After the first watch of the trailer, I was extremely hyped and satisfied… But now after several viewing of it, my hype and satisfaction are just getting higher and higher.
After the initial announcement, in 2019, several interviews of Miyazaki hinted that Elden Ring will be a “Dark Souls like”. And I am really happy that it is. Soulsborne are so unique (and in my opinion, almost no other games succeed to provide a similar experience despite people calling them “Souls like”) that I am all for a new Soulsbornering.
From the trailer, it looks typical Fromsoftware : not impressive graphics (but charming for me), focus on gameplay and art design (which is wonderful. The open world shots are gorgeous).
It’s Dark Souls all over again, I love it. We see different build/playstyle, cryptic lore, what looks like summoning (coop and pvp I guess). The scale of some of the bosses looks massive.
I am really curious about their take on open world due to the really vague nature of the Souls game. I am not expecting quest journal and rally point from them. Curious to see if they can make their world interesting to explore (by looking the Soulsborne, I am expecting lot of hidden stuff) without giving clear direction.
I am also curious about the mounted combat. I am skeptical on the idea but I liked the few shots we got from it.
Also I love how the apparition animation from the mount.
I want more detail but it’s already pretty sure it will be a day one for me.