Not much is known about From Software’s upcomingElden Ringother than that it is being made in collaboration withA Song of Ice & Fireauthor George R.R. Martin. Regardless of how little is known about the upcoming title, that has not stopped a sizableElden Ringcommunity from growing and sharing various fan creations while they wait.
While no gameplay ofElden Ringhas been shown, it is reasonable to assume that it will follow a similar structure and gameplay style asFrom Software’s other titles likeDark Souls,Bloodborne, andSekirothat have pioneered the “soulsborne” genre of action-RPGs that give the player little guidance and see them exploring an open environment and tackling a series of boss fights to progress through the story. As a result of this, one fan has used a neural network to create a prediction for whatElden Ring’s final boss fight could resemble.
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For those who don’t know, neural networks are computing systems that are inspired by the biological networks that make up human brains. The networks are often used for deep learning that allows the computers to perform complicated tasks, like generating images off of simple text input. In this case, Reddit user Geldoph asked a neural network to generate animage ofElden Ring’s final boss, generating the below result.
The picture isn’t very clear, but it is pretty comical to see what the neural network could come up with using the verylimited amount ofElden Ringmaterial available. Although the image doesn’t entirely look like a boss, it does manage to capture the Lovecraftian atmosphere and style From Software’s titles decently well in a pixelated and fuzzy sort of way. The image does also look as though it was primarily generated using environmental images as the body of the “final boss” looks very much like a rocky environment, which would make sense as little of the game has been shown since its announcement trailer in 2019 which didn’t show very many bosses or potential enemies at all.
Whether or not the post ends up resembling any actual bosses inElden Ringor not, the post is another pretty humorous product of thevery activeElden Ringcommunitythat continues to produce a surprising amount of created content with very little information about the game to go off of. Hopefully, with all of the various game events planned for the upcoming summer, some news of the hotly anticipated game will finally come to light.
Elden Ringis in development for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
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