Elden Ring’s story can be very difficult to get a grasp on. The game follows the traditional FromSoftware approach to story design with very little about the game’s world ever being fully explained to the player. Instead, the lore of the game is found and pieced together through item descriptions, character dialogue, and environmental design. AnElden Ringplayer could very easily finish the game without ever really having an idea of what the story was.
Like with other FromSoftware games such asDark Souls, most of what could be considered the game’s main story happens before the game even begins, and the player is left to piece together the timeline of events. But as hard asElden Ring’s story is to understand in the first place, it can be even harder to explain to someone else. The story is a complex web ofsimilar sounding character names and intersecting relationships inElden Ring.
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It can be difficult to put all the important information about the story into words. Many videos online that attempt to explain the story go on for 30 minutes or more. It is all the more impressive, then, that anElden Ringfan on TikTok has managed to compress all the necessary information about the game’s plot into an under three-minute video. Uploaded by kittyfdavies on TikTok, the video is not only an excellent explanation of the events only vaguely described in the game’s opening cutscene, but it is also the perfect size to send to a friend as an express explanation of the lore to get them interested in playing the game.
The video does contain what could be seen as spoilers for the game’s side quests along with information the player is only meant to piece together while playing the game. However, thestory context holds very little weight while playing through the game, as player experience is more focused on exploringElden Ring’s world and defeating the many difficult bossesfound within it. Having an understanding of the game’s lore and characters while playing the game may even enhance a player’s experience withElden Ringrather than having to piece the story together retrospectively.
Viewing kittyfdavies’ other TikTok videos reveals additional succinct videos with insights and lore explanations aboutElden Ring. These include the story of the game’s infamous Caelid area and asuspicious detail noticed about George R.R. Martin’s naming conventions forElden Ringcharacters, though the author has since denied the rumor.
Elden Ringis a game brimming with subtle story detailsnot immediately noticed by players who aren’t looking for it. This game lore is also left open to the player interpretation, such as how two distinctElden Ringcharacters are actually the same being, for example.
Elden Ringis available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
