I hope Elden Ring never gets a boss rush mode like Sekiro⁠—helping out strangers in co-op is a much more interesting way of revisiting these fights

Elden Ring character in red cloaked armor and mask nodding thoughtfully.

Almost immediately after I rolled credits on Elden Ring for the first time in 2022 I was pining for a boss rush mode, similar to the one added to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice: a way to revisit these amazing fights without committing to New Game+ and crossing that huge map again.

I know I haven't been alone in that desire. A quick and dirty search of the Elden Ring subreddit turns up a number of threads asking for just such a feature, and I remember there being some wishcasting that Elden Ring's arenas⁠—locked at launch, now devoted to PvP⁠—might have some replayable PvE element to them.