2 years later, Elden Ring dataminer finally uncovers the RPG's original starting location and restores an alternate opening that makes slightly more sense
Mar. 8, 2024Melina and Torrent originally went for a beachside stroll
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
AnElden Ringdataminer has uncovered an alternate start location and unused voice lines that were present in an early version of the game.
When Elden Ring launched two years ago, players were immediately thrust into a tough boss fight with Grafted Scion near the Chapel of Anticipation, but whether you win or (more likely) lose, your character falls down the cliffside and wakes up in a cave regardless. That doesn’t quite make physical sense since you can’t, you know,fallinto a cave. But it’s not justFromSoft’s dreamlike logic - there is another explanation.
YouTuber and dataminer Sekiro Dubi recently discovered that the opening cutscene - where Melina and Torrent find the player in a cave - was originally set on the sandy beach under the Seaside Ruins, which makes more sense after tumbling off a cliff.
In the video below, Sekiro Dubi restores the original starting point and stitches together a more fitting opening cutscene using leftover audio clips. The YouTuber even finds a route from the beach back to the Chapel, since an early network test version of the game featured a teleporter close by.
While players are still excavating Elden Ring’s past, the studio is gearing up to release its next chapter with the upcoming expansionShadow of the Erdtreeon June 21. The DLC area is supposedlybigger than Limgraveand alsodenser than anything in the studio’s back catalog.
Need a refresher before Shadow of the Erdtree? Here’sElden Ring’s story explained.
Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter
Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more
Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that’s vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he’ll soon forget.
The Witcher 4 may not have Geralt after all: his actor was “slapped by CD Projekt” for accidentally sharing a rumor that he’d be in it, just not as the protagonist
Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a surprise update a year after its once-final update, even after CDPR moved basically every dev to other games: “Sometimes, you want to do it ONE MORE time!”
After the massive success of Deadpool and Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds says he sees the Merc with a Mouth as more of a supporting character going forward
