A popular fantasy novelist and author of the final books in the Wheel of Time series has expressed dismay that George RR Martin was asked to contribute Elden Ring despite the Game of Thrones author not having much interest in the videos. gaming contemporaries.
Speaking during a question-and-answer roundtable that was uploaded to YouTube last week, Brandon Sanderson, who also wrote the Mistborn novel series and The Stormlight Archive, said he was disappointed that Martin had been asked to write the story for FromSoftware's next game, rather than a fantasy. writer most familiar with the developer's previous work, such as himself.
"Let me be salty," Sanderson said. "FromSoftware decides to make a fantasy game and partner with a fantasy novelist, and they choose someone who spends their days blogging about the NFL instead of the person who played their games at King's Field and regularly ranked their games in their top 10 hours." extra".
"What do you guys think?" he adds ironically.
“They went to George and made a game with George, and I'm like George doesn't play video games. George has no idea.
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George RR Martin made no secret of his limited knowledge of the modern game. In a blog post last year, he praised Elden Ring and revealed that he ended up contributing to its backstory and world building after game director Hidetaka Miyazaki contacted him. In the same post, he also revealed that video games were not his forte.
"Now video games aren't really my thing, oh I played some at the dawn of time, mostly strategy games like Railroad Tycoon, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Master of Orion, but that offer was too exciting to turn down." said Martin.
Although these three games were released long before the turn of the millennium, it wasn't Martin's knowledge of the medium that got him the job. Miyazaki has previously said he's a huge fan of Martin's work, expressing his love for A Song of Ice and Fire and describing the author's 1982 prewar novel Fevre Dream as a "masterpiece among fantastical vampires" that he recommends to all newcomers. employees. .
However, by Sanderson's own admission, he is a big fan of FromSoftware's work. King's Field was the first video game released by the developer, coming to the original PlayStation in 1994. If Sanderson has followed the developer ever since, we understand why he's a little disappointed that he didn't get the chance to collaborate on one of the game's favorites. of the. studios in the long-awaited game.
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