FromSoftware RPGs are known for being fairly similar games. WhileBloodbornehas a vastly different setting fromElden Ring,there are a few factors which a Soulsborne fan can attribute to most games in the series. Difficult combat, for example, can be found in every FromSoftware action game fromDemon SoulstoElden Ring. On a deeper level, fans have found that smaller details are similar throughout FromSoftware’s games, such as thefog doors that separate Soulsborne games' worlds from their boss areas.
Soulsborne fans often love to debate which things are the best among the series. However, instead of deciding which game, NPC, or boss is the best, oneElden Ringplayer has recently decided to take on the challenge of finding out which Soulsborne protagonist smells the worst. Considering that the Soulsborne games all take on some form of fantasy setting, showers are seemingly lacking. BeforeElden Ringallowed soapin the game as well, there was no animation of a character cleaning themselves.
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This would likely indicate that all the Soulsborne protagonists stink in some form, and that is one of the conclusions that one Twitter user came up with. As well as realizing that likely all the protagonists stank, the fan went further to decide which characters absolutely reeked. This was calculated using the internal data for enemy’s “Nose Distance” in the Soulsborne games, which is a surprisingly real way that NPCs can smell an enemy and determine how far away they are. This factors in with how loud and visible anElden Ringplayer is before their stealth is foiled, for example.
The results of the stinking study concluded that the protagonist forDark Souls 3smelled the worst, likely due to the game having two poison swamps, aninfamous feature among Soulsborne fans. Next up came the protagonist ofDark Souls 1, followed closely by the Wolf fromSekiro: Shadows Die Twice, a character most believed would be near the top of the list due to him being found in a sewer at the start of the game.
Elden Ring’sTarnished was the cleanest character according to the results, showing that they must be putting that soap to good use.Dark Souls 2’sprotagonist unfortunately didn’t make the list due to the “Nose Distance” being calculated differently in that game. Compared to deciding whichSoulsborne boss is the hardestor which area is the most difficult, the quest to find the worst smelling protagonist is a strange yet interesting study.
Elden Ringis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
