This is by far the best Elden Ring lore video. Covers the story enough so you can understand it and the importance of each of the major characters without needing to devote hours of time watching a video. Thanks!
@MasonMcLeodFilms7 ай бұрын
I think the whole lore would be a lot easier to understand if George RR Martin didn’t name every single character after his own initials
@415bean3 ай бұрын
Jesus. I should have noticed lol
@abefroman812 жыл бұрын
I played through the entire game and watched this video and I still don't have a damn clue as to what's going on in this game. But man, it was a great game.
@SgtMars2 жыл бұрын
REEEEEEEEEEEE. 🥴
@oliverkoi2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the story is pretty meh but man the gameplay! ❤️
@snackss_2 жыл бұрын
@Charles Wetherspoon love all the normies playing their first FS game not realizing they have to be able to read and understand subtext to see the whole picture 😂
@arif84342 жыл бұрын
@@snackss_ praise the elitist... now go back to your room and play some more souls game
@maverick_edc40142 жыл бұрын
I know right lmao I thought I was the only one confused even after watching the video
@EddieDubs2 жыл бұрын
Baffled by how few views this video has relative to the other Elden Ring lore explanations. This is easily the best I've found.
@ArthurMorgan-x2oАй бұрын
He barley explained anything then concluded by saying he's not even going to bother explaining any of the endings either... Get your tongue out his ass 😒
@maxclardy56962 жыл бұрын
God bless you bro, I'm doing a school project on Elden Ring, and part of it was explaing the plot of the game. This video allowed me to keep my plot explanation as simple as possible (although still quite long lmao). Thanks so much!
@nekkrofear2 ай бұрын
So how was it? 😊
@lordtrinen22492 жыл бұрын
Good summary. Thanks for sharing. Still have a lot of lingering questions though. For example, you say Marika shattered the Elden Ring in defiance of the Greater Will while Radagon tried to restore it, implying that he is still loyal to the Greater Will. As a Tarnished, you've been tasked by the Greater Will to restore the Elden Ring. Why would Radagon and the Elden Beast fight such a person? I would think Marika would fight you instead.
@Andy-qf1kc2 жыл бұрын
Marika is the one who awakens you with her grace. She is still a god and trapped in the tree and still has influence. You are to get the Elden ring and be Elden Lord for her. Though your character decides the fate of the Elden ring. Thing of the Elden ring like a more complex infinity gauntlet sent to earth by the greater will and controls aspects of reality
@alexharrison2743 Жыл бұрын
@@Andy-qf1kc I don't think this is supported by any lore as far as I know, but I always headcanon Melina as an aspect of Marika's consciousness that has managed to escape being bound within the Erdtree. Hence her being able to have the runes you find/gather strengthen you, is non-corporeal, and is willing to burn the Erdtree
@sonofkabisch10 ай бұрын
@@alexharrison2743 This actually makes a lot of sense.
@alexharrison274310 ай бұрын
@@sonofkabisch thank you, I was very happy with it as headcanon as I went through
@kemperlake41052 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your video! I’ve seen other lore/story videos but they are often 30-40 minutes and so full of details that it is hard to put all the pieces together. I wish I had watched this video first as now I feel like I have the big picture and can handle diving into the details!
@Pierce-qp5ex7 ай бұрын
One of the best youtube videos i've ever watched, I thoughly enjoyed this.
@141902862 жыл бұрын
What I’m trying to figure out is how would somebody even learn all this. Unless I’m just absolutely oblivious to what happened in game, i don’t recall any sort of story being told..
@alexharrison2743 Жыл бұрын
I imagine you might have figured out the answer to your question by now, but it's from all the item descriptions and tiny bits of dialogue. You have to go into conspiracy theorist-levels of effort to lay out and connect all the threads in these games...
@darkandedgy14579 ай бұрын
@@alexharrison2743yeah but this seem like alot, like a fk ton just to have in item descriptions. Like they couldn't of used more npc, time travel, cutscenes, or etc. Like they water hose you at the beginning and really don't elaborate much as else, even the darksouls games I pretty much had an understanding of who I was, what my goal was, and who most these dudes I was killing were and why I was killing them.
@alexharrison27439 ай бұрын
@@darkandedgy1457 not to boast but I didn't really have much issue with keeping an idea of who each person was/how they fit into the overall lore. I too prefer my storytelling to be more clear, but this has become FromSoft's USP, people don't(/shouldn't) really go to FS games for story-driven games, they come for the combat, design, and atmosphere.
@slimboybean8824 ай бұрын
The items you pick up in the game have snippets of lore, it's up to you to piece it all together
@liiltantrum27 күн бұрын
Been playing this on and off since it came out and ive been completely clueless as to whats going on. None of those 1 hour video essays made any sense to me either. This was straight to the point and you simplified it all so well. Nice vid bro underrated asf.
@thelennon07 Жыл бұрын
Best explanation of the ER story yet...great job! 👍
@alexnostalgix2 жыл бұрын
Holy shit thanks for this with Straight forward approach, great audio and easy to follow makes this my favorite thus far :)
@Maceyoshiman Жыл бұрын
After studying the lore for a few hours to get a solid grip on it, I can conclude this this the best summary of the plot on KZbin.
@alexharrison2743 Жыл бұрын
I spent a good few hours way back 9 months ago when I first finished the game, trying to make sense of Elden Ring's plot, and deciding which unknown bits to headcanon and how. My girlfriend now wants to play Elden Ring and will surely have lots of questions, so I'm refreshing myself on the lore and story explanation. This video beats any others out there hands down - it's chronological, it's clear, and manages to condense the ridiculous amount of lore down to that which is actually necessary and plot-relevant (goodbye crucible knight jargon)! Knowing which bits of lore to bother with and which aren't necessary or plot-relevant must have taken so long, so thank you NGN!
@iscariotpaladin53632 жыл бұрын
Great video honestly wasn’t expecting an elden ring story video from you.
@michaelbugner7011 Жыл бұрын
I watched a 1 and a half hour video of the timeline of all the lore and still felt like I didn't understand any of it. This made much more sense.
@dannyshroyer57702 жыл бұрын
I haven't played in months, but now with actual good context and having more of an idea of purpose really gets me hyped to jump back in. Jumping back in as soon as I'm done with work today 💯💯
@novalfye0072 жыл бұрын
Almost rage quitting the game after 4 hours. Stopped playing for a month. The first advice i followed is “just explore and do what you want”. But started playing again and watch some videos to improve my build. Now 40 hours in game and just killed godfrey and morgot in one try. Already feeling sad if the game finishes
@kingboss244 ай бұрын
Are you back for dlc
@novalfye0073 ай бұрын
@@kingboss24 hell yeah. Now familiarising with the controls again after more than a year stopped playing.
@DailyContent320Ай бұрын
What build did you go for?
@dhLotan2 жыл бұрын
I love the lore jump of "the burning of the tree was enough to have the tarnished hero transported to a region called Crumbling Farum Azula". That's a very generous way of saying "they just started teleporting you around and it makes little sense." And where was Godfrey this entire time - a tarnish who was still exiled, I presume. Why go back and fight for or defend the order that booted you out? Also, if you're there to repair the ring, wouldn't that be what the Elden Beast wants? I thought Elden Beast was the representation of the greater will, and the greater will is who trapped Marika & Radagon inside the Erdtree. I don't fully understand why it fights you (lore wise...).
@taetum-ralphaelpousoo81122 жыл бұрын
Wasnt it cause all the elden beast wanted the shards of the elden ring to themselves. (im not really sure this is just what i remember)
@maxregni92292 жыл бұрын
Yes! Thank you I’m on my third playthrough and I still don’t understand a lot of the lore
@sheikandstitch Жыл бұрын
This was the best and easiest explanation I've heard so far
@Ricorevenge8 ай бұрын
I just recently went back to Elden Ring for multiple ending playthroughs before the DLC launches. Your approach to ANY game (Elden Ring, The Division, ETC) Makes me enjoy your content all the more.
@rr21095 ай бұрын
tl;dr Saurons ring shattered and all his kids got pieces of it but refused to work together to repair it to become the new sauron so you as main character kill them all for their shard and become sauron.
@bolt6572 Жыл бұрын
This is better than the longer lore videos
@StraightOutThaGudda4U2 жыл бұрын
The lore in this game seems really damm good I love it! I don't have this game as yet but hopefully one day I can, been watching a lot of vids on it so I kinda have an idea of it but not lore wise so please continue to do more lore vids on it and hopefully you can do an all endings explanation when the time is right, another great video mate!
@crustyroach69212 жыл бұрын
Oh boy dont have elden ring yet!? Save them Penny's and it will be the best bang for your buck. Plenty of game for 60$
@StraightOutThaGudda4U2 жыл бұрын
@@crustyroach6921 haha I'm trying to man! I bet it's worth it all and I can't wait
@paulr52992 жыл бұрын
It's probably the best game ever made. Highly recommended!
@furtalance_x2 жыл бұрын
Great. Im just as confused as i was at the begining of the video lol
@xdmztryvsvedine27732 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro. I just bought the game a few days ago and it’s hard for me to remember all the new characters I meet and what their job/significance is. Wish we could see what it was like when the ruined cities and towns were filled with life and regular people.
@rihan__64282 жыл бұрын
Yes, now this is good. Best story teller of lores by NGN !!!
@GRIMM21977 ай бұрын
I actually had to take notes during this lmao. This was the most concise video covering this topic I’ve come across. THANK YOU ❤
@xSinn3Dx2 жыл бұрын
I got the platinum last night and this game is one of the best games I have played in my life.
@ItsAPotterParty Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this one- super easy to understand
@y0ungapprentice3 ай бұрын
Thank you for making such a great video it had EXACTLY EVERYTHING I wanted to know and it wasn’t a movie long😁
@cereskerrigan2 жыл бұрын
Yoo, my favorite channel posting elden ring? Do more vids about this masterpiece!
@the_solo_ghost_25 күн бұрын
The "Pushed to the Brink" part of this video makes its sound like Marika and Radagon were two separate beings, but once the "Greater Will" imprisoned them they combined. Marika was also destroying the Elden Ring while Radagon was trying to fix it. By the time our tarnished burns the tree and goes through Marika has complete control because Radagon attacks you even though he was doing the same thing our tarnished was sent to do which is fixing the Elden Ring so Radagon would have had no reason to attack the tarnished.
@alexharrison2743 Жыл бұрын
I spent a good few hours way back 9 months ago when I first finished the game, trying to make sense of Elden Ring's plot, and deciding which unknown bits to headcanon and how. My girlfriend now wants to play Elden Ring and will surely have lots of questions, so I'm refreshing myself on the lore and story explanation. This video beats any others out there hands down - it's chronological, it's clear, and manages to condense the ridiculous amount of lore down to that which is actually necessary and plot-relevant (goodbye crucible knight jargon)! Knowing which bits of lore to bother with and which aren't necessary or plot-relevant must have taken so long, so thank you NGN!
@grandmasterpengu Жыл бұрын
Hi there, this is my first video watching of yours and it was awesome. Thank you so much for making this even if I am a year late hahaha. I'm looking forward to seeing more videos and see your growth. CHEERS brother! (Also you should consider being a audio book reader ❤)
@ClownnStreaming2 жыл бұрын
There is a way where you can save Melina from turning into a marshmallow as well. One of the secret endings
@Yawnz22 жыл бұрын
Oooo NGN on that Elden Ring content?! Awesome! Listening to this at work right now 😂👍🏿 thanks man!
@pggalantd Жыл бұрын
Imagine if this game had more dialog with npc's, a journal and character index. It could have helped carry the story so much better.
@pggalantd Жыл бұрын
@@Lakrimoz Nah its just bad story telling.
@Lakrimoz Жыл бұрын
@@pggalantd LOL sure thing bud - why don't you write an strongly worded email to FromSoftware. I'm sure they'll take you about as seriously as I do - right after they've done counting the millions they've made from the franchise.
@pggalantd Жыл бұрын
@@Lakrimoz Someone's triggered
@Lakrimoz Жыл бұрын
@@pggalantd Nice one - makes sense your retorts are as lazy as your effort to play the game as intended.
@VoidCraftGaming2 жыл бұрын
I have a head cannon that every one of these types of games are connected in some way be it from a different point in time on a different land or some type of dimension/ realm.
@icalculi2 жыл бұрын
where do the "fingers" fits in the story?
@erwinvandooren10752 жыл бұрын
Glad he cleared that up...
@thatcanadianbacon48252 жыл бұрын
Thanks, man play through the game 5 times and still don’t know what’s going on lmao.
@rj20745 ай бұрын
Great video
@Wifgargfhaurh Жыл бұрын
I heard somewhere that Melina was the third child of Marika and Radagon, and that the three types of butterflies you can find in the game represent the three siblings.
@nicholasbalsamo7685 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video thank you very much!
@AgentKryos2 жыл бұрын
yaay, awesome vid! first the divsion 2 manhunts, now this? your killing it man!
@quincybenwood53312 ай бұрын
Bro all this lore for a game...need to play it now
@raph7650 Жыл бұрын
best summary of the game ever
@sonofkabisch10 ай бұрын
It seems very odd that the same greater will that bestows you with the grace to become elden lord also bars you from repairing the ring it through the elden beast and erdtree thorns.
@arcticridge6 ай бұрын
I liked the part where you didn't tell me to subscribe because you were going to all the important things in other videos like all the other youtubers did.
@Arcademan092 жыл бұрын
I fucked up and accept activated the Frenzy Chaos ending. Luckily I also just happened to do a huge majority of the questline that lets you reverse it
@ieatcaribou78522 жыл бұрын
It was explained great but I’m still utterly confused.
@sang41922 жыл бұрын
Well said. Thanks
@valandil7454 Жыл бұрын
When you explain it like that it makes more sense at least, still very thin and featureless, better than the explaination the game gives you that leaves you going "who and what am I supposed to be?" and "why do I have to do this?" I think the majority of players literally just like hitting things...but it does get boring very quickly 😒
@lawrences6869 Жыл бұрын
Radagon Rizzler
@iankinsella65494 ай бұрын
very well explained, finally get it (kind of)
@Sols6982 жыл бұрын
Bless you sir🙂
@jimbokilo3 ай бұрын
6 endings... I dont recall ever making any choices so far lol.
@patricksomerville7382 жыл бұрын
Well done
@turkey52972 жыл бұрын
Nice you actually covers the lord! I love this game even though I’m getting 2 shot by a fat guy rolling on me, I hope you continue to do lore on this game.
@pchang08292 жыл бұрын
great summary, would be great if you had subtitles.
@SENATORPAIN12 ай бұрын
The fact we are supposed to believe any of these beasts are supposed to be children of the same parents is why this story doesn't matter.
@mattkitchen31192 жыл бұрын
Overall, great video. A few questions that I've been wondering. How did Marika give Malekath the rune of death before the Elden Ring was shattered? And how does Ranni steal just a shard of this rune? If Marika and Radagon are the same person by this point, why would Marika shatter the Ring and then Radagon immediately try to repair it?
@natejohnson30162 жыл бұрын
Marika, Radagon, and the Elden Beast are at least a loosely formed analogy to the Christian Holy Trinity. They share a spirit/soul but are individuals with their own motivations.
@totalm1285 Жыл бұрын
kinda late but whatever hope it helps 1/2) marika basically took a piece from the whole elden ring. let's stay I have a picture made of many images, I can take out one of these images without destroying the whole picture, although it being altered, which is how marika took out the rune of death from the bigger rune that is the elden ring, instead, she later destroyed the whole picture. as for ranni, the she took one piece of the images that create the picture, basically a piece of a piece. 3) marika and radagon are two absolutely individual entities, you can see this very obviously but radagon personality, such as his passion for knowledge or how he actually loved rennala (golden order greatsword), making them fight during the shatter.
@Micah__ Жыл бұрын
My lack of a brain brought me here.
@drexelspivey8725 ай бұрын
No way you can convince me you get this story. I think it’s as muddled, convoluted and up to perception as possible to be a reflection of the worlds take on religion and how many holes there are in each one
@tdre3333 ай бұрын
I’m literally 3 main bosses away from the end🙃 someone please send good energy my way so I can complete this bs
@thanevakarian97622 жыл бұрын
Literally at the last 2 bosses…. Got the second of them down to a few hits know I can beat it, but man the pacing of this game towards the end just dragged on, the annoyance of having to travel from the sites to the boss room beat the one boss which I know I can do every time but hopefully not waste items etc etc point is they could have chopped 1/3 of this game and used the stakes of Marika so much better. Honestly don’t know if I’ll bother with beating it lol
@ghostsstarwars19292 жыл бұрын
Question can you do what happened to the JTF in division 2???????
@user-dz2hg5zv2k Жыл бұрын
Hey who's voice was on the intro
@levitating_genji_on_twitch Жыл бұрын
Melina
@fishermiller2 жыл бұрын
NGN why always so cool
@Ben-rx3km6 ай бұрын
Omg 6 endings? I just finish one only.😅
@NoInfoAvail2 жыл бұрын
Why would you wanna repair the Elden Ring? When it seems like some far of god, sent the Ring and its avatar / its minion to take over the world and enslave everyone into worshipping it.
@syronox53578 ай бұрын
Does this vid has spoilers for the game ?
@pyeitme5082 жыл бұрын
Cool
@deshawnpollard62012 жыл бұрын
I’m still lost
@khuetruong47674 ай бұрын
Audio too bassy, can't listen using a soundbar
@ajb75272 жыл бұрын
Why the hell didn’t the game explain any of this? Can’t believe I beat this and spent over 100 hours on it and didn’t learn any of this story. That’s bad video game design I’m sorry.
@saltystrawberries7009 Жыл бұрын
Is it tho you spent over 100 hours on it.Theres so many games I stop at 4 hours in. But souls games always end up getting at least a few hundred hours from me .Also every souls game has a hidden story and let's you piece it out if you want too. Some people simply just play through it.
@pggalantd Жыл бұрын
@@saltystrawberries7009 I have to agree with AJB. Everyone stuck the game out because of the actual Gameplay and exploration. The story design is terrible though. Definitely could have benefitted from a journal and character index.
@callmerays6845 ай бұрын
I swear these lore videos give me more questions than answers
@rustyshackelford986 Жыл бұрын
Talk about dysfunctional family
@TiagoMorbusSa7 ай бұрын
So the story of the elden ring is actually "just fight a bunch of bosses" gotcha
@crushyyog37623 ай бұрын
Still don't get it, but damn it was awesome.
@matttipton60092 жыл бұрын
I just got the platinum and after thought “What the hell actually happened?!” These games are all about building my character and overcoming. Thank you so much got this video as it filled in the many gaps I had!!!!
@Lkabss2 жыл бұрын
I really think that fromsofts storytelling is good, but its actual story always makes no damn sense. Just me?
@domnord88652 жыл бұрын
Nope, thats why were all here searching on KZbin trying to figure it out haha
@lanceelopezz2232 жыл бұрын
*Murdered Godwyn
@DylanWolfram149 ай бұрын
Oh yeah, this was definitely written by GRRM! 😂
@ScorpioRising2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see your take on the story behind Horizon Zero Dawn & Horizon Forbidden West.
@stephanematis2 жыл бұрын
Elden Ring FULL STORY -> copious amounts of drugs.
@SamRykerTV13 күн бұрын
Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro lore were masterpieces. Elden Ring’s is a tryhard mishmash of words that dont make sense of disparatw events that make sense. Like so what! No relatable lore characters, no clear factions… i still enjoyed the game thoroughly but the lore is just… flimsy and meaningless despite the number of vids ive watched
@denniscool62242 ай бұрын
Yeah the dlc made this video unimportant.
@liiltantrum27 күн бұрын
Chief.. I finally learned what the game is actually about. I've yet to catch up on DLC lore. This video was infact important lol.
@matthewdavis99667 ай бұрын
Mikwella 😂
@alvarob24439 ай бұрын
Why can they make a simple video with normal English, not trying to be epic or poetic, just strait to the point
@aaronkameric14193 ай бұрын
Who the fuck writes Fromsoft games. They’re on some shit.
@ryanluby73842 ай бұрын
Funny enough George R R Martin apparently wrote the lore for Elden Ring
@ThatHippyDuck4 ай бұрын
did AI make up this lore?
@Ragothor2 жыл бұрын
Good video, but man, take that bass out of your voice...or your mic ;)
@rossedwardmiller2 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna keep ignoring this stuff and just grind for runes Thanks
@NoInfoAvail2 жыл бұрын
Elden Ring: World Police. Featuring Murika! F#$K Yeah!
@beelzeszel5 ай бұрын
You know what filter KZbin doesnt have? A bull@#$^ Filter How the f am i suposed to pick the video whit the right story that covers everything If all titles say the same but the lenghts varies from 5min to 3h 😂
@PeterZeekeАй бұрын
this is bullshit. just tell me whats going on without making it sound like ye olde worlde
@kdubfromtheboot2 жыл бұрын
Murica
@vengeance892410 ай бұрын
good editing but like, this is honestly wack. Waaaaayyyy too much filler and bullcorn, too many characters that really don't matter. I was interested in Elden Ring until i learned about its lore. this shit put me to sleep