Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin says he hasn’t played Elden Ring – Times of India

Celebrated American writer George RR Martin, who is perhaps best known for writing the ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ series of novels that were later adapted by HBO for the screen as Game of Thrones TV show, has also co-written the story for Elden Ring, one of the most successful games of recent times. The fantasy writer was joined in this quest by Hidetaka Miyazaki, game director of Dark Souls and Bloodborne.
Martin may have contributed to the story of the game but he has not played the game himself yet, he revealed recently in an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
“I have not played it”, said Martin. But he also added that “it’s the most beautiful game I’ve ever seen. It’s really amazing and amazingly detailed, and the people who play it love it.” The author confessed to spending hours on games like Railroad Tycoon, Master of Orion and Homeworld.

Writing for Elden Ring
The Japanese game studio FromSoftware, Inc. reached out to the author to create the story for the game to help build its world, which he agreed to do. From its conception to world-building and being finally created as a video game, Elden Ring took a few years of effort by the developers.
In an old blog post titled “Long Long Ago”, Martin had said: “What they wanted from me was just a bit of worldbuilding: a deep, dark, resonant world to serve as a foundation for the game they planned to create.”
Perhaps holding back on playing Elden Ring is the best recourse now as his fantasy book saga of A Song of Ice and Fire remains unfinished. Five books have been published yet, with the fourth and fifth ones divided in two volumes–which makes it a total of seven big volumes–and fans eagerly await the release of the sixth, titled ‘The Winds of Winter’. For now, the open world in his mind could be more important than the open world of Elden Ring as he trudges to complete the book, which, according to him, is almost 75% done.