Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC Review
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC reviewed by Mitchell Saltzman on PC. Also available on PlayStation and Xbox.
FromSoftware says Shadow of the Erdtree is the only expansion Elden Ring will get, so it’s fortunate that it’s hard to imagine a better DLC than this - as long as you’re not hoping for it to do anything radically outside the box. Everything I loved about the original has been condensed into an incredibly tight package - one that’s the size of many standalone games all on its own, and can only be considered “small” in comparison to the absolutely massive world of Elden Ring itself. Erdtree’s absolutely jam-packed with secrets, valuable treasures, challenging boss battles, and horrific monstrosities to face off against, as well as cool new weapons, spells, Ashes of War, Spirit Ashes, talismans, and more to play around with and use to find even more novel ways to tackle its memorably brutal battles. Add on some very interesting lore revelations, not to mention the same spectacular visual design and stellar music that accompanies its larger-than-life bosses, and you’ve got what is certainly one of the best DLC expansions I’ve ever played.
#IGN #Gaming #EldenRing
They rated it Elden Ring out of Elden RIng. You're welcome.
On a scale of Elden Ring to Sekiro what’s it rated? 😂
How elden ring of then.
Well said!
yeah they better
@@discowolf25I would say bloodborne
10 remberance bosses? 😮 Man, the base game had 15, this DLC is friggin humongous.
Humongous what?
@@Ir0b33why you spoil it 😢
@@pimentejmYou clicked on a video REVIEWING the DLC and are upset you got spoiled?
@@sairentoekothe video doesn’t have a spoiler warning, majority of the people came to hear the review not the story
It literally has a near full game price tag so why is that surprising?
10/10 DLC to a 10/10 game is insane
@@Gems56 Wow, so contrarian. Must be edgelord, lol.
@@Gems56 imagine spending so much time commenting wherever you can about a game you think is overrated. Clearly it hooked you if cant shut up about it lol
His review sounded like a 9
@@Gems56 salty starfield fanboy detected
@@Gems56 noone cares
Improving a masterpiece is no small feat
no small feet...
Except it didn't, as stated in the video numerous times, it's the same but condensed, with the same thrill for exploration and bosses, ER is a 10/10 and shadows of the Erdtree just expanded it
@@narommalagonmorales2663game is not a 10/10 quit lying to yourself.
@@Gems56elden ring is the goat, go cry about it 😂😂😂😂
Masterpiecing a masterpiece
Fromsoft: here’s a whole game as DLC
Activision: Nicki Minaj with a gun
:))
An underrated statement.
@@HuntsmanWTF even trade
Lmao. State of the industry is... Chaotic.
It's crazy that for the same price the dlc goes for, you can only buy two bundles in wz
IGN gave it a 7+3
Okay that was funny 😂
Lmao
😂😂
A 13-3
7.8 + 2.2
This game gone beyond any rating review now. This game became the rating now.
Expect the next action RPG gonna be rated like *number* /Elden Ring instead of the usual *number* /10
Fr
Indian girl playing souls games..! Once in a lifetime occurrence..
@@sagarkardam9977 lmao real
@@sagarkardam9977true
FromSoftware decided to be the first company to have a DLC be a Game of the Year.
CDPR already did it
They can't and it should stay like that.
blood and wine
@@MNFL24and it wasn’t $40 only $20 😂😂😂
Sorry but DLC aren’t allowed to win goty because they aren’t games.
10 rememberance bosses is wild
Fr? That’s damn near a full game.
@@eligreg99yeah pretty much this is like Elden Ring 2
10?!?!
Fromsoft never dissapointed me ever since demon souls
fr might be better than totk improvements on botw
It doesn't feel real man. We're all finally gonna get a second go at that feeling we got entering Limgrave for the first time. So thankful🙏
Haven’t been this excited for an expansion since Blood and Wine and Phantom Liberty in recent memory!!
Phantom Liberty was also a 10/10 imo…just wish it had a little more content after the main story
DLC these days just isn’t the same. Same scenario with games in general but with Elden ring it’s completely different. Was unbelievably excited for it coming out and the dlc coming out is the biggest thing I’ve waited for since Elden ring came out
@@mbayadji tbh the main story also felt a bit short.
To review this game properly you cant just be any average game journalist. This dude deserves respect!
He spoiled the whole goddamn dlc
There is an easy mode in this game, it's called summons.
Hold up upgraded version of the turtle talisman? 11/10 dlc
Dog talisman is my favorite. Use it on like every build haha
The turtle talisman barely makes a difference.Hopefully this will be more noticeable. lol
@@theobell2002clown moment
@@theobell2002 id argue otherwise. it makes a big difference for having sub 25 endurance on something challenging like a malenia no hit
@@Kai-kr2xf Your endurance fills up about 3/4 of a second faster. It's as close to a placebo as you can get.
ITS ALL OVER MY SCREEN
ITS ALL OVER MY SCREEN TOO
Come?
@@sabergenesis coom
Same
Come again?
fromsoftware is the only company out here dropping full size games as dlc
To be honest, they said that from the beginning so they just set out to do exactly what they said it would be.
ahemWitcher 3*
Cd Projeckt did it first...
They weren't? Cdpr literally did this with Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk.
Someone forgot about Blood and Wine. Now that was a full game before this, not a dlc lmao.
Twin moon knight is Pontiff Sulyvahn 😭
Not complaining, one of the best fights in DS3. Definitely has a more evolved move set too.
And pontiff sulyvahn was fume knight. Your point?
Not at all and not even closely, what
@@narommalagonmorales2663
Flame and magic sword
I'd do anything to get that armor set..
He said "brutal" bosses at level 150. I'm 190 (ng +1) and the sewer enemies still one shot me. New players going straight there from Mogh will be crying over difficulty.
do you have no vigor? lol
How do the omen one shot you 😭
Level vigor bro 😂
It's gonna be the same as when Elden Ring came out. Anytime a Soulsborne comes out, many newcomers end up crying for a nerf. Most times they just don't get it. Other times we get the Radahn case...
Bro is a glass cannon and doesn't know it.
If a newcomer can beat Mohg and Radahn. Then they aren't a newcomer.
Will action RPGs ever be the same after Elden Ring?
Yes, I'm sure they will not change
Overhyped?
@@friderikuszsanci1767 No?
No
Yes.
You can tell that this man( Miyazaki) loves his job so much. Amazing
He loves money
If right, this was THE GAME he really wanted to make so it makes sense his passion project has birthed so much acclaim.
It truly is the ULTIMATE dark fantasy open world game....since it's initial release nothing hasn't topped it.😊
On the subject of build variety. It's generally more efficient to have multiple save file characters so you can use all of the new weapon and spell options optimally. Instead of just switching to the one thing that works for you.
larvel tears exist
i've got 4 level 120s waiting in in Mogh's arena, all different types of builds with at least 6 larval tears each. I'm so ready, can't wait
@@XxN00BxXgg3But then you lose the min max most of the time and have dead levels. Depending on your starting class and what you’re trying to do
@@Childofbhaal if you have a save thats over lvl 200 then starting class doesnt matter
@@Childofbhaal minmax only matters in pvp im guessing. not a huge difference between 2 levels in pve
PONTIFF RENNALA ?!?!?!?!?!?!?
1:56 looks like the dude from Dark Souls 3.
Yeah, the one that did the thing
Respect my man pontiff sulyvahn...he did nothing wrong
@@AtomicZamurai yeah he was just a bit deranged. just a bit.
@@AtomicZamurai Apart from all the stuff he did wrong.
Its freaking Pontiff Staminavahn
“Hand to hand against an army of hands”
Give this guy a raise
Lil Wayne would be proud
That actually made me chuckle.
5:48 Abyss Watchers
🙏
Lady maria
Guys not to spoil or anything but in one of the leaks they showed a human boss called Black Knight and you can see a boss called black Knight in this video so this could confirm them
Yeah and they mentioned the name of a leaked boss, I'm not excited for the other lore implications, if you've seen the leaks...
Its martin lawrence 😂
We are so back!
Cringey comment
We back baby
We never left
Looks like light great swords are gonna be my jam. I'm also excited because this means they can focus on AC6 DLC now.
Miyazaki just doesn’t miss
0:22 DRAGON FORM RETURNS
Ngyaaaaa!!!
skipping to the end to avoid spoilers
Skipping to June 21st to avoid spoilers
Same. Came for score.
@@rodrigopinto9804 June 20th on PC
Loser you didn't buy it!@@rodrigopinto9804
Elden ring is pure legendary now. Literally best game ever created
This expansion alone is better and more complete than 99% of the “Full games” launched this year so far.
You played it?
@@Handonforehead don't have to play it to come to this conclusion when the competition is so pathetic
From software fanboying is insane
@@BigDaddySnehalthey haven’t made a single dlc that didn’t improve the base game.
the only other one is ff7 reboirth
Don't give up, skeleton.
It's still an open world game and in my opinion SoulsBorne games work best when they are on rails carefully crafted levels where death lies around every corner not charging around on a magic horse.
I’ll be buying and playing this soon. Been to busy with The Final Shape on Destiny 2.
25 hours to beat the final boss. What in the hell!!?
25 hours to beat the whole game not just the last boss.
that is not a lot of time
@@uzairahmed3103 you’re BOTH wrong lol. 25 Hours to beat the dlc😅
He literally said 25 hours to get to and beat the boss but didn’t finish everything and said he could see him self putting another 15 into the play through so probably 40+ hours to complete.
@@WishlockPSN for a 40 dollar dlc 25 hours is not a lot. the base game was only 20 dollars more.
Yes of course the new DLC weapons aren't as powerful as the base game if you use a broken build (dual wield jumping bleed in the video).
The weapons are balanced as long as you aren't using a broken build.
Bro just dropped cold moons like Madara
Elden Ring Shadow of Erdtree looks absolutely stunning, From Software does it again!
5:23 that right there is a massive implications of lore. That enemy only exist where there is a certain characters influence. That means land of shadow are not completely separated from the land between.
We’ve known that’s it’s not completely separate for a while now
Huh?
That black greatsword is just magnificent 3:39
It's not only a DLC it's Elden Ring 2
They should have named it ER 2, so that they would win GOTY again
Glaze
@@tafheemulhaq7053now you are just GLAZEING
@@Tc.1289we're proud to be fromsoft glazer 😏
best game ever made alongside resident evil 4 remake
They gave it a 69.69. You can leave now.
Disappointing it's not 69.420
Feel like licking some black hot sauce tonight
Nice
"great variety in areas" shows a tibia mariner
Almost there boys
We are so close brother.
Amen
One more day
The special FX artist who work on this game is amazing!!!
Do you guys know if its safe to kill malenia or burn the eldtree before the starting dlc?
Doing either one will not have an impact on the dlc
They knew if they didn't give it a 10 people woulda eaten them alive lol
They will get roasted 😂😂
At this point Fromsoftware has to be one of the top 5 greatest game developers of all time 🥰
Should you get the original one or the DLC?
Can you restart the dlc after finishing it? Or do you need to do a new game plus?
New Game Plus
You can choose to go new game plus. Keeping all your levels spells equipment. The game also gets harder. You can do this like 700 times
5:28 So we’re just going to ignore that it took 2 hits to kill that deer?
DAMN IT! Why are the fingercreepers back, those things frightened me
Anyone else refusing to watch more than 30 seconds of these reviews to preserve the discovery aspect?
TO THOSE STUCK AT MOGH. SURPASS YOUR LIMITS, RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NOW
😂
Plus ultraaaaaaa
Are the new areas in the Shadow Realm visually striking? How does the level design compare to the Lands Between?
Thanks for everything Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro🙏
Another Masterpiece added my collection.
So this is the only 10/10 game this year and it's just an expansion/dlc
So he beat it in 25 hours. Based on how much better Mitch is at souls game than me and rushing to finish for review day. This will take me at least 50 hours 😂
0:17 not that dragon again 😭😭😭
This makes me excited for the quality of the armored core 6 dlc
10:04 ima need that big scale looking thing.
Imagine how lucky the person is who gets a new console or pc and buys this game having never played a minute of it
yo we got another pontiff fight baby
is it ok to play the dlc at level 400 or its too high?'
People only agree with IGN when they give 10
Noticed it too. When it doesn't align with their personal opinions they get bashed. When they do align, every pretends like haven't made fun of ign for 5+ years straight
@@sircartier2723 If only people would be honest with themselves and admit they want an echo chamber for validation instead of an actual review.
Overrated game not 10/10.
People don't come for an opinion, they come to validate their already formed opinion
@gamer597-rx7rc it's not about this specific review, your missing the poinr
I've never played elden ring. What are some tips? Starting tonight
Dang, a Fromsoft DLC is 30-50+ hours long of high quality content for $40. Meanwhile, Hellblade 2 is only 5 hours long for $50 which is mostly watching cutscenes and the little gameplay that it has consists of walking forward in high fidelity and basic self-solving puzzles while people screaming useless information in your ears non-stop smh
I'm not even defending hellblade but you're comparing COMPLETELY different genres of games
Comparing two different types of games here, not how comparisons work
Leonardo da Vinci wanted to do a Mona Lisa dlc but didn't have FromSoftware's genius 🖼️🎨
Shame that they dont include best dlc of the year in the game award
10/10 lmao, IGN ratings are completely meaningless. This is not a 10/10 DLC by any stretch of the imagination
If they're meaningless why watch them?
It's a 10/10 expansion cause it offers more content than regular expansion. Can you name me 5 expansions from the past 3 years better than this?
IGN please learn the subtle art of setting expectations without spoiling specifics. Telling us the exact number of bosses, specific named areas we can goto, things to the affect of “the map is small but it’s dense so there is under ground areas and an area in the sky and also you get teleported to another area”. Like you knew how magical those moments were in the base game to be discovered organically, why get so specific in the review.
Meanwhile Other Game DLCs: We just released horse armor in Space! Hurray!
And people say this is Game Of The Year? LOL Probably the same people saying The Acolyte is brilliant.
(SPOILERS BELOW)
Like the base game, the DLC is visually beautiful. Also like the base game, the DLC is highly repetitive and highly boring.
The only attractive thing about Elden Ring is the mythology, cryptic though it is. The hours and hours of schlepping around doing repetitive tasks to get tiny morsels of storyline is ridiculous. And it's the storyline and lore to be discovered which makes the DLC attractive.
What a disappointment.
Miquella this. Miquella that. Miquella, Miquella, Miquella. Both in the base game and the DLC, it's all you ever hear about. And what happens when you meet *finally* Miquella The Kind? The one Empyrean who apparently appears kind hearted and can see though the folly of Marika and the Erdtree and promises to make the world a better place? That's right, we have to lay waste to everything. Why? Because a little voice said so when we got high on poison. And we're given zero choice in the matter.
We see Miquella for the first time after being teased for 8 hours straight only to smoke him instantly with near zero explanation. We barely see the guy, talk to him, or really have our curiosity satisfied. Or make any choices for that matter. It's just The Elden Lord traipsing through another land to embody The Murder Hobo Express. And after all that mindless killing, what about the ending? Well there isn't one, so thanks for playing. A complete and utter anticlimax. You don't make anything better. Or worse. It was just a 8 hour killing spree for nothing.
The people who made this game are obviously fans of The Force Awakens: a two hour tease-of-a-movie to show us Luke Skywalker in the last 60 seconds and then drop the curtain with no explanation. What a joke.
Couldn't even give people a special transition or scene when you first enter the DLC zone, just a Black loading screen lol.
Mindless hype for more of the same (beyond new weapons) to include more vague story telling.
If it sells it sells, shrugs in capitalism.
Do the Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones have a bell so that you can purchase them? Or are they still limited?
They are limited sadly. But never know what the DLC may hold, Could introduce a bell for them.
Like, in. Bell bearing: no chance
It’s Tarnishing time
"Never got lost"...definitely not the case for me. Most of my time has been spent trying to figure out where to go. Not a knock against the DLC, though.
DLC definitely worth the wait. FROMSOFT knows how to cook
And their cook is delicious. You never get tired from eating it.
Elden Ring with Shadow of the Erdtree is not only Game of 2022, but Game of the 2020s 😮😮😮 maybe Game of the Century 🎉❤
In my opinion, the Elden Ring is an 8/10, so is the DLC.
Your opinion don't make sense
7/10
@@林奥-d1j bot
And that's valid, not everyone can universally agree on the same rating of a game
E10den Ring
Serious question: does ng+ affect the dlc? Because I've seen people on ng+1 and are breezing past radahn, I'm on ng+12 and can't even kill him.
*yes*
@superbowyiming OK, I'm just wondering because my mate says that Miyazaki said that it doesn't and it's the same difficulty for everyone buy im not sure.
Can't f-ing wait!! Let's go fellow Tarnished!!
Is it on level with Bloodborne The Old Hunters DLC??
Its better, there is so much creative art direction with so many areas and unique remembrance bosses (except for a few)
About to be the greatest DLC EVER 🎉
As someone who sunk hundreds of hours into Destiny 2 and Elden ring, seeing excellent dlcs makes me happy. Eager to jump back. I'm set for this year.
IGN pretending to be honest ?
Do yall have a hate bone for ign or what?
There goes my anger management skills
Its an Elden Ring out of 10.
This review can literally start at 09:18 😅
It floats down
I'm definitely getting all the weapons out there... They look really cool.
You know what isn’t a 10/10? FF7 rebirth.
Worse pacing than original FF7, too many cutscenes, vague new plot threads, vague ending... it's maybe still a 9/10 though.
The way it’s so compact is gonna bring back that older souls feel
Apologize to the developers of Wukong IGN. Disgusting!
What’s a remembrance boss? Why is it a big deal? (Haven’t played the game)
Remembrance bosses are the big baddies that drop something like a soul in dark souls game. Remembrances can be exchanged for either one of the two power ups from finger maiden at round table Hall.
Remembrance bosses are the big main bosses of the game
my testosterone levels have increase dramatically.
hype for the shadow of the erdtree.
Can’t to learn how many times Dunkey beat this DLC!