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Elden Ringis without a doubt FromSoftware’s biggest game yet, and when it launched, it also became their most successful game. This was all thanks to its captivating world and engaging combat mechanics. This game, like most other Soulslike titles, was directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, but one other big name was also involved with its development: George R. R. Martin.
George R. R. Martin was tasked with developing the fleshed-out lore for this massive soulslike game. He created more of the characters, and he gave all of them a back story. The story then became the whole basis ofElden Ring. Yet, the legendary writer refuses to take credit for this game all alone.
George R. R. Martin suggests he does not deserve full credit for Elden Ring’s story
Even beforeElden Ring,George R. R. Martinwas a very big name, all thanks to his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series of books. Those books were later converted into a popular HBO series. But thanks to those books, it was clear that he has a knack for creating gritty narratives.
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He was then approached by FromSoftware to work onElden Ring. He once revealed that he was asked by the studio to develop around 5,000 years of history for this game. He did that and moved on to other projects.
Hidetaka Miyazaki then took that history and carved a story out of it, set in the era in which players enter the game. Both Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R. R. Martin get tons of praise for their work on this game, but fans especially praise George R. R. Martin’s lore.
But it appears he does not want people to give him all the credit for it. He once suggested that people should rather credit the developers and Hidetaka Miyazaki for this game’s success. He suggests that he only played a small part in making it such a success,and the praise should mostly go to the developers.
“Of course, almost all the credit should go to Hidetaka Miyazaki and his astonishing team of games designers who have been laboring on this game for half a decade or more, determined to create the best videogame ever. I am honored to have met them and worked with them, and to have played a part, however small, in creating this fantastic world and making Elden Ring the landmark megahit that it is.”
He is writing on many levels here; it is pretty obvious that creating a game out of a written story is a whole other beast. The fact thatHidetaka Miyazakiand his team committed themselves to it and gave such an incredible result is commendable.
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It is a huge game; its map is much larger than anything they have done before. Every nook and cranny of its world hides a secret, and discovering those secrets leads players to even more secrets. Such a layered world could not have been possible without FromSoftware’s dedication toElden Ring.
What about his work onShadow of the Erdtree, though?
One question that fans have been asking about Elden Ring is: did George R. R. Martin also write a separate story for theShadow of the ErdtreeDLC? The answer for now is no; he did not exclusively come back to work on this DLC.
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But his work for the base game shows that 5000 years of lore still serve as the basis of the DLC’s story.
Rohit Sejwal
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Rohit Sejwal has been enthusiastically playing video games for over 15 years and has been writing about them for around 1.5 years now. His love for movies pushed him towards video games and made him look at them as a new interactive medium for storytelling. Besides completing his Masters in Mass Communication, he also has a diploma in filmmaking and has a sheer passion for reading dark fantasy books besides watching movies and playing video games.
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