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Started watching Elden Ring lore videos (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have played all soulslike games except the original Demon Souls and completed all of them except the first Dark Souls. I was familiar with how the lore is laid out in these games but I never found the lore compelling enough.

I think compared to Dark Souls, Elden Ring's lore is much much more interesting. I say this as someone who never took interest in high fantasy settings like LotR, Game of Thrones, etc. But I really enjoy Elden Ring's. Don't know why. I feel it is mostly because of the plot is convoluted yet coherent. There is a sense of mystique because much of the world's ontology is written rather than shown so it feels like reading a book or being told a story orally. It's a really unique way of experiencing high fantasy fiction.

I had heard of VaatiVidya and watched all his Elden Ring videos. Then I stumbled upon some guys called Tarnished Archeologist and SmoughTown who I find much better. I have some tens of hours of their video in my backlog and I really enjoy watching them when I have time to unwind.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

One month before Elden Ring was released, Miyazaki spoke with Game Informer and claimed he had a lot of fun turning all the heroes that Martin created and “breaking them” in order to turn them into “misshapen, grotesque monsters.” Miyazaki loved twisting these characters into boss creatures and trying to fill the gaps that explained how they fell from grace. “I think [Martin] might be a bit shocked,” stated Miyazaki.

Unclear, for sure, but it seems like GRRM's role in the story and lore may have been very minor.

Me, I see a lot of Martin DNA in the interplay between the god and demigod characters, and all the backstabbing and plotting going on, while stuff like the Elden Ring itself, and the Erdtree and all the mysticism of the world reads very FromSoft.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

So it seems like GRRM had a substantial role in how it all turned out.