![]() Long-term support for online play in Elden Ring will likely take care of itself, similar to past Souls games, wherein players can play through the entirety of the game on their lonesome, or call upon random player-controlled NPCs at the fog gate of every boss fight if they so choose. Like Skyrim's Dawnguard and Hearthfire expansions, the likes of Dark Souls 3's Ringed City and Ashes of Ariandel provided players with new deadly playgrounds to explore, brimming with new enemies and headed by new, twisted bosses. "Skyrim, having expanded upon the ideas and outlook of its four predecessors, chiefly Morrowind and Oblivion, of course, did the very same."įrom an official support standpoint, it feels inevitable that FromSoftware will grow Elden Ring over time, in the same way it has its previous action-RPGs, with official DLC loosely tied to their base games' overarching narratives. Skyrim, having expanded upon the ideas and outlook of its four predecessors, chiefly Morrowind and Oblivion, of course, did the very same. Elden Ring, following a protracted development, a couple of delays, a closed network test and, again, a solid marketing campaign, takes centre stage having built on every step of the way to this point. Between times, PS4-exclusive Bloodborne (2015) and Dark Souls 3 (2016) pushed FromSoftware's name and ruthless style to a much bigger audience than ever before, whereas Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019), even with the unlikely backing of Activision, felt like a sideways step given its especially niche setting and era. Demon's Souls was a cult classic – latterly remastered by then third-party outfit Bluehole over 10 years later – and Dark Souls harnessed much of that 'flawed gem', underground prestige right up until, I reckon, its Remastered edition of 2018. ![]() ![]() ![]() All of which makes this feel, even at this early stage, like FromSoftware's first proper foray into the mainstream. ![]()
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