Rumoured leaks from a Chinese Soulsborne Content creator regarding Elden Ring
Keep in mind as with every Elden Ring rumor to take it with a grain of salt. A Chinese soulsborne series content creator named Longqi Bangbangtang who is very reputable among the Chinese Soulsborne community (basically a Chinese Vaati - he's making in depth lore videos and was even invited to From's office for Sekiro) shared some information about Elden Ring in a video (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17V411b7fY). Unfortunately the video has been deleted in the meantime. However here's a summary of the important bits:
- Two concept arts were revealed: (1) https://i.redd.it/y09vw14re4861.png and (2) https://i.redd.it/teosgmr0l3861.png. The frist one shows a snake enemy with Lovecraftian vibes. The second artwork shows a picture of the red haired giant wearing a tusk helm who can be seen in the trailer. He was badly wounded in a battle. His faction is characterized by red hair and the use of large weapons. There is also a faction characterized by white hair. The two biggest factions he has known so far seem to have come from the same ancestor, but have split up eventually.
- The game world is based on the world tree from Norse mythology (Yggdrasil), and also references some elements from Celtic mythology.
- The gameplay is similar to Dark Souls as has been reported before by various sources, but the map is much larger,. New features are dynamic weather and day/night alternation. Imagine you fight with a wandering boss from day to night, he said, and the weather changes from sunny to thunderous.
- The guy with a lot of hands at the beginning of the 2019 trailer is probably an NPC.
- That crestfallen dude will appear again.
- There will be a black clothed female NPC taking the role of the fire keeper as is tradition in Soulsborne games.
- Patches may not appear, or not appear in human form (think of the spider in Bloodborne).
- There are characters like Gael and the Xanthous king.
- The game development stage has been completed in the first half of 2020 and is now in the polishing stage. The game will be released in 2021, he's pretty sure (though of course not officially confirmed
Wether this is real or not at least it's interesting to read and speculate as it's all we can do for now. Again take this with a grain of salt but in my oppinion the provided artwork looks legit!
Posted Dec 29, 2020, 3:26 PM UTC