The Making of Elden Ring and Shadow of the Erdtree

A love letter to one of the greatest games ever made. Discover Hidetaka Miyazaki's journey in creating Elden Ring and Shadow of the Erdtree.

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Cover Art by Sapro (J. A. Hara)

Timestamps:
00:00:00 Rumor: New Souls Game
00:04:23 Great Rune
00:17:19 The World Premiere
00:26:41 Start of Development
00:29:53 Influences
00:32:20 George R.R. Martin
00:43:30 Attributes
00:50:31 Martin and Miyazaki
00:58:37 Collaboration
01:06:56 Collaborators
01:13:44 Martin's Perspective
01:20:43 The Hollowing
01:57:05 Meet the Team
02:05:30 Covid-19 Impact
02:08:41 Total Direction
02:21:28 Game Development
02:43:59 Localization
03:11:57 Collaboration
03:20:11 Challenges
03:33:43 Partners
03:39:40 Voice Acting
05:44:42 Soundtrack
06:39:42 Game Design
07:31:14 FromSoftware Seminar 1
08:02:24 FromSoftware Seminar 2
08:38:54 FromSoftware Seminar 3
09:24:48 Gaming Events
10:21:11 Major Features
10:36:57 Release Week
10:45:25 Elden Ring's Success
10:51:48 Elden Ring Awards
11:49:51 Shadow of the Erdtree
11:54:04 Expansion Details

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[dondonrv]

A love letter to one of the greatest games ever made.

[Demonsoul]

I'm a late 50s grandmother who is new to Elden ring and am not ashamed to say I'm addicted to everything about it. The artwork is outstanding. Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication to producing this masterpiece for us all to enjoy.
I'm a huge fan of G. R. R Martins work and was thrilled to hear of his involvement. ❤

[PaperWill]

"How's he going to do a documentary about Elden Ring in under 12 minutes?

[GILGAMESG]

I personally believe that not adding markers on the map is one of if not the biggest reason why exploring elden ring was so fun, anything could be hiding behind any corner and in alot of cases there was something, reliving that experience for the first time again is one of the many reasons why everyone is so exited for SOTE

[festeringfingerprintvicodin]

i was fortunate enough to play the network test. funny story - i got the congratulations email from bandai the day after my grandma died. i was so grateful and tbh playing elden ring for those 3 glorious days helped the grieving process i think LOL

[StoneGiantJake]

No way! It's here!! Thank you for your hard work man. Tomorrow's workday is gonna fly by with this in my ear. 🤙

[jzuck]

I can’t stress enough how valuable it is to have somebody document this. Thank you and I can’t wait to dive into this after work!

[mikehunt]

I’ve never donated through a comment on youtube before, but the dedication and effort into making this and all the previous “making of”’s needs to be commended and rewarded. You sir, DondonRV, are a legend and I thank you for your hard work.

[kimlee]

Aside from SmoughTown's lore compilation of two 12h vids, this is the only other vid I know of to reach such lengths. It's gonna take a while to get through! Thank you for the chapter organization as well, very helpful!

[sieman]

Stumbled upon a channel doing a 12 hour documentary about Elden Ring development = auto subscribe. haha, wow. Hat's off.

[xavierfernandez]

I really hope the algorithm blesses this video.

[zzzxggg_al]

The Ryan Morris voice acting had me dying😂😂

[Enaccul]

12 hours?! you madman. This video is truly the Elden Ring of Elden Ring analysis videos!

[NamelessKing]

That Fan Art of Ranni in the thumbnail is freaking sick, it looks more like an old porcelain doll than the actual character model does.

[Lukeormaybenath]

This video is an unquestioned masterpiece. Thank you so much for all the compiled information and the love you poured into this.

[LupusYonderboy]

That was nothing but awesome to watch. I haven't touched Elden Ring in some time but a few hours into this video I got excited and hyped about it all over again and took a break from watching to play the game. And now I'm also considerably more amped for the DLC. Thank you for making this. Fromsoftware and their games are always fascinating to learn about, even outside of just playing the games.

[talospriest]

There are hours of lore videos out there but I think this is equally as important as those. To understand how this masterpiece came to be is so amazing, thank you so much for making this!!!!

[MrBee-qdri]

What an epic video! Thank you so much for putting it together, must have been a massive endeavour!

[fumino]

I, and so many others are so insanely grateful to you for this video. May you have whatever you wish for.

[crisfilms]

dondonrv is a man focus, commitment, and sheer fucking will.