Yo what's up guys, welcome back to another video. In this video, we will be showcasing all of the
Berserk references in Elden Ring so far, and all the ways you can achieve the weaponry,
or visit the locations. Before we can actually get into the game itself,
we must first understand one of the main directors of the game, and the inspiration
that was taken in order to develop Elden Ring and all of the other games in the franchise.
Hidetaka Miyazaki took inspiration from various media formats like movies, books, games, and
manga. The #1 inspiration for Elden Ring is the famous manga Berserk.
It's considered as the greatest manga of all time and it has influenced many games,
books, movies, mangas and so much more.
Growing up in a household where video games were not allowed,
reading mangas like Berserk and Devilman were among Miyazaki's favorite past time.
During the creation of the Souls franchise, Miyazaki expressed his admiration and homage
to Berserk by placing several references to the manga, either through the monster designs,
armor and weapon designs, characters, and even in the plot and story structure of his games.
Alright, now that we know about Berserk and how much of it’s DNA is planted in Elden Ring,
let’s go over the references. For the first one, we will be looking at Guts’ sword.
Guts is the main character of Berserk. He wields a massive sword and by this
point it’s become a signature of his character. It’s characterized
by its size and that it’s more like a “chunk of iron” than a sword itself.
Elden Ring’s Greatsword is a weapon that can be found early-game.
It takes direct inspiration from Guts’ sword, which is named the Dragon Slayer in the manga.
The description of the Greatsword convinces us even more on where the inspiration came from.
“A coarse iron lump of an ultra greatsword. Mows down foes by utilizing its incredible weight.
Though handling it likely requires the wielder to have surpassed the realm of the merely human,
it is precisely for this reason the weapon is used to slaughter even inhuman foes.”
In the Berserk manga, Guts slays inhuman foes all the time, he has surpassed the limits of
being human and he mows down multiple foes in one swing. You might be wondering where do you find
this weapon? It’s found in Caelid, Dragonbarrow. Inside of the caravan guarded by enemies.
The next reference we will be looking at is not a weapon, not some armor but instead it’s
a location. In May of last year the manga artist Kentaro Miura, passed away at the age of 54. The
news was unexpected and inspired an outpouring of tributes, particularly from the Japanese industry,
where Berserk had been serialised from 1989 right up until Miura's death.
The location is a graveyard of swords. It greatly resembles a similar location
in Berserk. The location is filled with swords, each one representing
a fallen comrade. Without a doubt, this is a tribute to Miura and everything he’s created.
Miura helped so much to define the “dark fantasy”
genre. I find it really beautiful that the development team would do this,
and I’m sure all of us appreciate it. If you want to go visit this location yourself,
it is located next to Castle Morne. There are multiple locations but this is just one of them.
Next up we have some Berserk character references. Some characters in Elden
Ring have a striking resemblance to characters in Berserk. The characters
in question are the Prisoner class, Blaidd the wolfman, and Malenia, Blade of Miquella.
The Prisoner looks like weak Griffith. Blaidd looks and poses similar to Guts
in his berserker armor. And Malenia’s armor is near identical to Farnese’s. Wether this
is intentional or not is up for debate, but undoubtedly these characters are very similar.
For the fourth reference in this video so far, we have the massive world trees that
are in the world. While Berserk did not invent the concept of a world tree, the massive tree
towering over the world of Elden Ring greatly resembles the World Spiral Tree of Berserk,
appearing over the world after Fantasia happens, merging the real world and the Astral realm.
There’s not too much detail I could get into but another similarity is that they
both are visible during day and night. However, a difference is that the tree in Berserk has two
trunks intertwined. It’s up to you the viewer to consider this a reference or just a coincidence.
Next up we have something very important in the Berserk universe. It involves our main
character Guts and his Berserker armor that he uses throughout the series. The
armor is very durable and allows the user to enhance their speed and strength as well as
allowing it to ignore pain and surpass the human limitations of their body.
An armor like this would be perfect in Elden Ring,
and if it’s in this video then it’s in Elden Ring. By combining Maliketh’s armor and a
Black Wolf mask then you will end up with something similar to the Berserker armor.
While it isn’t a direct replica and there are some minor differences,
for the most part it’s still very similar. If you think it’s a reference or not is up to you,
but personally I think it is and it’s very fitting.
The Malekith armor is earned after defeating the Malekith boss. This
is a late-game story boss that you can’t miss. Players can obtain the Black Wolf
Mask after defeating the optional boss Loretta in the Royal Moongazing Grounds.
The mask is located on a corpse in the Three Sisters courtyard near a destroyed tower.
I will admit that the next two are a bit of a reach and it’s all up to interpretation. While
researching this video, some consider it just a coincidence and others downright a reference.
We have the Confessor Class and the Red Sky that is featured in Elden Ring. The
Confessor Class shares similarities with Guts’ Black Swordsman armor.
The sword is similar and the left arm is completely metal, just like Guts’.
Finally, the final reference in this video is the Red Sky found in the location of Caelid. It has
mostly reddish landscapes, including a blood-red sky and tinted lake. It strikes a similarity
with the Eclipse event in Berserk. Everything from the colors, theme, mood and atmosphere.
Personally, I think it’s a stretch. A red-hellish sky is something pretty common
in the “dark fantasy” genre. Anyways, thank you guys for watching this video, if you want to see
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