Elden Ring creator Hidetaka Miyazaki named among TIME’s “100 Most Influential People 2023”

[Gizmo_Duck]

FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki has been selected by TIME Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” – he’s only the second game developer from Japan to be included in this list after Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, who had the honor in 2007.

The brain behind iconic video games like Elden Ring, which was released in 2022 and raked in an unprecedented amount of awards, was included in the Innovators category alongside persons like French soccer star and FIFA 23 cover model Kylian Mbappé and Disney’s Bob Iger.

His entry was written by Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann, who previously lauded Elden Ring for its new approach of immersing players into the game’s narrative. In his short TIME Magazine piece for Hidetaka Miyazaki, he recounts that the “first time I played one of Hidetaka Miyazaki’s games, I was miserable. I kept dying on the first enemy over and over again.” That sounds about right for anyone’s first FromSoftware game experience.

Druckmann called Elden Ring “a great ambassador for video games and the unique feelings they can effect in the player, feelings that a passive medium like TV can never recreate.” He praised Miyazaki’s “uncompromising approach” and his refusal to overexplain the mechanics or the lore, instead preferring to put his trust in the player to figure things out on their own.

Miyazaki cooperated with George R. R. Martin on the background story of Elden Ring, which is an open-world RPG set in a grim fantasy world. In February 2023, an expansion for Elden Ring called Shadow of the Erdtree was announced, which might delve further into what happened before the main game’s events. It does not have a release date thus far.

 

[Ciggavelli]

Wow. I gotta play Elden RIng. It's on my list. I'm halfway through GoW:R, then I wanna play HiFi Rush. After that is Elden Ring. I'm kinda intimidated by FromSoft games, and never got into any of the Souls games. But everybody seems to love Elden Ring

 

[DaSk8D00D]

That's what happens when you make the GOAT Action RPG

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

That's what happens when you make the 5 GOAT Action RPG’s

FTFY

 

[Black Man of the Nile]

Well-deserved

 

[MuzzyP]

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Dude invented the "git gud" bros and goddammit I'm not worthy.

 

[Software]

I'm from the future...
Elden Ring 2 gonna be fire
Don't tell nobody

 

[Easy-E]

I liked Elden Ring...barely played thou' it was too much shyt to handle

Guess I gotta try again

 

[MeachTheMonster]

To answer @Dorian Breh question.

Over time the ring has existed with or without multiple great runes. You don’t need ALL of the great runes for the ring to be complete. The great runes are more like instructions for the order of the world. You as the player chose that order depending on your actions and what great runes you collect along the way.

It takes some extra paying attention, but it’s a great way of interactive story telling. Your actions/decisions write the story as you play the game

 

[Dorian Breh]

To answer @Dorian Breh question.

Over time the ring has existed with or without multiple great runes. You don’t need ALL of the great runes for the ring to be complete. The great runes are more like instructions for the order of the world. You as the player chose that order depending on your actions and what great runes you collect along the way.

It takes some extra paying attention, but it’s a great way of interactive story telling. Your actions/decisions write the story as you play the game

I skipped all the cutscenes, man, I have no idea who any of these nikkas is - Marika, Miquella, etc

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I skipped all the cutscenes, man, I have no idea who any of these nikkas is - Marika, Miquella, etc

There are no real cutscenes to skip.

You learn everything by reading item descriptions and listening to dialog

Spoiler

Or watching a Youtube video like most “normal” people