Elden Ring isn’t the only recent game with illusory walls — Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is also paying homage to the deceitful video game traditions, which has some roots in Dungeons & Dragons.
I’ve been playing Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands specifically to take breaks from Elden Ring. But here I am during lunch today, lootin’ guns and slayin’ bods in Gearbox’s new Borderlands spinoff, and what do I find? An illusory wall. I can’t escape them! Elden Ring made headlines (surprise) two weeks ago when players discovered the now-infamous “super” illusory wall. As opposed to most of the one-hit fake barriers throughout Elden Ring, this monstrosity requires a whopping 50 strikes before it vanishes. It’s very likely a bug, but it’s a reminder of how many actual illusory walls are strewn throughout the sprawling Lands Between, and several previous games in FromSoftware’s catalog. Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, on the other hand, is not exactly a subtle game.
