The prospect of Miyazaki and Martin collaborating on a fantasy game was a salivating one when it was revealed in 2019. Now that the latter's role has been more defined for the public, Miyazaki has also divulged how some of their flow of information wor
Starscourge Radahn may have lost his mind by the time of **Elden Ring ** , but that does not mean he's not a hero of the Lands Between. The demigod son of Rennala and Radagon, Radahn was once hailed as one of the most feared warriors in the world before going down the dark path of madness that would eventually claim him. However, certain items, characters, and locations in the game suggest that he retains an even more impressive potential title through it all: He is one of the most feared warriors in the entire unive
For those who choose to stick by Sellen's side and fight Jerren, there is unfortunately no way to prevent her eventual demise. After defeating Jerren and resting at the Raya Lucaria Grand Library Site of Grace, the Tarnished will find Elden Ring 's Queen of the Full Moon Rennala still there despite Jerren's defeat. Then, to the left, they will see the horrid thing Sellen has been transformed into: a grotesque stone ball of magical masks groaning in agony. Ultimately, to help Sellen in Elden Ring is to doom her to a tragic f
To understand why it is likely that Radahn was protecting the Lands Between from celestial beings, one first must know the Nox's and Ranni's goals with the Dark Moon . Ranni asks the Tarnished to defeat Radahn specifically to gain entrance to Nokron, one of the Eternal Cities of the Nox, to obtain the Fingerslayer Blade. This fetish is described as proof of the Nox's blasphemy against the Golden Order, showing that they, like Ranni, wish to fight against the Greater W
Players have to use Elden Ring' s actual in-game map , too, as the game is considerably larger than Skyrim . According to a Stack Exchange post from Martin Sojka , the total surface area of Bethesda's 2011 RPG comes out to just over 14 square miles - certainly nothing to scoff at. Meanwhile, however, Elden Ring has been determined by Reddit user Lusty-Batch to weigh in at a whopping 79 square kilometers, or 30.5 square miles, making it more than twice the size of Skyrim . Skyrim 's base game has 343 fast-travel locations, while Elden Ring has 300. However, it's important to keep in mind that Elden Ring players can only fast travel to sites of grace, whereas Skyrim allows players to fast travel to just about any location they come across. Given how many locations Elden Ring features that are not sites of grace, the game has a far greater number of unique locations to expl
Traversal in both games is worth mentioning as well. Elden Ring 's Torrent might not have enough lore , but the spectral steed plays a vital role in exploration, as players will have to use him for various platforming challenges in the open world, challenges that give way to valuable exploration opportunities. This can be contrasted with the many horses players can obtain in Skyrim , which primarily serve as a way to cross broad, empty stretches of land quic
It may not be fair to outright state that Elden Ring is a better game than Skyrim . After all, Skyrim was released over ten years before FromSoftware's 2022 opus, and it offers a much more casual, relaxed experience with countless strengths. However, when examining the maps of each game, the size, diversity, and opportunities for meaningful exploration in Skyrim _ are dwarfed by Elden Ring
The story of Radahn's scourging of the stars seems to have been washed out by the timeline of Elden Ring at release , however. Radahn was infected with the Scarlet Rot by Malenia in their battle, which has since driven him to insanity. Now the once great battler of the stars and his long, complex history have been reduced to nothing, as Radahn only worries about where his next meal will come from and which Tarnished will challenge him next. However, the meteor that crashes into Limgrave after his defeat by the Tarnished shows that beneath Radahn's animalistic exterior exists a fierce defender of the Lands Between from extraterrestrial bei
Author George R. R. Martin makes perfect sense to have been chosen to collaborate with Miyazaki and company. FromSoftware's Demon's Souls , Dark Souls trilogy, Bloodborne , and now Elden Ring are all sprawling and rich dark-fantasy universes that are a natural fit for the author of the A Song of Ice and Fire books and the catalyst for one of HBO's greatest original sho
Inspired by folklore and horror, Bloodborne takes players down a path of investigating a mysterious affliction. It's fantasy meets mystery meets RPG, and the three genres work in tandem to augment one another. Mystery keeps players exploring, fantasy means there's no telling what they'll find, and RPG means player ownership of the Character Story Endings. Babylon's Fall could've benefitted from this co
Up until now, FromSoft's Souls-like RPGs have been following the tempo set by Demon's Souls and refined through Dark Souls III when it comes to character progression. But fleshing out that base formula into one of the most richly vast open worlds in gaming demands more than a "copy/paste"