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Geek Tyrant
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Even Alex Garland Can't Beat Malenia in ELDEN RING and He Talks About His Experience — GeekTyrant
If you've ever rage-quit after your tenth attempt to beat Malenia in Elden Ring , you're in good company, director Alex Garland knows your pain. The acclaimed filmmaker behind Ex Machina and Annihilation , who's also set to direct the upcoming Elden Ring movie from A24, is currently on his seventh playthrough of the game. Turns out, he's still stuck on the same boss that haunts the dreams of countless Tarnished: Malenia, Blade of Miquella. In an interview with IGN while promoting 28 Years Later , Garland confessed: "It's Malenia who's the tough one. I'm now on my seventh playthrough of that game. I've leveled up, I've got lots of juice, and a cool sword, and stuff like that, and I just throw myself at them again, and again, and again, and again. 'That was the technique I learned with 'Dark Souls.' It's not that you get better, it's more like monkeys and typewriters. You just keep doing it, and eventually, one day, they're dead." Garland's struggle with Malenia is hilariously relatable. She's notorious for regaining health with every hit she lands, even if you block, and her hyper-aggressive moveset makes even the most leveled-up builds feel undercooked. It took my forever to beat this character! Her second phase, where she transforms into the Goddess of Rot, kicks off with a deadly AOE that can one-shot you if you're not already sprinting in the opposite direction. And Garland? He's still stuck in the same masochistic loop the rest of us fell into… learning by dying. Over, and over. But it's not all pain and panic rolls. Garland does find a silver lining in other boss fights, like Starscourge Radahn: "Radahn is really easy. You just summon a bunch of guys, they take down half his health, and then you keep hitting him.' Which, sure, works in the base game, but any Tarnished who's braved the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC knows that strategy won't fly with Promised Consort Radahn. That rematch is a full-blown endurance test with no summons, a brutal arena, and attacks designed to break your spirit. Whether you're a first-time player or the director tasked with adapting Elden Ring for the big screen, the struggle is universal. Garland gets that, and it's a good sign for the film. Between his persistent trial-and-error playstyle and George R. R. Martin's involvement as a producer, the Elden Ring adaptation might actually capture the spirit of the game, not just the lore, but the real emotional loop of failure, perseverance, and triumph. In other words… suffering.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Elden Ring Nightreign collector's edition revealed: $200 gets you 24 centimeters of hero and a proper artbook, or drop $190 for another fancy helmet
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Elden Ring Nightreign publisher Bandai Namco has unveiled a suite of collector's edition-style swag bags for hardcore FromSoft fans to splurge on. Elden Ring Nightreign costs $39.99 at base (physical copies only available for PS5 and Xbox Series X), with a $54.99 digital deluxe edition bundling in a digital artbook and soundtrack plus a DLC that is already in development. The DLC will add new areas, bosses, and playable characters when it eventually arrives. The Elden Ring Nightreign collector's edition proper is a $199.99 package that comes with everything in the digital deluxe edition plus a steelbook case, hardcover artbook, miscellaneous in-game collectibles, and for the crown jewel, a 24-centimeter statue of Wylder, one of the playable Elden Ring Nightreign characters. Separately, a $189.99 Elden Ring Nightreign helmet – again, a replica of Wylder – will be available a la carte. You're just paying for the helmet here; the game is not included. This near-life-size bit of merch lines up with the Malenia and Messmer helmets released for Elden Ring and its Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. As we said in our Elden Ring Nightreign preview, FromSoftware's weirdest game yet is shaping up to be an absurd but fun experiment that feels like a mod in the best way. It's a co-op roguelike where you assemble boss-killing Elden Ring builds on the fly while racing against the timer of a battle royale-style fog wall. It's weird! We've played it for a few hours now, and we'd certainly like to play more. Elden Ring Nightreign beta codes are finally being sent out, but many PS5 and Xbox Series X players are reporting the same issue – they've seemingly got access to the wrong platform.
