Elden Ring: I spoiled the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, but I won’t make that mistake again!

Game News Elden Ring: I spoiled the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, but I won’t make that mistake again!

Scenario: You’re entering the final quarter of a boss’s life in Elden Ring. Your fingers are tensing, you’re starting to sweat, and your heart is beating faster and faster… Do you have enough vials left to last until the end? Is now a good time to upgrade your weapon? What’s the best window to attack, knowing that a few mistakes can be fatal? And most importantly, if you fail, will you manage to reach this stage of the fight again? These questions are simple, I ask myself EVERY TIME I’m about to defeat a boss in a FromSoftware game (or any other very good Souls-like game). Then I enter a second state where nothing around me has any meaning, and if I ever prevail, I cheer like Jaja. A precious feeling that I almost overshadowed in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. I’ll tell you what happened to me here.

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Rellana opposite

Like many of you, the paths of the Realm of Shadows quickly led me to Rellana, Knight of the Twin Moons – the boss of Ensis Castle. An enemy that is mandatory from the start to progress and that offers a fight that is certainly classic (he remains a human with two swords), but which is frankly captivating, especially thanks to his second phase and the soundtrack. In short, I wanted to get a little knack for it. I had my fully upgraded backhand blade, a good armor and a few fragments of the Occult Tree in stock and I felt that the balance of power was more or less equal. I was ready, but after much effort I could not do anything, it did not happen.

Then ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know what happened. It was getting late, I wanted to end with a win, I gave up, I called on the impersonator blade (a power that literally allows you to split yourself in half). You guess what happens next? I smoked Rellana and when the famous “main enemy defeated” appeared in big letters on my screen, I felt nothing. Not even a hint of pride or joy at the sight of the unprecedented land that was stretching out its arms to me. I simply felt like I had achieved nothing.

Rellana, Knight of the Moonjumellen (Elden Ring: Shadow of the Earth Tree)

My relationship to difficulty

However, I am not one of those who swear by difficulties or forego invocations. For example, I had already used the imitator blade to get rid of another dragon fight. But at that moment, when I was facing Rellana, I could not find my account. I played with dice that were a little too full for my liking and I lost the sense of achievement that I love so much.

It all relates to my own difficult relationship… I didn’t feel like I had risen above myself, but there was something else. After this lackluster victory, I realized that I had not yet fully experienced one of Elden Ring’s final bosses. Yes, you probably know that Shadow of the Erdtree is the first and last content addition to FromSoftware’s masterpiece. After this DLC, we’ll have to wait three or four years before we can relive an adventure from Hidetaka Miyazaki and his teams. That’s why I feel like I need to take the time to enjoy the expansion as it should be – even if that means starting a boss over and over again when I could make my life easier. Also, plot twist: thanks to the magic of the cloud, I was able to go back and defeat Renalla the right way! Either way, I’m sure I won’t make that mistake again for the rest of Shadow of the Erdtree.