Elden Ring is so easy you can play Minesweeper while fighting bosses

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An Elden Ring player has managed to defeat one of the game’s bosses without taking a hit while simultaneously completing a game of Minesweeper, just to prove how overpowered the action RPG’s summoning system can become.

Elden Ring’s summons have become somewhat contentious since the game released. As with Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3, you’re able to summon friendly NPCs to fight by your side, calling on the spirits of fallen warriors to give you an edge over the game’s toughest enemies and bosses. While the game encourages you to use summons liberally, a small section of the Elden Ring community continues to disparage the mechanic, seeing it as cheapening the game’s prize.

Reddit user D-ISM has gone to great lengths to show just how overpowered those summons can become. Squaring off against optional boss Putrid Grave Warden Duelist, they summon the spirit of Ogha, the Redmane Knight, promptly position themselves in a t-pose on the side of the arena, and sit back while their knightly companion does all the work.

To drive the point home, D-ISM even brings up a game of Minesweeper during the fight, completing it in a fairly deft 78 seconds — the implication being it’s harder to get through a match of the desktop classic than it is to beat a boss in Elden Ring when you’ve got summons by your side. They also have a whack at Microsoft's Pinball and Solitaire, but aren't as successful with those.

Ogha is a particularly powerful spirit in Elden Ring who's able to fight in both close-combat and at ranged. As the Redditor’s video shows, they also have a powerful knockdown attack that stuns enemies, trapping them in an inescapable loop of arrow fire.

If you were to only watch this video, you’d get the impression that Elden Ring is a walk