George R.R. Martin's Elden Ring

[@blanketray6050]

It’s funny how much people laugh at the dung eater in the cutscene and then later finding out he’s literally one of the most evil and vicious characters in the entire game lmao.

[@hrnytinoker4146]

Mr. Goldenfold cant be that evil, right?

[@Nine-Oh-Five]

Oh he can

[@decorumlopez9147]

I wear his smelly pants now.

[@ates423]

This. That man is vile. I just let him out of his jail cell and I am so nervous what he’s about to do

[@fauxfirefur]

Man literally turns your soul into shit, and then eats it.

[@garretdyel]

so glad you made a video on this, i love playing this game when my wife goes out to see her boyfriend!

[@wh1spererz]

Idk why its weird but when you watch 2 youtubers so unrelated and they somehow end up on one page it gives you a weird reaction

[@Ghostsofnorway]

Your wife go to see her boyfriend wth

[@garretdyel]

@@Ghostsofnorway ask your dad about it

[@calvinyazzie3338]

@@wh1spererz I don't know who they are so I can't relate

[@chadking8767]

@@garretdyel ask your cancer ridden nephew custer

[@dblundz]

"finger but hole" Absolutely beautifully written George

[@musashisai185]

"Large Chest Ahead"

[@williamkline6450]

Try rump ahead

[@musashisai185]

Try Tounge But, hole.

[@UnLoCkeeD]

You Don't Have The Right, O You Don't Have The Right, O You Don't Have The Right, O You Don't Have The Right

[@ButtSolution]

I'm pretty sure he HAS written that. More than once.

[@daydreamiq]

"We're busting through this quick" - Words of a man who has no idea how much that game map lies to you

[@Metalton95]

"IT GOES THIS MUCH EAST?!" (Caelid) "IT GOES THIS MUCH WEST?!" (Liurnia's full scope) "IT GOES THIS MUCH NOOOORTH?!" (Leyendell) "IT GOES UNDERGROUND!?!?!" (Siofra & co.)

[@lmao_nope]

The map is UNBELIEVABLY massive for how jam-packed it is with meaningful content.

[@Supreme_Court.]

@@lmao_nope The Mountaintops of the Giants is a bit barren compared to the rest of the map, but I guess that's a lore thing too. Still could've added a couple more dungeons/caves

[@armaani11]

@@Supreme_Court. Give them a break. Its literally just one area that is relatively less populated. And you also just said that it has lore implications as well.

[@Grangolus]

@@lmao_nope Meaningful? Could you elaborate? I felt most exploration was in fact the opposite, and it was only justified by the few meaningful rewards, which served to be exhausting rather than exhilirating. Facing multiples of the same boss was tiring too.

[@bababo0oey297]

Sam: "nobody beats defenseless villagers like me" The united states military: "and I took that personally"

[@sg1fan933]

Update your jokes, US committing war crimes is SO pre-2022. Now its the Russian Federation Military

[@bababo0oey297]

@@sg1fan933 ehh. Watched some videos a few nights ago documenting some fucked up shit in Iraq. We were never held accountable. So it's still relevant.

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

We mostly avoided killing civilians. If we didn't, we would've just bombed every single one of their cities into dust and shot everything that moved. I know that's what US haters imagine we did, but they're dumb so that's to be expected. In reality, the terrorists hid and blended into the cities and the civilians and because the US couldn't just hellfire missile their buildings, they had to take their time instead and clear out buildings one at a time.

[@andreygusak]

@@bababo0oey297 i saw statistic that sad US military killed 13-14k of civilians durin Iraq war (7-8 years right?), and now russians killed around 1.5k civilians in a month.

[@basedmiscegenator7543]

@@andreygusak 160,000-700,000 civilians died directly (depending on the source, it's disputed heavily), the number of civilians dead from lack of infrastructure/medical care as a result of the war is unknown but estimated to be far higher, likely over a million

[@jesseroberts5728]

On one hand, I feel Sam is more Intune with The Loathsome Dung Eater, but in reality he's a Frenzy boi through and through. Let the world burn, baby!

[@TV---]

For Shabiri

[@ChokStik]

@@TV--- MAY CHAOS TAKE THE WORLDDDDD

[@cheftroyardee7982]

The way you phrased this implies that on your other hand is reality itself, and I find that very funny.

[@mildlyupset6011]

Sam likes to prey upon the weak, definitely a dung eater trait

[@jesseroberts5728]

@@mildlyupset6011 At first I thought so too with the intro and watching him defile those poor souls praying to the God's that abandoned them, but on a grander scale when he becomes their God, why hop it off to some shit eater? He knows he wants to plunder the world in absolute chaos. It's the long term plan I'm looking at.

[@cacklingcoyote4882]

I just wanted to let you know that as little as I respect you as a person, I will always respect you as a gamer. Which isn't much at all.

[@thomas6600]

dude you cant english

[@mahdiadib9295]

@@thomas6600 thats alot coming from a guy named dankdoge

[@cacklingcoyote4882]

@@thomas6600 that's what an American public education and a weed smoking habit back since middle school will do to you.

[@InfantShredder69]

@@mahdiadib9295 nah did this mf change his name from AK dank doge to Cackling Coyote 😭😭😭

[@MF-BOOF]

@@InfantShredder69 I found the illiterate guy

[@Okoii]

Ayy sam is playing Elden Ring. Time for the most unique and disturbed take on this game.

[@LuisLopez-sg2ib]

Man you got that right, holy fuck that intro.

[@worl6548]

Ya know in hindsight you following Sam makes a lotta sense

[@mikeskinner315]

After recently re-watching him, brian, and bizzle playing through dark souls 3 using the first person mod, I feel I can comfortably spoil the rest of this series - They do all the work while Sam sits back in a corner and maybe throws a semi useful spell out here and there lol.

[@Illsildur]

@@worl6548 In his 19 wolf rats video he name one of them "General Sam's fanbase". Was a nice easter egg lol

[@Scaevola9449]

As I watched the intro, a part of me genuinely wished it'd be half na hour of the villager psycho bit.

[@DoctorSess]

This really highlights Sam’s pathology… personally, I felt guilt and sympathy for attacking the defenseless villagers. Not so for Sam. He lives to inflict endless pain and suffering upon them, whereas I always kill the armed guard and attempt to liberate them.

[@patrickobrien6154]

No one cares

[@ghgjjjjhhui816]

Feeling guilt and sympathy for lines of code really highlights your pathology

[@BassThumb88]

@@ghgjjjjhhui816 it’s all fun and games until you realize that we’re all just lines of code man…

[@KTJMProductions]

Despite what the mouth breathers in your comments are saying right now, this is a common theory in game development and is why so few "villian" games exist, and the ones that do have to hide it in the story convolutedly like Dark Souls/Elden Ring and Destiny (i know right?)

[@gremlinman9724]

he does liberate them. he's freed them, given them endless purpose that they will always be able to fulfill. The purpose of suffering for the rest of time to entertain sam.

[@markoslicht6320]

When you’re 30 minutes into Elden Ring and chill and Sam says there’s gonna be a part 2.

[@rickky2000]

Me: 👀

[@RecordedMercury]

I can't fucking wait. I hope he finishes the game

[@raumerherr1057]

when you're 30

[@hope6840]

I am still waiting for the Kenshi sequel, young one. Don't get your hopes up

[@RecordedMercury]

@@hope6840 he did basically all there is to do with Kenishi tho lmao.

[@fungu4625]

With this being partly founded by the Great George R.R. Martin, Sam was incredibly disappointed to find out you couldn't rape in the game.

[@jonsno3688]

Lmao wtf !

[@InfantShredder69]

Who wouldn't be

[@JonSneau]

Or have an incestuous relationship lol

[@Alex-kd5xc]

Rape DLC incoming

[@beatman2359]

You can "Defile" Dung Eater

[@ewwpoorpeople5684]

I feel like Sam is a case study for what would happen if your brain had its insides and outsides swapped

[@Pre.C_King]

Uhm 0_o... Missed out on Biology class? XD

[@slimdok4028]

@@Pre.C_King uhm? owo OhwoOogA! XD

[@Pre.C_King]

@@slimdok4028 Ohw0gadal0gaziw0?

[@bensosnowski1128]

That made no sense haha

[@Cjoudan]

@@Pre.C_King I think he means the different parts of your brain.

[@SymonOnua]

The sheen of sweat from the excitement of subjugating the defenseless was a nice touch, Sam.

[@itohagan]

Bryan: gets kicked by the deer Sam: " you're like a kid at a petting zoo" 🤣

[@tylerkelley3400]

I didn’t even catch that😂

[@IckbobTheAwesome]

WOW YEAH HE SAID THAT IN THE VIDEO! THAT HAPPENED IN THE VIDEO! THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS IN CASE SOMEONE ENDED UP IN THE COMMENTS WITHOUT EVER THINKING ABOUT WATCHING THE VIDEO

[@itohagan]

@@IckbobTheAwesome lol the guys comment above yours literally said he missed it. It was my favorite part so wanted to share thanks tho

[@TenZen]

Meanwhile George R.R. Martin: *hysterically jumping on a trampoline naked*

[@bigz1289]

Omfg toothbrush my brain and eyes

[@strategicrager1891]

Nah he’s a bit busy trying to shit on everyone talking about Winds of Winter

[@udednow]

"Weiner, weiner weiner, weiner weiner, weiner weiner, weiner weeeeeeeeeeeen" -South Parks version of the GoT Theme

[@Slender_Man_186]

@@strategicrager1891 “I could make Winds of Winter... but nah, more Dunk and Egg, that’s clearly what everyone wants.” - GRR probably.

[@strategicrager1891]

@@Slender_Man_186 literally every KZbinr that covers game of thrones is just roasting him bout it and it brings tears to my eyes his confidence to not give a fuck ;-; truly a master of his legacy

[@jakeking974]

Ah, finally an Elden Ring video I can watch (I can't afford it, so I'm avoiding spoilers as much as possible) because I know there's no way I'll actually learn anything useful from Sam playing a Souls-game.

[@kingcockroach.]

Theres no spolilers this game is so big and vast and theres so much to be done. The game will still have so much to offer you whenever you can get it

[@f33f33nkou]

Unironically this is one of the best videos of elden ring that somehow manages to show essentially no spoilers.

[@fucksusan.fuckcensorship.874]

@@kingcockroach.also if 1 ending gets spoiled theres a whole 5 other endings to find out.

[@cometcoma5186]

I’ve never wanted to be a defenseless Elden ring villager so badly in my life....

[@nunull6427]

1:03

[@Vincent_Morrow]

Control your thirst

[@kbyebleha2978]

sameee

[@imtimbabay6583]

The scary thing about Sam is he’s not the guy you’d expect to be psychologically tormenting you and your family before killing you during the apocalypse.

[@brunoactis1104]

Dude looks like a 1950s office worker that beats his wife every night 💀

[@ASpaceOstrich]

I like that the prisoner mask was actually distorted so it fit over his horrific face. But he was still clipping a little bit.

[@doc_eh2747]

Wow, I can’t believe it the game even gave him an evaluation of his fighting ability when he swapped to catch flame. It’s right there, in that black rectangle above his equipment slots!

[@gamingmaster6377]

good one

[@TV---]

The only reason sam is looking for the ring, is because his wifes wedding ring is a half eaten onion ring.

[@STOPSYPHER]

and his wife is his hand

[@TV---]

@@STOPSYPHER he has an auto blower ai now. He looks down on us peasants now.

[@sirreoser5668]

A wedding ring and a snack in one? Sam knows how to truly spoil a lady

[@ConanCamelPuncher]

Sam having to dominate in the metaverse because his wife dominates him in the bedroom

[@Ashephalt]

He keeps having daughters because he lets his wife be a top.

[@thebigman5047]

Milk Me

[@TheSkulleh]

that mechanical kitty cat was the first boss I fought out the tutorial area, in my first soulsborne game. Absolutely terrifying and a 10/10 experience.

[@SwitchetBladeX3]

This was refreshing, feels like a throw back almost. Always exciting to see Sam's vile creation of a character

[@jcb5847]

It may be a little off topic, but I really appreciate that you introduced me to jippy. His music is so great for just chilling out and torturing defenseless peasants.

[@mrgriffdude.5748]

The intro is basically a grown Cartman fighting pigs for 50 levels again.

[@cliftonwindham4194]

Your sense of humor is great dude “ to them… I’m the boss.. and they never win” that cracked me up man.

[@pengmaeda9908]

"You see I've found these little guys on the road, they're basically defenseless" Oh hey I know where that is and- ..........oh.....Ohhh Nooo.....

[@barrybones1720]

Good to see sam played through this entire first chunk with the hugging debuff

[@3rgarage426]

ive waited for this so long

[@cacklingcoyote4882]

I'm happy to also see you were perfectly able to recreate your own face and put it on your character. Giving your character blonde hair and blue eyes has got to be your biggest power fantasy.

[@acceptablecasualty5319]

@@BurnedByTheFurnace3 Your entire account is mastercrafted bait, i salute you my fellow fisherman

[@guyman9655]

I think not having male pattern baldness is Sam's greatest power fantasy

[@HCG]

“They couldn’t kill me even if they unionized” Hahaha

[@echopho]

As a souls game veteran I can gladly say that this is the correct way to play, nice to see people play elden ring for the first time :)

[@Mr_wisk]

dung eater is the most terrifying npc from all fromsoft games so far holy shit, imagine he cursing your soul by desecrating your dead body so hard that your grandchild is cursed as well wtf

[@punishedbung4902]

That dragonfly was trying to avenge his brother that flew eyeballs first into Sam’s sticky tape.

[@lollercoaster2010]

I'm surprised that they let Adam Friedland have a cameo in this game.

[@Ducaso]

Hell yeah dude

[@Cheese479]

19:59 best reaction to the burial watchdog I’ve seen so far

[@ericf423]

I honestly think you have a great knack for making these videos, just everything from the editing, setups, and jokes not to mention the pure genius here. A true class act Sir.

[@corporal-cream6898]

I wonder how long it’s gonna take for Sam’s wife to see him again, he’s in the grind, baby. Just like he was in Tarkov.

[@thoreroseup]

Straight up one of the best content creators on the platform, much love Sam! I know this is gonna be good can't wait for the laughs man :)

[@benhutchinson8020]

ratio

[@Anubis_-_]

@@benhutchinson8020 damn you got him good

[@benhutchinson8020]

c'mon man

[@beowolfaleinb1747]

Glad you got out of that goddamn cast Mr. Sam. I've appreciated your content for years and I hope to continue to do so. I just hope this video doesn't get lost to time like the goddamn Dark Souls series. The green screen is getting better and better I can tell you really enjoy it.

[@Deathwept]

Happy I stayed to hear about part 2, thanks for the intimate moment Sam.

[@jolonghthong]

That beginning bit was the funniest thing I’ve seen all week

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Plays Elden Ring just to kill the poor people I’d expect nothing less of Sam

[@Vennetherblade]

So glad to know that there's a part 2 coming, I can relax and get off the edge of my seat for a bit

[@actuallygunno1967]

I cant wait for part 2 Sam thank you for making it just for me

[@Yotrymp]

In his search for the Noble's Slender Sword, he became insane.

[@tlm2096]

It wouldn't be a General Sam video without the harassment of defenseless minorities

[@spupergames7771]

You know the trolls near warmaster's shack are more fun to bully. You can even make em fight eachother

[@r3aper34]

Can't wait for pt. whatever comes to fruition. Content is great and keeps me chuggin' along most days thanks guys

[@siegwardcatarina5476]

That end bit where Sam is just talking to you really feels like a Dad moment. Parasocial Relationship.

[@warholhille1518]

I’m loving this upload schedule Sam, keep up the almost god like work your doing.

[@AGenericFool]

These villagers are literally unable to die because of the "curse of the land" with no say in it, which is why they look so goulish, I wanna say you are freeing them from their torment, but really this is just high level bullying with extra steps, steps on someones face who's already wriggeling in the dirt after being punched down so much.

[@originalityisdead.9513]

Better acting than 99% of the bs Hollywood put out. You play a good Psychopath. You were playing, weren't you?

[@coopers1716]

I saw an interview where Martin went "yeah, they would come show me tech demos and then leave" I genuinely think that's the extent of his involvement with the game lol

[@bbbbbbb51]

He did the world building extremely early on & that was it. Makes sense though

[@TheIrishMugFug]

That's the same extent Joe Biden is involved in the presidency

[@coopers1716]

@@TheIrishMugFug if I feed you political drones pesticides will you go away like bugs?

[@taylorbennion3706]

@@TheIrishMugFug hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah oh my God bro you are so witty and funny hahahahahahahahahah can't believe you came up with such a cutting insult hahahahah well done sleepy Joe doesn't have shit on you you're so clever it's so cool when people talk about politicians hahahahah oh wow you rule dude let's go brandon

[@TheIrishMugFug]

@@taylorbennion3706 triggered

[@RudyTheNinja]

"I'm taking my time" "We're busting through with no lube"

[@Metalton95]

I feel like I'm in a parallel dimension where Elden Ring is my first Souls game.

[@brycekeith5653]

I’m almost a year late but that character customization might just be the best I have seen yet

[@pgame20]

"Somebody's got the stank arrow." So true.

[@fairhair1539]

I need more, you guys are hilarious

[@kitzi4470]

I like how he used an actual boss weapon on them

[@moeezS]

28:37 "Someone water me, I'm fucking hurting" haha 1 HP

[@alexandercarling9902]

“I play with the defenseless villagers”

[@davidstandeven5250]

Damn even the squirrels have a hard play through in Elden Ring. 😔

[@SirDehumanized]

I’d love if you actually did videos for every area of the game. Would be an epic series.

[@BlackwaterBronn]

The trick is to pretend to try on both sizes then switch them and you all done. I have been doing this my entire life.

[@SwiFTDBL]

The comment about how long of a process it is to play with friends is so true. I understand they want the main experience to be solo but some people enjoy doing co op thru out an entire play thru. For example I originally hoped it’d be more accessible (even tho the other soul games aren’t) and was gonna do a solo character and a character to play a co op run with friends, come to find out it’s really not worth co op-ing unless your at a fog wall

[@Big_Dai]

From the intro, to the friendly interactions.. this has been one of the funniest things I've seen of late.

[@munkirtokage4816]

I like how Sam is like "There will only be 3 parts because we are busting through it really quick" ........he has no idea wait till he sees the whole map All these replies talking about beating the game in under a certain time......I'm talking content wise sam is prob going to have his hands full of footage. Keep bragging about how your brother beat the speed running record tho

[@decoyhunter8832]

To be fair, you can default dance your way through the game in 1 day easily

[@sirjoey3137]

@@decoyhunter8832 You can beat the game in 20 hours on your first run... easily? Tell me you have piss jars under your desk without telling me you have piss jars under your desk.

[@Firaxo]

@@sirjoey3137 without optional bosses and optional areas the game is very very very short. My bro did it in 50 minutes on NG+

[@decoyhunter8832]

@@Firaxo One of my friends did the varre questline XP farm and beat the game in a couple of hours, first time playing too

[@pegolini1179]

@@decoyhunter8832 Ah yes. He probably found all of that out by himself. But for real spoiling the game for yourself, using guides and farming exploits doesn't really represent a real playthrough of a game.

[@Just_Call_Me_Pagton]

24:51 my friend and I had the same exact experience. It’s was completely fine then we heard it coming and we like OMG NOOO

[@TrueMakaveli50]

12 vigor and Fia’s debuff on top lol classic

[@uppercut4111]

I like how Sam says he "plays the game different" as if we don't already know he plays every game like touching a single ounce of meta will give him a serious rash...

[@f33f33nkou]

Madness/frenzy faith builds actually are pretty dang good. Mostly for pvp but not too shabby in pve

[@1999worldjacob]

Some how I knew Sam would take this brutal game and turn it into a joke 😂

[@elizarr3069]

Ngl you have to be dog shit to think this game is "brutal"

[@prawngravy18]

He has played all the other souls games so it probably wasn't brutal for him, the game isn't that hard just have some patience.

[@omoroburns2172]

This is probably the easiest modern fromsoftware game yet.

[@1999worldjacob]

@@prawngravy18 I’m level 150 and completed Ng+ but this game is definitely brutal. Never played a FromSoft game before

[@Sean-ur4cb]

@@1999worldjacob the game is still challenging, just not as “brutal” as older fromsoft games with all the quality of life improvements

[@zackhawn5944]

Damn I miss the days of GeneralSam122/123, where Sam could turn a 15 minute Skyrim walkthrough video into pure gold

[@nickmf22]

Yeah it sucks that he's making videos that aren't boring garbage

[@zackhawn5944]

@@nickmf22 Ya now it's just him wheezing with the same 3 people every video

[@ItCantGetAnyWorse]

Little did they know Dung Eater wasn’t named for what he ate, but by what people want him to eat

[@jellymop]

3:00 “Gamers, what was that?!?” 😂 this killed me

[@liamalcantara1485]

Martin is one of my favorite authors and I'm so happy to see some of his ideas put into a game :)

[@red_menace1829]

Ok

[@Lunk42]

I love that they delayed the game to really emulate him. Just another reason why fromsoft is the best game dev in the industry right now.

[@liamalcantara1485]

@@red_menace1829 ok

[@Gahblins_]

Dude I'm that one guy! I appreciate you getting it done for me sam!

[@samharold9022]

I feel like the Dung Eater checks under his bed to make sure the intro to this video isn’t waiting for him to sleep.

[@apexreactions4231]

They were never closer to killing me than the first time they fought me is a raw line

[@greaprr]

it's me. The one guy left at the end. Really gave me a special tingle to be spoken to directly

[@hana_lilly8405]

Your kindness is a balm to all who encounter it.

[@JuniorM60]

“Nobody beats defenseless villagers like me” ALL HAIL The true Lord of Limgrave 😂😂

[@NicSantiagoG]

As a gaming dad i 100% understand that intro. Plus, having to beat a boss in X amount of minutes before your family needs you.

[@jakeman52]

I'm glad you made a part of the video just for me.

[@Myblacknadz]

This is some of your best content. Your DS3 with bryan and steve were some of the funniest videos.

[@sterlingdavison7337]

The Dung Eater is easily one of the most evil NPC in gaming history. Which is weird for something I originally laughed at for basically being a shit-eater

[@not_jellyman3098]

18:09 the irony of the final boss being close asf to this

[@piousminion7822]

The game is what you make it. Which is why in Rust, I run around with a bucket on my head playing the guitar, eating mushrooms, and giving out free loot. I often befriend the majority of a server and if anyone attacks me, the whole server comes down on them. The game truly is what you make it. :)

[@twooobee6510]

General I had no idea your channel even existed but now I do and I love it. Thank you for the special message addressed exclusively to me at the end

[@Wuoelf]

That moment after Godrick the Grafted when everyone's thinking "hey, we're going pretty quick". uh huh.

[@deadacid514]

I do the same thing every time I lose and get frustrated. I go and take a stroll and humiliate those plebs.

[@-Kaje]

that outro song goes too heavenly

[@Z-Shooz]

I liked when Sam talked to me specifically

[@bowl-of-chicken-soup7107]

“Oh I hit him one too many times” your level fifty… $20 bucks says you hit him one and he kicked the bucket.

[@whtwudtristando]

perfect impersonation of Ed Kemper in MindHunter. Not sure if that's what you were going for, but if so: you nailed it

[@beckerscantbechoosers6768]

Dang, it's cool how you wrote that part at the end just for me and no one else. Super chill.

[@dogpotato972]

There should be an item that links the summons to the host world so that when they die they respawn still in the host world.

[@LacoSinfonia]

Parrying the villagers is peak sociopathy. Love it

[@pellman77]

im so glad sam took the time to shout me out at 31:24