10 Best Medieval Fantasy Games Ranked

One of the most enduring mysteries in the first Dark Souls game was the identity of Gwyn's First-Born, a god who was exiled by his own father and erased from the annals of history, the only evidence of his existence being the shattered statues found throughout the game world. In the Archdragon Peak area, __ players solve this mystery when they encounter Dark Souls 3 's Nameless King boss , an ancient god of war who once slew dragons for the glory of his father, then switched side to ally with the ancient dragons he once hunted. After defeating the Nameless King, player can acquire his signature Dragonslayer Swordspear weapon, which could call down a bolt of golden lightning from the heavens to smite f


There's a lot that's unknown about why giant heads, with seemingly hot lava coursing through them, were placed within the world. Only seen during the Closed Network Test, these giant heads certainly bring out a lot of questions --- making us curious about the lore and significance behind these statues (or peop


Elden Ring Builds Ring 's spirit ash summons may be extremely useful , but some members of the game's community cast harsh judgment upon those who make frequent use of them. Commonly viewed as a crutch used by those who refuse to "git gud," some Elden Ring fans can't seem to justify the use of any item that wasn't previously included in earlier Soulsborne ga


In the Network Test files, there is an unused animation where the bats (also known as the Chanting Winged Dame) in the game would stand up and sing a seemingly tragic lament in a nearly dead language called Ainu. However, the bats' songs would later be changed to be sung in Latin in the final release of Elden Ring --- the Ainu song seemingly as only a placehol


World of Warcraft takes the fantasy medieval setting and expands upon it more than any game has ever done so in the past. It has lore that is as dense as actual history books as the game has been around for almost 20 years. The expansions have continued to create new areas for the player to expl


Most new Elden Ring players are acutely aware of the frustration brought on by the bullying Tree Sentinel, a patrolling mini-boss encountered right at the game's outset. An almost unsurmountable challenge early on, players are expected to return to defeat him after leveling up, though a stalwart few have taken him down with no armor and a flimsy c


The lore surrounding Miquella and Mogh, Lord of Blood is particularly strange. Mogh was obsessed with Miquella and stole him from the Haligtree in the hopes of raising him to godhood and becoming his consort. That said, Miquella was cursed with eternal childhood, making that paradigm doubly dubi


Skyrim created an RPG that didn't feel linear in any sense and allowed the player to fully explore its areas however they chose to do so. The game has a medieval backdrop setting that is reminiscent of an old holy grail novel. It brings in dragons as one of its key enemies and has a large assortment of other classic creatures for players to encoun


Iron Fist Alexander is a bit less serious than many NPCs in the game, a much appreciated reprieve in a world rife with suffering and despair. He's a lovable but somewhat bumbling sort who manages to get himself stuck numerous times. Not to mention -- he is part of a race of walking, talking Living J


This, among other things, is one of the best parts of any FromSoftware game as we love to think back on 'Soulsborne' NPCs such as Solaire from Dark Souls or Eileen the Crow from Bloodborne due to just how iconic they w


Warhakws—cruel avian creatures with knives tied to their feet commonly found in Stormveil Castle—are equally irritating, and this meme imagines a phoned-in DLC boss that combines these awful enemies. No official word has been given regarding future Elden Ring content, but, should it come, most fans would certainly hope that there aren't any boss encounters as heinous as t


Hidden inside the code of Elden Ring, there is a string of text within the Divine Tower of Limegrave map that hints there was a boss fight intended to be at the top of the Divine Tower. More specifically, it suggests that this boss would've been a Crucible Knight; however, since the name ID was set to 0, we're unable to know the boss' n


Using the Spirit Ash system, Elden Ring developers created NPCs from their summoning system --- naming it "The Buddy System." This system hinted that there were unique NPCs that could be used for summons, each of them a temporary companion as you call to them to get through a combative encoun


Praetor Rykard would end up being the fruit that fell too far from the Erdtree, using his sister Ranni's plan to steal a fragment of the Rune of Death from The Vessel of The Elden Ring, Maliketh, to embark on his own journey, free from the embarrassment of his own line


Whether this wall was just a bug or a joke by Miyazaki, it's interesting to see how it had to be destroyed manually. There weren't too big of secrets behind them; the only main interesting aspect was the nearly unbeatable Snake Snails in the paths behind the wall that would follow you into non-hostile ar