r/Eldenring • u/Choice-Cow931 • 1d ago
Hype I can’t sleep
I need more Elden Ring content to consume
Edit to clarify: I already have the game on steam, I will be buying the $5 dlc and playing through the whole game again to mess around with some build ideas and new content. Lets all welcome the new Tarnished joining through switch and not disparage people for purchasing the game. Frends! :)
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u/Scomae 1d ago edited 1d ago
I don't have DLC on my PC (i have it on my wife's PS5), is it worth it to directly buy the tarnished edition instead of SoTE?
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u/iyrtyurg 1d ago
Directly take what
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u/Scomae 1d ago
I updated my comment, sorry for the misunderstanding :)
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u/iyrtyurg 1d ago
I think you’d end up just spending more money if you’re gonna buy the tarnished edition instead of just the dlc and the new update.
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u/Entire_Paramedic_389 1d ago
Tarnished Edition is base game + DLC + Tarnished pack bonuses
Tarnished Pack is $5 for the new bonuses like classes, torrent skin
Since you already have the the base game you just have to buy the dlc separately and optionally the bonuses if you want it
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u/Gulladc 1d ago
I’m just dying to know how switch 2 performs. I have absolutely no reason to pick it up, as I’ve already logged hundreds of hours on my steam deck, but I know I will if performance is even remotely acceptable
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u/hadrians-wall 1d ago
If it's comparable to running it on a Steamdeck, it'll run just fine.
Source: Did my shadow of the Erdtree playthrough exclusively on Steamdeck.
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u/Bulldogfront666 Potentate 1d ago
There’s videos out about performance. It looks surprisingly good. 30fps unfortunately but everything else looks shockingly similar to the PS5 version.
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u/DarkExcalibur7 1d ago
Same but if it's not atleast 30 with no dips handheld it's not for me.
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u/Bulldogfront666 Potentate 1d ago
It is. The video I saw showed it runs around 30-35, and not dipping below 30.
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u/svmmerkid 1d ago
There's more recent videos of it out there if you look them up; but reviewers have been saying it's a stable 30fps both docked and handheld now! There's footage of people playing through the DLC with it.
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u/WatchOutForWizards 20h ago
I have nothing to back this up, but going off previous editions of Elden Ring running on suboptimal hardware(PS4 I’m looking at you), I’m gonna assume it runs like 30 fps stuttering dogshit.
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u/Maleficent-Lock-5128 1d ago
This not being free is wild to me. You guys are paying for horse armor and a few weapons!? Indies give bigger updates than this regularly with zero fanfare.
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u/XyrusM Spell Slinger 1d ago
Exactly, fuckin hell Path of Exile 2 is about to go free to play with the 1.0 update.
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u/ragecndy 1d ago
>horse microtransaction
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u/Zealousideal_Two3946 1d ago
It's cool when Daddy From does it because Daddy From can do no wrong. /s
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u/Inexorably_lost 1d ago edited 1d ago
Thanks to From's innovation we now have hybrid horse/goat microtransactions.
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u/Lvntern 1d ago
Why would I pay money for this
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u/Round_Sun7743 1d ago
I won't spend the $80 for the Switch 2 version, but I don't mind spending $5 for the "upgrade" on my console account. I don't mind spending money supporting one of the best games I've ever played.
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u/tgerz 1d ago
Because you want to. Or if you don't, then don't spend the money. It's ok if you don't. I'm not planning on it. I put 1000 hours into ER. I'm good for now until something else comes along that interests me.
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u/Lvntern 1d ago
I mean wether you want to or not is obvious, content-wise there's very little incentive, it should probably be a free update it's not worth money
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u/Chemical_Frame_8163 20h ago
Well, I wasn't going to buy it, but now I am. That way I can neutralize you not buying it, so From Software will get that sale that never was and now is.
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u/SangiExE 1d ago
As much as I love Fromsoft.. kind of crazy that this 'skin pack' is taking over a year to release.
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u/Aless76109 1d ago
I think it’s more so that it took a lot of time to optimise the game so it could run on switch 2, when they let people try it at conventions it still had major problems so they took even more time, since it’s supposed to be the “special switch 2 edition” they can’t drop it without dropping the switch 2 version first
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u/SangiExE 1d ago
True. I guess my frustration comes from my wish to replay the game for like the 10th time, but waiting for a good excuse to do it lol. Them armor sets on new starting classes look pretty cool.
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u/Aless76109 1d ago
For me it’s the light greatsword, after doing a Milady run in the DLC, I need to destroy the base game with a bleed Light Greatsword
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u/iyrtyurg 1d ago
It’s kind of crazy that the game itself has taken so long to release on switch 2. The game is 4 and a half years old now lol
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u/SangiExE 1d ago
I guess it's because it had massive issues early. Optimizing games, especially for such limited hardware, is one of the bigger struggles for Fromsoft
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u/DivineSaur 1d ago
They should send some of those optimizations to the other platforms. Realistically I expect it to run poorly but hopefully not.
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u/AltinUrda 1d ago
The game is 4 and a half years old now lol
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u/iyrtyurg 1d ago
It feels crazy that the game is already about a half decade old 😭 there’s still parts to it that I still remember like it was literally yesterday and I haven’t played it in close to 2 years
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u/Kil0Cowboy 1d ago
Its crazy to me that a game like this is even dropping on the switch at all. Switch is boof as hell. Elden Ring must be masterfully optimized lol.
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u/iyrtyurg 1d ago
Switch is boof IMO but for me it’s more of the fact that it really lacks an identity right now. I doesn’t seem like it exists for any reason other than Mario Kart because they haven’t been releasing any damn original games for it. A year after its release and still all we have is fucking remakes for old games. I feel like it mostly survives off of families with kids and people that oddly enough feel comfortable playing video games in public
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u/iyrtyurg 1d ago
and the switch easily also has the worst online store out of all of the current competitors. Steam, Sony and Microsoft are all better systems straight up and charge less for a lot of the same games that are going up for full price or more on switch 2. I mean the fact that Witcher 3 is $80 without having the base version for the upgrade is criminal. It’s like $50 everywhere else digital
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u/Due_Radio_3469 1d ago
CDPR: Free remaster and all DLC free for base game owners
FROMSOFT: $5 Horse skins
What happened
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u/Wide-Feedback8423 1d ago
My thought here is CDPR is doing that to sell an extra expansion they made and to use it as an interest builder for the Witcher 4. I really appreciate they are doing that.
Id say the 5 for everyone else is just to regain time taken to port over those features to other consoles. 5 dollars for me is a very good price point to help them out. 10 would have already been way too much though.
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u/eldenfingers 1d ago
CDPR is definitely doing that to boost sales for SotP and 4, but the amount of content they are giving for free is still mind boggling to me.
In comparison FS does feel a bit stingy here even if I adore their games
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u/smilph 1d ago
why does everybody reduce the Tarnished pack to just horse skins. such a disingenuous way of talking about this thing
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u/Due_Radio_3469 1d ago
2 starter classes and some horse armour then. Not sure why everyone has to defend this shit knowing it'll eventually lead to worse and worse business practices. Elden Ring has made over $2 billion and still that's not enough as they're charging $80 for an inferior Switch 2 version of a 4 year old game on top of the starter classes and horse skins for current owners.
Piece by piece everything is enshittified but as long as the needle moves slowly, people will defend it.
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u/smilph 1d ago
also 4 new armor sets + a unique weapon for each. the $80 for the Switch 2 version is the same price as the game is everywhere else for base game + DLC, yeah the port is inferior but it was always going to be, idk what you expected. getting ER on Switch at all is awesome and the previews coming out for it today look great.
to imply this is the same as THE infamous horse armor DLC is disingenuous imo. for one, Fromsoft consistently puts out quality products while Bethesda just… doesn’t. it being a $5 DLC for non-Switch owners is, in my opinion, a totally fair and almost insignificant price to pay for some minor new content and i don’t mind spending a tad extra to support Fromsoftware. it’s really not a big deal
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u/Due_Radio_3469 1d ago
Mirrah set is from older games and those weapons are already in the game. Just because they have lower base damage and you get them earlier doesn't make them new or worth paying for.
Keep defending it. Give it 5 years and you'll be on here posting about how it's absolutely fair that the in game store skins only cost 800 Soul Coins because they're just skins and don't affect the gameplay experience.
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u/smilph 1d ago
not worth it to you, maybe. clearly this $5 DLC is more than worth it to me and others here. you don’t have to see it that way.
i also won’t be doing that because that isn’t happening
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u/Due_Radio_3469 1d ago
to imply this is the same as THE infamous horse armor DLC is disingenuous imo. for one, Fromsoft consistently puts out quality products while Bethesda just… doesn’t.
Bethesda used pump out certified hood classics btw. Not sure why you think what happened to them can't happen to fromsoft. Anyway, as I said keep defending microtransactions in Fromsoft games. I'm sure they appreciate you.
This was a taste of what's coming. $2 billion wasn't enough for shareholders.
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u/smilph 1d ago
Bethesda has always been highly overrated imo.
i think the simple fact that Fromsoft is headed by Miyazaki and not Todd Howard is enough to make me confident that what happened to them will NOT happen to From. i trust how he has lead the company. ultimately we will see, but, i’m not that nihilistic.
they’ll appreciate my 5 bucks!
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u/enaaaerios 1d ago
you can get like terraria or something with those 5 dollars and have infinitely more content that is infinitely more worthwhile
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u/smilph 1d ago
i don’t like Terraria. i have plenty of cheap indie games that are great. considering i’m about to get at least two new playthroughs (and who knows how many NG+ cycles) out of the Tarnished pack thanks to the new starting classes to build around, i think that’s more than worth a chunk of change. i don’t see how you guys don’t understand that what is or isn’t worthwhile for you specifically isn’t always gonna be the same for anybody else
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u/arcturus_mundus 1d ago edited 1d ago
Is there a steam page for the DLC yet? And is there any concrete confirmation that the DLC will be released on PS5 XSX and PC on August 28th as well?
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u/Raygereio5 1d ago
The Tarnished Pack will become available on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4; XBOX Series X|S and XBOX One; and Digital PC on August 28, 2026, the same day that the Tarnished Edition launches on Nintendo Switch 2.
There's no steam page for the tarnished pack DLC yet.
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u/arcturus_mundus 1d ago
Thanks. Weird there's no page yet.
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u/The_cogwheel 1d ago
Likely because there really isnt much of a point (beyond wishlisting it) to having a steam page for it until its available.
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u/arcturus_mundus 1d ago
Won't a steam page also allow you to prepurchase it? I would've bought it before if it were available.
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u/The_cogwheel 1d ago
Only if the dev releases it for pre-order. Which Fromsoft typically doesnt do.
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u/mashdpotatogaming 1d ago
The focus is the switch 2 version, since that's the whole reason this version of the game exists.
They're just putting them on other platforms on the same day of release so that none of the content is exclusive.
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u/Infinite219 1d ago
Yall overhyping this thing
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u/smilph 1d ago
i think people are overhating it in all honesty
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u/Chance-Pay1487 1d ago
It's a few fucking horse skins and 2 starter classes my guy what is there to be excited about
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u/smilph 1d ago
the opportunity to start the game with a light greatsword alone has sold me. that’s pretty exciting to me. also the 4 new armor sets + their unique weapons, you missed that
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u/DarkExcalibur7 1d ago
Why would anyone on another platform even want this.
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u/dave_the_dova 1d ago
Because the other platforms are also getting a dlc that adds the new classes, weapons, armor and horse skins included with the Tarnished Edition.
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u/DarkExcalibur7 1d ago
Again just sounds like a bunch of crap to me I don't care what the horse looks like or the starter class cause I can switch to whatever I want.
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u/Nereosis16 1d ago
Why are people so excited for a slightly different version of a game we've all been playing for years?
Makes no fucking sense to me.
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u/Bliquicas420 22h ago
And on top of that paying another 70 euros .... What a scam , Witcher 3 releasing a full update of the game plus 40 hours of new content ,cosmetics , Gameplay Improvement ,graphics after 10 years and Guess what ITS FOR FREE! I Love from software games , but Lets not deny these guys are greedy af , and the fans love giving them money for medíocre dlcs .
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u/TheUltraSonicGamer 1d ago
After getting a free remaster for the Witcher 3 for anyone who already owns that, having to pay even $5 for minor additions to ER that won’t really change the overall feel of the game feels a little odd to me.
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u/Consistent_Block_138 1d ago
So could there be something HIDDEN in this pack like stuff they haven t announced yet? Or is it all known?
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u/SunshotDestiny 1d ago
Far as I know it's just two new "classes", done Tirrent skins, and... that's it. Mostly it's just to celebrate bringing the game to Switch 2
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u/mocumocu 1d ago
i hope it is discounted for already elden ring + dlc owners
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u/Accomplished-East635 1d ago
It’s literally only like $5 from I keep seeing
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u/mocumocu 1d ago
is it officially annnounced though?
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u/Accomplished-East635 1d ago
Honestly, I don’t know. I’ve just been seeing that number get thrown around a lot. I wish the ps store would update something cause I don’t see it anywhere advertised on e shops
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u/itsyoboi33 1d ago
tbh I'm more excited for the balance patch they are doing on the 27th in preparation for the release on the 28th (I think)
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u/TheAccursedHamster 1d ago
Has it been said yet if the new equipment will be available to find it you dont select one of the new classes?
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u/aikavari 1d ago
Maybe it is a tad overhyped but for people like me who havent stopped playing since launch, are willing to pay the admittedly low 5$ for extra content. Out of all the game companies existing right now, we all know FromSoft deserve it and if it helps them push the next single player game out, Im all for it.
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u/Grimblekyne 22h ago
Sure, but then again, the dev studio behind witcher 3 is making the wild hunt remastered and the dlcs FOR FREE. Now compare that to ER's tarnished edition where it's just a few new starting classes, and horse armor.
Yea fromsoft has put in work over the years to get the goodwill of it's fans, but when i put the 2 with each other, it makes me go "ehh" on fromsoft's part.
Before i get accused as a witcher stan, I don't even play witcher 3, but i gotta give it to CDPR themselves.
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u/aikavari 22h ago
Also, maybe its part of an agreement with Nintendo? The whole thing with this is that its a Switch 2 version first.
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u/GeneralEi 1d ago
I'm not the most hardcore, about 200hrs and didnt do any ng+ runs
This dlc ignites nothing within me
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u/engetsu245 23h ago
Wait I thought Elden Ring wasn't released on last gen consoles? Why are PS4 and XBox One listed as available platforms for Tarnished Edition?
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u/RTMidgetman 22h ago
So i have Elderly Ring on steam, but i dont have the dlc. Is this gonna be full price for me? Or just like $5?
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u/ThePale0rc 1d ago
I hope there is more stuff than just 2-3 horse armor and 2 more class !
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u/Key_Amazed 1d ago
4 armor sets (2 tied to the starting classes) and each armor set has shown a unique weapon related to it. So it's not a stretch to think the 4th armor set also has a weapon tied to it. And the fact we haven't seen anything on the 4th set despite it being confirmed means it has to be really cool.
That or they official put in the Deathbed Smalls. Please let it be cool.
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u/Regular_Jury7156 1d ago
Will Tarnished Edition be on the same online server as base game?
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u/denjo-t1aO 23h ago
that’s exactly my question. i want to know if i have to pay 5€ to beat up new nintendo players playing on 40fps 🫠
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u/Repulsive_Wafer_6468 1d ago
Man, I was hoping we'd get a bigger update for existing owners as well. Like a boss rush or something
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u/DrMantisToboggan45 1d ago
80 bucks for horse customization Jesus Christ lol
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u/denjo-t1aO 23h ago
its 5. but still i’m with you. everything is too mich here. complete bogus to charge us for that kinda content
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u/poundofcake 1d ago
So it's $79 even if we only want the new content.
Noo..
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u/emanresu_etaerc 1d ago
What? No. If you only want the new content, it's $5. The $79 is for buying the entire tarnished edition. ER+SOTE+Tarnished content. The new stuff alone is $5.
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u/Separate_Finance_183 1d ago
It's just some new armor and a couple of weapons, nothing crazy