Rarely has a cultural product had such high entry requirements. To enjoy the wonders that the highly anticipated video game offers from today Shadow of the Erdtree It is not only necessary to have a copy of Elden Ring, It is also an essential condition to have successfully overcome the battles against two of the most difficult bosses in this game, Radahn, the Scourge of Stars and Mohg, the Lord of Blood.
For those people who are not versed in the game series created by the Japanese studio FromSoftware all this may sound very strange. It may even seem like a joke. Is it necessary to invest dozens or hundreds of hours to enjoy a new video game? Yes. Is a video game with such crazy requirements going to sell anything? It’s going to sell millions. That is the paradox.
The FromSoftware Paradox
Can a cultural product with such crazy entry requirements sell millions of units?
Although out of ambition it could be considered that Shadow of the Erdtree It is a video game in itself, in reality it is an expansion for the aforementioned Elden Ringthat is, it is a downloadable content that expands the contents of the latter with the addition of a new world to explore, as well as dozens of new enemies, challenges, weapons and other features.
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The enormous expectation that exists among the most die-hard fans of the video game for the expansion of Elden Ring It is difficult to compare with other expansions – perhaps it is only comparable to the first ones it had world of warcraft– but it is also understandable if one takes into account the enormous success of the original title. When Elden Ring went on sale in February 2022, it became one of the highest-rated games of all time, something that allowed it to win the award for best game of that year, and which has led to a supposedly niche title to sell more than 25 million copies.
Image of ‘Shadow of the Erdtree’, the expansion for the video game ‘Elden Ring’
Farewell to the Lands Between
Journey to the Shadow Kingdom
Once one knows the enormous impact of Elden Ring Among the video game community, it is easy to understand why thousands of articles have proliferated on the Internet for weeks explaining the requirements to be able to enjoy the game today. Shadow of the Erdtree. Basically, once the player has defeated the aforementioned bosses, they must stand in front of Mohg’s chrysalis, which is located in the Dynasty Pantheon and, from there, travel to a new world.
Once the homework has been done, it is time to enter Shadow of the Erdtree And the truth is that the word expansion does not do justice to what players will find in this downloadable content. Obviously, the so-called Kingdom of Shadows is not as big as the huge map of the Between Lands, but after exploring it for a few days we can say that it is surprisingly vast.
Image of ‘Shadow of the Erdtree’, the expansion for the video game ‘Elden Ring’
New ways to play
‘Shadow of the Erdtree’ encourages players to experiment with the game’s tools
In addition to a good handful of new regions to explore, characters to meet and stories to unravel, the big, grotesque final bosses remain the icing on the cake and, as expected, they don’t make things easy. Since the beginning of the new adventure, Shadow of the Erdtree He makes his intentions clear with the appearance of a gigantic and, apparently, indestructible fire golem. The expansion not only offers new content, but is exquisitely designed so that players feel upon their return to Elden Ring new desire to experiment with the game’s character creation system.
As we said, rarely has a cultural product had such high entry requirements, and even more surprising is how much this expansion is going to sell and the rivers and rivers of ink, and the hours and hours of videos, it will generate. The Japanese studio headed by the prestigious designer Hidetaka Miyazaki has managed to turn the excessive entrance door of its games into almost a rite of passage gamer for millions of people. Good luck and patience to all of them on their journey through the beautiful yet terrifying Shadow Kingdom.
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