One unlucky Elden Ring player recently met their end by the most unlikely of foes: a lowly beetle. FromSoftware's latest dark fantasy RPG launched to rave reviews a few weeks ago, earning praise for its challenging gameplay, detailed game world, and rich lore courtesy of legendary Game Of Thrones author George R.R. Martin. As a Tarnished Exile, Elden Ring players are tasked with traveling the world in search of the scattered fragments of the titular Elden Ring, all while trying to survive the many dangerous enemies and monsters that come their way.
In true Dark Souls fashion, Elden Ring is filled to the brim with powerful monsters and foes that can slay a Tarnished at every turn — to the point where even the game’s developers at FromSoftware have apologized to anyone struggling with Elden Ring’s difficulty. From hulking dragons to vicious dog-like beasts that devour anyone foolish enough to try to pet them, Elden Ring players have been sharing videos of their characters being felled in battle in the most outlandish of ways. While some Tarnished are successful in taking down Elden Ring's bosses in true cinematic fashion, others are caught off guard by even the smallest and seemingly insignificant of creatures while trying to vanquish a larger foe.
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Such was the case with Reddit user GoatsAndGlory, who recently shared a video clip of a fateful encounter they had with a dragon to the Elden Ring subreddit. GoatsAndGlory starts out well enough, dodging the airborne dragon’s fiery breath on horseback and wearing the beast’s health bar down to the halfway point. However, they are soon struck down not by the dragon's blue flame, but by a dung beetle
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