Monthly Archives: July 2024

My Elden Ring review was a strange affair where I was bullied into admitting that all of my complaints about the game weren’t genuine problems, so I played devils advocate against myself to the amusement of all. But no more, I say! Elden Ring‘s recent DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, has actual problems and I’m going to talk about those actual problems and I won’t feel bad about it. Probably.  Shadow of the Erdtree is relatively unique among From Software’s “Souls” content in that it actually has a pretty straightforward story that’s not only relatively concise from beginning to end but also fills in a lot of lore that was missing from the original game.  Miquella, everyone’s favorite missing hostage and noted long-arm-in-an-egg from Mohg’s boss arena, has traveled to the “Land of Shadow” to accomplish something vague (at first) that involves sacrificing parts of himself along the way. Following…

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