2022 video game
2022 video game
Elden Ring
[a]
is a 2022
action role-playing game
developed by
FromSoftware
. It was directed by
Hidetaka Miyazaki
with
worldbuilding
provided by
fantasy
writer
George R. R. Martin
. It was published for
PlayStation 4
,
PlayStation 5
,
Windows
,
Xbox One
, and
Xbox Series X/S
on February 25 by FromSoftware in Japan and
Bandai Namco Entertainment
internationally. Players control a customizable
player character
who is on a quest to repair the Elden Ring and become the new Elden Lord.
Elden Ring
is presented through a
third-person perspective
; players
freely roam
its interactive
open world
. The six main areas are traversed using the player character's steed Torrent as the primary mode of travel. Linear, hidden dungeons can be explored to find useful items. Players can use several types of weapons and magic spells, including non-direct engagement enabled by
stealth
mechanics. Throughout the game's world, checkpoints enable
fast travel
and allow players to improve their
attributes
using an in-game currency called runes.
Elden Ring
features an online
multiplayer
mode in which players join through
cooperative play
to fight
bosses
or engage in
player-versus-player
combat.
FromSoftware wanted to create an open-world game based on
Dark Souls
. Miyazaki admired Martin's previous work and hoped that his contributions would produce a more accessible narrative than those of the company's earlier games. Martin was given unrestricted freedom to design the backstory, while Miyazaki was lead writer for the in-game narrative. The developers concentrated on environmental scale, role-playing, and the story; the scale required the construction of several structures inside the open world.
Elden Ring
received critical acclaim upon release and has been cited as one of the
greatest video games of all time
, with praise directed towards its open world, gameplay systems, and setting, despite some criticism for its technical performance. It won 324
Game of the Year
awards and has sold 23 million copies, making it FromSoftware's most commercially successful game. A
downloadable content
expansion pack
,
Shadow of the Erdtree
, is planned to be released on June 21, 2024.
Gameplay
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Elden Ring
is an action role-playing game set in
third-person perspective
. It includes elements that are similar to those in other
FromSoftware
-developed games, such as the
Dark Souls
series,
Bloodborne
, and
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
. The game is set in an
open world
; players can freely explore the Lands Between and its six main areas, which include Limgrave?an area of grassy plains and ancient ruins?and Caelid, a wasteland that is home to
undead
monsters.
[1]
The open world is explored using the character's mount
Torrent
as the main mode of transportation, though players may use
fast travel
outside combat. Throughout the game, players encounter
non-player characters
(NPCs) and enemies, including demigods who rule each main area and serve as the game's main
bosses
.
[2]
[3]
Aside from the main areas,
Elden Ring
has hidden dungeons, catacombs, tunnels, and caves where players can fight bosses and gather helpful items.
[4]
At the game's start, the player chooses a
character class
, which determines their starting spells, equipment, and
attributes
.
[5]
Combat with enemies can be within melee, or from a distance using ranged weapons. Enemy attacks can be dodged or blocked using shields. Spells allow players to enhance their weapons, fight enemies from afar, and restore lost
hit points
. The player can memorize a limited amount of these spells, which can be cast using a staff or sacred seal item.
[6]
[7]
Weapons can be improved using ashes of war, which are obtainable "enchantments" that grant weapons new capabilities. Ashes of war can be applied to or removed from weapons, and each Ash adds a weapon art, a special ability that can be used during combat.
[8]
Aside from direct combat,
stealth
mechanics can be used to avoid enemies or allow the targeting of foes with
critical hits
while hidden.
[9]
[10]
Staggering enemies and
parrying
their attacks can also create opportunities for critical hits.
[11]
[12]
Checkpoints
called sites of grace are located throughout the game; in these places, characters can increase the power of their attributes, change memorized spells, swap ashes of war, or walk to using fast travel. Upon death, players
respawn
at the last site of grace they interacted with. Alternatively, they may choose to respawn at certain locations highlighted by "stakes of Marika" provided they died nearby.
[8]
[13]
[14]
To increase their attributes at sites of grace, the player must spend runes, an in-game currency that is acquired by defeating enemies.
[15]
Runes can be used to buy items, and improve weapons and armor. Dying in
Elden Ring
causes the player to lose all collected runes at the location of death; if the player dies again before retrieving the runes, they will be lost forever.
[16]
Elden Ring
contains crafting mechanics; the creation of items requires materials. Recipes, which are required for the crafting of items, can be found inside collectibles called cookbooks, which are scattered throughout the world. Materials can be collected by defeating enemies, exploring the game's world, or by trading with merchant NPCs. Crafted items include poison darts, exploding pots, and consumables that temporarily increase the player's combat strength.
[17]
[18]
Similar to the
Dark Souls
games, the player can summon friendly NPCs called spirits to fight enemies.
[19]
Summoning each type of spirit requires its equivalent Spirit Ash; different types of Spirit Ashes can be discovered as the player explores the game world. Spirits can only be summoned near structures called Rebirth Monuments, which are primarily found in large areas and inside boss fight arenas.
[20]
Elden Ring
has a
multiplayer
system that allows players to be summoned for both
cooperative
and
player-versus-player
(PvP) play over the Internet.
[21]
Cooperative play involves the placing of a summon sign on the ground, which causes the sign to become visible to online players who have used a corresponding item. If another player interacts with the sign, the player who placed the sign is summoned into their world. Cooperative players remain in the same world until the boss of the area is defeated or until a summoned player dies and is returned to their home world. In PvP combat, a summon sign is used to challenge another player to a duel, or the player can use additional items to invade the worlds of others. World hosts may use a "taunter's tongue" to increase the likelihood their world will be invaded by others and to decrease the time between invasions.
[22]
[23]
[24]
Synopsis
[
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Premise
[
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]
Elden Ring
takes place in the Lands Between, a fictional realm over which several demigods rule. It was previously ruled over by the immortal Queen Marika, who acted as keeper of the Elden Ring, a powerful force that manifested itself as the physical concept of order. When Marika shattered the Elden Ring and disappeared, her demigod children began fighting over pieces of the Ring in an event called The Shattering. Each demigod has a shard of the Ring called a Great Rune, which corrupts them with power. In the game, the
player character
is a Tarnished, one of a group of exiles from the Lands Between who are summoned back after the Shattering. The player must traverse the realm to repair the Elden Ring and become the Elden Lord.
Plot
[
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Early in their journey to repair the Elden Ring, the player-character Tarnished encounters a maiden named Melina. Because the Tarnished is maidenless, Melina offers to act as their maiden, granting them the ability to turn runes into strength and giving the Tarnished a steed named Torrent. In exchange, Melina requires the Tarnished to take her to the Erdtree, the home of the Elden Ring. Melina later takes the Tarnished to the Roundtable Hold, a gathering place for other Tarnished seeking to repair the Elden Ring. The Hold's benefactor, the Two Fingers, instructs the Tarnished to collect the Great Runes and bring them to the Erdtree, where they can be used to repair the Elden Ring.
The Tarnished travels into the Lands Between, investigating its locales and defeating the demigods. After recovering at least two Great Runes, the Two Fingers allows them to battle Morgott the Grace-Given, the demigod guarding the Erdtree. The Tarnished defeats Morgott but finds a wall of thorns blocking the Erdtree's interior. Melina arrives and advises the Tarnished to find the Flame of Ruin, which they can use to ignite the Erdtree and destroy the thorns. The Tarnished is free to travel towards the Flame of Ruin or search for a way to harness the equally powerful Frenzied Flame.
If, upon obtaining the Flame of Ruin, the Tarnished did not gain the power of the Frenzied Flame, Melina takes the Flame of Ruin and sacrifices herself to set alight the Erdtree. If the Tarnished gained the power of the Frenzied Flame, Melina abandons the Tarnished, forcing them to use the Frenzied Flame to set alight the Erdtree. While the Erdtree burns, the Tarnished is transported to the ruined city Farum Azula. After defeating Maliketh the Black Blade and using his Rune of Death to fuel the fire, the Tarnished is returned to the foot of the scorched Erdtree. Inside, they fight Radagon, Queen Marika's consort cohabitating her body, and the tree's guardian the Elden Beast. After both are vanquished, the Tarnished gains access to Marika's shattered corpse, which contains the remains of the Elden Ring. Depending on the Tarnished's actions during the game, six different endings can be achieved; the primary of which include the Tarnished becoming the Elden Lord, the Elden Ring being destroyed by
Ranni the Witch
, and the Tarnished using the Frenzied Flame to destroy the Lands Between. The three alternate endings include an Age of Order, brought about by perfecting the Elden Ring, the Age of the Duskborn, embedding the principle of "Life within Death" into Order, and the Blessing of Despair, overtaking the lands between with a reviled curse.
Development and release
[
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FromSoftware's
Dark Souls
series of games is noted for its high level of
difficulty
.
[25]
[26]
Director
Hidetaka Miyazaki
wanted to create an open world game, intending
Elden Ring
as a mechanical evolution of
Dark Souls
.
Elden Ring
was designed to have a more-expansive environment than the narrow dungeons of FromSoftware's previous games; Miyazaki hoped the grander scale would add freedom and depth to exploration. FromSoftware approached American author
George R. R. Martin
, creator of the fantasy-novel series
A Song of Ice and Fire
, to provide
worldbuilding
for
Elden Ring
. Miyazaki, a fan of Martin's work, hoped his contributions would produce a more-accessible narrative than those of the studio's earlier games.
[27]
[28]
[29]
Miyazaki remained lead writer for the game's main storyline but gave Martin creative freedom to write about events that occurred before the main narrative. Miyazaki compared the process to using a "dungeon master's handbook in a tabletop [role-playing game]".
[30]
[29]
As with many of FromSoftware's previous games, the story was designed to be poorly explained; the developers wanted players to interpret the story for themselves via
flavor text
and optional discussions with
non-player characters
(NPCs). Miyazaki said he enjoyed writing NPCs with more detail, believing they are more compelling than those in his earlier works.
[29]
[31]
In an interview with
IGN
, Miyazaki said he chose to give Martin control over the backstory because of the restrictions FromSoftware's method of storytelling placed on writers. He noted FromSoftware did not want a linear or story-focused game, and by giving Martin oversight of a backstory with which the player is not directly involved, he could allow Martin to freely design his contributions.
[28]
Some staff from
Game of Thrones
, a television series adaptation of
A Song of Ice and Fire
, assisted with the game's development.
[32]
Production of the game began in early 2017 following the release of
The Ringed City
, a piece of
downloadable content
(DLC) for
Dark Souls III
.
Elden Ring
was developed alongside
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
, which Miyazaki also directed. He said although the combat in
Elden Ring
has similarities to that in
Sekiro
, neither game directly inspired the mechanics of the other.
[33]
[34]
FromSoftware simultaneously developed both games using a "co-director" structure in which each of the games had a staff member acting as director through its first stages of development. Miyazaki would then provide direction on the game's mechanics, art, and music.
[28]
Yui Tanimura, who previously directed
Dark Souls II
and co-directed
Dark Souls III
, served as co-director for the game.
[35]
The design team of
Elden Ring
concentrated on environmental scale, roleplaying, and storytelling as the main elements. Developers credited the scale with responsibility for creating a sense of diversity, and intended the roleplaying elements to allow for a variety of player-environment interactions. Increasing the game's scale required the creation of several explorable structures, which the team conjoined in the open world.
[36]
Miyazaki named
Shadow of the Colossus
,
The Elder Scrolls
,
The Witcher 3
, and
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
as design influences for
Elden Ring
. He credited the tabletop role-playing game
RuneQuest
, and the novels
The Lord of the Rings
and
The Eternal Champion
as inspirations for the game's story.
[37]
[38]
Tsukasa Saitoh, Shoi Miyazawa, Tai Tomisawa, Yuka Kitamura, and Yoshimi Kudo composed
Elden Ring
's
original soundtrack
.
[39]
Elden Ring
was revealed during an
Xbox
games conference at
E3 2019
.
[40]
[41]
Some information about the game had previously been
leaked
online due to a vulnerability of the servers at
Bandai Namco Entertainment
.
[42]
Elden Ring
was widely anticipated on announcement but no further material was released until a trailer was shown in June 2021.
[43]
Playtesting
was facilitated by Bandai Namco, which in November 2021 initially released the game as a
closed beta
that players could sign up to test.
[44]
The game's full release was scheduled for January 21, 2022, but was postponed to February 25 the same year.
[45]
[46]
Elden Ring
had performance issues at launch; players complained of an insufficient
frame rate
.
[47]
[48]
Bandai Namco addressed some of these problems through software
patches
and updates.
[49]
[50]
In February 2023, an expansion called
Shadow of the Erdtree
was announced for release at a later date.
[51]
A trailer for the expansion was launched on February 21, 2024, announcing a release date for June 21, 2024.
[52]
Reception
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Elden Ring
received "universal acclaim" according to
review aggregator
website
Metacritic
.
[53]
[54]
[55]
The game drew nearly 900,000 viewers within 24 hours of release on the live streaming platform
Twitch
, putting it among the most-popular debuts on the platform.
[71]
The game's open world setting received acclaim; reviewers praised the exploration mechanics. Tamoor Hussain of
GameSpot
praised the Lands Between as the most-expansive of FromSoftware's settings, calling exploration and discovery the game's main appeal.
[72]
Mitchell Saltzman of
IGN
lauded
Elden Ring
for rewarding exploration in every part of the map.
[73]
Simon Parkin
of
The Guardian
called the game's environments "intriguing and inventive".
[74]
Some reviewers liked the open landscape's provision of opportunities to discover and try multiple challenges.
[75]
[76]
The game's exploration drew many favorable comparisons with
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
.
[72]
[73]
[77]
The game's environments were also praised for their artistic designs; reviewers positively rated their execution in an open setting and appreciated the designs of linear dungeons.
[72]
[78]
[79]
Similarly to many of FromSoftware's earlier games,
Elden Ring
's
difficulty provoked much commentary; reviewers both praised and criticized its lack of
easy modes
.
[80]
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[82]
Other reviewers considered
Elden Ring
the most-accessible
Souls
game, saying the player can choose to avoid difficult threats and return with more experience.
[75]
[76]
[77]
The combat of
Elden Ring
was praised for offering options for fighting enemies while keeping the game challenging.
[76]
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Torrent and fast travel were well-received features, with reviewers citing them as large improvements towards making the game easier to explore.
[75]
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The placing of checkpoints was praised as helpful to the game's approachability.
[85]
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Some reviewers criticized a number of the game's menu and accessibility systems.
[87]
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Reviewers complained about the poor performance of the Windows version;
framerate
issues were commonly mentioned.
[84]
[89]
Reviewers noted the story of
Elden Ring
lacks Martin's writing style. Kyle Orland of
Ars Technica
said the game's storytelling is "characteristically sparse and cryptic", and differs from the expectations of Martin's fans.
[79]
Chris Carter of
Destructoid
called the story "low key" but said it is better-told than those of previous FromSoftware games.
[83]
Aoife Wilson of
Eurogamer
said George R. R. Martin's heavy inclusion in the marketing was "baffling" when his contributions to the overall narrative were unclear.
[75]
Mitchell Saltzman did not mind the lack of Martin's style, saying the side-stories rather than any grand, overarching plot kept him "enthralled".
[73]
Journalists have covered the game's
speedrunning
community.
[90]
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Shortly after release, players discovered a
glitch
called the "zip glitch" which allows players to warp across the map.
[91]
The glitch was removed by the developers, leading speedrunners to use older version of the game for speedruns.
[91]
The game has been beaten in under five minutes using the glitch.
[92]
Sales
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Elden Ring
sold
13.4 million
copies worldwide by the end of March 2022,
[93]
and
23 million
by February 2024.
[94]
It was the best-selling game in several regions between February and March 2022,
[95]
[96]
and is the fastest-selling Bandai Namco game of all time.
[97]
[98]
It was the second-bestselling game of 2022 in the US after
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
,
[99]
the third-bestselling in Europe,
[100]
and the tenth-bestselling in Japan at retail.
[101]
Awards
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]
Elden Ring
won many awards and accolades. It was listed as the 2022's
Game of the Year
by several publications, including
Ars Technica
,
[102]
Destructoid
,
[103]
EGM
,
[104]
Eurogamer
,
[105]
Game Informer
,
[106]
GamesRadar+
,
[107]
GameSpot
,
[108]
IGN
,
[109]
PC Gamer
,
[110]
and
Polygon
.
[111]
It is among the most awarded games in history with 324 Game of the Year awards.
[112]
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