balances challenge with encouragement, and an unwelcoming exterior with a truly accessible core. Because at the end of the day, these games are about enjoying the triumph of a hard-earned victory, no matter what it takes for a player to keep ensuring that feeling remains present for themselves.
Omg, you love this game too! 😳
What a confirmation! I read your books amd I have also been playing this game for months now! 😄
Thanks for your awesome books, man. Listening to Mistborn on audiobook now. Wonderful escape into other worlds. And it’s cool to hear your take on this game.
It brings me joy seeing my favorite author enjoy Elden Ring this much.
@12:04 "i don't always practice the best practices" haha best part of this vid, you're the best Sanderson love your work
Unfortunately the game does not run on my PC, I hope to have a chance to play it in the future
Please more ER videos, I’m rewatching these 3 on repeat haha
I love Souls games and this one I loved sooo much! My first playthrough was 350hr long and being able to play it with my friend was great, I felt bad for people who invaded us with out mage/tank combo ha. I loved the open world, and the way the game made you want to explore every dark corner, and even after 350 hours of playing the game I still want more.
I only recently started playing dark souls for the first time. Holy crap it's hard, but so damn satisfying when you achieve those small victories. You also really gotta love those "thank you dark souls" moments.
I probably won't get around to elden ring for a few months tbh I wanna finish the dark souls games and sekiro first, but I'm really excited to eventually play it. It genuinely seems like one of the greatest games ever made next to breath of the wild imo.
When I saw Kalameet for the first time, it actually scared me a bit. I avoided fighting him for a LONG time.
When I finally started fighting him, I bit it hard, and more than any other boss could manage. The first time I killed the dragon... I had to stop, lay down, and stop my hands from shaking. It was the best moment any game has ever given me by a country mile.
Just keep trying(as long as it's fun), that's really the most important thing to know. I was straight up horrible when I first started but I've gotten a lot better.
Play bloodborne (and from software's dlcs are the best parts of each game, especially bloodborne and ds3)
Keep these videos coming please!
Wait hold the phone you’re doing a whole series????? Okay I’m down!!
Very well put! It felt great watching you get this dragon! I've beat elden ring so I know the feelings!
You have a wonderful voice, very soothing and fatherly
Would love more of these.
I heard Dark Souls described as “either the fastest strategy game or slowest action game ever made”. With this I agree.
Really happy you loved the game, and it makes me wonder what they will do when you both partner up.
Please do more videos like this so I can send them to my friend Adam, who is a big fan of your work but has always been resistant to my persistent recommendations of the souls games lol
I've never played Elden Ring, but the description you gave of how it feels to learn the bosses' moves is similar to how I felt playing Hollow Knight. Fighting and dying to the same boss again and again, learning how to maneuver around each attack.
Hollies Knight defenetly have taken inspiration from Dark Souls. Both are among My favorit games
My absolute favourite author I adore (and I am getting a tattoo of pewter to commemorate this) talking over my absolute favourite game I immersed myself in for 300 hours during my most stressful year. Looks like Christmas came early for me..
ive been obsessed with two things for the longest time, Soulsborne games, and Brandon Sanderson book. so glad they have some overlap
The fun part about the bosses is that everyone has a different experience with them. For this one I triggered infighting between the Wyrm and the Octopi, it still took me a couple of tries but it felt rewarding.
my favorite video game streamer
Love your books!
Loved this, twas nice to listen to while playing my own game ^^
Most important reason: it's fun!
Brandon Sanderson who I have read almost every work of playing a game I have. I am gonna cry honestly. Also great video.
Wooh! Excited for this
Hey dude , I’m close to finishing the game dumped more than 150 hours; but I’m super excited to watch your video tomorrow
Can’t wait to hear your perspective 🙏🏾
Edit: if you pull the boss a bit back he will fight the tentacles. Making it a bit easier ☺️
Two things I love: Brandon Sanderson books and Soulsborne games.
I like my video games like I like my books, with a good story.
Mr Sanderson clearly is a masochist and is having the time of his life. 2 million runes and has base vigor (health), this man is playing Elden Ring on hard mode
My first one was Demon’s Souls too! I messed with it a bit, put it down for months, and eventually came back to it. Once I beat the first boss I was hooked, and once I began to uncover the lore and story it just blew me away and sucked me in. Such cool atmosphere
Loved this, thanks for the cool vid.
Yuuuuus mote of this! I went out ans bought the game after your first clip. I um. Well suck at gaming but I am excited to play anyway. I like the idea of a game that challenges you to learn you boss not just ugh hulk smash. Its clever and realistic. Thankk you for these videos it gices a much better perspective for peolle like me that lose alot and get frustrated or even depressed. It makes it less upsetting to lose so much knowing how to learn their moves and be patient. Please post more of these!
Whoa whoa whoa you're the same guy who wrote Steelheart? Absolutely top notch stuff with that series, never forgot about it since I read it
My favorite author is talking about my favorite video game ❤️
I have wanted to hear your thoughts on some games for forever. I really enjoyed this video, I would love to hear your thoughts on more games.
Thanks for all, salutations de France
I'm a bit older than most gamers... I've been playing video games about as long as it has been possible to do so. I remember when Pong apoeared in local stores and even some games before that. I completely agree with Brandon here. There are so many ways to play this game... character builds, weapons, technique...you need to THINK when you run into a roadblock--it is so fun to succeed when you figure out something...and u set your own difficulty in so many ways--go away and level, use a summons, roll more, position better, use a shield, use more magic, use some more consumables...and more. Research if you really get stuck or just try and work it out. If you want your hand held and very little challenge ... It may not be for you but I recommend giving it a try. It has renovated my love of video games like nothing in the past 10 years or so. Thanks for taking the time to put this up!
Episode 1?!
A BrandoSando voice over gameplay?! YAY!
easily the best fromsoft game by far! keep the elden ring content coming mr. B!
Did not expect this video at all and i'm a month late! I'd love a Dark Souls review :D
I don't play video games, I don't like video games, but man I will listen to Brandon Sanderson talk about absolutely anything
This was a delight
this game challenges me in ways i appreciate and hate at the same time. ultimately, i love it
Would be great to hear what Brandon thinks of the lore, including the previous souls games
Well I'm happy, one of my favourite ever authors playing one of my favourite games, today has been a good day.
It feels great when your favorite author plays your favorite games.
The difficulty for me makes the victories in this game very rewarding
I admire your patience. And with this video I learned that this game helps you develop the right learning mindset: "it rewards you for learning". I want to develop that mindset so I might give this game a chance, or better said, I hope the game gives me a chance :P
Brandon this is an amazing video! Any chance we could get a why you should play Bloodoborne in the future?
I was listening to words of radiance on my commute home planning to sit on the couch and play elden ring as this video pops up on my feed 🤔
The original Metroid and Castlevania are two of my favorites and I never beat them because they were impossible but I loved them so much.
fun to watch and listen!
Great video, and I completely agree. Elden Ring and the Souls series are difficult, but it's a fair difficulty.
Because Bandai started a partrnership with you on their next game , im already hyped for their next project 😍
Favorite author playing my favorite game it’s like a dream!