Elden Ring (PS4,XB1,PC,PS5,XSX) (February 25th, 2022)

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I'm not all that excited about this. Why did this game even need George RR Martins input?

It didn't "need" his input but dude is one of the most famous/celebrated writers of the last 10-15 years, why wouldn't they let him work on a story for them?

Fred.
 

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I'm not all that excited about this. Why did this game even need George RR Martins input?
Right?

I mean Fromsoft who hasn't made a bad game in over a decade teaming up with the creator of one of the greatest fictional universes ever?

Sounds terrible.
 

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It didn't "need" his input but dude is one of the most famous/celebrated writers of the last 10-15 years, why wouldn't they let him work on a story for them?

Fred.

I get that, but getting these big names rarely serves the game in the long run and won't mean much if the game the game is just OK or worse.
 

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I get that, but getting these big names rarely serves the game in the long run and won't mean much if the game the game is just OK or worse.

I get that but what is "if the game is just ok or worse" based on? :dwillhuh:

From's track record is damn near flawless. You're basically saying if the writing is good it won't matter if the game sucks which is true but....that only matters if the game sucks. Which is highly unlikely.

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I get that, but getting these big names rarely serves the game in the long run and won't mean much if the game the game is just OK or worse.
1. instead of hiring multiple shythead writers you can have one really good one doing the job of 3 and he has high marketability

2. coming from a different interpretation of writing, he might give them ideas that they never thought of or vice/versa

:manny: im not mad at the attempt, and using it as promotion makes sense, seems like a non-issue
 

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I get that but what is "if the game is just ok or worse" based on? :dwillhuh:

From's track record is damn near flawless. You're basically saying if the writing is good it won't matter if the game sucks which is true but....that only matters if the game sucks. Which is highly unlikely.

Fred.

Fromsoft’s story is every permutation of “Wise frum ur gwave”, and Elden Ring won’t be any different.

I bet there’s a huge majority of players who couldn’t tell you, who Lady Maria, The Monumental, or Mergo are in their respective story. Aesthetic, gameplay loop, and lore are what gets them playing.
 

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Fromsoft’s story is every permutation of “Wise frum ur gwave”, and Elden Ring won’t be any different.

I bet there’s a huge majority of players who couldn’t tell you, who Lady Maria, The Monumental, or Mergo are in their respective story. Aesthetic, gameplay loop, and lore are what gets them playing.
From isn't doing the story for this though....GRR Martin is. :gucci:

Elden Ring: What George R.R. Martin's Role Is

They hired Martin specifically because of what you're complaining about.

I don't even know what you cats are talking about any more. Dude I quoted said the story being written by Martin won't matter if the game is bad. Cool. From's games aren't bad though.

Now you're talking about "all From games have the same story format"...which has nothing to do with what dude was talking about.

Fred.
 

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From isn't doing the story for this though....GRR Martin is. :gucci:

Elden Ring: What George R.R. Martin's Role Is

They hired Martin specifically because of what you're complaining about.

I don't even know what you cats are talking about any more. Dude I quoted said the story being written by Martin won't matter if the game is bad. Cool. From's games aren't bad though.

Now you're talking about "all From games have the same story format"...which has nothing to do with what dude was talking about.

Fred.

GRRM is only writing the lore, not the plot

But then again, From games rarely have a plot :yeshrug:
 

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GRRM is only writing the lore, not the plot

But then again, From games rarely have a plot :yeshrug:

He's writing the lore, created characters, even contributed to game play elements.

Which is what From is building the plot around.

The entire foundation of the game is GRR Martin, not From. They hired him because their games don't normally have a traditional story.

Fred.
 
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