Elden Ring - Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Boss Fight (4K 60FPS)

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[emorcen]

In any other game this would be a final boss design. In a FromSoftware game, he's just boss #71.

[Milkra]

Ranni’s plan: extremely complex game of chess to overthrow the gods
Rykard’s plan: the very hungry caterpillar

[TheNickofTime]

This fight actually made me freeze up with intimidation. Gave me the worst case of ‘how am I possibly expected to survive this?’ I’ve experienced since Manus in DS1.

[HolySok]

I just love how Rykard basically wakes up from a nap after you've spent the first half destroying a Giant Snake with some wind God weapon. He's like "oh I suppose if I must fight...."

[mr.international]

Among the siblings, Ranni and Radahn seem like pretty normal well adjusted people all things considered. Rykard was just built different.

[Halfshanks]

One of the coolest bosses in the game, no doubt. His introduction to the second phase is chilling, the voice actor nailed it, and the design of the boss is straight out of nightmares/hell. Such a metal boss, oh and don't even get me started with his bling, he's got rings for days.

[splinter]

Honestly his second phase is probably the most disturbing boss I've ever faced. Especially his voice.

[BoujieeeBee]

I've watched this a dozen times. I wish he had more lines, the way he says, "together, we will devourrrr the very godddsss" is burned into my memory

[funkguylorz]

I think one thing that gets slept on a lot is how incredible the arena itself is. The aesthetic was amazing, and when Rykard would lift his sword into the swirling red fog to charge it before bringing it down on you…absolutely incredible. I’ve never seen such an amazing aesthetic in any video game before.

[tyburkulosis]

The most chilling moment was when he pulled the sword out of the serpents mouth and you see the writhing limbs of the poor souls that were bested by him before you. Pretty sure those that are eaten also get turned into the man-serpents eventually and forced to be apart of his "family".

[rudley]

This guy needs more love from the player. Everybody talking about how cool malenia and radahn looks, how disturbing godrick is, how good his voice actor is but no one talk about rykard at all. He basically has everything: disgusting but cool design, great voice that fits extremely well with his character, a challenging fight while still using an old gimmick mechanic. He is probably my favorite boss in ER.

[Undomaranel]

It's absolutely insane how far models and animation and processing has come. I remember being impressed by Skyrim's realism, which pales in comparison to this work of art.

[ChuckPalomo]

Now that's just straight up an apostle.

[Leo_Zackular_Art]

This fight is biblical, absolutely love the design

[Bayonet]

Rykard is such a cool character; he became 'blasphemous' because he led a revolt against the tyranny of the Greater Will and the Golden Order and was considered a hero, but became corrupted when he fed himself to The Serpent in a desperate attempt to grow his power enough to challenge a god.

[glang]

When I got to him, I was disappointed thinking the stormruler gimmick would ruin the fight, but they really got it right this time, this was one of the best bosses!

[IceeMolotov]

This right here is a ‘spectacle’ boss done right. Love this game.

[Dangermouse]

Unforgettable boss fight. That amazing cut scene, the MUSIC in the second phase, and of course when he activates his ability unleashing literal hell. I've never seen anything like it in a video game.

[kingroberti]

Never have I been so disturbed in a souls fight, The Rotten and The One Reborn included. Rykard is the epitome of disgusting freak who rejected his humanity for power and I absolutely love the fight for establishing him in all of his twisted nature.

[Endprince-Jorm]

I have been playing Souls games since 2012, and I can say with the utmost confidence that nothing in From Software's repertoire has unnerved me as much as Rykard has. Not the Gaping Dragon, not the Headless, not even the Orphan of Kos. Every aspect of his design absolutely chills me, from his guttural and sickly voice, to his uneven and almost vestigial human limbs, to his horribly misplaced face, all capped off with the hellish arena, bloody human agony, and flaming skulls. He literally looks like something you'd see in Dante's Inferno.
Hats off to the designers at From Software. I won't be sleeping well tonight.