Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree debuts to 'Mixed' Steam reactions: "The base game never felt this ridiculously difficult"
Performance woes are also coꦜntri꧋buting to a divisive reception

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:FromSoftware games are hard - you probably don't need me to tell you that by now - but 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Elden Ring's newly released Shadow of the Erdtree expansion may have tipped the difficulty over tജhe edge into "frustrating" territory, as the project just debute൲d to a divisive fan reaction.
On , 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree currently sits with a 'Mixed' rating based on over 12,000 user🍬 reviews as of the time of writing. That means 38% of PC players walked away from the Land of Shadow with a negative reaction - a far cry f🦩rom the base game's glowing 93% positive reception based on a whopping 627,000 reviews.
Of course, Shadow of the Erdtree only came out a mere two days ago and somehow 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:"rivaꦚls the scope of a standalone game," according to publisher 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bandai Namco. Gamesradar+ estimates that the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Elden Ring DLC takes 20-30 hours to co♏mplete - if you're not seeking out all the extra boss-induced punishment - so it's entirely possible that playe✨rs who are enjoying the expansion are still playing, rather than ꩵleaving reviews that skew Steam ratings.
Regardless, user reviews are frequently citing wonky performance and an arbitrarily inflated difficulty as common complaints, with bosses that deal one-shot-kills against once-OP character builds and attack patterns that seem deliberately hard to read. "This DLC is in need of an immense damage crunch and balance patch," steamgoer Chanddy writes. "If you're not cheesing bosses you're not going to win. It's really boring being unable to do my usual playstyle because of the unfair punishment you take in this DLC." Another userreviewer, Ravaaga, mentions th🌊at "the base game never felt this ridiculously difficult and frustrating to play."
Warnings from FromSoftware president and Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki should've been our first clue, in fairness, as he said the studio had "really pushed the envelope in term𒅌s of what we think the player can withstand." Terrifying. Even 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Elden Ring vetera📖ns then got stomped mere minutes꧙ into the expansion, so I guess Miyazaki isn't the exaggerating type.
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