Anyone that’s come face to face with Malenia in Elden Ring knows she’s quite the doozy, but a recent datamine found that she used to be even tougher.
With the advent of day one patches, it’s pretty rare that we’re actually playing the game that arrives on the disc. This is also true of Elden Ring, as the 1.0 version’s late game area Leyndell had some noticeable differences. And thanks to modder kotn3l, we now know what the 1.0 version of Malenia was like (as spotted by PCGamer).
FromSoftware’s games and bosses are often very complex, with almost puzzle-like enemies, as their patterns are something you need to figure out how to overcome. These patterns need a lot of fine tuning, and it’s clear from kotn3l’s video that Malenia’s were a bit too tough compared to how she is now.
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