There is less left for Elden Ring will go on sale this next February 25 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC. Hidetaka Miyazaki’s new title aims to be one of FromSoftware’s most notable as we highlight in our final impressions and implements some improvements regarding games like Dark Souls which will be welcomed by the players. According to Yasuhiro Kitao, a product of Elden RingReturning to boss fights following being defeated will be less cumbersome than in other studio games, though we will not have revenge mode.
“While it’s not all bosses, we did take this distance between the Places of Grace and Marika’s Stakes into account more in each boss fight. We wanted to reduce the stress of repeating the path to the boss room, and we feel that with a much larger world in the Elden Ring, this would definitely cause stress if we had to do a long run back to the boss each time. Marika’s checkpoints, in particular, are strategically placed so we can relieve that stress when exploring in the open and to encourage explorationKitao explained to the middle Ungeek when asked regarding the difficulty of returning to boss fights.
At the moment, boss rush mode will not be added
“Having the checkpoints right before the boss also allows players to adjust their builds and fine tune their characters a bitor level up a bit to try a different strategy before facing the boss once more,” added Kitao. The truth is that the route we have to take to return to the boss face following being defeated can be even more difficult. complicated than the boss himself depending on the area in which we find ourselves, so it is appreciated that the development team has taken this point into consideration taking into account the open world approach of Elden Ring with respect to Dark Souls.
On the other hand, we have bad news for those who love the rematch mode or boss rush. In the same interview, Kitao has confirmed that Elden Ring will not have rematches once morest bosses: “There will be no boss race or boss rematch mode in Elden Ring and currently we are not planning to add it“. Certainly, it would be an interesting function to implement in the future considering that the repetition of confrontations testing different skills might offer tens of additional hours of play. Tennis wanting to Elden Ring?
