If it took until Elden Ring before Hidetaka Miyazaki realized he likes to make poison swamps, you have permission to take as much time as you need to have those revelations about your own self
Of course, I had to ask Miyazaki if Shadow of the Erdtree will once again include a poisoned swamp.
"In a word, yes," he said. "But this was actually a point of introspection for me after creating the base game. It was only after creating it that I realised I really like to create poisoned swamps. And this was a little place of introspection and reflection for me. So maybe, when players reach the poisoned swamp in the DLC, they will feel a little bit of this retrospection."
