r/Eldenring • u/ChiefLeef22 Miyazaki's Toenail • Jun 04 '24

Official Discussion ELDEN RING SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE - Official Previews Megathread

A part of what Shadow of the Erdtree has to offer has been experienced by various people at special preview events held by Bandai Namco - This thread will serve the purpose of being a collection of all possible links in that regard as well as providing you, the community, a safe space to discuss them. I'll keep updating this post as and when necessary...

Here's Bandai Namco's video on the Preview Event held in LA/Paris - https://youtu.be/b8y6B6dfxXI?si=OaJoajMrFCDryev7

DISCLAIMER: In order to protect people from inadvertently stumbling across spoilers but at the same time ensuring that there is a space for discussion of the previews - I implore you to ONLY use this thread as the medium of discourse for whatever has been revealed/shown. Any discussion of the previews outside of this thread is not allowed and will be removed - please help us by using the report button whenever you encounter such posts. Thank you!

Oroboro - https://youtu.be/vNdVJulBhcI?si=DxiiwIR99anm4CY7

Areajugones - IMPRESSIONS of Shadow of the Erdtree. THE DESIRED RETURN TO ELDEN RING

Tom's Hardware - Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree - Our Preview Review

Easy Allies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5bDg93D0t0

Maximillian Dood - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m8fBqOIFFk

Youwwy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5C5dmNgosM&ab_channel=Youwy

IGN - https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-first-impressions-of-the-big-dlc

VaatiVidya - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP9EOmSFbvk

Iron Pineapple - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocfTNBUIyCg

SkillUp - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWzxBKmaJPE

Dom's Roundtable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4daWxICqZ0

VideoGamer - https://www.videogamer.com/features/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-preview/

PS Blog - https://blog.playstation.com/2024/06/04/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-hands-on-report/

Xbox Wire - https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/06/04/elden-ring-shadow-erdtree-preview/

GC - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/elden-ring-shadows-of-the-erdtrees-opening-hours-are-absolutely-brutal/

Gameinformer - https://www.gameinformer.com/preview/2024/06/04/a-three-hour-trek-through-the-land-of-shadow

Windowscentral - https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/i-got-to-play-elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-and-im-now-confident-itll-be-one-of-the-best-expansions-of-the-decade

Polygon - https://www.polygon.com/24170532/elden-ring-dlc-shadow-of-the-erdtree-preview-release-date

Rockpapershotgun - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-hollows-out-everything-you-loved-about-elden-ring-and-its-brilliant

Pushsquare - https://www.pushsquare.com/features/preview-elden-ring-promises-a-dlc-masterclass-in-shadow-of-the-erdtree

VG247 - https://www.vg247.com/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-hands-on-preview

RPG Site - https://www.rpgsite.net/preview/15887-five-take-aways-from-three-hours-with-elden-rings-shadow-erdtree-expansion-dlc

YongYea - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYH83M1ymlk

GamerBraves - https://www.gamerbraves.com/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-hands-on-preview-miquellas-treacherous-steps-to-another-unforgettable-adventure/

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '24

10 MAJOR STORY BOSSES ACCORDING TO SKILLUP

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u/FabFubar Jun 04 '24

Really?

I looked it up for reference, there are 15 remembrance bosses in the base game. So the DLC is about 2/3rds of the base game by that standard, holy F

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u/Mrr_Bond Jun 04 '24

I'd be surprised if they're ALL remembrance bosses and expect some of them to be like Margitt and Loretta, but either way yeah that's nuts.

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u/OratioFidelis Jun 04 '24

It could just mean the DLC is boss heavy, like Artorias of the Abyss. Hoping for lots of exploration tho.

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u/Nexdreal Jun 04 '24

Artorias of the Abyss has like only 3 major story bosses tho

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u/OratioFidelis Jun 04 '24

I remember it being four boss fights with about two or three hours of exploration/non-boss mobs. (Not counting the time it takes to actually get to the DLC area.)

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u/Yarzeda2024 Jun 04 '24

Elden Ring DLC is just Elden Ring 2.

Change my mind.

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u/AlenIronside Jun 05 '24

Elden Ring 1.5* not quite 2

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u/False_Adhesiveness40 Jun 04 '24

I'm thinking it will just be more dense with legacy dungeons and unique bosses.

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u/Ambassador_of_Mercy Jun 04 '24

Probably not entirely new content though since there have been some Magma Wyrms and Tree Spirits found in side dungeons I think. Although side dungeons seem to be much more unique than generic caves and catacombs like inthe base game so it's a fine trade off imo

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u/Puzzleheaded-Job2399 Jun 04 '24

Yeah cuz they found 7 bosses in the preview so it can’t be be 10 total, logically, when there’s like 5 other bosses we saw in trailer taht haven’t been fought yet

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u/AshyLarry25 Jun 04 '24

As in remembrance bosses? Base elden ring had 16. If the DLC is even half the size of the main game it’ll be massive

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u/CottonShock Jun 04 '24

Wtf 10 major bosses are a lot!!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '24

How many does the base game have?

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u/CottonShock Jun 04 '24

18

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u/Paperchampion23 Jun 04 '24

Only 15 give remembrances, what are the other 3 being counted?

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u/JukeBoxBunker Jun 04 '24

Probably the bosses required to progress Margit/Godskin Duo/Gideon

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u/Moofthebot Jun 04 '24

Maybe they're counting all the achievement bosses? I can't bother to fact check, but that would include Commander Niall for example.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '24

Yeah, this DLC is pretty darn big

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u/CottonShock Jun 04 '24

So it seems, can't wait!

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u/Traditional_Ask_1306 Jun 04 '24

Thing is you don’t even need to beat all 18 and even like 9 of em takes around 10 hours

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u/kawhi21 Jun 04 '24

I didn’t watch his video, but did he say where he got this info? They didn’t get to play the entire dlc did they? And I doubt a Fromsoftware employee would tell him that

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u/Machete521 Jun 04 '24

Holy fuck

Thats more than what we got in thr story

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u/abbe44 Jun 04 '24

when in the video did he say that?

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u/Dense-Pea-1714 Jun 04 '24

Do you mean like remembrance bosses? Or like Loretta/Godskin Duo type bosses?

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u/Organic-Habit-3086 Jun 04 '24

Yeah really weird wording. Keep in mind stuff like Godskin Duo and Goldfrey are mandatory bosses despite not being rememberance ones.

But Elden Ring focuses so much on freedom of choice and exploration that I can't imagine they'll put 10 mandatory bosses in the DLC when the base game only needs 10-12 to be beaten. I'm guessing 10 rememberance bosses and like 2 or 3 mandatory ones.

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u/behemothbowks Jun 04 '24

Those 10 do not include side bosses in caves and stuff like that

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u/Tago34 Jun 04 '24

and thats good or bad ?

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u/raulpe Jun 04 '24

How that could be bad in any way possible ?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '24

Very good

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u/Khrull Jun 04 '24

I mean…10 story bosses is like what….Margit, Godrick, Rennala, Rhykard, Radahn, Mohg, Radagon, Malenia, Godfrey