Haven't watched it yet, really don't want to. On the other hand, I will just start the game and this will play and it really doesn't matter, if I see it on this screen a little earlier, the only difference is, that I won't be able to play the game afterwards. Oh god, I am weak
@@DerSektenspinner It leaked on Thursday night and I've been watching it pretty much non-stop since then. I'd honestly say you should watch it. It's an incredibly hype trailer with beyond amazing narration. I can't possibly imagine the kind of person who would be a fan of these games, could see the opening, and then not be incredibly hyped to see it again. It's that good.
Then from the dark, They came, and found the Souls of Lords within the flame. Nito, the First of the Dead, The Witch of Izalith and her Daughters of Chaos, Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, and his faithful knights. And the Furtive Pygmy, so easily forgotten
@@peterfischer2733 It's pretty much exactly like DS3. Most unkindled ash were heroes connected to specific lords of cinder, while the player is essentially a new being made of failed undead corpses.
@@TheSkyfolk 100%. I've been wondering for awhile now if we'd actually fight other Tarnished in a bid for becoming the Elden Lord outside of the enemies that already awaited us in the Lands Between.
"Sunset found her squatting in the grass, groaning. Every stool was looser than the one before, and smelled fouler. By the time the moon came up she was shitting brown water. The more she drank, the more she shat, but the more she shat, the thirstier she grew, and her thirst sent her crawling to the stream to suck up more water." -A Dance with Dragons bravo mitsubishi-san...
I doubt that this was done my George RR Martin. If I understood correctly, he only wrote the background story of the world. The rest, including art and characters was done by FromSoftware.
@@Simon-hd6dc apparently not only the world, but all the "big" name character (any character with plot/story) were all Martin's creation, because in one of the interview, Miyazaki mention that most- if not all of the character were originally human when martin wrote it(he wrote it as a human drama in fantasy setting, like game of throne). then after that, fromsoft design all the character to fit the fantasy setting they're going for, made them into gods, monster, giants and all. and according to Miyaazaki, the best part about this collab is that Martins story is align with Miyazaki's vision, so the progress is really smooth.
I find it interesting that the named characters we get don't seem to be the main bosses we'll fight but fellow tarnished, potential competitors to the title of Elden Lord. Just another little perspective shift of the Dark Souls formula.
Picked up on that little nugget as well, I love the idea that we are contending with others like us, gives us a sense of greatness in name along side them
It’s definitely a shift: before, in Lordran, Drangleic and Lothric, the fight was long-since over. The Undead and Ashen Ones had long since petered out in their various quests, the world winding down towards death… But now? Now, the race has either just begun, or is still well underway. The Tarnished roam the lands in full force, and the hunt for the Great Runes, the Elden Ring, is on. Who will become the Elden Lord?…well. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Let us introduce the great lords: A mighty and imposing barbarian king An abhorrent cursed mask A mysterious and beautiful death lady Larry, the weirdo that likes to eats shit And finally, an undead knowledge god.
I like how there's two corpsefuckers in the lineup and one is very diplomatically referred to as "the deathbed companion" and the other's a shit-eating piece of shit
to all those who say "spoilers!!!!!1!1!!!1!1"... its the intro, the first thing you see when the game starts. if that had spoilers for the story what would be the purpose of having the rest of the game?
@@shaolinhabibi I don't think so, there's a very "story/old fable" that can only be conveyed through illustrated paintings in books. I think that's what they're going for, the original cg trailer and story trailer shows us they can do it, and the illustration here are well made and would be hell to remake
@@shaolinhabibi they did plenty of CGI trailers, one of which could have already acted perfectly as intro cinematic... Do you really think they couldn't have done this one like that too?
@@igornaimoli7321 Oh, of course I think they could have, I think they just didn't want to invest resources for it. Obviously the fan base is used to not getting standard AAA stuff , so they can get away with it lol
I agree it's cheap. Didn't even though it was real at first, looks more a PowerPoint with a bunch of fanarts. Moreover, the style of the drawings isn't really consistent (that reinforces the idea of a bunch of fanarts). The voice actor is awesome though
People in this coments section be like: "oh, im gonna click this video called "Elden Ring opening cinematic", i can't even imagine what it would be... What !?!? Is the Elden Ring opening cinematic !!! Im mad !!!"
@@fenetre8825 during the redbull stream yesterday on youtube the guy they had for that part named tonton showed the intro we see here and got into a fight and died. After he died he immediately skipped the cutscene that plays afterwards and said it was a spoiler. So don't worry we will get our cgi cutscene probably
Even with everything else going on in this game, the very first improvement I noticed, the one thay stood out the most to me, was with the dialogue and voice acting. FromSoft seem to really have stepped up their game with how they present their characters, no doubt carried over from their experience with Sekiro. Listening to this intro just reaffirms that feeling so much. This narrator managed to make a character called "Loathsome Dung-Eater" sound like some epic awesome figure I can't wait to meet.
The intros pretty much always had impeccable VA, I don't see how this one is any better than DS1's, DeS's or DS3's. Like yeah it goes more banana towards the end, but that's just a question of what is being acted, not a difference in the acting quality.
@@nathanjora7627 someone in other video's comment section pointed out how the VA for intros of Fromsoft's previous games has always sounds like someone who's just narrating the background story from the outside, i.e as if reading a storybook to an audience. Whereas the VA for ER sounds like someone who's genuinely lived to tell the tale of that world, as if it's their own personal experience, and the dialogue lines reinforced this ("In our home, across the fog, the Lands Between").
@@nigrum_angelum6655 I don't think I'd agree with that necessarily, and also I don't think that it'd make the VA better. I think that if you take for example DS3's intro, then sure the narrator doesn't sound like he has much stake in the world, but if you take the intro to DS2, then it clearly sounds like the woman speaking has witnessed all the horror she's telling you to prepare for (regardless of whether or not what she says is all that good), and laughing her ass off because she knows you aren't cut for it, most likely, and in DeS it's the same, the narrator very much sounds like she's fearing for the future of the world. czcams.com/video/m-zsuW6aSTA/video.html Hopefully youtube won't delete that comment just because there's a link, I'm just posting it because goddamn, I love that intro, possibly my favourite of all.
This is very interesting. Unlike Dark Souls, the intro name other Tarnished that is coming back to The Lands Between and NOT the demigods (like Godrick). Also, godtier voice over... full goosebumps on ARISE NOW, EYE TARNISHED.
Yeah I was wondering if the tarnished they showed in this video will the be mini bosses? Or will they be allies? I can see the loathsome dung eater being a solair esque character
@@HalcyonEX From has repeatedly said that Elden Ring will be filled with NPCs who act as sort of "protagonists who aren't the player's protagonist." I think that's what these five Tarnished are, among others. They're famous figures among the Tarnished who we will probably meet and who will have already made some attempts at becoming the Elden Lord and either failed or for whatever reason stopped trying. Presumably they'll have their own reasons for abandoning the quest, which may or may not sway our opinions on the correct path through the game depending on what they say and the context surrounding it.
@@quintonhoffert6526 that sounds awesome man the dung eater reminds me of the dung defender from hollow knight I hope he is friendly and cool like others on older games
@@neb2385 yesss that's some lore since in one of vaati videos he says "it was solaire who painted the symbol but it wasn't his symbol" that can mean it has something to do with this person although idk the games are different and elden ring is completely different than ds1/ds3
Read this comment, agreed, then went to like as well only to realize that I subconsciously pressed the like button already due to my sheer love for Elden Rings.
Who could have imagined there would be this many cool characters on the tarnish side? FromSoftware has kept this under wraps. It reminds me of how Game of Thrones was made more profound by the daenerys presence.
Those are probably the same as the lords of cinder in dark souls 3. I mean, one of those tarnished in the video is called the dung eater. Do we really want that on our side?
I can already see it in my mind: We will be remembering and talking about this game and the hype leading to its launch when we're old considering this as an alltime classic! Mark my words
Speculation: Hoarah Loux, chieftain of the badlands reminds me a lot of Godfrey (The axe guy with the lion that was the first elden lord). Theres also lore that says that Godfrey eventually became tarnished. Maybe this two character are related in some way. Maybe Hoarah has Godfrey's lion-spirit stand, or maybe Hoarah is a descendant of Godfrey. Or who knows, maybe they are the same person or something like that.
I think they are the same person. Look at the way the guy is built and his hair. Also the giant white Lion. I won't be suprised if this is actually Godfrey.
@@danielbishop2480 Hoarah Lou is Godfrey after he became tarnished and was called back to the lands between he tried building his own army to become elden lord again but ge failed as the greater will abandoned him he now resides in the round table hold as our blacksmith as a prisoner to whatever demi God imprisoned him there but he doesn't mind it because he Is helping other tarnished achieve a goal he know he can never do again
It's fun to rewatch this after you've gone through the game, met and interacted with these characters, especially the ones name dropped at the end. Can kinda get lost/forgotten for some of em (probably nobody forgot bout Dung Eater) once you get sucked into the game, exploring and doing everything and wind up with a ton of hours into it. Bloody awesome game though, my fav from FromSoft.
I'm most interested in the Lothesome Dung Eater. From his art in the cinematic, it does not seem like a title he chose. He seems heretical. But why? They not only publicly executed him, hid his real identity, but also character assassinated him. Why?
I like how similar to Demon's Souls it is. Instead of naming the demigods it names the legendary tarnished who went to the Lands Between, just like how Demon Souls names the heroes who ventured into Boletaria.
Such an epic intro to a truly stunning game. Booting it up for the first time I was so hyped to dive in. Took me 12 hours to finally start making real progress in the game, I had to remap controls because I would tense up in combat click in the analog stick and cause the character to crouch. Then finding weapons that suited my style (I like daggers!) took a while but I eventually started making good strides. Ended up taking me 128 hours to complete. Worth every penny spent.
I was sad that the souls games ended but now we have the Elden Ring games that are definitely going to be masterpieces. I can’t wait for all the lore, the amazing music, etc.
Bro this opening is the closest to Demons Souls with how it sets up it's story and your motivations, love the fact that all these legends get revived and then you as well, wonder if that means there's something special about you that you won't be privy to at the start?
If someone had told me that there was a perfect mix between Berserk and Lord of the Rings/Silmarilion, I would've laughed in his face. But here we are.
I wasn’t gonna watch it then I realized it’s the first thing in the game so, idrc it’s not like it’s really gonna spoil anything but, man that voice actor has a powerful voice
It's fascinating to me that this cutscene follows, not the template of a Dark Souls Opening Monologue, but reminds me very much of the intro to Demon's Souls. It's constructed of what looks like concept art, just like DeS' was, and it articulates both (1) the state of the world and how it got that way in fairly clear terms (as opposed to DaS which is much more mythological and obscure in its worldbuilding), and (2) names many of the heroes and warriors who "traversed the baneful fog" to enter Boletaria in search of Demons' Souls. Like... this trailer just SCREAMS DeS to me in so many lovely ways, and that makes me profoundly excited. I really hope From returns to explore some Demons' Souls-y vibes and ideas with Elden Ring! It's still my favorite Souls Game by far.
Glad to see the tradition of Fromsoftware showing the most badass beings we have ever seen... and then make us play as the most pathetic person in the setting. It makes the ending all the more satisfying.
Two years later this sequence still hits just as hard and has me pumped to try another character another build and a new play path way every time I hear it
Yeah this feels like if Demon's Souls and Dark Souls had a baby. Walking through a vast fog to a cursed land . . . Boletaria much? Gods and Demigods fighting over the last bits of power . . . Lordran much?
This brought up a big question for me: from where is the Tarnished crossing over to the lands between? In one sense it’s a metaphor for us, the player, crossing into the world of the game but I am curious where our character comes from.
One of my theories is that "The Lands Between" is between the corporeal world and the spirit world aka between life and death, easily explains the abundance of spirits in the lore. It's gotta be heavily metaphorical as well..
I suspect the proper answer to "where the player character comes from" will be left open-ended so as to not force an interpretation of our own character on us.
@@SpaceDrake maybe, but from the trailer it’s clear that they aren’t from limgrave or the lands between. At least not directly. Possibly the other tarnished aren’t either. Something I’ve noticed recently is that every character class (with one possible exception) is either an outcast, an exile, an outlaw, or explicitly a foreigner to Limgrave, where the game begins.
We got: a barbarian king, who's also the first elden lord and first tarnished A guy with a mask (he's famous) A girl who hugs you and punish you for hugging her A guy who eat shit A guy that knows everything And some random dude
That ending is reminiscent of the furtive Pygmy scene in the ds1 cinematic. Maybe we are playing the role of a Pygmy in Elden ring. Just like how the Pygmy got the dark souls maybe we’re getting the ring.
I think everyone's probably most curious about him. Out of fearless warriors and compassionate souls, there's.....an ugly, lumpy guy whose most notable trait is he eats caca. He's got to be the most interesting out of them all.
We've already seen two of those characters. Horoux loux looks to be godfrey and sir gideon looks like that guy reading the books in the summer games fest trailer
To the people complaining about spoilers: *you literally decided to click on a video called "Elden Ring Opening Cinematic" which obviously would contain spoilers you silly gooses*
"The mad taint of their newfound strength triggered the shattering" doesn't get enough credit. I heard that in-game for the first time and KNEW this game was gonna slap, and God damn. It does.
I think Sir Gideon appeared in the first gameplay trailer, the guy who was reading a book, with a couple ears on him helmet. Probably he's called the all-knowing because of this, "he hears everything", or something.
@@marcoasierrabernal4893 yeah, that's quite odd. These NPCs probably gonna play a major role in this game. But probably most the Demi-Gods appeared in this trailer as well, the StoryTeller/Snow Witch is the first to appear when the narrator talk about the demigods so probably she's also Marika's daughter; i just hope she's not a boss, I don't want to kill her, I'd like to have her as a Firekeeper if possible. (Actually, by the way she talk to us/The Tarnished in the second cinematic trailer, telling us to become the elden lord, she's our ally, or at least she have some plan/use for the Tarnished.
dug eater? Man, imagine walking into the round table and this dude's there and say," hey, I eat shit, what about you? "....actually, " I eatth thouh shitth, whath abouth you'th?
A much more celt ancient Northern vibe, although i dont like how the narrator kinda just said some cryptic stuff with a few key words like 100 times, it feels like this story will be a bit more directed at you and put in your face as opposed to the usual
Yeah I was just rewatching a bit of everything and I came to the same conclusion, but from this opening only just compare the woman hammering at 0:12 to the Marika artwork at 0:50 and it even seems... kinda blatant ?
This is from the official Red Bull stream. I did not watch it, it was sent to me. I do not look I do not see.
We can only imagine, ah it's so beautiful
Haven't watched it yet, really don't want to. On the other hand, I will just start the game and this will play and it really doesn't matter, if I see it on this screen a little earlier, the only difference is, that I won't be able to play the game afterwards. Oh god, I am weak
6 more days til NoNutEldenRing is over, we gotta resist the temptation just a little bit longer.
@@DerSektenspinner It leaked on Thursday night and I've been watching it pretty much non-stop since then. I'd honestly say you should watch it. It's an incredibly hype trailer with beyond amazing narration. I can't possibly imagine the kind of person who would be a fan of these games, could see the opening, and then not be incredibly hyped to see it again. It's that good.
@@quintonhoffert6526 are you kidding me?! I am in a crisis here! :'D
You accidentally eat some fecal matter once and all your friends start calling you the "Loathesome Dung Eater" like c'mon man
Come on man
SCORE SUM FACKIN GOALS
if only that were all the heinous horseshit muncher was capable of
"I laid the blessing of the seedbed on five times fifty score people: man, woman and child! But do they call me the blessing-layer? Oh, no..."
What's all this talk about "accidentally"?
The abhorent ass arbiter.
This epic voice over makes Loathsome Dung-eater sound like a legit candidate for the Nobel prize
But not the peace prize lol
you don't know his lore dude
That guy is probably the most disgusting character I ever saw in a videogame, so it fits
Rather him than Obama
The narrator didn't have to go so hard, especially in the second half, but he did...and now more than ever I want to play this game.
I think that the narrator is Godfrey calling us
@@grimmtheschoolaroffools2068 ngl I thought it was sean bean, not thinking of lotr but his va in oblivion
@@grimmtheschoolaroffools2068 Godfrey VA doesn't sound like this
@@grimmtheschoolaroffools2068 I think so too. At last if it's not him, is also a Tarnished.
@@andregregory1663 yup
The fact that some legendary tarnished were reborn and just the random ass player is a pretty cool concept.
Then from the dark, They came, and found the Souls of Lords within the flame. Nito, the First of the Dead, The Witch of Izalith and her Daughters of Chaos, Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, and his faithful knights. And the Furtive Pygmy, so easily forgotten
Plin plin plon
Reminded me a lot of Dark Souls 3.
@@peterfischer2733 It's pretty much exactly like DS3. Most unkindled ash were heroes connected to specific lords of cinder, while the player is essentially a new being made of failed undead corpses.
@@TheSkyfolk 100%. I've been wondering for awhile now if we'd actually fight other Tarnished in a bid for becoming the Elden Lord outside of the enemies that already awaited us in the Lands Between.
Miyazaki: Hey George R.R. Martin, this character looks pretty cool. What's his name?
GRRM: Dung Eater
"Sunset found her squatting in the grass, groaning. Every stool was looser than the one before, and smelled fouler. By the time the moon came up she was shitting brown water. The more she drank, the more she shat, but the more she shat, the thirstier she grew, and her thirst sent her crawling to the stream to suck up more water." -A Dance with Dragons
bravo mitsubishi-san...
I doubt that this was done my George RR Martin.
If I understood correctly, he only wrote the background story of the world.
The rest, including art and characters was done by FromSoftware.
@@Simon-hd6dc just a joke man. Because Martin has a reputation for being obsessed with graphic depictions of diarrhea, big penises, and taxes.
@@Simon-hd6dc apparently not only the world, but all the "big" name character (any character with plot/story) were all Martin's creation, because in one of the interview, Miyazaki mention that most- if not all of the character were originally human when martin wrote it(he wrote it as a human drama in fantasy setting, like game of throne). then after that, fromsoft design all the character to fit the fantasy setting they're going for, made them into gods, monster, giants and all.
and according to Miyaazaki, the best part about this collab is that Martins story is align with Miyazaki's vision, so the progress is really smooth.
Dark souls also had dung piles.
this was a religious experience, especially the arise part
I am now following the Golden Order as religion.
It is my New Religion
PRAISE IT!
"ARISE!! YE TARNISHED!!! YE DEAD, WHO YET LIVE!!!"
Shakes me in my bones everytime...
Something is rising, and it is not the Tarnished
Holy shit that is some fantastic voice over.
Narrator's hype for the tarnished is quite infectious, I wonder if he will be an NPC in the game.
mf literally said "dung eater" and made it sound epic.
This man said Dung Eater and made it sound like I am gonna meet a God so. Yeah absolutely the GOAT so far
@Source Dasher what a sad existence you have 😒
@Source Dasher No, because you are a small-minded hipster who clearly knows nothing about Fromsoftware.
I find it interesting that the named characters we get don't seem to be the main bosses we'll fight but fellow tarnished, potential competitors to the title of Elden Lord. Just another little perspective shift of the Dark Souls formula.
Picked up on that little nugget as well, I love the idea that we are contending with others like us, gives us a sense of greatness in name along side them
This must be what they meant as there being other protagonists in the game
Recalls Demon's Souls, where it lists people who went into Boletaria in the opening cinematic
I clearly won't let a dung eater having such title !
It’s definitely a shift: before, in Lordran, Drangleic and Lothric, the fight was long-since over. The Undead and Ashen Ones had long since petered out in their various quests, the world winding down towards death…
But now? Now, the race has either just begun, or is still well underway. The Tarnished roam the lands in full force, and the hunt for the Great Runes, the Elden Ring, is on.
Who will become the Elden Lord?…well. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Let us introduce the great lords:
A mighty and imposing barbarian king
An abhorrent cursed mask
A mysterious and beautiful death lady
Larry, the weirdo that likes to eats shit
And finally, an undead knowledge god.
Month late but they're introducing the tarnished not great lords
@@RandomGeek12 tbh, that intense intro of the dung eater was legit. That guy is horrific lore-wise.
I like how there's two corpsefuckers in the lineup and one is very diplomatically referred to as "the deathbed companion" and the other's a shit-eating piece of shit
@@VVabsa bruh even not lore wise, the mf says he want to defile you whenever you talk to him. That's creepy enough for me😂
Fucking Larry man he always does this
to all those who say "spoilers!!!!!1!1!!!1!1"... its the intro, the first thing you see when the game starts. if that had spoilers for the story what would be the purpose of having the rest of the game?
It spoils it for the people that want to see the cutscene when they first play the game
Maybe not spoilers sure, but at least I can say I'd rather watch it the very first time I load the game.
@@Nazgul094 then don't open the video? 😂
@@pokey_tv669 I just clicked on it to drop a like, I opened it on my phone and it shows an ad before the video so I paused that.
@@Nazgul094 And then went on comments, which are likely to include actual spoilers.. sound logic.
The voice acting in this was stunning. 10/10 watching that was hype as fuck
"... and one other"
The chills, man
the Dung Eater upon reaching the sewer level: "Finally, some good fucking food!"
Lmao at this literally happening in the game
They probably have some more red tinged excrements in there
I like this style of intro, with painted illustrations that show something but not everything, very expressive but not overly revealing.
It's pretty cheap tbh, easier to make a slideshow with voice over compared to a proper directed cinematic, but hey.
@@shaolinhabibi I don't think so, there's a very "story/old fable" that can only be conveyed through illustrated paintings in books. I think that's what they're going for, the original cg trailer and story trailer shows us they can do it, and the illustration here are well made and would be hell to remake
@@shaolinhabibi they did plenty of CGI trailers, one of which could have already acted perfectly as intro cinematic... Do you really think they couldn't have done this one like that too?
@@igornaimoli7321 Oh, of course I think they could have, I think they just didn't want to invest resources for it. Obviously the fan base is used to not getting standard AAA stuff , so they can get away with it lol
I agree it's cheap. Didn't even though it was real at first, looks more a PowerPoint with a bunch of fanarts. Moreover, the style of the drawings isn't really consistent (that reinforces the idea of a bunch of fanarts). The voice actor is awesome though
People in this coments section be like: "oh, im gonna click this video called "Elden Ring opening cinematic", i can't even imagine what it would be... What !?!? Is the Elden Ring opening cinematic !!! Im mad !!!"
LOL tru mfs are idiots man i swear
Is there no cgi cinematic this time???
@@ranchmantubularspacesausag5709 there's a cgi one too but they skipped it in the stream today as not to spoil it for us
@@MK-vi2cm what do you mean ?
@@fenetre8825 during the redbull stream yesterday on youtube the guy they had for that part named tonton showed the intro we see here and got into a fight and died. After he died he immediately skipped the cutscene that plays afterwards and said it was a spoiler. So don't worry we will get our cgi cutscene probably
This is a little too good. My timbers have been shivered.
it really was...
It’s not good at all the worst intro we ever had
@@Ma1q444 low quality bait
@@Ma1q444 worst mistake your parents ever made was you, so im not sure why youre talking shit on the intro
😂😂😂
Even with everything else going on in this game, the very first improvement I noticed, the one thay stood out the most to me, was with the dialogue and voice acting. FromSoft seem to really have stepped up their game with how they present their characters, no doubt carried over from their experience with Sekiro. Listening to this intro just reaffirms that feeling so much. This narrator managed to make a character called "Loathsome Dung-Eater" sound like some epic awesome figure I can't wait to meet.
Freaking epic ngl
The voice acting in FromSoft’s games has always been pretty good but the VA for the opening cutscene went hard.
The intros pretty much always had impeccable VA, I don't see how this one is any better than DS1's, DeS's or DS3's.
Like yeah it goes more banana towards the end, but that's just a question of what is being acted, not a difference in the acting quality.
@@nathanjora7627 someone in other video's comment section pointed out how the VA for intros of Fromsoft's previous games has always sounds like someone who's just narrating the background story from the outside, i.e as if reading a storybook to an audience. Whereas the VA for ER sounds like someone who's genuinely lived to tell the tale of that world, as if it's their own personal experience, and the dialogue lines reinforced this ("In our home, across the fog, the Lands Between").
@@nigrum_angelum6655 I don't think I'd agree with that necessarily, and also I don't think that it'd make the VA better.
I think that if you take for example DS3's intro, then sure the narrator doesn't sound like he has much stake in the world, but if you take the intro to DS2, then it clearly sounds like the woman speaking has witnessed all the horror she's telling you to prepare for (regardless of whether or not what she says is all that good), and laughing her ass off because she knows you aren't cut for it, most likely, and in DeS it's the same, the narrator very much sounds like she's fearing for the future of the world.
czcams.com/video/m-zsuW6aSTA/video.html
Hopefully youtube won't delete that comment just because there's a link, I'm just posting it because goddamn, I love that intro, possibly my favourite of all.
This is very interesting.
Unlike Dark Souls, the intro name other Tarnished that is coming back to The Lands Between and NOT the demigods (like Godrick). Also, godtier voice over... full goosebumps on ARISE NOW, EYE TARNISHED.
Yeah I was wondering if the tarnished they showed in this video will the be mini bosses? Or will they be allies? I can see the loathsome dung eater being a solair esque character
@@HalcyonEX From has repeatedly said that Elden Ring will be filled with NPCs who act as sort of "protagonists who aren't the player's protagonist." I think that's what these five Tarnished are, among others. They're famous figures among the Tarnished who we will probably meet and who will have already made some attempts at becoming the Elden Lord and either failed or for whatever reason stopped trying. Presumably they'll have their own reasons for abandoning the quest, which may or may not sway our opinions on the correct path through the game depending on what they say and the context surrounding it.
@@quintonhoffert6526 that sounds awesome man the dung eater reminds me of the dung defender from hollow knight I hope he is friendly and cool like others on older games
It's similar to Demon's Souls. It named the prominent figures that broke into Boletaria instead of the Archdemon, saved for one with both roles
@@HalcyonEX Considering he's referred to as "loathsome" I expect him to be more like Aldritch tbh, but wouldn't mind being pleasantly surprised.
My favorite moments was when he said "Arise now, ye Tarnished" and "The ever-brilliant Goldmask". The dude went all out.
"ARISE!! YE TARNISHED!!! YE DEAD, WHO YET LIVE!!!"
Shakes me in my bones everytime...
"Loathsome dung eater" Lmao
that character interests me the most, what is his deal?
can't wait to find out!
did you notice the solaire like sun on his chest
He will be the toughest boss in the entire soulsborne frnachise
@@neb2385 yesss that's some lore since in one of vaati videos he says "it was solaire who painted the symbol but it wasn't his symbol" that can mean it has something to do with this person although idk the games are different and elden ring is completely different than ds1/ds3
Swamp boss
I’d rather not watch this so I can experience it for the first time when I play, but I’ll still give it a like for the yt algorithm
Same, take my algorithm boost
Read this comment, agreed, then went to like as well only to realize that I subconsciously pressed the like button already due to my sheer love for Elden Rings.
See you in five days
same lol
Same gang, i love this game already lol
I feel a disturbance in the force, as if millions of voices cried in joy, and many tarnished graves became empty.
We will rise in six days.
Nay friend we rise in three
Who could have imagined there would be this many cool characters on the tarnish side?
FromSoftware has kept this under wraps.
It reminds me of how Game of Thrones was made more profound by the daenerys presence.
they could be competitors and potential bosses
Those are probably the same as the lords of cinder in dark souls 3. I mean, one of those tarnished in the video is called the dung eater. Do we really want that on our side?
@@smellybearc7411 Oh, I meant to say "the tainted side" in the sense of a group, not an ally.
The tv series was trash lmao. Ruined the books' story...
Clicked with the intention of watching then read the comments saying to stay strong. Thank you fellow wretches
I can already see it in my mind: We will be remembering and talking about this game and the hype leading to its launch when we're old considering this as an alltime classic! Mark my words
I just realized all the Tarnished he's naming are dead. So like us they came back to life.
Holy crap, this cinematic keeps hitting harder and harder the further you progress into the game and understand the lore!
Hesitated briefly, but caved quickly. No regrets. Arise, fellow tarnished! We're almost there!
My man went straight McBeth during the second act.
Talk about commitment to your craft...
I love everyone gets epic music and named. And when it's get to you he's basically like. "O and this guy"
This is one of the best experiences I've had in a long time
The loathsome Dung Eater completely overshadowed Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing
When your best man is drunk at the wedding with the mic and proceeds to express how he really feels about everyone.
I came back to this just to hear that stellar voice acting again
Speculation: Hoarah Loux, chieftain of the badlands reminds me a lot of Godfrey (The axe guy with the lion that was the first elden lord). Theres also lore that says that Godfrey eventually became tarnished.
Maybe this two character are related in some way. Maybe Hoarah has Godfrey's lion-spirit stand, or maybe Hoarah is a descendant of Godfrey. Or who knows, maybe they are the same person or something like that.
If you want to know for sure let me know and I'll tell you atleast what happend and where Godfrey is now
I think they are the same person. Look at the way the guy is built and his hair. Also the giant white Lion. I won't be suprised if this is actually Godfrey.
@@FromsoftgoatKaj Also notice one bit of his hair is braided, similar to.....
@@HalcyonEX I’d like to know this!
@@danielbishop2480 Hoarah Lou is Godfrey after he became tarnished and was called back to the lands between he tried building his own army to become elden lord again but ge failed as the greater will abandoned him he now resides in the round table hold as our blacksmith as a prisoner to whatever demi God imprisoned him there but he doesn't mind it because he Is helping other tarnished achieve a goal he know he can never do again
It's fun to rewatch this after you've gone through the game, met and interacted with these characters, especially the ones name dropped at the end. Can kinda get lost/forgotten for some of em (probably nobody forgot bout Dung Eater) once you get sucked into the game, exploring and doing everything and wind up with a ton of hours into it.
Bloody awesome game though, my fav from FromSoft.
Jeez, this guy is doing voiceover as if his life depended on it :-D Lower the gun, Miyazaki, this dude is doing fine as hell!
“The loathsome Dung eater!”
i dont know if anyone noticed but in the grave of sir gideon there are ears everywhere.
Grant us ears
I'm most interested in the Lothesome Dung Eater. From his art in the cinematic, it does not seem like a title he chose. He seems heretical. But why? They not only publicly executed him, hid his real identity, but also character assassinated him. Why?
Very good observation. Excited to learn more about them all.
Very interested in him as well. That artwork made me very curious. Fia also seems interesting.
This!
i've seen this for the first time in-game and got goosebumps. a just have to watch it again
I like how similar to Demon's Souls it is. Instead of naming the demigods it names the legendary tarnished who went to the Lands Between, just like how Demon Souls names the heroes who ventured into Boletaria.
Fia, the Deathbed Companion.......who seems to sleep with corpses. Some wonderfully twisted stuff here.
I can see it now, the one eyed lady that asks you to take her to the erdtree is a fragment of Queen Marika or a manifestation of the elden ring.
Holy crap it probably could be :|
2:28 I liked that they actually show the grace calling to the tarnished in all of the paintings.
I wanna see dungeater doing his thing in-game. That'll be a sight to see
He won't be attacking, he'll just be eating dung and poison himself to death.
Such an epic intro to a truly stunning game. Booting it up for the first time I was so hyped to dive in. Took me 12 hours to finally start making real progress in the game, I had to remap controls because I would tense up in combat click in the analog stick and cause the character to crouch. Then finding weapons that suited my style (I like daggers!) took a while but I eventually started making good strides. Ended up taking me 128 hours to complete. Worth every penny spent.
God damn this has me PUMPED! Gives me ENERGY! The other intros are depressing, but OMG THIS IS INSPIRATIONAL!
me: the.... the what?
Narrator: The dung eater
me: yeah but... the what?
Sometimes renown isn't earned for acts of nobility...
The dung eater.
The dung…fuuu
I was sad that the souls games ended but now we have the Elden Ring games that are definitely going to be masterpieces. I can’t wait for all the lore, the amazing music, etc.
just noticed marika changed to radagon
I just realized a few hours ago that I'm not getting the Loathsome spirit ashes this playthrough.
I'm not going to watch this, but I just wanted to tell all of you to stay strong! We can make it to Friday without spoilers. I believe in you all!
I can't, I've been watching all the videos because I'm not too worried about spoilers
Spoilers don't matter too much in a souls game tbh, Especially one like this
@@Zalgo-hr6qc no spoilers here, From literally want you to know all of this before you start playing the game.
Keep on struggling everyone!!!
My last two braincells fighting over if i should watch this or not
The pain man.
Bro this opening is the closest to Demons Souls with how it sets up it's story and your motivations, love the fact that all these legends get revived and then you as well, wonder if that means there's something special about you that you won't be privy to at the start?
If someone had told me that there was a perfect mix between Berserk and Lord of the Rings/Silmarilion, I would've laughed in his face. But here we are.
Was gonna hold off on watching it but saw it during the Red Bull stream. Oh boy, this looks like it’s gonna be a journey to remember
I wasn’t gonna watch it then I realized it’s the first thing in the game so, idrc it’s not like it’s really gonna spoil anything but, man that voice actor has a powerful voice
It's fascinating to me that this cutscene follows, not the template of a Dark Souls Opening Monologue, but reminds me very much of the intro to Demon's Souls. It's constructed of what looks like concept art, just like DeS' was, and it articulates both (1) the state of the world and how it got that way in fairly clear terms (as opposed to DaS which is much more mythological and obscure in its worldbuilding), and (2) names many of the heroes and warriors who "traversed the baneful fog" to enter Boletaria in search of Demons' Souls. Like... this trailer just SCREAMS DeS to me in so many lovely ways, and that makes me profoundly excited. I really hope From returns to explore some Demons' Souls-y vibes and ideas with Elden Ring! It's still my favorite Souls Game by far.
Narrator needs a raise! Dude has me already pumped up! Let’s go!!
Wait. I know what Gideon's goal is.
Grant him ears. Grant him ears! ... He fekkin' needs to rank up in the Darkmoon.
Glad to see the tradition of Fromsoftware showing the most badass beings we have ever seen... and then make us play as the most pathetic person in the setting.
It makes the ending all the more satisfying.
The player character is somehow more pathetic than a guy hanging from his neck called “The Dung Eater”.
And we end up being the badass mofos at the end of the game.
@@TheArchworks He is the biggest chad
Two years later this sequence still hits just as hard and has me pumped to try another character another build and a new play path way every time I hear it
this is just a masterpiece
This intro has so many demons souls vives
Yeah this feels like if Demon's Souls and Dark Souls had a baby. Walking through a vast fog to a cursed land . . . Boletaria much? Gods and Demigods fighting over the last bits of power . . . Lordran much?
Title : opening cinematic
Alternative title : FromSoft flexing their artworks
The voice actor is on point
I have clicked this video three times debating whether or not to watch it, but here’s a like for the algorithm regardless of what I end up doing
I CANT STOP WATCHING IT!! ITS SO GOOD!!
This brought up a big question for me: from where is the Tarnished crossing over to the lands between? In one sense it’s a metaphor for us, the player, crossing into the world of the game but I am curious where our character comes from.
One of my theories is that "The Lands Between" is between the corporeal world and the spirit world aka between life and death, easily explains the abundance of spirits in the lore. It's gotta be heavily metaphorical as well..
There's is a possible answer in the leaked early concept map's bottom left. For those interested google it, I'm not gonna spoil it here.
iirc some part of the trailer, other than tarnished we are also called "the dead who is yet to live" so I guess that might give some idea
I suspect the proper answer to "where the player character comes from" will be left open-ended so as to not force an interpretation of our own character on us.
@@SpaceDrake maybe, but from the trailer it’s clear that they aren’t from limgrave or the lands between. At least not directly. Possibly the other tarnished aren’t either. Something I’ve noticed recently is that every character class (with one possible exception) is either an outcast, an exile, an outlaw, or explicitly a foreigner to Limgrave, where the game begins.
"The LOATHSOME Dung Eater" is a line that goes so damn hard
"The Loathsome Dung Eater"
Sounds so funny but this narrator got me hyped up for a literal scatologist
This man went harder on this narration than anything in the game did on us
Tag yourself, I’m the loathsome dung eater
This gives me demon's souls vibes and I absolutely love it
Ah man, this really hurts, really want to watch this. God, Rata you're evil for tempting me so.
Want to be spoiler free? Then earn it. 😈
We got:
a barbarian king, who's also the first elden lord and first tarnished
A guy with a mask (he's famous)
A girl who hugs you and punish you for hugging her
A guy who eat shit
A guy that knows everything
And some random dude
That ending is reminiscent of the furtive Pygmy scene in the ds1 cinematic. Maybe we are playing the role of a Pygmy in Elden ring. Just like how the Pygmy got the dark souls maybe we’re getting the ring.
I don't know about you guys, but i'm curious to see who this loathsome Dung Eater in game.
same
I think everyone's probably most curious about him. Out of fearless warriors and compassionate souls, there's.....an ugly, lumpy guy whose most notable trait is he eats caca. He's got to be the most interesting out of them all.
Plot twist, the dung eater is the main character. The Tarnished of no renown is just some guy who gets killed by a crab early in the story.
For the first time I realize "eat shit" can sound really awesome
We've already seen two of those characters. Horoux loux looks to be godfrey and sir gideon looks like that guy reading the books in the summer games fest trailer
I 100% agree for Gideon, blatant
Hoarah Loux IS Godfrey
Definitely my favourite intro
I love how Ranni was never mentioned in this as she’s a big part of the game but still is able to be ignored in something like this
Everything in this goes hard.
"Dung eater" please not another boss that throws literal shit at us
"Getto out of my swampu!" - Miyazaki, probably.
RATATOSKR PULLIN THROUGH LESGO!! SPOILER ENJOYERS RISE UP
God I love this game so much
To the people complaining about spoilers:
*you literally decided to click on a video called "Elden Ring Opening Cinematic" which obviously would contain spoilers you silly gooses*
These ppl will be playing the game eyes closed to avoid spoilers
Actually like the story book presentation of this opening. The narrator reals sells it though. Just a glimpse of the madness of the setting.
Guys, congratulate me. I didn't watch this video. I'm still going strong avoiding spoilers. And also pray for me.
"The mad taint of their newfound strength triggered the shattering" doesn't get enough credit. I heard that in-game for the first time and KNEW this game was gonna slap, and God damn. It does.
I think Sir Gideon appeared in the first gameplay trailer, the guy who was reading a book, with a couple ears on him helmet. Probably he's called the all-knowing because of this, "he hears everything", or something.
Is interesting that in the past games the opening cinematic presented the major bosses, and this one is introducing major NPC’s it seems
@@marcoasierrabernal4893 yeah, that's quite odd. These NPCs probably gonna play a major role in this game. But probably most the Demi-Gods appeared in this trailer as well, the StoryTeller/Snow Witch is the first to appear when the narrator talk about the demigods so probably she's also Marika's daughter; i just hope she's not a boss, I don't want to kill her, I'd like to have her as a Firekeeper if possible. (Actually, by the way she talk to us/The Tarnished in the second cinematic trailer, telling us to become the elden lord, she's our ally, or at least she have some plan/use for the Tarnished.
dug eater?
Man, imagine walking into the round table and this dude's there and say," hey, I eat shit, what about you? "....actually, " I eatth thouh shitth, whath abouth you'th?
Epic opening! already preordered it on steam. cant wait anymore. for me all the souls game has always a touch of lord of the rings. love it!
I've been called, and I'm walking back to the lands between. ETA: 4 days 21 hours.
A much more celt ancient Northern vibe, although i dont like how the narrator kinda just said some cryptic stuff with a few key words like 100 times, it feels like this story will be a bit more directed at you and put in your face as opposed to the usual
Marika could be the female blacksmith in the first trailer, from the looks at least
Yeah I was just rewatching a bit of everything and I came to the same conclusion, but from this opening only just compare the woman hammering at 0:12 to the Marika artwork at 0:50 and it even seems... kinda blatant ?
Out of all the things this has sold me