Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
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![Elden Ring character in Drake Knight armor gesturing in front of Gravesite Plain in Shadow of the Erdtree](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xFfYy2ExivTezqHvhiH6zd-320-80.jpg)
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree currently has a 'Mixed' status on Steam, with many of the negative reviews complaining that the bosses are too hard
By Ted Litchfield published
news Some of them are also down on the game's PC performance, which is fair.
![Shadow of the Erdtree Sword of Darkness](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HZUKKALaskpUMKsZdsRb9f-320-80.jpg)
The best builds for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
By Wes Fenlon published
Built Right Our favorite builds for the expansion are all based around new weapons, spells, and talismans.
![An image of a boss from Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, a powerful knight wielding a blade of magic and a blade of roiling flame.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ph9S34QmYVRSbvmgYbz24Q-320-80.png)
Lowering Elden Ring's difficulty would attract more players but would also 'break the game itself,' says director Hidetaka Miyazaki
By Andy Chalk published
news Miyazaki reckons that opening the game up to more players would not make it better, or more successful.
![Elden Ring screenshot - man with torch standing near giant ants and a pile of gooey dead bodies](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HcdeuK4vXDZKraTt2tqGY6-320-80.jpg)
Miyazaki 'went a little too far' with Elden Ring's poison swamps but says he learned a lesson, which unfortunately is that he needed to come up with new and different ways to kill everyone
By Andy Chalk published
news I don't know what the Elden Ring equivalent of a monkey's paw is, but it definitely curled.
![Hidetaka Miyazaki, president of Fromsoftware.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xNdteGXNmaomL78qRJoe5Y-320-80.jpg)
'We just happened to release it into the market at the right time': Even after Elden Ring's DLC victory lap, FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki still wears the 'soulslike' crown with humility
By Harvey Randall published
News "We’re all working within the same sandbox, in a way."
![A Tarnished grovelling for mercy in Elden Ring.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rNyyDhcPqXbXxPFSdAKsDj-320-80.jpg)
Spare a thought for the 60% of us who can't join you all in Shadow of the Erdtree because we never beat Mohg
By Robin Valentine published
Mohgless Stop telling me it's like Elden Ring 2, I can't handle the FOMO.
![Artwork created by CD Projekt of Geralt slaying Mohg, from Elden Ring.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4TkPrAscMnceJxxzk4M6Pj-320-80.jpg)
CD Projekt sends in Geralt to help its devs kill Mohg as it congratulates Shadow of the Erdtree on eclipsing Witcher 3's record review scores
By Joshua Wolens published
News Even Blood and Wine has fallen under Erdtree's shadow.
![A monk jumping](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BtNKQbpQyU2rP4DmGoM3sa-320-80.jpg)
If you only try one of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's new weapons, make it Dryleaf Arts
By Fraser Brown published
Furious fists Slap those bosses into oblivion.
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