Summary

  • Elden Ring offers a vast amount of content, from weapons to bosses, catering to a variety of playstyles.
  • Some players in Elden Ring may not play fair, kicking others out after defeating a boss to deny them rewards.
  • Runes are crucial in Elden Ring for progression, with bosses granting the most, making them essential encounters.

An Elden Ring player missed out on the spoils of victory after another player kicked them from their game while fighting Godrick the Grafted, a fan-favorite boss. The player managed to record this unfortunate situation, showing the rest of the Elden Ring community the rather rude encounter.

Few titles are as exciting or universally beloved as Elden Ring. Continuing off the success of past From Software games such as Bloodborne, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Demon's Souls, and the Dark Souls Trilogy, Elden Ring offers players an absolutely monolithic amount of content. Thanks to the incredible number of items, weapons, and armor in the game, a wide range of playstyles are available and valid in Elden Ring. This variety carries over to enemy and boss design, with Elden Ring featuring some of video gaming's toughest foes. These bosses can be a real challenge for players, with Elden Ring granting players the ability to team up in order to tackle sections of the game. However, not everyone plays nice, with one player sharing their disappointing encounter.

A video shared to the Elden Ring community on Reddit is garnering a wide range of reactions, with user Croxsy sharing the moment they were denied a hefty sum of runes. The video shows that the player was summoned to help another player defeat the early-game Elden Ring boss Godrick the Grafted. However, as soon as Godrick was vanquished, the host seemingly kicked the player out of their game, causing them to not receive any runes despite their help during the fight.

Elden Ring Player Punished for Helping Defeat Boss

Runes act as the main form of currency in Elden Ring, affecting player progression and leveling up. All enemies grant runes, but bosses in Elden Ring grant the most runes, making them the primary way of leveling up and continuing through the game. "I helped this random kill Godrick and he kicked me out after the kill so I don't get the runes," says the player, who was understandably quite aggravated by this encounter.

Fans are eagerly awaiting Elden Ring's first official DLC, which releases later this year. This massive new expansion, officially titled Elden Ring: Shadkow of the Erdtree, rolls out on June 21, 2024, and will add a massive new area for players to discover and play through. New enemies, items, weapons, and storylines will also be added along with the expansion, allowing Elden Ring to feel fresh and new again despite some players already sinking hundreds of hours in the base game. A trailer for this expansion was released earlier this year by From Software and publisher Bandai Namco, giving fans a closer look at this highly anticipated piece of new content.

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Elden Ring
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Released
February 25, 2022
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ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. And BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin. Danger and discovery lurk around every corner in FromSoftware’s largest game to date. Hidetaka Miyazaki - President and Game Director of FromSoftware Inc. Known for directing critically-acclaimed games in beloved franchises including Armored Core and Dark Souls.

George R.R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Developer(s)
From Software
Engine
Proprietary
Multiplayer
Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer
Genre(s)
RPG, Action
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