Back in February,Elden Ringfans vented their frustration byflooding Twitter with memes. The flurry of tweets briefly propelled the upcoming dark fantasy action RPG to the top of Twitter’s trending.
Now, two months later, From Software’sElden Ringdoesn’t seem any closer to becoming a reality. At least they aren’t suffering alone anymore, after the highly anticipated Metroidvania gameHollow Knight: Silksongwas absent from this week’s Nintendo Indie World showcase. As a result, someElden Ringfans began posting memes about their shared predicament.
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While this new trend has yet to get anywhere close to theocean ofElden Ringmemesalready in circulation, one can find a few choice images when browsing theElden Ringsubreddit. One of the top posts on Wednesday evening showed a variant of thePredator“epic handshake” meme withSilksongandElden Ringbonding over their shared nonexistence. The infamous “Press F to Pay Respects” meme fromCall of Duty: Advanced Warfarealso made an appearance. One poster askedElden Ringfans to press F for fans ofSilksong. Another post titled “Lets [sic] suffer together” showed a pair of clowns labeled “Silksongfans” and “Elden Ringfans.” Several commenters also requested additional clowns to represent the fans of other franchises, likeMetroid,Castlevania,Silent Hill,Cuphead, andBayonetta.
There are only a small handful of these memes on Reddit as of Wednesday night. Fans began posting them following the Nintendo Indie World showcase. ManyHollow Knightfans hoped thatSilksongwould make a showing at the event. Sadly, that wasn’t the case, and there hasn’t been a significant update on the game’s progress sinceSilksong’sexclusive Edge Magazine cover storylast year. And development updates were not frequent before that.
Hollow Knight: Silksongis the highly anticipated follow-upto 2017’sHollow Knight, a side-scrolling Metroidvania partly inspired by From Software’sDark Souls. The game follows insectoid protagonist Hornet as she explores the haunted kingdom of Pharloom.Silksongintroduces several changes in addition to the new protagonist. Hornet speaks and is much faster and more acrobatic than Knight was in the previous game. Team Cherry also completely reworked the equipment system, and the new game will be much more combat-focused than its predecessor.
Meanwhile,Elden Ringis in development by From Software, the creator ofDark Souls,Bloodborne, andSekiro. The game promises to combine Souls-like combat with open-world exploration and abackstory written byGame of Thronescreator George R. R. Martin. Like Martin’s next novel, the game seems to exist in the same development limbo asHollow Knight: Silksong. Hopefully, all of them make an appearance before they force fans to wait too much longer.
Elden Ringis in development for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.Hollow Knight: Silksongis in development for PC and Nintendo Switch.
