A giant world full of spirits
In interviews with Famitsu and IGN, FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki has given much more information about the upcoming action RPG and its world.
It starts with the lore of the game, which was written by George RR Martin. The plot revolves around the all-powerful Elden Ring that was shattered, with several demi-gods battling to steals the shards. The shards provide immense power themselves, and thus the gods have become even more powerful and fearsome.
The world, known as The Lands Between, will center around a central hub where six different areas will link to. Each area will have a main dungeon, alongside smaller exploration areas like forts, mini-dungeons and caves, and house one of the demi-gods as its formidable boss. Traversal of the world will be important, and so FromSoftware has included a double-jumping horse as the main ride to get players to new areas easier. The different areas can be accessed in any order.
Players can create and customize their characters, and seek out spirits — the souls of their fallen enemies — and summon them as allies in battle. Players can acquire abilities and skills in battle, or buy them from NPCs in the world, to enhance their characters. Weapons can even interchange attached abilities for even more flexibility than any Souls game before it.
Elden Ring is set to arrive in January 2022.
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