Once the Elden Ring is already for sale and many players have been able to enter the Middle Lands, more than one will further question the George RR Martin’s contribution in creating the narrative universe of the game. Elden Ring, as usual in Souls, does not tell a story in a traditional way, we could say, but it is represented in a contextual way in descriptions of objects, characters in its universe, bosses, etc. Is a story “at the disposal of the player”says Hidetaka Miyazaki, creator of the game, which conditioned the work of the writer of A Song of Ice and Fire.
«in our games, the story should always be at the service of the player experienceMiyazaki said in an interview with the magazine new yorker. «Yes Martin If I had written the story of the game, I would have worried that we would have to deviate from it. I wanted him to be able to write freely and not feel constrained by any mechanics that might have to change in development.”
Likewise, from previous statements by Miyazaki, we know that Martin’s role was never to write a proper story about the development of the adventure, but to provide that narrative background of characters and mythology around the Circle of Elden and its destruction in pieces. The character’s own history of Elden Ring, the dialogues of the characters, etc., is in charge of the Japanese creative as in any FromSoftware game.
«That power of imagination it’s important to me,” says Miyazaki, which is why his games always have this kind of narrative that forces players to investigate on their own and theorize about many of the events in their universe. «Provide space for user interpretation creates a sense of communication with the public and, of course, communication between users in the community. This is something I like to see develop with our games, and it has continued to influence my work.”
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In any case, whether George RR Martin’s contribution to Elden Ring is noticed or not, the new FromSoftware has debuted at the top of the UK sales chart and has garnered one of the best ratings in the history of video games by critics. Elden Ring is available now on Xbox, PlayStation and PC consoles.