This Week In Elden Ring: A Funny Manga, A Beautiful Art Book, And A Part Acquisition

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Every FromSoftware game has a similar, if not identical, life cycle. It goes from kicking everybody's butt, to dataminers finding out all sorts of secrets, to the first players beating it without levelling up, and eventually, to speedrunners hilariously breaking the game. Somewhere down the line, there's an art book or a half-decent comic… but wait. What's this? A manga that reads as a comedy? This is unheard of! Just what is FromSoftware up to? Trust no one!

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Elden Ring now has an official manga, and while the art is beautiful, and the storytelling is great, it's a comedy. If you're wondering how that works, the writers have included the comedic elements in a way that can only be considered genius. They have made the Tarnished in the manga react to their trials and tribulations in the same way a first-time player would, scared and confused.

"Aseo, a poor, Tarnished wretch, finds himself cast out into Limgrave—naked, penniless, hopeless, and maidenless," reads the summary for the manga series. "His only hope in his harsh, unforgiving new home is a mysterious woman named Melina. She urges him to follow the guidance of grace to the Erdtree that looms over the Lands Between."

Elden Ring can be quite beautiful, when you're not getting the life stomped out of you by some nightmarish hand spiders and javelin-wielding undead horsemen. Keeping in line with FromSoftware's tradition, Bandai Namco has published two art books, each 400 pages long and retailing at $31.

There's also an Ultra Edition, which comes with both volumes in a fancy, three-sided box, along with framed concept art for Godfrey – that will setyou back $125. Volume 1 of the art book covers