Elden Ring wants you to stop hitting yourself

Elden Ring wants you to stop hitting yourself

Ring of Elden is the funniest game to release in years, thanks to FromSoftware’s deep understanding of absurdist comedy and player behavior. The gothic landscape of Souls games has piles of bodies, destroyed camps, warriors mourning over their fallen companions. They also have very large hats.
Absurd comedy occurs when a logical world is disrupted. It is the sudden passage from coherence to incoherence; you think you know the world you’re in, then something bursts in and turns it all upside down. It doesn’t matter what kind of world it is, just that it’s consistent and clear – and then get screwed over by something that contradicts it as much as possible. The stronger the consistency, and the more disruptive the inconsistency, the funnier it will be.
Each grafted monster, skeletal bird and giant pre-gutted do the goofy stunts, elaborate fashion and austere comedy of You-Died Ring of Elden all the more acute. But that’s just the most obvious advantage of FromSoftware’s Creative Chops. They’ve mastered a kind of comedy that’s accessible to any game developer, but rarely used: environmental jokes.
Watch the video above to learn more about how FromSoftware crafts its jokes in Ring of Elden and beyond.

#Elden #Ring #stop #hitting

Elden Ring wants you to stop hitting yourself

Ring of Elden is the funniest game to release in years, thanks to FromSoftware’s deep understanding of absurdist comedy and player behavior. The gothic landscape of Souls games has piles of bodies, destroyed camps, warriors mourning over their fallen companions. They also have very large hats.
Absurd comedy occurs when a logical world is disrupted. It is the sudden passage from coherence to incoherence; you think you know the world you’re in, then something bursts in and turns it all upside down. It doesn’t matter what kind of world it is, just that it’s consistent and clear – and then get screwed over by something that contradicts it as much as possible. The stronger the consistency, and the more disruptive the inconsistency, the funnier it will be.
Each grafted monster, skeletal bird and giant pre-gutted do the goofy stunts, elaborate fashion and austere comedy of You-Died Ring of Elden all the more acute. But that’s just the most obvious advantage of FromSoftware’s Creative Chops. They’ve mastered a kind of comedy that’s accessible to any game developer, but rarely used: environmental jokes.
Watch the video above to learn more about how FromSoftware crafts its jokes in Ring of Elden and beyond.

#Elden #Ring #stop #hitting