Elden Ring

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7.0

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  1. cx12138
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. disappointing
    Bad open world
    Terrible combat system
    Didn't play to their strengths at all
    Far inferior to his predecessors    … Expand
  2. JuliaBohn
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    This game manages to be more generic than the entire Zelda franchise. And to be more generic than Zeldas, it's enough to be a good SoulsLikes, that is, games made easy for players who only know how to press two buttons.

    The game has a universe 100% empty of content. The game simply boils down to killing monsters and repeating the same gameplay over and over again. Game difficulty is    This game manages to be more generic than the entire Zelda franchise. And to be more generic than Zeldas, it's enough to be a good SoulsLikes, that is, games made easy for players who only know how to press two buttons.

    The game has a universe 100% empty of content. The game simply boils down to killing monsters and repeating the same gameplay over and over again.

    Game difficulty is absolutely 0 like any SoulsLike, learn the time to dodge rolling and the right time to hit the enemy. Okay, that's the generic SoulsLike game.

    The story is non-existent and the game only has a few minor RPG elements, but make no mistake, this is no RPG.

    Graphics are average. The game takes place in the middle of 2022 and the character cannot just go into the water.

    Unfortunately games have become too industrial and it seems that being industrial is overtaking GOTY for some journalists.    … Expand
  3. CesarV
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    Utter piece of trash

    Clunky movement and slowpoke speed moving and attacking Bad controls on keyboard and mouse Can't rebind most keys No way to aim without auto aim Dodge with the lightest armor doesn't give you enough distance Coop is a piece of sht Enemies ignore terrain and obstacles and jump like rabbits Nothing is properly explained You're always starved for money Money    Utter piece of trash

    Clunky movement and slowpoke speed moving and attacking
    Bad controls on keyboard and mouse
    Can't rebind most keys
    No way to aim without auto aim
    Dodge with the lightest armor doesn't give you enough distance
    Coop is a piece of sht
    Enemies ignore terrain and obstacles and jump like rabbits
    Nothing is properly explained
    You're always starved for money
    Money is used to upgrades everything even your skills
    Upgrades feel pointless
    Game forces you to die over and over to explore little by little
    Very hard to find items to upgrade gear which is what matters the most
    Graphics look underwelming
    Mana prices are two heavy
    Too hard and costly to respec
    Game forces you to memorize every enemy pattern after dying to them, instead of giving you tools to evade getting killed in the first place
    Death is cheap and common

    People will enter your game and murder you for fun and you have no control over this

    30 euros in the garbage    … Expand
  4. MOLOCK
    Jul 31, 2023
    4
    It suffers from stutter and low fps even using high-end configurations. It contains all the historical issues present in Fromsoftware's past titles.
  5. hann1712
    Jul 30, 2023
    4
    Anyone remember the end of Dark Souls 3? About letting the old cycles end and allowing a new era to begin? Miyazaki doesn't.
    Elden Ring sounds the creative death knell for Miyazaki. Copying, reskinning, and garbling graphical assets, combat systems, story beats, and more popularized by his own games and past games made by other studios (most of which are superior to this) for a    Anyone remember the end of Dark Souls 3? About letting the old cycles end and allowing a new era to begin? Miyazaki doesn't.
    Elden Ring sounds the creative death knell for Miyazaki. Copying, reskinning, and garbling graphical assets, combat systems, story beats, and more popularized by his own games and past games made by other studios (most of which are superior to this) for a Bethesda-style cash grab is not what anyone expected, given their reputation. Deliberately obfuscating a poorly recycled storyline wasn't enough for them: they had to insert mangled vestiges of other games' combat systems via unoptimized code blocks to even claim any kind of innovation. Let's not forget the recycled, sparse undead (but really very dead) open 'world' with next to no sense of physical geography, no internal logic, no emergent gameplay, and no relevant physics. Bungling every unnecessary feature of open-worlds was their last 'innovation'. Map towers, random enemy camps, obvious area and level transitions, unnecessary, repetitive 'dungeons', an oddly ultra-modern, but repetitive and tedious interface, a compass and map that handily remove exploration, an idiotic leveling 'system', unnecessary crafting, endless unnecessary fast-travel, a deliberately removed hub area, and an unnecessary mount that trivializes the entire 'world' are all among those features. Even the closed areas that don't follow the above tropes are, at this stage, desperately lacking in unique mechanics and even visuals that distinguish them. Speaking of visuals, the three dozen or so decent vistas and varied skies across Middle Earth do not compensate for the hideous 2D trees and grass textures, blurry rocks, poor FX, or the layout of all these contrasting elements in the game world. The flaws of the combat system include but are not limited to: endless enemy recycling, enemies are routinely unassailable, lightning-quick, and damage sponges, camera tracking, invisible poise, useless armor, recycled animations, unadjusted hitboxes, 'stealth', 'classes', the balancing of every item, ash of war, and spirit ash, the distribution of upgrade materials, only 50-70 of the 238 boss encounters are unique, and more.
    Want a better version of this game in all aspects? Go for any Souls game, or Bloodborne, or Sekiro. Clearly, Miyazaki forgot how to.    … Expand
  6. Italyy99
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I'm going to **** the people who made this game. How hard is it to add an easy mode? The game is very nice gameplay, graphics, but I can't have fun because of the difficulty
  7. Jordonics
    Jul 19, 2023
    0
    Like all FromSoft games, the more rewardingly difficult gameplay out there.

    The story is interesting but confusing, and the way to fill in missing pieces is read descriptions of items, or go watch youtuber's and their lore videos.

    Graphics are solid, you can turn into the moon, 10/10
  8. Quazder
    Jun 27, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I dont know how this game could get 10/10 in most reviews when it came you. So firstly the basics - settings Why the **** do you open map with G?
    Why you jump with F?
    Why you use Q instead of E to accept
    Why you run and dodge with same key - Space

    Just because of this stupid keybinding this game should not ever have gotten 10/10
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    I know that they tried to be original but Wtf mate... jumping with F? am I playing fokin jump king or what?
    I know that you can rebind but they just shoud have kept normal settings and not try to be original...
    Also if you press E and left click you can hold your weapon two handed... How am I supposed to know that, when they dont tell you. -
    And thats a huge problem with most games like that. If i install game -> I want to PLAY IT. And
    Not learn... or google mechanics to actually be able to play it.

    Also constantly repeating killing the same enemies... like tree sentinel. I killed him like
    5 times wtf?
    If they are not able to keep that game original but have to repeat enemies constantly just make the map smaller but better and more original etc...
    Why is everyone trying to make huge maps that just repeats enemies like 20 times.

    Graphics is extremely good but thats it.
    And story? Warcraft 3 thats 20 years old has better story than this overrated ****

    Otherwise its just boring and it feels like simulator... Killing the same enemies over and over again. Zzzz
    Just another overhyped game. Maybe on controller its better when you just lay down and relax. But if you playing on pc there is dozens of better and more enjoyable games to play.    … Expand
  9. Derick41
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    One of the best games in 2022. Visuals, Gameplay, even story man! what else do you need?
  10. aragun
    Jun 17, 2023
    0
    This game might not be as good as Dark Souls 3, but I have to tell you, compared to all the releases we get nowadays, this is a masterpiece.

    The biggest issue as it was mentioned below, is the bad port for PC, they have not figured how to implement the controls on PC in a decent way yet.
  11. Cthulhu001
    Jun 9, 2023
    2
    -The graphics are oldfashioned.
    -Dark Souls series were really good as each of linear games but this one struggled to be an open world game as all other games do but it failed very badly since the game repeats itself and the ruins the atmosphere.
    -The story is incredibly booring and foolish. -Mini bosses and dungeons repeat itself too much. -Very bad optimization the kiss of its death    -The graphics are oldfashioned.
    -Dark Souls series were really good as each of linear games but this one struggled to be an open world game as all other games do but it failed very badly since the game repeats itself and the ruins the atmosphere.
    -The story is incredibly booring and foolish.
    -Mini bosses and dungeons repeat itself too much.
    -Very bad optimization the kiss of its death upon all these cons.
    -The end of the story doesn't look interesting and pretty ordinary.

    It's hard to understand how those who like this game. Looks like they have no clue about games or they're just teenagers playing these kind of games recently.    … Expand
  12. SpartaCook
    Jun 7, 2023
    4
    Fromsoft has been making the exact same games, except Seikiro, for a decade and the fanboys keep praising them for their horrendous design games. I have no idea what they been smoking while saying the game is fun, but the gameplay is utterly sh*t. The game is not hard because it is hard, it is hard because the gameplay is clunky and terribly designed. I've been playing it for 10+ hours andFromsoft has been making the exact same games, except Seikiro, for a decade and the fanboys keep praising them for their horrendous design games. I have no idea what they been smoking while saying the game is fun, but the gameplay is utterly sh*t. The game is not hard because it is hard, it is hard because the gameplay is clunky and terribly designed. I've been playing it for 10+ hours and find absolutely zero enjoyment out of it. The art direction is very nice, I'll give them that.
    In conclusion, this is the most overrated garbage I have ever played since Monster Hunter World. Game of the year my ass.    … Expand
  13. MercenaryofHate
    May 8, 2023
    4
    A game that should have never been made. The fact that this title is so successful has shown how sad the human race is. The game Is always punishing you because the whole uniqueness of the game is the difficulty. The open world feels extremely boring and I find myself frequently installing then uninstalling it. I don't want to devote my time to a game with crushing difficulty that mightA game that should have never been made. The fact that this title is so successful has shown how sad the human race is. The game Is always punishing you because the whole uniqueness of the game is the difficulty. The open world feels extremely boring and I find myself frequently installing then uninstalling it. I don't want to devote my time to a game with crushing difficulty that might pay of when you win but who's got time for that. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE I LOVE DARK SOULS 2 AND 3 AND BLOODBORNE but hate this. Maybe cause From soft saw how stupid people have become and were like "hey let's just make Dark Souls but open world" GOTY? This isn't even game of the month for me. The game makes you seem like your in control according to its lame story but your actually not. If you love repetition and fighting in the same area a hundred times then finally beating it and doing the same at the next area this game is for you. Otherwise please stay away from this lazy cash grab of a game. The gaming world's low standards for video games is why this game was such a hit.… Expand
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    May 5, 2023
    0
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  15. Flargh
    Mar 18, 2023
    0
    No ultrawide support, they even went the extra mile to add black bars... That is bad practice if anything.
  16. evaw
    Mar 15, 2023
    1
    This trash dark souls like games, nerds talk only about difficulty, but they never played For Honor - lol.
  17. platq
    Mar 8, 2023
    2
    to gra w ktorej czujesz sie jak bys byl 90 letnim wojownikiem który ledwie jest w stanie unieść miecz i się nim posługiwać a walczy się z w pełni sil wyszkolonymi przeciwnikami
    nie mówiąc już o okropnym porcie beznadziejnych kontrolsach i jeszcze gorszym prowadzeniu kamery
    mobki bija prze ściany bossowie zamiast używać jakiś taktyk spamują rożnego rodzaju aoe zadawające wielkie    to gra w ktorej czujesz sie jak bys byl 90 letnim wojownikiem który ledwie jest w stanie unieść miecz i się nim posługiwać a walczy się z w pełni sil wyszkolonymi przeciwnikami
    nie mówiąc już o okropnym porcie beznadziejnych kontrolsach i jeszcze gorszym prowadzeniu kamery
    mobki bija prze ściany
    bossowie zamiast używać jakiś taktyk spamują rożnego rodzaju aoe zadawające wielkie obrażenia    … Expand
  18. chimpanzzz
    Mar 6, 2023
    0
    I bought this game the day it released not knowing what to expect and I've been playing it for a whole year.. The world is mesmerizing. The game doesnt hold your hand like other RPG's, you have to explore and meet wacky characters.. I agree that quests can be a bit complicated but nothing extra hard.. This game really deserves a GOTY and I do believe that 30% of the people that gave thisI bought this game the day it released not knowing what to expect and I've been playing it for a whole year.. The world is mesmerizing. The game doesnt hold your hand like other RPG's, you have to explore and meet wacky characters.. I agree that quests can be a bit complicated but nothing extra hard.. This game really deserves a GOTY and I do believe that 30% of the people that gave this game a bad score got FELLED BY MARGIT THE GREAT… Expand
  19. deaddogdakota
    Mar 4, 2023
    0
    This game has the worst combat of any game I have played. It's worse than the first Witcher game. All the attack animations are slower than molasses in January. Blocking animation takes forever. The game is designed to make grind to level your character, by going back to respawning enemies which has always been cheap and terrible game design. After finishing this trash in 120 mindThis game has the worst combat of any game I have played. It's worse than the first Witcher game. All the attack animations are slower than molasses in January. Blocking animation takes forever. The game is designed to make grind to level your character, by going back to respawning enemies which has always been cheap and terrible game design. After finishing this trash in 120 mind numbing hours in this slog, I have no idea what the story is even about.… Expand
  20. PenetratorGod
    Feb 26, 2023
    4
    It is not the best game in the world. It's just one of the representatives of a cancerous game genre that appeals to a specific players.

    It's a game with its own unique genre and it's unique in its gameplay and storytelling. It doesn't appeal to everyone. It's not a game that even every RPG player can play. That being the case, it's impossible to say that Elden Ring is the best in the    It is not the best game in the world. It's just one of the representatives of a cancerous game genre that appeals to a specific players.

    It's a game with its own unique genre and it's unique in its gameplay and storytelling. It doesn't appeal to everyone. It's not a game that even every RPG player can play. That being the case, it's impossible to say that Elden Ring is the best in the world when it's a game with such sharp boundaries, and it's impossible to match the reality of the Soulslike genre.

    Those who make such comments have never played another game in their lives and are pathetic enough to think that beating a boss in such games is an achievement. They are also stupid enough to characterize anyone who thinks differently about such games other than themselves as incompetent.

    Stay away from such games and fan bases. Waste of time.    … Expand
  21. jd999
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Absolutely unplayable garbage, and I don't mean the games technics. It runs fine. Rather the game itself is bizarrely overhyped garbage. Elden Ring is a game of pure power leveling. You absolutely cannot improvise or out smart your enemies, you are either at a certain power level and will win, or you are at a certain power level and will lose regardless of what you do. The enemies are allAbsolutely unplayable garbage, and I don't mean the games technics. It runs fine. Rather the game itself is bizarrely overhyped garbage. Elden Ring is a game of pure power leveling. You absolutely cannot improvise or out smart your enemies, you are either at a certain power level and will win, or you are at a certain power level and will lose regardless of what you do. The enemies are all stupid mindless trolls that just repeatedly run over you or are crushed by you, nothing else happens in combat. It is the dumbest combat I've ever experienced in a game, immensely stressful in its stolid, simplistic stupidity. As for the lore and supposed great story with GRRM, it's a big nothing burger. There is literally no there there. Everything in the narrative is an anomalous grab bag of emo fantasy cliches. The imbecile nature of the game's structure prevents anything remotely resembling fluidity in the narrative. It's a great empty hodgepodge. Never before have I so baffled by the praise of something, not even mere videogames. This is the most wrongly hyped trash in history.… Expand
  22. Nemesisisnow
    Feb 7, 2023
    0
    Es un juego que sin lugar a dudas tiene mucho trabajo detrás y que tiene algún boss y algún escenario más o menos currado. No obstante el mundo abierto está repleto de relleno, misiones absurdas y jefes repetidos que arruinan completamente la experiencia.
    Es una verdadera lástima que viniendo de auténticos juegazos emocionantes como Sekiro y Dark Souls 3, Elden Ring se vuelva cada vez más    Es un juego que sin lugar a dudas tiene mucho trabajo detrás y que tiene algún boss y algún escenario más o menos currado. No obstante el mundo abierto está repleto de relleno, misiones absurdas y jefes repetidos que arruinan completamente la experiencia.
    Es una verdadera lástima que viniendo de auténticos juegazos emocionantes como Sekiro y Dark Souls 3, Elden Ring se vuelva cada vez más aburrido según te vas acercando al final.
    Es imposible jugar sin una guía del juego para saber por que camino hay que ir constantemente, que objeto tienes que coger, donde buscarlo, con que personaje tienes que hablar, que puerta tienes que abrir. En ocasiones teniendo que moverte de un extremo a otro del mapa, lo cual se hace insufrible.

    Los bosses la mayoría no suponen un gran reto gracias a la capacidad de invocar o farmear.

    En definitiva es un juego que sería recomendable de no ser porque lo han alargado artificialmente para que dure más.
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  23. Nateson
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    A fantastic player experience, couldn't have asked for more. Does a great job raising the stakes compared to the Souls series and Bloodborne. Great innovation opening the world to even more exploration.
  24. Morningsux
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    My PC: RTX 2080super, R7 3700x, 32GB RAM, NVME SSD;
    Recommended System Reqs for this game: GTX 1070, R5 3600x, 16GB RAM;

    My PC simply cannot handle the game, the performance is awful, even worse than on PS5 while PS5 GPU is an equivalent of RTX 2070. So, there simply no optimization for PC players. Issued a refund after 1.5 hours of playing since the game is technically unplayable for me: 0/10
  25. Inissa
    Jan 24, 2023
    1
    I just don't get it, It is one of the worst game I have played for a while.

    Performances and Portability: Even with a RTX 4070 TI, there are FPS drops! (On a dedicated SSD) Not compatible with Wide screen. (My opinion) The visual aspect and animations are really poor 60 FPS cap (wtf??) No DLSS option Menus are PS1 like Gameplay: I love hard games and complex gameplay, but if    I just don't get it, It is one of the worst game I have played for a while.

    Performances and Portability:
    Even with a RTX 4070 TI, there are FPS drops! (On a dedicated SSD)
    Not compatible with Wide screen.
    (My opinion) The visual aspect and animations are really poor
    60 FPS cap (wtf??)
    No DLSS option
    Menus are PS1 like

    Gameplay:
    I love hard games and complex gameplay, but if you like to be destroyed in chain the time to get some stuff and XP you will enjoy it. Otherwise no...    … Expand
  26. Mysterios
    Jan 19, 2023
    0
    it doesn't slap ,
  27. Kadirov
    Jan 17, 2023
    1
    Elden Ring is essentially a Witcher 3 without plot, lore, choices, developed characters, mini-games and soul.
    It's just a simulator of sword wielding, roll and dodges on empty map with random NPC's on it, remembering me of games that me and my friend in 2007 were making on FPS creator - we were also taking a random map and also filling it with random enemies. The difference is that we    Elden Ring is essentially a Witcher 3 without plot, lore, choices, developed characters, mini-games and soul.
    It's just a simulator of sword wielding, roll and dodges on empty map with random NPC's on it, remembering me of games that me and my friend in 2007 were making on FPS creator - we were also taking a random map and also filling it with random enemies. The difference is that we weren't selling it for 70 bucks and we knew that a game requires a plot, and the studio that developed Elden Ring doesnt

    Elden Ring should be a mod of Witcher 3 that removes all plot from the games and leaves only enemies.    … Expand
  28. Cureshots
    Jan 17, 2023
    1
    There are almost no changes on the game, same thing over and over again.

    Empty open world, there are no physics, does feel like a 2008 game. Bad performance, old mechanics i don't even understand why anyone likes to play this game. Almost no story telling, you don't even have a proper purpouse. It feels empty and shallow and actually it is easy to play for the open world part you    There are almost no changes on the game, same thing over and over again.

    Empty open world, there are no physics, does feel like a 2008 game.

    Bad performance, old mechanics i don't even understand why anyone likes to play this game.
    Almost no story telling, you don't even have a proper purpouse.
    It feels empty and shallow and actually it is easy to play for the open world part you can kill most of the enemies with just doing lapses with the horse. Enemies are not clever you could trick them easlly i played 5 hours and killed every boss that i encounter at the first time. The only thing about this game that hard is the comand system and it's hard because it is clungy and slow most of the time and once you get use to it it is easy to kill anything.

    No impruvements since the first soul game, like i said same thing over and over again.    … Expand
  29. Yuiren
    Jan 15, 2023
    2
    Seriously i do not understand the hype of this game. This is just a mediocrity in all areas. It's trying to be "hardcore" makes it lack in every other areas. It's graphics are "just ok" for current generation, it's story is extremely shallow (a powerful item will make You a god, go kill some other gods to proove you are worthy...in a nutshell). There is no worldbuilding as there are noSeriously i do not understand the hype of this game. This is just a mediocrity in all areas. It's trying to be "hardcore" makes it lack in every other areas. It's graphics are "just ok" for current generation, it's story is extremely shallow (a powerful item will make You a god, go kill some other gods to proove you are worthy...in a nutshell). There is no worldbuilding as there are no sidequests, the world is completely empty, there are only monsters with occasional trader (wtf?!), the controls are out of this world. this is something that people should be fired for. Character progression and scaling is a joke, for 30 hours Youre a pigeon, and then suddenly you become a demigod, stupid as hell. There are myriad of weapons, which are not really unique, they fall into several categories and then they are the same, unless they have some special skill which completely changes how the game works, which is another stupid mechanic. I understand that some people might use this title to flex how good they are at difficult games, but this is just a modern Super Mario, yes, trust me, all bosses can (and must be) memorized, and then they are easy, exactly like arcade games from the 80ties. This game can feel really difficult at first (like all Souls games), but after hours of failing it suddenly becomes easy, where you one shot enemies and even bosses with some "super build". Stupid as hell. I finished it, but i suggest staying away from this game unless You want to become frustrated, it's not fun.… Expand
  30. last_of_us
    Jan 15, 2023
    1
    im a souls like fan & played games like nioh dark souls 1 2 3 & bloodborne sekiro &...
    but

    this Game is super unbalanced
    even if u explore map & farm in dungen
    still u cant beat bosses like godskin & higher boss
    unless u have a unbalaced weapon like that ice staff &...
    u cant beat game with ur sword
    game is super unbalanced
  31. Allexeioftheros
    Jan 8, 2023
    3
    I'm really sorry, but I just can't manage to like this game.
    All I saw was a pretty world, and some NPCs that got me really interested, just to disappoint me later with how poorly written they were.
    Congratulations to the artists and composer, but that's mostly it.
    Just like other souls games, it ironically felt very soulless to me personally.
  32. 4chins1488
    Jan 5, 2023
    0
    I didn't enjoy Elden Ring at all. I found the story bland and soulless. The world was so empty and seemed more like an interactive level select screen than a living breathing world, and it had no soul. I don't play action games myself, but I watched my favorite streamer as xe did a play-through, and the combat just looked bad - jank, over complicated, and I couldn't find any soul anywhere.I didn't enjoy Elden Ring at all. I found the story bland and soulless. The world was so empty and seemed more like an interactive level select screen than a living breathing world, and it had no soul. I don't play action games myself, but I watched my favorite streamer as xe did a play-through, and the combat just looked bad - jank, over complicated, and I couldn't find any soul anywhere. Arkham Knight perfected combat almost a decade ago, its a wonder developers are still struggling with it today. The soundtrack was bad, and could have used some soul. You could tell the person who designed the UI has never even heard of soul. There doesn't seem to be any battle royal mod, in 2022, which is just...yeah.

    Do NOT recommend.    … Expand
  33. Kossak
    Jan 4, 2023
    0
    Unfortunately it's very bad PC port in terms of UI experience and mouse/keyboard usability:
    - Hardcoded keys which you can't rebind (eg: E/Q in menus)
    - Can't use mouse to scroll the map - Can't put bookmarks on the map by clicking the mouse - Quite often moving the mouse over menus or clicking them isn't registered properly - When you have lock on the monster and want to look    Unfortunately it's very bad PC port in terms of UI experience and mouse/keyboard usability:
    - Hardcoded keys which you can't rebind (eg: E/Q in menus)
    - Can't use mouse to scroll the map
    - Can't put bookmarks on the map by clicking the mouse
    - Quite often moving the mouse over menus or clicking them isn't registered properly
    - When you have lock on the monster and want to look somewhere else with your mouse, the lock changes to different monster
    - multi button keys, which you can't remap to keyboard
    - inconsistency with menus - you close some menus with "esc" button, others can't be closed with it and you are forced to press Q button
    - and much more

    On top of it essential quality of life features missing, like comparing stats of items in the shop with the ones you have equipped.

    Fix your ♥♥♥♥♥♥ PC port, because it's unplayable with keyboard and mouse.    … Expand
  34. Chaingun_
    Jan 2, 2023
    2
    Story is completely lacking and without cohesion. The controls are terrible and the majority of keybinds cannot be changed. The gameplay and combat is worthless. Unnecessarily hard. To the point that it feels like a punishment. I have never hated a game this much in my life. After 80 hours, decided i was stupid to keep playing. Deleted. Goodbye Elden Ring and From Software can get stuffed.
  35. MrCoimbra
    Dec 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The basic idea was really good, but sadly have to say worst game in the year....Really good quality image but nothing else...The fighting is a misery, it is pain, even if you have shield. And the NPC strength is no make sense, you can kill a BOSS no problem and f... bird is kill you with one hit...WORST GAME OF THE YEAR… Expand
  36. Apex_KeS
    Dec 16, 2022
    1
    Brilliant game design with possibly the most disappointing execution of any game. It is truly impressive how much they reuse assets.
  37. Roxaskun
    Dec 16, 2022
    0
    Mesma Review da versão do PS5 Xbox,dark souls de mundo aberto com cavalo com gráficos antigos que não merecia o goty
  38. DrGreen784
    Dec 13, 2022
    3
    I honestly didn't enjoy Elden ring I'm kinds sick of souls games but ya no argument there definitely deserves game of the year although I don't see why they felt the need to call the game Elden ring its just dark souls with a new coat of paint just call it dark souls 4 or whatever they probably changed the name because too many people would have been to intimidated by dark souls reputationI honestly didn't enjoy Elden ring I'm kinds sick of souls games but ya no argument there definitely deserves game of the year although I don't see why they felt the need to call the game Elden ring its just dark souls with a new coat of paint just call it dark souls 4 or whatever they probably changed the name because too many people would have been to intimidated by dark souls reputation and would have dismissed the game me personally I just don't have the patience for souls games anymore all the dodging and learning enemies moves sets its just a big headache for me I just want to kill the guy and be done with it just like doom eternal all this jumping and switching weapons and waiting for the marauder to flash green it's just a headache look at halo one (on legendary)that was a hard game but fun and fair nowadays games are more like halo 2 (on legendary) jackal snipers everywhere and the moment they see master cheeks they light him up like its the forth of July its just a big headache I like hard games I just don't like the headache that come with them most of the time… Expand
  39. ardagrain
    Dec 10, 2022
    2
    this game is really bad i dont like the combat it is hard for the sake of being hard
  40. worcrash
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    A massive game that is only made massive by copy-pasted bosses, lazy design, lazy areas etc. The stuttering and lag on pc's even high-end is a joke, terrible port of a terrible game, bordering cash grab territory.
  41. TZAce110
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    Elden ring is a game that proves how much infulencers can effect people. Making a hard game and try to make it look like a good game strategy is should have ended with darksouls 2 but here we are again at this point we should make a hard mario game and pick it as a best game of the year
  42. 4everyoung84
    Dec 9, 2022
    4
    Juega, muere, grindea mata. Eso es elden ring. Un juego dificil si no pierdes el tiempo, y facil si lo haces.
  43. comrazi12
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    Terrible. No story, no voice acting, just cheap mechanics for edgy players.
  44. Semsko
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    I literally don't get the hype around this game... it is so empty and boring. Why have so much space with enemies so far and few between... It's like death stranding but somehow worse. How is this game so lauded as being so great?? Literally mind blown.
  45. ir88ed
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Oh, I wanted to like this game. I have a great gaming PC, love open world games, love the genre. I had been waiting for this. Unfortunately the game is clunky (even with top hardware), but worse it is just predictable and dull. Graphics are decent, but not great. Battles are clunky hack and slash affairs with little enjoyment to be had. I will say that my dual sense PS5 controllerOh, I wanted to like this game. I have a great gaming PC, love open world games, love the genre. I had been waiting for this. Unfortunately the game is clunky (even with top hardware), but worse it is just predictable and dull. Graphics are decent, but not great. Battles are clunky hack and slash affairs with little enjoyment to be had. I will say that my dual sense PS5 controller worked decently well with the game. I didn't give this game a super low rating because it isn't terrible, it just isn't good. It reminds me quite a bit of the game play in New World, which I also didn't care for, although I think NW was the better of the two games. I think 4/10 is a fair rating for this one.… Expand
  46. JasonMassaker
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    i really like not much in this empty game. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  47. War2022
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    Kill, die, repeat. Bland.....................................................
  48. violet97
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    Elden Ring is developed by From Software and published by Bandai Namco Games
  49. Marinne
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    Elden Ring foi uma experiência bem meme desde o seu lançamento. Joguei no PC e o desempenho estava péssimo, nos consoles em alguns casos não foi muito diferente. O jogo não me prendeu em nada, um mundo aberto bem genérico e preguiçoso.
  50. Chowjust
    Dec 5, 2022
    1
    Game stutters far to much even after patches. Happens the most during fights and around every few minutes. Would recommend waiting for issues to be resolved before buying unless you want to play on the hardest difficulty available...
  51. Gnafar
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    I certainly didn't expect this...

    Veteran Dark Souls player here and a longtime fan of Fromsoft games. I thought that I was going to love this game and that it would occupy my time for many months. I was wrong. The joys of traversing and exploring the open world get old very fast. I was bored of it after only a few days. It takes forever to accomplish anything. Essential items are    I certainly didn't expect this...

    Veteran Dark Souls player here and a longtime fan of Fromsoft games. I thought that I was going to love this game and that it would occupy my time for many months. I was wrong.

    The joys of traversing and exploring the open world get old very fast. I was bored of it after only a few days. It takes forever to accomplish anything. Essential items are scattered across this massive map and it's such a slog to travel around and collect everything. I really miss the linear level design of Dark Souls. And for what it's worth, I loved Breath of the Wild and Assassin's Creed Valhalla. I am not a stranger to open world games but an open world version of Dark Souls just didn't do it for me.

    I made it to quite late in the game. I was only a couple hours of gameplay away from the final boss battle. Eventually it just hit me like a train and I told myself that I don't want to do this anymore. I just don't. This game just didn't click with me and I would much rather play Dark Souls 3 over Elden Ring.

    Edit: Editing this review many months later. I did go back and complete the game, including the optional bosses. Yes, I beat Malenia and no I didn't use summons or spirit ashes. I've seen everything the game has to offer and my opinion remains the same. 6/10. Dark Souls 3 is a better game.    … Expand
  52. AJCk19
    Nov 28, 2022
    4
    Another souls game I tried to get into. Its' strong points is a interesting story. Weak points is everything else, especially considering how many soullike games are out there. The control scheme is weird, and I don't see why I have to go through this. When I can play any action rpg on hard mode, and go through the exact same pain, but have more fun.
  53. Comet
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    I'm not a fan of the "Souls-type" games and I vividly remember how bad the Dark Souls port was, but I thought I'd give it a chance since there was so much praise for Elden Ring.

    The result: I've spent more time in the character generator than in the actual game, because the controls are so atrocious on PC that it's simply no fun to play at all. You can't rebind all keys and I couldn't    I'm not a fan of the "Souls-type" games and I vividly remember how bad the Dark Souls port was, but I thought I'd give it a chance since there was so much praise for Elden Ring.

    The result: I've spent more time in the character generator than in the actual game, because the controls are so atrocious on PC that it's simply no fun to play at all. You can't rebind all keys and I couldn't even increase the mouse sensitivity to a level where I could properly move the camera. It's absolutely laughable.

    The thing is, I've learned to live with bad controls and other shortcomings of other games, because the story and overall feel of the game was gripping me. Elden Ring didn't. The story as it was presented was so ridiculously generic that it didn't motivate me to spend another minute.    … Expand
  54. KrillerBomb
    Nov 15, 2022
    0
    It's literally just a walking simulator except you might have a hammer sometimes.
  55. FunkylPunk
    Nov 14, 2022
    0
    Best game of the past decade. Exceptional graphics, very replayable and fun with any build. Exploration feels unrewarding enough and some fights feel tedious. But none of that is comparable to the overall experience.
  56. flamersy
    Nov 12, 2022
    0
    One of the Worst games I have ever played in my life and trust me i have played some ****
  57. Fabulouswow
    Nov 12, 2022
    0
    Everything about the game feels wrong. Not even a single thing makes me think it is right.

    -Multiplayer is Buggy as hell, all the functions work clunky, the mount gets in bug, the server connection gets in bug, there are tons of visual bugs, teleporting doesn't work right, quests are not functioning right, etc. -Some classes are op while some others are weak asf, such as the blade of    Everything about the game feels wrong. Not even a single thing makes me think it is right.

    -Multiplayer is Buggy as hell, all the functions work clunky, the mount gets in bug, the server connection gets in bug, there are tons of visual bugs, teleporting doesn't work right, quests are not functioning right, etc.

    -Some classes are op while some others are weak asf, such as the blade of bandit hits only 15 while the mage skill hits 350 and the scaling makes no sense at all while leveling up.

    -Even some little mob can 2 hit you in this game, which is not the problem, but the problem is that these little mobs are coming so often and they have very terrible hitting animations that makes it almost impossible to dodge, block (blocking is terrible anyways), and every time you die that makes you walk 3 more minutes to the little mob you died and you repeat that sometimes over 10 times. You walk that reasonless checkpoint-mob way for 30 minutes in a run.

    -Playing archer is over pointless, where you have to get your arrows by buying for an expensive price, since you mostly need around 15-20 arrows to kill one weak mob (75-45 damage per arrow) that only gives you 100 points, which you waste almost 300 - 600 points to buy those arrows, or you have to grind some 10-15 minutes of mobs to replenish those arrows with crafting, which is WASTE OF TIME while you can do 350 damage with a little portion of your mana.

    -Most of the items found in the wilderness give no clue about how to use them, and even if they do they are useless most of the time that feels like just cosmetic roleplaying consumable stuff that wastes your time even more.

    -Story stinks from the beginning, is very boring, nonsense, non-clear, chaotic, and it even makes you consider why this game does have a story for real. In my opinion, it could be better if there was no "FORCING IT" to storytelling in this game.

    -Map design is very complex, it doesn't show anything really, you don't know where you should be or are going.

    -Animations are... No comment, really.

    -Bosses or mobs don't have a clear attacking pattern, they are attacking very randomly that is hitting you 1/2 of or the whole of your health which makes you run another 3 more minutes. Which is already impossible to dodge or block (which doesn't need to be added into the game if it was going to work this poorly).

    +Only thing good about this game might be the graphics, the graphics are good, but only graphics doesn't make the game fun while it is suffering from mechanic, engine, and gameplay aspects.

    Conclusion:
    The game is Exaggerated after I played and experienced it. This game is for people who probably like suffering, hardcore mental grind, and a game that is unpolished and broken all the way. This game started a genre and popularity that drove lots of indie or developer corporations to make "Souls-like" games more and not even one of them was successful for God's sake. They need to stop doing these terrible game-set-driven games where they don't Success "AT ALL". Only the "FromSoftware" games about souls-like were successful, not all of them of course, and yet they were all probably rigged or exaggerated in my opinion. I played all of the dark souls or its copies, and they were SUFFERING my enjoyment, a game was meant to make me enjoy while these were making me get frustrated and wanted me to leave the game immediately.    … Expand
  58. segacream
    Nov 11, 2022
    0
    Story mid gameplay mid graphics mid and honestly if you enjoyed this game idk how it’s just wasn’t appealing and I genuinely like open world games but this one just isn’t it
  59. Lomp
    Nov 7, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The most overrated mess I have ever played. Will most likely win GOTY because the industry is a bunch of yes men sheep that are too scared to point out the fact that this is nothing more than dark souls open world. It does nothing to push the open world genre forward. The devs made this game so big and only realised later on, so everything is recycled and all dungeons and bosses play out the same. It became blindingly apparent that the devs bite off more than they could chew when you reach the final snow area that’s just a straight shot to the boss. The world is empty devoid of life (which is the intended effect) but there is nothing to do but fight mindless enemies that attack on sites. Almost all open world games provide something else to do, games like skyrim provide entire settlements and cities to explore with people to speak to and quests to accept. I’m not even a big skyrim fan but at least exploring the world you never know what you will run into, for example a group of bounty hunters that intercept your travel or a courier catching up to you to deliver a message. None of these examples are particularly mind blowing but at the very least it makes exploring less predictable with interesting discoveries. All Elden ring has to offer is are massive bland open fields with a bunch of enemies to fight. The best parts of this game are the actual dungeons, as with the added jump they can be designed more vertically, which are just the whole parts of a normal souls game. Sekiro was an ambitious push in a different direction to reinvigorate the tired souls formulae, then they immediately revert back to the same old dark souls controls. The fact this mediocre game is praised as one of the greatest games of all time makes me feel like I’m in a parallel world.… Expand
  60. koreaplay
    Nov 4, 2022
    0
    cenário legal, ambientação , mecânica , bosses parrudos, porém repetitivos gostei da inovação na mecânica e se manteve no seu estilo soulslike . Espero a continuação desse jogo fantástico.
  61. Nooob
    Nov 3, 2022
    4
    Same Combat mechanics for 13 years already (2009) just added with a Open World more like Open Field...
  62. IRON_MAN
    Nov 3, 2022
    4
    Overhyped game that feels the same like previous souls demos bloodborne games just add an open world and throw bosses and quests randomly.....
  63. Ashura12
    Sep 16, 2022
    0
    Granphic is terible in 2022 very bad story is understinable no points where to go
  64. Xenomorph91
    Oct 29, 2022
    0
    No ultrawide support on a 2022 PC game and still no patch to give ultrawide support! Wtf were they thinking to release with no ultrawide support for a PC game!
  65. AngryBird
    Oct 27, 2022
    0
    It is NOT a souls game. What a souls game for fans of the series is? It is a never-ending sense of constant threat, claustrophobic feeling of imminent danger around the corner, sense of loneliness, a permanent maze-like feeling and happiness when finding a shortcut. There is nothing lake that in ER. In Bloodborne i wanted to open every door and pick into every window in every location, inIt is NOT a souls game. What a souls game for fans of the series is? It is a never-ending sense of constant threat, claustrophobic feeling of imminent danger around the corner, sense of loneliness, a permanent maze-like feeling and happiness when finding a shortcut. There is nothing lake that in ER. In Bloodborne i wanted to open every door and pick into every window in every location, in ER i just want to the open world to end and find a castle, or a village or something to explore. Souls games are know for insane amount of details concentrated in average sized locations. When you transfer these details to an open world they are non existent anymore. Elden ring also lacks music and atmosphere. Do you remember the goosebumps moonlit melody gave you when visiting hunters dream in BB? Do you remember the incredible atmosphere in Sekiro created by music? You will not hear anything like that masterpiece in ER. Lets be honest alright? Turn the music off in Witcher 3, any Elder Scrolls game, RDR2 etc etc...Half of your joy and pleasure from playing the game will vanish. Creating an open world for ER (which is mostly empty btw) they totally forgot to add decent music to it and therefore no atmosphere is in the game. Bosses are dull, sidequests are almost impossible to start or finish without checking on internet, insane amount of items just brings confusion and does not really add diversity to gameplay. Overall it could have been a very-very good game if devs just made it 2 times smaller, removed fast travel mechanics (made us travel only from bonfires). And dear devs, please, stop adding grotesque British accent to every npc in the game. It really does not do any good to your games anymore.… Expand
  66. f0reverr
    Oct 16, 2022
    1
    Yikes, definitely listen to the few and not the many when it comes to reviews of this game. I pirated this trash and still felt ripped off. The "revolutionary open world" is one of the most empty, devoid of life maps I have ever spent time on in my 25+ year career as a gamer. It literally feels like they had an entirely different company make the map and then fromsoft just went in andYikes, definitely listen to the few and not the many when it comes to reviews of this game. I pirated this trash and still felt ripped off. The "revolutionary open world" is one of the most empty, devoid of life maps I have ever spent time on in my 25+ year career as a gamer. It literally feels like they had an entirely different company make the map and then fromsoft just went in and randomly placed mobs and "bosses" (since I guess we're calling anything with 500+ hp a boss now) and decided they were done. Fights are extremely lazy and predictable, I was actually falling asleep DURING BOSS FIGHTS just evading and waiting for my little windows to attack, which has never happened to me in any souls game. At this point I'm convinced the fanbase for this game is just degenerate weeb garbage people that have convinced themselves their precious cult leader can do no wrong, when he very, very clearly can.… Expand
  67. Anarkroft
    Oct 16, 2022
    2
    Préparez-vous à un voyage dans le passé, quelques années en arrière.

    Nombreuses critiques plébiscitent le jeu, mais aucune ne parle des soucis technique (ou alors minimisent ça dans la prise de note, du genre "quelques légers défauts techniques"). La version PC est indigne de son public, comme les précédents jeux From Software. Franchement, j'ai eu de la patience, j'ai voulu y    Préparez-vous à un voyage dans le passé, quelques années en arrière.

    Nombreuses critiques plébiscitent le jeu, mais aucune ne parle des soucis technique (ou alors minimisent ça dans la prise de note, du genre "quelques légers défauts techniques").

    La version PC est indigne de son public, comme les précédents jeux From Software. Franchement, j'ai eu de la patience, j'ai voulu y croire, je me suis dit qu'au moins un maigre effort serait fait sur la version PC : et ben non.
    Joueurs PC, je vous le dit, c'est (encore) un gros doigt d'honneur érigé à votre égard.
    "nan mais vraiment t'abuses un peu le jeu est sorti sur PC et il est jouable". Ok, tu veux jouer à ça ? Bien alors :

    - Graphiquement, on est sur un jeu qui a 5 ans de retard.

    - Le portage PC est une fois de plus une insulte : Pas de localisation clavier/souris "Appuyez sur LB pour faire ça" . LB ? connais pas, je joue sur PC!. Alors oui les mauvaises langues me diront "bah t'as qu'a jouer à la manette" et a ces gens là je répond : "ok, ton jeu sur XBOX ou PS n'aura droit qu'à des menus indiquant "appuyez sur CTRL gauche pour continuer". Quoi, t'es pas content ? bah t'as qu'a jouer au clavier et à la souris. Non mais clairement y'a des jeux qui détectent si tu joues au clavier/sours ou a la manette, et qui modifient leurs touches d'interactions en temps réel en fonction de ce que tu utilises, et qui sont des AA vendus deux fois moins cher sur du multi-plateforme. Et une grosse production comme Elden Ring ne sait pas le faire du tout ? C'est du foutage de gueule.

    - pas/peu de réglages graphiques : Toi joueur PC avec un écran 144/165/240Hz, tu voudrais en profiter ? Alors fermes les yeux, écartes les fesses et laisses toi faire : pas de possibilité de supprimer la VSYNC, pas de réglage de framerate : le jeu sera cappé à 60hz point barre. "Ouais mais c'est déjà bien" me diront les joueurs consoles = nan mais mec, t'achètes une Ferrari qui ne dépasse pas le 130km/h, tu vas voir le vendeur et il te dit "nan mais 130 c'est déjà bien, ça sert à rien d'aller au dessus ! Et tu acceptes ? Non merci !

    - On peut régler l'ultrawide. Non je rigole, bien évidement vous pouvez oublier

    - Pas de prise en charge de technologies comme DLSS, FSR : s'aurait été utile pour compenser le fait qu'il rame, et pas non plus de prise en charge Reflex : idem, un truc utile pour un jeu qui impose aux joueurs l’exigence.

    - Du clipping à outrance, un framerate beaucoup trop bas et beaucoup trop instable pour un jeu "si moche" = c'est totalement la honte en terme de perf sur PC. On est dans le bas du panier des portages pc.

    Ok alors, From Software, je m'adresse à vous là : visiblement, vous ne savez pas faire un portage pc. Alors pourquoi vous vous acharnez à livrer ça dans cet état ? Certains jeux à 20/30 balles font tout mieux que vous en terme de portage PC (framerate débloqué, localisation clavier/souris, performances correctes). Du coup, ce n'est pas une question de moyen puisque des studios y arrivent : c'est donc ce que vous vous foutez complètement des joueurs PC ?
    Alors soit vous faites des portages honnêtes, soit vous arrêtez de vendre votre merde sur PC (mais comme les From Software se vendent bien sur PC, j'imagine que c'est comme pisser dans un violon... Pour rappel, pour débloquer +60 fps sur Sekiro PC, il fallait soit un trainer soit un mod. Et c'est pareil pour ce Elden Ring) . Derrière y'a des clients qui achètent ça et qui sont déçus... Oui je sais, ça va se vendre, ce sera le GOTY etc etc... mais désolé, intrinsèquement ça reste une énorme merde sur PC, et y'a pas d'autres mots. C'est pas très beau, ça rame, c'est bloqué à 60FPS sans ultrawide, y'a du clipping, et tout ça ne sera jamais corrigé, c'est certain. Mis à part les chutes de FPS qui seront éventuellement patchées.

    Du reste, le jeu est sûrement bien hein, mais si ça vous tente, achetez le sur n'importe quelle plateforme mais pas le PC.    … Expand
  68. ehsan93
    Apr 10, 2022
    0
    And other dark souls Without any changes. you have to go a looooooong way again and again in order to Encounter a boss? I don't have this much of time. what were you thinking about, when creating ( actually copy+pasting from dark souls) this game? Did you think gamers have many free times? it's just wasting so much time.
  69. waifuviolenta
    Sep 28, 2022
    0
    greattttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
  70. kaczan3
    Sep 27, 2022
    0
    Meh, they are doing the "body a" and "body b" thing again. Kills my excitement.
  71. Storemy
    Sep 27, 2022
    4
    Boring, bland, repetitive with poor optimization. How can i enjoy the game if i don't know where to go and what to do without youtube guides?
  72. tdebug
    Sep 26, 2022
    0
    Even with the latest patches as of 09/2022 there are some glithes when changing video modes and NO WIDESCREEN SUPPORT! Seriously, from software? This is cheap, lazy and lame port from console. You sell this game for PC for 50-60 and don't bother at least do some effort to make it right for this platform!
  73. eslatoshke
    Sep 16, 2022
    0
    В такое нелогичное говно я давно не играл. Логики интерфейса нуль, быстрых клавиш для питья банок нет, НЕТ НИЧЕГО АДЕКВАТНОГО в этой игре. Насобирал кучу денег, убили, пока шел за деньгами, просто упал в воду как вроде упал с высоты, ЧТО ЭТО ТАКОЕ? то есть у меня было к примеру 100000 монет, копил всю жизнь, потом по хер пойми по какой причине я умираю и всё, денег нет но вы держитесь. даВ такое нелогичное говно я давно не играл. Логики интерфейса нуль, быстрых клавиш для питья банок нет, НЕТ НИЧЕГО АДЕКВАТНОГО в этой игре. Насобирал кучу денег, убили, пока шел за деньгами, просто упал в воду как вроде упал с высоты, ЧТО ЭТО ТАКОЕ? то есть у меня было к примеру 100000 монет, копил всю жизнь, потом по хер пойми по какой причине я умираю и всё, денег нет но вы держитесь. да нахер такое говно надо, за что тут такие оценки я понятия не имею, это не игра года, это паторочь года, просто адский кусок кошачей блевонины. хватило на 2 часа игры, после shift+del. неделю отмываться придется после такой "игры"… Expand
  74. carnivorCactae
    Sep 8, 2022
    0
    Good-looking and detailed enemies placed in a empty half-cooked world with basically zero content.

    Enemies cheat since they can read your inputs, and your time and patience gets severely wasted with checkpoints so far away and respawning enemies and bosses with absolutely zero drop-rates. Its a mess and its bad. The "story" is barebones at best and never picks up any speed or even    Good-looking and detailed enemies placed in a empty half-cooked world with basically zero content.

    Enemies cheat since they can read your inputs, and your time and patience gets severely wasted with checkpoints so far away and respawning enemies and bosses with absolutely zero drop-rates.

    Its a mess and its bad.

    The "story" is barebones at best and never picks up any speed or even builds any signs of sensical story-arc. The dialogues - as scarse as they are - are often nonsensical and lacking any kind of information or lore.

    The world is filled with nothing but mini-bosses. Its empty and void. You can explore just to find maybe some more mini-bosses (some of them get recycled a lot!), but their drop-rates are insulting so you'll ask yourself why even bother? Why even bother backtracking half the time or killing the same enemies over and over again
    in a pretty comical way (no dismemberment, every fight is more or less the same, you have practically zero wiggle-room or alternative ways of disposing your foes)?

    The leveldesign is interesting at times, but then other times its extremely bad. Empty rooms with nothing to do, misplaced use-triggers, huge ruins to explore with lifeless backtracking or missing checkpoints.

    To add insult to injury many keys can't get rebind (!) and the whole layout is for controllers by default!    … Expand
  75. danoid
    Sep 2, 2022
    2
    PC KBM Janky - you have to come up with your own keybinds because the stock ones require two hands and a mouse.
    Frame lags in a timing game. How's that supposed to work?
    10 year old graphics and 20 year old interface intended for a console. Copy and paste bosses. Am I fighting Astel Naturalborn of the Void or Astel Stars of Darkess? Mohg the Omen or Mohg the blood lord? Margit or    PC KBM Janky - you have to come up with your own keybinds because the stock ones require two hands and a mouse.
    Frame lags in a timing game. How's that supposed to work?
    10 year old graphics and 20 year old interface intended for a console.
    Copy and paste bosses. Am I fighting Astel Naturalborn of the Void or Astel Stars of Darkess? Mohg the Omen or Mohg the blood lord? Margit or Morgott? Godrick the Grafted or Godefoy the Grafted? Which Dragonkin Soldier is this? In the end you just don't care.
    Exploration? Open world? Eff that. You'll lose your progress if you don't play it extremely safe, because there's ambushes everywhere. Putting the player at a marked disadvantage doesn't make the game harder or more challenging, just more annoying.
    In the end it's just another unload on the boss and go on your way game. Muscle memory wins, not brains.    … Expand
  76. Denebb
    Aug 25, 2022
    0
    Game to easy.
    Game to easy.
    Game to easy.
    Game to easy.
    Game to easy.
    Game to easy.
    Game to easy.
  77. DingerDonger
    Aug 20, 2022
    2
    The world is boring, magic is boring, and all the factors that add artificial difficulty get old real quick, such as the enemies reading your inputs so they know your actions before you even take them. Not to mention the fact that the game tells you very little about its mechanics (like how spells scale and the damage of spells) or the quests (why is there not a real quest tracker). ThisThe world is boring, magic is boring, and all the factors that add artificial difficulty get old real quick, such as the enemies reading your inputs so they know your actions before you even take them. Not to mention the fact that the game tells you very little about its mechanics (like how spells scale and the damage of spells) or the quests (why is there not a real quest tracker). This would be acceptable for an SNES game, but we're far past that point. There are plenty of bugs, too; I have issues locking on vs certain enemies routinely. And last but certainly not least: the UI loves to get in your way. Oh sure don't tell me anything about how damage is calculated or what a spell actually does, but go ahead and lock me out of reacting in combat with a prompt that takes up a quarter of the screen and prevents me from making any meaningful actions in the middle of combat.
    Don't waste your time unless you enjoy getting tortured by mediocrity and artificial difficulty.    … Expand
  78. Gunpla99
    Aug 16, 2022
    4
    My first time to the soul genre game. Story, design, and the volume are amazing to enjoy. But I still hate that the game was not intuitive and very hard to get through. I still feel like the game is made for those soul genre fanboys.
  79. eblan1
    Aug 15, 2022
    4
    Conceptually, Elden ring disappointed me, too much content and too little quality, the bosses are not interesting, the gameplay is boring, a huge number of bosses are used at least 2 times and a maximum of about 5 - 6, I think this is the worst game of From Software all time

    Концептуально Elden Ring меня разочаровал, слишком много контента и слишком мало качества, боссы не интересные,    Conceptually, Elden ring disappointed me, too much content and too little quality, the bosses are not interesting, the gameplay is boring, a huge number of bosses are used at least 2 times and a maximum of about 5 - 6, I think this is the worst game of From Software all time

    Концептуально Elden Ring меня разочаровал, слишком много контента и слишком мало качества, боссы не интересные, геймплей скучный, огромное количество боссов используется минимум 2 раза а максимум около 5 - 6, думаю это худшая игра From Software. Секиро и бладборн которые все таки шли вперед и развивали геймплей, были чем то новым. Но елдарик не идет вперед, это просто дс3 в открытом мире с реюзом ПОЧТИ ВСЕГО контента, эта игра реально разочаровала меня. Секиро и бб все таки повышали динамику оригинальных дарк, эти игры куда быстрее и динамичнее, геймплей свежее и после этого тебе дают унылое говно в открытом мире где из интересных боссов только маления и предпоследний босс имя которого я забыл потому что мне было абсолютно все равно на развитие невнятного сюжета. финальный босс в секиро это ебануто динамичный аниме файт с реально значимым челом которого все считают самым пиздатым войном в округе, в элден ринге это плавающая конча и шахтёр ахуеть, спасибо, игру реально переоценили и по сравнению с дс 3 и остальными играми фромов это мусор, никому не советую    … Expand
  80. draemato
    Aug 14, 2022
    1
    Biggest scam in gaming history. Outdated game in a shiny wrap.

    You must never trust not only critics, but even real players who leaves a reviews. I'm truly amazed by society: literally game from 2016-18 with nothing new and yet another terrible PC port is now considered as worlds masterpiece. I guess everyone got exited because of "open world", but there is a surprise - it is not an    Biggest scam in gaming history. Outdated game in a shiny wrap.

    You must never trust not only critics, but even real players who leaves a reviews.

    I'm truly amazed by society: literally game from 2016-18 with nothing new and yet another terrible PC port is now considered as worlds masterpiece.
    I guess everyone got exited because of "open world", but there is a surprise - it is not an open world at all. I keep saying - if you want truly open world - go play some Elder Scrolls games.

    Game is boring, abnormally long and everything is essentially the same. The only thing i liked is music and boss design. That is all. From such big game. Incredible.

    Bosses and enemies are the same - unfair cringe with up to NINE combo attacks with almost no window for your hit! Im a dark souls veteran and im truly amazed how strong those foes are! 9-hits combo, 0.5 seconds delay, jump and another combo attack, repeat. I wonder how it is explained in lore.

    Okay i wont go into details that much, there is plethora of very good "red" and "yellow" reviews with explanation.

    Please, do not be blinded.    … Expand
  81. Drawler
    Aug 10, 2022
    4
    Really boring game. Slow, very repetitive. Too dificult, so you have to restart every boss 10-15 times until you beat him. A pity. Only for hardcoregames that don't search for a good history, only hack & slash.
  82. AceAscendus
    Aug 9, 2022
    0
    By far the worst souls game ever made, the open world is extremely boring and full of copy+paste content. There is no fun way to traverse the open world. Boss fights are low quality and again a lot of them are copy+paste, I am talking about big story bosses that get shamelessly reused! It shows that FromSoftware didn't have enough time to develop this game properly. The boring empty openBy far the worst souls game ever made, the open world is extremely boring and full of copy+paste content. There is no fun way to traverse the open world. Boss fights are low quality and again a lot of them are copy+paste, I am talking about big story bosses that get shamelessly reused! It shows that FromSoftware didn't have enough time to develop this game properly. The boring empty open world is filled with wannabe pokemon summons called spirit ashe summons, you like collecting pokemons in your souls games? I don't. There is no meaningful reward, the game is too big for its own good, next time provide less quantity and more QUALITY, like previous souls games.… Expand
  83. Notcasual
    Aug 6, 2022
    0
    Bosses in ds1, ds2, ds3, sekiro, bb, demon souls are better, not stronger. BETTER
  84. lewobski
    Aug 2, 2022
    4
    Storytelling, mechanics, animations, most bosses, goat keeper - are the same. Site of Grace = Bonfire, which means:
    > Reset all killed mobs in the area, AGAIN.
    > Spells can only be changed here. AGAIN. World Seems big, right. But most of the places are closed, and you'll spend time on finding a glintstone key as an example. But the dungeons are hilariously just ctrl+c/+v. Dungeon #1    Storytelling, mechanics, animations, most bosses, goat keeper - are the same. Site of Grace = Bonfire, which means:
    > Reset all killed mobs in the area, AGAIN.
    > Spells can only be changed here. AGAIN.

    World
    Seems big, right. But most of the places are closed, and you'll spend time on finding a glintstone key as an example. But the dungeons are hilariously just ctrl+c/+v.
    Dungeon #1 A basement Dungeon, or Erwin Smith Dungeon.
    Just a hole in the ground, so basically: Location>Location>Chest/Trap. And the locations are the same. A long trap that goes down, a room with 4 corners, enemies, a little room further with chest or trap. Done.

    Another one: in the mountain
    Open the door>Go down>Site of Grace>Go further>You see a closed door>You search everywhere a lever arm>Activate it>"somewhere a heavy door has opened". So you basically go back to that door in the beginning and fight a silly boss.

    Optimization and Community
    Even on my PC (5900X, 32GB, M.2 980 PRO, 3090) the game stutters. Sometimes it even freezes in dungeons. Why did I put "optimization" and "community" together? First off, I am not the only one with this problem, but the whole community will convince you that you are the problem, you are the only one to blame here, not the developers, when in reality there are Digital Foundry, critics, players, Steam (who kinda "fixed it on Steam Deck") that confirm the bad optimization. The community is the worst, toxic and blind. They regard any criticism as a personal insult to them.

    Not made for PC
    They didn't make a good port for the best gaming platform? There is NO DLSS, NO widescreen, NO FPS unlock. Graphics settings only affect FPS, you can barely notice the image. When you plug in your controller (XBOX) you have to change the interface, when EVEN Transformers (2009 game) did it automatically, while it's a piece of sh... 30 FPS console experience, Elden Ring just can't handle this one. Imagine if Transformers (2009) did something simple that Elden Ring (2022) can't. You can't move the map with your mouse cursor, while Skyrim and Witcher 3 do well.

    Multiplayer
    For the multiplayer you need:
    > Right place where your friend can be summoned.
    > You must have the Furcalling Finger Remedy, which you can actually buy, but the stock is limited.
    > But you can make it, grind specified flowers.

    So you are connected? All right, now you two have:
    > 50% less flasks
    > Less HP depends on your friend's HP
    > +100% difficulty for your enemies
    > you can't use a goat
    > you can't use the spirits
    > you can't change the spells
    > you are constantly attacked by other players.

    User Support
    For example, if you have a problem, someone has hacked you, and you can't continue with your saves, the support will give a cap advice: start a new game. Even Genshin support gives you more help.

    Total
    I complain about the +100% boss boost in multiplayer because it gets boring. You need to attack him 2-3 times more often than usual. But solo okay. The only aspect I really like about this game is the location design, the architecture is HUGE. So for the newbies who have never played soulsborne, the game is 6/10 (-4 just for the bad optimization. It doesn't matter if the game doesn't run well.) For me, definitely 4/10 because it's Dark Souls 4. If you ever thought Fallout was just Skyrim with guns or Starfield was just Fallout in space, then remember that there are still soulsborne fans out there who laughs at Bethesda games for being "mediocre", while literally eating a copy-paste game, lol.    … Expand
  85. Patissie
    Jul 31, 2022
    0
    Worst game ever made (Absolute no balance, awful perfomance) black puddle on FromSoftware's pure reputation
  86. RobeltBobelt
    Jul 29, 2022
    0
    Overrated piece of Darksouls **** Same bosses, same animationts, same sounds and new fullprice. Stop sponsoring Hidetaka.
  87. Godzera
    Jul 28, 2022
    0
    Arkadaş ne demek yılların oyunu ya Oyunu 20 saat oynadım toplam 30 cümle duymuşumdur bu nasıl yılın oyunu Bir harita yapıp etrafı saçma sapan bosslarla yaratıklarla doldurmak mı yılın oyunu yapıyor bunu Oyunu 20 saat oynadım ne dönüyor oyunda daha anlamadım nasıl yılın oyunu oluyor bu oyun Zaten toplam üç beş yerde diyalog var onları da gizem yaratmak için öyle tuhaf tuhaf yazmışlar BiriniArkadaş ne demek yılların oyunu ya Oyunu 20 saat oynadım toplam 30 cümle duymuşumdur bu nasıl yılın oyunu Bir harita yapıp etrafı saçma sapan bosslarla yaratıklarla doldurmak mı yılın oyunu yapıyor bunu Oyunu 20 saat oynadım ne dönüyor oyunda daha anlamadım nasıl yılın oyunu oluyor bu oyun Zaten toplam üç beş yerde diyalog var onları da gizem yaratmak için öyle tuhaf tuhaf yazmışlar Birini görüyorum mesela iki kelam bişey söyleyecek ne anlatıyormuş bu oyun biraz bişey anlatacak diyorum Saçma sapan iki tane cümle kuruyor yürü devam diyor senle uğraşamam O yuvarlak masaya gittiğimde ilk mesela dedim ki şimdi tamam anlatırlar iki bişey Saçma sapan iki cümle kurdular devam Biri dedi şu kadını görürsen haber ver bir kadın sarıldı bana dedi hadi s.git şimdi Ötekinin kafasında tekerlek var gel sana bişeyler öğreteyim falan dedi büyü öğretiyormuş falan Birisi dikilip bana bakıyor hiç konuşmuyor iki tane heykel gibi bir şey bir sopaya tutunmuş bir şeyler satıyor nasıl bir ortam bu yani Anlatsana bunu bana Değil mi Mesela bir tane büyük böyle kazan gibi bişeyle karşılaştım gezerken yere sıkışmış vurarak kurtardım onu falan yani bu normal bi tip değil dimi bunu bi açıklarsın konuşan kazan yani bu eli kolu var bu ne yani nereden gelmiş olayı ne bunun iki bişey söyle dimi Yok Ben iskenderim geziyorum falan hadi devam yürü Bir tane mağaraya girdim işte kurtlar var falan sonra bir sisten geçtim azuranın bilmem canavar adamı mıydı neydi bişey var . Kestim onu çıktım 5-6 denemede Eee Noldu şimdi Ne anladım yani ağzı yüzü birbirine girmiş kurtlardan mutasyon geçirmiş de olmuş gibi bir değişik tip ne bu ne arıyor burada kimdir necidir bu anlatsana bunları bana az yani Modelleyip atmışlar oraya iki de hareket ohh tamam Bu mu mükemmel oyun Yani beni içine çeken bir hikaye yok kisaca Bir bossu hikaye olur da o hikayenin devamını öğrenmek için hırs yaparsın kesmeye çalışırsın falan değil mi Hikaye namina ne var bu oyunda Bunda neden hırs yapıyorsunuz ki mesela Sonraki boss dönerek mi vuruyor atlayıp yoktan kılıç mı oluşturuyor onu anlamak için mi Hayır o ilk boss sanırım köprü gibi bi yerde sanırım çıktı karşıma Tarnished falan dedi işte Yav arkadaş kim bu Ne iş yapar Olayı ne bunun Eli yüzü kuduz gibi bir elinde koca bir sopa bir onunla vurur , kuyruğuyla vurur hayali bıçak çıkarıp atar hayali balyozla vurur hayali kılıçla vurur tamam da bunun o hikayedeki yeri nedir yani Birkaç video izledim çok fazla anlamsız boss da var Hiçbirinin de olayı anlatılmıyordur bana kalırsa çünkü dediğim gibi 20 saat oynadım 30 tane cümle falan duymuşumdur heralde Kedi heykeli boss bilmem ejderha boss kendisi büyük atı küçük boss falan . Eşya isimleri bile anlamsız Beyaz turşu tavşan mıydı neydi öyle bişey vardı Bence yapan adam bu bossun kuyruğu olsun hmm bunun da 30 tane eli olsun bu ne olsun efendim ateş atsın kafasında atmış her şeyi sallamış Nasıl olsa millet kendi kafasında bir hikaye uydururlar diye düşünmüş sanırım Yav tamam doğru dürüst bir hikaye varsa da ben açıp bunu sağdan soldan bakmak zorunda mıyım Oyunda söyle işte bana hikayeyi Oyunun hikayesini oyunda öğrenmek isterim google amcaya sorarak değil oyun oynuyoruz sonuçta tez araştırması yapmıyoruz değil mi Ayrıca zaten oyunda toplam 3-5 tane cümle var onlara da Türkçe dil desteği vermemek büyük terbiyesizlik Dünya kadar para kazanıyorlar bu mu zor geldi yani size Oyun dünyası dolu doluymuş Ulan hadi oradan Oyun görmesek yiyecez . Sağda solda amaçsız amaçsız dolaşan yaratıklar Dolan dolan kes Bu mu dolu dünya Yaşayan bir dünya veya benzeri hiçbir emare yok Diğer karakterlerle birlikte toplam 30 saat oynadım ve hep millet hep sevmiş bu oyunu nereyi anlamıyorum ki ben de sevmeliyim kafasında oynadım Ama beeerrrrrrrrrrbat bir oyun Bir hype'a takılmışsınız gidiyorsunuz Ulan oyun bir de 97 puan almış iyi mi ? 97 puan demek ne demek Her şeyin mükemmel olması lazım demek Sadece performans sorunları bile o puanı almasına engel olmalıydı Hikaye de yok düşman yapay zekası da yok Grafiğe baksak o da berbat O ağaçlar ne öyle ya Açın bi rdr2 oynayın horizon falan bakin Hayatınızda oyun mu oynamadınız nedir anlamadım ki Hayır diğer oyunlar bu saydığım sıkıntılara sahip olsa bütün oyun dünyası ana avrat söverler o oyuna Ama bu oyun için sorsan cevap hep aynı Souls oyunlarında bunlar aranmaz Animasyona bakma grafiğe bakma hikaye sunumuna bakma optimizasyona bakma neye bakalım lan Bir bossa gel o bossa 50 kere öl dön bir daha o yolu git öle öle o bossun hareketlerini ezberle ve sonunda nihayet onu öldürünce " oovaaaauuuvvv işte oyun bu yavv işte ne kestim ama haa var ya huuu işte zorluğun hazzı bu kankeeeyy Oyun bundan ibaret Yılların oyunuymuş… Expand
  88. PillyJeam
    Jul 25, 2022
    0
    **** game, previous dark souls games and bloodborne were much better
    lots of brainless casual players and dumb boring bosses
    maybe Malenia is the hardest boss, but also IT'S THE WORST BOSS EVER
  89. tenmatt
    Jul 25, 2022
    1
    1/10 just cuz i respect FromSoft.Strayed too far from original souls games,bland and easy.Heavily crippled World of Warcraft with poor optimizations.Gimme four devs,two graphic designers and coffee guy i would do better in two months.
  90. 921909
    Jul 24, 2022
    0
    Overrated Video Game Of All Time, i hate toxic fans of this game
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  91. nopeland
    Jul 23, 2022
    0
    I tried dark souls back in the day and it wasn't really my type of game. With how few good games have come out lately I felt like maybe this franchise deserves a second chance. After my taste has changed over the past 20 years as well. Sadly it left me disappointed again. The controls are clunky, the graphics mediocre, the story telling isn't very good (yes I get it, it has deep lore butI tried dark souls back in the day and it wasn't really my type of game. With how few good games have come out lately I felt like maybe this franchise deserves a second chance. After my taste has changed over the past 20 years as well. Sadly it left me disappointed again. The controls are clunky, the graphics mediocre, the story telling isn't very good (yes I get it, it has deep lore but if you fanboys calm down for a sec and think about it, the delivery of that story isn't very good). Especially for a game in this day and age. It would have been fine in the 90's but now it's simply not. The gameplay aside from the cluncky controls is just learning the pattern of enemies and once you do it becomes quite do-able. Sure it is a challenge sometimes to learn the pattern of bosses and their various forms but in my opinion the story isn't good enough, and the rewards for killing a boss aren't great enough to feel like it is worth all that effort. I pumped about 4 hours into the game and it simply felt like a waste of time. My job is more rewarding on its bad days than this game and without any reason to do it I just dropped the game. Then the performance. The game was a stuttery mess from time to time on my pc which granted isn't the best but my old i7-7700k, RTX 2070 super and 3200 MHz DDR4 should be more than enough. Sadly the performance on 1440p simply wasn't there.
    Is my review harsh, sure but for a game series with some ch high renown it simply doesn't even meet the bare minimum requirements. Hell cyberpunk at launch felt better to me because at least it had good gameplay, story and graphics.    … Expand
  92. DavutHaxor
    Jul 15, 2022
    2
    Game is terrible in pc. With Ryzen 5 5600H and RX 5500M, in low settings i got 50-60fps. I experienced fps drops in bosses and crowded enemy groups. Some lightning effects disappears and looks fancy. Trees and grasses disappears and appears again. If you call the horse when you next to a tree, you just hang on the tree and die. There is a bug that makes all enemies invisible. EffectsGame is terrible in pc. With Ryzen 5 5600H and RX 5500M, in low settings i got 50-60fps. I experienced fps drops in bosses and crowded enemy groups. Some lightning effects disappears and looks fancy. Trees and grasses disappears and appears again. If you call the horse when you next to a tree, you just hang on the tree and die. There is a bug that makes all enemies invisible. Effects really ruins my pc's performance. Controls and phyics are still playstation 3 quality. Not a single change since old ds games. Didn't get a thing from story and people who made this game is lazy af. Just try to listening to community at once.… Expand
  93. lokoasa
    Jul 14, 2022
    0
    masterpiece i love this game is really good game i like too much, ajsjasfafa
  94. alexnode
    Jul 9, 2022
    2
    Extremely boring, hack and slash, with quite a bit of attention on combat mechanics. But I can't be bothered with the challenge. Die, farm lower level enemies , upgrade, die, castle, dungeon, big boss battle, die, dungeon, meaningless cinematic dialogue, die, uninstall. Cyberpunk is about 40 times more engaging than this. Performance was ok for me, after a few patches, but I have a 2080tiExtremely boring, hack and slash, with quite a bit of attention on combat mechanics. But I can't be bothered with the challenge. Die, farm lower level enemies , upgrade, die, castle, dungeon, big boss battle, die, dungeon, meaningless cinematic dialogue, die, uninstall. Cyberpunk is about 40 times more engaging than this. Performance was ok for me, after a few patches, but I have a 2080ti in the living room and a 3090 on my gaming rig. I didn't count the frames but there were no noticeable problems apart from the fact that the game is dreadful.… Expand
  95. EldnRingIsTrash
    Jul 9, 2022
    0
    I wish Miyazaki very pleasantful meeting with a truck with a drunk truck driver, on a rainy night so the breaks won't work in time.
  96. ytmerc
    Jul 7, 2022
    0
    0 через те що немає української озвучки в цій грі та навіть немає українського інтерфейса
  97. 111allen111
    Jul 1, 2022
    0
    Another horribly optimized game on PC port. It's been 4 months since release. Still not fixed. Not worth buying.
  98. Arokhantos
    Jun 27, 2022
    0
    Terrible PC port lack of native ultrawide support, coop is very unstable, performance issues, online issues, balance issues, 60 fps cap in 2022, button prompts altho you can set them manually it should really detect when you pressing buttons on mouse keyboard to also give button prompts for mouse and keyboard and switch automaticly to mouse and keyboard prompts.
    Things that annoy me the    Terrible PC port lack of native ultrawide support, coop is very unstable, performance issues, online issues, balance issues, 60 fps cap in 2022, button prompts altho you can set them manually it should really detect when you pressing buttons on mouse keyboard to also give button prompts for mouse and keyboard and switch automaticly to mouse and keyboard prompts.
    Things that annoy me the most tho is the lack of native ultrawide support and 60 fps lock, normally in a single player game this is not much of a problem but with Easy Anti Cheat added in a singleplayer game you are now locked out to only play offline, you may not see the issue here but if you consider that Dark Souls remastered has better ultrawide support right now then Elden Ring then this is a big issue, not to mention its 2022 why do we still have no native ultrawide support or unlocked framerate, the game plays fine with fixes in offline, but due Easy Anti Cheat im forced to play offline or seemless coop mod that has a worse coop experience then original vanilla, not only that it more and more feels like my feedback is ignored, we are now on patch 1.05 and all the issues still exist, not cool From Software perhaps you should let another one handle the PC port and stick on just making the game, while letting some one profesional handle PC ports, Dark Souls remastered has better ultrawide support oke not perfect, but least it has no black bars.    … Expand
  99. Greggoro
    Jun 25, 2022
    4
    Don't be fooled by who calls Elden Ring a masterpiece.
    At its best it's competent and it isn't even constant at being so.
    The game mechanically is literally DS3, no less and no more. Clunkiness included. Speaking of world design, even if it is capable of giving some good landscape to the eye ends up being much better at boring you: too much space for too little content. Is the    Don't be fooled by who calls Elden Ring a masterpiece.
    At its best it's competent and it isn't even constant at being so.

    The game mechanically is literally DS3, no less and no more. Clunkiness included.

    Speaking of world design, even if it is capable of giving some good landscape to the eye ends up being much better at boring you: too much space for too little content. Is the carnival of recycle and scarcity: recycled enemies, 70% of the time exploration gives you at best consumables, the "dungeons" are literally the same modular 2 type of structures repeated over and over (and let's not even start with the repeated bosses). So called "legacy dungeons" are too short and seem half baked.

    Don't be fooled by the mere numbers: the problem is not how much fat there's in Elden Ring but how much more should have been there to keep meaningful a journey so stretched in terms of time of completion and map space.

    Balance is non existent. Extend this to everything you can think of: from bosses to player's weapons and spells passing trough also one hit kill random mobs. It is CLEARLY not player tested and half of the interactions end up being tedious for being or unreasonably hard or unreasonably trivial.

    The lore is there. If only the game was compelling to play for sure I'd tell how much I appreciate it. But some nice ideas can't patch something that bores you to death before getting to them.

    What makes up a "souls" experience is uniqueness: Elden ring for sure has a serious lack of it. Some things are cool, sure, but most the time it isn't worth it to go trough it. A lot of empty or palliative spaces, not enough variety just kill the journey. You'll soon wish the game to end before the game has the humbleness on cutting short with itself.

    (Not gonna start with the stuttering, we all know is there)    … Expand
  100. gamer_who_cares
    Jun 19, 2022
    0
    One of the most boring, overrated, overhyped and meaningless video game i have ever forced myself to play. They took dark souls idea and made it open world. Literally whole game is like that. Boss after boss. Pointlessly difficult combat, hardly any reward or story progression, because there is hardly any story to care about. Quests you do are meaningless and you forget about by the end,One of the most boring, overrated, overhyped and meaningless video game i have ever forced myself to play. They took dark souls idea and made it open world. Literally whole game is like that. Boss after boss. Pointlessly difficult combat, hardly any reward or story progression, because there is hardly any story to care about. Quests you do are meaningless and you forget about by the end, because there is no quest log. Awful game, overhyped by people who hate Ubisoft and think that now, Ubisoft should start making games with Souls combat, or some nonsense. Ironically these people never even cared for Ubisoft games. Ubisoft has obviously gone downhill in recent years and who knows, if they even make a comeback, but at least Ubisoft has solid selection of great games they have made in past and Valhalla was decent as well, nothing special, but still better game overall than Elden Ring or Cyberpunk 2077.… Expand
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  1. Cubed3
    Aug 29, 2022
    70
    Elden Ring is an experience that will not be forgotten in a hurry. It's a tremendous, hulking, massive achievement but because it is tremendous, hulking and massive, it is one that comes with many caveats. The shelves in CeX and conversations with people who stopped playing at Stormveil castle can certainly attest to some of those caveats. Much like any FromSoftware title, it's not going to be for everybody, but paradoxically it is one of their hardest and one of their most accessible to date. It offers huge value in one package, and perhaps is a little too much value, only becoming clearer when nearing the endgame. Don't be mistaken by the criticism, though. This is a phenomenal achievement with a moment-to-moment that is incredibly engaging and immersive. No doubt it will be deserving of the end-of-year accolades it will inevitably receive. One pushes through Elden Ring as one pushes through life, with all the highs and the lows that it brings.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Apr 28, 2022
    82
    Elden Ring is massive, sometimes to its detriment. A thorough walkthrough might take up more than 100 hours to complete, and at some point it becomes clear that From Software did not have enough manpower to produce that much unique content. Still, it remains incredibly addictive even after those 100 hours pass…
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  3. RPGamer
    Apr 14, 2022
    90
    It’s hard to review Elden Ring without being comparative; that’s because Elden Ring is an evolutionary step, not a revolutionary one, and one can’t help but see how it’s built on what came before. Here is a massive undertaking of a game, not for the sake of chasing trends but as the natural progression of the style the company has been fostering for over a decade. It’s amazing how smoothly the transition to open world was and how much of the Souls identity is still present. In the short time since its release, it has already left a cultural mark, no doubt a result of the game’s increased approachability. Even after sifting past all the hype and grandiosity, there’s still an excellent game left and Elden Ring is a clear showcase of FromSoftware’s outstanding expertise in the field. Elden Ring really is just that good.
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