This Changed My Mind About Elden Ring - Shadow of the Erdtree (Review)

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Күн бұрын

Shadow of the Erdtree is unequivocally more Elden Ring. That's to say, a somber, yet varied world full of secrets to be unearthed, rich and textured lore that will be picked apart for years to come, and brutally challenging boss encounters. Perhaps its crowning achievement however, is that it rather artfully manages to recapture the very essence of when we stepped out into The Lands Between, two years ago.
A write up of this review is available at resetbutton.com.au/
Video Credits:
Drake Platinum, Bandai Namco, Shirrako
Music Used:
Elden Ring, Roundtable Hold, Ruined Forge, St. Trina, Messmer The Impaler, Gravesite Plain, Scadu Altus, The Promised Consort, Shadow Keep
Additional music provided by Epidemic Sounds.
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Пікірлер: 86

@ZGGuesswho 21 күн бұрын

I abandon here both of my shoulder buttons

@rileygardner4336 25 күн бұрын

Really enjoyed this one! As someone who hasn’t played this genre of game your review really kept me engaged and entertained. Can’t wait for the next one

@Reset-Button 25 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

@irisachternaam 24 күн бұрын

The map being labyrinthine is a good thing, not a bad thing. With so many open world games, wayfaring is reduced to walking in a straight fucking line. This is boring af. Things being missable is also a good thing. Hand-holding is what has turned exploration into following an arrow on your screen, and it won't let you explore or find things on your own, to let you feel accomplished, because you truly found a secret. It's not much of a secret, if you can't miss something.

@austin0_bandit05 24 күн бұрын

Its ironic that the more developers try to make a good "open world" the smaller, the narrower and the denser their worlds become. Elden Ring was effectively a stretched out Dark Souls 1 and the DLC doubly so

@geordiejones5618 24 күн бұрын

Shadow Keep was a perfect microcosm of the whole Shadow Realm. It connects half the map together and the map itself is layered and vertical and more interconnected than people realize.

@timk6181 24 күн бұрын

The dlc is VERY DS1 isn't it? @@austin0_bandit05

@Reset-Button 24 күн бұрын

@@irisachternaam I definitely agree that the level of accomplishment you feel is much more pronounced when things are obscured. I just wish perhaps there was a happy middle ground but that's probably more of a problem with the way I approached it than the actual design.

@ironpro7217 23 күн бұрын

The labrinthine map is fine but the caves should be more visible, you pretty much have to hug every cliff face if you don't want to miss them, and since there's only a couple that aren't clearly visible its mostly a waste of time.

@ronthorn3 23 күн бұрын

Ma I’m sorry you didn’t get the feeling I did from playing Elden Ring and it’s DLC. It was the first Fromsoft game I got to play at launch, as I played every one of their games right up to the first trailer for Elden Ring. I was hyped, still hyped, still in love with these games, will always be.

@Reset-Button 22 күн бұрын

Glad you got to experience it in that way, definitely took me a while to come around but I think I'm right there with you now 😂

@alanrowland9786 22 күн бұрын

Not my normal type of game but your video really made me want to try it out. Great content man keep it up, videos are great for long drives to work.

@Reset-Button 21 күн бұрын

Thank you so much :D

@Silkust 16 күн бұрын

wow what a high quality video yay

@Reset-Button 16 күн бұрын

Thank you unc 😎

@catsgonyan 23 күн бұрын

Just clicked the video in my feed, didn't realize you only had just over 100 subs.. earned another one. Very good quality video. I can't wait to see more from you.

@Reset-Button 23 күн бұрын

Thanks heaps, means a lot :D

@MonsterJuiced 24 күн бұрын

Great video, I have to say though the music level is way too high compared to your narration. It's like the music is double the volume atleast. Anyway nice work I enjoyed listening to you speak about this

@Reset-Button 24 күн бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, definitely will be a focus for the next one. Glad you enjoyed it :)

@ZGGuesswho 21 күн бұрын

Definitely having a bit of trouble with Bayle and ****** at the end....which is to be expected. Everybody else I found reasonable (though i cheesed the second liondancer with the death blight tbh). Exploring was actually more fun in SOTE than in Elden ring for me. I loved the 2d map and constantly wondering how deep or how high things went. I will say that you should be at least level 150 if not more. If you're not then you need to swallow your pride and go kill some Albis with the relic sword lol.

@ZGGuesswho 21 күн бұрын

Also shoutout to Messmer one of my favorite bossfights in all FS

@Reset-Button 20 күн бұрын

The NPC dialogue for Bayle is sooo funny, absolutely loved that fight but definitely really hard.

@brentontariocanada7935 24 күн бұрын

Elden ring is amazing! No game is perfect. Sekiro and lies of p is my favorite combat in a video game. But I just love elden ring. It was my first from software game/ experience.

@redsungaming 24 күн бұрын

Elden was my first souls aswell and it was fun asfuck but ng+ doesn't seem fun to me, i been wanting to try another souls game, should I go with lies of p or sekiro ?

@DiscoFinalBoss 24 күн бұрын

@@redsungamingyou could go with sekiro first but honestly, play both.

@Reset-Button 24 күн бұрын

@@brentontariocanada7935 I really love Sekiro as well. It's cool to see people discover From's catalogue from something like Elden Ring for sure

@redsungaming 23 күн бұрын

@@DiscoFinalBoss bet bet will do il be back to rage at you when I'm hardstuck in a boss and remember I'm crying cux this random dude on KZfaq comment made me play the game 🤣🤣🤣 curse you bro but love you ahaha

@DiscoFinalBoss 23 күн бұрын

@@redsungaming lol you got this. You only lose if you give up. You can come rage and we’ll provide any help needed.

@RealMonkeyDKirby 24 күн бұрын

Base game bosses are much easier...sooooo you jsut got better. Every boss gives openings. When you dont have experience with them it jsut feels like they dont. People sre too inpstient to learn

@NecroVPro 23 күн бұрын

I’m currently playing both Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring. Elden Ring feels more forgiving, possibly because of the improved arsenal available. For instance, in Elden Ring, if you only explore the lower side of the Godfrick boss areas without going beyond, you can find unique weapons, smithing stones, and ash of wars (like frost or bleed). This makes the boss fight much easier. In contrast, Dark Souls 3 requires considerable playtime to reach Irithyll Valley and obtain the coal needed for good infusions. The status effect buildup now scale with both attribute scaling (magic, not luck this time) and smithing stones.Also, stamina has been buffed this time around allowing for more swings and dodges at low endurance levels. I think the difficulty overall depends on how you play the game. The DLC is hardest if any other souls game no doubt still

@RealMonkeyDKirby 23 күн бұрын

@NecroVPro no matter how you play ds3 is much much easier. Sure you can make broken shit in er but most people actually don't do that. Ds1 also had progression breaking broken shit you could do literally right at the start. Shit even getting bk halberd just cheesed the game...not to mention pyro....Noone cared or cried about it. What really shows difficulty are sl1 runs. Dark souls 1 and 3 has easy sl1. Er rl1 is actually really hard. End game is like ds3 dlc in terms of difficulty. And er dlc is on another level

@dZ0647 21 күн бұрын

Lmao, the cope is real. They don’t: they don’t, period. If you wanna be a fckin perfect pro gamer git gud bro sure, majority isn’t, and your lil reee ppl refuse to learn strawman is lame and pathetic. The combat is going in a bad direction and it doesn’t matter if you guys like it or not, you’ll be back in the underground maybe where yall wanna be a niche small part of gaming again bc this combat ain’t it and it will fail.

@Fusion237 21 күн бұрын

@@NecroVProwell because blasphemous blade op asf

@corazzellim 21 күн бұрын

i've been playing the game solo and the narrative is actually quite hard to follow compared to the base game. Seems like much of what's going on relies on me summoning allies into battle. As much as people complained about the quests in the base game, when i was 70 hours into the my first playthrough of it, i was able to still finish almost every single questline. Great DLC but i found the npcs a bit of a weak point as far as solo play is concerned

@Reset-Button 20 күн бұрын

@@corazzellim I thought the quests from the base game were pretty good as well. For me the summons gave the NPCs a little more presence but I get what you mean especially if you're trying to get through without them.

@dZ0647 21 күн бұрын

All they had to do was decrease bleed damage each hemorrhage but nope, we just got the 9 million health sponges instead

@Reset-Button 20 күн бұрын

@@dZ0647 The last boss was brutal in that regard

@czsgenesis 19 күн бұрын

your comparison is funny cause bleed is % damage, the more HP bosses have the better it is

@nikkospops 17 күн бұрын

Nope, yall cry. It isn't hard at all.

@StrifeZack343 24 күн бұрын

You have great editing skills for a new KZfaqr but the music you insert is too loud. Goodluck on your KZfaq journey

@Reset-Button 24 күн бұрын

Thanks for the feedback mate, appreciate it

@daythanvonschwerin7783 25 күн бұрын

Really wish I spent more time on Elden ring - I always fell off of it after 10-20 hours because I felt there wasn’t enough to keep me that narratively hooked. Your discussion of the dlc having more of a focused story actually made me want to buy it (step 1 is beating the game though, lol)

@Reset-Button 25 күн бұрын

Yeah I think a game like this is always gonna do that to a few people, I remember talking to one of my friends about Tears of the Kingdom and the same thing happened to him. Still, if you have the time to delve into I think you'll likely find something worthwile, even if it is a little obscure.

@Slaughter_Hill 24 күн бұрын

Don’t trust him on more “narrative focused”. Just like the base game, it borderline has no story besides lore and npc dialogue that you can miss. You won’t know why you’re fighting any boss or doing anything you have to do.

@user-bn3fu6xu4r 24 күн бұрын

No you’re right, there is very little feeling of being engaged because of the lack of PRESENT narrative (the lore is all background). This is coming from someone who’s finished all the souls games

@targetdemographic1257 24 күн бұрын

It is trying to be a game first, not a tv show.

@MikeRavia-xp5ig 24 күн бұрын

It's a souls game. If you can for the story then you have never played one before. If you want more of a story and similar gameplay then play lies of p.

@RD22x 23 күн бұрын

My waaaaif!

@RD22x 23 күн бұрын

Subbed btw great vid 👍

@Reset-Button 23 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@t333riyaki3 21 күн бұрын

60th !!!! ILY RESET BUTTON

@Reset-Button 21 күн бұрын

60th from the GOAT himself 😎

@nathanmanoel6708 24 күн бұрын

amazing review

@Reset-Button 24 күн бұрын

@@nathanmanoel6708 Thank you 😁😁

@nikkospops 17 күн бұрын

MY 6YO SON HAS BEATEN EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR PRIME RADAHN IN THIS GAME. IT ISNT HARD

@Reset-Button 17 күн бұрын

@@nikkospops Your son is an absolute beast

@gaming-camelion9445 25 күн бұрын

Day 1 asking for a League of Legennds Review

@joshuamerron5137 21 күн бұрын

Scadu is actually Old English, which is like German. Gaelic is like Irish or Scottish. Well presented even though I disagree 👍

@Reset-Button 21 күн бұрын

Appreciate the correction, thanks for the kind words as well 😁 Curious to hear your thoughts, did you like the DLC? Reception seems to be all over the place.

@joshuamerron5137 21 күн бұрын

@@Reset-Button I loved it, not all it was hyped up to be, but definitely worth it's cost.

@Reset-Button 20 күн бұрын

@@joshuamerron5137 Right, glad you got some value out of it

@huddy1954 25 күн бұрын

4th

@Kng-be9po 23 күн бұрын

They were very innovative with new gear, talismans and weapons, but lazy with others. While there are like 3 new fire based armor sets, and an armor set that boosts dragon cult incants, builds like ghostflame and blackflame got severely neglected. The grave bird armor set (helmet) only boosts ONE ghostflame spell instead of ghostflame sorceries as a whole. Instead of new ashes of war they gave us a subpar version of Death's Poker aow from killing one of the few deathrite birds in the dlc (we obtain deaths poker from killing a deathrite bird in the base game) . The expansion feels rushed, empty and uninspired in terms of content in the world. The only areas that weren't severely neglected I feel are the Gravesite plains and Scadu Plateau. Places like Ruah and the Cerulean fields are visually stunning but virtually empty. Bosses like Romina and Rellana feel like they have no reason to be there other than as shameless homages to past Fromsoft fights. Exploring feels worthless as you're only bount to find crafting materials that most players already grinded in preparation for the dlc. Its a soft nudge by From to get us to experiment with new content, but the difficulty of the late game bosses railroads most players instead to a shield and poke tank build, killing class diversity. The balance wasnt struck.

@brandonman1315 23 күн бұрын

Given how many weapons, cookbooks, armor sets, and spells found everywhere, no the map isn’t empty. That’s dumb

@mangasinatanaelpanjaitan3048 21 күн бұрын

You already have the Prince of Death staff to boost Ghostflame spells. You still want more considering how strong it is already?