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Sorry, Elden Ring’s summons won’t make boss fights easier, but that’s okayThere’s a trade-off to calling on your ghostly sidekicks
There’s a trade-off to calling on your ghostly sidekicks
Oh right okay, just a tonne ofElden Ringhands-off previews arriving at once is it? Cool, just give me a moment to compose myself. Gah, that’s not happening. Anyway, yes, while I continue to digest all this new information that’s just come out, one thing that particularly stood out to me is that the game’s summons won’t actually makeElden Ringany easier, according toIGN, which is a marked departure from previous Souls games. Brilliant, that’s me done for then.
It’s up to the player in Elden Ring to “invest their stat points into the summons if they so choose”, or “into their own character”. This suggests that unless you sacrifice those all-important stat points on beefing up your ghostly friends, they aren’t going to last long before they’re sent back to the afterlife.
Even if FromSoftware say they’re “not intended to lower the difficulty drastically”, this won’t stop me from using them as dragon fodder in those inevitable Elden Ring moments where I stop trying to beat the boss ‘properly’, then just tiredly call upon like five Pokémon I’ve collected and… still get destroyed.
We’ve Seen 17 Minutes of Elden Ring Gameplay - Here’s our Breakdown of Every Little DetailWatch on YouTube
We’ve Seen 17 Minutes of Elden Ring Gameplay - Here’s our Breakdown of Every Little Detail
Our friends over on Eurogamer were lucky enough to see some hands-off gameplay of Elden Ring and I’ve embedded their video above for your viewing pleasure. It’s worth noting that you won’t actually see any new footage, but you will get plenty of juicy new details through your ear holes at least.
Elden Ring is due to release on the 21st of January 2022.
