George R.R. Martin on Elden Ring: 'It Looks Incredible' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 20 December 2021 / 2,057 Views
Publisher Bandai Namco and developer FromSoftware are putting on the final touches to Elden Ring ahead of its February release.
George R.R. Martin, best known for writing the epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, did some of the writing for Elden Ring, as well as helping build the world. In a new blog post he shared new details on the work he did with FromSoftware.
"A few years back, Hidetaka Miyazaki and his incredible team of game designers, the creators of the Dark Souls videogame series, reached out from Japan to ask me to help them create the backstory and history for a new game they were working on," said Martin.
He added, "Miyazaki and his team from FromSoftware were doing groundbreaking stuff with gorgeous art, and what they wanted from me was just a bit of world building: a deep, dark, resonant world to serve as a foundation for the game they planned to create. And as it happens, I love creating worlds and writing imaginary history.
"So I did my bit, and handed off to my new friends in Japan, and they took it from there. And years passed. Videogames are as big as movies these days (bigger, actually)… and take just as long to create.
"But the day of Elden Ring is finally at hand. And I’ve got to say, it looks incredible."
Elden Ring will launch for the Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on February 25, 2022.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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2022 is going to start off with a bang!
Elden Ring and Horizon are going to come swinging out of the gate for GOTY in just a few short months.
The awesome thing about it is I can see a strong case for both games getting that top spot just based on the teams behind them.
2021 was kind of a lull but I have a feeling gamers are going to be in for a year full of great gaming content soon.
-NEW YEAR NEW GAMES NINJA APPROVED-
Horizon can’t be game of the year. It does nothing new. It’s just another open world same as the first.
Ellen ring has a shot.
You really seem to be on a holy crusade against Horizon here lately. Well, whatever you choose to spend your time and energy on, man.
I've got nothing against Horizon, I loved the first and finished it 3x. I'm a bit disappointed the new one is not ps5/PC exclusive as it should push graphics.
But its definitely not game of the year material. Not in a year with the new god of war and Starfield, Gotham knights, Forspoken and many more.
Horizon 2 is almost a copy of the first, and that one was already a generic Ubisoft type open world.
I'm 100% sure its not going to be game of the year, just like the new assassins creed isn't going to be either, or Fifa or call of duty, because those games don't change much, just come back here next year I dare you.
Do you not see your comment as nonsensical, considering Horizon hasn’t released yet?
Fortunately I was born with a brain, it makes sense to me that a generic open world game cant win, yeah its pretty, but its the same open world formula we had for many years now. Same reason why assassins creed of far cry never win. For the info we have right now, my bet is on Starfield, God of war could have a chance but its going to be too similar to the last one, so it cant win either.
If your brain tells you horizon 2 could win above Starfield, Breath of the wild 2 and many other great games that we will definitely have then I'm sorry for you.
If you followed that line of thought it could be argued that Elden Ring is just another souls game .
It doesn't matter a game not being original or new doesn't automatically disqualify it from being great, just as being original or new doesn't automatically qualify it as being great.
Isn't Elden ring open world? Making it a step above the souls games?
From the trailers it doesn't look like dark souls to me, it looks like a new game. Totally opposite of Horizon or any new far cry which looks like the last one played on a top PC.
I mean, it’s not like he’s gonna come out saying a game he worked on looks like crap lol
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