For the past six weeks, Elden Ring, produced by FS, has been the highest-selling game on Steam. With the popularity of the "Shadow of the Golden Tree" DLC not long ago, the game base game "Elden Ring" has once again set off a boom in gameplay by players.
As a TGA Game of the Year with sales exceeding 10 million, Elden Ring is a masterpiece in the minds of countless players. Its huge size also makes the game show super high playability. Recently, however, a player filed a lawsuit against FS on the grounds that "I've only played half of the game." ”
Of course, by "half of the game" here, we mean the plot.
As we all know, the souls like games produced under the leadership of Hidetaka Miyazaki, in addition to having super high difficulty, obscure plots and fragmented narratives are also a major feature of these games. Many times the player has no idea what they're doing, and NPCs and bosses are all Riddlers.
The specific context of the event is hidden, and you can often only rely on the introduction of items and equipment to peel back the cocoon and learn more about the plot direction. Whether it's the game base game of Elden Ring or the soul games of the past, there are actually many mysteries that cannot be confirmed by the existing game content.
The plot of "Elden Ring" was created by George Martin, the author of "A Song of Ice and Fire". However, the story in his pen is complete, but when it is presented in the game, it has become the current appearance because of the deletion of Hidetaka Miyazaki. Regarding this "non-human" narrative, there is a considerable proportion of players who like it and players who hate it.
The player who filed the lawsuit against FS believes that there are too many in-game content in Elden Ring that have not been made public, but this is actually part of the game. In addition, the other side of the wolf in "One Wolf" and the story of the fishing village in "Bloodborne" are also illustrated by the original hidden plot.
This hidden content itself contains a huge amount of information, but for various reasons it is not made public, so that the truth can only be learned through the unpacking of hackers, which is unfair to players.
However, whether these hidden contents have been cut or are ready to be released as DLC is difficult to determine from the player's point of view. For example, "The Shadow of the Golden Tree" solves the mystery of Michaela's whereabouts for everyone; the cause of the Great War of the Century between Ratar and Malenia; the story of Maryka's other son, Mersmore; Marika's feud with the Horned Terres......
To this day, Elden Ring still hides many puzzles. Many players on the extranet forums are still calling for FS to launch more DLC to complete the story setting.
As of now, FS has not responded to the incident of someone filing a lawsuit over the content of the game. But this also triggered netizens to discuss whether the deleted content of the game should be made public. Do you think game developers have an obligation to show the full picture of the game?