@TheBrandedSwordsman The core LotR books (and movies) are amongst my favorite pieces of storytelling and narrative. I thoroughly enjoy the series, including The Hobbit.
As far as how much inspiration GRR Martin draws from the Tolkien’s work, I’m not sure. Certainly the entire sub-genre of fantasy owes its debt to Tolkien. But the inclusion of a Ring as being a central piece of Elden Ring’s lore can’t be an accident. And apparently the shards of this broken Elden Ring corrupt the bearer, in a similar fashion to the One Ring. I guess we’ll see how much this echoes to the LotR storyline.
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@Voltan It is just confirmation there are no delays, which there have been rumors alluding to that. Some people had been worried that it would be, so is good to have it confirmed that it won't be.
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@velio84 There are usually a fair few minor ones, but nothing game breaking iirc. From are really good at supporting their games and usually fix things relatively quickly.
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@Voltan So February 2022 currently has scheduled to release:
Elden Ring
Horizon Forbidden West
Dying Light 2
Saints Row
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
The King of Fighters XV
Sifu
Life is Strange Remastered Collection
I'm also interested in Sifu, Horizon and Dying light but those will be bumped until I've finished with Elden Ring. It was most likely I wasn't going to be finished with by any of those came out anyways.
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I thought I'd draw that to your attention as you may be interested in signing up, I won't be due to my current gaming break but I thought you might like to take advantage of the opportunity, assuming you're not already signed up!
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@TheBrandedSwordsman thanks for thinking of me buddy… I won’t bother as my backlog is unmanageable as it is, without beta testing and demo’s and such. Can’t wait to play the actual game though that’s for sure.
@Jimmer-jammer as the colonel can't make the closed beta test I'm putting your name forward haha, what do you reckon? will you play it early and tell us all about it? I'd do it myself if it wasn't for my current 'gaming sabbatical'
@colonelkilgore@TheBrandedSwordsman Think I'd rather wait until the game is out, as the betas I've played in the past have been rather janky, and kinda put me off from playing the game.
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On that page, in the comments, they discuss portable bonfires, that I think referred to before colonel, one person on there says that the current checkpoint system only works in linear games like Dark Souls and Bloodborne, where your funneled towards checkpoints, but in an open world system you would just most likely be running around trying to find them a lot of the time instead of taking the time to enjoy and explore the world, I know there is the light guiding system that could potentially lead you towards checkpoints, but I don't think that will be the case for the entire game, or even the majority of it. Thoughts?
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@TheBrandedSwordsman yeah I like the idea of being able to put down a bonfire where you like… and I definitely agree that it would seem a far more apt method for an open-world.
From what I gather, Miyazaki was toying with the idea fir Dark Souls 3 (what with the coiled ‘sword’ you draw from Iudex Gundyr & place into Firelink Shrine… but he didn’t carry it through. Guess he was waiting for a more appropriate game to use it with.
@nessisonett But then aren't your chances of death much greater when your traversing the huge open field from dungeon to dungeon, with all manner of horrors potentially lurking in the shadows? Doesn't sound very balanced to me.
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