{"id":85889,"date":"2022-10-03T18:57:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T18:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/elden-rings-malenia-embodies-fromsoftwares-problems-with-women\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T18:57:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T18:57:05","slug":"elden-rings-malenia-embodies-fromsoftwares-problems-with-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/elden-rings-malenia-embodies-fromsoftwares-problems-with-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring’s Malenia embodies FromSoftware’s problems with women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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She lies there, deep in the belly of the Haligtree, as if she had merely dozed off in the shafts of lights that filter down. Malenia the Severed (Defender of Miquella!<\/em>) has fallen to pieces, her one good arm resting at the feet of the whorls and gnarls that held her childlike brother. This enigmatic warrior captured the audience from the moment she appeared, and she featured prominently in the rest of the game’s marketing materials. But instead of becoming an uncontested favorite, she frustrated fans and revealed the limitations of FromSoftware’s imagination.<\/p>\n

Malenia is a hard-as-nails endgame encounter, and while optional, she is a brick wall for a lot of players. Reminiscent of other difficult encounters, like Lady Maria from bloodborne<\/em>it’s a two-phase fight full of fast, lethal strikes as Malenia heals from damage she’s dealt to the player. <\/p>\n

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