And Elden Ring , the newest Soulsborne game, is no exception. There are some bosses that players will enjoy killing, whether it is because of lore or just the difficulty in the fight. But some of these bosses do not deserve to die. A mixture of lore and the physical state of some of Elden Ring ’s __ bosses are enough to make even the strongest Tarnished weep with remorse, and wish that they could've been allies inst

All Soulsborne games have bosses that players feel bad about defeating. A boss may have a sad backstory, or they were once a friend, or maybe they are too cute to kill. In Dark Souls, there is the boss fight with Sif. In Bloodborne , a Souls game players should not ignore , __ the aftermath of the fight with Father Gascoigne is crushing. Two very different bosses with different lore, but players feel terrible about killing t

Seluvis, as it transpires, is an expert in the cruel art of puppetry magic, using special potions to force human beings into a kind of eternal slumber or paralysis, then using their bodies as a catalyst to generate unique Spirit Ashes he obsesses over in dialogue with truly creepy, predatory undertones. A player who goes along with the plans goes down a very dark path indeed, tricking NPCs like the Dung Eater or Nepheli Loux into drinking Seluvis' potion , which binds them to fates worse than death. Thankfully, Preceptor Seluvis can easily be tricked by players and bites the dust part way into the Ranni quest line. This leads him to a truly poetic fate: rebelled against and torn apart by the very puppets he used and abu

As stressful and exhausting as it is to fight Malenia, she is another boss the Tarnished should feel bad for defeating. She and her brother Miquella were born cursed. An Elden Ring theory for why Malenia becomes a god helps explain the curse the twins were born with. However, the gist of it is Outer Gods targeted the twins in hopes of controlling them if they decide to take their mother’s place as god of the Land’s Between. Malenia is cursed with scarlet rot, which ravaged her body from the inside out and caused her to lose some of her limbs. She is the sickest boss in the g

If left to his own devices, Boc will eventually depart in search of Queen Rennala at Raya Lucaria Academy, who can change people's appearances with her golden egg of Rebirth. On his own, the kind, gentle Boc will perish, and if the player gifts Boc with one of the Larval Tear items needed for players to reallocate attribute points, he will successfully reach Rennala and become reborn, but winds up losing everything he used to be in the process. The true happy ending for Boc in **Elden Ring ** requires an obscure item called the Prattling Pate "You're beautiful," found in the Mr. Gelmir region where Volcano Manor, home of the Tarnished hunters , resides; use this item in front of Boc, and he will hear his own mother's voice refer to him as beautiful, giving the gentle Demi-Human the validation needed to love himself for who he

Players will first encounter the Frenzied Flame in isolated enclaves found through the Lands Between - settlements and ruins populated by villagers, soldiers, and beasts whose eyes glow with a maddening, writhing flame. Incantation spells like Elden Ring 's Frenzied Burst and weapons such as Vyke's War Spear __ will inflict both fire damage and the Madness status effect, which scalds the eyes of player characters and Tarnished NPCs with same maddening fire. Late in the campaign of Elden Ring, players will learn that Melina, their steadfast companion and confidant, must be sacrificed to fire in order to open the path to the Erdtree's heart. Shortly afterward, an NPC called Shabriri will appear and offer the players an alternative; descend to the deepest part of the catacombs beneath Leyndell, receive the embrace of the Three Fingers, and become the Lord of Chaos - a scorched, yellow-eyed being with the power to burn the Erdtree on their

Of all the NPCs, Boc the Seamster is perhaps both the sweetest and saddest. Players first encounter him in Limgrave - a cringing, rat-like Demi-Human cast out by his tribe and cursed into the shape of a tree. After the player returns his mother's old sewing needle to him, Boc finds a new lease on life and FromSoftware 2025 becomes the Tarnished's personal tailor, letting the player modify certain outfits without spending any Runes. As the protagonist draws closer and closer to becoming Elden Lord, Boc starts to feel insecure about his appearance, which he judges clumsy and "ugly" in comparison to Elden Ring 's exiled Tarnished hero (even if the player uses the character creator to make a truly horrifying visa

Due in part to the ongoing pandemic, many AAA titles were pushed into 2022 that were expected to be originally released in 2021 or earlier. This includes both Horizon Forbidden West and Elden Ring , which came out in February after delays. While the spring has a number of games already announced with official release dates, the summer and fall months are more sparse. However, additional games will get announced or given official release dates throughout the year, which is why this article will be updated regula