From Software Elden Ring - From Software's new game with writing by GRRM

[REhorror]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778580/ELDEN_RING_Shadow_of_the_Erdtree/

It seems there's some kind of transformation spell? I hope this is what permanent and not just a one-off spell like vanilla ER.

 

[Caim]

Price is $39,99

20$ if you do not own the base game and buy the bundle.

Holy shit it actually is. $80 for the base game plus DLC, $100 for the base game + collector's edition. That's $20 and $10 cheaper than buying the base game and the DLC respectively.

Another reason to not buy right away.

 

[Elttharion]

Price is $39,99

20$ if you do not own the base game and buy the bundle.

Early adopters always get fucked when it comes to pricing.

 

[Jacov]

Haven't played this since 2022.

Made the biggest mistake of playing From game shortly after launch, silly me.
My first build was: giant weapons (pre attack speed buff) and holy damage (with most main bosses having 40-80% holy resist). So it was miserable. Tried playing it several times after that but almost always dropped before fighting the Fire Giant due to burnout (game's too big with boring open world and shit boss design).

Was thinking about picking it back up lately, and there's the DLC coming, sooo... How is the game after two years of patches?

 

[Lyric Suite]

June, hey, not bad, gives me time to prep for it.

That fucking price tag though.

 

[ferratilis]

Some of you mentioned this DLC involves time travel. What makes you think that? I haven't really kept up with the lore. If it involves time travel, then that would have huge implications for the main story, right?

 

[Rhobar121]

June, hey, not bad, gives me time to prep for it.

That fucking price tag though.

It depends on how much content there will be. After the trailer alone, there will be at least 5 bosses and 2 legacy dungeons.
It is unlikely that they will show all the bosses in the trailer, so the DLC seems really massive.
For the record, DS3 has 19 bosses (if you include ancient wyvern).

 

[Rhobar121]

Some of you mentioned this DLC involves time travel. What makes you think that? I haven't really kept up with the lore. If it involves time travel, then that would have huge implications for the main story, right?

Nah, time travel as DLC has been around since DS1.

 

[Silva]

sooo... How is the game after two years of patches?

Easier and more balanced overall. But still prone to abuse by special weapons and spells.

 

[Skinwalker]

Wait, 40 dorrah?! This expansion had better not be the size of a single base game zone with a couple of "legacy dungeons" thrown in...

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Some of you mentioned this DLC involves time travel. What makes you think that? I haven't really kept up with the lore. If it involves time travel, then that would have huge implications for the main story, right?

It's a common FROM design.
In Dark Souls 1, you traveled to the past to visit an area of the game before it got corrupted.
In Dark Souls 2, you traveled to the past to learn about the fate of the giants.
In Dark Souls 3, you actually travel to the future to witness a potential world-ending scenario, at least for the area you're in.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Plus in DkS there's the concept that light is time and when you cast the repair spell the weapon basically travels back in time to the moment of its creation. Item description on DkS3 I think.

 

[Meshugger]

I really hope that this DLC is going to take place in the future and can be accessed after the ending, like a true sequel.

After spending 165 hours in one playthrough just to start again for a DLC that starts mid-game with a size based on the pricetag to be about 80% of the base game is borderline gnarly.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

the tree doesn't look like it's burning down like you see it in the later parts of the game. in fact it's kinda alive and leaking something. who knows. from dlc are emant to be done in the late game stages anyway.

 

[Bendu]

More screenshots.

Spoiler

And two more snippets:

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

yeah the snake man has to be rykard

 

[Caim]

yeah the snake man has to be rykard

Dude's called Messmer the Impaler. He might be the an alternate version of Rykard, or the dude can be one of Rykard's henchmen or something.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Hmmm it says nothing about timelines, but it does say they are different locations that can be travelled to and from. Kind of like the undeground areas I guess.

The snake man is probably a new candidate to the Volcano Manor. That questline ended too abruptly, so they are probably going to put something of that in there.

Probably Rya too?

 

[Vibalist]

Is it too much to hope that they also reworked some of the late game areas of the base game, like the Mountaintops?

I wouldn't be mad if they didn't, as this looks awesome, but it sure would be sweet if they did.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Uh, has anyone seen this interview?
https://www.ign.com/articles/hidetaka-miyazaki-elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-interview

 

[Bendu]

From a new interview with Miyazaki:

FromSoft has also developed its approach to field design. Previously the divide between field and dungeon areas was quite distinct. "This time, we wanted to go more in depth and bring a denser and richer level design, which brings these types of layout together a little more seamlessly," said Miyazaki. "There of course will be large open areas, there of course will be legacy dungeons, but we've also experimented with something a little more in-between these as well to bring a more diverse gameplay experience."

https://www.eurogamer.net/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-is-fromsoftwares-largest-expansion-ever

 

[Skinwalker]

Ok, so most of the basic predictions were true. Miquella's corpse in the coccoon is empty, his soul has fled to another place, and we're going there in search of him. I had thought that the shadow realm would be a secret dreamworld, but it seems like it's a physical location (Marika had first set foot?). Not that it matters in fromsoftsexual games. Doesn't sound like time travel is involved, which is good.

Probably the plot is about Miquella being trapped by an evil entity that feeds off his power (might be that Messmer guy), and we are to free him. The ending of this expansion will probably heavily imply that Miquella will take Marika's place after the Elden Ring is restored, but also the base game endings will still be in place, similar to how DS3 Ringed City DLC basically has a parallel ending to that of the base game.

Come to think of it, Miquella's design is kind of similar to the autistic painter child in Ariandel. Same gender-ambiguous withdrawn wunderkind with absurdly long hair. Oooh, I'm nooticing!

 

[Child of Malkav]

Size of limgrave, entry point is cocoon.

 

[Remain Nameless]

There doesn't seem to be any time travel involved, just a new area/continent. The red haired guy was tasked by Marika to protect some ancient secret, and Miquella recruits the player to find it.

Also this Erdtree looks completely different. Wonder if it's supposed to be another Haligtree but fully grown.

 

[Child of Malkav]

"This same philosophy is taken in Shadow of the Erdtree. And again, to our more hardcore players, they will find optional bosses who have been tuned in a similar way to the likes of Malenia..."
Yep, Malenia will seem like a bitch compared to what they're putting in the DLC.