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While the summon and multiplayer components aren't prerequisites to FromSoftware's Souls-like experiences, they've always been a rewarding supplemental feature. In Demon's Souls , including the remake, players can summon up to two player Phant

The ruinous open world of Elden Ring is pre-dominantly modeled after the cultures and technologies of pre-modern Europe (with elements of Norse and Eastern Roman cultures being predominant); the basic weapons and plate mail armor sets players can unlock match the panoplies of medieval knights, while other weapons and armor sets more closely match the equipment of Renaissance-era war bands such as the Swiss Pikes, German Landsknecht, and Polish Winged Hussars. That said, Elden Ring is also chock-full of katana-style weaponry and samurai-esque lamellar armor sets (potential homages to FromSoftware's Japanese roots and its previous game, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice ). In-universe, these Japan-coded weapons are said to be favored by Elden Ring Multiplayer Guide Ring 's Grace-gifted Tarnished who hail from the Land of Re

FromSoftware's Elden Ring has been released to widespread critical acclaim while its world can simultaneously be a treacherous place for the uninitiated. The Lands Between is a breathtakingly dangerous world, ripe with enemies and bosses that make mechanics like item management and healing methods important factors to have become second nat

A key part of Elden Ring 's backstory is the fate of the Tarnished, the lineage of humans the player's character belongs to. Near the height of the Golden Order - the divinely-inspired monarchy which rules over the Lands Between's denizens - Elden Ring 's Queen Marika the Eternal banished a number of her subjects from her realm, stripping away the golden Grace that had once connected these individuals to the power and vitality of the Erdtree. These Tarnished people departed the Lands Between, embarking on a long voyage to other lands, carving out new, lesser lives for themselves, until the guidance of Grace returned and called them to the Lands Between once more. Players of Elden Ring never directly see the Tarnished traveling from their places of exile, but certain details about the regions outside the Lands Between can be gleaned from item descriptions and the features of certain N

The world of Elden Ring was created with help from George R.R. Martin, the author of A Song of Ice and Fire . This partnership has produced a world with a long and complex history with the potential for more lore to come in Elden Ring DLC, which has been leaked . The game takes place in the Lands Between, however, most of the events that shape the region and its people occurred before the player's arrival. While the notable actions of the Godskins happen far in the past, they continue to work toward their goals despite losing the bulk of their po

The opening cinematic of Elden Ring further identifies Godfrey/Hoarah Loux as " Chieftain of the Badlands ," while the item descriptions for the Champion's Set armor pieces expound on how " the brave warriors of the badlands shun excess adornment " __ in emulation of their chieftain. In-game, the character of Godfrey never discusses his life in the Badlands (which hopefully won't be Elden Ring's DLC setting ), but the NPC Nepheli Loux , a distant relation of Godfrey and axe-wielding warrior, shares a lot about her life in dialogue with the player. In the Village of the Albinaurics, Nepheli recounts a grim slaughter she witnessed as a child, describing it as " The oppression of the weak. Murder and pillage unchecked. A waking nightmare, made by men. " __ Throughout her quest line, she refers to the " wind " as a divine force of nature and the " storm " as a force of cleansing justice. These words and others suggest that the Badlands are a harsh, desolate place, wind-swept like Stormveil and full of marauders who use their strength to take from the w

As anyone would expect from an open-world game, Elden Ring 's traversal is a major change to how players navigate the world of Boletaria in Demon's Souls . The latter uses its checkpoints and hub word to travel between a level and its areas, while Elden Ring is one large, seamless sand

As any FromSoftware Souls-like veteran will know, Elden Ring will have players dodge-rolling a lot throughout their encounters across The Lands Between. And like in other video games, dodging into attacks as well as away from them can be executed thanks to the temporary frames of invulnerability that happen during a r

Several bosses in **Elden Ring ** make little to no effort to hide their evil nature and deserve their eventual fate at the hands of the Tarnished. FromSoftware often designs their boss characters to be morally ambiguous or tragically sympathetic, and Elden Ring is no exception. Plenty of bosses don’t seem that villainous, and an Elden Ring player may feel bad for killing them. However, Elden Ring certainly does not lack downright evil charact