Elden Ring Is an Evolution of Dark Souls Says Creator

FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki, director of Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro, sits down with IGN to tell you what to expect from his new game Elden Ring.

[ps3rider]

That is good news.

By DS3 in my opinion souls franchises has given everything so DS4 won't add more

[djplonker]

3 games trying to break the cycle and we finally start to get an alternative to fire / dark..... So ds4 would atleast add alot to the lore.

I would prefer them to take their time though since there has been quite a few rushed areas and alot of unused ideas in the series.

[MWH]

I agree but i also wouldn't mind a good DS4.

[AnnaDea]

This game will be the tits.

[sushimama]

I feel it is logical to move the "souls' thing to a real open world. At least one time. Just to see what FromSoftware can bring to that style of game. I am really really excited. Think about it, Sekiro having a whole lot of 'mini boosses'. Image this game having even more? I can only imagine what the possibilities would be for an open world FromSoft game.
This is BY FAR my most anticipated game. Even if only for it's potential to change the way an open world plays. When I first played Demon's Souls on PS3, it became my favourite game of all time, dethroning FF7. It changing gaming forever for me. Maybe this game can change open world games for the better. I looking forward to seeing more

[on_line_forever]

Open world by FromSoftware and Hidetaka Miyazaki it's my dream game , great gameplay and combat, a lot of bosses and mini bosses, a lot of secrets and hidden places, a lot of great soundtrack (like DS 3) , great visual world and lore

[FalconofLucis98]

Dark Souls has no story. Maybe it beats FF7 in terms of gameplay, but definitely not story. Thats Squaresofts department not Fromsofts.

[Chriswynnetbh]

Squaresoft doesn't exist anymore. And SE can't touch the amount of detail and lore that FromSoft puts into their games. If you are just playing the game and not reading item descriptions or paying attention to all of the little details you're going to miss 80% of the storytelling. There are probably less than ten cutscenes in all of Bloodborne and that game told a better story then anything SE has put out in the past decade.

[Segata]

I'm not a souls fan but c'mon. Souls games are deep in lore. Final Fantasy these days says it needs anime spinoffs. CG films. Tons of DLC. Manga spinoffs and smartphone games to explain FFXV's story and even with all that there is not much there. It's like Final Fantasy is Twilight books and Dark Souls is the opening 8 minutes of Pixar's UP. More is said in less time. A shorter but richer experience.

[Dragonscale]

All the Souls games have a story, and they are great stories but they're not in your face like usual game stories, you have to discover them for yourself. They are actually better games for it and not necessary to actually enjoy the games.

[on_line_forever]

Thank you Hidetaka Miyazaki Dark Souls give me the passion and challenge I really need to continue and love playing games to this day , my body is ready and so excited for Elden Ring

[Spurg]

"Miyazaki gives three reasons to why he wanted to introduce this new type of environment: showing the game’s world and lore on a grander scale"

The lore in Dark souls is unmatched to this day and none of the games he released after Dark souls were able to be at the same level. Almost everything in Dark souls made sense and had a reason to be there the subsequent games were quite random and had no explanations for certain things, leaving the player clueless.

[nucky64]

i think the demon souls lore of boletaria was more interesting. but, it's a subjective question so there is really no "wrong" answer.

[Chriswynnetbh]

Bloodborne has amazing lore. Not saying it is better than DS but I definitely think it tells a more focused story for sure.

[l33t_haxx0r]

Open world games are boring, everything about them bores me when I play them... But a from software open world game? If it keeps the combat and the style and plays as a souls game should, it has the potential to be one of the greatest open world games ever made.. to me anyway. And imagine if they nail it, and it's amazing and they decided to make a full pledged MMO game souls style, can you imagine how amazing that would be???? Fucking dark souls raid bosses?? Holy shit balls and the PvP would be amazing also if they did full open world PvP with maybe a loot drops on deaths mechanic?? Not armour and weapons but crafting mats and herbs and such?? I get wet just thinking about it tbh

[MajorLazer]

Agree with everything up until the MMO part 🤮

[lucian229]

Dark souls is my favorite series but not all open world sucks. Dragons Dogma showed that.

[Psychotica]

Please no MMO, those things always suck ass..

[l33t_haxx0r]

They always suck ass because they are not dark souls!!

[Donnie81]

Sounds good to me. I love rpgs and have become a souls fan by just really wanting to explore the worlds they created. At first I would die all day long but I kept on because even in dark souls there was a very interesting world with plenty of lore to explore. By dark souls 3 I was destroying bosses but I think it was the easiest souls game by far. I would bet this game will be approachable since they will want it to have mass appeal with Mr martin involved.

[william_cade]

Miyazaki and crew really know what it is to make games for gamers. It's great news to hear that he won't be going down the cut and paste path like Ubisoft and many others. I didn't think he would, but it's still good to hear.

[nucky64]

if ER is coming to current gen, i'm thinking bloodborne 2 to be a ps5 title.

[mechlord]

Why do people forget about Demon's Souls but are quick to quote Bloodborne?

[Segata]

I understand why they keep making deviations of souls games but I do miss the From Soft pre souls. Otogi. Frame Gride. Armored Core. Ninja Blade. Metal Wolf Chaos. Kings Feild. I miss that era.

[SyntheticForm]

I hope it's far away from the typical Souls experience. Miyazaki will obviously do his thing; probably make another strange, difficult game, and that's fine - just tired of the Souls format.

I wouldn't mind a 'little' Souls but I'm definitely liking the sound of "evolution."

[GamePeace]

First finish your game then we'll see if this is an evolution of Dark Souls, it's too early to talk ...