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Hidetaka Miyazaki’s games, fromDemon’s Souls,Dark Souls,Bloodborne,Sekiro, andElden Ring, have rich and complex lore.In fact, difficult gameplay and complex lore have become his signature elements. Although Miyazaki has created several iconic games over the years,Elden Ringis the latest jewel of his career.
Elden Ringhas a vast and cryptic lore, thanks to Miyazaki’s collaboration with George R. R. Martin. While Miyazaki worked on the game’s story and characters, Martin created the overall mythology forElden Ring. His narrative was the backstory that set the events of the game.
Hidetaka Miyazaki made changes to George R. R. Martin’s characters fromElden Ring
During an interview withGame Informerin 2022,Hidetaka Miyazakidiscussed the mythological lore created by Martin forElden Ring.
Surprisingly, Miyazaki added that Martin crafted the characters in the lore as humans. He then said,
“When Martin wrote these characters, and when he provided that origin story, that mythos for the world of Elden Ring, these demigods were much closer to their original form, and maybe closer to human form back then, before the Shattering, before it all started”
However, things changed when Miyazaki and his team took on the task of making these characters fit into the game. Changes had to be made to Martin’s characters so that they become a perfect fit for the game’s bosses. He then added,
“So it was more up to us to interpret this and say, ‘how did they become such inhuman monsters”
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For Miyazaki, the catastrophic Shattering event justified the changes made for the characters. He, however, added that Martin would be shocked by what they did with the characters ofElden Ring. He wrote the characters for the lore with the idea that they should be a little bit more human, and have some elements of human drama to them.
Elden Rings’upcomingShadow of the ErdtreeDLC
With the success ofElden Ring, many are now eagerly waiting forShadow of the ErdtreeDLC. The paid DLC will be released on June 21.Shadow of the Erdtreewill take players in the same time period asElden Ring.
While the game is set in the same time period, it will net a new map. This information has been confirmed by Miyazaki in an interview withEurogamer. Here he adds that the new map will be,
“larger even than Limgrave in the base game”
Additionally, according to Miyazaki, the DLC will be the“largest expansion”they ever created in terms of the overall volume.
FromSoftware released a trailer forShadow of the Erdtreewhich came out on February 21. The trailer gave a glimpse of what to expect from the must-awaited DLC. Moreover, we also know that at launch, the DLC will be made available in four fully-fledged editions.
Binayak Sharma
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Binayak Sharma is a Gaming Content Writer at FandomWire. He has a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Delhi along with a Master’s degree in Applied Sociology from Christ University. He has worked with different media outlets covering gaming news.
