Some people might not get that their first go-round, but once they realize they're doing no damage they'll probably get the message. It's obvious that you have to attack the oddly-colored globules. Any person who has played a game can probably figure out this boss' gimmick. I guess that's my cue to talk about the weak spots. You can't just wail on the Greatwood, you have to make sure that while you're killing it, it's killing them, and it ensures that you switch up which weak spot you're attacking during the fight.

They're really distractions, meant to shake things up a bit while playing. Luckily, the enemies in the arena aren't really enemies that you're meant to fight. You were never meant to fight more than two or three enemies at a time. A lot of people hate mob battles in these games, and I'm happy to agree. I'm not even sure where to begin, so I guess we'll start off with the enemies within the arena itself. The fight itself, though, is also well-designed. Presentation-wise, I think we can all agree that this boss is just fantastic on every level. Halfway through, the fight takes place underground, and both arenas are quite a bit larger than you'd think.The entire time you're listening to this unsettling theme, complete with the thematically-consistent background wailing of the cursed souls trapped inside this impure husk of a once-great tree. The thing itself is massive, and honestly intimidating for what it is.

I'm a sucker for weird-as-shit weird shit, and the Greatwood is as outlandish as it gets (he says, knowing that the Bed of Chaos and Pinwheel exist). The Greatwood is a fantastic boss fight, and is, in my opinion, the premier battle of Dark Souls III. While it's all subjective, you're wrong and you should feel bad for being wrong. At best, it's a fun boss on your first playthrough. The Curse-rotted Greatwood? What a gimmicky boss! It doesn't hold a candle to bosses like Champion Gundyr, the Princes, or Sulyvahn. If I didn't make the title clickbaity, you probably wouldn't have clicked on it.

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