Underneath my yellow skin

Shadow of the Erdtree, a review, part eight

I’m back with more to say about the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC (FromSoft) for Elden Ring. I started on my first character’s NG+ playthrough of the DLC, and I noticed something that bothered me. It’s the same thing that bothered me with the main game and with most of the From games in general.… Continue Reading

Shadow of the Erdtree, a review, part five

Today, I was talking with Ian about how great it is when games have choices that you can make which will influence things later on. He’s playing Horizon Forbidden West right now and mentioned something in the first game that happened in that way. *SPOILER WARNING* Consider this a blanket spoiler warning because I’m going… Continue Reading

Shadow of the Erdtree, a review, part four

I’m back to talk more about Shadow of Erdtree, the DLC for Elden Ring (FromSoft). Here’s the obligatory: *SPOILER WARNING* I ended the last post with some judicious bitching about Igon, the favored NPC of this DLC. I want to repeat that I don’t hate or dislike him; I just don’t love him the way… Continue Reading

Shadow of the Erdtree, a review, part three

Post three about Shadow of the Erdtree, the Elden Ring DLC from FromSoft. In the last post, I ended by talking about the last boss. Obviously, *SPOILER WARNING* I tried Prince Consort Radahn two times with my Mimic Tear, Thiollier, and Sir Ansbach as my strength character. And got him to half-health. Could I have… Continue Reading

Shadow of the Erdtree, let’s talk about the final boss, part two

I want to talk more about the final boss of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC because I can and beacuse I just did it for the second time. *SPOILER WARNING* Obviously, I’m going to spoil the hell out of everything. We’re talking last boss, which I just did on my strength playthrough. I’ll get… Continue Reading

Shadow of the Erdtree, let’s talk about the final boss

I want to talk about the final boss of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, so obviously, *SPOILER WARNING* Why do I want to talk about it? Because it’s very divisive. Not just in the community in general, but in the RKG Discord in specific. Let me state who the final boss is: Promised Consort… Continue Reading