I'm just wondering how disgustingly overpowered Radagon would've been in his prime. Like we're fighting less than a shell of his former self. He would've been an absolute monster in his prime
@@Spoonri You must not have been paying attention if you think Godfrey was in his prime. In his prime he fought the king of all giants with his bare hands. He was banished from The Lands Between specifically *not* being the man he once was.
I'm obsessed with that first high note after the Beast's hand appears. A lesser game would introduce their final mostrosity with a driving or aggressive track. But that quiet thoughtfulness as this alien being unfurls before us is just sublime.
@@heavensubculture actual straight up racism. He’s “Selling crack” because he used the n word??? Most people speaking a language don’t feel the need to use fancy words if they can get their point or joke across. We’re in a UA-cam comment section, people can write as causally or as formally as they want and it says nothing about their literacy.
Such a strange spectacle. You go from fighting something that's falling apart and barely keeping itself together, to something that looks like it hasn't really yet been born. The Elden Beast has this pre-born, fetus-like quality, likely the seemingly transparent skin and the strange veins running through like an undeveloped nervous or circulatory system.
@@TheSuperRatt It could be both. A whole brand new Universe, manifested as a sentient pre-born entity. By destroying it, we are prolonging our own existence, but we are also aborting an entire universe in the process.
The elden beast is the alien God that's established the Erdtrees and golden order all along. If you see in Radagon's body, you see the symbol of the order within a spiritual gaseous blob. Radagon is being controlled by the Elden beast. His body is but a husk being used.
@Jamal Jaydon he is talking about the theme....dark souls had to do with light age of fire and it was usually represented by the sun..... bloodborne... Moon was a huge factor in blood borne.....i avnt played elden ring so I don't know....we all know bb was lovecraftian
Praise the Sun is just the best thing in all souls ! just by hearing the name if Prise the Sun it gives chills of any souls game should be i hate elden ring how the final boss look like for me they ruined it! and Milenia blade of ... they ruined secend fase to she is like nude that why it makes it bad game as a soulsgame they need to respect cloth!! just look how Fride first and secend and 3rd fase look like the cloth sill in her that a true souls game!
Um elden ring is the age of stars ending where you marry the moon princess waifu by giving her ring and she absorb elden lord ring power and bask the moon light that she enlarge that seems as big as a galaxy or bigger with her for eternity also all life is good and living still
Radagons' cutscene is easily top 3 best(2nd being Malenia's and 3rd is Godrick's second phase). While their voice lines in their cutscenes are awesome, Radagon's pure silence, with him just raising the hammer up and looking back at you was BADASS. Just Two badass heroes about to duke it out to see who will be the wielder of the elden ring.
Godfrey's cutscene is better than godrick to be honest. We heard about him so much in the game then he finally makes his appearance. Kinda like ludwig from bloodborne
Radagon is the best fight in the series but the beast is one of the worst, it flies away far too often and can do it several times in a row without you being able to land a hit, gets old really fast especially after fighting it for the umpteenth time.
It's cool how for the final bosses we get a standard epic humanoid fight, and then an awesome spectacle fight. It was sort of like that in sekiro with divine dragon and isshin.
@@jackle7896 Gael didn't turn into a towering monster. He was still very humanoid. Epic as hell. But still humanoid. They probably got the lighting ideas from Gael.
I love how Radagon’s stare says so much without any words. It’s almost like he’s holding up that hammer as if to say “So you’ve come for the throne of Elden Lord? Fine. Come and take it, Tarnished.” With the main theme playing it’s just incredibly epic. God, I love this game.
Beating the elden beast left such a badass feeling of triumph, going through both these guys and coming out on top with no flasks or anything is truly the best feeling
@@Whoisrem It depends on whether Marika was justified for turning against the Greater Will, and we don’t know if it was a calculated decision or done out of grief for losing Goldwyn. It’s not like the Golden Order was perfect, and Goldmask himself recognized that at the end of his quest line.
Something about the Elden Beast is just mesmerizing and beautiful. And with the soundtrack too, it really feels like some grand cosmic being that isn't necessarily good or evil, it just exists as something beyond comprehension.
it immediately reminded me of the mysterious leviathan creature from the Bible. Which is interesting because if it’s similar to that, then you aren’t actually killing a God at all, you merely killed His cosmic pet.
Huge props to Tai Tomisawa, Shoi Miyazawa, Tsukasa Saitoh, Yuka Kitamura and Yoshimi Kudo for the amazing OST. and I'm pretty sure it was some of these composers' first role creating music for a video game (could be wrong)
@@Akame4514 All Souls games from FromSoftaware have final bosses that are easy compared to optional bosses,, they don't follow the idea of "the last boss is the hardest of all"
@@krusey3690 never heard that anyone say before while there are thousands videos even here on youtube calling ishin the hardest boss. obviously your opinion isnt what most people would agree to.
@@JH-fp1lw the Sonic game hasn't even been nominated (and for a good reason), Xenoblade Chronicles 3 did. I'm not saying that it's going to win, but it deserves to
@@alanalb1449 moon presence is just worse then final boss of elden ring in every way for the first hunter i would say yeah its cool af but elden ring got most bosses with good designs so its not underwhelming.
The tarnished’s goal: to stand before the Elden ring. To become Elden lord The Hallucigenia’s goal: to manipulate the human brain. To become last boss.
@@eltopo71 hard games ≠ bad games,i do play some hard games in some of my times and after dying for 3-10+ times killing a boss feels rewarding,and i see those in soulsborne game aswell
God I absolutely love the Elden Beast. it's a satisfying climax, but most of all you get to learn the truth of the world, and why everything happened the way it did. it was all about ambition, the ambition to assimilate itself with it's surroundings and to take over the world of humans, and expelling this parasite demonstrates the power of humanity very well. also the message "God Slain" is by FAR the most satisfying thing i have seen in a fromsoft game
The soundtrack for the Elden beast fight really adds this somber elegance to it, it’s such a euphoric feeling fighting some cosmic god being to such an incredible ensemble that is this track
It's so epic to hear the main theme played in Final Boss Fight. I regret a little that I watched this video without playing Elden Ring, but I'm honored to see this beautiful fight. I will definitely play it someday.
The first time I fought this guy I just got a burst of adrenaline as soon as I heard his theme and it was an amazing feeling. It felt like I've slain beasts, demigods, monsters and ghouls and this was my final test (I'm talking about Radagon not Elden Beast. Honestly they shoulda just kept it at Radagon)
They made Elden beat the final boss because after Radagon, the final boss IS the elden ring. The very thing you wanted, is the last thing fighting to stop you after you betray the Greater WIll and burn the Erdtree. It is the Greater WIll's final attempt to stop you from being Elden Lord.
Shoulda made Torrent available for the fight with Elden Beast at least. I hate how it just swims around and how you can barely get a hit in without it swimming away. Besides that tho it's a good fight
@@Sky-Dweller just finished malenia in 6 attempts without mimic, but could definitely see how others struggle with her, I just managed to get lucky enough to avoid the instakill attacks altogether
FromSoftware just knows how to finish off every game with a fucking banger dude. I don't know what else to say apart from the fact that Elden Beast is one of the most badass bosses I've seen.
This boss looks like an interpretation of the Laniakea Supercluster that we live in, I didn't see the resemblance until the design of this last boss. That would be amazing!
@@orangitotheman30 Yes, have you ever seen the picture comparing a human brain cell to a heat map of the universe, it seems to allude to the fact that the universe is indeed alive, living through every creature
Yes..i thought to myself "i am actually fighting a god.." when the fight started with the music the cutscene and atmosphere and all which whole game was kind of a build up to...
Kind of cool to see that attacks from some other Fromsoft bosses are mixed in. I saw the fire attack of the twin demon princes in DS3, the Nameless King's diving sweep attack, and the divine dragon's ranged swipes from Sekiro.
Here's an amazing lore theory credit goes to Ryō Marika is a god who was sent by the Greater Will to rule over the Lands Between. She is linked/part of the Elden Ring. The Elden Ring is something that guides all life with multiple concepts such as life, death, time, gravity and etc. This Natural order became known as the Golden Order. The Elden Ring is located at the base of the Erdtree which connects all living things. The Elden Beast was the vassal beast of the Greater Will and the living incarnation of the concept of order. The Greater Will is an outer god and a fundamental force of the universe. The Outer Gods are external forces that influence the world. Mogh was involved with another outer god called the 'Formless Mother' who bestows power unto those with accursed blood. The Flame of Frenzy and the Scarlet Rot are also referenced to be products of the outer gods. Just like the Elden Ring is a product of the Greater Will. Godfrey rose up to become the First Elden Lord. Becoming the Elden Lord means becoming betrothed in a sense to Marika, most likely being chose for his strength. Godfrey has children with her: Godwyn, Godrick, Morgott and Mogh. People forget that Morgott's remembrance proves that he is part of the Golden Lineage which is Godfrey's offspring. That's why Godfrey appeared to be very close with Morgott since he's his son. However in a neighboring kingdom Caria, a prodigy in star sorcery Rennala became queen and attracted the attention of Marika. Marika then assumed a male form of a champion, Radagon. Radagon then seduced Rennala and had children with her: Radahn, Rykard, Ranni. Marika impregnated Rennala so that she could have more children that can one day replace her because she didn't have an Empyrean child with Godfrey (Empyreans are individuals that the Greater Will identified to be possible successors to Marika as the vessels of the Elden Ring). Since we learn that Marika somewhat hates her existence because she is a puppet to the Greater Will. And she was successful because Ranni was born an Empyrean. Godfrey later found out of this betrayal because she basically cheated on him. Godfrey was then banished (tarnished) from the Lands Between in the ensuing drama and because he's already finished his usefulness to Marika after ending the war with the giants. Needing stability and an Elden Lord to rule over the land. Marika told the people that Radagon would be her new husband. Since they were now technically "married". Radahn, Rykard and Ranni now joined the royal family at Leyndell. This explains why Radahn and etc. are considered Demigods when Radagon and Rennala are supposed to be humans. That's because Radagon is Marika herself who is a god therefore he made demigod children with Rennala. Now I don't know how Marika did it, some lore indicates she can split her body in two, one for Marika and one for Radagon but she was able to asexually reproduce with herself. The resulting children were both Empyreans cursed with an affliction. Malenia with the Scarlet Rot and Miquella who is stuck in a child's body. Marika however did not want her children to succumb to death so she removed a fragment of the death rune from the elden ring and gave it to Maliketh, her shadow and personal assassin. So that her demigod children may live eternally. Eventually, Ranni wishing to usher in the age of stars stole the rune of death from Maliketh and created daggers allowing the demigods to be killed. A ritual was performed killing her and Godwyn at the same time, she lost her body but kept her soul in a doll. Godwyn kept his body but lost his soul. Ranni wanted to get rid of her body because she wanted to deny the the greater will and her empyrean flesh. Since Godwyn and Ranni were first to die they each became halves to a rune of death. Godwyn's death became the final straw for Marika and she lost is at the death of her children. Becoming unhinged and shattering the Elden Ring. The remaining demigod children waged war and each claimed shards of the Elden Ring for power. No one won however and now we inhabit a fractured world without the natural order. As tarnished we are exiles who return to gather the fragments of the Elden Ring to restore order to the world. Whichever order that may be whether it be the age of fracture, age of the duskborn, age of stars, age of chaos and etc.
Just seeing the first transformation of humanoid dying and being turned into the sword itself for the actual power of the being was something new and fucking pure to me
he always does that lmao dont worry even I was surprised thought Radagon was just some normal blacksmith and THEN OH SHIT GUY IS THE BOSS! Same thing happened in DS3 lmao
I gotta say this game has some of the best boss cutscenes to date. Margott, Malenia, Godfrey and then Radagon. Man I got chills when the screen cut to a close up of the hammer and a remix of the main theme bellowed out while the camera zoomed out on Radagon hoisting the hammer. Bravo man. 👏👏👏
I was fighting elden beast yesterday. I had a moment where elden beast was just a few hit left, and i still got a plenty of estus. I could end the fight and end the game if i want to, but man the Elden Beast is just too majestic and beautiful. I legit just walked around the arena, watching the Elden Beast casting its attack to my buddy mimic tear. This boss is just too beautiful, I don't want it to end, and yes I mean it. I ended up using the darksign to teleport back and redo both phases and it was worth it.
This boss cinematic along with the score is absolutely next level. It not only reminds me of an epic boss battle from sega/nintendo era but of course with a more modern touch and look. Brilliant.
My thoughts exactly. I was like maybe Elden Ring might not win GOTY because from the comments Ragnarok had higher chance but best score should gone to Elden Ring. Winning GOTY and best direction relieved me.
The Elden Beast is by far one of the most visually stunning things FromSoft has ever created. It’s such a departure from the withered god-kings and forlorn heroes we face as the last challenge, it is an eldritch angel in the form of the Laniakea Supercluster unleashing the calm might of the universe on us for having the gall to proclaim ourselves it’s rightful vessel.
I sincerely doubt anyone would think anything other then "big reptile" from "Loch Ness Monster." This thing is straight up cosmic, Eldritch. But yeah Andre as a final boss turned out more badass than I imagined. XD
This is cosmic level of boss battle. I haven't reach this point in the game cuz it took time to defeat some bosses and I think I'm not ready for this. 😆
Cutscenes gave me chills first time I fought him, and I had a very small grasp on the actual full story. But the design, music and lore of Radagon being a puppet for the greater will makes it amazing
Lets look at the checklist 1. Nimble, seemingly humanoid boss with highly telegraphed but punishing moveset ✅ 2. AoE, delayed attacks that keeps you on your toe ✅ 3. Friggin lightning stake, lightning spear, and teleportation ✅ 4. Phase 2 is giant celestial winged worm with a sword and can fly ✅ Wow fromsoft, just wow...
beating these bosses back to back the first time solo was tough, but after putting down my summon sign and helping others fight it a few times, now the fight is SUPER fun. like it's insanely satisfying to dodge attacks i once thought were impossible to avoid.
I think the last four boss fights of the game are all really cool, I just wish From could’ve spaced them out a bit more. The fact that you have to fight all of them in a row is pretty draining and takes away from the final spectacle imo
I disagree you spend most of the game wandering around and exploring the final 4 is sort of saying now that you are leveled welcome to deaths row and it’s punishing and hard just like every souls game couldn’t be more perfect
@@blaineskate9580 no it’s just the devs running out of ideas. It ends up ruining the ending because everyone hates elden beast not only because it’s boring, but also because you have to go through radingdong
Radagon is literally my favorite fight in a from gameI just love the black and white with bits of red and gold in the fight makes it very bleak but also really pretty
I have to say it, from 4:38 on I couldn't help but be mezmerized by this game and its soundtrack. That transition and following score was something else
the second phase is like that forest god in hayao miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke - that transparentness and the branches of lights within. Peak character design.
The one problem I have with this fight is the Elden Beast will constantly zoom around the arena and not let me get much hits in, instead using all sorts of powerful AoE attacks if I’m close and long range lasers if in far, easily beating me out in the game of attrition.
His attacks also suck ass, he sometimes has 3 different attacks overlapping on top of each other and you can’t even tell what the fuck is supposed to be happening.
I don't know why, but this 1:48 scene always makes me cry, listening to the main theme of the game while the final boss raises his hand with the tool that created and at the same time destroyed this world, staring at you without saying a word, because he knows what you are here for, and so you do: to finish this long odyssey that took you hours and moments of happiness, sadness, etc. It feels melancholic and empty, but exuberant and exciting at the same time. Without a doubt the game of the year.
This game is indeed a masterpiece. The last boss is literally something the player would never expect. You would have thought it would be the elden lord but instead we get a creature whos presence is unknown to us. A boss whos existence is out of our zone.
Radagon looks back like "By the glory of the Golden Order the Omen, Misbegotten, Albinaurics, Merchants, Those Who Live in Death, and... anyone different than us shall never walk these lands unpersecuted!".
from software is the only develper to ad a second boss fight directly after a 2 phase boss fight. Vicotry is on obtainable for the people who truly sacrifice
The elden beast looks weirdly dragon-like in appearance. Serpentine, with many wings, an animalistic tail and legs along with two somewhat humanoid arms, and the ability to spew "fire" from its orb-head. Its all very draconic. Combining that with the overall vibe of its design as a newly born, almost fetus-like creature, makes me think the elden beast was supposed to be the first dragon of an entirely new era. Its just like the cycle of ages in Lordran during the dark souls series. An age of darkness ruled by dragons, that was then stomped out and taken over by gods in an age of fire. Only this time the cycle was very nearly reset with the birth of the elden beast. Not being able to die was already enough of a problem in the world of elden ring. Being perpetually stuck between an age of dragons and an age of gods would have been true hell. Edited for grammar
@@chronoshindou9848 sekiro was also a side project while Elden ring was being worked on I do agree though if there wasn't a dlc I think that would be fine
Him holding the hammer up while the theme plays is raw asf, still gives me goosebumps
A true champion😤
Same!
Same !!!
But then the scene jumps and the music was broken off…
Facts bro 🔥
I love he doesn't give a dialog, he just stares at you, knowing it's a fight.
He smirks as well
Tbh I don’t think Radagon could speak if he wanted to
@@anabenskywalker122 he smirks? When? I didn't noticed
@@Aden877 when he turns and looks at you, pay close attention to the bottom half of his face. You’ll see him smirk
@@anabenskywalker122 I don't see it
Keep this in mind.
Everytime you die to Radagon, He's not killing you.
He's just smithing you to become a better warrior.
Isn't that nice of him?
And Elden Beast killing you is just God saying "git gud trash"
That's a... Surprisingly nice way of looking at it.
He’s basically saying, get better then fight.
All the bones shattered but I still what nice thing to do👍
He is actually hammering you to forge you into THE ELDEN RING!
I'm just wondering how disgustingly overpowered Radagon would've been in his prime. Like we're fighting less than a shell of his former self. He would've been an absolute monster in his prime
Isn't that a theme from all soulsborne games where we fight a supposedly OP character way out of his prime
@@janelletaboada6673 true but you know never to to the extent of Radagon I feel. Dude is missing like half his body
@@janelletaboada6673 Hoarah Loux is in his prime when you fight him at least, same with several others in this game.
😆
@@Spoonri You must not have been paying attention if you think Godfrey was in his prime. In his prime he fought the king of all giants with his bare hands. He was banished from The Lands Between specifically *not* being the man he once was.
The background in the Elden Beast fight is absolutely stunning. And that theme too, so majestic!
why are there archtrees in every souls game?
Yesss
@@overdrive112 are u telling me that there is a multiverse?
That thing kicks any close range build's ass. Who knows how many time this guy died to make this video trying to slowly chip away its health.
Wish the fight wasn't so shit
1:48 Elden Lord Radagon accepting his Game Of The Year Award.
W
John EldenRing you mean
Mental image of Radagon holding a golden trophy as a blunt weapon.
Watch as he claims it a second time…
Always got depressed when seeing bosses in this series, they’re like old people in a retirement home and must be thrilled when they get a visitor.
Lol
Yes
FromSoft continuing the tradition of killing old people to sad music
@@gabs3228 for this time it wasn't sad music tho
🤣
I'm obsessed with that first high note after the Beast's hand appears. A lesser game would introduce their final mostrosity with a driving or aggressive track. But that quiet thoughtfulness as this alien being unfurls before us is just sublime.
bro unleashed his sublime vocabulary skills
nigga thinks we live in 1780 using that vocabulary and language😭
It is isn't it?
@@jfjellstrom try attending school instead of selling crack such vocabulary might not amuse you as much anymore
@@heavensubculture actual straight up racism. He’s “Selling crack” because he used the n word???
Most people speaking a language don’t feel the need to use fancy words if they can get their point or joke across.
We’re in a UA-cam comment section, people can write as causally or as formally as they want and it says nothing about their literacy.
Such a strange spectacle. You go from fighting something that's falling apart and barely keeping itself together, to something that looks like it hasn't really yet been born. The Elden Beast has this pre-born, fetus-like quality, likely the seemingly transparent skin and the strange veins running through like an undeveloped nervous or circulatory system.
like the veins of a leaf
It reminded me of a galactic supercluster, but I can see what you mean too!
@@TheSuperRatt It could be both. A whole brand new Universe, manifested as a sentient pre-born entity. By destroying it, we are prolonging our own existence, but we are also aborting an entire universe in the process.
I read on another UA-cam comment that those are not veins, but the laniakea supercluster, and it does look pretty similar.
The elden beast is the alien God that's established the Erdtrees and golden order all along. If you see in Radagon's body, you see the symbol of the order within a spiritual gaseous blob. Radagon is being controlled by the Elden beast. His body is but a husk being used.
Dark Souls -- praise the Sun
Bloodborne -- hail the Moonlight
Elden Ring -- freaking epic stars and cosmos fight
@Jamal Jaydon he is talking about the theme....dark souls had to do with light age of fire and it was usually represented by the sun..... bloodborne... Moon was a huge factor in blood borne.....i avnt played elden ring so I don't know....we all know bb was lovecraftian
Praise the Sun is just the best thing in all souls ! just by hearing the name if Prise the Sun it gives chills of any souls game should be i hate elden ring how the final boss look like for me they ruined it! and Milenia blade of ... they ruined secend fase to she is like nude that why it makes it bad game as a soulsgame they need to respect cloth!! just look how Fride first and secend and 3rd fase look like the cloth sill in her that a true souls game!
@@Strongfire06 a true poet, your way with words has me convinced
@@davidf3974 ;)
@@Strongfire06 you're wrong but ok
"You have defeated me, you truly are the Elden Ring"
I crown you elden ring
"The true Elden Ring was the friends we made along the way. "
"At long last I have truly become the Elden Ring ™ Deluxe Edition"
U mean elden lord
Um elden ring is the age of stars ending where you marry the moon princess waifu by giving her ring and she absorb elden lord ring power and bask the moon light that she enlarge that seems as big as a galaxy or bigger with her for eternity also all life is good and living still
Radagons' cutscene is easily top 3 best(2nd being Malenia's and 3rd is Godrick's second phase). While their voice lines in their cutscenes are awesome, Radagon's pure silence, with him just raising the hammer up and looking back at you was BADASS. Just Two badass heroes about to duke it out to see who will be the wielder of the elden ring.
Pretty sure Radagon literally can’t speak even if he wanted to.
@@thebruhguy7406 his vocals chords were replaced with glowing yellow circles
@@godricktheminecrafted3113 They weren't. That wasnt even his own body. He couldn't speak and that's that.
@@thebruhguy7406 Through the power of friendship and magic he could speak
Godfrey's cutscene is better than godrick to be honest. We heard about him so much in the game then he finally makes his appearance. Kinda like ludwig from bloodborne
The Elden Beast fight is one of the most beautiful fight I have ever seen. Geez just look at how visually stunning all its attacks are.
But very boring fight compared to the whoel of souls series. it is a mix of a flying dancer from DS 3
@@tiagodagostini ist 100 x more excting than gwyn
The rock galaxy mosquito is better in my opinion
Radagon is the best fight in the series but the beast is one of the worst, it flies away far too often and can do it several times in a row without you being able to land a hit, gets old really fast especially after fighting it for the umpteenth time.
@@johnt1291 whos radagon?
1:48 The most epic moment in gaming ever.
That music! They told us the whole time in the main menu and we never knew.
It's definitely up there with Ludwig second phase
*Ragnarok in God of war ragnarok
you're kidding right
@@avenger0556 this scene>
1:48 the best part of the entire game imo
Yeah, and people manage to hate this game...
This would be for me if I didnt have to go through Godfrey just a few minutes earlier.
@@Mellows717 they wanna feel different
What I was in for… was four hours of pain… failure… anger… rage…
But best of all *Victory*
It's cool how for the final bosses we get a standard epic humanoid fight, and then an awesome spectacle fight. It was sort of like that in sekiro with divine dragon and isshin.
And Gherman and Moon Presence. And Gael and Midir
@@jackle7896 you forgot Gwyn.
@@jackle7896 Gael didn't turn into a towering monster. He was still very humanoid.
Epic as hell. But still humanoid. They probably got the lighting ideas from Gael.
Complete with Main Theme Final Battle Reprise.
@@Aged_Whiskey get gud
1:48 for those who want a replay button
Thanks , that's exactly why I'm here this moment is hype asf XD
Best boss intro
Legend
My man
I love how Radagon’s stare says so much without any words. It’s almost like he’s holding up that hammer as if to say “So you’ve come for the throne of Elden Lord? Fine. Come and take it, Tarnished.” With the main theme playing it’s just incredibly epic. God, I love this game.
“You want it? Come and take it, but you already knew that”
And then the tarnished in his mind is prolly like “gimme dem toes”
@@Sky_dartsi had a feeling you'd say that
Radagon: If the Elden Throne is truly thy ambition, then come and claim it. If thou can.
@@lostdracco6744
Radagon: What?
Tarnished: What?
Beating the elden beast left such a badass feeling of triumph, going through both these guys and coming out on top with no flasks or anything is truly the best feeling
Both Radagon and the Elden Beast are the good guys, trying to stop you from resurrecting Marika
@@Whoisrem It depends on whether Marika was justified for turning against the Greater Will, and we don’t know if it was a calculated decision or done out of grief for losing Goldwyn. It’s not like the Golden Order was perfect, and Goldmask himself recognized that at the end of his quest line.
Absolutely not. Just relieved its over. Radagon is good but elden beast is one of the worst in the series.
Rated Good Appraisals 73
Radagon is Marika though, well at least one half of her
We are witnessing the birth of yet another souls game main character
John Ring
Not John Ring, he is... “Elden John”!
@@jakesemerdjian9499 Elden Yot
Genre
Every Ring has its Elden
Is this a motherfking maxxor referece
Something about the Elden Beast is just mesmerizing and beautiful. And with the soundtrack too, it really feels like some grand cosmic being that isn't necessarily good or evil, it just exists as something beyond comprehension.
Too bad the fight sucks ass
it immediately reminded me of the mysterious leviathan creature from the Bible. Which is interesting because if it’s similar to that, then you aren’t actually killing a God at all, you merely killed His cosmic pet.
Also, the Composer of the soundtrack for this game is absolutely fucking phenomenal and beautiful
Yeah she’s fucking fantastic. Her work on Bloodborne made it a statement of having some or the best soundtracks of all time
Don't forget that 5 people made this soundtrack, not only Yuki Kitamura. This track was made by Tsukasa Saitoh
I know right freaking goodebumps
Huge props to Tai Tomisawa, Shoi Miyazawa, Tsukasa Saitoh, Yuka Kitamura and Yoshimi Kudo for the amazing OST. and I'm pretty sure it was some of these composers' first role creating music for a video game (could be wrong)
@@dacbiet this is made by Tsukasa Saitoh, not Yuka Kitamura.
The opening cutscene when the music kicks in is enough to show that this man is the top dog
He’s not even the hardest boss lol
@@Akame4514 All Souls games from FromSoftaware have final bosses that are easy compared to optional bosses,, they don't follow the idea of "the last boss is the hardest of all"
@@viniramos9548 except sekiro
@@katzenjunge5869 um demon of hatred is much harder then ishin ashina.
@@krusey3690 never heard that anyone say before while there are thousands videos even here on youtube calling ishin the hardest boss. obviously your opinion isnt what most people would agree to.
This game truly deserve #1 Game Of The Year.
God of War Ragnarök:
"let me introduce myself"
@@anymea5159 that dlc seems good
Nah Xenoblade Chronicles 3 does
@@david_8916 lol the sonic game has a better chance at winning than xenoblade, and that game doesn't even have a chance
@@JH-fp1lw the Sonic game hasn't even been nominated (and for a good reason), Xenoblade Chronicles 3 did. I'm not saying that it's going to win, but it deserves to
The elden beast reminds me of the forest god from Princess Mononoke
I know right, when its head gets severed becomes that beast. Glad someone noticed
THANK YOU. I just watched it a week ago for the first time and thought the same thing.
it reminds me to the hallucigenia like worm on attack on titan
@@broom_404 facts bro I was just thinking that
Literally watched it yesterday and was thinking that
You know the boss is powerful when one of its attacks consists on creating a cloud of stars and then collapsing them
Yeah...no. There is a limit to my suspension of disbelief, these characters still fight with swords and shields.
And got beated by a man with 2 katanas and basic attacks.
@@Leonhart_93 well because it's game mechanics lol
@@wi0.24se That still doesn't meant those are stars. Just because it looks like it that doesn't mean we can't apply some sense of scale to it.
@@Leonhart_93 just wait 'till vaati explained all of these lore
This is certainly the most beautiful boss fight I've ever seen, So poetic, quiet and powerful at both time
this cut scene will go down as one of the greatest ever . Radagon proudly holding his hammer and the epic music kicks in just absolutely goosbumpfull
Gay.
@@Mike-pv3hg keep crying it’s goty
@@Mike-pv3hgcongratulations on coming out
1:49
me back in childhood, when i found a cool stick
💀💀
The music gave me goosebumps...what an amazing game, truly a goty material.
Looks like you guessed it right
@@Fahad93i ikr
lmao 6/10 game gets GOTY cause nothing else is even a 5/10. Sad!
@@odiihinia troll comment right here for sure
@@odiihinia cry
Amazing final boss, for an awesome game, bravo 👏 FromSoftware
Not as epic as The first hunter or the Moon presence, kinda underwelming.
@@alanalb1449 No.
What? it is an extremely BLAND and boring final boss! Slow as hell the msot obring type to fight.
@@alanalb1449 moon presence is just worse then final boss of elden ring in every way for the first hunter i would say yeah its cool af but elden ring got most bosses with good designs so its not underwhelming.
@@tiagodagostini Im in absoulute shock on how wrong an opinion can be sometimes
The tarnished’s goal: to stand before the Elden ring. To become Elden lord
The Hallucigenia’s goal: to manipulate the human brain. To become last boss.
Damn AOTs paths even reached Elden Ring
@@HM4Hill same thought lol
I thought Hallucigenia’s goal was to keep moving forward, to destroy it’s enemies, every last one of them.
Damn I thought this was about the funni prehistoric worm lad
@@Twocoolman115 Well, I mean, that IS what it's trying to do for the whole game
This is a game I would say deserved the whole $60. What a magnificent game.
I'd spend another 60 on its future installments. Hands down.
Really overrated. I have no idea why anyone likes From games.
@@eltopo71 Did you just call it because you can't beat it?
@@eltopo71 hard games ≠ bad games,i do play some hard games in some of my times and after dying for 3-10+ times killing a boss feels rewarding,and i see those in soulsborne game aswell
@@eltopo71 Just because you don't like something doesn't mean other's shouldn't enjoy it. Tell me why you think your opinion is superior.
God I absolutely love the Elden Beast. it's a satisfying climax, but most of all you get to learn the truth of the world, and why everything happened the way it did. it was all about ambition, the ambition to assimilate itself with it's surroundings and to take over the world of humans, and expelling this parasite demonstrates the power of humanity very well. also the message "God Slain" is by FAR the most satisfying thing i have seen in a fromsoft game
Nah trash boss
@@acheron9515 my bad you're right 😭
@@rep1600 ?
@@loomingmoon4682 i'm just kidding lol
I like how you don't mention that the boss fight itself is so so so bad
The soundtrack for the Elden beast fight really adds this somber elegance to it, it’s such a euphoric feeling fighting some cosmic god being to such an incredible ensemble that is this track
It's so epic to hear the main theme played in Final Boss Fight. I regret a little that I watched this video without playing Elden Ring, but I'm honored to see this beautiful fight. I will definitely play it someday.
i finally did, today. have you?
The moment when he holds the hammer up and the music kicks in is badass af
I must say that Radagon sure knows how to make a power move and I love every second of his fight
The first time I fought this guy I just got a burst of adrenaline as soon as I heard his theme and it was an amazing feeling. It felt like I've slain beasts, demigods, monsters and ghouls and this was my final test (I'm talking about Radagon not Elden Beast. Honestly they shoulda just kept it at Radagon)
Should’ve made them two separate bosses
They made Elden beat the final boss because after Radagon, the final boss IS the elden ring. The very thing you wanted, is the last thing fighting to stop you after you betray the Greater WIll and burn the Erdtree. It is the Greater WIll's final attempt to stop you from being Elden Lord.
Shoulda made Torrent available for the fight with Elden Beast at least. I hate how it just swims around and how you can barely get a hit in without it swimming away. Besides that tho it's a good fight
@@MiracleClover Yea it's not totally horrible you got discord?
@@MiracleClover Good news, m8, you can now ride Torrent for the Elden Beast fight.
The real elden ring are the friends we made along the way
What friends do you mean Santa Merchand?
elder*
AHAHA
Rip Miura
Beat this fight with 5 hit points remaining, most stressful boss in the entire game what a way to end a masterpiece of a game.
worst boss is probably malenia, this guys got nothing on her, regening like 300 hp a hit and almost one shotting you with everything
@@Sky-Dweller Malenia was piss with a mimic and bleed on your sword
@@vinding829 don’t call anything easy if u summoning
@@Sky-Dweller just finished malenia in 6 attempts without mimic, but could definitely see how others struggle with her, I just managed to get lucky enough to avoid the instakill attacks altogether
@@crispzachary24 spirit ashes aren't summoning. Next, should I not call anything easy if I leveled up? Or used a sword?
He's not beating us with a hammer. He's forging us into the greatest elden lord
FromSoftware just knows how to finish off every game with a fucking banger dude. I don't know what else to say apart from the fact that Elden Beast is one of the most badass bosses I've seen.
yeah kinda love the lore but each bosses design were not that remarkable
@@duck161916 are you crazy? Every boss looked unique in its own way. I like them all.
@@duck161916 I have to disagree with you on the design of the bosses. I thought they were pretty good
I disagree looks so boring
Oh yeah Another "God' without full power
Always a nerfed god
This boss looks like an interpretation of the Laniakea Supercluster that we live in, I didn't see the resemblance until the design of this last boss. That would be amazing!
i thought something similar when i saw this, that it resembles a galactic superstructure
thats a great observation. When it flies up it has the same pattern as the supercluster.
And the most surprising thing is how much it looks like a nervous system.
It seems as if a supercluster or the entire universe is alive
@@orangitotheman30 Yes, have you ever seen the picture comparing a human brain cell to a heat map of the universe, it seems to allude to the fact that the universe is indeed alive, living through every creature
It also has traces of roots in some parts of his bodies, if we can believe that this is the source of the Eldertree that came from the Stars
I don't care what anyone says, this is definitely my favourite fight in the game.
Radagon yes the Elden beast however is one of the worst
@@The_Legend_Himself
I just really like the spectacle. The fight has a feeling of magnificence and awe which I adore.
Radagon is such a bamf that I cheered for him to win over myself elden beast is w/e kinda weird but I can see what they're going for
@@The_Legend_Himself yes, for me Godfrey is most epic, radham the second one y later radagon. Radham was amazin the first time we met him.
Yes..i thought to myself "i am actually fighting a god.." when the fight started with the music the cutscene and atmosphere and all which whole game was kind of a build up to...
Kind of cool to see that attacks from some other Fromsoft bosses are mixed in. I saw the fire attack of the twin demon princes in DS3, the Nameless King's diving sweep attack, and the divine dragon's ranged swipes from Sekiro.
The Elden Beast kind of reminded me of Ebrietas from Bloodborne and even has a move similar to A Call Beyond.
I mean, it's not called "a land in between" if it ain't "the land in between EVERYTHING".
Yes its cool to see reused assets in every attack of everything in this game. Definitely cool.
You forgot Kirkhammer from Bloodborne
@@alexmiller7173 I’m just glad its not a call beyond one shot
Here's an amazing lore theory credit goes to Ryō
Marika is a god who was sent by the Greater Will to rule over the Lands Between. She is linked/part of the Elden Ring. The Elden Ring is something that guides all life with multiple concepts such as life, death, time, gravity and etc. This Natural order became known as the Golden Order. The Elden Ring is located at the base of the Erdtree which connects all living things. The Elden Beast was the vassal beast of the Greater Will and the living incarnation of the concept of order. The Greater Will is an outer god and a fundamental force of the universe. The Outer Gods are external forces that influence the world. Mogh was involved with another outer god called the 'Formless Mother' who bestows power unto those with accursed blood. The Flame of Frenzy and the Scarlet Rot are also referenced to be products of the outer gods. Just like the Elden Ring is a product of the Greater Will.
Godfrey rose up to become the First Elden Lord. Becoming the Elden Lord means becoming betrothed in a sense to Marika, most likely being chose for his strength. Godfrey has children with her: Godwyn, Godrick, Morgott and Mogh. People forget that Morgott's remembrance proves that he is part of the Golden Lineage which is Godfrey's offspring. That's why Godfrey appeared to be very close with Morgott since he's his son.
However in a neighboring kingdom Caria, a prodigy in star sorcery Rennala became queen and attracted the attention of Marika. Marika then assumed a male form of a champion, Radagon. Radagon then seduced Rennala and had children with her: Radahn, Rykard, Ranni. Marika impregnated Rennala so that she could have more children that can one day replace her because she didn't have an Empyrean child with Godfrey (Empyreans are individuals that the Greater Will identified to be possible successors to Marika as the vessels of the Elden Ring). Since we learn that Marika somewhat hates her existence because she is a puppet to the Greater Will. And she was successful because Ranni was born an Empyrean.
Godfrey later found out of this betrayal because she basically cheated on him. Godfrey was then banished (tarnished) from the Lands Between in the ensuing drama and because he's already finished his usefulness to Marika after ending the war with the giants.
Needing stability and an Elden Lord to rule over the land. Marika told the people that Radagon would be her new husband. Since they were now technically "married". Radahn, Rykard and Ranni now joined the royal family at Leyndell. This explains why Radahn and etc. are considered Demigods when Radagon and Rennala are supposed to be humans. That's because Radagon is Marika herself who is a god therefore he made demigod children with Rennala.
Now I don't know how Marika did it, some lore indicates she can split her body in two, one for Marika and one for Radagon but she was able to asexually reproduce with herself. The resulting children were both Empyreans cursed with an affliction. Malenia with the Scarlet Rot and Miquella who is stuck in a child's body.
Marika however did not want her children to succumb to death so she removed a fragment of the death rune from the elden ring and gave it to Maliketh, her shadow and personal assassin. So that her demigod children may live eternally.
Eventually, Ranni wishing to usher in the age of stars stole the rune of death from Maliketh and created daggers allowing the demigods to be killed. A ritual was performed killing her and Godwyn at the same time, she lost her body but kept her soul in a doll. Godwyn kept his body but lost his soul. Ranni wanted to get rid of her body because she wanted to deny the the greater will and her empyrean flesh. Since Godwyn and Ranni were first to die they each became halves to a rune of death.
Godwyn's death became the final straw for Marika and she lost is at the death of her children. Becoming unhinged and shattering the Elden Ring. The remaining demigod children waged war and each claimed shards of the Elden Ring for power. No one won however and now we inhabit a fractured world without the natural order.
As tarnished we are exiles who return to gather the fragments of the Elden Ring to restore order to the world. Whichever order that may be whether it be the age of fracture, age of the duskborn, age of stars, age of chaos and etc.
Thanks for the summary
Now I clearly know about the whole lore,thanks king 👑
I just beat the game. I replayed the cut scene for Radagon 10-15 times. Simply epic. Greatest game I’ve ever played.
I really admire people who are willing to go through this stress to play and finish this game! I can never do it.
Why man?
same, i love watching it though
You know it's okay to die in this game, it's designed that way
you are weak
This game teaches you to prevail, learn and conquer. Wich to many is key to success in life
Who would have thought that the final Boss is the one who gave Ymir Fritz her powers.
The final boss is a cosmic hallucigenia
Japan sure loves using Cambrian-era creatures as cosmic eldritch abominations.
And it's in a giant tree no less swimming around in something.
I don’t want that
This game really make you feel like a winner when you complete it. Its just something different
Wow the choice of music for this boss fight this is a masterpiece one of the best boss fights
Just seeing the first transformation of humanoid dying and being turned into the sword itself for the actual power of the being was something new and fucking pure to me
Cant believe that the final boss has been shown in the first trailer, Miyazaki you are a legend !
In DS3 we only saw him in the cover. lol
he always does that lmao dont worry even I was surprised thought Radagon was just some normal blacksmith and THEN OH SHIT GUY IS THE BOSS!
Same thing happened in DS3 lmao
Marika and Radagon were shown. With every strike of the hammer it is either Marika shattering it or Radagon trying to mend it.
He's... Only walking.. Like
The nameless king
It does look badass when bosses do that leap while attacking like nk and gael
Walking menacingly 😂
Great boss to an amazing game. GOTY
I gotta say this game has some of the best boss cutscenes to date. Margott, Malenia, Godfrey and then Radagon. Man I got chills when the screen cut to a close up of the hammer and a remix of the main theme bellowed out while the camera zoomed out on Radagon hoisting the hammer. Bravo man. 👏👏👏
I was fighting elden beast yesterday. I had a moment where elden beast was just a few hit left, and i still got a plenty of estus. I could end the fight and end the game if i want to, but man the Elden Beast is just too majestic and beautiful. I legit just walked around the arena, watching the Elden Beast casting its attack to my buddy mimic tear. This boss is just too beautiful, I don't want it to end, and yes I mean it. I ended up using the darksign to teleport back and redo both phases and it was worth it.
Goofy ah boy 🤣🤣🤣
I hate Elden beast so much I don’t care about his beauty he literally makes me wanna die AHHHHH :(
@@radio_banshee4534 git gud.
Then everyone clapped
Weird taste
Hands down one of the best boss theme in the history of games.
This boss cinematic along with the score is absolutely next level. It not only reminds me of an epic boss battle from sega/nintendo era but of course with a more modern touch and look. Brilliant.
Elden Ring got ROBBED on best AUDIO. The theme send shivers on my spine.
My thoughts exactly.
I was like maybe Elden Ring might not win GOTY because from the comments Ragnarok had higher chance but best score should gone to Elden Ring.
Winning GOTY and best direction relieved me.
The way they fit the main theme into both phases to match the characters was something else
Perfect definition of one sight, no words spoken, just hands
The part where he stares at you and the golden order symbol starts glowing and the music at the same time literal perfection
They totally nailed that Boss entry
“What are we? Some kind of Elden Ring?”
hand me that thing your elden ring
The Elden Beast is by far one of the most visually stunning things FromSoft has ever created. It’s such a departure from the withered god-kings and forlorn heroes we face as the last challenge, it is an eldritch angel in the form of the Laniakea Supercluster unleashing the calm might of the universe on us for having the gall to proclaim ourselves it’s rightful vessel.
Visually stunning yes but not unique...it looked like the Spirit of The Forest from Princess Mononoke.
@@EyFmSor probably the same being that gave Ymir the founding Titan power.
So this is basically Andre the smith and Loch Ness the monster fighting with their true strength.
I sincerely doubt anyone would think anything other then "big reptile" from "Loch Ness Monster." This thing is straight up cosmic, Eldritch. But yeah Andre as a final boss turned out more badass than I imagined. XD
1:59 coldest moment in any video game
Literally the fucking Elden ring inside of him
One of my favorite final boss fights ever. Both elden beast and Radagon are incredible
there is something so mythical and poetic about a broken man raising a hammer
This is cosmic level of boss battle. I haven't reach this point in the game cuz it took time to defeat some bosses and I think I'm not ready for this. 😆
You can do it!
Defeated the boss today. Don’t give up! You can and will succeed!
“Don’t give up! Skeleton.”
First off, don't give up.
Cutscenes gave me chills first time I fought him, and I had a very small grasp on the actual full story. But the design, music and lore of Radagon being a puppet for the greater will makes it amazing
Lets look at the checklist
1. Nimble, seemingly humanoid boss with highly telegraphed but punishing moveset ✅
2. AoE, delayed attacks that keeps you on your toe ✅
3. Friggin lightning stake, lightning spear, and teleportation ✅
4. Phase 2 is giant celestial winged worm with a sword and can fly ✅
Wow fromsoft, just wow...
One of the Elden Beast's attack is a nod to divine dragon.
Demihumans at 9:00 be like "Fuck i guess we fighting literall god now..."
beating these bosses back to back the first time solo was tough, but after putting down my summon sign and helping others fight it a few times, now the fight is SUPER fun. like it's insanely satisfying to dodge attacks i once thought were impossible to avoid.
I think the last four boss fights of the game are all really cool, I just wish From could’ve spaced them out a bit more. The fact that you have to fight all of them in a row is pretty draining and takes away from the final spectacle imo
I disagree you spend most of the game wandering around and exploring the final 4 is sort of saying now that you are leveled welcome to deaths row and it’s punishing and hard just like every souls game couldn’t be more perfect
Wait 4? I thought they were 3 is there a secret boss? Godfrey, Radagon, Elden beast
@@alenezi989a3 technically it’s malekith Gideon horoah loux radagon and elden beast
@@blaineskate9580 no it’s just the devs running out of ideas. It ends up ruining the ending because everyone hates elden beast not only because it’s boring, but also because you have to go through radingdong
Radagon is literally my favorite fight in a from gameI just love the black and white with bits of red and gold in the fight makes it very bleak but also really pretty
I had a hard time fighting the elden beast cuz I was just so in awe of it it was so majestic I couldn’t help but just watch it
It’s like the forest spirit from Princess Monanoke, ten tailed beast from Natuto and an angel from Evangelion all in one
Yuka Kitamura makes some of the best soundtracks for epic moments
I think Tsukasa Saitoh made this one, but you aren't wrong regardless.
@@Laevaryl yea I was told. Either way it’s a certified hood classic
@@dacbiet Facts.
I have to say it, from 4:38 on I couldn't help but be mezmerized by this game and its soundtrack. That transition and following score was something else
It’s truly beautiful.
the second phase is like that forest god in hayao miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke - that transparentness and the branches of lights within. Peak character design.
The one problem I have with this fight is the Elden Beast will constantly zoom around the arena and not let me get much hits in, instead using all sorts of powerful AoE attacks if I’m close and long range lasers if in far, easily beating me out in the game of attrition.
The Elden Beast's behavior is equivalent to that of a Mage Build casual.
You just need to close off the distance to beat it.
End of story.
His attacks also suck ass, he sometimes has 3 different attacks overlapping on top of each other and you can’t even tell what the fuck is supposed to be happening.
I don't know why, but this 1:48 scene always makes me cry, listening to the main theme of the game while the final boss raises his hand with the tool that created and at the same time destroyed this world, staring at you without saying a word, because he knows what you are here for, and so you do: to finish this long odyssey that took you hours and moments of happiness, sadness, etc. It feels melancholic and empty, but exuberant and exciting at the same time. Without a doubt the game of the year.
4:13 the healing curse
Finally a video where in the ending when you sit in the throne the character doesn’t look like a smurf on meth
This game is indeed a masterpiece. The last boss is literally something the player would never expect. You would have thought it would be the elden lord but instead we get a creature whos presence is unknown to us. A boss whos existence is out of our zone.
Meh... just some tree sap jizz lol.
The music and visuals of elden beast is just stunning. wow.
Radagon looks back like "By the glory of the Golden Order the Omen, Misbegotten, Albinaurics, Merchants, Those Who Live in Death, and... anyone different than us shall never walk these lands unpersecuted!".
This is the most beautiful and captivating final boss I've seen in a video game this far. I love the design team for this game.
That Cosmic Godly beast reminds me of Berserk. What an EPIC fight this was !
When the beat drop goes on the Elden beast at 5:46 something inside me calls out in wonder. Really compels me to beat margit 😅
from software is the only develper to ad a second boss fight directly after a 2 phase boss fight. Vicotry is on obtainable for the people who truly sacrifice
Could we get a full loadout set up with your stats, weapons, and armor?
The elden beast looks weirdly dragon-like in appearance. Serpentine, with many wings, an animalistic tail and legs along with two somewhat humanoid arms, and the ability to spew "fire" from its orb-head. Its all very draconic.
Combining that with the overall vibe of its design as a newly born, almost fetus-like creature, makes me think the elden beast was supposed to be the first dragon of an entirely new era.
Its just like the cycle of ages in Lordran during the dark souls series. An age of darkness ruled by dragons, that was then stomped out and taken over by gods in an age of fire. Only this time the cycle was very nearly reset with the birth of the elden beast.
Not being able to die was already enough of a problem in the world of elden ring. Being perpetually stuck between an age of dragons and an age of gods would have been true hell.
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>Sitting on the throne
Literally Dark Souls II 2
I just noticed that you can see the hair turn from blond to red when at 1:35! Real nice detail here
The second phase is a masterpiece!!! FromSoftware you guys never disappoint! Can’t wait for what they have in the future for us!!
lol thats it bro you dont get anything else.
@@trashboity8773 They’ll definitely release DLC
@@stonefree7973 what if they don't, Sekiro don't have any DLC
Also Elden Ring definitely feels like a complete game, can do fine without any DLC
@@chronoshindou9848 sekiro was also a side project while Elden ring was being worked on I do agree though if there wasn't a dlc I think that would be fine
@@stonefree7973 ahaha we'll see
7:07 I love how he just stands here, instead of getting out of the way
BEAUTIFUL just......*CLAPPING* Not just the game but how Shirrako give it respect... RESPECT to him and the story. Brava!.......BRAVA......😎👍🍷