Highlights
- A fan of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree got creative by beating the DLC’s final boss using only voice commands.
- Players are constantly finding new challenges, from creating unique builds to using unconventional controllers like dance pads and bananas.
- While some are celebrating their victories, others are struggling with the game’s difficulty, sparking debates about issues like broken hitboxes.
An Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree player conquered the final boss of the expansion while only using voice commands. Developer FromSoftware’s titles are notorious for their extreme difficulty and the studio certainly lived up to expectations with the release of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, which quickly garnered a reputation for its merciless world and boss fights. However, one fan did not only overcome the DLC, but she did it without even touching a controller.
Even before the release of Shadow of the Erdtree, Elden Ring was already known for its brutal difficulty. There was no telling what dangers lurked around every corner, and every encounter with an enemy carried the risk of dying and losing substantial progress. But this unrelenting hardship also meant players were encouraged to adapt and experiment with the best strategies to use. It wasn’t long before this led to the formulation of dozens of inventive builds that could absolutely break Elden Ring, such as when one player conquered the Elden Ring DLC without dodging a single attack.
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In contrast, there were also players who wanted an even greater challenge and were particularly creative about where they could find it. One such fan embarked on a quest to beat the bosses of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree with voice commands, and after a climactic showdown with the DLC’s final boss, she ultimately triumphed. Soulslike Vtuber Larxa celebrated her accomplishment by sharing a video of her fight against Promised Consort Radahn, showcasing a grueling but still amusing battle filled with repeated commands of “morb,” “shrimp,” and “dodge.”
Elden Ring Players Are Using Crazy Controllers To Beat The Game
This wasn’t the first time an Elden Ring player cranked up the difficulty by using an unorthodox input device. The game’s community has developed a habit of using whatever they can scrounge up to beat Elden Ring, and the crazier or more impractical the implement, the better. Fans have seemingly used every possible apparatus to conquer the bosses of FromSoftware’s open-world Soulslike, making use of everything from guitar controllers to bananas. Recently, Twitch streamer MissMikkaa conquered the DLC with a dance pad and was even able to use her mat and a controller to beat Messmer twice at the same time.
While plenty of fans are already looking for ways to spice up their playthrough, some players are also struggling with Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. So much so that in the weeks following its release, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree restarted an age-old debate regarding in-game difficulty. Most notably, many players criticized the game’s broken hitboxes, which they believed unfairly penalized the players for paying attention to visual cues.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Shadow of the Erdtree is the first and only DLC expansion for FromSoftware’s groundbreaking Elden Ring. It takes players to a whole new region, the Land of Shadow, where a new story awaits the Tarnished.
- Released
- June 21, 2024
- Developer(s)
- FromSoftware
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op , Online Multiplayer
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
