A lot of people are playing Elden Ring right now, mostly for the expansion Shadow of the Erdtree. I’m in the less punctual camp of Tarnished venturing into the Lands Between for the first time, hoping to catch up to the zeitgeist after I hack and slash my way through the base game. I finished Sekiro recently, and if anything could make me feel prepared for facing Malenia at the end of the line, it’s the fact that I’ve already got Sekiro‘s final challenger Isshin Ashina out of the way.