Elden Ring Players Are Making 'GigaChads' With the Character Creator

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FromSoftware’s collection of notoriously difficult action RPGs may not be for everyone, but there’s no denying that they represent some of the most ambitious video game productions in recent memory. Elden Ring, the studio’s most recent effort, melds the intricately-detailed environments of previous titles with an open-world design to create a one-of-a-kind experience, but equally ambitious, as demonstrated by a handful of created Redditors, is Elden Ring’s character creator.

Every modern From Software RPG save for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice featured a character creator of some sort, but, while they allowed players to craft a slew of seriously hideous monstrosities, the option was often superfluous, as many builds required the use of head-to-toe armor that covered up whatever the player had crafted. That could still be the case for some players inElden Ring, but, much like the dedicated The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim player who created a replica of the Wood Elf from the game’s loading screens, FromSoftware fans now have the ability to craft intricately-detailed characters inspired by beings both real and fictitious.

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A great example of this comes from Reddit user u/NickDaGamer1998, who created an eerily accurate rendition of the GigaChad meme. For those out of the loop, this meme stems from a photoshoot featuring Russian model Ernest Khalimov, who became a sort of archetype for masculinity in the late 2010s. His oft-memed visage is almost as common on the Elden Ring subreddit as the beloved pot friend meme, and he’s often seen heralding some of the community’s silliest opinions.

The Reddit user’s recreation of the meme in Elden Ring must have taken quite some time, as it’s