Elden Ring will shape the genre for generations to come!

[Kite]

After playing countless of other overwhelmingly disappointing open world games, Elden Ring managed to deliver one of the most astonishing open worlds in gaming history!

This just proves that there is still hope for gaming, that there are still developers out there that are willing to put in the blood, sweat and tears to make games great! I honestly gave up hope with gaming a long time ago, but Elden Ring is a reminder that there are still people willing to make gaming great again!

It's amazing that we still have games coming out that are pushing the boundaries, that are doing things right! Gamers will look back years later and say "Wow, this pushed gaming in the right direction, this is what gaming needed to thrive and prosper again." - Elden Ring created an absolutely groundbreaking, compelling open world and will be remembered for generations to come!

The open world genre will never be the same after this game and I'm happy about it!

[Gearwar]

Originally posted by Cursed Immortal:

Originally posted by Azorian:

There hasn't been a game that has created a complex AI open world yet. I know skyrim used many event scripts. I feel like the next Elder Scroll may try to cross new boundaries of simulating a "living" world.

Literally Elex... a game that came out in 2017 does not use scripted AI interactions where enemy NPCs attack each other when they get near each other. That is the 2017 game.The most recent title came out 5 days after Elden ring... elex 2. Their previous games, like gothic, which came out in 2000 (respective sequels coming out in 2002 or 2006) have mechanics where unscripted NPCs attack each other in the wild.

This mechanic has been around for ages and done better than Elden Ring has. My god, i love ER, but its like 70% of the forum kids here played their first video game with elden ring and now make idiotic statements like this one.

Yes... there have been other games, open world games... rpgs... that have a dynamic NPC interaction that are not scripted.

Just stop talking trash.

[Gearwar]

Originally posted by Muscarine:

Originally posted by Gearwar:

I really hope it will not because im already bored by most open world games as it is and elden ring is def. not a game changer.

I love how everyone gives ubisoft ♥♥♥♥ for climbing towers (and yes Ubisoft games are utter ♥♥♥♥) to reveal a map, but apparently picking up a map for the place on a marker that is even visible on the unrevealed map is so much more sophisticated.
Atleast Horizon tried to put some inovation into map reveals. Elden ring basically just places it randomly somwhere and that is great game design as it seems.

In ER's defense, you can sometimes find glimpses of the brilliant level design that made the past games stand out

But they're few and far between, and most of the time it's just another labyrinth with a nice skin, the laziest form of level design

Again i like ER. Especially when the game lures you into corridor lvls like we had in previous souls games. Its the open world itself that feels barren. Srsly. I just check the map, and see a structure and i go there and its one of five things. Its always the same. The game does shine though when it guides you into an area that feels like a fleshed out part of a souls game.

[Reifam]

In terms of the claims of this game being a genre-defining game-changer and all the back and forth hate surrounding Ubisoft's series like AC, I think picrel really summarizes some peoples' perception of the situation and why this game hits different.
https://i.redd.it/kavp1h82csl81.png
Not saying I think Ubis are all bad. Haven't played the recent ones but I loved the Ezio AC games back on my PS3.
As for whether this will cause other studios to take notice and develop their stuff differently, I honestly don't know. Considering how well received this game is and how popular it's become, the answer would seem like an obvious yes, but if the AAA developers on twitter are anything to go by, looks like some will continue to do things the way they are, regardless of this acceptance of ER's neo-oldschool approach

[Muscarine]

Originally posted by Gearwar:

Again i like ER. Especially when the game lures you into corridor lvls like we had in previous souls games. Its the open world itself that feels barren. Srsly. I just check the map, and see a structure and i go there and its one of five things. Its always the same. The game does shine though when it guides you into an area that feels like a fleshed out part of a souls game.

Volcano Manor was a great portion of the game

[AILAD]

Originally posted by Kite:

After playing countless of other overwhelmingly disappointing open world games, Elden Ring managed to deliver one of the most astonishing open worlds in gaming history!

This just proves that there is still hope for gaming

There is more to video games than open world... not every needs to be open world and there are a ton of amazing games that don't have open world and shouldn't.

[Dracula, Redheads Supremacist]

If the western developers take away anything, I hope it's the decision to design games that don't need to hold players' hands and guide them to point A or B. Exploration has been made trivial AF in western RPGs because of the sheer amount of hand-holding and cluttered UI.

[paladin181]

Originally posted by ⭕TheSodaman:

I saw the title of the thread.
I clicked on the title.
I saw the name of the poster.
I didn't even need to read beyond that to know this thread is Destined Death.
Woe be to those that stand before it.

Ah yes, the man who thinks that George R.R. Martin is a genius. This thread is bound to be a good "fanboy" troll, though.

[Kite]

Originally posted by melfice181paladin181:

Originally posted by ⭕TheSodaman:

I saw the title of the thread.
I clicked on the title.
I saw the name of the poster.
I didn't even need to read beyond that to know this thread is Destined Death.
Woe be to those that stand before it.

Ah yes, the man who thinks that George R.R. Martin is a genius. This thread is bound to be a good "fanboy" troll, though.

Glad to see that there are so many regulars around my threads to soak up these groundbreaking, amazing facts that I provide.

[MMB]

If I was asked to recommend to someone a Fromsoftware game Elden Ring would be about 5th on the list.

[Razzle]

if its going to shape it
I sure hope the next releases have better pc current technology support not a game that looks good but feels like it came out in 2015

[Odyssey]

while there is some thing to be said about how this might change from softs design decisions going forward, i dont think itll change open world as a whole. most games designs their world based on the story theyre trying to tell. Also not being able to enjoy other open world games and being disappointed in them kind of sucks, but at the end of the day its how you felt and if elden ring gets that thing for ya than you do you. I do think games need to be feel lived in to set the stage for an open world game. examples being ac origins or rdr2 which like em or hate em they had a very good open world in the sense it felt alive and real. especially for the era they portray. where if you took cp77 its another story the world is dense but the depth is barely an inch in the aspect that the npc are just mindless. though some updates recently are improving on it i think maybe a shot at being good, that or mods correct the ♥♥♥♥. anyways I think this will redefine how they design other souls games but not other companies will follow simply because they have their own thing they do. as for the UI joke with the ac series and their comments i can understand their remarks, but dont think they should really care what other companies are doing the last three ac games they came out with have been pretty solid experiences for a large group of people and theyre fun to play. i wish rdr2 wasnt as slow paced as it was, but its a rockstar game story is their focus. end of the day it wont change much outside this specific company. maybe influence indie games though which is a plus.

[Crimzarkin]

Originally posted by Deatheye:

Originally posted by Kite:

Elden Ring managed to deliver one of the most astonishing open worlds in gaming history!

Did it? How so?

Buy the game first

[Crimzarkin]

Originally posted by PainkilleR:

It probably won't because, while it is a better example of a good open world implementation, it's not the best. I'd personally give the crown of the best open world games to Piranha Bytes. Now, the thing is, while Piranha Bytes have managed to find a way to make ACTUALLY GOOD open world games, their games haven't shaped any "future" games one bit.

After ER all the open world games will still be AC. Imo.

Elex is garbage

[Valandryl]

Originally posted by Last Hunter:

Originally posted by PainkilleR:

It probably won't because, while it is a better example of a good open world implementation, it's not the best. I'd personally give the crown of the best open world games to Piranha Bytes. Now, the thing is, while Piranha Bytes have managed to find a way to make ACTUALLY GOOD open world games, their games haven't shaped any "future" games one bit.

After ER all the open world games will still be AC. Imo.

Elex is garbage

But its open world is a *real* world. Not a mediocre attempt at one. From Software aren't used to creating open worlds and it shows.
Yeah, fanboys as usual on this forum. But play other open world games. Really. There are tons of games vastly superior to ER in this regard. ER's world isn't bad, it isn't great. It's decent. But it's full of design flaws.

[daycamp]

Originally posted by ChillGamer:

Originally posted by Deatheye:

Did it? How so?

Have you played the game?

What do you care? They enjoy it and it makes them happy. This is their opinion. Get over it.