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Soulslike games are riddled with intricate details wrapped in layers of mystery and lore. As a result of this mystery, fans of these games often find themselves digging deep to find more details. Sometimes these details lead them to craft unheard theories related to fan-favorite characters; other times they speak of connections between two big games. As one fan theory suggests,Elden RingandDemon’s Soulsmight be related.
Elden Ringis a big game, and numerous fans have come up with a bunch of theories about it over the years. A number of them turn out to be true; others prove false, but that does not discourage fans from continuing digging. Imagine their excitement when they realized that maybe FromSoftware based one of the endings inElden Ringon their first soulslike.
The theory saysElden Ringmight have a special connection toDemon’s Souls
Demon’s Soulswas released back in 2009 to mixed reception from gamers and critics. People were trying to find out what this game was trying to do with its hard-as-nails difficulty. Eventually, this game became a cult hit and marked the beginning of the Soulslike franchise.
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Games likeDark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro,etc. followed; all of them brilliant in their own way. Then FromSoftware launchedElden Ring, their first open-world game yet. It ended up becoming a phenomenal success.
This popularity also led Sony to task their first-party studio, Bluepoint, with developing a remake ofDemon’s Souls.This game launched in 2020 for the PlayStation 5 and was loaded with graphical fidelity and other technical achievements.
Now, years after the launch of bothDemon’s SoulsandElden Ring, a theory is making the rounds on the internet. It suggests that these games have a very special connection. It suggests that one of theElden Ring’sendings makes a conceptual connection toDemon’s Souls.
For those unaware,Elden Ringdeals with the concept of “destined death,” which basically means a fateful death that would come for sure. This death is somehow being controlled by someone in theElden Ring, and some characters even manage to cheat destined death at some point.
Fans must now understand that this connection is not a direct one; it’s not even about the story at all. It’s just about the themes that these games explore,most specifically those of death.Both of these titles show death as an inevitable and natural part of their respective worlds.
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It looks like instead of connecting these games directly, Hidetaka Miyazaki connected these games philosophically. As gamers usually see destined death as a mysterious aspect of theElden Ring,they know it exists, yet they never see it in any shape or form.
If it was done intentionally byHidetaka Miyazaki, then it is no doubt a very commendable job.
This is not the only connection between these games
There have been other connections in soulslike games over the years. For one, the gameplay of these games has mostly been unchained. Then comes Patches; he has shown his face in these games in some form.
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The second most prominent thing is the Moonlight Great Sword; it has been seen in pretty much all the games developed by FromSoftware post-Demon’s Souls.
Rohit Sejwal
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Rohit Sejwal has been enthusiastically playing video games for over 15 years and has been writing about them for around 1.5 years now. His love for movies pushed him towards video games and made him look at them as a new interactive medium for storytelling. Besides completing his Masters in Mass Communication, he also has a diploma in filmmaking and has a sheer passion for reading dark fantasy books besides watching movies and playing video games.
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