Elden Ring is NOT a new IP, it's just Dark Souls 4...

[Dr.God]

First of all, don't get the wrong idea... I loved Elden Ring (despite the problems with balancing and broken PvP builds), but I don't think it adds enough to the traditional Souls formula to justify a separate new IP.

Elden Ring was supposed to be a new IP from the developers of the Souls games, but in reality it's just another Dark Souls game in a bare-bones 'open' world.
A sequel in a long-running series having a different name doesn't make it a new IP.

• The lore is almost identical to previous Souls games, the only difference is slightly more narrative.
  
• The combat is exactly the same, only far less balanced than previous games. In fact, it's so unbalanced with broken builds that I completely gave up on PvP, which is a huge step backwards from Dark Souls 3 PvP..
  
• The leveling system is exactly the same, the only difference is souls are now called runes...
  
• The only new additions are useless spirits that can only be summoned in a few areas, a simple horse with frustrating controls, a generic map with barely any detail, a rushed crafting mechanic that becomes a boring grind and lacks the level of depth and complexity achieved by older RPGs decades ago, and a few tiny things that aren't even worth mentioning.

This is not a new IP... this is just Dark Souls 4 with another name that makes sense from a marketing point of view to attract new players, which certainly worked.

That's not necessarily a bad thing, I love the Souls games. I just wanted to clear any misconceptions about Elden Ring being a new IP, because anyone who has played a Souls game would know it's obviously not.

[Zogtar]

Is that the guy I beat at pvp?

[Mecharion]

Whats wrong with you guys... this thread is 2 years old...

[Rosa]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.