Elden Ring features free DLC in the form of an update released in December 2022, that introduced the Colosseum battles, where players can engage in new pvp modes and six player multiplayer. An expansion for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, has been announced as "in development" but without a release date. Elden Ring, developed by FromSoftware Inc. and produced by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG and FromSoftware's largest game to date, set within a world full of mystery and peril. It was a bit scary, however. In the past, I have excited myself over games that eventually burned me on release. Whether they were not quite as promised, or simply broken messes, I was fearful that Elden Ring might follow in that stead. It has been my most anticipated game of all time, and so the fear was looming over my shoulder like an unshakable recurring nightmare.

Players on Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox One S and Xbox Series X|S will be able to play on the same server. It is always a mix of fear and joy when you are casually slaying minions and a half-decayed, bizarrely proportioned, mutated bird-like creature climbs over a ruined building and shrieks at you. The “oh sh*t! oh sh*t!” moments are what really make these games shine. Jumping! The lore for the land was laid out by fabled writer George R. R. Martin. And with Miyazaki’s incredible world-building, the two collide in a spectacular world of pure wonder and delight. Elden Ring has been set in the most historically rich world that FromSoftware has ever created, and it shows. The locations you visit are vast. There are underground caverns of sunken cities strewn with starry skies. Scarlet, rot-riddled swamps filled with corrupted, ravenous creatures. There are also more traditional SoulsBorne areas to traverse. All with the familiar lifts, shortcuts, weird NPCs, and doors that “do not open from this side”. Updates to the SteamDB entries of Elden Ring on February 7th 2023 were speculated to mean the imminent reveal of upcoming DLC. This was expected to happen on the Anniversary Event, to be hosted on February 25th 2023, but instead turned out being revealed on February 28th 2023Is the game everything we all hoped for and more?’ Is what I would usually tease you all with at this point, you know, to bait you into reading the review. But: YES OMG YES THE GAME IS AMAZING! Anyway… The Colosseums of Limgrave, Leyndelland Caelidwill open their gates, allowing players to engage in battles such as duels, free-for-alls and team fights. I'm surprised that I haven't seen anyone mention this on their DLC wishlists, but I'd like to see an arcane talisman. Just one would already make me happy. Perhaps an Heirloom that increases your arcana by 5. Similar to the intelligence, faith, strength and dexterity Heirlooms with that increase. The only talismans in game so far that increase your arcane are Marika's Scarseal and Marika's Soreseal. So it would make sense. Especially since there aren't a lot of items that help increase item discovery either. Traversing the world is a delight. The introduction of a noble steed to ride from point to point is both a very welcome addition to the SoulsBorne formula and a necessary one. The world is massive. And that therein lies why so many reviewers (including myself) did not finish the game completely before writing the review. Each area of the game is immense and holds many, many locations to delve into to explore, loot, and inevitably, die in. There are bosses waiting for you at the end of most of the caves and dungeons you’ll find scattered and hidden amongst the landscape. There are even some thrown into the world at random that will take you by surprise -which is an absolute heart-racing delight!

Ye dead who yet live, your grace long lost, follow the path to the Lands Between beyond the foggy sea to stand before the Elden Ring. With the world so open for you to explore, another incredibly welcome feature is having the chance to refill your flasks. After defeating a group of enemies, there is a chance it will trigger the refill of a combination of health and/or magic flasks (depending on the enemy type). This can be the burst of encouragement you need after taking down a tough group. Encouraging you to go on, delve further, and explore more without retreating. Multiplayer… Im hoping for something like the dark souls 2 memories, where you can go to the past and fight some bosses in their prime, like Radahn, Gransax or maybe Vyke. In the Lands Between ruled by Queen Marika the Eternal, the Elden Ring, the source of the Erdtree, has been shattered. Marika's offspring, demigods all, claimed the shards of the Elden Ring known as the Great Runes, and the mad taint of their newfound strength triggered a war: The Shattering. A war that meant abandonment by the Greater Will. Based on previous FromSoftware / Bandai joint work souls games, Elden Ring is expected to release paid DLC or expansions sometime in 2023 or early 2024.ENHANCED EXPERIENCE ONPS5 and Xbox Series X|S :Using the power of a new generation of consoles, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, willallowplayer to personalise their experience by choosing between GRAPHIC MODE to enhance the game's visuals (up to 4K) or PERFOMANCE MODE for ahigher framerate(up to60FPS). It's always an excellent service with brilliant products at a very competitive price - will use again! I would also like to see one or two more Frenzy incantations. There are only 5 in the game so far. So I definitely think they could give the Frenzy spell users out there some love.

The difficulty is still present with the boss battles and enemies as a whole. However, with the game being an open world, there are ample things that a player can do. If a boss or area is posing a challenge, it is often balanced with a slew of opportunities for exploration that are easier to overcome. With the mostly linear aspect of the previous games, these options were not available (short of soul farming the same areas on repeat to level up). This mitigates the difficulty, as immersing yourself in other parts of the game often takes hours of your time. When you remember that you were having trouble elsewhere, you have often levelled up enough to take on the area or boss more easily.Give me a few minutes to compose myself here. I am sure you have all seen by now the amazingly high scores and praise that Elden Ring has been receiving since its release. But you’ve also likely seen all the media slamming that has gone with it. I will come out right now and state that I have not finished the game at the time of writing this review. But I do have close to 100 hours of gameplay. And I have enjoyed every, single, damn, second.

The upcoming Elden Ring Expansion DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, was not featured at Summer Games Fest 2023. FromSoftware promoted Armored Core 6 instead. Marika's offspring, demigods all, claimed the shards of the Elden Ring known as the Great Runes, and the mad taint of their newfound strength triggered a war: The Shattering. A war that meant abandonment by the Greater Will. The Premium Edition has everything that the Collector’s Edition has, along with a numbered Malenia helmet, because of how few copies of this were available.MULTIPLAYER:Players will be able to enjoy their experience with other Tarnished in the LANDS BETWEEN by cooperating?or invading other players' worlds. A madness and rot affinity ash of war would be great be great as well, since there are none yet. The poison, blood loss and frost affinities are getting more love in that regard. To that end, there are various different options for purchasing the game should you want to lose yourself in the open world and attempt to take on various brutal bosses. Invasions have mostly remained the same, other than you can not invade someone who does not already have summoned aid. This is a massive improvement over previous games as there is no humanity/hollow/ember/whatever system in Elden Ring to worry about. You don’t need humanity to summon aid, you simply craft an item that needs 2 flowers to make. And these flowers are everywhere! The other feature worth mentioning (whilst not technically a multiplayer one), is that you also have the ability to collect and summon in-game spirits to help you with bosses and tougher areas. These spirits come in the form of enemies that you fight during the game. These are a great little boon if you are not so inclined to summon people to help you. It will also be incredibly beneficial in years to come when the servers start to thin out and the available online help dwindles.