Elden Ring features tons of new gameplay with an optional dungeon and tough boss fight

The closer we get to the release of Elden Ring, the more the promotional machine gets rolling. Numerous new gameplay scenes have now been released, showing familiar and new areas. This also includes a part of the game world that has hardly been shown before and a boss fight.

In less than a month, on February 25th, the time has come. Elden Ring is the next new game from FromSoftware, the developers of Dark Souls, Sekiro and Bloodborne.

Now the colleagues from GameInformer released a lot of info and gameplay scenes in two videos, which deal with different areas of the game.

The gameplay videos show, among other things, boss fights, dungeons and parts of the open world. There is even an area that has hardly been shown before. We summarize the most important information for you.

Spoilerwarnung: If you want to know as little as possible before the release, you should read no further.

See here an optional dungeon with a boss fight

This is what the gameplay shows: In the video we see the player navigating the Limgrave starting area and encountering the Castle Morne dungeon.

This is a “mini-dungeon” that is part of the optional content in Elden Ring and of which there should be a number in the huge game world.

For a mini dungeon, however, this is quite extensive, as the gameplay video shows:

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• First we see how the player moves through the game world on his horse and explores it.
• First it goes from high cliffs over a piece of forest to some fortress towers until the player finally comes to the entrance of the dungeon.
• There a huge archer is waiting for him, who has to be killed first.
• You can see some passages in which the player moves using stealth.
• In the course of the dungeon he encounters several enemies, but also loot in the form of loot.
• Finally, the boss of the mini-dungeon is waiting at the back of the castle. (10:09)

This fight packs a punch, at least judging by the scenes. It is a kind of lion-like beast on two legs that fights with a big sword.

The boss’s name is not visible in gameplay. But it turns out that it should be pretty crisp. He moves fast, has a long range with a sword and hardly lets the player rest.

At the same time, you can also see a few new moves that players can use in Elden Ring. For example, he uses an ability to block with his shield and immediately launch a counterattack.

He also jumps over an attack. The new feature allows players to manually jump in Elden Ring for the first time, just one of the changes from previous FromSoftware games.

In the comments, the reactions to the gameplay are very positive. For example, fans are praising the look of the boss arena, and some seem to be getting more and more excited about the game.

Several comments also note that the game appears to have improved graphically since the first network test in November. It is difficult to say whether this is really the case.

There will likely be direct comparison videos around the release to really tell the difference.

What do you think of the new gameplay? Do you like the layout of the optional dungeon and boss fight?

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