Game news According to its creator, Elden Ring would never have been what it has become without this other game yet denigrated by players

Game news According to its creator, Elden Ring would never have been what it became without this other game yet denigrated by players

The least favorite of the Souls behind Elden Ring

Alongside the release of the DLC Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki continues his series of interviews to talk about this new project and reveal the secrets of the studio’s games. Recently interviewed by IGN, the director behind Souls shared an interesting perspective on Elden Ring, which he said would never have become what it is now without Dark Souls II. A particularly surprising anecdote given that this opus is the least appreciated of the license. More broadly, Hidetaka Miyazaki explains that the license and the genre itself would undoubtedly have been completely different without the influence of this component.

Regarding Dark Souls II, I personally think that it was an excellent project for us, and that without it we would not have been able to have all the connections and all the ideas that were subsequently implemented and which carried the rest of the game. series. We were able to find different momentum, come up with different ideas, and create different connections that would never have happened otherwise. There’s really no way of knowing how or if the series would have continued without Dark Souls II.

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Passing the torch

With Dark Souls II, Hidetaka Miyazaki also allowed himself to let go of his creation for the duration of an opus and to give way to other directors. Dark Souls II was co-directed by Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura and the latter later co-directed Elden Ring alongside the studio president. At the time of the design of this second opus, Hidetaka Miyazaki only did supervisory work, a role that he still intends to adopt for future projects, before completely passing the torch to new developers.

I believe it is very likely that we will see new directors in the future. And I believe that if we do that, then I would like to step away from that supervisory role and give them full control of these projects. I sincerely think that this is the best and easiest way for them to flourish within this environment with these new projects.

Hidetaka Miyazaki has already had the opportunity to leave his place to another FromSoftware developer. Masaru Yamamura who had worked as Lead Gameplay Developer on Sekiro Shadows Die Twicehad succeeded Hidetaka Miyazaki as director on Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. We can therefore expect to find other important members of the studio at the head of future projects.