Book Review: Grace Given
I don’t think there’s a gamer anywhere who hasn’t heard of Elden Ring. The open world video game which captured the attention of the industry both leading up to and well-after release. Made by the legendary developers at FromSoftware, the game featured their trademark Souls gameplay in the frame of an open world environment. While alluring enough for their credit alone what really made an impression with this game was the collaborative efforts of George R.R. Martin himself on the game’s world and wider narrative. Elden Ring broke tons of records and established itself with a legendary reputation on a lot of fronts but the world in itself and the narrative structure of the game sticks out as one of its biggest achievements. The level of depth and complexity this world offered with its characters and history was beyond impressive. In typical FromSoftware fashion the format in which the story and writing was deployed to the player was locked away behind o...
