404 deaths and 32 hours deep into his DLC marathon, Elden Ring streamer Kai Cenat tells difficulty critics to 'put your big boy pants on, go out there, and go fight'

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

Elden Ring:Shadow of the Erdtreehas drawn some criticism for being too hard—spinning up theFromSoftwaredesign discourse anew two entire years after the base game’s release. Its flavour feels different this time around, though, since even supposed souls superfans have been antsy about it, earning it a"mixed" user review score on Steamat the time of writing.

There’s a few culprits here. The newScadutree Fragmentsscaling system has caught players off-guard, bosses are hyper aggressive with the longest combo strings Miyazaki’s devised yet, and asadly choppy performanceisn’t exactly helping people feel the flow.

While I think the DLCbumps against the ceilingof what FromSoftware can get away with right towards the end, I’m not really on the “it’s too hard” train. Neither is Elden Ring streamer Kai Cenat who, sat in front of both a life-sized Malenia statue and an Iron Throne replica, tore into difficulty critics on stream yesterday (thanks,GamesRadar).

Kai Cenat speaks on the people who say that the Elden Ring DLC is “too hard” pic.twitter.com/FDni4mWstOJune 23, 2024

“I’m getting through these motherf*ckers, bro, it’s a skill issue,” he says, which is genuinely an excellent mantra for any FromSoftware boss that’s giving you problems. “I’m ass and you’re ass—but, you’reassthough, ‘cause you say it’s too hard … put your big boy pants on, go out there, and go fight.”

Cenat adds: “Here’s the thing, right—this is the first major release since the actual game two years ago, correct? If you went through all that hassle two years ago, why else would they make a DLC for you to breeze past and be done with [it] in a day or two?”

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As for how that’s holding up, Cenat is currently 88 hours in (and sleeping) at the time of writing, seeming to have struck a wall with the DLC’s final boss.Spoilers in the following clip for said bosses’ identity, but he is, uh, having some problems:

Normally I’d say this contradicts his past statement but, honestly, after 10 hours of slamming my head against the same boss on Sunday, I can’t even blame him for blowing his lid, especially since he doesn’t have the luxury of taking a break like me (even if that’s limit’s self-imposed and making him lots of money). Erdtree’s final boss is its own special tier of hell that even a blunt recommendation from Bandai Namco tolevel up your Scadutree Blessingcan’t fix.

Leda quest: Track the Erdtree main questAnsbach quest: Help the former servant of MohgHornsent quest: Complete the quest for vengeanceThiollier quest: Pay homage to the saint of sleepingFreyja quest: Where to find Redmane Freyja

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