Elden Ring's release date is now less than a month away and From Software is sharing deeper and deeper looks into the action-RPG's world. Extended gameplay clips and preview coverage of Elden Ring has provided a substantial look into the open world that awaits in the game. As a perfect example, a new video was recently shared delving into one of Elden Ring's dungeon areas. The area is named Castle Mourne, and players enter the region following ruinous events.
The video preview is shared via an exclusive from Game Informer and begins from Elden Ring's open world. That early minutes of the video show some of Elden Ring's mounted gameplay, with the player hopping up and down cliffs with their mount's mid-air jump. They then encounter a giant wielding an enormous bow guarding Castle Mourne's entrance. This mini-boss fight is clipped, and followed by the player entering Castle Mourne and establishing a respawn point at its entrance.
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After entering Castle Mourne proper, it should be made clear that while the area is a dungeon, a separate explorable area split off from the main explorable world, it's still very open to for exploration. The next several minutes of the trailer show the player exploring the parapets and inner workings of Castle Mourne, where a battle between the castle's soldiers and a mysterious troop of beast-like creatures is ongoing.
The end of the video, naturally, sees the player discovering a mysterious fog-filled doorway. Once passing through, they encounter what's likely Castle Mourne's final boss — a large lupine creature with glowing red eyes that wields a broadsword. The scene of the fight is suitably dramatic, as it looks like a small island
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