Godric the Golden and the Talking Pot: Highlights from the Elden Ring Show

Along with the demonstration, they also opened pre-orders.

On the evening of November 4th, Bandai Namco and From Software held their first long-term demo of Elden Ring gameplay. The developers showed a 15-minute snippet of gameplay, showcasing early locations and basic game mechanics.

Simultaneously with the start of the broadcast, pre-orders were accepted. The basic version of Elden Ring on PC costs 2499 rubles, on PlayStation – 4999 rubles. The deluxe edition additionally contains an artbook and soundtrack.

• Here’s what we learned during the broadcast:
• Scattered around the game world are places of grace, recognizable by the glow: here you can take a break.
• Sometimes grace emits rays of light hinting where to go.
• One of the characters in the game is a talking pot named Alexander.
• There is a map that you can put tags on. The map will have to be assembled in parts.

• Rays of grace found by the players appear on the map.
• Treasures are encountered from time to time in the game world.
• You can soar into the air astride your horse not at any point, but only near a spiritual source.
• There is a crafting system, we do not know anything about it: only the interface was shown.

• You can call on other players for help or fight with them in PvP. Players can invade your session.
• You can also call the spirits of killed opponents for help. There are a lot of spirits, you will have to experiment with them.
• Weapons have special attacks that can be changed.
• There are powerful blows. For example, attacking from above knocks enemies off balance.
• The dungeons also have treasures and bosses. Sometimes there are ghostly walls here.
• Dungeons consist of several levels, they can be passed in different ways.
• A character named Melina will help our hero become stronger.
• Some locations can be traversed in different ways. As a rule, the shortest path will be the most dangerous.
• One of the first bosses will be the ruler of Stormvale named Godric the Golden. He knows how to grow a paw that sprinkles everything around with fire.

Elden Ring will be released on PC and two generations of consoles on February 25, 2022.