With the release of DLC Shadows of the Aardtree, Elden Ring players are back to their old tricks, playing the game in weird and wonderful ways.
Take Twitch streamer Perikryal, who has already played games with her mind and is now tackling Shadows of the Erdtree. Yes, you read that right.
Perikriyal uses a Bluetooth, portable EEG reader to analyze patterns of brain activity and converts these into inputs in conjunction with an eye-tracker. She then thinks of specific actions that trigger rolls, attacks and similar actions in the game – Here is an explanation clip,
This has allowed the streamer to complete Elden Ring without using a traditional controller. And now, with the DLC released last Friday, she’s already beaten its second major boss.
Manage cookie settings
Another streamer is back to the base game, but each dodge roll in the game is done with an actual roll in real life.
GoodGameEthan started the game five months ago, playing with a controller until it was time to dodge and he rolled onto a mat. So far he’s on par with Maliketh, but his goal is to play the DLC the same way.
“I tried really hard to beat the game before the DLC, but my knees gave out after fighting Godfrey for two hours this morning,” he said in a comment on Reddit. “I’ll try to beat the game before I tackle the DLC.”
After 3 hours I finally beat Maliketh but when I refused to roll in the game I rolled in real life
Byu/GoodGameEthan InEldenring
Manage cookie settings
Finally, streamer itzCBD has completed the entire base game from NG to NG+7 without dying once and without leveling up.
This is the eighth full game of the game, featuring the same Wretch-class character at the first level.
Manage cookie settings
This is a pretty impressive feat, and along with others, it shows just how accomplished Elden Ring players have become after beating the base game Dance Pad, Bananaseven more.
Still, Shadows of the Aardtree ramps up the game’s difficulty, which – combined with performance issues – makes the game harder to play. Mixed reactions from unhappy players on Steam,
Miyazaki himself said in an interview Lowering the game’s difficulty would “ruin the game itself,” while publisher Bandai Namco suggested to players over the weekend Focus on increasing your scadutry blessingsFortunately, we have A guide on where to find them,
