Our Thoughts on Elden Ring - Alienbacon Podcast Ep. 1

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[@alienbacon]

PODCAST WILL BE UP ON SPOTIFY AND OTHER PLATFORMS SOON.... after I figure out how to do it. :)

[@youwouldntclickalinkonyout6236]

if your other shit wasn't bringing in views, dunno how you think another podcast would.

[@DIETYDIE]

Yeah Spotify would be awesome, would you guys be interested in talking about the state of commentary channels, I heard alot of people say its dead or dying but personally I like how it evolved. I be keen for some familiar faces like leon lush or nerd city to appear as guests

[@johnlennon8111]

Make more videos like this it’s amazing

[@InsAnneity]

Google Podcasts as well? Thats where I listen to all my stuff besides KZbin.

[@nolancho]

So SHOW what you've been working on. Or is it all talk while you play games as 30 year olds?

[@capnMAN]

When we needed them most! They have returned!

[@nolancho]

Plot twist: we realized we never needed them.

[@Jellifhish]

I missed you guys so much!! I was rewatching All your old videos and was wondering when you were coming back. So glad you guys are doing okay, and I love this new format, whatever is easier on you guys. 💖💖💖

[@saran4783]

Damn finally! Hot wet soup was such a good podcast back in the day I missed you guys talking in a podcast format

[@bloodywar55]

i miss it a whole lot hws was ahead of its time to be honest now that all these youtubers have a podcast.

[@dr.pitmee_vocc2378]

Watching this just over a year after ER came out. I just capped 500 hours have beaten it 5 times and STILL find new things each run. I love it so much.

[@johnmartinson2352]

When the world was in chaos and disarray the hero’s came back and restored hope

[@doblazie9981]

Not Going to lie wasn't sure If I was going to get Elder Ring but you guys convinced me to get it now Thank you Elvis and Pig

[@CringeGamingOG]

I like to think the fingers are just what remains of Gwyn but not entirely him. Like, the three fingers represent Gwynn’s vengeful anger while the two fingers are his godly pride and yearning for order.

[@cat_abolic]

So happy to see you homies putting out content again 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@Inuyasha3391]

Welcome back. I missed you guys.

[@chunli1620]

The fucking ad placement of him saying "my favorites would be Malenia or-" *intense pizza ad kicks*

[@cnashford2]

0:37 - 0:47 I like y'all's interactions so I'm good. Good to see y'all return!

[@ezzyelder3385]

The channel was already basically a podcast, so I'm definitely here for this

[@isaaccushman3229]

It occurred to me just now that I havent watched any alienbacon for a minute so I searched them up, expecting to find a shit ton of videos that I havent seen yet. Turns out, I'm all caught up and a new video JUST released...

[@qvasararthouse9743]

I’m so HAPPY you guys came back!!! I missed y’all and was a bit worried. You are my favorite duo on KZbin and I watched all of your videos on this channel since day 1. Also I LOOOVE podcasts so I’m hyped!!! ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹🥰🥰🥰

[@Zombie_Unicorn]

yay!! I missed you guys!!

[@gLobbZ]

I too got stuck in a Dark Souls 3 Lore K hole, I was obsessed for awhile with the world building, and the more behind each boss was insane.

[@mikimisu_3721]

Only just realised you guys have returned!! Looking forward to more podcasts!!

[@mutskun]

The Tree Sentinel is one of my favourite bosses. I spent two streams beating it to death with a club. Worth it 10/10

[@scottianson5133]

Never played ER, never will, but I'll happily sit here and watch these two gush over it.

[@Sephirothkingdom782]

This is a while later but you're missing out, it's an insane game

[@scottianson5133]

@@Sephirothkingdom782 I've been watching my friends play it, and I'm going to give it a go!

[@DIETYDIE]

Yay! Good to see you guys back in podcast format, just like the old days 🤗

[@elvis140]

i very much needed this today, thank you

[@squishy_corn_1016]

So glad to see you guys again!!!

[@guiltygage2493]

I can listen to these guys for hours and never get bored:)

[@bryantoliveras4071]

Yay missed you guys together

[@melsube]

It's been a while I love this guy's their lovely

[@skapie6895]

Finally! You guys are back!

[@lucaswest5078]

Glad to have you guys back

[@theangrydweller1002]

Elden ring wasn’t my first experience with souls game but it’s the game where the souls formula just clicked with me and was the first one I beat

[@osvaldorodriguez6721]

I love your contents guys, it's good to see you back

[@alexjones2651]

Can’t wait for the next ep!!

[@idontcareaboutmyhandle]

So glad you boys are back, love the rebranding as well.

[@Ghost-ExE]

Holy Shit!! The day has finally come!! O blessed grace!

[@vincefreckleprince8949]

Can't wait for ep. 2: The Eldener Ring. Fucking hell what an amazing game. Played all Souls, but Elden Ring is doing the same for me that Ocarina of Time did for me when I was 8. 312 hours in and on Journey 4.

[@iwazhere21]

This game is incredible, it frustrates you and breaks you but you save to quit and see you have sunk over 70 hours into it… then you spend two hours googling how to progress. Then you find yourself booting up and sinking in more hours, beating an impossible enemy and getting to big for your britches and repeating the cycle. I hate it, I love it but damned if I’m not constantly thinking about it.

[@Luizinhu]

I've put 150 hours in Elden Ring and the first week was just me and the boys on discord playing and talking about the crazy shit we found to one another, it was so much fun. I honestly can't remember a game that I was so hyped up and still surprised me, playing it blind was amazing, knowing so little about the map and realizing the number of possibilities was like nothing else

[@RACMEAT]

THEYRE BACK

[@frantisekpodolsky8744]

You're back, lets goooo!!!!

[@deepsheep6115]

YOOOOO LETS FUCKING GOOOOO

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

I'm also pretty sure the UI designer from Battlefield 2042 was kne of the people talking smack

[@spergalicious27]

Our kings

[@Auron200004]

I'd legit play 100 DLC for this game if they made them the same quality as previous From Soft DLC

[@Spitfireplaygames]

Shields won't help against Melania because she heals up everytime she hits you even when you have a shield

[@rerite-oy4xu]

parry

[@zlaxxi]

Massages be like: "Try finger but, hole" and "Fort night"

[@theofficialjesuschristyout1797]

Lets goooo missed you boys

[@mrbrightside467]

About time! :)

[@LUCKYDUCKY099]

YAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

[@JESUSisLORD7788]

YESSS

[@LukaKurelac]

''two weeks'' they said

[@RELOVER89]

@Alienbacon one of the greatest, inventive and creative games recently is Psychonauts 2, it took 17 years and WAS TOTALLY worth the weight!!! I highly recommend....

[@MyLadyAbsinthe]

aaayyyyy i spoke too soon on my comment yesterday lol welcome back!

[@strawberry_tea_talk]

Yay you're back!!!😭😭😭

[@miguelibarrabuenrostro1160]

The kings have returned

[@iambilly1134]

The duo have returned

[@wassimdarwich5918]

Finally back

[@jreverie7018]

Awesome!!

[@marshallallan8907]

THEYRE BACK ✨✨✨

[@girrganflirganchrgan5815]

AYYYYYYYY THEY’RE BACK!!!!!

[@brandonevans3879]

Bruhhhhh they’re back. Rejoice with me.

[@TheNinjaWallaby]

Make these longer

[@Cycloneyer]

long time seein you round here

[@Swolidarity]

Ayo you guys are back

[@karma4641]

Aye!!!! let's go

[@trppstar]

they backk

[@unonumero123]

UR BACK

[@NotAYoutuber570]

THEY’VE RETURNED!

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

Nice

[@scarlett_ink]

Return of the kings

[@Kelloggs99]

Finally!!!!!

[@DarthTaco]

I MISSED YOU, BOYS

[@simplesimon4374]

Me and my gf just didn't go out for awhile played Elden Ring instead. Then she full sent Elden Ring beat it before me. Just beat it today cause I have a job. She's lucky enough to not need one of those.

[@mikehenderson42]

lol when i see i put in 285 hours in elden ring while i listen to this

[@gavinc.morrison1147]

ye3s please thank you!!!

[@tecfore]

do podcasts 2 times a week

[@velyanminekov175]

At around 11th minute I heard you say that Ubisoft are with random bullshit. Atleast they give you directions to what you are supposed to do and how the story should progress. There have been quite a few times where some cutscenes made no sense due to me being too early or too late. I have difficulty to be entertained riding a horse for 3 hours to just fight a tree elder or that big gray dragon and all the small dragons in caelid. When you make a game's story convoluted and vague, that means that there is a lack of story. Imagine a movie with great world-building, but shit story -- it would still be a shit movie.

[@nolancho]

Does Pig still think liking the color pink is edgy?

[@lifesglitch2970]

Yeah let’s talk about boring quests ubisoft like the 50,000 shitty filler quests in assassins creed where I’m going around smashing 10 pots and catching rats 😂

[@ohaiClemmy]

Ohhhh sh*t!!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@DarvosNethven3E]

I just want an actual tenchu game plz fromsoft.

[@doneme152]

🍷🧐

[@PapakatsuTom]

Oof elden ring ill catch the next podcast then

[@voidmask7953]

I’m the first, let’s go!!!

[@thequincy_]

So, it's interesting how much my thoughts on ER have changed throughout experiencing it. Initially I found it to be a fantastic time, but after 100+ hours of roaming, it began to set in how unnecessarily large it was. Along with how convoluted everything felt to get the ball rolling. Certain characters are interesting, such as Ranni, Melina, Godrick, Margot, etc. but the general story wasn't very engaging. The music was good- for the purpose it served, but again the same with the story, it wasn't very engaging or gripping. So in honesty, half of the time I was listening to podcast, watching videos, or listening to other game OST that I though fit the moment. The gameplay is great, because you know, it's Souls, but that is the only thing that kept me going. The game was overall good, but I don't believe *all* of the praise that it has been given is very warranted, and at times even overblown. I'm hoping the next Fromsoft entry (if it does feature a open-world, which is likely) will actually add more purpose and substance to the world around. And yes, many pieces of lore is sprinkled throughout the world, but it simply is a detriment to the experience at hand, when the story itself didn't really the biggest grip in the first place. Regarding the Podcast itself: Great idea. I enjoy seeing the two of you, individually and together. Not for the content but you as people. So do whatever content style is convenient and feels right from the both of you.

[@bonseez]

yea i feel the same. The best parts of the game were the legacy dungeons, and really all i cared about. the open world is filled with repetitive dungeons and caves with nothing worth experiencing in it. Toward the end of the game i was just hoping it would be over soon, it was needlessly long and bloated with meaningless content. The open world felt like the air thats in the bag of chips, keeping you from getting more chips for your money, the chips being the legacy dungeons. The constant boss reuse annoyed me a shit ton too. If it adds nothing new or meanigful to the experience why add it at all? made me feel like 40 hours of my 90 hour playthrough was wasted and not memorable at all. I still liked the game a lot but for me it probably ranks on the lower half of my favorite souls games. There were other problems that accumulated into me liking it less but the bloat was the main factor. It kinda bothers me this game is being held as one of the best open worlds in a game, because it lets other devs see how they got away with reusing bosses and having copy paste-ish looking dungeons, and then how other open world games, a genre with an already low standard for content, can get away with it too. This was the only souls game after beating i had no desire to replay it or go to NG +. I've beaten other souls games dozens of times, ds3 upwards of 50, even sekiro i beat 24 times. I love these games, but elden ring just didnt resonate with me the same way, even going in with no expectations.

[@thequincy_]

@@bonseez I absolutely agree. At around the 100 hour mark, I was genuinely hoping for it to be over. I shouldn't feel like that when experiencing a game. I should *desire* more, not want it to end due to extreme bloat. My 120(+) hours could have been literally halved if that game wasn't open-world- or at least if the world wasn't so unnecessarily spacious with a absurd amount of nothingness. It is worrying as well how much praise it has gotten for such practices. I have a feeling Fromsoft is going to listen to such praise, and as a take away they will encourage their current idea of a open-world and believe it is correct, when in reality it only does a handful of things correctly. I believe BOTW is still the best open-world to date. While that had many empty spaces as well (around the edges), it didn't force you to explore them. It gave you one main objective, which was defeat Ganon, that's it, everything else is for you to explore. The world also didn't feel overwhelming to explore. Unlike ER where it actively feels like there are 20 things you can/should be doing, half of which are meaningless after you do them or simply aren't worth the rewards given for all the times wasted. A disclaimer: I strongly dislike most Ubisoft games and their open-world world practices. So I don't even find them worth mentioning, ER's only competitor has been BOTW.

[@LMKMS494]

Couldn't get thru the first five min, seems like stuff u could do between yourselves before u start

[@thealarm7057]

I love Elden Ring, but I hate games finishing after release... I already completed it before the first patch, 100%... Then more shit gets added, but I'm done... I don't wanna go back track AGAIN just to finish 1 quest step they didn't finish before :/ I played for 277 hours, loved every minute of it, but the additions kinda make me have a salty after taste punishing me for playing too much too soon :/ I agree, it was a 10/10 on release to me, but now it slowly loses a few points. The story is 100% in game btw, you're not forced to look up articles, because those people got their info from the game so you can too.

[@TheKingOfAllHorror]

Now that it's confirmed that this channel has turned into podcast trash, I'll be unsubbing

[@thebitehandle360]

It's a sign the channel is dead/dying. They made a community post announcing they would be moving to a podcast format from here on out. But im surprised they followed through with it despite many people expressing how against it they are on that post. Its sad to see honestly, they had a good thing going and now they ruined it. Oh well no surprise there really beings how elvis the alien killed his own channel.

[@lady__lefay]

I very much enjoy this format, and if it works better for them then Hell Yea!

[@arieshe7429]

Did you even give the podcast a try before making the decision to unsubscribe?

[@iSpiderMonkey]

@@thebitehandle360 are you talking about the twitter post? Because they literally only have two people mentioning that they didnt like the idea of a podcast on that post.

[@thebitehandle360]

@@iSpiderMonkey I'm talking about the KZbin Community post. You know the app that they post their videos too? If you look hard enough you can see a "community" tab. If you hover your finger over it and tap on it you'll see said post mentioned in my initial comment. There's this neat little feature called comments. If you find that too you can see plenty of people did not want this. Its lazy and an excuse to kill off the channel.

[@Toly88G4M]

Maybe not talk about the war in Ukraine. It ain't a laughing matter

[@Jibb3rs]

It's literally just Dark Souls.. Why is everyone losing their minds over a game thats been done 200 times before?

[@choclatchipcookie]

no

[@PataStonks]

Unsubbed

[@RamenCupBMG]

Go back to using icons. I could’ve gone my whole life without nothing what pig looked like

[@lady__lefay]

Don’t be afraid to counter your build with some magic. The incantation fire cleanse me will heal scarlet rot etc…

[@ShitholeHank]

Have you tried horizon zero dawn. It’s a lot like elden ring and I’ve had it for less than a week and already winked 15 hours into it

[@tombootysnatcher7191]

Good game sadly elden ring has consumed all elden ring fans, to try to take them to any other game would result in extensive pain

[@voidmask7953]

I’m the first, let’s go!!!