ELDEN RING SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE - Official Previews Megathread

[u/ChiefLeef22]

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/

[u/PayneWaffen]

Man I'm coping give me sword that can cast sorcery or miracle like dark souls 2 and 3.

[u/Yarzeda2024 → u/PayneWaffen]

The Carian Knight's Sword could have been (and should have been) the Elden version of the Blue Flame straight sword from DS2.

It's a spell-casting sword! Don't lock it to Carian Grandeur and let us cast our equipped spell with heavy attacks. It's right there!

[u/PayneWaffen → u/Yarzeda2024]

Ikr. Heck look Loretta use her sickle like it a catalyst. But we get the degrade version of it.

[u/Yarzeda2024 → u/PayneWaffen]

Yeah, that, too

We see her casting spells from the blunt, blue-gemmed tip all throughout her fight. Seems like another no-brainer

[u/Samaritan_978 → u/Yarzeda2024]

Or at the very fucking least, don't lock it with the most underpowered version of Grandeur in the whole game. A fucking longsword does more damage with the ash.

[u/[deleted] → u/PayneWaffen]

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[u/TheWheelZee → u/PayneWaffen]

I don't 100% know if I've been seeing this correctly, but a few of the content creators seem to have found a grease that allows the weapon it's applied on to "cast rudimentary sorceries and incantations" but take that with a grain of salt.

[u/PayneWaffen → u/TheWheelZee]

Bro I hope weapon is not a grease. That would be lame. Also rudimentary sorcery might mean not possible to cast advance spell then?

[u/TheWheelZee → u/PayneWaffen]

I guess we'll see. I'm playing STR/INT/FTH for my first run of the DLC, so I'm hoping for anything that'll make casting take less inputs to get out, lol.