Triple Play: Elden Ring
03/10/22 • 80 min
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You may have heard: Elden Ring is out. And the Triple Click crew has been playing it — for a combined 200+ hours. Kirk, Jason, and Maddy put on their Burger King wizard hats and take a trip to The Lands Between, where they're collecting Great Runes and trying not to fall off cliffs. They talk about the vast scope of the game, the brilliance of player notes, how to avoid burnout, the rewards of exploration, and oh so much more.
One More Thing:
Kirk: Carrie & Salem’s Lot
Maddy: Alias
Jason: Inventing Anna / Tinder Swindler
Links:
Iron Pineapple on Elden Ring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg_hveDzzvo
Mossbag’s Hollow Knight lore explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XDiWYFGGqY
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You may have heard: Elden Ring is out. And the Triple Click crew has been playing it — for a combined 200+ hours. Kirk, Jason, and Maddy put on their Burger King wizard hats and take a trip to The Lands Between, where they're collecting Great Runes and trying not to fall off cliffs. They talk about the vast scope of the game, the brilliance of player notes, how to avoid burnout, the rewards of exploration, and oh so much more.
One More Thing:
Kirk: Carrie & Salem’s Lot
Maddy: Alias
Jason: Inventing Anna / Tinder Swindler
Links:
Iron Pineapple on Elden Ring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg_hveDzzvo
Mossbag’s Hollow Knight lore explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XDiWYFGGqY
Support Triple Click: http://maximumfun.org/join
Buy a Triple Click t-shirt: https://topatoco.com/collections/maximum-fun/products/maxf-tc-tclogo-sh
Join the Triple Click Discord: http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod
Triple Click Ethics Policy: https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/
Previous Episode
Elden Ring and Open-World Games
This year has seen the release of three great open-world games: Dying Light 2, Horizon Forbidden West, and Elden Ring. What do they all have in common? And what do they all do differently? This week, Kirk shares his new taxonomy for open worlds in video games and the Triple Click crew figures out what they like most in an open world.
One More Thing:
Kirk: Public Defenders
Maddy: Elden Ring
Jason: Steam Deck
Links:
Steven Lumpkin's Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Silent0siris/status/1498408412555747333
Maddy’s articles about getting into Elden Ring: https://www.polygon.com/22948213/should-i-play-elden-ring-dark-souls-fromsoft-easy-hard and parkour in Dying Light 2: https://www.polygon.com/22941196/dying-light-2-stay-human-climbing-parkour-techland
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ECOTAG: Kirk’s Open-World Personality Test
Video game open worlds can be broadly thought of according to three metrics: Emergent vs. Controlled, Opaque vs.Transparent, and Aesthetic vs. Gamey. IMPORTANT: These are gradients, not on/off switches, and they’re for categorizing the open worlds, not the games as a whole.
EMERGENT→ CONTROLLED (How dynamic/simulated is the open world?)
OPAQUE → TRANSPARENT (How mysterious is the open world?)
AESTHETIC → GAMEY (How involved is movement through the open world?)
SOME EXAMPLES
- Dying Light 2 = ETG (Emergent, Transparent, Gamey)
- Horizon Forbidden West = CTA (Controlled, Transparent, Aesthetic)
- Elden Ring = COA (Controlled, Opaque, Aesthetic)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 = EOA (Emergent, Opaque, Aesthetic)
- Outer Wilds = COG (Controlled, Opaque, Gamey (Jason convinced me))
- Gravity Rush: CTG
- Cyberpunk 2077:CTA (people expected more of an ETA or EOA)
- Subnautica: EOG
- Skyrim: EOA
- Forza Horizon 5: CTG
- Divinity Original Sin 2: COA
- Sunset Overdrive: CTG
- Ghost of Tsushima = CTA
- BOTW = EOG
- GTAV = EOA
- Assassin’s Creed = CTG (becoming more CTA lately)
- Ghost recon = CTA
- Minecraft = EOG
Next Episode
What's The Deal With: Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto V is one of the most lucrative games of all time. Why??? Kirk, Jason, and Maddy aren't really sure, but at least they can tell you all about Rockstar's hit action shooting game. The gang talks about 2013 nihilism, the innovations that GTA V brought to the open-world party, and how crime doesn't pay... except when it does.
One More Thing:
Kirk: Turning Red
Maddy: Horizon Forbidden West
Jason: Triangle Strategy
Links:
Ukraine support: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/02/opinion/ukraine-charity-donation-guide.html
Cass Marshall’s Polygon article about the GTA Online Motorcycle HOA: https://www.polygon.com/22787651/gta-online-roleplay-new-day-black-lotus-motorcycle-club-mirror-park-hoa
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