Elden Ring is nothing if not about perseverance. And also extremely good recreations of famous people using the in-game character creator. There’s a whole community over on Reddit – r/SoulsSliders – who’ve dedicated themselves to showing off their latest masterpieces, like, for example this horrifically photorealistic version of Rick from Rick And Morty, because of course.
In other games, like Nioh 2, after you’ve made your character, you’re giving a little code that you can send to other people. But not here! This is Elden Ring baby! The SoulsSliders subreddit (which was created in 2016 but has, as you can imagine, gone Elden Ring crazy recently) exists to try find a solution to this problem. The rules are pretty simple: “if you post a character, you must post the sliders.” What most people opt for is posting a picture of their creation, with, like, 19 other screenshots in an album showing every customisation feature they've used. Because that’s actually the easiest way.
Elden Ring allows for needlessly deep customisation - see also Ed's post about a terrifying Sonic player - so there are genuinely some incredible creations on display. The Reddit user bellyPower made Robert Pattinson’s Batman, complete with the eye makeup, for realism.
There are a lot of game characters in play. SpookMcBones' made a very impressive version of the world’s greatest dad, Kratos, and pISTOLEr’s Sekiro who has now ended up in the Lands Between. Hasn't he suffered enough?
Remember a few years ago when it felt like Geralt was getting put into every game that came out? Well, it's not funny now, but think about how funny it would've been if you saw this back then. For Nier fans, you can make a pretty good A2 in Elden Ring. Just pick up
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