Shadow of the Erdtree is Too Easy

Summary

The video is a sarcastic take on the debate over Shadow of the Erdtree’s difficulty. The narrator pretends that players struggling with the DLC are simply “not good enough,” while presenting himself as an elite gamer who has mastered it. His over-the-top claims—including beating Elden Ring at level one with a whip, using only heavy rolls, and rejecting summons, spells, crafted items, and powerful weapons—are part of the joke.

The narrator pokes fun at several common reactions and playstyles:

• The DLC’s difficulty: Players may expect a high-level character to breeze through it, but enemies can still hit extremely hard. The narrator mocks both the complaints and the idea that struggling makes someone a lesser gamer.
• Scadutree Fragments: He jokes that the fragments are handed out like “easy mode tokens” and claims that collecting a few makes the game trivial.
• Exploration and progression: He ridicules the idea that players should spend hours exploring for rewards they may never use, while also portraying exploration as essential to understanding the game.
• Builds and assistance: He satirically condemns summons, co-op, spells, crafted items, and strong weapons as “cheating,” making fun of purist attitudes about how Elden Ring should be played.
• The world and tone: The game’s gloomy, unpleasant settings and suffering characters are described as part of its appeal, before the narrator abruptly complains that the game is terrible.
• The final boast: He claims to have beaten the DLC on day one and every boss on the first try, then tells struggling players to go play Palworld—an obvious continuation of the video’s mock-elitist humor.

Gamers and Sources Mentioned

• The narrator, videogamedunkey
• Elden Ring players, including casual players and FromSoftware fans
• FromSoftware and Hidetaka Miyazaki
• Fortnite, Spider-Man, Ghost of Tsushima, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, and Palworld