elden ring The magical horse Torrent is already a front-runner for the best video game horse of all time thanks to his double jump, but at one point in the game's development, it appears that Torrent had his own attack as well.
The discovery comes from popular Soulsborne YouTuber Zullie the witch, who regularly uncovers fascinating details and oddities found in games like Dark Souls and now Elden Ring. When it comes to Torrent, it looks like the horse has several unused animations, including a powerful back kick. As shown in the Zullie the Witch video, the attack can still connect with enemies once enabled, and even launches them into the air.
It's unclear why Torrent's attack was removed for the final game, but Zullie speculates it may simply be due to how impractical landing the attack is. Because the attack uses both of Torrent's back legs, players would essentially have to back Torrent into a reversing enemy to line up the hit. Torrent's kick is also mostly useless against larger enemies as they can't be thrown, meaning there would be little reason to use the kick over mounted weapon based attacks. While Torrent cannot use the attack from him in the final version of Elden Ring, the attack can still be seen in the game, as there are several mounted enemies, such as Royal Knight Loretta, who use the kick attack for potentially devastating damage. effect.
The double kick is not the only unused animation for Torrent that can still be found in the Elden Ring archives. Other animations include Torrent being able to eat grass and shake his mane, which could mean that Torrent may have existed independently of the player at some point during development.
Elden Ring recently received its first major post-launch patch, which nerfed several popular abilities such as Hoarfrost Stomp, as well as the mighty Summon Mimic Tear. Elden Ring has sold over 12 million copies so farwith GameSpot Elden Ring Review calling the game "a masterpiece of open-world design that places player exploration and agency at the heart of the experience."
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