Playing Dark Souls after Elden Ring isn't just a matter of 'going back to where it all began,' because that would reduce the former to something of a historical curiosity – an 11-year-old relic ...

Yep, Elden Ring looks a lot like Dark Souls. Even though it's not a direct sequel or even set in the same universe as previous Souls games, it sure sounds like George R.R. Martin was brought on to ...

That's little surprise, as my "Dark Souls" bona fides are lacking, to say the least. All told, I've spent about 30 hours with "Dark Souls Remastered" heading into "Elden Ring," and that's it.

However, not everyone has found the Souls-like formula they've created to be remarkably accommodating. Let's discuss whether or not Elden Ring is more approachable than Dark Souls.

While gameplay mechanics and world-building often run parallel with each other in Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Elden Ring, they are all separate IPs ...

Basically, Demon’s Souls begat Dark Souls which begat Elden Ring. The Dark Souls series made FromSoftware a legitimate contender with 27 million unit sales across three games as of 2020.

A potential Elden Ring 2 should be allowed to experiment in the same way as Dark Souls 2, but that's no excuse to repeat past mistakes. We saw what happened when the studio rushed into a full ...

Elden Ring won't follow in the footsteps of Sekiro, says its creator Hidetaka Miyazaki, but instead double-down on Dark Souls' RPG design to create From Software's "biggest title yet, in terms of ...

If Elden Ring can get that right, it will automatically be one of the best Souls-like games to date. Elden Ring is currently in development for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

Elden Ring's newest trailer showed off a lot of what's to come for the game, but it also showed signs that Dark Souls 4 may never come.

Before Elden Ring's 2022 release, the Dark Souls games sold 27 million copies combined. This led some observers to suggest that Elden Ring had already surpassed Dark Souls' all-time numbers.

Dark Souls Bosses That Deserve Another Shot in Elden Ring Nightreign If recent leaks turn out to be true, then the Gaping Dragon might be about to get another shot in the spotlight.