re: Elden Ring DLC - Youtube Livestream for Gameplay Reveal (09:00 Central)

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Here’s a pretty informative interview IGN did with Miyazaki about the dlc

The map will be “probably comparable, if not larger, than the area of Limgrave”

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expect a similar experience to what they had with the base game. This is going to be structured in a similar way, as you said, with open field maps, with large scale legacy dungeons, and with small to medium scale legacies as well

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And it takes place, again, on an entirely separate, physically separate map. So it will involve a warp of sorts to get there.

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He mentions that warp being in Mohg’s arena

Messmer:

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We believe he will be officially revealed to be Messmer by the time the trailer goes live. And yes, he's a key figure in the DLC and he again has this important element of shadow to him, which is a key theme throughout the DLC as well. And you may have seen at the end of the trailer, there was this piece of key art where it shows Messmer sat in this throne-like chair, and people who've played the game may recognize this throne to be one of those from the boss room where you battle Morgott. And this represents the thrones at the base of the Erdtree. And it's supposed to symbolize that Messmer stands on equal footing to these other demigods and children of Marika who sat around in these thrones and held the rooms of the Erdtree.

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George R R Martin:

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we just want to point out that he hasn't written anything exclusively and new for the sake of this DLC

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Difficulty:

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Our general approach to difficulty has of course not changed to Elden Ring. We want to create a challenging experience that tests the players and that gives them a feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment when they get through these struggles

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And again, to our more hardcore players, they will find optional bosses who have been tuned in a similar way to the likes of Malenia, who I'm sure you remember from the base game, who are not crucial.

It's not the fact that it's only a lesser level to Malenia, but we have prepared bosses on that with that similar mindset within the DLC area, ones that will challenge the player and hopefully be as memorable as Malenia was

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Future of Elden ring:

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We don't have any current plans to make a second DLC or a sequel, but we definitely don't want to snuff out that possibility. We think that there could well be something the future.

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Also saw this interview with Miyazaki that Eurogamer did.

They say it’s 10 bosses. With 8 new weapon categories