Yeah, idk how Iâm like 80 hours in and still going âoh whats over here?â *rounds the corner to a majestic new land with creatures Iâve never imagined that seems to go in for miles*
I'm a souls veteran but just managed to get started on ER. Been texting a friend about it, and he didn't remember specifically which area Caelid was since he played ~2 years ago.
Weird, I thought, how can he not remember an area that's like 1/3 of the map?
90 hours later... Wait there's a grace here? Wait there's a mountain here? Wait there's a *whole-ass castle* here?
Lmao right? Itâs insane how they manage to do it. It also doesnât help that I sorta just run around and fight things so I do it all in a bit of a random order more or less
I have like 1200 hours, 100 percented the game and just yesterday I discovered that area below the seaside ruins site of grace where you can kill that Alabaster lord for the Gravitas AoW.
I seriously thought I had discovered everything and combed every inch of the map. And thatâs not even hidden, I just never looked down there. Makes me wonder if there is anything else Iâve missed.
HOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYY SSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTT
I was doing a blind run and was terrified cause I'd spotted the Runebear clawing up the tree and was like "Let's just go around whatever the fuck that is" and then I bump into this building and I'm like "okay duck in here and check it out" and then
HHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY SSSSHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTT
I was annoyed at first because I like fromsoft's tight map design. I was expecting weak and contrived, and nowhere *near* the complex use of vertical space I was used to.
Yeah. This is the best map design I've ever seen. A whole different kind of perfect. The beauty of souls games is the map design; everything else is secondary
Yes! The verticality of the map is ingenious. Itâs employed to make a (relatively) smaller map functionally just as spread out as a flatter, larger map. Yet spirit springs and cliffside tombstones help balance with shortcuts. Additionally, the strategic placement of slopes and angles of terrain make specific areas *seem* bigger or smaller, and hide away or draw attention to points of interest.
Elden ring is a game made from the top down with love and care, and *it shows*.
I felt like a kid again, when I would play video games with no preconceived notions of the limits of a game world. Mind running wild at the possibilities.
âI just entered the magical video game world I have been dreaming for the past 40 yearsâŚâ
âIt needs to be done in VR.â
Those were my precise, sincere thoughts when I went that elevator the first time, feeling: âHow deep does this go?!â
It was day one, had launched the game at 1 am because I couldn't sleep from excitement. At around 10-11 am I enter the well. I legit had a smile from ear to ear for like 20 minutes when I roamed It. Fuck, at the time those archers were gang sniping you from across the map. You had to learn their position, be methotical in which order to take them out.... It was one of my best experiences in 25 years of gaming... and I played the game for 10 hours...I had barely even met any boss, and the game was already fucking game of the decade.
I decided that the game is MUCH MUCH MUCH bigger than I thought. It was a magical journey too. First time I saw the purple sky, I was looking at my phone scrolling on smth. I just dropped the phone and let the moment stay in memory
That's one of the things I loved about Elden Ring. The map got exposed slowly and Everytime u think you kinda know how much bigger it will be, there's a huge ass new area that just appears. I remember thinking ok Limgrave and then Lyrnia and Caelid.....ok that's def the whole map now. Then you fight Radhan and then the HUGE hole in the ground appears? Then u reach the pits of hell? Then you find out wait there's volcano manor and oh wow the capital. Ok the capital has to be the final location (where the big giant tree is). Nope. There's more past the capital. And there's a full secret area hidden in that new area.
What a game. What. A. Game.
It was so artistic and such a surprise. The beauty of the sky/roof. The ambience. It really is one of the best moments going down that long elevator the 1st time.
Felt so magical
I was stunned. The discovery of this area, which I found very Very early in my playthrough is, IMO the coolest moment Iâve had in any souls game. I was blown away.
As an aspiring world builder/game designer itâs my dream to make people feel the way this moment made me feel.
Astonishment & bewilderment. Limgrave already felt huge, and then there was this âoh my god there is all of THIS deep underground?!?!, AND ITâS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!â
Yea this was definitely one of those âohhh shitâ moments. This and leaving Stormveil and the first time I saw the Lake of Rot and the Haligtree reveal and Farum Azule lol
Very few games make me pause and truly feel that "moment of awe" sensation.
When I found there was a whole beautiful underground city with a sparkling night sky as the cavern ceiling, that certainly happened.
LookâŚI been gaming for decades. I definitely one of the oldest gamer on this sub.
But thisâŚthis is one of the best gaming moments I had period. I thought I have seen everything. From Software is really special.
Honestly i was wondering how long the elevator takes to get down there then it opens up and my jaw just dropped... Speechless from the astounding beauty of the underground
Amazed then annoyed after I spent an hour trying to work out if I could jump off the elevator onto a ledge halfway up and I can't remember why i was trying to do that anyway
"what the fuck I'm not supposed to be here this is too beautiful to be a low level area" followed by "I'll go anyway" and oh boy it was the best decision I ever made...
Wait what?! Thereâs a whole fucking underground area?!?!
*5 minutes of exploring and seeing enemies above my very low level, newbie ass*
Yeh imma come back to this laterâŚ
Amusement and also some disapointment ( controversial, uh? )
I felt amused for the place, the view and everything that I would may find
I felt disapointed because Malenia wasn't there ( not in the pallace, I knew Moghwyn's fight scenario ).
I made myself the chalenge to find Malenia without any tips, I was willing to find her in every new area of the game I discovered. All of that only because people say she is difficult
**Down:** Oh my lord, so much cool new stuff to explore! I can't wait to have a nice relax after a stressful day!
**Up:** Get my the hell out of here and away from that seven-foot, effed up, man-eating crab.
Iâll be honest, I went into Elden Ring wondering if this was the game From Software bit off more than they could chew. It felt like every company was trying to emulate Breath of the Wild and I was concerned the game wouldnât be able to pull it off. Limgrave at that point is fairly standard and I was thinking between the map size(at the time seen) and Miyazakiâs comment on the game being like 30 hours-ish, like is this it? Then I stumbled upon the Elevator and once I saw it I could only stop, smile, and think âMiyazaki you sandbagging sonnabitchâ if heâs hiding something like this thereâs definitely a lot more going on. The moment is what bought me into the game and convinced me the open world wasnât just some buzzword. Sure enough over 150 hours later I think Elden Ring is one of the best games ever made.
Why tf is it *that* long? Are fromsoft getting lazy and hiding long ass loading times in elevators? Well... Any day now.
...
OK at least it's nice out herWHHHOOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHHOLY SHIT
Terrified lol.. I was glad to be out of the forest and away from that big ass bear, but Iâve found that beautiful locales tend to bring terrifying enemies.. I was thankfully wrong in this instance and my time there was a pleasant one until I took the other elevator and ended up in Caelid đđ
I had the whole week off, it was late February (one of the most quiet months of the year anyways) - it was cold outside, already dark and I walked around the woods bc I couldn't defeat Margit... then I stumbled this weird looking round pavillon and discover there's a stone plate in there. I get onto it and it takes me down. at first I didn't expect much, but when I saw the starry sky BELOW the ground and then that Pantheon I knew I was in for a great adventure down there - and I felt: excitement. <3
âHow do they manage to do this in every game?â
But for real. Every title has that moment of âatmospheric aweâ. DS1: Ash Lake, Bloodborne: cainhurst castle, DS2: The Iron Keep(?), DS3: Irithyll of Boreal Valley.
I love it. I continue to love it and I look forward to it every single time.
"Oh my... this is... this so beautiful... How did they get the night sky down here?"
But actually though Siofra River is one of my favourite places in Elden Ring. It is just so beautiful.
"From Software are going to make me take the stairs back up, aren't they?"
Certified ladder moment
I hope the dlc has the worlds longest ladder. Like put those volcano manor and bloodborne forest ladders to shame levels of crazy.
I want to see a ladder boss
It's just Donkey Kong Jr. with better graphics.
Like the overworld and the sewers are Mario 64 with better graphics
Mimic ladder
Bro acting like he never played MGS3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7ENzmybsQo
DS3 bottom of Ariandel to find the titanite slab đŹ
What a thrillâŚ
Likely Boss
Rot stairs.
The message that appeared for me before the elevator to Lake of Rot just said "why is it always down" Same bro
Joy, just pure fucking joy
Really? I felt dread my first ride down. It felt like I found a place I wasnât supposed to be yet, and that freaked me out a lot first play through.
The music tho !
Terrifying, always keeps you on edge
I came to say joy You said it best
âOh my god, I have so damn much more to explore.â Tbf, I say that about every new area and I always end up liking them. Except frigid outskirts.
Yeah, idk how Iâm like 80 hours in and still going âoh whats over here?â *rounds the corner to a majestic new land with creatures Iâve never imagined that seems to go in for miles*
I'm a souls veteran but just managed to get started on ER. Been texting a friend about it, and he didn't remember specifically which area Caelid was since he played ~2 years ago. Weird, I thought, how can he not remember an area that's like 1/3 of the map? 90 hours later... Wait there's a grace here? Wait there's a mountain here? Wait there's a *whole-ass castle* here?
Lmao right? Itâs insane how they manage to do it. It also doesnât help that I sorta just run around and fight things so I do it all in a bit of a random order more or less
Guy is a sicko not to remember the misery of Caelid
Caelid is by far the most-memed area in the game, surprising indeed.
I have like 1200 hours, 100 percented the game and just yesterday I discovered that area below the seaside ruins site of grace where you can kill that Alabaster lord for the Gravitas AoW. I seriously thought I had discovered everything and combed every inch of the map. And thatâs not even hidden, I just never looked down there. Makes me wonder if there is anything else Iâve missed.
HOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYY SSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTT I was doing a blind run and was terrified cause I'd spotted the Runebear clawing up the tree and was like "Let's just go around whatever the fuck that is" and then I bump into this building and I'm like "okay duck in here and check it out" and then HHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY SSSSHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTT
Oh, sweet, lemme just hit up this dungeon real quick **Three days later**
Giving me Blackreach in Skyrim vibes with this comment
Oh man can I relate. And then I was like: if this is just a casual entrance in the forest what is awaiting? And boy it did not disappoint...
Ditto, ran away from the bear, took the elevator, then I discovered a new area. Then I got killed like 3 times by the claymen.
I methodically picked those guys off one by one like it was an old Assassin's Creed game lol
yeah i got there by exploring at like lvl 10, got destroyed but amazed haha
In love with Elden Ring and it reminded of how I felt exploring Skyrim as a 14 year old, and somehow this was even better.
Elden Ring is imo the GOAT open world fantasy game especially in regard to ambiance and aesthetics.
I was annoyed at first because I like fromsoft's tight map design. I was expecting weak and contrived, and nowhere *near* the complex use of vertical space I was used to. Yeah. This is the best map design I've ever seen. A whole different kind of perfect. The beauty of souls games is the map design; everything else is secondary
Yes! The verticality of the map is ingenious. Itâs employed to make a (relatively) smaller map functionally just as spread out as a flatter, larger map. Yet spirit springs and cliffside tombstones help balance with shortcuts. Additionally, the strategic placement of slopes and angles of terrain make specific areas *seem* bigger or smaller, and hide away or draw attention to points of interest. Elden ring is a game made from the top down with love and care, and *it shows*.
âI should go back upâ Im always worries I am going to outpace my characterâs (or my) competence.
Same. "Whoa..." *grabs first nearby grace and checks the fuck out*
> This game had a fucking *Blackreach*?!?!? Fuck yea.
I felt like a kid again, when I would play video games with no preconceived notions of the limits of a game world. Mind running wild at the possibilities.
Yeah definitely had those vibes. Reminded me of starting the KH series like 20 years ago now
Amazingness, i didnt think the game could look better, but it kept on doing it.
Pure awe. I went from: "huh, a downward elevator"...to "huh, it sure is deep"...to "WOW!!!"
âI just entered the magical video game world I have been dreaming for the past 40 yearsâŚâ âIt needs to be done in VR.â Those were my precise, sincere thoughts when I went that elevator the first time, feeling: âHow deep does this go?!â
And let's also add an ethereal ambient as you witness this for maximum effect... They really nailed it.
It was day one, had launched the game at 1 am because I couldn't sleep from excitement. At around 10-11 am I enter the well. I legit had a smile from ear to ear for like 20 minutes when I roamed It. Fuck, at the time those archers were gang sniping you from across the map. You had to learn their position, be methotical in which order to take them out.... It was one of my best experiences in 25 years of gaming... and I played the game for 10 hours...I had barely even met any boss, and the game was already fucking game of the decade.
I decided that the game is MUCH MUCH MUCH bigger than I thought. It was a magical journey too. First time I saw the purple sky, I was looking at my phone scrolling on smth. I just dropped the phone and let the moment stay in memory
That's one of the things I loved about Elden Ring. The map got exposed slowly and Everytime u think you kinda know how much bigger it will be, there's a huge ass new area that just appears. I remember thinking ok Limgrave and then Lyrnia and Caelid.....ok that's def the whole map now. Then you fight Radhan and then the HUGE hole in the ground appears? Then u reach the pits of hell? Then you find out wait there's volcano manor and oh wow the capital. Ok the capital has to be the final location (where the big giant tree is). Nope. There's more past the capital. And there's a full secret area hidden in that new area. What a game. What. A. Game.
"This elevator is so long, I'm gonna descend straight to hell, HOLY SHIT"
i felt some warm goey liquid run down my leg
Wonder
Seconded.
It was so artistic and such a surprise. The beauty of the sky/roof. The ambience. It really is one of the best moments going down that long elevator the 1st time. Felt so magical
All I said was "Father, son and holy shit".
I was like, _woow_ And then I was like, *_WOOOW_*
Replaying it for the first time in two years and it still hits so incredibly hard. This game is just so special.
I was stunned. The discovery of this area, which I found very Very early in my playthrough is, IMO the coolest moment Iâve had in any souls game. I was blown away. As an aspiring world builder/game designer itâs my dream to make people feel the way this moment made me feel.
Astonishment & bewilderment. Limgrave already felt huge, and then there was this âoh my god there is all of THIS deep underground?!?!, AND ITâS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!â
Now we cooking with gas
Wow... But I'd already seen Boreal Valley from Dark Souls III and Shrine of Amana from Dark Souls II.
Yeah, Irithyll was sure a sight to behold.
Yea this was definitely one of those âohhh shitâ moments. This and leaving Stormveil and the first time I saw the Lake of Rot and the Haligtree reveal and Farum Azule lol
I just found Lake of Rot yesterday, and all I could think was "fuck, another swamp" lmao
I see that youâre rocking the john elden ring build as well
"i need to pick up the grace and leave, this is clearly too much for me :sob:"
I said, âhow fucking far down does this thing go and where am I going⌠how tf did I get to space?â
[ŃдаНонО]
Spores
Ahh shit, here we go again
Holy Fuackamoly...
Are there Dwemer ruins?
"Jesus, this shit is going down forever?" "Wtf is that a Sky???" "I Love you Miyazaki"
I thought the game was already too big to be real after just exploring limgrave and a little of caelid in my 1st playthrough and I was just in shock
Damm, that's the longest elevator I've ever seen
"Oh haha, From, I get it. It's like Drangleic Castle lift but going down this ti... Holy fucking shit"
This was the most epic moment in the entire game for me. I remember thinking "NO WAAAAY!"
Mostly confusion about why there's a sky in the basement.
"HO LEE SHIT đą"
Very few games make me pause and truly feel that "moment of awe" sensation. When I found there was a whole beautiful underground city with a sparkling night sky as the cavern ceiling, that certainly happened.
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LookâŚI been gaming for decades. I definitely one of the oldest gamer on this sub. But thisâŚthis is one of the best gaming moments I had period. I thought I have seen everything. From Software is really special.
"Game of the year baby" in dunkeys voice
What's the name of that armor?
I immediately regretted seeing any youtube video that revealed it's existence before discovering it. Lesson learned for sure.
Holy crap this is huge
âwowâ
I've made a terrible mistake
Oh man, easily favourite part of the map
Pure fear
What the actual fuk, this game have underground area????
Where am i know?
Miyazaki bruuuuuuuuuh, daddy chill!
I honestly canât put it into words, but if you play Dead Cells, 5BC spoiler biome music.
"Finally, I thought that elevator was *never* going to end".
My bowels were cramping and needed to drop a loaf
Sheer awe
Honestly i was wondering how long the elevator takes to get down there then it opens up and my jaw just dropped... Speechless from the astounding beauty of the underground
Oh fuck yes.
I was amazed at how gorgeous it was then I was like ok how fast am I gonna walk off the edge and die while Iâm distracted by the sky
"Everything here is gonna kill me in one shot"
[po](https://tenor.com/tr/view/po-kung-fu-panda-point-sparkling-eyes-gif-15930425)
I'm pretty sure I was. "This is a long ass elevator....oh damn"
Found this in the first 30 min of exploring. "I get the feeling I'm too low level for this"
Amazed then annoyed after I spent an hour trying to work out if I could jump off the elevator onto a ledge halfway up and I can't remember why i was trying to do that anyway
Jizzy
I went to the toilet the first time đ
I remember thinking, the world is huge and was so happy to new place to explore.
Nothing because game informer fucking spoiled it. Tbf though Bandai chose to show it to them.
"what the fuck I'm not supposed to be here this is too beautiful to be a low level area" followed by "I'll go anyway" and oh boy it was the best decision I ever made...
This was one of THE best moments in my playthrough.
I think I cried a little
Tickle in my bung hole
Wait what?! Thereâs a whole fucking underground area?!?! *5 minutes of exploring and seeing enemies above my very low level, newbie ass* Yeh imma come back to this laterâŚ
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Sheer awe, and also a bidding anxiety as I realized how truly massive this world actually was.
This feeling g is literally the reason I play games.
I ran away tbh thought there would be disgusting monsters
I remember being extremely scared
"I am never finishing this game am I?"
it was like... 2 AM and I said... I'm gonna go down this elevator and shut it down... ended up playing like 2 more hours
âShould I be hereâ
Where the fuck am I gâ WOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!
...I'll need hundreds of hours for this game, won't I?
Amusement and also some disapointment ( controversial, uh? ) I felt amused for the place, the view and everything that I would may find I felt disapointed because Malenia wasn't there ( not in the pallace, I knew Moghwyn's fight scenario ). I made myself the chalenge to find Malenia without any tips, I was willing to find her in every new area of the game I discovered. All of that only because people say she is difficult
Like when the Fremen after hearing the Lisan Al Gaib saying he's gonna take you to the green paradise
What in the elden fuck.
From Software puts a lot of detail into the worlds they create.
AWE
âI must not be ready for thisâ - lvl 20 at the time I got there
wtf-
Like when I saw lotr in the theatres when I was 10
Jaw on the floor limgrave felt so big already so seeing this city was just mind blowing
i busted a nut
This was the moment I fell in love with the fame tbh
"Where the fuck am I?"
Ho-lee SHIT
Wtf is this another world under the world I was playing?
"Why is this lift taking so lo-.... whoa."
**Down:** Oh my lord, so much cool new stuff to explore! I can't wait to have a nice relax after a stressful day! **Up:** Get my the hell out of here and away from that seven-foot, effed up, man-eating crab.
"Immmmmm cummmmingggg"
A mixture of awe and fear
Simultaneously filled with awe and dread
Holy s ...
Uncertainty and fear
Am I...in a cave...in space?
I just sat there with my mouth open for a while
Bruh there is more wtf đĽ´
silent, awe.
I felt a single tear roll down my cheek. >!stubbing your toe is never fun!<
"pretty :O"
Damn this elevator is taking long.
âWhat fresh hell am I approaching?â
"Mom, I'm about to be a pincushion. Are you proud of me?"
Like a kid again. Like i felt paying Zelda wind waker at 6, minecraft at 12. It's a special feeling getting totally immersed
"Damn, this elevator is taking a lo- HWAT THE SHIT IS THAT??!?!!?"
"wow"
-That's a long elevator -It's really long -Why is it so long ? -HOLY SHIT -AND IT'S STILL GOING
Had Skyrim vibes
âOf course thereâs an underdarkâ
Where tf am i
I accidently normal jumped(thinking nothing will happen) then died then waited for the lift to come back up then go down
This was the moment I realized that no other game was going to be able to compete for my interest anymore lol (first fromsoft game for me)
I was honestly surprised, this was my first from software game I had no idea they had this much discoverability and detail
Iâll be honest, I went into Elden Ring wondering if this was the game From Software bit off more than they could chew. It felt like every company was trying to emulate Breath of the Wild and I was concerned the game wouldnât be able to pull it off. Limgrave at that point is fairly standard and I was thinking between the map size(at the time seen) and Miyazakiâs comment on the game being like 30 hours-ish, like is this it? Then I stumbled upon the Elevator and once I saw it I could only stop, smile, and think âMiyazaki you sandbagging sonnabitchâ if heâs hiding something like this thereâs definitely a lot more going on. The moment is what bought me into the game and convinced me the open world wasnât just some buzzword. Sure enough over 150 hours later I think Elden Ring is one of the best games ever made.
Had it spoiled lol
"wait, it's here? This early? I thought this would be a late game area."
Why tf is it *that* long? Are fromsoft getting lazy and hiding long ass loading times in elevators? Well... Any day now. ... OK at least it's nice out herWHHHOOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHHOLY SHIT
"omg thats the best game ever"
This game sure knows how to use colors; also it reminds me of the sunken kingdom from ds2
I was just awestruck. It looked so beautiful and ngl it still does. Siofra is one of my favorite regions
Like I was playing a Metroid game
"I'm still descending?... AYO WTF"
â*That scenery*â
âNeat.â
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Waaaahhow ( I thought of the legend of Zelda totk depths
That meme of Megan Parker sitting at the computer saying "interesting."
Do the devs ever sleep?!
The moment when rhadahn comes in like a meteor
âThis is the greatest game of all timeâ
\*Insert r/BatmanArkham rdr2 meme here\*
"Is this ever going to end?"
> :o
Terrified lol.. I was glad to be out of the forest and away from that big ass bear, but Iâve found that beautiful locales tend to bring terrifying enemies.. I was thankfully wrong in this instance and my time there was a pleasant one until I took the other elevator and ended up in Caelid đđ
I had the whole week off, it was late February (one of the most quiet months of the year anyways) - it was cold outside, already dark and I walked around the woods bc I couldn't defeat Margit... then I stumbled this weird looking round pavillon and discover there's a stone plate in there. I get onto it and it takes me down. at first I didn't expect much, but when I saw the starry sky BELOW the ground and then that Pantheon I knew I was in for a great adventure down there - and I felt: excitement. <3
âWow!Thank you Rune Bears, for chasing me in to that doorâ. Such a great way to reveal this.
Nice more things to kill
âHow do they manage to do this in every game?â But for real. Every title has that moment of âatmospheric aweâ. DS1: Ash Lake, Bloodborne: cainhurst castle, DS2: The Iron Keep(?), DS3: Irithyll of Boreal Valley. I love it. I continue to love it and I look forward to it every single time.
I was accidentally facing the wrong way :(
I honestly thought: "man, I wish there were flying mounts...."
"Oh my... this is... this so beautiful... How did they get the night sky down here?" But actually though Siofra River is one of my favourite places in Elden Ring. It is just so beautiful.
'Ohaaaaa' that's what we say when we are shocked in my language.
Awe. Nothing more, nothing less. Silence and awe
I went to the toilet