FromSoftware titles have never been known for their overt storytelling, and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree continues in this vein by making players dig through notes and item descriptions to get the lore of the Land of Shadow. Sometimes, there are little nuggets of more overt storytelling, like cutscenes or pieces of dialogue that are vague and mysterious. These are few and far between, however, since half the fun of Elden Ring’s world-building comes from hunting every scrap that Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R. R. Martin have left behind.