Wheel of Time author dismayed George R. R. Martin worked on Elden Ring

Date:
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 15:49:18 +0000

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Brandon Sanderson is disappointed he wasn't asked to write the game.

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A popular fantasy novelist and author of the final books in the Wheel of Time series has expressed his dismay that George R. R. Martin was asked to contribute to Elden Ring despite the Game of Thrones author not having a strong interest in contemporary video games.

Speaking on a Q&A panel discussion which was uploaded to YouTube last week, Brandon Sanderson, who's also written the Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive series of novels, said he was disappointed that Martin was asked to write the lore of FromSoftwares upcoming game, rather than a fantasy author more familiar with the developers previous work, such as himself.

Let me be salty, Sanderson said. FromSoftware decides to make a fantasy game and partner with a fantasy novelist, and they choose someone who spends his days blogging about the NFL rather than the person who has played their games since Kings Field and has listed their games as among his top 10 consistently over time.

What are you thinking people, he adds, rather tongue-in-cheek.

They went to George and made a game with George, and Im like, George doesnt play video games. George has no idea. Analysis: fans dont always get what
they want (Image credit: FromSoftware)

George R. R. Martin hasnt kept his limited knowledge of modern gaming a secret. In a blog post last year, he praised Elden Ring and revealed that hed ended up contributing to its backstory and world-building after game director Hidetaka Miyazaki reached out. In the same post, he also revealed that video games werent his forte.

Now, video games are not really my thing - oh, I played a few back in the
dawn of time, mainly strategy games like Railroad Tycoon, Romance of the
Three Kingdoms, and Master of Orion - but this offer was too exciting to refuse, Martin said.

Although all three of those games were released well before the turn of the millennium, its not Martins knowledge of the medium that secured him the job. Miyazaki has previously said hes a huge fan of Martins work, expressing his love for A Song of Ice and Fire and describing the authors 1982 antebellum novel Fevre Dream as a masterpiece among vampire fantasy that he recommends
to all new employees.

From Sanderson's own admission, however, he's quite the fan of FromSoftware's work. Kings Field was the first video game the developer released and it came to the original PlayStation in 1994. If Sandersons been following the developer since then, its understandable why hes a little disappointed not to have been given the opportunity to collaborate with one of his favorite studios on the much-anticipated game. Explore these best RPGs next



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