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Warning: This article contains spoilers for Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
SomeElden Ringplayers are wondering how Romina, one ofShadow of the Erdtree’s Remembrance bosses, ended up having no cutscene in the DLC despite her importance. Only a few Remembrance bosses inElden Ring’s base game lacked a cinematic intro.
Shadow of the Erdtree,Elden Ring’s sole expansion that was released on June 21, introduced new Remembrance bosses scattered across the Land of Shadow. Among them is Romina, Saint of the Bud, a major enemy located in theAncient Ruins of Rauh regionthat players have to defeat should they wish to complete the DLC’s main story. While considered an important boss inShadow of the Erdtree, players may have noticed that Romina’s fight lacked something that was present in the duels of her peers: an in-game cinematic.
In a recent post on theElden Ringsubreddit, user OK_Conflict_6260 said it made no sense for Romina to have no cutscene inShadow of the Erdtree. A commenter claimed that they thought Romina was just one ofShadow of the Erdtree’s optional bosses, while another criticized the lack of context and build up for the Saint of the Bud’s fight. One more community member said that there should have been more lore interactions regarding Romina’s location that has been infected with the Scarlet Rot. “Still have no idea why I was going through that place at all,” the Reddit user said.
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Bosses with Cutscenes
Many ofShadow of the Erdtree’s major fights actually do not feature in-game cutscenes, and out of the expansion’s 10 bosses who drop a Remembrance upon death, only four were accompanied with one. These four are the Divine Beast Dancing Lion; Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame; Messmer the Impaler; andShadow of the Erdtree’s challenging final boss, Radahn. Meanwhile, nearly all the 15 Remembrance bosses inElden Ring’s base game played a cutscene, with the exceptions being the Regal Ancestor Spirit; Astel, Naturalborn of the Void; and Lichdragon Fortissax.
Elden Ringfans recently found adeletedShadow of the Erdtreecutscenethat involved the mysterious character St. Trina. This interaction, which was discovered by data miner and content creator Sekiro Dubi, was supposed to be a fourth cutscene with St. Trina that would have been triggered following the defeat of Radahn.
Data miners have uncovered other content that never made it to the final release ofElden Ring, including items, pieces of dialogue, and entire questlines. References found in the game’s files have even led some to theorize that the critically acclaimed RPG was supposed to have a seventh ending.
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ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin. Danger and discovery lurk around every corner in FromSoftware’s largest game to date. Hidetaka Miyazaki - President and Game Director of FromSoftware Inc. Known for directing critically-acclaimed games in beloved franchises including Armored Core and Dark Souls.George R.R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
