Ok, so it’s fair to say the current verdict about Elden Ring‘s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is that it certainly isn’t easy, even in the eyes of the kind of FromSoft vets who might’ve expected to be able to breeze through without thinking. That said, as one streamer’s busy demonstrating, it is possible to scythe through the expansion’s bosses using just your brain.
The streamer in question is Perrikaryal, and if you’re unfamiliar, they’re the creator that managed to beat the entire base game last year using a headset that measures their brain’s activity and turns those bursts of energy into inputs for the game. Basically, they think in a certain way, their Tarnished does a certain thing – as you can imagine, it adds an extra layer of challenge to an already notoriously difficult game.
Naturally, since Shadow of the Erdtree dropped, Perrikaryal’s dug straight into a “mind control” run through it using their carefully-honed setup, and it looks to be going pretty well so far. While they haven’t blazed through the DLC in a weekend like some folks, the streamer has already managed to beat the first two bosses.
