SEE YET ANOTHER BOREDOM KILLER–THE ELDEN RING.

SEE YET ANOTHER BOREDOM KILLER–THE  ELDEN RING.

The  Elden Ring is an action role-playing game built by FromSoftware and distributed by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, the game was made in partnership with fantasy novelist, George R. R. Martin, who donated material for the game’s setting. The game was published for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on 25 February, 2022. Elden Ring earned universal recognition, with praise for its high complication and gameplay, overall images and craftsmanship, compared with previous games Souls and Bloodborne as It emerged to be the highest-rated video game of 2022.

The game is an action role-playing game that’s played in a third-person perspective with gameplay directed at combat and exploration; it shows ingredients identical to those found in other games built by FromSoftware, such as the Souls series, Bloodborne, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. The director of the game, Hidetaka Miyazaki illustrated that players start with a linear opening which eventually advance to freely explore the Lands Between, including its six main areas, as well as castles, fortresses, and catacombs spread throughout the open world map.The main areas are interwoven through a major hub that players can access later in the game’s progression, similar to Firelink Shrine from Dark Souls and are explorable using the character’s mount as the main mode of transport, although a rapidly travel process is an available option. In the entire time duration of the game, players encounter non-player characters (NPCs) and enemies alike, including the demigods who rule each main area and stand as the game’s main bosses.

The battle in Elden Ring relies mainly on character-building elements set up in previous Souls games and similar intellectual properties, such as calculated and close-ranged melee-based combat with the application of skills, magic abilities, and also blocking and dodging technics. Mounted combat and a stealth system were introduced into the game by Elden ring, with the latter being a core gameplay element from Sekiro; these components are believed to encourage players in strategizing their combat approach with each unique enemy they encounter. Its employs the use of a player character stamina bar after being absent from Sekiro, although its overall impact over combat was lessened compared to previous FromSoftware games that utilized it.  

The Elden Ring game is yet another, but unique tool to kill your boredom. You don’t want to miss playing it, right?