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Aldritch was once a Lord of Cinder who amassed an amazing amount of power by consuming the souls of his followers in Iirythill. When he was revived to once again assume his throne at the outset of Dark Souls 3, he instead chose to invade the remains of Anor Londo and consume the soul of Dark Sun Gwyndo   FromSoftware's Elden Ring has been released to widespread critical acclaim while its world can simultaneously be a treacherous place for the uninitiated. The Lands Between is a breathtakingly dangerous world, ripe with enemies and bosses that make mechanics like item management and healing methods important factors to have become second nat   Despite Spider Games' efforts to make fun and challenging combat, PlatinumGames excels more than most other studios out there in the industry in this regard and Nier: Automata is certainly worth playing for its action gameplay alone. And it also has an intriguing story revolving around 2B and the other defending androids that those who enjoyed playing as Aegis might want to jump in and see what the fuss was ab   There are a few historic weapons that don't quite fit into any of the archetypes listed above, but could probably be introduced in Elden Ring's future DLC without disrupting gameplay balance. Stone-hurling weapons such as Slings or Sling-Staffs could give players access to a new type of ranged weapon while also letting FromSoftware introduce new item-crafting options (sling bullets made from glowing ruin fragments, crystals, meteor fragments, half-cooled magma, etc). Javelin and dart-hurling stick tools such as the Pre-Columbian atlatl could become the basic of new melee/ranged hybrid weapons in Elden Ring , letting player clobber foes with one-handed attacks, then launch arrows and bolts at distant targets with the two-handed weapon skill. Finally, DLC could introduce a few more gunpowder type weapons to the game without making Elden Ring feel like Bloodborne 2.0 ; history is full of examples of primitive hand-cannons, fire-lances, and primitive rocket launchers that co-existed on the battlefield with traditional medieval methods of   It may have started with an initially buggy release, but Assassin's Creed Unity was able to sell millions of units. Set during the French Revolution, assassin Arno Dorian must uncover the person responsible for this historical conflict with the help of other fellow members of the or   The swan song of the King's Field franchise, King's Field IV —known as King's Field: The Ancient City in North America—takes place in Heladin, a kingdom cursed by an artifact known as The Idol of Sorrow. Players embark on a quest to rescue the kingdom by returning the idol to its original resting place, though that's, of course, much easier said than d   Much like the worlds of its predecessors in Demon's Souls and Dark Souls , the primary setting of the Elden Ring action RPG, the Lands Between, is heavily flavored after the cultures of pre-modern Europe. Many early-game and underrated Elden Ring weapons – rapiers, maces, scimitars, pikes, longbows, crossbows, zweihanders – are deliberately modeled after the real-life designs and proportions of medieval/Renaissance weaponry and act as grounded contrasts to the larger, magical, and downright fantastical weapons introduced in Elden Ring 's late g   Unless she appears in content from DLC or an Elden Ring sequel , whether the Gloam-Eyed Queen is alive or not will remain unknown along with her true identity. However, there's potential for the Godskins to reclaim the power they once had depending upon which ending is chosen by players, or by FromSoftware in the event of future story content. In endings that restore the Elden Ring Nightreign Ring, then Destined Death is also restored, since it is only one Rune that joins many in the composition of the titular artifact. Even in endings without the ring being restored, it's likely that Destined Death still returns to the Lands Between to rid the realm of the madness that accompanies immortality, such as with Ranni's Age of Stars Elden Ring ending , where she creates a new order that is far away from the people over which it will r   Inevitably, certain mythical and historical weapons won't be included in any future version of Elden Ring , due to limited development times and issues implementing them in Elden Ring 's current combat system. There are, however, a few weapon archetypes that could easily fit into Elden Ring 's existing catalog of weapon types, along with weaknesses in certain character builds that DLC weapons could am   A key part of Elden Ring 's backstory is the fate of the Tarnished, the lineage of humans the player's character belongs to. Near the height of the Golden Order - the divinely-inspired monarchy which rules over the Lands Between's denizens - Elden Ring 's Queen Marika the Eternal banished a number of her subjects from her realm, stripping away the golden Grace that had once connected these individuals to the power and vitality of the Erdtree. These Tarnished people departed the Lands Between, embarking on a long voyage to other lands, carving out new, lesser lives for themselves, until the guidance of Grace returned and called them to the Lands Between once more. Players of Elden Ring never directly see the Tarnished traveling from their places of exile, but certain details about the regions outside the Lands Between can be gleaned from item descriptions and the features of certain N