FromSoftware's open-world role-playing game Ring will allow players to explore its vast fantasy world's different areas in any order they choose. The highly anticipated title was announced back at E3 2019, and a long-silenced followed before its recent reemergence at Summer Game Fest 2021. The game is set to be far larger than any of FromSoftware's previous releases like Dark Souls and Bloodborne.
A slew of new Elden Ring information has followed will also feature multiplayer, allowing up to four players to cooperate in overcoming the game's deadly challenges.
In a recent interview with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. While the game does encourage players to tackle the six areas in a specific order, Miyazaki explains, "You won’t be able to access everything from the start, but there are a lot of different ways you can approach each area. And there’s a lot of freedom as to which order you tackle different areas as well."
FromSoftware fans have been dreaming of Elden Ring since it was first announced, so the gameplay reveal was a perfect way to kick off Summer Game Fest 2021. The gameplay trailer is widely considered to be the biggest and most impressive part of the event, even amongst other exciting reveals such as Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and Metal Slug Tactics. The game's release date of January 2022 was also quite exciting to fans, considering that this release date is only six months away compared to fans' two-year wait for additional information.
FromSoftware is aiming to create their biggest and best game yet with Elden Ring, and as usual, the developer does not appear to disappoint. The game's large and immersive open world, paired with the ability to explore it at the player's leisure, should pair perfectly with the developer's talent for world-building. The Legends of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gave players various dungeons and then allowed them to visit them in any order, and that title has been highly praised for giving players that freedom. Giving players the freedom to tackle the game's six areas in any order also harkens back to Demon's Souls, the game that kicked off the entire "soulslike" genre, which seems to be quite fitting.
Elden Ring will release on January 21, 2022.
Source: IGN
