Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Is SO MUCH (SPOILER-FREE REVIEW)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Elden Ring is like the best game ever. Shadow of the Erdtree is more Elden Ring. YOU DO THE MATH.
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Being New Game +7 is definitely a big factor in why the DLC feels so hard 😂
Glad I kept a single save at only NG+1
Your a mad lad, what lvl are you out of curisoity?
@@hitomikagewaki31probably max level, on PC they can use cheat engine
@@HellonearthlABBJust because you can cheat on PC that doesn't mean that everyone is a cheater
Yeah new game plus scales so much harder for dlc
I gotta say, ng+7 with this build and fia's debuff enabled... props for even attempting this dlc lol
WOW. He DOES have the debuff. What a mad lad.
@@TylerLouden i don't use summons but Arlo's playthrough sounds like a bigger challenge than anything i've done.
@@Pontif11 I'm basically doing the same challenge as Arlo, minus the debuff though. I have a level 310, blood build, double Seppuku Godskin peelers. I use mimic anytime I can. (Though you'd be surprised there's quite a few places in this dlc you can't use summons)
Always gotta embrace Fia's debuff.
I like how arlo is always able to set himself up to such a nieche situation to even have this kind of bad experience like obviously the game is hard on ng +7 the scaling literally breaks at that point
wtf u mean niche? What cuz he’s a generally known as a Nintendo UA-camr when he plays a great and arguably best game in the past 3-5 years u call it a “niche situation” ??? Are u high? Everyone and I mean everyone is talking about this DLC, and for good reason. Nothing Nintendo has done this year can even hold a candle this this DLC. None of their games even compare to the quality of how good this DLC is and will be. Check yourself. U sound ridiculous.
Funny enough, play through the base game ng+ 1,2,3 and 4 was easier than playing the game through normaly. Because the in my opinion the scaling in the base game is almost not existend.
@elalcazar7374 it does get more appropriately scaled in end-game areas, but yeah the early and midgame bosses are tissue paper in a decently specced ng run. But that's always been the case with the souls games ime.
DLC at NG+7 is an insane thing to do. It is madness of the highest caliber.
Clearly, you're a Souls fan.
He is only an Elden Ring fan
True Souls fans don't use noob spirit ashes or summons
@@jcselement "fans of a game don't play the game"
@SuperSikarlo Elden is a souls
@@Timmy-mi2ef just admit you aren't good at games bro
Omg I was wondering why the enemies did so much damage in the vid until you mentionned you were in NG +7. You're insane man
It genuinely is insane when Arlo often discredits his own gaming abilities. He pretends to be a casual but NG+7 is an amazing accomplishment
Dropping this while streaming is wild
He dropped this before getting shellshocked by Mario and Luigi, an actual ZELDA Zelda game then MP4 reveal
@@nanashi7779 SPOILERS I HAVENT WATXHED THAT SHIT YET 😭
@@bazinga0420 Super Mario Party Jamboree with 7 boards and 20 player online. DQ3 remake, Marvel vs. Capcom collection
@@bazinga0420 I haven't roo, and it's nowhere available? Where can i see his direct livestream????
@Blubbpaule he deleted it sadly but he will probably make a video reaction later
Arlo is the reason I got into Elden Ring (and bought a PS4 for the purpose) and I imagine that’s true for many of his Nintendo based viewers. So no surprise Bandai Namco returned the favor!
Why wouldn’t you just get a ps5 if you waited this long 🤔 cause now you’re playing the subpar version
@@BankaiFever it's cheaper and the PS5 isn't much of a graphical jump
@@BankaiFever In caveman terms:
Ps4 cheap, Ps5 expensive.
@@kieran5476 gonna be broke forever with that mentality. I might even throw my current ps5 in the garbage once the pro comes out this year. Rather that than gift it to a bozo like you, it’d be lost on you 😆
@@BankaiFever what are you even on about bro 🤦♂️ You're spitting some straight yipyapyop 💀
I feel like it's hard to take the difficulty criticism in for this since you're in NG+7
It’s a fair criticism since the game lets you take it that far, but I do see it as a massive asterisk on the review.
@@Davey_Cakes Well, fair-ish, I'd say.
Not really relevant to, like, 99% of people interested in the DLC for a first time playthrough, though!
I think most people will be playing base NG, maybe NG+ at most.
@@Davey_Cakes Most of us know that everything scales with what game cycle you're in. So we are waiting to try the DLC at NG 0 before considering going into the DLC a second time at +1
Going in immediately at +7 takes a special kind of masochist.
nah but at the same time, the VAST majority of other reviewers are saying the exact same thing so I don't think he's wrong. It's probably not _quite_ as hard as Arlo thinks it is, but it's definitely really hard (even by Dark Souls DLC standards, which are already brutal to begin with)
@idontwantahandlethough it is of course hard but the scaling difference between the player and the bosses can be exponential. The bosses can scale infinitely, you as the player plateau at a certain point
Arlo, I have a lot of respect for you going into a dlc that’s meant for end game at NEW GAME +7!!
And still getting it half done and having a good time with it lmao your wild man.
You should really make a new character when the dlc officially releases (or even now) and that’ll make a good half of your criticism go away.
Tldr Arlo's ng+7 experience.
Arlo: enters boss arena.
Boss: "Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru"
Arlo: Nani
Arlo this is the wildest upload time
He couldn’t upload this until the nintendo direct started
Contractually obligated publish time
I think this is definitely the point where it's actually just worth starting over on a new file to get a clean experience with the game and DLC in general. NG+7 is a steep and respectable commitment, but I feel like there's plenty of things you will like or at least re-evaluate with that kind of new perspective.
And I mean, it's the new DLC release, when will be a better time for it?
That's what I'm doing - brand new character.
I was on NG+1 on Xbox One but when the DLC was revealed I bought the game again on PS5 so that I could start again and play a fresh playthrough on better hardware in time
Arlo, I have now returned to watch your review. I have not finished the DLC, but I have done a number on most of it, and I have to stay, I’m still glad to hear your perspective. I initially bailed when your dropped this video two weeks ago because I wanted to experience the DLC on my own, and I am glad I did. This game is magical in how it managed to capture lightening in a bottle twice. There are areas that truly surprised me just like you said: a small dungeon that explodes into a sprawling mountain with the hardest boss ever. Some of the bosses were amazingly difficult (Rellanna) and some were so frustratingly hard it wasn’t even worth it (Black Gaol Knight and Romina). But so so so so fun. Glad I went in blind, glad I came back, and sorry for bailing when you dropped the video.
Looks like you need to use the Baldachins blessing in your inventory.
Nice review, cant wait to play it myself!
That rant on Dragons made you sound like Hiccup, Arlo. :D
I agree with you. There seems to be a divide between the “I want this cranked up to 11” and people who enjoy the world exploration and some minor challenge.
Game is downloaded and ready to run as soon as I get home from work.
Also, I never go past new game because it tends to punish you in the long run.
dropping this while prime 4 is being shown is WILD
Priorities.
Tbh as someone with limited time, I'm more excited for Shadow of the Erdtree than anything else this year from other developers.
@@markcampbell8590 Metroid Prime 4 comes out next year, so videos for it can wait.
Arlo don’t give AF!
What a time to be alive! 😊
Out of context Arlo: I joined a cult, it consumed my entire life...
New Game+7 for the DLC.
Oh Arlo... oh, Arlo.
The Souls community has been learning for over a decade that you never, ever start DLC on any NG+. There is ALWAYS at least one boss that gets you, and there's often up to _three._ All I can say now is good luck, and remember that discretion is the better part of valor.
Damn I’m ng+ on blood borne and just bought the dlc, should I just start a new character? I’m planning on playing it like 2 more times anyway for the endings
@@russellwestbrook462 You actually don't have to play through it multiple times to get all the endings for the platinum trophy. You can upload your save to the cloud then reload that save and do another ending. You'll still get all the trophies and get all the endings in one single go instead of doing it 3 times. Also the final boss in the DLC is very hard on new game +, but he's not unbeatable. I've beaten him on new game +3 so it more than doable. Just hard.
I think ng+ is definitely the reasoning my fuzzy blue friend! But I also wanted to mention that the "cheese" methods you mention are built in designs. Fromsoft made the game around the idea that you can use shields and magic and summons. Those things are just more battle mechanics! It's like the super guard in paper mario. It trivializes the entire game in terms of difficulty, but you can choose not to use it for more challenge. Honestly part of the fun of a souls game is feeling prepared enough to take on a boss, using every tactic in the book, and finally breaking through that Wall that seemed impossible a few attempts ago. I detest people saying that it's weak or cheesy to use the tools given to you. Don't feel ashamed or bad for using then, you beat a game that some people can't even beat the first boss of, and that's WITH summons
The reused enemies is what I feels for the entirety of Tears of the kingdom, outside of the first few hours where you discover new enemies that were not in BOTW. I suppose it's something difficult to avoid with big open world games, but Elden ring also has loads of unique enemies for each region, something I wish TOTK had to make each region different
Agree. Elden Ring is not perfect in that area, but it's way better than Totk.
Arlo, aim for the head when fighting the Dragon. Keep it right in front of you, don't frantically run around in circles. Do that, and you'll learn to systematically dismiss them. Greyolls area on Caelid is great for practice.
I absolutely hate how using summons is considered cheesing the game. The fanbase of those types of games need to chill a bit on us casuals.
the game is balanced for summons. some ppl like extra pain. I say use the summons, the developers added them for a reason.
Who cares, just summon, the game was built around summons. You could beat Mario with a usb steering wheel just bc its beatable doesn't mean the game was designed to be played like that.
Anyone who says core mechanics are a cheese is a dumbass. A cheese tactic is any tactic that allows a person to beat a challenge (typically a boss) with low or no effort. Using spirit summons absolutely doesn't qualify. There isn't a summon in the game anymore that can solo bosses assuming it's appropriately leveled, and I'd be surprised to see any spirit summon solo a boss even at +10 these days. From has balanced them well. They're SO far from cheese. They're just a core mechanic that the game was designed around. Just because some people find it too easy with summons doesn't mean the rest of us do also. That's how insane people think about things.
You made it harder on yourself in several ways.
1) NG+7 is not for the inexperienced. Especially not the dlc.
2) you're currently debuffed by the dethbed companion. That hug is detrimental to your health, remove it by using the item Baldachin's blessing.
3) your shield could probably use some enhancements, theres a considerable difference between a weak shield and a strong one(take it to the blacksmith buff it to +25)
4) As cool as the Dragonclaw shield looks, it seems to have been nerfed in patch 1.09
Overall definitely worth an excuse to run a fresh save and just grab what you need to proceed.
lol the lion dancer got Arlo shook
As someone not in NG+7, the DLC definitely emphasizes every problem with the base game's difficulty. Enemies deal your entire health bar of damage in a single hit for no reason and absorb damage for an eternity.
It’s really not that bad
@@k3mori I just got to messier and he is whopping my ass. Still loving the hell out of the DLC tho
@@nxi8792 yeah Mesmer was tough, he could have been the hardest boss in the game imo if he had more health. You’ll get him eventually, good luck and have fun!
I’ve been stuck on the Elden Beast for about a month now and really struggling with wanting to beat it before the DLC but this motivates me to take a break on the darn run away slug and do the DLC first :)
It's for the best, elden beast can be really bs
black flame spells they count as physical
They just added the ability to use Torrent in the Elden Beast fight with the update. That should help.
@@Jeff_Blanton They did?? This changes everything omg
@@Archdjinn indeed it does!
Had to finish the live stream before hopping into this video, thanks for always giving us great content Arlo!
NG+7 makes a MASSIVE difference on how hard enemies hit and how long they take to kill.
I did what you forgot to do and made a save file right before I went into NG+ so just recently in preparation for the DLC I replaced the save data with the old data so I don't have to play in NG+ or higher.
You can revert back to before ng+?? I’m on ng+3 because I wanted to get all the endings & right now I’m getting scared about the dlc..
I can't help but wonder which boss he's talking about around the 14 minute mark. Perhaps one that's found atop a jagged mountain? I could also see it being a stormy beast
Edit: he described the elemental attacks, probably the stormy beast
Who’s here after the livestream?
You mentioned that the giant vistas were huge, but "largely a camera trick"
which is kinda funny because FromSoft has a reputation of not dumbing down anything in the distance. In all 3 Dark Souls games the breathtaking vistas were all actually modeled and to scale. The only difference is that some of them didn't have collision.
I highly recommend checking the Boundary Break videos on the Dark Souls games.
I'm surprised you got this! Don't really use my switch, kinda always saw ya as the switch guy, come here for gr8 switch content. It was very epic for me today to find you reviewing the elden ring DLC.
I just got on board about 6 months ago and I had to laugh in the first minute there when you said several times a day you’ll be like “Man. Wish i was playing ER rn.” Same bro
Don't worry arlo, I'm going into the DLC at NG+7 as well. But I'm a little more experienced with the game, since I recently finished my RL1 run with the zweihander. Thank you for your awesome review! I can't wait to play the DLC!!
This is why I started a completely new game like 3 weeks ago, my NG+5 can wait
Greetings from Chile!! love ur content man you are my favorite youtuber
Heh, I actually am a multiple files kinda guy. Never seen the appeal of NG+ in Fromsoft games, the difficulty at that point is mostly numerical. I'll maybe do one on this game to use some dlc weapons and AoWs in the main game (star fists with poison flower blooms twice aow looks like fun) .
I hope you persevere Arlo, and don't let no maidenless tell you summoning is cheesing, you get over that boss in any way you find fun.
The ONE BOSS you are talking about was my first on the DLC, but i loved it. IMO the attacks are very readable (and dodgable) compared to other bosses, it just is a lot harder because his timings are... creative...
But so far the bosses are my favourite part. Great music, stunning moveset, hard but fair.
Spent literally 4 hours today on the boss that connects the first to the second map-area (Two swords, you know which one).
But unlike the base game, it always felt fair and dodgable, so i did it without cheese, felt like winning a whole war when i did it.
Maybe it's just that i played almost all other fromsoft-hits since the base game., but it genuinely feels so much fairer than the ER-Endgame to me.
I completely agree with your take on the seemingly purposely frustrating boss patterns.
I’m not even at the Mountaintops of the Giants in the play through I’m doing (I’m fairly close to Leyndell but I have a lot of other stuff I need to do first). I better pick up the pace because this looks awesome!
dude same here. it was my first ever souls game because of the hype i played it. literally changed my entire gaming life. i’m now a fromsoftware cult member, i did.
elden ring
bloodborne
dark souls 3
sekiro.
I could never finish Elden Ring, but I love it so so much. As much as I’d like to get this DLC, I can’t justify it rn😢
What kept you from finishing it?
Was it a boss or burnout?
I will say, A+ music choices on this review, kudos.
still haven't beaten the main game on any of my files yet, but I'm still looking forward to the new stuff~
Arlo, you were right on the money here. I was one of the few people that felt the second half of Elden Ring was entirely fair, beat pretty much every boss in under 5 tries without summons, and I was really proud of that. This DLC is FRUSTRATINGLY hard even for me. I just spent over 100 tries on a single boss, and the way I beat it was entirely unsatisfying. I’m just not at all a fan of the style of difficulty they went for, with these unending combos and 1-2 shot kill moves
I think using summons makes bosses harder. For one, it increases their total health by a lot, but also if the boss is switching where its attention is, that makes it very difficult to predict what it's doing. In the base game, the split attention mostly worked to the player's advantage, but in this DLC, I do not think it does anymore because of how fast some of them are. I don't like going into ng+, not to mention +7, so I can't speak on that, but playing a samurai using the the new mixed physick Sekiro block mechanic has been extremely satisfying and everything considered, not too tough. Basically the only thing I haven't done is fight the final boss, and none of the bosses have been harder than Malenia for me. Best of luck Arlo, the addiction is real.
There are a ton of caves and dungeons, even in the first area. You just need search for them as they are not obvious on the map.
It's a nice touch using the music from Majula in Dark Souls 2
I’m guessing the “there’s this boss” was Dancing Lion by the description?
It sounds like it doesn't it? I'm on new game +3 and beat the boss on my 2nd try. His movement, although seemingly wild, is actually very predictable. Also didn't help the Dancing Lion that I was duel wielding +25 Great Stars with 99 strength, 85 vigor and 60 endurance. lol
Nope… it is not the Dancing Lion he is talking about. You will know for sure when you get there
I think it might be Bayle.
I did like three attempts, and went "alright, maybe I'll go try something else".
It was the second boss I found. I still haven't beaten it, I'm trying on Messmer now.
@@redgeoblaze3752 I just got to Bayle and I think it’s Bayle. Granted I beat him in 5 attempts solo no summons. I was using the “broken” perfumer build. I’m also on new game +3 not +7 so his experience is likely significantly harder. I actually can’t even beat the Ancient Dragon you encounter just before Bayle. The perfumer build just doesn’t work against him. At least not on new game +3.
Hey can u add the "live" tab on your channel page, perchance? So past live streams are available? That would be cool
I got to say, watching this video without ever playing the original game just makes me want to play it more. As soon as I find the time, it is definitely on the top of my list.
I hope the direct stream comes back up soon. It went private before I got to the best bits. I can't wait to see your reactions.
I often hear complaints about the mini dungeons in Elden but I've got to agree, I loved them and it was a big part of the joy of exploration for me.
I started it in NG++ as I didn't have time to do a whole other play through and rushed the additional cycles for the platinum trophy. It is pretty tricky so far but not impossibly so yet. If I've got it right, the boss you're talking about I just beat last night after a bunch of attempts. I just hope they don't have a boss like Godskin Duo because that's my least favourite Fromsoft boss.
You're a brave soul for doing it on NG7!
11:25 Arlo describing the difficulty of the game is the highlight of my day.
I think some good response to bosses with long combo chains are to learn their parries, hyper armour through them and trade with armour and heavy weapons or use the new guard counters with heavy shields.
Less caves and catacombs is good. I want those unique areas
I can report all dungeons are high quality. The boss he's complaining about is a lot easier with parries and not being new game 7+. The stat upgrades in the shadow world are extremely helpful if not necessary.
✨Probably not going to get involve in a ⚔crucifying game like this💀😭. A fantastic 👏"Spoiler-free review" Mr. Arlo🔵. I usually see people just finish the game, and then do it. This was my first time viewing👀 something like this. Good stuff. Take care and good luck folks. God bless.👋💙🙏
Arlo you still have the HP debuff on from getting hugged by that lady. That's what the red square with the down arrow is on your status bar. Get rid of that item and get your health back
I'm finding the enemy ganking, bosses flying around and hit detection being VERY questionable on a lot of enemies in NG+1 frustrating so I can't imagine what that would be like in NG+7 😂😂
Arlo you chad 😂😂
Guys, did he not stream his reaction to the Direct at all?
He streamed it but the vod isn’t up yet
Im playing with friends all on NG+6 or 7 and we're having a blast, it definitely helps but that also means defeating the same boss 3 times
We all have jobs and not a lot of time to play but we're knocking out bosses at a steady rate, i think it helps when you have more people to learn a boss and deliver that information to the rest of the party
1:01 replace Elden Ring with books and this is literally the plot of a Twilight Zone episode 😂
I really love the dragons in Elden Ring lol
Same. Its bizarre to hear people literally be saying "the world building is good I don't' like that". They don't' know that this is what they are saying but it is what they are saying. It would make 0 sense for there to be just one dragon or just one Calvary or just one Troll. These are species that exist in the game world....like huh. I can't comprehend that take that there should only be 1 of each.
Ok I think the boss he’s referring to is Rellana Twin Moon Knight. And yes…I think I struggled on her more than Melania.
Arlo I am muting this video and running it on another tab so you get the engagement but i dont end up actually seeing/hearing anything about this DLC before I can play it for myself.
Arlo, I just wanted you to know that imo you are a top 3 reviewer in the entire world. No, seriously, you’re that good. You have such a bright future in game reviews if you do choose to continue branching out past Nintendo! Best of luck, I’ve been watching for years now and it’s always a treat to get an Arlo video.
I hope arlo’s found more dungeons/secrets. I’ve already found 7 of them and I have just gotten through castle Ensis and am now just wondering around in Scadu Altus.
That ONE boss you mentioned? Yeah, I agree. I thought I hadn't found enough blessings because my attacks barely scratched it. In the end I resorted to the good old "Summon Tiche and hope for the best" tactic like a huge pansy. I'll get him "legit" next time. Either way I'm loving this, but god damn does this make the main game look easy in comparison. I found an optional dungeon boss that has a grab attack that pretty much FULL HEALS him if you don't dodge it. Killing him felt SO DAMN GOOD.
Which one is it? I can't help myself and wonder "is this the one "every time I encounter a new boss... Just now I'm stuck at this one which is riding a boar. Is that the one?
@@Thiagoslaw I think he meant the Lion Dancer. Which looks cool but the fight is it flailing all over the place and at the time I had next to no shadow blessings so it hurt a lot.
@@RevolverRez Did you beat Commander Gaius? I believe it fits more his description on the video. I'm still not sure as I did not beat the game yet but I'm already at the end game. ( Dacing Lion was the first boss I deleted. I have a mage build)
This sounds great to me. I'm pretty much in the 'ER is best in the legacy dungeons, at its worst in the open world and most of the mini dungeons' camp. So having less of the random mini dungeons and more meaty dungeony areas that interconnect sounds good.
For me personally, the souls style of combat just works better in the smaller worlds of DS 1/2/3 and BB, and not as good in a huge massive open world where they have to stretch things out to populate that overly massive world. I don't expect everyone to agree with me, we all have different tastes and preferences. But that's just how I feel about ER. I'd rather replay DS 3 or BB than pick up a fresh ER playthrough.
But I will be checking out this DLC and dusting off my two save files to play this.
Watched before I played and as a passionate From fan was somewhat skeptical of the points about overall difficulty. Came back after finishing it to say, this video was pretty spot on. You definitely didn't do yourself any favors by starting on NG+7 and I absolutely don't think they should do anything to balance the DLC around those later NG+ runs but it WAS pretty hard and often in unfun ways. People will always say skill issue but I don't think that's all of it and I feel more justified saying that given that I didn't really struggle with any of them. I did all of them with no more than 20-25 deaths and didn't use summons or cheese builds but IMO some of the difficulty came from performance dips, camera issues and an overall design philosophy that seemed to prioritize bosses being epic and cinematic more than being fun to fight. There's a boss that sucks to fight early on but is actually more fun to fight when he shows up later because his arena doesn't have the same camera issues and in my experience there wasn't any lag. I remember them fixing the stuttering that happened in Limgrave near the Tree Sentinel in the base game so hopefully this gets patched out too. Also, 100% about the dragons. DS3 had the best dragon fight and Elden Ring open-world dragon fights are all the same.
I appreciate these thoughtful impressions. I'm excited to jump back into this world!
I will say, I think you kinda sent this video out to die with the timing of it!
That One Boss is definitely mind blowingly hard. Gives you zero room to breathe
did he survive this direct?
I'm whatever ng you get to after getting all the endings, 4, I think. Really looking forward to diving back into the Lands Between after a good few years away.
You are a complete madman going into this at such a high NG level. All respect for dedicating to it
Arlo I just want to say if you can get to NG7 you can beat the final final test in Mario Wonder
Divine beast took me a few hours to take down, but it felt like a good ol' souls boss. First couple hours was a hopeless struggle until the "ok I get" mode clicked on. That being said the last 25% insano mode felt like a combination of skill and sheer luck to beat.
FromSoft dragons are TERRIFYING. Yes, they're majestic, but they're so powerful that FromSoft really needs to reduce the number and increase the rewards per dragon.
Speaking of which... the best dragon in Dark Souls is still Darkeater Midir from DS3: the Ringed City. I highly recommend checking that out if you enjoy Elden Ring; All of Dark Souls 3 is like a mini-pre-Elden Ring.
Hey, I summon a lot of Spirit Ashes too. Not as much of a shield man, but I get what you say! I used to cower behind shields all the time in Dark Souls 3!
Arlo, I just checked out your live stream for the Nintendo direct, and watched all the way to the point where you said that the video was released for the Elden ring review. I heard you say that the video is doing terribly, and I’m sorry that I am going to contribute to this. I’m experiencing the exact same thing that I’m experiencing with all other souls borne content creators right now. I want to hear your thoughts and watch the review, but I’m also anxiously waiting until Friday to play through on my own. The second that you said the opening vista shows 12 different locations, I paused the video and turned off the video. I will come back and watch the video because I would love to hear your thoughts, but I need to experience this on my own on Friday. Thanks for the awesome live stream. Thanks for the content on Eldin Ring.
I cant speak to anyone elses experience, but here's an anecdote from my own:
I beat rellana last night.
It took me like 4 attempts.
I did this with a magic build, which rellana is highly resistant to.
I had like +12 scadutree blessing though, but i still was forced to learn how to survive at least a handfull of rellanas moves.
That's the thing. You can't just panic roll or spam R1 for these bosses anymore like you could in dark souls.
But I would not call Rellana one of the hardest bosses I've ever faced.
Reading online though, for some people she definitely was.
Complaining about difficulty in a souls game is pointless for this reason.
Difficulty is subjective.
But From is moving in a direction that the player base clearly wants them to move in.
Nobody's hoping for this huge dlc to have bosses that are easily just steamrolled, right?
The majority of hype for these games is generated because of the bosees. And From has been consistently outdoing themselves
Hey, shout out to all the journalists that made guides for so many gamers who couldn't beat this!
Do we call that "Journalist Difficulty?"
...lol.
I hope playthroughs start showing up soon, because I'll never be able to play the dlc myself at the rate I'm going.
I keep forgetting this is coming out so soon - I can't wait to jump back into this world!
to me personally,I love being pushed into getting better, sadly this is harder the more you play, the more you get used to from soft style, so I'm grateful they are going more and more insane with the bosses, Malenia was one of my favorite surprises from the base game, they really need to also get better at surprising us, veterans, with new harder and harder situations to push our limits, but as you said, people still have the option to use summons and magic, the less middle ground there is the more you can enjoy and experience the side you are in at its fullest
I love that you used ds2 music
We are already waiting for your reaction to the current Nintendo Direct, Arlo.
I beat that one boss last night with perfume bottles and no summons. I had a skadu tree level of 4 tho and it definitely made a difference! Also im not on ng+
Would be cool to see a big fat review of elden ring
I haven't quite finished the video yet but I will say that I largely agree that I miss all the small little random dungeons smattered about. I think a lot of the criticism lobbed at the DLC is significantly overblown, mostly, but this is certainly one I felt as well. The DLC does an _incredible_ job making the actual sections of the map feel surprising and unique but I didn't really get that feeling quite as much with the little dungeons.
I was honestly especially disappointed when the Forge dungeons didn't even have bosses... I think they were meant to be more puzzle-y but I dunno.
Like, the world they built is absolutely _incredible_ but I can absolutely agree that the little bits of excitement at finding a random entrance to some tomb or cave shoved off into some corner of the map is largely absent.
Would honestly still give the DLC a solid 9.5/10, though. I have very few critiques outside of that and most of them feel minor.
"I can't go a few days without thinking about this game" I feel that. I also feel after this game came out I haven't had anything that has felt "good"
I gotta say, I’d much prefer quality over quantity when it comes to these dungeons. I can’t tell you how copy and paste the catacombs felt in the base game, with the same enemy type and formulaic mechanics. It’s remarkable how they were able to make them feel refreshed in the DLC.
It makes sense though in the lore. Why would it be different? its just the burial place of the heroes getting reabsorbed into the Erdtree why the fk would Marika create new shit in each lol. It would make even less sense. its clear that they used the Chalice Dungeon creator from Bloodborne and just used the best of the randomly generated outcomes.
Oh man... Watching this I just realised I starterd the DLC on NG+8...I have 5 characters and totally lost track which one is which 😅
I think I'm on my 4th playthrough. Almost lvl 400. Even though I'm stacked it's still a nice challenge.
I liked that there are demi-humans, skeletons etc. Makes the DLC feel like it's a part of the main game.
Hey Arlo, quick tip, I think you uploaded this video in the middle of a livestream, but doing that might’ve made the video perform worse, since viewers that were watching the stream didn’t want to leave it just to watch a video, lowering its initial views.
I’d instead recommend uploading the video right at the end of the stream and encouraging viewers to go watch it, that way, the video gets a boost from all the stream viewers!
While I agree about the reused enemies to a certain extent, I think you may be missing one of its intended purposes; namely that certain enemies appearing in the shadowlands has titanic lore implications that change what we knew about the base game, or fills in holes that existed with only base game knowledge.
I get that some people dont care about lore and thats totally okay, but bashing enemy reuse without acknowledging one of its purposes is unfair. Like I said though, I do agree to a certain extent
This Dlc has added more to the game than every Cyberpunk update and DLC since release