Elden Ring Fan Makes the Elden Beast in Spore

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Developed by the now-defunct Maxis and published by Electronic Arts in 2008, Spore was an ambitious life sim that promised players infinite possibilities as they crafted a custom alien species and cultivated it into a galaxy-spanning civilization. Though it stumbled somewhat in its execution, it maintains a cult fan base nearly fifteen years after release. The creature creation tools remain a major draw, and players have used them to replicate everything from Minecraft mobs to Pokemon. One imaginative Reddit user even managed to remake the final boss of FromSoftware’s 2022 RPG Elden Ring in the game.

In a post submitted to the Elden Ring subreddit, user royalmaker686 revealed a fantastic recreation of the Elden Beast generated in Spore’s creature creator. Authentically slug-like and stunningly iridescent, it certainly seems like a life form worthy of holding dominion in a FromSoftware game. Interestingly enough, royalmaker686 also made a version of Dragonlord Placidusax, one ofElden Ring’s most well-hidden bosses.

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Complete with a description and set of tags meant to make fun of the oft-criticizedElden Ring final boss, this Spore variant reflects the frustrations of ill-equipped tarnished who entered the final encounter without an optimized build. Players who prioritized holy damage or made liberal use of certain sorceries, for instance, may have struggled with the Elden Beast, as it's nigh-on immune to some spells, and holy damage actually heals it.

Weirdly enough, Spore and Elden Ring also share an unlikely connection in their cosmic underpinnings. Both games are, in a sense, about amassing enough power to rule the cosmos, and, while that transpires in a much more