is one of the biggest expansions to ever be made. It adds a plethora of new bosses, enemies, and an area that is allegedly the same size as Limgrave (it's actually far bigger). Massive is an understatement with this DLC. As with any expansion from FromSoftware games, it also adds new lore for those who continue to research the stories of Soulsborne games religiously, trying to make sense of item descriptions and why certain bosses are in certain areas.
Most of the lore in FromSoftware titles comes from item descriptions, although interpretation is often required since these descriptions aren't too long.
In general, explores the story behind Miquella, one of the demi-god children of Marika, the Eternal, and the elder twin brother of Malenia, Blade of Miquella, the game's mascot. It takes place in the Land of Shadow, a completely separate area from the Lands Between, where the base game takes place. The new story bits and ending explore Miquella's true goals, and as it is largely about him, players must defeat Mohg first to access the Empyrean cocoon in order to start the DLC.
Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is a victory lap for FromSoftware, bringing in elements from past games without losing what made it special.
still adheres to the general story design that many FromSoftware expansions have had in the past. The story that's explored adds to the base game and doesn't replace its ending or its events. Without going into spoilers, is the same,playing a cutscene after the final boss of the DLC is defeated as 's ending. This cutscene doesn't replace any of the endings of the base game and is purely an ending for the events in the expansion.
After beating the expansion, the Tarnished still needs to make their way to the Erdtree and become Elden Lord to beat the game. The expansion can be played if the Tarnished has defeated the Elden Beast, since the game sends players back before that point, but Elden Ring's base endings have not been added to. This is
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