Miyazaki Teases FromSoftware Easter Eggs In Elden Ring
FromSoftware has always included a healthy dose of Easter eggs in its games and according to Hidetaka Miyazaki, Elden Ring will be no different. Elden Ring is said to be littered with many different callbacks to the FromSoftware library.
In a recent interview, Miyazaki divulged that there would be a bevy of Easter eggs from its Soulsborne games. These Easter eggs are not always obvious and some will only be found by those who are willing to look high and low. According to Miyazaki, the ever deceitful Patches will be included as an NPC in Elden Ring. So far Patches has featured in Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Dark Souls 3. For those who don't know, Patches is an NPC in these games who goes out of his way to trick and attempt to kill a player's character.
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Another returning Easter egg is the Moonlight Greatsword, which has been in every FromSoftware title (besides Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice) since King's Field where it was simply known as the Moonlight Sword. In Bloodborne, the weapon features briefly in the second phase of the boss fight with Ludwig. Even the Stormruler, which featured in both Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 3 is said to make an appearance.
Elden Ring genuinely seems to be Miyazaki's magnum opus as he seems to have included all of his favorite tropes in the game. Elden Ring is said to include multiple swamps, something that mostSoulsborne fans dread, but according to Miyazaki, he just can't help himself and has even included a new effect called Scarlet Rot to go alongside poison and toxicity.
Even with the inclusion of multiple poison swamps, it is alleged that Elden Ring has toned down the difficulty that most FromSoftware games are known for. According to Miyazaki,
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