Elden Ring wasn't built in a day

A little while ago, the Discourse focussed on the OSR credentials of Elden Ring , Namco's wildly popular dark-fantasy CRPG. In particular, people admired the minimalist elements of its sandbox. As Jesse Gerroir noted : Elden Ring really does show how the only thing you really need to run an interesting RPG is a bunch of weird locations for the players to muck around in. You don’t really need a…