Elden Ring Creator Doesn’t Understand Why Game Is Played More Than Dark Souls – We Have Ideas
The creator of the Elden Ring is not yet sure what was responsible for the great success.
Not having an answer can sometimes be interesting too. Dark Souls and Elden Ring creator Hidetaka Miyazaki made two interesting statements in a recent interview. First, the developer revealed that several other titles are currently in development – and one of them is almost finished. He also explained that he doesn’t know why Elden Ring is being played so much more than the development team’s previous titles.
Why is Elden Ring much more successful?
It’s all about this: Miyazaki made these statements to the Japanese magazine 4Gamer. When asked how the great success of Elden Rings, which is reflected in sales figures and social media presence, came about, the developer answered:
[…] Why did this happen this time? To be honest I don’t know. I think there are several points like the collaboration with George RR Martin and the improved sense of scale through the open world, but I haven’t gotten around to analyzing that in detail yet.
Curious: We dedicated a video to exactly this question:
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Elden Ring vs Dark Souls – Why is the new game so much more successful?
Video provides comparison
In this video, we look at what the Elden Ring and the Dark Souls series have in common, what makes them different, and consider what might have contributed to the huge success of the new game. In addition to the big name GRR Martin and the open world, the revised game mechanics should have a large part.
combat system: There are, for example, smaller innovations, such as the possibility of sneaking up on opponents in order to give them a backstab, but of course above all the spirit ashes, which can be a great support in battle, or the ashes of war, with which we can use our weapons assign new special abilities. Taken together, these innovations in the combat system lead to more variety and flexibility, making the game more accessible.
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There are also small Quality of Life improvements such as the statues in the world, which act as additional checkpoints and ensure that we often don’t have to walk quite as far to collect our runes (formerly: souls) or a boss again to challenge.
In patches, FromSoftware even adds in this regard. Among other things, we are now shown NPCs on the map. Are you interested in our detailed analysis? Then be sure to watch the video.
What do you think is the main reason for the greater success of the Elden Rings compared to the Souls series?
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