Shadow of the Erdtree a dépassé The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine comme DLC le mieux noté, mais les nouveaux finalistes ne s'en soucient pas: “Si un jeu devait le faire, Je suis content que ce soit Elden Ring”

Anneau ancien: L'Ombre de l'Erdtree is finally here, and it’s already breaking records. Not only is it currently the highest rated gaming release of the year, but it’s even managed to snatch a title held by The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine for eight years by becoming the new highest-rated DLC of all time.

Over on Metacritic, Shadow of the Erdtree’s current Metascore is — profiter du succès de la Switch — en 95 sur PS5, basé sur 59 critic reviews. This just squeezes past Blood and Wine’s Metascore of 92 for its PC version, which was based on 52 critic reviews (its Xbox One version has a score of 94, but this is only based on seven reviews).

The fact that The Witcher 3’s expansion has held onto its crown for so long just goes to show how damn good it is, but those at developer CD Projet Rouge don’t seem salty at all about being pushed into second place – they’re just excited to get stuck into the Elden Ring DLC themselves. Plus tôt cette semaine, the studio’s global community director Marcin Momot déclaré: “It was a good run. Néanmoins, SUPER HYPED for this Friday.”

This same sentiment was echoed by Philipp Weber, the narrative director of the new Witcher saga who was previously a quest designer on Blood and Wine. “Si un jeu devait le faire, Je suis content que ce soit Elden Ring,” Weber writes sur Twitter. “I can’t wait to start the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, so it’s high time I finish leveling up my new character to be ready!”

While Shadow of the Erdtree has only been out for a few hours, it’s already debatable whether n'importe quel of our preparations were enough when it comes to handling the expansion’s difficulty. Elden Ring veterans are already being humbled by an early boss, quickly proving that even those who thought they were well and truly ready for the DLC may be in for a tough time. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised though – after all, director Hidetaka Miyazaki did say that FromSoftware has “a repoussé les limites en termes de ce que nous pensons pouvoir supporter par le joueur,” which is, nettement, terrifiant. Good luck if you’re heading out in the Land of Shadow today, Tarnished – you’re going to need it.

Check out our guide on where to go in Shadow of the Erdtree first if you want to delve into the Lands of Shadow.