GameRant reports that the narrative for Elden Ring will be similar to what was presented by Dark Souls.
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Specifically, Miyazaki has now made it clear that Elden Ring's narrative will be more in line with Dark Souls' story than Sekiro's. This means that the majority of the game's story will wind up being told atmospherically, placing an emphasis on environmental storytelling rather than pre-rendered cutscenes. This is in contrast to 2019's Sekiro, which still has a healthy amount of environmental storytelling but relies more heavily on cut scenes to tell a story than many of Miyazaki's other projects.
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