Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree dropped last week and, to no one's surprise, it's very difficult. What is surprising, though, is how this has been received by the playerbase: Shadow of the Erdtree hit mixed reviews on Steam, making it perhaps the most divisive FromSoftware game since Dark Souls 2. After the overwhelming success of the base game, and the positive critical response of the DLC ahead of its launch, this is unexpected.