Let's get the obvious Berserk homage off the table first.Elden Ring Runes massive world includes many areas I've nicknamed "sword field." I'll admitthat this isn't particularly innovative: They're simply small fields covered in swords. All have been stabbed blade-first into the ground, allowing them to stand upright. In the middle of each is a bigger sword with an inscription that usually provides a snippet of information about the history of the game.



When I first saw one of these sword fields, it immediately brought to mind me of Berserk's famous Hill of Swords. In both the anime and manga, this Hill of Swords is meant as a tribute to wounded soldiers of Band of the Hawk, which is a mercenary unit that functions as the show's principal characters throughout its early run. Rickert was one of the remaining soldiers of the band, forges the countless blades of the Hill of Swords as tribute to his former compatriots.



My personal opinion is that the sword fields of Elden Ring serve the similar purpose. I like to think they're intended to honor Miura the man whose death greatly affected those familiar with his work. The question is whether they were added to Elden Ring before or after the death of Miura, we'll not be able to tell, but it's a fitting tribute to the man who was influential to many of the games' predecessors.





Apart from Starscourge Radahn, one my favorite characters in Elden Ring is a lovely guy named Blaidd The Half-Wolf. As his name suggests, he's a cross between a person and a beast as well as his presence has drawn an enormous amount of interest from Berserk fans from the time of the game's reveal in June 2021. The glimpse of him screaming on the top of his atop Mistwood Ruins was immediately compared to Miura's work.



In Berserk the protagonist of the show Guts is eventually given his own Berserker Armor, fearsome equipment that draws strength from the victim's negative feelings to imbue them with best site to buy elden ring items untold power. Though most of the time it appears to be an ordinary, if slightly pointed-looking suit of armor, it takes on a monstrous, wolf-like visage whenever Guts lets it draw energy from his rage during battle.