Elden Ring Director Hidetaka Miyazaki Reveals His Favorite FromSoftware Boss

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The FromSoftware Souls-like games have a massive following, and the upcoming Elden Ring is one of the most highly anticipted games of the year. Fans are looking forward to another addition to the FromSoftware Souls-like library, which comes with challenging difficulty and satisfying progression. However, the art style, world-building, music, and boss design are also big parts of why the games are so beloved. Now, director Hidetaka Miyazaki has chimed in to reveal who his favorite boss is.

The creepy character design and horrifying bosses can be found all throughout the timeline of the Souls-like games. Fans have their favorites, andElden Ring looks to add more memorable bosses to the mix. With that in mind, it is exciting to learn the favorite of Miyazaki himself.

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PlayStation Blog recently interviewed multiple game developers to ask who the best FromSoftware boss is. Hidetaka Miyazaki was the first asked, and his favorite is Old Monk from the original Demon's Souls. The Old Monk is unique from almost any other boss in the games, and this is why Miyazaki is so proud of it. He says that there was a lot of pushback in terms of the design of Old Monk. It is something Miyazaki really wanted to do form a visual and gameplay perspective, but others did not believe it was possible. However, the team pulled it off, and Old Monk became one of the most memorable bosses from any FromSoftware game.

With Demon’s Souls, there were a lot of mechanics throughout the development that were difficult to design. For instance, the asynchronous online features were complicated, but I think the Old Monk encompasses those tribulations and how we pushed through and made something we were proud of.

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