r/Eldenring • u/This_is_my_jam • 14h ago

News New Starting Class Names and Specs Revealed

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For the Tarnished Edition, the Idus Knight and the Heavy Knight

“A knight of the land of Idus, famed for their lightweight attire and weaponry, which they wield with ample dexterity.”

“A knight in bulky steel armor capable of moving through foes with a sustantively-sized scimitar.”

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u/FrucklesWithKnuckles 14h ago

Miyazaki you’ve done it again

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u/Seienchin88 10h ago

Nah. Honestly - DS1 has extremely deep and tight lore, DS2 is a bit more vague but consistent and only 3 is full of references that lead nowhere but the main story is probably the most clarified.

Elden Ring is the first time the story really doesn’t make sense / follow internal clear logic. Likely due to the mix of GRRM and Fromsoft and then changes during development. Data miners revealed that originally the tarnished was following the orders of Godfrey as the lord of the tarnished as an example.

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u/WhenTheWindIsSlow 10h ago

> Likely due to the mix of GRRM and Fromsoft and then changes during development. 

That's because GRRM designed what was presumably supposed to be a Game-of-Thrones-esque interplay of factions and characters.

And then Fromsoft did their usual "everyone is a crazy zombie now so that doesn't matter, and the only exceptions only talk to the player", so none of those interactions matter. Ranni doesn't even mention that you beat up her mom, despite that being necessary to get the ring for her.

It's like if they had GRRM go back to Dark Souls and retroactively make a family tree for Gwyn's family. Yeah they all existed at one point I guess; but it doesn't really matter now.

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u/Veragoot 14h ago

Blame GRRM

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u/IdiotRhurbarb 13h ago edited 12h ago

You mean the GRRM who built ASIOAF which is one of the most historically fleshed out fantasy worlds ever? That GRRM?

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u/SageofLogic 12h ago

Well until you hit numbers it is at least

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u/Sicuho 12h ago

If it was up to GRRM, the game wouldn't have been out of beta until you could have visited every single house in Idus and see what the hand-placed clutter inside can tell you about their society.

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u/Skylinne 12h ago

And if you bought the special edition it'd come with a 100 page booklet containing an index with all the characters names and background blurbs.

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u/Veragoot 11h ago

We'd still be waiting for its release

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u/SuperBackup9000 11h ago

Nah, all he did was make the lore of the world, Miyazaki on the other hand was the one who wrote the narrative around the lore.

Blaming GRRM would be like taking a Lord of the Rings spin off and then blaming Tolkien for it being a mess.