Hidetaka Miyazaki says "I absolutely suck at video games," but still got through Elden Ring by using "every scrap of aid that the game offers"
Miyazaki thinks he might have benefitted more from Elden Ring's freedom "than anyone else"
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Elden Ringdirector andFromSoftwareboss Hidetaka Miyazaki may be the mastermind behind the studio’s brutal action RPGs, but he claims that as far as his own skills go, “I absolutely suck at video games.”
In a newinterview with The Guardian, Miyazaki reveals that despite not normally playing through his own games after their launch, since he doesn’t want to see “issues that will bug me,” he played through Elden Ring’s story in preparation for theShadow of the ErdtreeDLC. However, he found himself using “everything” at his disposal to get through it.
It’s fair to say that even though the action RPG is difficult, simply giving players more freedom to run off, explore and get stronger, or sometimes fight different bosses rather than one they’re stuck on, makes a massive difference in making the …