Elden Ring Player Defeats Malenia on New Game+7 at Level 1 in Just Over a Minute

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As with just about every major FromSoftware title released since Demon's Souls, Elden Ring possesses a remarkably high level of difficulty. While Elden Ring is considered to be much more approachable compared to previous FromSoftware games, it still has a litany of intense gameplay moments that challenge even the most seasoned players. Though, as to be expected, plenty of players have since risen to the occasion and accomplished extraordinary feats in-game, despite the high difficulty of Elden Ring.

A common trend often seen when it comes to a lot of FromSoftware fans is the drive to make the experience of playing any given game more difficult than it already is. For instance, one player managed to beat Elden Ring using a piano as a controller. However, with this most recent example, the user managed to accomplish the near impossible at a significant disadvantage in-game.

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Over on Reddit, a user named Still-Stay8668 somehow managed to defeat Malenia, Blade of Miquella, who is widely regarded as one of the most difficult boss fights in Elden Ring, on the seventh iteration of New Game Plus at level 1. It's likely that the user died several times before finally defeating Malenia, not to mention the number of hurdles the player would have to overcome at level 1 at New Game +7 just to make it to Malenia.

Players have to acquire the two Haligtree medallions in order to even get to Malenia, one of which is in a location that can only be accessed after defeating a number of mandatory bosses. This means that this user managed to beat several difficult parts of Elden Ring on New Game +7 at level 1 before finally beating Malenia, all of which are extremely impressive