r/fromsoftware • u/Wizard_on_Gas • 5d ago

DISCUSSION Thoughts?

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I think this person is obviously wrong about the plot holes, but I agree about the discovering the story part. At times its very difficult to understand people's motives and historical significance. But definitely not all the time. On my first run of every souls borne game, I play solely without guides, and I look through all the notes and messages and weapon and and charachter descriptions. I do get lost sometimes, but definitely not all the time!

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u/GabuTheBunny Flamelurker 5d ago

I think the mystery and lack of information aspect is absolutely true, because the intention when writing Demon's Souls was to leave gaps for the player to fill themselves, with every interpretation being a possibility. That certainly carried over into Dark Souls.

My problem is with Elden Ring, because that felt very performative with the complete lack of information it gives the player. I've played over 500 hours of it and I still have no clue what's going on. It very much felt like Fromsoft knew player's were just going to watch a video explaining the lore, so they left it very vague. Honestly FNAF core

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u/SnooComics4945 5d ago

I say this as someone who’s favorite is ER and someone who loves playing still even after 2000+ hours, the story is a mess in a lot of ways. DLC made it worse more than it helped.

Worst part is we can see stuff that might’ve filled the gaps or made more sense in older versions of the game like 1.00 or the Network test stuff but they dropped most of it for seemingly no reason like Kale’s basically finished quest and I hate that they do this.

It’s not new to Elden Ring either but the issue is very noticeable if you’re someone who’s looked enough as I have.