How long does Shadow of Airdtree last? FromSoftware leaves it on the air

FromSoftware greatly underestimated the length that Elden Ring would have for many players, so it is now hesitant to say how long the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC will last.

After Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Bloodborne or Sekiro PCSteam deck, PS4PS5, Xbox and Nintendo Switch, it seems FromSoftware does not dare to reveal duration from “Shadow of Airdtree” as DLC.

All because at that time They misjudged how long Elden Ring could last for players.Therefore, now they prefer to remain silent about expansion and say nothing about the times.

Between 2021 and 2022 several Developers: FromSoftware They gave various interviews about the game and discussed aspects of it before its official launch.

In June 2021, Hidetaka Miyazaki confirmed that Elden Ring would last around 30 hours, and in January 2022, Yasuhiro Kitao stated that its main story could be completed in the same time period.

Anyone who’s played it knows that this is impossible, unless it’s a New Game and you want to skip straight to the end credits without paying attention to the game at all.

This all becomes even more compelling when you see that HowLongToBeat estimates that the main campaign alone takes almost 60 hours, with a total of 133 hours for everyone who wants 100%.

Now we come back to the point and back to Hidetaka Miyazaki, as the director had a recent interview with Chinese media outlet Bonfire, which was translated by Swordandflower on Twitter.

This left some very curious and interesting fragments about the development of this additional downloadable content for Soulslikebut also its possible duration.

For our part, we then also wondered what we knew about the duration and number of bosses that Shadow of Airdtree would have.

“As for playing time… I shouldn’t answer that question.

Miyazaki himself said (perhaps laughing) during the aforementioned interview.

“In the interview, I said that the main Elden Ring campaign would take about 30 hours to complete.

But after it came out, everyone told me that I was lying and that this time was not even remotely enough, ha ha ha!“, he commented on this.

“Well, we developers are constantly testing and improving our games. So, we know everything there is to know about the game.

And for this reason, our playing time is not a good guide.– Miyazaki himself said in an interview.

It’s clear they were wrong estimate the duration of Elden Ringbut on HowLongToBeat you can see that the vast majority of users take twice as long to complete their RPG.

FromSoftware is not going to reveal the duration of Shadow of the Erdtree

We estimate, and based on another interview with Miyazaki, that he has confirmed at least ten large-scale battles, and this new map will feature the same size as Necrolimbo of the Middle Lands

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In an area as large as Necrolimbo, you can spend up to 20 hours of gameplay, but the DLC costs 39.99 euros and superior to Bloodborne or Dark Souls expansions; so it could be twice as much.

But the truth is that FromSoftware is hesitant to reveal the duration of Shadow of the Erdtree because it underestimated the duration of Elden Ring.so we will have to wait for the official launch on consoles and PC.