Elden Ring - Burial Tree Watchdog Boss Fight (4K)

☆ The Burial Tree Watchdog boss fight in the Elden Ring Beta.

BFD, Boss Fight Database.

Burial tree watch dog boss battle.

[broncothefrog]

For everyone in the comment section, the animations are supposed to look like that because it’s a creature made out of solid stone, it’s not unfinished or rushed, the animations are clearly intentional and are supposed to make the boss feel more creepy and unnerving.

[Teeheehee]

Imagine complaining that a statue moves stiff

[fantomeduchateaux]

I love that boss. The Design is so creative and scary, and the movements really capture the statue/automata vibes

[rogers]

This guy scares the crap out of me. When I first saw him levitate in the air it elicited a reaction from me that no other boss in a From game has.

[KittyAwesomnessgirl]

I love how despite this not being a major duper boss, it's probably one of the most unsettling and legitimately scary soulsborne boss to date!
Like every other boss moves so fluidity and beastly or like a regular human, but we've never had something so stiff and unyielding before. The fact that's what makes it so threatening despite it not even being that large or having that many mechanics is incredible

[half.blight]

> "watchdog"
> is a statue of a cat
Literally unplayable

[NicoleHam]

I'm an animator, animation is like, my lifes greatest passion. This is so intentionally stiff and bizzare and it's brilliant.. it's not an excuse, its not me being a from stan, I havent finished a single game. But I love the vision each game has and how INTENTFUL every single game's animations are, yes, even re-used rigs.

I walked in the room cuz my SO's playing this, and was so deeply uncomfortable by this boss's animations. Why? Because of a lot of details.. but my favorite out of the whole animation pattern is that they animated the stone shaking on impact when your player (s) hit it, depending on what part.

They actually factored in the 'force' of someone hitting a possesed chunk of rock. There's literal dust particles coming off of where you hit (the general area..). The humor of this boss is totally there as well. Its like they mixed something adorable with something so wrong, making a final product that is deeply unnerving. Not to mention the utterly gross environment it's in.

I've NEVER seen that in a game before, most people would just overanimate this thing. But its done with creepyness AND a bit of a sense of humor.. how it floats above your head so linear-ly, little to no ease. Like some kind of scooby-doo ghost on a pulley.. It feels like a mistake they just added some weight and detail to for shits and giggles.

So if you don't get it, you just won't get it. I love and (viscerally) hate this beautifully ugly thing. Like damn, let the game move you ha

[HexenDarkside]

While it is probably one of the easiest bosses I've seen so far, my heart rate increased just because of how creepy it is... all the other horrifying monsters can't compare to my caveman brain laser focusing on unusual movement.

[dingledorf]

God this boss, while not that hard, is legitimately unnerving

[red.locs_gaming]

Everyone bitching about animations. It's clearly suppose to convey a moving statue that's why it's movements are very awkward.

[thinlizzy]

First fromsoft boss that legitimately scared me. Something about the way it moves o.o My first encounter he just stood up on his hind legs and started walking towards me like a freaking terminator and something in my brain just went "Nope! Don't like that!"

[Remedy]

Stumbled into this by accident and was getting goosebumps all over dude! The way it stands up and walks all robotic to whack was 😰

[Cencoeur]

The first time i entered, i didn't expect THAT ! I almost shit my pants when he came up to me like this. The shake before he levitates also gave me the chills >.<

[someflatsoda]

My boss fight encounter had the statue stand up on two legs and walk towards me like a windup toy soldier
I could feel my blood run cold the first time I seen it

[trevorharding]

I fear no man, but that thing...it scares me.
Edit: Still looks cool though

[Steve-O]

First time playing one of these types of games and ended up in his room by mistake in my first couple hours playing. I had to fight him like 30 times to beat him. I really didn't wanna loose my runes, didn't help I started as wrech and only had a sword and shield.

[sayuricobalt]

That thing scared the hell out of me when I first saw it lmao, especially when it started to float out of nowhere and kept walking towards in a "human"-like way.

[boredguys]

Am I the only one that actually likes the animation? Not because they're supposed to look like a statue but because it's so dumb I just can't help but to like it.

[maze]

Lol the ironic part is that we all put “eldon ring cat boss” and it has watch dog in its name 😂😂😂 this was my first mini boss and I was super exited when I beat it 😂😂 my first official boss fight in a souls like game.

[chrisjones]

i was getting rocked hard so instead of using a shield and katana just wielded my katana and actually found a strategy to take him down easy. love this boss