After years of trailers, leaks, and other information, Elden Ring is finally available to players. Between overwhelmingly positive critic reviews pre-launch and many positive player reviews so far, Elden Ring is sure to be a frontrunner for many 2022 game of the year awards.
With Bandai Namco addressing the performance issues affecting Elden Ring PC players, soon there may not be many negatives left for the game. However, considering the game’s triple-A price tag of $60 and an even more expensive deluxe edition, some players are still undecided on whether they wish to purchase the game.
However, recently YouTuber Joel Haver created an animation that functions as a comedic advertisement for the game, delving into some wackier NPCs and situations one may find in the game. The video is hilarious from start to finish, depicting conversations between NPCs, interactions between NPCs and the player, and some other funny moments such as knocking Lord Alexander (the giant pot monster) out of his hole.
Haver’s take on NPCs in the game was nothing short of inspired, especially considering the limited information he was given to work with. The first skit, depicting 3 soldiers conversing about wall heights and the inability to scale a chest-high wall was a perfect setup for the player character to jump over the group using Torrent (the player’s mount). The bit concerning an NPC’s thoughtful help being ignored perfectly describes the hard-headed nature of many Souls players. Haver’s joke about the spirit summon killing its own child was brutal, but also topical considering the spirits the players summons are dead NPCs, and the scene where the player is skipping an NPC’s monologue was very on-point. Considering the comedic tone Hidetaka Miyazaki takes when talking about aspects of the game such as Elden Ring’s poison swamps, the animation was incredibly on-the-nose.
Considering the warm reception by fans of the Elden Ring PS1 demake, it makes sense that the YouTube community would enjoy Haver’s hilarious animated take on the game. As such, YouTube users were equal parts blown away by the animation and left laughing by its content. One user commented that if Haver had told them that the video was 100% accurate Elden Ring lore that they would have believed him. Another user joked that of course the chest-high wall couldn’t stop Torrent, as it was designed to block human chests.
The game is not without flaw, as evidenced by performance issues on PC and network problems for Elden Ring on Xbox. However, with Bandai Namco continuing to work towards fixing the problems, there is hope that the game will reach a much more optimal state very soon. Also, if Haver’s animation is anything to go by, the world of Elden Ring is surely a wacky, hilarious place that deserves players’ attention.
Elden Ring is now available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
