Highlights
- Senessax is considered the least engaging boss in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree due to high health, poor dodging, and ease of hitting.
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has sold over 5 million units in its first three days, continuing the original game's impressive sales.
- The game's director, Hidetaka Miyazaki, acknowledges the DLC's high difficulty, which targets experienced players who have completed the base game.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree players have recently discussed the worst boss in the new DLC, and most gamers agreed that Senessax is the least interesting boss in it. Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has dozens of new boss fights, and this one stands out due to not being as challenging or engaging as the others.
Released a few weeks ago, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is already a huge hit. While the original game managed to sell over 25 million copies in two years, the new DLC has sold over 5 million units in its first three days. The expansion is also a critical darling, having a score of 94 on OpenCritic right now.
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Now, gamers on r/Eldenring have been discussing the worst Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree boss fight. While there are many contenders for the title, the consensus is that Senessax is the worst boss, as the original poster pointed out, and several others agree. According to these players, the main issue is not that Senessax is one of the most difficult Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree bosses, but that the fight itself is very boring because the boss has a very high amount of health, but is not very quick and has difficulty hitting the player. Both magic users and archers can stand away from it, while melee fighters could just use Torrent to avoid most of the danger. To make matters worse, Senessax is very large and can’t dodge attacks properly, so it’s trivially easy to hit.
Elden Ring Players Consider Senessax One of the Most Boring Bosses in Shadow of the Erdtree
Senessax was not the only Elden Ring boss to be criticized in the discussion, though. Other players also pointed out that the Divine Beast Dancing Lion and the Commander Gaius were pretty annoying fights. However, instead of being easy and boring like Senessax, they are way harder, which irritated some gamers. Ever since the DLC’s release, several gamers have been complaining that Shadow of the Erdtree’s bosses are too hard, and these bosses are examples of the DLC’s high difficulty curve.
The discussion about the new DLC’s difficulty was so intense that the game’s director Hidetaka Miyazaki commented on Shadow of the Erdtree’s difficulty recently. According to Miyazaki, the DLC is based on the assumption that players have cleared most of the base game, and it aims to challenge even experienced gamers, which is probably why some bosses just feel too hard for some fans.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Shadow of the Erdtree is the first and only DLC expansion for FromSoftware's groundbreaking Elden Ring. It takes players to a whole new region, the Land of Shadow, where a new story awaits the Tarnished.
- Base Game
- Elden Ring
- Platform
- Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox One
- Released
- June 21, 2024
- Developer(s)
- FromSoftware
- Publisher(s)
- Bandai Namco Entertainment , FromSoftware
