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The visuals and sound design inElden Ringare amazing.
Elden Ring Symphonic Adventure couldn’t have come to London at a better time.
The orchestral performance took place April 28th, less than two months beforeShadow of the Erdtreearrives in June.
You could feel a palpable sense of anticipation for the DLC in the air.
The slick pacing of the show made the action scenes feel utterly relentless.
It was almost like watching a different game to the one I played.
No footage of me getting lost in the Roundtable Hold.
And most notably, the words ‘YOU DIED’ didn’t flash up on the giant screen once.
Not even during Waterfowl Dance in a tense rendition of Malenia’s theme.
“Is this how it feels to git gud?”
They made it look so easy, and the custom camera angles made it look so cool.
To experience a Soulsborne game as a passive spectator was a treat.
It’s a big, bleak and beautiful world filled with big, bleak and brutal bosses.
My thoughts then shifted to the plus one’s attending.
I wondered what they made of this little pocket of Soulsborne fandom.
Even those unfamiliar with the game will appreciate its magnitude after this experience.
Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, it’s a fittingly prestigious orchestra for a prestigious game.
Boss battles that we will be talking about for years to come.
Plot twists that require hours of video essays to wrap your head around.
Messmer the Impaler and his massive spear.
Soon we will devour this new content like Rykard devouring the very Gods.
