Elden Ring is widely regarded as one of the best games ever made, but director Hidetaka Miyazaki is apparently still searching for his “ideal fantasy role-playing game.”
When I say “Elden Ring is…” your reaction is likely to be “a perfect video game.” Whether that’s true or not is up to me to decide, but there’s no denying that it’s a very beloved game. But its director, Hayao Miyazaki, is still hard at work on his version of a fantasy RPG. The game’s producer recently spoke with PC Gamer about all things FromSoftware (including whether he’d like to make a PC port of Bloodborne).
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Referring to old-school TTRPGs from the 80s like Dungeons & Dragons, Miyazaki said, “You might say that trying to capture the excitement of those old-school tabletop games and gamebooks was an aspect of making Elden Ring.” When asked if he considered Elden Ring an extension of those old-school RPGs, he explained, “I think more than anything, it’s just my personal preference for RPGs and exploring those fantasy worlds, so you might see some of my personal traits come into play in Elden Ring.”
“I think, at least for me, that excitement comes from seeing the world map and piecing the world map together. So when we were finally able to do that with Elden Ring and started piecing it together, it was a really great moment for me personally. In interviews about Elden Ring, I remember mentioning that I was still making my ideal fantasy RPG. And while Elden Ring isn’t exactly that yet, it’s pretty close. It’s getting close.”
Of course, PC Gamer didn’t let Miyazaki stop there and asked him to expand further, but he smiled and said, “It’s hard to say without spoiling my next idea or our next game. But I think one thing that’s not necessarily missing, but makes it difficult for me to achieve my ideal, is that when I play the game, I know everything is going to happen. I already know everything that’s happening. So in terms of enjoying the game from a player’s perspective, I would rather not know that and have someone else make my ideal fantasy game if possible. That way I can enjoy it as a player.”
We’re less than a week away from Shadow of the Erdtree’s release, but there’s probably a few things you need to do before you can play the game, so make sure you do all of these things here so you’re ready for it.