Elden Ring PS1 Demake Trailer Is A Pixelated Masterpiece
To celebrate the grand release of Elden Ring, one dedicated fan has recreated the fantasy epic using retro PlayStation graphics. FromSoftware's open-world adventure spreads the developer's «soulslike» formula across a massive world called The Lands Between. Currently Elden Ring is OpenCritic's highest-rated game of all time, with many reviewers calling the action role-playing game a true masterpiece.
FromSoftware's series of soulslike ARPGs began with 2009's Demon's Souls, and Elden Ring looks to draw from each of its predecessors. Dark Souls introduced a single interconnected world f0r players to explore, which Elden Ring has enlarged into an entire open-world environment. Dark Souls 2 introduced a Battle Stance system, which creates new combat styles when dual-wielding similar weapons, and this too has been adopted by FromSoftware's newest title. Even the more action-oriented Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has influenced Elden Ring's new emphasis on vertical traversal. While the two projects may seem incredibly different, even Bloodborne has influenced Elden Ringthanks to the newly-released title's aggressive combat and cosmic scope.
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A truly nostalgic trailer, created by YouTuber Hoolopee, sees Elden Ring demade as a retro PlayStation 1 game. Sony's first console had very distinct blocky graphics, and now gamers can imagine a theoretical version of Elden Ring released back in the late 90s. While the sound effects remain identical, the project renders the world and characters of The Lands Between in an extremely pixelated graphics style. A video comparison between the real game and the demake, also posted by Hoolopee, demonstrates both the demake's
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