Elden Ringhas taken over the video game industry since it released, managing to infuriate and endear itself to players all at the same time. One gamer has managed to beatElden Ringridiculously quickly, despite the iconic FromSoftware challenge standing in their way.
Elden Ringlaunched on February 25, and since then, it’s all anyone seems to be playing or talking about. It certainly follows suit from previous FromSoftware titles.Elden Ringis incredibly difficultand ensures that players are ground down to a pulp before they manage to beat any of the impressive bosses littered throughout the world.
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It is taking some players hours upon hours just to beat one boss, never mind the entire game. Someplayers are even struggling to defeat non-boss enemies. Yet, YouTuber LilAggy has defied the odds, and carried out the breathtaking feat of completing the game in a total of 59 minutes and 38 seconds. At the time of writing, this is a record speedrun for the game. This is even more impressive when it’s considered thatElden Ringhas only been out for 12 days.
In equally impressive fashion, anotherElden Ringplayer managed to get through the game in 2.5 hours. However, with the added caveat of not succumbing to death once during their playthrough. The feat of not dying during a playthrough would be impressive in its own right for most games, but for a FromSoftware title, such an accomplishment is extremely rare.
Despite the enormous challenge thatElden Ringsets players, it has been a huge success so far.The title has reportedly sold 10 million copies on PCalready. This is alongsideElden Ringreportedly being the best-selling game (outside ofFIFAandCall of Duty) sinceRed Dead Redemption 2back in 2018.
Such impressive sales figures will surely have worked to calm the nerves ofElden Ringdirector Hidetaka Miyazaki. It was revealed in an interview that thedirector was nervous leading up to the launch ofElden Ring.Despite the mountainous levels of anticipation present for the game, there was always going to be an element of risk withElden Ring.Attempting to adapt the iconicDark Soulsformula to fit an open-world setting was not a guaranteed recipe for success. However, it goes without saying that FromSoftware nailed that adaptation withElden Ring.
Elden Ringis available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
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