According to director Hidetaka Miyazaki, his newest project Elden Ring is an open-world style game with gameplay mechanics similar to the Dark Souls series.
“Elden Ring is a third-person action RPG with a fantasy setting. Gameplay-wise, it’s heavily based on Dark Souls.” Miyazaki explained to IGN in an exclusive interview, referring to the series he is probably best known for.
“However, that doesn’t mean that it plays out in the same way. With a more open and vast environment, the way combat plays out becomes fundamentally different.”
Miyazaki explains that Elden Ring’s world naturally creates drastically different situations in battle, and creates new opportunities for exploration as well as storytelling.
Source: IGN.com Dark Souls and Bloodborne Creator Says Elden Ring Is a Vast Open-World Souls-Like Game