It's Tarnished! Elden Ring Initial Thoughts & Gameplay (ASMR)

A calm, relaxing analysis of the bad & good stuff (in that order) about From Software's video game Elden Ring, along with gameplay that highlights new features and other aspects. I forgot to mention Spirit Summoning in the video, which I feel is limited, though somewhat useful against difficult enemies and bosses. 00:00:00 Why I Made This Video 00:04:16 The Importance of Well Crafted Opening Cinematics 00:05:47 Demon's Souls Remake Opening Cinematic (Edited) 00:08:08 Dark Souls Remastered Opening Cinematic (Edited) 00:12:32 Dark Souls 2 Opening Cinematic (Edited) 00:15:09 Bloodbourne Opening Cinematic(Edited) 00:17:32 Dark Souls 3 Opening Cinematic (Edited) 00:20:16 Sekiro Opening Cinematic (Edited) 00:24:33 Elden Ring Opening Cinematic (Edited) 00:31:15 Climbing & Environment Interaction 00:33:27 Elden Ring Climbing & Environment Interaction 00:35:17 "It shouldn't be like other games" 00:36:00 Elden Ring Swimming & Underwater Environments 00:38:19 Other Games' Swimming & Underwater 00:41:39 Future Potential & Possibilities 00:43:49 Final Thoughts 00:45:30 The Positive Aspects of Elden Ring 00:47:04 Waypoints & Fast Travel 00:48:20 Torrent the Mount - Environment & Combat 00:52:00 Crafting 00:54:30 Throwing Items Is Still... Meh 00:55:48 Wildlife & Materials 00:56:44 Lighting & Color 00:58:00 Dynamic Sky (and weather?) 00:59:43 Trying To Stagger Enemies with Torrent 01:01:30 Limgrave Tunnels 01:02:44 That Sellia Crystal Tunnel Deathtrap 01:07:00 Dancing Trees 01:09:02 The Early Bosses I've Defeated 01:10:55 Reminiscent of the Anor Londo Archers 01:11:23 My Progress (as of this video) 01:11:50 Angry Birds 01:13:39 My Progress Part 2 01:16:20 Day & Night Gameplay Differences 01:20:09 Giants Pulling Carriage 01:21:29 Ending with Random Gameplay (No Speaking) Channel Playlists: https://www.youtube.com/c/EphemeralRift/playlists?view=1&sort=lad&flow=grid Listen to select audio works outside of YouTube: Spotify ► https://open.spotify.com/artist/6WJUD0ljiIwxmbEzpb4onm iTunes ► https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ephemeral-rift/602599265 Podcast Links: iTunes ► https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ephemeral-rift-podcast/id1559306449 Spotify ► https://open.spotify.com/show/0mRcmWpk4bwXG8786mUrPx Amazon ► https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9dd88d03-5d74-41a7-8f34-68080e0400ef/Ephemeral-Rift-Podcast Google ► https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9lcGhtZXJhbHJpZnRwb2RjYXN0LmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz Libsyn ► https://ephmeralriftpodcast.libsyn.com/ RSS ► https://ephmeralriftpodcast.libsyn.com/rss Website ► https://ephemeralrift.com Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/ephemeralrift