We all know that Elden Ring is a frequently punishing game that seems to actively goad its players into having nervous breakdowns.
There are devious tricks, deadly traps, devilish bosses, and so much more besides waiting for you in The Lands Between. But that just means every victory feels genuinely hard-earned. Every win hits that much harder - especially against the cruelest bosses.
Take a look at a punishing Elden Ring boss battle royale below!
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There are plenty of properly bullshit bosses in Elden Ring, but one of my least favourites by far? The one-two knockout punch of Radagon of the Golden Order and the Elden Beast.
Taken separately, either of these bosses would be pretty doable. Alas, to even get to the final final boss - the Elden Beast - you have to take down Radagon. No checkpoints. No magically refilled health. Just two bosses one after the other until you get it right.
This is a lesson one streamer recently learned the hard way when, after 361 attempts at taking down Radagon, he finally succeeded. Only to be immediately wiped out by the Elden Beast.
As the post-Radagon cutscene plays out you can see DanGheesling slowly realising what's happening - although there's some denial. As the Elden Beast slowly rises up from the ground, the streamer initially believes it to be a harmless tree. Then he spots the sword, and the chat begins to inform him that it's time for "phase two". The fear sets in.
Dan is taken down before he can even lay a finger on the monster, and the look on his face says it all. As his character reappears back by the Site of Grace ready to fight Radagon for the 362nd time, we see a broken man.
"I didn't know there was a phase two, chat," Dan sighs. "This makes no sense!"
Welcome to the club, Dan. May you come to genuinely hate this boss fight as much as the vast majority of the Elden Ring community already do.
Topics: Elden Ring, Fromsoftware