Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - PREVIEW THREAD (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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Previews for the Elden Ring DLC have just been released! Lots of journalists and popular Souls players have been to an event where they played the DLC for a few hours, giving us way more info on what to expect and things such as new weapon types and upgrade materials. This isn't a comprehensive list, just the few that I found quickly.

Videos

Iron Pineapple: https://youtu.be/ocfTNBUIyCg?si=ucbSYqCSRtTadHlT
VaatiVidya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP9EOmSFbvk

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[-] ItalianSkeletonGaming@mastodon.social 10 points 4 months ago

@simple Can we have a spoiler free TL;DR?

[-] simple@lemm.ee 25 points 4 months ago

8 new weapon types
100+ new weapons
There's new types of progression where you can find items that make you stronger but only in the DLC.
The first area of the DLC is as big as Limgrave
People got to see the first 2 legacy dungeons, say they're really good and there's lots of secrets.
The consensus is that it's more Elden Ring. Overall people are stoked.

[-] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

I don't wanna look too much, but boy does seeing actual gameplay footage make it feel so real! I'm pretty hyped

[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago

I had a look at VaatiVidya's video on this (many spoilers, you are warned) and while this all looks incredibly awesome, all I can think about seeing some of the new weapons are how these things are going to be an absolute menace in PvP. Specifically the >!beast claws.!<

Good thing I'm already trash at PvP and am used to losing, because it looks like we're getting like 8 new variations on what made Rivers of Blood a meta pick. I'm not really that upset about it, PvP isn't my main draw to elden ring and I am going to have a ton of fun with these new weapons in single player, so I consider it a net positive, but even so, yeesh.

[-] simple@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I was thinking more about how people can spam throwing weapons with zero mana cost. Pvp is definitely going to be interesting... But we'll wait and see, maybe they're not as powerful as they look.