Elden Ring LEAK: Every Gameplay Detail You Need To Know

8. The 8 Kingdoms

it sounds like Elden Ring is taking both elements from Demon's Souls and Dark Souls and blending them into one, as the leak reveals that the game will have 8 distinct kingdoms, plus a final boss area.

This seems reminiscent of Demon's Souls where you could access different areas via archstones; however, Elden Ring will differ from this because the kingdoms will be seamlessly woven together, more akin to Dark Souls.

Kingdoms are said to be huge and sprawling, much larger than any Dark Souls 3 or Bloodborne levels which came previously. Given the size and scope of some of the levels in previous Souls series games, that's gonna be some damn huge levels right there.

The kingdoms are said to extremely distinct, with a wide variety of locales to explore. The leaker describes the game as extremely alike to Breath of the Wild, expanding on the core mechanics in BOTW and they state 'It's what we all wanted Breath of the Wild to be but it wasn't.'

Interestingly, you'll have to wade through swamps, traverse fields, climb mountains and delve into caverns to even get to these kingdoms in the first place.

These 8 kingdoms will also be intrinsically-linked together by a very exciting new area...