Morrowind's Open-World Design Compared to Elden Ring's
In the fantasy RPG genre, some in-game landscapes can feel awfully similar to others. The majority fall under the medieval-inspired category, and most likely have regions peppered with castles or inhabited by unruly peasants and tyrannical rulers of some form or another. These are inevitably combined with fantastical elements like dragons and otherworldly creatures, and there are a host of similar tropes that crop up again and again. However, when games like FromSoftware's Elden Ring are released, they can show the possibilities of truly original video game design.
The recently released Elden Ring surpassed a lot of players' expectations, receiving critical acclaim and quickly becoming one of the most talked-about new titles. FromSoftware's reputation for immensely challenging and intricately designed games may have added to the pre-launch hype, but Elden Ring still managed to deliver on its promises, and please both fans of the studio's previous games and newcomers to the Soulsborne genre. While Elden Ring may have broken ground regarding certain elements of its gameplay and design, it still has impressive open-world predecessors like Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind.
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In the spirit of all things FromSoftware, Elden Ring's design is very deliberate. Some open-world games just have massive areas that don't feel all that distinct from one another, but still provides players with plenty of content in terms of sheer size.
Elden Ring doesn't follow this formula and makes sure its world is filled with meaningful quests and characters. FromSoftware games like the Dark Souls series also have huge regions, but players are quite skilfully funneled from one place to another,
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