my favorite thing from the DLC was not getting a cutscene for entering the shadow realm but getting a cutscene for draining the water at shadow keep church district.
@@Delmworks but we get a loading screen after touching the cocoon…. really loved the DLC but those small things leave you indifferent after you notice them
Best thing in the DLC is the colors. Messmer red, Rellana blue, Midra orange, Miquella yellow, Romina pink. Color has been talked about a lot in Elden Ring, but the DLC actually just showcases color beautifully.
edit trina’s purple in too. we’re one green away from a whole rainbow. rauh’s pretty green isn’t it? and seems to be the home to the verdigris culture, which are green. dryleaf dane is also kinda green oh yeah metyr, the finger ruins, the kids named finger are also purple. radahn and hog rider gaius also have purple grav magic
This is about your videos not the DLC. I love that your videos give such a comprehensive break down to each runner. I am addicted to speed runs and you creating a video essay about multiple speed runs in one video is beyond legendary.
Radahn looks like he'd rather be anywhere else going off the thumbnail... He's probably wondering where Godfrey is and if he could join him for leg day.
@@justreadberserkd1021Why isn’t he the victim? It’s not even like how it looks like Mohg kidnapped Miquella: we know for a fact that Miquella is a manipulative person, and Radahn had to be nuked by his sister in an attempt to put him down, so he could use his soul.
Honestly, the ending plot twist was incredibly surprising that I couldn't predict it. I couldn't predict the RNG for spiceeeee at all; @AmazingChest, I was on the edge watching the run at the end of the video 10/10 for the editing and your amazing input+recap! Congrats to the new runner, well deserved. The hard part isn't optimizing the run, but executing your plan with minimal mistakes. This run gave me the courage to participate in one of the challenges one day. Hopefully, I can make it into the top 10. Thanks for the awesome content!
my favorite part of the DLC is unabashedly the weird worldbuilding: Friendly kindred of rot, the rauh ruins, night and day, the new larval tears... there's so much weird-as-hell stuff to find, and i love all of it.
My favorite part of the DLC was when I got to Shaman Village. Not a single word is spoken, however, you can tell the significance of said place. It is a masterclass in storytelling, subtlety, and "show, don't tell". It's simply so dauntingly beautiful... poetic... and melancholic.
My favorite thing about the DLC is how even with an insurmountable game to live up to, the DLC just adds that much more to the game to make it just that much better
Best thing? Midra's cutscene. Ran through the DLC thrice now, and I could never bring myself to skip that bliss of agonizing metamorphosis. What a tormented delight. Cinema!
My favorite thing about the DLC is the absolutely beautiful world design. The color palettes, verticality, and just general vibe are breathtaking and keep me coming back to see it all over again. It's chef's kiss
Best thing in the DLC is the amount of content it provided (youtube content to be exact). Elden Ring is one of my favorite games not just because I love playing it, but due to the amount of fun videos that so many channels simmilar to this one can extract from the game. We had a lot of awesome things to watch coming from the base game (lore videos, challenges etc) and feels like the DLC gave the community much more to cover and at LEAST a year worth of new videos and ideas.
For me, the best part of the DLC is the sense of... Disquiet. The uncomfortable stretches of silence and coldness across it. With no life - not even enemies. It really sells it as this place where death washes up rather than the Lands between still clinging to life
fav thing about the DLC for me is the overworld design, almost everything about the cerulean coast was beautiful, the atmosphere leading to Midra, the climb up to Bayle feeling like you werent exploring where you were meant to, like I wasnt in the map anymore and about to fall thru the terrain any moment
The best thing about the dlc is being humbled again. You have a level 150 character and you think you are good at the game. Just so you get humiliated and beaten like it's your 1st time playing a fromsoft game.
Best thing in the DLC is the additional Marika lore, was so cool finding her home town and getting more information about how she got to where we find her in the base game.
A shame Miyazaki didn't give af about the other lore that we wanted some answers to. Imo, the lore aspect except for Marika an Messmer's is the weakest part of the dlc.
I love how evidently castlevania inspired the architecture was, seeing Enir Ilim off in the distance looking like Dracula’s castle had me remembering what it was like being a kid trying to beat the original NES game on my uncles console
I love elden ring for the castlevania vibes too, right down to the enemies respawning when you reload an area. If only fromsoft had the rights to make castlevania games
My favorite part of the dlc was honestly fighting the scadutree avatar. it's animations were so insane to me, like it was legitimately fighting for its life and winding itself because it's been in the shadow for so long. Other memorable moment for me was beating Midra on my first try, which I was proud of x3x That whole video had me on edge man also! E1uM4y had some IMPRESSIVE shenanigans, omg. Inspires me to do a bloodhound build in one of my NG+ runs haha. Wonderful job to everyone here, you all are supremely powerful in your own rights for even completing this challenge x3x
My favorite thing is how it explains so much about the base game lore! Marika, Mohg, Miquella, so much stuff that was one way suddenly shifted so drastically in the other direction and that’s amazing storytelling imo
Honestly, I like the idea of something like a big competition. Like anywhere from $2,500-$5,000. But have it be an speedrun of all bosses throughout all Souls games. Maybe exclude Bloodborne and Demon Souls just because it limits the amount of participants due to the exclusivity. But DS1 all bosses + DLC all the way to Elden Ring + DLC. I feel this might be a really interesting idea. As you can have two people. One person who did super good in DS1 and DS2. While the other person did bad. But the first person might struggle a ton on DS3 and ER, letting the second person catch up and take the lead. There is a wider range for error. While also not letting the runners stick to one build, forcing them to start a new build in each game.
The discovery. I recall my first playthrough looking down mountain cliffs and overseeing the land thinking “how do I get there”. And I would explore in a direction but never find it but then a cave,hidden wall, or catacomb would lead me to the way. That sense of feeling like I discovered something is the best feeling in Elden Ring.
I really love the map in the DLC. Everything has an amazing sense of verticality while feeling like a natural terrain, and the horizontal geography isn't lacking either. You can see so many places at once and also never feel like you're crossing the landscape at a snail's pace. You can reach almost every area you can see above and below you too, so this environment is truly something to experience and not just scenery. GG to the runners!
What I love most about the DLC is the music, especially the boss themes. The second phase of the Divine Dancing Lion fight is incredibly intense, and the way the music shifts with the phase change is just perfect-it fits the moment so well! 💪🔥 Another standout is the Scadu Tree Avatar. The first time you defeat it, the music feels like a typical boss theme with a hint of eeriness. When it revives, the soundtrack gets more intense, and in its final form, the music turns melancholic, really capturing the avatar's desperate struggle. 10/10, no doubt 👌.
Might seem odd, but one of my favorite parts were indeed the furnace golems. The way you can see them in the distance like this looming presence. When I got one-shot by the first golem, I was certain that I was not supposed to fight it yet and that there had to be a trick. And once I found the message on the road to church district, I finally knew how to beat them. It turned into a little puzzle. Find the right spot to throw the pots in their hearth. I managed to find a cliff or similar high ground for every single one. Even the ones without armored legs. The first one near the scorched ruins was the only one were I couldn't figure out how to beat him. So I looked it up and only then did I find out, that you can actually kill them by just being persistent and attacking their legs long enough. But I was proud of myself that I found my own way for all the others and I will do it the same in future runs.
What I love most about the DLC is how vibrant everything feels. In the base game, even the two most colorful areas, Caelid and Altus, have their colors somewhat dulled and muted, but it's like FromSoft didn't feel the need to hold back for Shadow of the Erdtree. Cerulean Coast, Charo's Hidden Grave, and especially the Ancient Ruins of Rauh are some of the most beautiful locations ever created.
My favorite thing about the DLC is how massive this expansion was. Like I did not expect to basically get Elden Ring 2, its like a whole nother game. So please keep on making such fun, amazing (chest) videos man!
My favourite thing about the DLC is the Dancing Lion. Absolute cinema. The two different cutscenes, the OST, the sound effects for that grab attack, changing of the elements. I could go on. My absolute favourite boss in any souls game
My absolute favourite thing about the DLC has been all the new weapons. I have spent at least 100 hours just testing out all the different fun builds with the dlc. It’s truly wonderful
My favorite thing about the DLC is probably the Radahn fight. The music, the arena, how close you have to stay in melee with him, it’s really dynamic and cool!
@@kingcomplex6678 Lol wish I had a PS5. But yeah, he's so fun to fight and parry using the deflecting hard tear and if you're struggling it's easy to cheese him by using a great shield and antspur.
I just recently found your channel and love the content, and just finished the Malenia speedrun video. Subscribed and keep up your awesome work. Also gotta love the Messmer fight man, the story, the moveset, the scenery, the moveset, and of course the banger soundtrack. It's my favorite bossfight in any Fromsoft game bar none.
After so much time in the base game, my favourite part of the DLC was a return to exploration and the tension of not knowing what will be around the corner. The power of early bosses and even standard enemies early on in the DLC made it feel like starting a brand new game.
What a beautiful race! I'm glad runners with different approaches could showcase theirs skills. Congratulations! My favorite thing about the DLC is again, the mastery of level design that From Software has. Every area is distinct enough and the main dungeons are actually very cool, so exploring feels rewarding, which is ironically something the open world games usually lack.
My favorite thing about the DLC is Miquella's band of followers! They are such a diverse bunch and have quite interesting backstories, like how Ansbach used to be a blood knight of Mohg, but got charmed while trying to save his master. Or Moore who worships Melania but feels abandoned by her, works with the brood and collects stuff for the gang. Also their questlines are fun to do, and how you can have them as allies or enemies on the fight with Leda.
The best thing about the DLC? The architecture and how that tells the story around it. It amaze me how a buildings can talk to you, without saying a word.
My favourite part of the dlc is the variety of the aesthetics that each area has, to the sprawling green vistas of the ancient ruins of rauh to the dark and oppressive atmosphere of the abyssal woods.
I'd say my favourite thing about the DLC, is the fact that it made a 2 year old game feel like I was playing it for the first time again. It really breathed new life in to it for me
My favorite experience from the DLC was the very beginning-arriving at the Gravesite Plain. Seeing how a gigantic map was laid out for us to explore, filled with adventures and battles, gave me the same feeling I had when arriving in Limgrave two years ago, when I first started playing Elden Ring.
My favorite thing about the DLC would be the exploration and simply the excitement of realizing I’m getting near the boss room. Just to get destroyed when I walk into said boss room.
I guess my favorite thing about the DLC was the new lore specifically surrounding Mesmer and Marika. I love the tragic aspects of Mesmer's character of being abandoned by his mother to fight a bloody ruthless war.
What I love about the DLC is kinda difficult to decide. But yea, one thing for certain is Messmer. I absolutely love the journey finding him (when I saw his snake I reacted rather similarly to Hoarah Loux’s big reveal) and when I fought him, I absolutely love his fight. Figuring out his attack patterns with various strategies was enjoyable, especially the fact that you can duck on Messmer’s flurries at point blank range. Easily one of my favourite things about the DLC and also one of my favourite boss in the entire series alongside Hoarah Loux.
My favorite thing about the dlc was the views and the scenery as soon as you enter, in the castles, during the cutscenes, and my personal favorite during the fights.
I love the music of the dlc like how the Scadutree Avatar music symbolizes the 3 phases of a flowers life, its growing phase where it’s full of vigor, its blooming phase where the voice of a female symbolizing its beauty appears, and finally its withering phase where its beauty still remains but the vigor it once had is now gone.
My favorite thing about the dlc is the amount of joy it brought me with all the new challenging bosses that I had learn and the new weapons that made the PvP in coliseums more fun
My favorite part of the dlc was the collaborative effort that me and my friend had during it. We started playing the dlc at the same time in a party. We were always at the same progression level but at different areas. He told me how to get to certain areas and I told him how to get to certain areas. We discussed the builds we used and weapons we found, it was just a blast
I love the way the DLC makes everyone start all over, getting one shot by most of the attacks. It's nice that even people that have completed the game hunderets of times are able to experience something so difficult
I love the sense of discovery in the dlc. The first time I played it, it seemed like there was always 10 more things to find even after you thought you found everything. And even now, after knowing where pretty much all the scadu fragments are, I still find new things often when building new characters.
Best thing about this DLC honestly is amazing art direction: I can list so many examples, but Jagged Peak is... *peak*. The way the storm thickens as you climb its peak, the dead bodies of dragons littered all over the place, Igon screaming about Bayle, *Terror Incarnate*, it's a surreal experience when you finally get to the Perch of the Dread, and finally meet the world's angriest dragon who refuses to die.
The best part of the dlc is DEFINITELY the music, like omfg every ost is a banger and I'm not just talking about boss music. The locations and specific characters osts are majestic, especially Trina's ost. So underrated imo
Favorite moment was definitely hearing the elden ring melody play in the shaman village. That gave me goosebumps all throughout, and reading the item descriptions almost made me cry fr
My favorite part of the dlc is essentially how every boss has their own areas designed for them. Bayle has the mountain tops, scadurTree Avatar has the entire bottom of the sewers, and so on.
My favorite part of the DLC is easily the addition of transformations! As someone who loves to run around naked and someone who's favorite talisman is the blue dancer charm, I'm so delighted to have naked builds get more love
Favourite part of the DLC was Midra's incredible ost, imho one of the only two in the game that perfectly narrate the story of their respective bosses (the other being Starscourge Radahn, both by Shoi Miyazawa) in such an intriguingly complex, multi-layered manner. Both of the characters say (close to) nothing to us, yet their themes tell us everything for and about them. Bonus points also for the buildup to Midra (from the unassuming ladder in Shadow Keep to the catacombs and all the way down to the insanity of the Abyss and finally his Manse).
Metyr. I love all of the "creepy/uncanny" stuff in the dlc, especially abyss woods, but Metyr for me takes the absolute cake. The atmosphere of the boss fight, the look of the arena, even how you get there all seem to be saying you aren't meant to be there, that you are intruding on something you weren't really invited to.
The thing i like the most in the dlc is the presentation, from how the land of shadows is first shown to the player, the new weapons, how the world sounds both in sound effects and ost, and the thing that made me Stop avoiding content about the dlc, the bosses, i love how cinematic some of them are, and the build up until bayle is nothing short of amazing, and adding igon to all of that makes it one of my favorite bosses in general
Favorite thing about the DLC was the bosses, closely followed by the world feel. The incredible amount of detail in seeing all the places you just could not directly reach was fascinating to explore. Everything felt both really close and ridiculously far away.
Best thing about the DLC for me was Messmer, from the setup (including trailers), to seeing the tower when once you see it you KNOW that he will be there at the top waiting for you. My favorite Fromsoftware boss ever.
My favorite thing about the DLC is Shaman villiage. It's so peaceful in contrast to the darker tone from the rest of the DLC but it still manages to make me cry just sitting there listening to the music. Just knowing that this is home of a normal girl that abandoned her humanity to become a god just hits so hard.
the best thing about the DLC is the exploration and the beautifully built world. I love all the hidden paths. All the caves and catacombs are well built giving player a lot of fun exploring them.
My favourite thing about the DLC is the music, specifically promised consort's ost. I listen to It when I workout and whenever I need couraje to do anything. Soundtracks allow me to remember each and every fight like a movie that plays on my head with every moved linked to a part of the song, something I could only say about Gael and very few other bosses back then
I just love Mesmer, definitely my favorite part. His combos are so fluid and satisfying to dodge, and the second phase is an absolute spectacle. The cherry on top though, is that despite everything that’s happening, however crazy it might be, I never really had camera trouble with that fight. My close second would be the soundtrack, which I think is the best one Fromsoft has made to date. I work out to Messmer’s theme, Relana’s theme, and the Lion Dancer’s theme because they just get me so hype. Also I could really use that 60$, as I’m a broke college student and really want to try Dark Souls III
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Excuse me who was the artist who made your thumbnail? It's really good and I want to check them out
@@DevilSpade @komemerda on twitter
Why didnt you put them in the description?
i did? they’re also literally edited into the video at the 0:27 mark. I commissioned this thumbnail.
dang you win $60 twice for commenting on this
my favorite thing from the DLC was not getting a cutscene for entering the shadow realm but getting a cutscene for draining the water at shadow keep church district.
Mine is how empty the abyssal forest is
Dont forget about rellana not having a cutscene aswell
I’m 90% sure that cutscene is to cover for a loading screen. Same with the bridge in Rykarr’s manor
@@Delmworks but we get a loading screen after touching the cocoon…. really loved the DLC but those small things leave you indifferent after you notice them
A dlc cutscene would have probably just been touching the hand and then waking up in the little cave. The water one was a callback to ds1
My favourite part of the DLC:
THOSE STRIPPED OF THE GRACE OF GOLD SHALL ALL MEET DEATH.
IN THE EMBRACE OF MESSMER'S FLAME.
I like "mongrel Intruder" more
Mine was
CUUUURRRSSSSEEEE YOOOUUUUUU BBBBAAAAAALLLLLYYYYEEEEEEE
Best thing in the DLC is the colors. Messmer red, Rellana blue, Midra orange, Miquella yellow, Romina pink. Color has been talked about a lot in Elden Ring, but the DLC actually just showcases color beautifully.
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Rellana blue *and red* (with the fire sword) because of her allegiance with Messmer.
Also the blue Cerulean coast and the red flowers too there. Beautiful contrast
edit trina’s purple in too. we’re one green away from a whole rainbow. rauh’s pretty green isn’t it? and seems to be the home to the verdigris culture, which are green. dryleaf dane is also kinda green
oh yeah metyr, the finger ruins, the kids named finger are also purple. radahn and hog rider gaius also have purple grav magic
sometimes miquella too yellow
This is about your videos not the DLC. I love that your videos give such a comprehensive break down to each runner. I am addicted to speed runs and you creating a video essay about multiple speed runs in one video is beyond legendary.
Radahn looks like he'd rather be anywhere else going off the thumbnail... He's probably wondering where Godfrey is and if he could join him for leg day.
Nah radahn definitely skips leg day, in both fights he barely uses his legs
@@gowgox9362tbf in his first fight he doesnt have feet he just has stubs, and he at least does a stomp attack in the shadow realm
Why are people still thinking radahn is the victim in the dlc? 😂
@@justreadberserkd1021Why isn’t he the victim? It’s not even like how it looks like Mohg kidnapped Miquella: we know for a fact that Miquella is a manipulative person, and Radahn had to be nuked by his sister in an attempt to put him down, so he could use his soul.
Radahn just wants Leonard back
Honestly, the ending plot twist was incredibly surprising that I couldn't predict it. I couldn't predict the RNG for spiceeeee at all; @AmazingChest, I was on the edge watching the run at the end of the video 10/10 for the editing and your amazing input+recap! Congrats to the new runner, well deserved. The hard part isn't optimizing the run, but executing your plan with minimal mistakes. This run gave me the courage to participate in one of the challenges one day. Hopefully, I can make it into the top 10. Thanks for the awesome content!
Chest must’ve placed a curse on spicee or something bc I’ve never seen a speedrunner get second place so often
I know right? Good fucking god I've never seen a speedrunner get this consistently cucked by RNG before
Did you see how bad the rng on the radahn fight was for him?
The RNG on his Radahn fight was insanly unlucky. so many stalling moves...
7:26 radahn forgot his sword 😭
Rot must have really gotten to his brain.
@@somerandomperson9670 Lmfao
the fact that his gravity powers would make this make sense it even better
my favorite part of the DLC is unabashedly the weird worldbuilding: Friendly kindred of rot, the rauh ruins, night and day, the new larval tears... there's so much weird-as-hell stuff to find, and i love all of it.
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My favorite part of the DLC was when I got to Shaman Village. Not a single word is spoken, however, you can tell the significance of said place.
It is a masterclass in storytelling, subtlety, and "show, don't tell". It's simply so dauntingly beautiful... poetic... and melancholic.
My favorite thing about the DLC is how even with an insurmountable game to live up to, the DLC just adds that much more to the game to make it just that much better
Best thing? Midra's cutscene. Ran through the DLC thrice now, and I could never bring myself to skip that bliss of agonizing metamorphosis. What a tormented delight. Cinema!
My favorite thing about the DLC is the absolutely beautiful world design. The color palettes, verticality, and just general vibe are breathtaking and keep me coming back to see it all over again. It's chef's kiss
Best thing in the DLC is the amount of content it provided (youtube content to be exact). Elden Ring is one of my favorite games not just because I love playing it, but due to the amount of fun videos that so many channels simmilar to this one can extract from the game. We had a lot of awesome things to watch coming from the base game (lore videos, challenges etc) and feels like the DLC gave the community much more to cover and at LEAST a year worth of new videos and ideas.
For me, the best part of the DLC is the sense of... Disquiet. The uncomfortable stretches of silence and coldness across it. With no life - not even enemies. It really sells it as this place where death washes up rather than the Lands between still clinging to life
fav thing about the DLC for me is the overworld design, almost everything about the cerulean coast was beautiful, the atmosphere leading to Midra, the climb up to Bayle feeling like you werent exploring where you were meant to, like I wasnt in the map anymore and about to fall thru the terrain any moment
The best thing about the dlc is being humbled again. You have a level 150 character and you think you are good at the game. Just so you get humiliated and beaten like it's your 1st time playing a fromsoft game.
Definitely wasn’t that hard
hugo you won! what's your discord? I'll reach out with next steps
Bro didn't even respond 💀💀
HUGOOO DON'T FUMBLE THE BAG HUGOOOOOO
@@AmazingChest can i have the money?
29:06 wow. He lost to rng again. Poor spicee
Best thing in the DLC is the additional Marika lore, was so cool finding her home town and getting more information about how she got to where we find her in the base game.
A shame Miyazaki didn't give af about the other lore that we wanted some answers to. Imo, the lore aspect except for Marika an Messmer's is the weakest part of the dlc.
I love how evidently castlevania inspired the architecture was, seeing Enir Ilim off in the distance looking like Dracula’s castle had me remembering what it was like being a kid trying to beat the original NES game on my uncles console
I love elden ring for the castlevania vibes too, right down to the enemies respawning when you reload an area. If only fromsoft had the rights to make castlevania games
I still wait... patiently... it shall come, the youtuber decreet it so... the magma wyrm playtrough is my greatest desire
My favorite part of the dlc was honestly fighting the scadutree avatar. it's animations were so insane to me, like it was legitimately fighting for its life and winding itself because it's been in the shadow for so long. Other memorable moment for me was beating Midra on my first try, which I was proud of x3x
That whole video had me on edge man also! E1uM4y had some IMPRESSIVE shenanigans, omg. Inspires me to do a bloodhound build in one of my NG+ runs haha. Wonderful job to everyone here, you all are supremely powerful in your own rights for even completing this challenge x3x
my favourite thing about the dlc is probably just the feel of starting over once you enter and then getting better just like in the main game
My favorite thing is how it explains so much about the base game lore! Marika, Mohg, Miquella, so much stuff that was one way suddenly shifted so drastically in the other direction and that’s amazing storytelling imo
Honestly, I like the idea of something like a big competition. Like anywhere from $2,500-$5,000. But have it be an speedrun of all bosses throughout all Souls games. Maybe exclude Bloodborne and Demon Souls just because it limits the amount of participants due to the exclusivity. But DS1 all bosses + DLC all the way to Elden Ring + DLC.
I feel this might be a really interesting idea. As you can have two people. One person who did super good in DS1 and DS2. While the other person did bad. But the first person might struggle a ton on DS3 and ER, letting the second person catch up and take the lead. There is a wider range for error. While also not letting the runners stick to one build, forcing them to start a new build in each game.
The discovery. I recall my first playthrough looking down mountain cliffs and overseeing the land thinking “how do I get there”. And I would explore in a direction but never find it but then a cave,hidden wall, or catacomb would lead me to the way. That sense of feeling like I discovered something is the best feeling in Elden Ring.
I really love the map in the DLC. Everything has an amazing sense of verticality while feeling like a natural terrain, and the horizontal geography isn't lacking either. You can see so many places at once and also never feel like you're crossing the landscape at a snail's pace. You can reach almost every area you can see above and below you too, so this environment is truly something to experience and not just scenery. GG to the runners!
What I love most about the DLC is the music, especially the boss themes. The second phase of the Divine Dancing Lion fight is incredibly intense, and the way the music shifts with the phase change is just perfect-it fits the moment so well! 💪🔥
Another standout is the Scadu Tree Avatar. The first time you defeat it, the music feels like a typical boss theme with a hint of eeriness. When it revives, the soundtrack gets more intense, and in its final form, the music turns melancholic, really capturing the avatar's desperate struggle.
10/10, no doubt 👌.
Might seem odd, but one of my favorite parts were indeed the furnace golems.
The way you can see them in the distance like this looming presence.
When I got one-shot by the first golem, I was certain that I was not supposed to fight it yet and that there had to be a trick.
And once I found the message on the road to church district, I finally knew how to beat them. It turned into a little puzzle. Find the right spot to throw the pots in their hearth.
I managed to find a cliff or similar high ground for every single one. Even the ones without armored legs.
The first one near the scorched ruins was the only one were I couldn't figure out how to beat him.
So I looked it up and only then did I find out, that you can actually kill them by just being persistent and attacking their legs long enough.
But I was proud of myself that I found my own way for all the others and I will do it the same in future runs.
What I love most about the DLC is how vibrant everything feels. In the base game, even the two most colorful areas, Caelid and Altus, have their colors somewhat dulled and muted, but it's like FromSoft didn't feel the need to hold back for Shadow of the Erdtree. Cerulean Coast, Charo's Hidden Grave, and especially the Ancient Ruins of Rauh are some of the most beautiful locations ever created.
My favorite thing about the DLC is how massive this expansion was. Like I did not expect to basically get Elden Ring 2, its like a whole nother game. So please keep on making such fun, amazing (chest) videos man!
I love how things that are clearly glitches are “not considered a glitch” for the purposes of convenience.
take this up with the glitchless community over at speedrun.com lol
@@AmazingChest Oh I don't care, it's just funny to me is all.
My favourite thing about the DLC is the Dancing Lion. Absolute cinema. The two different cutscenes, the OST, the sound effects for that grab attack, changing of the elements. I could go on. My absolute favourite boss in any souls game
Thanks for banning quit-outs in the run, having another 15 minutes added in aggro resets would have beeb tedious.
My absolute favourite thing about the DLC has been all the new weapons. I have spent at least 100 hours just testing out all the different fun builds with the dlc. It’s truly wonderful
My favorite thing about the DLC is probably the Radahn fight. The music, the arena, how close you have to stay in melee with him, it’s really dynamic and cool!
I’m finally not alone on this… 🎉😊
Yep. Radahn is probably my 2nd fav boss in the dlc behind messmer. He's so fun to fight and the only complaint I have is the cross slash and the lag
@@hahahahahah4759 same the only issue I have is the cross slash. The lag isn’t a problem for my PS5 ngl, but it is for my PS4 so I guess it counts.
@@kingcomplex6678 Lol wish I had a PS5. But yeah, he's so fun to fight and parry using the deflecting hard tear and if you're struggling it's easy to cheese him by using a great shield and antspur.
Now I wonder how u feel about nerfed Radahn.
I just recently found your channel and love the content, and just finished the Malenia speedrun video. Subscribed and keep up your awesome work. Also gotta love the Messmer fight man, the story, the moveset, the scenery, the moveset, and of course the banger soundtrack. It's my favorite bossfight in any Fromsoft game bar none.
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I loved how consistently unique all the areas were. Back to back bangers, with cool bosses everywhere.
After so much time in the base game, my favourite part of the DLC was a return to exploration and the tension of not knowing what will be around the corner. The power of early bosses and even standard enemies early on in the DLC made it feel like starting a brand new game.
What a beautiful race! I'm glad runners with different approaches could showcase theirs skills. Congratulations!
My favorite thing about the DLC is again, the mastery of level design that From Software has. Every area is distinct enough and the main dungeons are actually very cool, so exploring feels rewarding, which is ironically something the open world games usually lack.
I've been checking back regularly to see if you would do this type of video again, glad you finally made it. Thanks for the content.
My favorite thing about the DLC is Miquella's band of followers! They are such a diverse bunch and have quite interesting backstories, like how Ansbach used to be a blood knight of Mohg, but got charmed while trying to save his master. Or Moore who worships Melania but feels abandoned by her, works with the brood and collects stuff for the gang. Also their questlines are fun to do, and how you can have them as allies or enemies on the fight with Leda.
By far my favourite part of the DLC was organically stumbling on Midra, his area, cutscene and boss fight were just phenomenal
The best thing about the DLC for me, was Igon screaming at the top of his lungs cursing Bayle
My favorite thing about the DLC is Messemer in general, his design, his voice actor, the fight, the arena, everything is just so good and memorable.
My favorite thing about the DLC was undoubtedly the atmosphere while climbing the mountain with all the dead dragons. I was in awe.
The best thing about the DLC? The architecture and how that tells the story around it. It amaze me how a buildings can talk to you, without saying a word.
My favourite part of the dlc is the variety of the aesthetics that each area has, to the sprawling green vistas of the ancient ruins of rauh to the dark and oppressive atmosphere of the abyssal woods.
my favorite part is the amount of emotions(rage and the urge to commit war crimes) that the dlc brings
I'd say my favourite thing about the DLC, is the fact that it made a 2 year old game feel like I was playing it for the first time again. It really breathed new life in to it for me
My favorite thing about the dlc is the lore and the pacing, everything reveals itself with time and little simple details. Its so amazing and fun.
My favorite experience from the DLC was the very beginning-arriving at the Gravesite Plain. Seeing how a gigantic map was laid out for us to explore, filled with adventures and battles, gave me the same feeling I had when arriving in Limgrave two years ago, when I first started playing Elden Ring.
i love your videos so much. I'm literally watching this right now to help me calm down from a panic attack. Can't wait to see what's next
My favorite thing about the DLC would be the exploration and simply the excitement of realizing I’m getting near the boss room. Just to get destroyed when I walk into said boss room.
I guess my favorite thing about the DLC was the new lore specifically surrounding Mesmer and Marika. I love the tragic aspects of Mesmer's character of being abandoned by his mother to fight a bloody ruthless war.
My favorite thing about the dlc is the world design, and how vertical and interesting the map is to explore!
What I love about the DLC is kinda difficult to decide. But yea, one thing for certain is Messmer. I absolutely love the journey finding him (when I saw his snake I reacted rather similarly to Hoarah Loux’s big reveal) and when I fought him, I absolutely love his fight. Figuring out his attack patterns with various strategies was enjoyable, especially the fact that you can duck on Messmer’s flurries at point blank range. Easily one of my favourite things about the DLC and also one of my favourite boss in the entire series alongside Hoarah Loux.
My favorite thing about the dlc was the views and the scenery as soon as you enter, in the castles, during the cutscenes, and my personal favorite during the fights.
I love the music of the dlc like how the Scadutree Avatar music symbolizes the 3 phases of a flowers life, its growing phase where it’s full of vigor, its blooming phase where the voice of a female symbolizing its beauty appears, and finally its withering phase where its beauty still remains but the vigor it once had is now gone.
bro i was like damn i havent watched amazing chest since august then realized i havent watched you since august of last year, best souls youtuber fr
spicee making all of these speedruns look like this is how he actually plays Elden Ring normally. Grats to the winners.
My favorite thing about the dlc is the amount of joy it brought me with all the new challenging bosses that I had learn and the new weapons that made the PvP in coliseums more fun
My favorite part of the dlc was the collaborative effort that me and my friend had during it. We started playing the dlc at the same time in a party. We were always at the same progression level but at different areas. He told me how to get to certain areas and I told him how to get to certain areas. We discussed the builds we used and weapons we found, it was just a blast
The armor sets are definitely my favorite part of the dlc. Not only do they look really good but a lot of them also have special abilities
I love the way the DLC makes everyone start all over, getting one shot by most of the attacks. It's nice that even people that have completed the game hunderets of times are able to experience something so difficult
The bosses is my favorite thing about it as I love how difficult it is and their lore and their own complexity
I love the sense of discovery in the dlc. The first time I played it, it seemed like there was always 10 more things to find even after you thought you found everything. And even now, after knowing where pretty much all the scadu fragments are, I still find new things often when building new characters.
Best thing about this DLC honestly is amazing art direction: I can list so many examples, but Jagged Peak is... *peak*. The way the storm thickens as you climb its peak, the dead bodies of dragons littered all over the place, Igon screaming about Bayle, *Terror Incarnate*, it's a surreal experience when you finally get to the Perch of the Dread, and finally meet the world's angriest dragon who refuses to die.
The thing I like most about the new DLC is that we find out Miquella wasn't an innocent victim like we all assumed.
These challange run races are so fun!
It blows my mind how good all these players are.
Watching them slap radahn around was very satisfying.😂
FINALLY. Please do more of these challenge speedrun competitions. I loved the dark souls 3 Slave Knight Gael one.
The best part of the dlc is DEFINITELY the music, like omfg every ost is a banger and I'm not just talking about boss music. The locations and specific characters osts are majestic, especially Trina's ost. So underrated imo
Favorite moment was definitely hearing the elden ring melody play in the shaman village. That gave me goosebumps all throughout, and reading the item descriptions almost made me cry fr
My favorite thing is how pure faith builds got some love. The Barbed Staff-Spear melts enemies at 80 Faith.
My favorite part of the dlc is essentially how every boss has their own areas designed for them. Bayle has the mountain tops, scadurTree Avatar has the entire bottom of the sewers, and so on.
"right now he has never been more present" is so tuff
I really love how the dlc gave certain niche playstyles a lot more viability and just making them more fun
My favorite part of the DLC is easily the addition of transformations! As someone who loves to run around naked and someone who's favorite talisman is the blue dancer charm, I'm so delighted to have naked builds get more love
Favourite part of the DLC was Midra's incredible ost, imho one of the only two in the game that perfectly narrate the story of their respective bosses (the other being Starscourge Radahn, both by Shoi Miyazawa) in such an intriguingly complex, multi-layered manner. Both of the characters say (close to) nothing to us, yet their themes tell us everything for and about them. Bonus points also for the buildup to Midra (from the unassuming ladder in Shadow Keep to the catacombs and all the way down to the insanity of the Abyss and finally his Manse).
Metyr. I love all of the "creepy/uncanny" stuff in the dlc, especially abyss woods, but Metyr for me takes the absolute cake. The atmosphere of the boss fight, the look of the arena, even how you get there all seem to be saying you aren't meant to be there, that you are intruding on something you weren't really invited to.
The thing i like the most in the dlc is the presentation, from how the land of shadows is first shown to the player, the new weapons, how the world sounds both in sound effects and ost, and the thing that made me Stop avoiding content about the dlc, the bosses, i love how cinematic some of them are, and the build up until bayle is nothing short of amazing, and adding igon to all of that makes it one of my favorite bosses in general
Favorite thing about the DLC was the bosses, closely followed by the world feel. The incredible amount of detail in seeing all the places you just could not directly reach was fascinating to explore. Everything felt both really close and ridiculously far away.
Best thing about the DLC for me was Messmer, from the setup (including trailers), to seeing the tower when once you see it you KNOW that he will be there at the top waiting for you. My favorite Fromsoftware boss ever.
My favourite thing about the DLC is the focus on horror, the liminal, and atmospheric storytelling (particularly in the region of Midra's Manse)
My favorite thing is probably the blood fiend arm, gotta love that bleed damage.
my favorite part of the DLC is how GOATED the visuals and NPCs are there! CURSE YOU BAYLE!
MY favorite thing is the diversty of boss designs and their unique move sets
My favorite thing about the DLC is Shaman villiage. It's so peaceful in contrast to the darker tone from the rest of the DLC but it still manages to make me cry just sitting there listening to the music. Just knowing that this is home of a normal girl that abandoned her humanity to become a god just hits so hard.
my favorite thing in the dlc is all legacy dungeons like they are so very well done. Love your content btw
Elum4y’s messmer fight was insane. You can tell he really went hardcore with learning the dlc speedrun
My favorite thing in the dlc is the aggressive bosses that promote aggression to get staggers making you more familiar with their movesets
the music and how cool bosses are is definetely my favorite part
My favourite thing is all the new areas I think they are genuinely all so unique. All time great dlc
Loved the amazing addition to world building! Especially the Humongous Dragon Corpse!
the best thing about the DLC is the exploration and the beautifully built world. I love all the hidden paths. All the caves and catacombs are well built giving player a lot of fun exploring them.
My favourite thing about the DLC is the music, specifically promised consort's ost. I listen to It when I workout and whenever I need couraje to do anything. Soundtracks allow me to remember each and every fight like a movie that plays on my head with every moved linked to a part of the song, something I could only say about Gael and very few other bosses back then
I just love Mesmer, definitely my favorite part. His combos are so fluid and satisfying to dodge, and the second phase is an absolute spectacle. The cherry on top though, is that despite everything that’s happening, however crazy it might be, I never really had camera trouble with that fight.
My close second would be the soundtrack, which I think is the best one Fromsoft has made to date. I work out to Messmer’s theme, Relana’s theme, and the Lion Dancer’s theme because they just get me so hype.
Also I could really use that 60$, as I’m a broke college student and really want to try Dark Souls III
My favourite thing about the dlc is Shaman Village, the atmosphere is perfect and it’s cool to see where Marika came from.