The game isn’t projected to release until the Dark And Darker Gold Coins end of 2023, but even in its early stages it shows a lot of promise. With the next playtest opening up in late October, players will be able to see more, but with Escape From Tarkov’s popular PvPvE format, elements of both RPG and battle royale games, and a gothic fantasy atmosphere, Dark and Darker seems like it almost can’t go wrong.
A Secret Detail Links Elden Ring To Something Even Darker
Dying to Death Blight is fairly gruesome, but a difficult to see detail hidden in the design of the death animation has a darker link for Elden Ring.
Since Elden Ring is developed by FromSoftware, it makes sense that there are references to its previous titles, like Dark Souls. Players who have gone through both games might have noticed that Death Blight from Elden Ring sounds awfully similar to the dark in Dark Souls. While it could be intended as a simple Easter egg, it could also imply that Elden Ring takes place in the same universe as Dark Souls.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Elden Ring and Dark Souls.
There are plenty of terrible ways for the Tarnished Champion to die in Elden Ring, especially with the number and variety of bosses scattered throughout the Lands Between. Malenia, Blade of Miquella is likely the cause of a large portion of player deaths in the Lands Between, but some other ways to die in Elden Ring are rather brutal. Among those methods of dying is Death Blight, which can instantly murder a player no matter how much health they have.
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Upon closer inspection, a death caused by Death Blight is more gruesome than it first appears. When a player dies from Death Blight, what appear to be branches erupt from the body of the Tarnished with insect wings on them. The status effect itself acts the same as Curse in Dark Souls, and the deaths have some similarities. However, Curse leaves players as a statue instead of a body decorated by branches and bug wings.
Elden Ring Could Take Place During An Age Of Dark
Just as Dark Souls has a connection to Demon Souls' universe, it's possible that Elden Ring is connected as well, as a sequel set after the Dark Souls 3 End of Fire ending. With insect wings as part of the Death Blight design, the status effect could be related to the White-faced Locusts in Dark Souls, which are human and insect hybrids that try to lure men into the Dark. Characters in Dark Souls also muse on either the Dark itself or something within it gnawing on flesh like insects would. If Elden Ring is set during an Age of Dark, then the Frenzied Flame's desire is really to return to an Age of Fire once more. It asks the player to become the Lord of Frenzied Flame, which could be the new form of Lords of Cinder.
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