An official, two-part strategy guide for Elden Ring is now available for pre-order and will certainly prove helpful for many players.
In the months since the launch of Elden Ring, players have discovered a lot of hidden details within the game. During the first several days of Elden Ring's release, the discovery of these secrets was mostly diegetic, given the lack of information about Elden Ring posted online. While plenty of helpful information has been made available to players through various websites since that time, gamers will soon have the opportunity to learn about Elden Ring through much more tangible means.
Most major AAA releases tend to always be accompanied by a strategy guide book released separately, and FromSoftware games are no exception to this. From Bloodborne to Dark Souls 3 to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, each FromSoftware release has featured an in-depth strategy guide. Now, it seems that Elden Ring will be receiving the same treatment in just over a month.
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Over on IGN, it was officially announced that Elden Ring will be receiving a two-part strategy guide book series, with the first volume covering the overworld, the various NPCs that populate the world, and the basic mechanics of Elden Ring. The second volume will explain in finer detail how the combat mechanics work, as well as the multitude of weapons and enemies that players can encounter throughout the experience.
It's important to note that while these strategy guide books likely won't do anything to offset the difficulty of Elden Ring, they will definitely give new players, in particular, a litany of advantages. Whether players are having trouble unlocking different pieces of Elden Ring's map or figuring out where certain bosses or items or equipment are located, these guide books will prove to be quite handy.
Another thing that players could definitely benefit from with these strategy guides is a more intimate understanding of the lore of Elden Ring. Even longtime fans of FromSoftware titles may have a hard time understanding the story of Elden Ring, and therefore, the strategy guides will also contain extensive explanations of the various areas and characters that populate the Lands Between.
It's nice to see Elden Ring receive additional content in a physical capacity. It's likely that even hardcore fans of FromSoftware and Elden Ring will pick these guide books up, even if they don't have any practical use for them. However, if any DLC for Elden Ring ever gets released then these guide books wouldn't likely contain any helpful information in that regard.
Elden Ring is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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