SearchThisVideo: Elden Ring So Far: Episode 1 – Story & World

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hello I am Sean of lore hunter and this

is the first video of my Elden ring so

far series in which I cover everything

we know about Elden ring an upcoming

action role-playing game being developed

by from software if you haven't watched

on my pre release information videos

before my thing is that I collect and

organized pre-release information and

present it as thoroughly and factually

as I can this video will focus on the

story and world of Elden ring including

what we know about the development of

the narrative and mythos as well as

discussing the themes and concepts being

explored by this title so let's start

with what we know about the development

of the story and world of Elden ring

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as mentioned previously Eldon Turing is

being developed by from software in case

you're unfamiliar with from they are a

Japanese developer known for Dark Souls

blood-borne and most recently Sakura

shadows died twice in a recent IGN

interview Ida talked to miyazaki the

president of from software and

co-director of elgin ring explained that

development for Elden rings started just

after the development for the Dark Souls

3 DLC had ended

so roughly early 2017 at the time Elgin

was being planned as a more classic

fantasy title compared to others that

were being considered or already in the

early stages of development such as da

Rossini and Sakura we wanted to create a

new dark fantasy action RPG full of

things that we weren't able to do in the

Dark Souls series notably from

software's working on Elden ringing

collaboration with george RR martin

known for his a Song of Ice and Fire

books Miyazaki described the

collaboration the actual collaboration

itself began with mr. Martin ever so

lately confirming what sorts of themes

ideas as well as many game related

aspects I had visioned for the game this

allowed us to have many free and

creative conversations regarding the

game in which mr. Martin later used as a

base to write the overarching mythos for

the game world itself Miyazaki added

Eldon earings world was constructed

using this mythos and stimulus as a base

so Martin wrote what Miyazaki described

as a guide for the worlds lore about the

mythos for the game and Miyazaki wrote

the story

IGN explained that Martin is not

involved in the writing of Alan Turing's

main story because Miyazaki believes

that the format of video game could have

limited the potential of his

storytelling

according to Miyazaki both the main

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story in Martin's lore are heavily

influenced by each other

Miyazaki explained that the player will

be able to learn about Martin's

mythology through exploration we are

known for letting the player explore the

game's lore through fragments of

environmental storytelling and this time

around Martin's story is what you will

be trying to unravel the period the

player actually explores is still

connected to the old times

so as you slowly discover why the world

has become

it is you will learn more about Martin's

mythology as well for the development of

Eldon ring Miyazaki told IGN that the

overall process of development has been

the same as it was in Sakura with Sakura

Miyazaki took a collaborative approach

in creating the story and design of the

game he outlined the narrative and

provided direction on game design art

and music and left his co-director and

team to creating the details with his

oversight and it sounds like we can

expect the same for Eldon ring from e3

we got a CG teaser for the game and a

few interviews with Miyazaki as our

current official information while we

don't know much about the story in world

of Eldon ring which is to be expected as

from his notoriously tight-lipped

we know that the eponymous Odin ring is

at the center of it miyazaki described

it as a mysterious key element in the

foundation of the world we have created

it forms the roles and rhythm of this

world

the teaser describes it as to which come

on dude the skies

life its fullest brains similar to the

first flame from Dark Souls it seems to

be a mystical element that holds the

world together in the shattering is a

momentous event but is quite literally

causing the world and its inhabitants to

crumble the rest of the trailer focuses

on a cast of six unknown characters they

are mythical and how they are shown with

their appearance is fantastical and

larger-than-life this teaser reminds me

of the opening cymatics for Dark Souls 1

and Dark Souls 3 which introduced the

mythology of the world and the major

players in these mythologies this is

obviously speculation on my part but my

guess would be that the teaser is a

recut of the opening cinematic and their

legendary characters in the mythology of

elven ring there's speculation that this

character is forging or shattering the

Elden ring I personally don't believe

these characters are interacting with

the unerring at all

by someone or something

this isn't you to speculate that the

circumstances and motive behind the

shattering are unknown and maybe a

central mystery to the narrative

Miyazaki explained that ring is not

meant to imply a piece of jewelry but a

circle and that the Elden ring is the

name given to a mysterious concept that

defines the world itself while there is

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imagery of shattering in the trailer and

I'm sure the game will feature plenty of

shattering imagery I remain skeptical

that the oven ring being shattered will

be as simple as someone smacking a

mystical circle with a hammer the last

line of the narration says don't tell me

you don't see it

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but the sky

while there's the possibility that the

uttering could be the Sun I think it is

more likely at this point that the fiery

sky is a physical manifestation or a

reaction to the physical world to the

Elden ring shattering now let's talk

about some of the themes and Odin ring

Miyazaki has stated that Odin ring is

full of things they weren't able to do

in the Dark Souls series he netted that

while Ferelden ring we are going back to

Western fantasy the game's themes are

very different from our previous works

which means that beauty justice and

strength will be different once again

that difference has a big impact on our

games as a whole I am very curious to

see how Elden ring differentiates itself

thematically because as you will see in

a moment it seems right now like there

are some very similar themes at play

Miyazaki has stated two of the themes

that Alden ring will be tackling for the

first theme he stated that the

significance of the oven ring being

shattered will be one of the important

themes of the game extrapolating this a

bit I take this to mean that the game

will explore a world where the unifying

force that governs it is broken and why

it is broken I'll be interested to

understand the thrust of this a bit more

because in his broad strokes this sounds

very similar to the fading of the first

flame from Dark Souls the second theme

music you mentioned was the will or

ambition of mankind this theme was

specifically brought up in reference to

some concept art that was released by

fromsoft

showing off this character wielding a

coiled sword and garbed in clothes made

out of flesh Miyazaki said we chose this

character because of his eccentric

aspects as well as the way you portrays

the darkness that the world and story

possess the theme of the will or

ambition of mankind combined with the

darkness of the world that this

character conveys leads me to believe

that Miyazaki has something of a

pessimistic take on the results of

mankind's ambition this theory is

bolstered by Miyazaki explaining why he

doesn't make happy bright worlds

personally a world that is happy and

bright is something that just doesn't

feel realistic to me it may sound like I

have a trauma or something but I believe

that the world is generally a wasteland

that is not

to us that's just the way I see it but

this doesn't mean he designs worlds that

are all doom and gloom and a very Lord

of the Rings sounding quote Miyazaki

stated light looks more beautiful in

darkness when there's something

beautiful in the middle of the wasteland

we were able to appreciate it more one

jewel doesn't look like much when you

have a pile of them but if you find one

jewel in the midst of mud it is worth so

much more I for one am very excited to

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see what jewels Miyazaki has hidden in

the wastelands of Eldon earings world in

this section I'm addressing some

speculation and rumors related to the

story and world that have been posted

one of the reasons I started making my

so far videos is because quite frankly I

got tired of seeing people present

speculation or rumours as fact

speculation and rumors are fine in

theory but often they're presented as

information which then build the

foundation for more speculation and

suddenly expectations for what the game

truly is are skewed and the discussion

around the game lives purely in the land

of fiction

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with my Eldon ring so far series I want

to address the validity of popular

rumors and speculation that pop up while

making very clear that they are not and

should not be considered true or

official information hopefully this

helps keep expectations based on reality

and the discussion more grounded

the first rumor I'm addressing is one

you've probably heard of and that is

that an Eldon Ring you will be visiting

various kingdoms and defeating their

leaders to gain powers this rumor came

from a video posted by spawn wave in

late March 2019 in this video spawn wave

claims that he was given information by

video games researcher Liam Robertson so

from a story and world viewpoint the

world would feature different kingdoms

and you are tasked with going to them

and collecting powers from the leaders

for reasons this video also claimed that

the world would be open world and that

george RR martin would be involved which

both ended up being true so for that

reason I would say this rumor is

possible but still take it with a grain

of salt

the second rumor I'm addressing here is

that Eldon Turing will be Norse themed

Viking RPG reimagining Norse mythology

this rumor was first posted on 4chan in

late May 2019 I would be very wary of

buying into this rumor this post does

correctly guess that from his working

with Bandai Namco that the game was

revealed at e3 with a CG trailer and

that it is something of a spiritual

successor to Dark Souls but none of

those facts are hard to guess and could

be said of almost any recent title

release by from on top of that open

world and george RR martin are not

mentioned which are too big talking

points about the game right now there is

no plausible basis for believing in this

rumor so feel free to hope for a Viking

Norse themed RPG if you want but I think

you'll be disappointed the final room

I'm addressing in this video is that in

opposition to the previous rumor the

world is very Tolkien and D and E in its

foundation with Celtic and Gaelic

mythology of the United Kingdom in

Scotland

this ruler was posted to reset era by

user omnipotent in early June 2019 just

before e3 they mentioned george RR

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martin an open world amongst other vague

details but at this point i'd argue it

was someone piggybacking on older rumors

if it wasn't for the source the biggest

reason to put some stock in this rumour

is that omnipotent is a pretty reliable

source when it comes to from soft rumors

and I believe the trailer supports this

claim visually the winged helmet shown

here is commonly used to depict Celtic

warriors also this warrior has a metal

arm that Hsieh fixes to herself

this could parallel King Nuada of Celtic

mythology who famously has a metal arm

and I don't think it's ridiculous to

suggest that the Elden ring symbol is

evocative of a Celtic knot on a weird

note the font Ferelden ring bears a

strange resemblance to that of the Lord

of the Rings movies so while this rumor

seems plausible keep in mind that Lord

of the Rings D&D Celtic and Gaelic

mythology are just potential

inspirations that can be ascribed to

elven ring and that george RR martin is

crafting a unique mythology for this

game so while you can go pick up some

celtic mythology books and browse

through monster manual you will at most

see sly references to these works and

not the content of the works themselves

in Elden ring and that is what we know

about the story and world of Elden ring

so far in my next video i will be

discussing the gameplay and mechanics of

Elden ring and from there who knows

considering from Sauce previous release

scheduled they are on track to show off

some gameplay and another trailer at

Gamescom or tokyo gave a show in the

fall and if that ends up being true we

might get a March 2020 release that is

simply speculation based upon their

previous titles I hope you enjoyed this

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