![]() In early previews, up to the first network test, Dark Souls II had an advanced shadow system heavily advertised that would commonly turn dungeons almost pitch black, requiring the player to trade their shield or two-handed stance for a torch to safely navigate.By way of comparison, DS3 took four years to reach eight-figure sales. By March 5th, it had managed almost nine times the peak player concurrency of Dark Souls III on Steam, and the game managed to sell 13.4 million copies inside of a month. Newbie Boom: Partially thanks to the nature of its hype cycle (years of silence followed by a lot of information all at once creating buzz), followed by absolutely incredible reviews on release (it charted a 97 on Metacritic, which is the highest average score a From game has ever gotten by at least 5 points) has led to the most incredible newbie boom the "Souls series" has ever seen.This may be deliberate, as both magically transform from an ugly true form to one more presentable, and both are related to women named Tanith, but the two couldn't be more different personality-wise. Zorayas, aka Rya the Scout, Shares her name with a tyrant queen from Tanith Lee's Tales from the Flat Earth.Name's the Same: War Counselor Iji shares the same first name as Iji Kataiser from her eponymous game. ![]() Needless to say, he hasn't caught much flak. When discussing tie-in games to his opus in the past Martin has made clear his knowledge of modern games is limited, so there is little question this was an honest mistake - or he may have meant in the sense of being a Spiritual Successor, which it very much is. Martin said that Elden Ring is a sequel to Dark Souls, which it is not. Lying Creator: Accidental and benign example.Fan Art: In October of 2019, prominent Soulsborne content creator VaatiVidya announced " Imagining Elden Ring ", a contest to design an original Elden Ring-inspired boss.Almost immediately after the game came out, From went on a hiring spree to expand operations while Tencent and Sony both increased their investment in the company. It's well set to outsell From's entire preceding franchise on its own, and not just by a little bit. Elden Ring, alone, sold nearly 17 million copies in 4 months. For more context, Dark Souls 1 and 2 together (with four expansions) hit the 8.5 million mark by July 2015, which combined with Demon's Souls' figure puts the sales of three games over 6+ years at only a little over 10 million. Bloodborne had unknown lifetime sales but posted 2 million sales over a similar period of time as it took Dark Souls 2 to hit the same mark suggesting overall similar lifetime sales to that game, i.e. The Dark Souls trilogy sold 25 million units by June 2019. note Demon's Souls (first game in the series, released Feb 2009) sold 1.7 million copies over its lifetime. To put it in pure numbers, the (successful) Soulsborne series required five games (with seven expansions) and 10 years to sell some 30 million copies. Elden Ring changed that with its completely unprecedented success. Breakthrough Hit: From Software had a long history as a successful developer, but they usually occupied the low to mid rung among the AAAs.The Duelists are those who want 1v1 fights while the Furled Finger reference relates to those who put down their summon signs to assist others against bosses. By contrast, the Hunter reference alludes to the people who wear Blue Cipher Rings which allow them to be summoned to the worlds of those wearing the White Cipher rings to fend off invaders. Perhaps there are some sort of ranking systems in the works? /FTurtshwS2- StrayKurtis May 11, 2022īoth the Bloody Finger and the Recusant references relate to the people who invade other players' worlds. #ELDENRING datamine fun fact: There are several unused text popups related to the various online interactions(invasions, coop, etc). Twitter user StrayKurtis who frequently shares Elden Ring and Souls tidbits like this one tweeted this week to show off a "datamine fun fact." That fun fact included the image below which showed a couple of different references those familiar with Elden Ring's multiplayer systems should recognize.
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