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The World Design of Elden Ring (Patreon)

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2022-11-10 17:08:30
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2026-06
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Hey Patrons!

Since the release of Elden Ring earlier this year, I knew I wanted to do a video about its world design, similar to my stuff on Hollow Knight and Boss Keys.

Now, after 200 hours of playing, the purchase of a new PC, and many script rewrites - it's finally here! Please do check it out.

Cheers

Mark

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GMTK is powered by Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GameMakersToolkit Elden Ring is FromSoftware's biggest game yet, with a humongous continent to explore. So what's it like to trek across The Lands Between? === Before you watch === Spoiler warning: This video shows all areas and major bosses in Elden Ring === Sources === [1] Miyazaki Interview | Famitsu Weekly Translation: https://www.frontlinejp.net/2022/03/05/elden-ring-release-interview-with-director-miyazaki-part-1/ [2] Elden Ring Global Gameplay Stats | Steam (Cited November 2022) https://steamcommunity.com/stats/1245620/achievements [3] Hidetaka Miyazaki interview: FromSoftware's president explores the unknowns of Elden Ring | EDGE Web Version: https://www.gamesradar.com/elden-ring-fromsoftware-hidetaka-miyazaki-interview/ [4] From Software’s Hidetaka Miyazaki on the Secrets of Elden Ring’s Development | Xbox Wire https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/05/27/from-softwares-hidetaka-miyazaki-on-the-secrets-of-elden-rings-development/ === Chapters === 00:00 - Intro 01:13 - Elden Ring Recap 04:42 - Freedom and Exploration 09:41 - Enemy Balancing 13:48 - Content Repetition 15:50 - Restrictive End Game 18:15 - Conclusion === Games Shown === Elden Ring (2022) Dark Souls (2011) Bloodborne (2015) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) Ghost of Tsushima (2020) Horizon Forbidden West (2022) Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017) Rage 2 (2019) Crackdown 3 (2019) Demon's Souls (2020) Demon's Souls (2009) Dark Souls III (2016) Hollow Knight (2017) Dark Souls II (2014) === Credits === Music provided by Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/vtdu5y (Referral Link) Cinematic Shots courtesy of FransBouma's Camera System - https://github.com/FransBouma/InjectableGenericCameraSystem === Subtitles === Contribute translated subtitles -

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cptnoremac

I like the way you do the quotes, with the section of interest highlighted. It looks very professional.

Michael Chester

Given the number of Youtube comments which are disagreeing with your take on level scaling systems in open world games, there's probably an interesting design discussion there that might be worth a video of its own (though I have a vague feeling either you or Architecht of Games has already done this...)

Daniel Haas

On the level scaling - I agree with you that it can make for a weird experience for all the reasons you said. But I want to make some of the pro-arguments for it. Full disclosure ER was my first Souls game, though it was good enough that I'm likely to go try the others. First off, it is a hidden difficulty slider which makes this game accessible to a much wider set of players. Simply by choosing which enemies to engage with, or to skip and come back to, everyone gets to decide whether they want a "hardcore souls git gud" experience or a more casual one. I'd avoided souls games for a long time and this aspect (along with things like spirit ashes, player summons, and other optional items) let me feel like the difficulty was in my control without a contextless "easy/med/hard" choice at the start Secondly, it enables a much wider set of character builds and enemy types. Since you can skip around, within a single area you can have (for example) enemy A be extremely hard for Mages and enemy B be extremely hard for a Bleed build and enemy C be extremely hard for big-weapon players. In a more linear experience you'd end up feeling very frustrated at certain points, but in ER you can choose to avoid those enemies for now and approach them once you've scaled a bit more. This made me feel much safer about my build choice and like I wasn't locking into something that would screw me over.

Edward Newton

I have to ask, and please forgive me: Cata-cooms? I went back and watched your original Dark Souls video and you said "cata-combs", which is how I thought it was pronounced. WHAT CHANGED MARK? :D