Diving into the boss design of Elden Ring from Radahn to Malenia to Radagon. How has FromSoftware changed their design philosophy from Dark Souls and Bloodborne?
Bosses ranked are determined strictly through game mechanics and game design. The boss tier list is more subjective but the criticisms I have for each boss stands. Let me know if you want to see more game analysis or game critique videos. Part 3 of my maidenless run is coming soon.
Elden Ring Bosses: A Game Design DiscussionKevDev2022-04-17 | Subscribe for more! twitch.tv/lekevdev
Diving into the boss design of Elden Ring from Radahn to Malenia to Radagon. How has FromSoftware changed their design philosophy from Dark Souls and Bloodborne?
Bosses ranked are determined strictly through game mechanics and game design. The boss tier list is more subjective but the criticisms I have for each boss stands. Let me know if you want to see more game analysis or game critique videos. Part 3 of my maidenless run is coming soon.
Ranger 2024 Reworked: drive.google.com/file/d/1taxFsUYkAyA_1zuYnNMc6aP63K_PsPBu/view?usp=sharingThey nerfed the final boss… #eldenringKevDev2024-09-12 | Promised Consort Radahn is unfair in some ways and it seems like FromSoftware agreed with me. #shadowoftheerdtreeCan I beat Romina with a Drawing Tablet? Pt. 6 #eldenringKevDev2024-08-22 | Can you beat Elden Ring with a drawing tablet? I used the tech from my game The Magus Circle to control the new Shadow of the Erdtree spells. #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlc
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2796640/The_Magus_CircleBeating Messmer w/ a drawing tablet... #eldenringKevDev2024-08-19 | Can you beat Elden Ring with a drawing tablet? I used the tech from my game The Magus Circle to control the new Shadow of the Erdtree spells. #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlc #eldenringgameplay
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2796640/The_Magus_CircleCan I beat Messmer w/ a Drawing Tablet? Pt. 5 #eldenringKevDev2024-08-17 | Can you beat Elden Ring with a drawing tablet? I used the tech from my game The Magus Circle to control the new Shadow of the Erdtree spells. #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlc
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2796640/The_Magus_CircleSatisfying Scadutree Avatar kill... #eldenringKevDev2024-08-16 | Can I beat Elden Ring with a drawing tablet? I used the tech from my game The Magus Circle to control the new Shadow of the Erdtree spells. Elden Ring but I have to draw to cast spells! #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlc
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2796640/The_Magus_CircleCan I beat Bayle with a Drawing Tablet? Pt. 4 #eldenringKevDev2024-08-15 | Can you beat Elden Ring with a drawing tablet? I used the tech from my game The Magus Circle to control the new Shadow of the Erdtree spells. #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlc
Can you beat Shadow of the Erdtree with just drawings? #eldenring #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlcJust duck under the hitboxes… #eldenringKevDev2024-08-13 | Rellana has some strange hitboxes. She was designed differently compared to the rest of the bosses in the Elden Ring DLC. #shadowoftheerdtreeCan I beat Bayle with a Drawing Tablet? Pt. 4 #eldenringKevDev2024-08-12 | Can you beat Elden Ring with a drawing tablet? I used the tech from my game The Magus Circle to control the new Shadow of the Erdtree spells. #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlc
Can you beat Shadow of the Erdtree with just drawings? #eldenring #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlcWhat about Elden Ring 2? #eldenringKevDev2024-08-09 | Support the channel by checking out my game on steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2796640/The_Magus_Circle
My thoughts on an Elden Ring Sequel. #eldenringshadowoftheerdtree #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlcCan I beat Elden Ring with a Drawing Tablet? Pt. 3 #eldenringKevDev2024-08-06 | Can you beat Elden Ring with a drawing tablet? I used the tech from my game The Magus Circle to control the new Shadow of the Erdtree spells. #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlc
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2796640/The_Magus_CircleHis hitboxes are tight! #eldenringKevDev2024-08-05 | Messmer has some similar hitboxes to Promised Consort Radahn but fixes the issue with his VFX. #shadowoftheerdtreeRetro Messmer Fight #eldenringKevDev2024-08-04 | An Elden Ring Demake inspired by the Bloodborne Demake and The Magus Circle.
Can you beat Shadow of the Erdtree with just drawings? #eldenring #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlcElden Ring but I draw to cast spells... #eldenringKevDev2024-08-03 | Can I beat Elden Ring with a drawing tablet? I used the tech from my game The Magus Circle to control the new Shadow of the Erdtree spells. Elden Ring but I have to draw to cast spells! #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlc
#shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlc #eldenringgameplayPatch 1.13 is pretty great... #eldenringKevDev2024-07-31 | Rain of Fire was finally buffed #shadowoftheerdtreeInvisible Hitboxes, Invisible Final Boss #eldenringKevDev2024-07-30 | Can you beat Elden Ring if the boss is invisible? Elden Ring but the boss is invisible. Promised Consort Radahn is unfair in some ways. #shadowoftheerdtreeCan you beat Shadow of the Erdtree with a Drawing Tablet? #eldenringKevDev2024-07-27 | Can I beat Elden Ring with a drawing tablet? I used the tech from my game The Magus Circle to control the new Shadow of the Erdtree spells. #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlc
Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2796640/The_Magus_CircleDid they really reuse Radahn? #eldenringKevDev2024-07-25 | I don't think Promised Consort Radahn is bad but he's certainly not the best either. Shadow of the Erdtree is still great even if the final boss wasn't. #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlcThe Magus Circle New Trailer on Steam! #indiegamesKevDev2024-07-24 | Check out The Magus Circle on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2796640/The_Magus_Circle
#roguelike #rougeliteHis hitboxes are bs... #eldenringKevDev2024-07-23 | Promised Consort Radahn is unfair in some ways. #shadowoftheerdtreeThe Worst Spells in Shadow of the Erdtree #eldenringKevDev2024-07-21 | Just buff these a bit more and they would actually be fun to use. #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlcShadow of the Erdtree is Unfinished #eldenringKevDev2024-07-17 | The Elden Ring DLC needed a more development time to fix the empty areas, bad loot, and the Godwyn, Miquella, Radahn situation.More Mohg Allegations... #eldenringKevDev2024-07-15 | Mohg beat the allegations but he's got a lot more problems. #shadowoftheerdtree More Mohg Allegations...Who is Messmers Father? #eldenringKevDev2024-07-12 | I always thought it was implied that Radagon was Messmer's father but the Shadow of the Erdtree OST confirms it for me. #shadowoftheerdtree #eldenringdlcIs Miquella Trans Coded? #eldenringKevDev2024-07-11 | I think Miquella with connect with many gender nonconforming people in a metaphorical sense rather than literally being trans. #shadowoftheerdtree
Incredible fannart by Gravity: https://x.com/gravitydustyWas Marika justified after Shaman Village? #eldenringKevDev2024-07-10 | Do you side with Marika after Shadow of the Erdtree? Don't forget what she did. The Elden Ring DLC and Shaman Village doesn't justify it. #shadowoftheerdtreeIts about Motherhood #eldenringKevDev2024-07-09 | Shadow of the Erdtree has so many themes of motherhood. The Elden Ring DLC is proving to be a lot like Bloodborne. #shadowoftheerdtreeIgons White Bayle #eldenringKevDev2024-07-07 | Igon's questline is about Bayle the Dread being his white whale. #shadowoftheerdtreeWhy the Elden Ring DLC Feels Empty | Level Design AnalysisKevDev2024-07-06 | Subscribe for more game design videos. Some historical lore videos in the works too.
The loot was a bit sparce at times but only in the worst areas of the Elden Ring DLC. #eldenring #shadowoftheerdtree
Timestamps: 00:00 Loot Design 1:49 Map/World Design 3:12 Empty Areas 4:28 Dungeon DesignI Unmasked the Divine Beast Dancing Lion #eldenringKevDev2024-07-04 | I took the mask off of the Divine Beast Dancing Lion in Shadow of the Erdtree, the Elden Ring DLCShould the next FromSoft game be open world? #eldenringKevDev2024-07-04 | Part of me misses FromSoftware's old design. #shadowoftheerdtreeWhy the loot is so bad in Shadow of the Erdtree #eldenringKevDev2024-07-02 | The loot was a bit sparce at times but only in the worst areas of the Elden Ring DLC.Map and Level Design in Shadow of the Erdtree #eldenringKevDev2024-07-01 | Elden Ring DLC has better level design than the base game. Feels like Dark Souls 1 with an open world twist.The WORST Area in Shadow of the Erdtree #eldenringKevDev2024-06-30 | The Abyssal Woods is my least favorite area in any FromSoftware game.Boss Tier List Shadow of the Erdtree #eldenringKevDev2024-06-30 | Just my initial impressions. Will try to analyze them more deeply in the future. #shadowoftheerdtreeWas Miquella just Griffith the whole time? #eldenringKevDev2024-06-29 | Shadow of the Erdtree showed some parallels to Berserk but the characters are still quite different.How to bring Melina to Shadow of the ErdtreeKevDev2024-06-28 | I brought Melina to the Realm of Shadow in Elden ring.Did Radahn Deserve Better? #eldenringKevDev2024-06-27 | I loved Shadow of the Erdtree yet I still wanted a bit more from the ending. Elden Ring's story still feels incomplete. What do you think?Miquella is a Phantom Thief confirmed...KevDev2024-06-26 | What happens in the final boss of Shadow of the Erdtree Elden Ring DLCA Maidenless Run Before Elden Ring Shadow of the ErdtreeKevDev2024-06-17 | ...Can You Beat Malenia with NO MAIDENS?KevDev2024-06-17 | Very much a WIP but if you'd be interested in a game like The Magus Circle, give it a wishlist, helps a lot: store.steampowered.com/app/2796640/The_Magus_Circle
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I was stressed about finishing this before the Elden Ring DLC but now I'm so ready for Shadow of the Erdtree.
Melina art by rockyoerr Malenia art by agong
00:00 Intro 00:38 Run Begins 3:36 Mohg 5:58 Pick Your Poison 7:20 Path to the Haligtree 8:39 Millicent 10:28 Malenia Part 1 12:10 Jolly Cooperation 13:18 The Magus Circle 13:47 Malenia Part 2 15:02 Standoff 17:07 Nagakiba 17:42 One Last Duel 19:16 Thank YouThe Strangest Shield in Elden Ring...KevDev2024-06-12 | Reminder to beat Mohg before Shadow of the Erdtree. Check out the full Maidenless Run youtu.be/mpKKmNc2JfI?si=vVJvX5tArwdoyBeUWuthering Waves is disappointing but...KevDev2024-05-27 | These are my first impressions of Wuthering Waves. If you like Genshin, you will probably like a lot of WuWa, I was just hoping for something more. One day we'll have a gacha game designed for the player and not for addiction and fomo.They put my indie game on the portal!KevDev2024-05-18 | Wishlist my indie game! store.steampowered.com/app/2796640/The_Magus_CircleWho is Yasuke in Assassins Creed Shadows?KevDev2024-05-17 | I'm a game designer who studied history in school. My focus was Mediterranian/Roman studies and Japanese history. We learned how unreliable our information is and historians need to posit theories based on historical clues. The Azuchi–Momoyama period was filled with strife because of Nogunaba and the classification for what makes someone a samurai was not as rigid as it became in the Edo period. If Yasuke was still around in the Edo period, he would have officially been a class of samurai, meaning he was effectively a samurai under Nogunaba's employ.
The gaps in that history make room for Assassin's Creed to tell their own fictional story. Their games have never been historically accurate. Leonardo da Vinci didn't build a tank for an assassin or anything remotely similar. I haven't enjoyed the past couple AC games but I don't think including Yasuke will be the reason this game doesn't live up to expectations.