Elden Ring Player Uses Character Creator to Make Venom Snake

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Elden Ring has finally launched, and it has been warmly received by players and critics alike so far. The game adds a variety of new features to the classic From Software Soulslike formula, including a greatly expanded collection of customization options. One Elden Ring player recently took advantage of this updated character creator to turn their player character into Venom Snake from Metal Gear Solid 5.

Venom Snake is the player character in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, which went down in history as one of the most divisive installments of the franchise. Despite this, Venom Snake himself has been largely embraced by fans — the division comes more from the circumstances around the game and the eventual fate of the character. With this in mind, it may be easy to see why fans might want to play as him even in another action title.

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Redditor Gidrah recently shared a screenshot of their attempt at recreating Venom Snake within Elden Ring's character creator. Although the result is easily recognizable, it also draws attention to how different the two games' aesthetics can be. Gidrah's character features the same dark hair, trimmed beard, and heavily creased brow that Venom Snake has in Metal Gear Solid 5. However, there are a few notable changes made due to the limitations of the character creator.

The most obvious change is that Venom Snake sports a more modern eyepatch design in his own game and theElden Ring recreation wears a simple strap of leather over his empty socket. That said, the most important change may be the lack of scars seaming the face of Gidrah's creation. In his own game, Venom Snake is riddled with scars and has a piece of shrapnel sticking out