Miyazaki Says Working with GRRM Went Surprisingly Smooth, Explains Why He Had Him Writing the Lore

FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki described his collaboration with George R.R. Martin as surprisingly smooth. He also explained why he had him writing the lore of Elden Ring instead of the story of the game itself.

[KaiPow]

Hopefully GRRM will leave us more than just breadcrumbs and item descriptions to build the world!

[AnnaDea]

When you get the chance to have someone like George work on your game, and someone that really wants to work on it too, is a god bless made in heaven.

I think George have been very busy the last years considering The Winds of Winter is gonna be the next book since Dance of Dragons that was released in 2011.

[jeromeface]

Yea, tell that to "Fire and Blood"

[mikeslemonade]

This gonna be game of the generation for next gen, just like how Bloodborne was game of this gen.

[I_am_Batman]

As far as I understand it GRRM has created the whole setting (world, characters, myth) but it's up to Miyazaki what he uses and how he implements it into the game. I don't expect a huge change in how the story is told compared to other Miyazaki games (which is a good thing in my book).

[ccgr]

Looking forward to checking it out!

[AnnaDea]

I think this game will be so god damn good. Giving George creative freedom and while retaining the same for Miyazaki.

[SyntheticForm]

When I picture this game in my head I see greatness.

[killswitch80]

GRRM is master of lore do you need more.

[harmny]

Yes. I needed him to continue with the show. Lazy fat guy.

[Movefasta1993]

He's not lazy, he's most likely tired. A lazy person couldn't write those novels that are rich in story while being a lazy person. He's old.

[harmny]

When he wrote them he wasn't lazy

[SilverDemon]

I don't care about grrm. I just want another game by miyazaki

[esherwood]

So he only wrote the backstory and they still did the main story. Pretty sure they only did it for his name, Miyazaki’s a good story writer and he knows how to write for games. I’m sure it was a nice paycheck though

[GamePeace]

One can understand his appreciation for fantasy media and books, but I would like to see his own writing, he is the boss of the company, why does he need a second writer and in general others to write his stories? Stupid and lazy, it sounds like he wants to have big success by doing only half of the work. I still don't see the connection between Miyazaki's works and GRRM (totally different) ...

[GamePeace]

He should first and foremost direct his games, not with the help of other autors that have nothing to do with his works ...

[Thundercat77]

From Software games need a better way to show the story of their games. Putting little pieces on item descriptions will not work anymore. They neen to evolve on this matter and working with GRRM is a step forward.

[Movefasta1993]

Or they can explain it us after we complete the game, rather than have us go to youtube and watch lore videos.

[Thundercat77]

Exactly.

[william_cade]

Collaborations are usually a good thing. Unless it's something like Aerosmith and RDMC, then it could lead to something as awful as Limp Biscuit or Lincoln Park.

I'm always hyped for a Miyazaki piece.