Elden Ring uses an enhanced version of the Dark Souls 3 engine, and streamers mentioned how it felt incredibly similar, even using the same animations for some moves. However, this is not necessarily a negative. Dark Souls 3 has satisfyingly responsive and fluid combat, and Elden Ring appears to extensively expand upon it with additions like Bloodborne-Esque weapon arts, horse combat, and more.
Weapon arts can be obtained by completing the previously mentioned dungeons scattered across the game’s open-world, and they open up impressive customization options for players. Seeing videos of player characters flipping in mid-air, pulling off stunning magical feats, and destroying groups of enemies with just one swipe has us so excited to perform them ourselves. It seems these arts can be applied to a wide variety of different weapon types, so we’re sure that insanely creative builds are inevitable.