I've been playing 's new DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, for about 15 hours or so—this leisurely pace is because I'm not the one who put together our , nor am I our illustrious [[link]] guides writer , who appears [[link]] to have an infinite well of time and has seen nearly all it has to offer.
To avoid spoiling anything about where or how you encounter them, I won't tell you which ones are old friends—but, counting on my hand, six of the bosses featured in this trailer are completely unrecognisable to me. One of them I've encountered, but I haven't killed.
That's too many bosses, folks. I haven't even been having that much trouble wading in on my level 150 strength/faith build—and am yet to meet a wall I couldn't knock down with a bit of patience and 10-15 attempts, often less. I would consider myself decent at soulslikes—I beat Malenia without ashes, I did my time. I've also not been that much of a completionist. I've looped back to earlier areas to explore, mind, falling down the rabbit holes of unexpectedly-deep dungeons, but that's it.
I'd assumed fellow PC Gamer writer Ted Litchfield wasn't kidding when he said that the , but nothing has put the fear of god into me quite like realising oh, right, I've still got half a dozen bosses to kill, minimum.
On the plus side, while I'm quaking in my boots, that at least means you've got one hell of a journey ahead of you when the game later tonight (or tomorrow morning, if you're in Sydney or Auckland). If you're still hungry, though, you can go on ahead and join the surprisingly-active .