Elden Ring is FromSoftware’s most incredible world yet

As Elden Ring approaches, we got to take one last step into The Lands Between to try and uncover what little we can about the game’s expansive, daunting world. In our recent preview of Elden Ring, we were given roughly 6 hours to play the start of the game, unencumbered from the huge white walls of mist that locked players in the opening area during the Closed Network Test. This preview was conducted over a stream, as has become the norm since the pandemic, meaning that even with great streaming technology, which allowed for excellent picture quality throughout the experience, there was still some noticeable latency, which is just about the last thing you could possibly want when previewing a Souls game. Also, between our first preview, the Closed Network Test and this final preview, we’ve played through these opening zones 3 times, so we thought, why regale you with tales of the incredible Dragon fight in the watery basin (which is still breathtaking) or the horrific multi-armed crab monster that haunts