Elden Ring Has The Potential To Deliver Great Joke Mods like Skyrim

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Elden Ring is currently dominating the gaming scene of 2022, with peak numbers over 950,000 concurrent players on Steam alone. FromSoftware, creator of the Dark Souls trilogy, Bloodborne, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, is credited with another quality title, elevating the open-world genre to a new standard that future games will be measured against. Like Skyrim before it, mods have begun to surface that promise to further extend Elden Ring's lifespan.

While Elden Ring excels in giving players beautiful environments, dynamic combat, and memorable characters, players are giving back with over-the-top mods with effects like turning Tree Sentinel's horse into Thomas the Tank Engine. From estus flasks being reskinned as Sunny D in Dark Souls to more risque ninja attire in Sekiro, joke mods have long been a part of FromSoft's PC releases, and all signs point to mod creators delivering plenty of irreverent content in Elden Ring that turns a serious game into a hodgepodge of memes.

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From crab-worship to endless repetitions of «Bearer, Seek, Seek, Lest,» Soulsbourne game fans have made their love of self-referential humor known. Several running gags have already surfaced in the community, some of which started before Elden Ring was even released. When Melina said «I offer you an Accord,» some players decided she should grant the Tarnished a Honda Accord to cruise around the Lands Between. A mod has already been released replacing Elden Ring's faithful horse Torrent with such a car.

Another joke surfaced following the reveal of the glintstone sorcerers, with many people drawing immediate comparisons to the infamously off-putting design of the Burger King mascot. The menacing aura of these spellcasters