I played 'Shadow of the Erdtree' to see if it's THAT good...

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Elden Ring is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware. It was directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki with worldbuilding provided by fantasy writer George R. R. Martin. Players control a customizable player character on a quest to repair the Elden Ring and become the new Elden Lord. Elden Ring is presented through a third-person perspective with players freely roaming its open world. The six main areas are traversed using the player character's steed Torrent as the primary mode of travel. Linear, hidden dungeons can be explored to find useful items. Players can use several types of weapons and magic spells, including non-direct engagement enabled by stealth mechanics. Throughout the game's world, checkpoints enable fast travel and allow players to improve their attributes using an in-game currency called runes. Elden Ring features an online multiplayer mode in which players join through cooperative play to fight bosses or engage in player versus player combat.

FromSoftware wanted to create an open-world game based on Dark Souls. Miyazaki admired Martin's previous work and hoped that his contributions would produce a more accessible narrative than those of the company's earlier games. Martin was given unrestricted freedom to design the backstory, while Miyazaki was lead writer for the in-game narrative. The developers concentrated on environmental scale, role-playing, and the story; the scale required the construction of several structures inside the open world.

Elden Ring has been cited as one of the greatest video games of all time, with praise directed towards its open world, gameplay systems, and setting, despite some criticism for its technical performance. It won several Game of the Year awards and sold 25 million copies, making it one of the best-selling games of all time. The downloadable content Shadow of the Erdtree is scheduled for release in June 2024.
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Intro: 0:00
Performance Issues: 1:18
Scaling: 3:17
New Weapons And Re-Specing: 7:52
Upgrades And Recomendations: 11:34
Main Takeaways: 13:24
Closing Thoughts: 17:49
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[LukeStephensTV]

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[kboi]

Just played for a little over an hour… this sh** isn’t the “size of Limgrave” like Miyazaki said… this map is HUGE. The opening area alone is almost half the size of Fallout 4’s open world.

[via_negativa]

This aint no DLC it's a full blown expansion. Back in the day this shit would have come in a box.

[epsilon]

For Larval Tears, if you explore at night, you might come across a circle of blue graves that randomly spawn and give you a larval tear

[Colten-xk]

Miyazaki didn’t mention it would be like 5 limgraves stacked on top each other lmao

[theaugur]

I started with an NG+7 character and I think that was a mistake.

[jameslough]

I’m having a fantastic time with this DLC so far. The first area has tons of different optional areas to explore on top of being aesthetically gorgeous and the first boss humbled me very hard. It took me 50 attempts to kill the first boss and I felt a surge of adrenaline when I pulled it off. It was like I was fighting Margit for the first time all over again.

[Imtiredafman]

Few days into the DLC and a lot of people already forgot the Margit lesson and started whining about hard bosses.

[isaiahcomer]

I refuse to let people who play video games/stream all day tell me I’m trash and just need to “git gud.” I got HUMBLED by a certain snake like boss and resorted to using a bleed build I had never done before with my mimic tear and it was exhilarating idc.

[jordananderson]

Put over 200hrs of rage and anger into this game and loved every second of it

[Ale-ddek]

I just started
The "spirit" boss with Guts crossbow was a brutal welcome back

[Shaa-Gi]

I kept getting sidetracked by different complex areas on my way to get a map. . . I LOVE THAT

[LykosMenon]

I can't play until July 4th. I'm finishing up my final class in Uni, so Shadow of the Erdtree is going to be a graduation present from FromSoft to me. Hella excited, gonna be starting from a new build and playing the entire game + DLC with all my newfound free time from graduating!

[EvanDempster]

They legit sold a sequel as a DLC and made it better than the base game. This is peak FromSoftware

[TheGroingler]

Little Tip: you can find larval tears in the dlc at night surrounded by bright glowing ghost coffins in a little ring, it’ll be pretty obvious when you see it

[Warhead-Games]

I’ve played past the second boss. I’m overwhelmed and I love it

[nibblertummysticks]

Glad folks are enjoying the DLC, I like following the news on it. Unfortunately for me, Elden Ring was just too difficult a game for me to get through. I live vicariously through the YouTube videos of others. 😊

[DC-hwfw]

I don't like the fact that experimenting with weapons is near impossible.

[veryrarehz]

banger man… i only defeated 2 bosses and they more epic than all of ER vanilla bosses. and if rellana have almost melania level of difficulty im so excited to see what is next… man what a time to be alive

[tacticalmattress]

The performance on PC is not acceptable