Elden Ring

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7.0

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  1. sicklle
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    Am big souls games fan & am telling you don't buy the pc version until that fix it & yes it is that bad low fps , Stuttering & so much lag that make the combat feels clucky & unresponsive in a game that known for its great combat animation.just wait till they patch it.
  2. Baronz
    Mar 12, 2022
    4
    I do not understand the hype and the critics reviews. It's a big, empty open world, without tutorial, quest, lore, loot. Sluggish controls and graphics is worst than modded skyrim. 5 hours play time and it's already boring.
    If you take away the difficulty (and you can on pc with cheat engine) there is nothing left, a big dead, empty world where nothing happens. Go and learn what a 10/10    I do not understand the hype and the critics reviews. It's a big, empty open world, without tutorial, quest, lore, loot. Sluggish controls and graphics is worst than modded skyrim. 5 hours play time and it's already boring.
    If you take away the difficulty (and you can on pc with cheat engine) there is nothing left, a big dead, empty world where nothing happens. Go and learn what a 10/10 open world is by playing RDR2.    … Expand
  3. 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.
  4. robomartion
    Mar 3, 2022
    4
    Bad performance on PC right now and mouse and keyboard and mouse controls are not ideal. As for gameplay and graphics it is nothing special either. A rehash of previous games, particularly in boss fights, without much that is new, especially in regards to models and animations. I do hope this lazy formula is on the way out for future from software games. Ironically it seems the remaster ofBad performance on PC right now and mouse and keyboard and mouse controls are not ideal. As for gameplay and graphics it is nothing special either. A rehash of previous games, particularly in boss fights, without much that is new, especially in regards to models and animations. I do hope this lazy formula is on the way out for future from software games. Ironically it seems the remaster of From software's first Souls game, Demon's Souls is the companies benchmark to beat. I would like to see something more along the lines of the first half of Dark Souls 1 with 80+ hours of slow burn and perfect gameplay, perfect graphics, refined level design and a heroic journey. No warping, big lead up to bosses and high stakes. Fromsoftware keeps nearly making a great game but is every time an unfulfilled promise. Dark Souls was almost this but the second half was obviously rushed. Demons Souls, Dark Souls I and II are still the best games they have made and FromSoftware is still to top them. They must take the best successes of all their previous releases and make something great. To me, Elden Ring is not this. The horse platforming is a kind of fun mini game but overall the open world is tedious and doesn't feel like you are really exploring anything. When the game goes back to the original dark souls style in Stormfront castle the game feels much better and after seeing what it had to offer, to me the open world aspect with a huge influence from Breath of the Wild, of the game is a big waste of resources when they could have been designing a much more dense linear environment. Fighting is overwhelmingly tedious compared to previous games and rushing past enemies to the bosses or checkpoints is the best strategy which seems like a flaw in the design. Killing enemies does not reward enough souls to make it worthwhile. Boss fights no longer have a strategy you can learn over time so you can eventually outsmart them and fights become a war of attrition and based on luck as opposed to feeling like you are actually fighting the enemy in a meaningful way as for example they were in Sekiro. Elden Ring overall feels like it is spread too thin trying to have too much content.… Expand
  5. winzentween
    Mar 5, 2022
    4
    If a Fromsoft game ever needed 'Patches' (sorry) it's this one! I Would be rated higher but due to the serious technical issues on all systems it has to be a red score...for now. Let me explain.

    Im a huge fromsoft fan and trust only them for day 1 preorders. I've platinumed all their games. Buy It really worries me that blupoint demon souls remaster can launch at 4k 60fps or near to it    If a Fromsoft game ever needed 'Patches' (sorry) it's this one! I Would be rated higher but due to the serious technical issues on all systems it has to be a red score...for now. Let me explain.

    Im a huge fromsoft fan and trust only them for day 1 preorders. I've platinumed all their games. Buy It really worries me that blupoint demon souls remaster can launch at 4k 60fps or near to it but elden ring can barely hit 30fps and often dips as low as 15 in sadly the areas where you need consistent performance. On pc it runs better with improved graphics but all I get is decade old graphical and gameplay issues on pc even with a 3080.

    There is a whiff of cyberpunk about the game where fans are blindly supporting and conveniently ignoring the serious technical issues which also include a few progression stopping glitches / bugs and the occasional game breaking issue.

    And post launch the patches are not addressing these issues. It still looks and runs like a...decade old and at times elden ring just looks ugly. Great art design but everything else is far from the beauty of sekiro or the grandeur of bloodborne.

    The open world simply fails in 2022. If it was 2010 then I'm sure it be far more impressive as it has 2010 graphics. It's not remotely as good as botw or rdr2 which are games that existed before ER development even started. The latter alone is worrying but the large empty space which witcher 3 dlc would laugh at...isnt much fun to play. Yes You can explore but you'll only find Skyrim like identical copy and paste areas. Forget the wildlife of most open world games or npcs with compelling stories.

    The George Martin element is inexplicably non existent making the game effectively a dark souls 4. The latter isn't a bad thing but it's not as good as ds3 in visuals / performance or gameplay so where does this leave us?

    Without widescreen or controller support at times that's where ! The game isn't suitable for noobs or non fromsoft fans. It's a game seemingly more for fan boys, prepaid journalists and shills to scream "goty!" while they wait for gameplay saving 'Patches' (sorry ;). It's not a bad game by any means but it has bad aspects to it or lazy maybe. Bloodborne launched in a rough state so this is nothing new but it's still not acceptable.
    Wait for a sale a year from now when it's been fully patched. Eventually maybe 7-8 /10 but a 4/10 !t launch due to poor technical state :(    … Expand
  6. 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
  7. Voredon
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    it's a dark souls in an open field with a huge lighted tree in the middle.Graphics are medicore and cutscenes are just drawing cards and there is no voice acting. It wants to combine breath of the wild with dark souls and people should demand evolution to all games even if they are fans of a specific game style.
  8. OberiousLocke
    Mar 6, 2022
    4
    Honest review X hours in:

    If you were expecting them to balance enemy damage in proportion to their health and mobility, you're going to be sorely disappointed. If you were expecting them to finally realize they already had a sensible poise system in Dark Souls 1 and to stop trying to fix what was never broke, you're going to be sorely disappointed. If you were expecting them to    Honest review X hours in:

    If you were expecting them to balance enemy damage in proportion to their health and mobility, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

    If you were expecting them to finally realize they already had a sensible poise system in Dark Souls 1 and to stop trying to fix what was never broke, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

    If you were expecting them to stop gimping blocking in most boss fights in favor of rolling like they did in DS3, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

    If you were expecting them to learn how to do enemy grab attacks reasonably (i.e. not generally obnoxious with regards to damage and homing), you're going to be sorely disappointed.

    If you were expecting them to cut back on every single enemy having a wombo combo that can chunk your health, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

    If you were expecting them to cut back on staggered attack animations that give enemies the ability to hit you anyway unless you empty your stamina bar rolling and generally make evasion harder than it needs to be, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

    If you were expecting them to realize that giving AI controlled enemies the ability to parry with absolute perfection would only result in unfair deaths to the player via 1 shot, you're going to be sorely disappointed

    If you were expecting them to figure out that denying a player their full potential by limiting it with a consumable effect that is lost when you die (Rune Arc in this case, Cinders in DS3) is an asinine idea with exactly 0 merit, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

    If you were expecting them to make a primary feature (lock on camera) finally be more a help than a hindrance, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

    If you were expecting them to handle fall damage well, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

    If you were expecting them to make it so you can't be hit and killed when you're not able to actually control your character (being pancaked, etc), you're going to be sorely disappointed.

    To expand a bit further, I've personally just started referring to the design philosophy that seems to guide FS as "Anti-player" or **** the player". I say this because for the 3rd game in a row (I'm exempting Bloodborn from this castigation because it at least had the rally mechanic and other compensatory features) FromSoftware has hit on all the predictable trademarks that have come to dominate their poor design.

    Every enemy has a wombo combo, i.e. a combo that hits for outrageous damage or # of hits. This compounds with the next 2 points heavily.

    Every enemy can hit you regardless of where you are in relation to them because they can just 180, have exaggerated attack animations or just have an animation that involves them holding their attack, running up to you, and hitting you anyway, or any combination of the 3.

    Every build that isn't fast and focused on dodging is made to feel vastly inferior because they refuse to acknowledge that they can't come up with poise systems that are better than what they had in Dark Souls 1.

    The number of deaths I had to deal with because I literally could not move for various reasons in ratio to the ones that were genuinely my fault (and lord are they many) is actually staggering. You can get hit, rendered unable to move or roll or act, then hit again. Combined with aforementioned lack of balance around damage done to the player, you typically are not going to survive the second hit.

    They fumble the open world aspect because there is negligible space between "no fall damage" and "knee-shattering instant death", they don't even restore your mounts health when you respawn.

    Having recently replayed through Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls 2 and Dark Souls 3 in their entirety, I'm left to draw one of two different conclusions:

    Option A: They are unable to balance things properly just because, and that Dark Souls 1 being largely really well done in that regard was nothing short of a cosmic stroke of luck.

    Option B: They simply don't care to, because again, their game design philosphy over the years has gone from "tough but fair" to **** the player"

    I'm not entirely sure which would be the most depressing. I'm done with FromSoft tbh, bring on the "not helpful" brigades because I dared hang them out to dry.    … Expand
  9. MetzKetz
    Mar 9, 2022
    4
    No way to pause the game and EAC forced in a singleplayer game. that is a refund from me.
  10. Levian1986
    Mar 9, 2022
    4
    Same soul game as we seen before... Just added "open world"... Bloodborne was much better.
  11. Natenate
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    I can't speak for the gameplay mechanics as I refunded it on Steam after the first 45 minutes of the game. From a technical standpoint, this is a terrible port. Performance issues galore for a game which looks ok at best, no ultrawide support (come on guys, why must I mod my game to get this enabled?!), but worst of all the control scheme... I found this completely unplayable.
  12. Kunray
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    I've got the very latest drivers and Elden Ring has also received a small patch (which was supposed to target the frame-rate issues) that hasn't fixed the main problem.
    4/10
  13. 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.....
  14. 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.
  15. LeandroB
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    As many others pointed out, the game is overflowing with little problems and performance issues due the lack of polishing of the game. This game could use a few more months for better optimization.
    Gameplay wise, the combat is what you would expect, exploration was a let down, as the critics led me to believe there would be more interesting stuff around the map, not just week monsters and    As many others pointed out, the game is overflowing with little problems and performance issues due the lack of polishing of the game. This game could use a few more months for better optimization.
    Gameplay wise, the combat is what you would expect, exploration was a let down, as the critics led me to believe there would be more interesting stuff around the map, not just week monsters and lame rewards.
    The graphics are good, but could be better. I know it never was a priority for the studio, but its ridiculous to think this is an current gen AAA game .
    Now what really turned me down was the story, or lack of... They talked so much about George R. R. Martin world building that at least a nice plot would be expect, but nah, none whatsoever.
    It can be fun, but is not worth the money right now.
    Buy with a great discount.    … Expand
  16. coroner01
    Mar 31, 2022
    4
    It was another console port . PC gamers were playing this type of game 15 years ago . What's with all the hype . I was bored after about an hour . And the controls were awful . Gutted I spent money on it . And the amount of fake reviews is a joke . A 10 really? Really ! BS
  17. Ivraas7
    Mar 5, 2022
    4
    The game is pretty good, i enjoyed it, but the recent patches make the whole thing an even bigger technical mess then it was.
    I get crashes and stutters more often after 1.02.3 to the point of literally breaking my saves, good that i make a backup after every session, now i do it more often.
    But the whole port is just the epitome of bad, no ultrawide, 60fps cap, they didn't even include    The game is pretty good, i enjoyed it, but the recent patches make the whole thing an even bigger technical mess then it was.
    I get crashes and stutters more often after 1.02.3 to the point of literally breaking my saves, good that i make a backup after every session, now i do it more often.
    But the whole port is just the epitome of bad, no ultrawide, 60fps cap, they didn't even include a button prompts for PS controllers that are already in the game, where STEAM fully detect it.

    They try to fix it, but game quality slowly deteriorates with each patch, i just can't give this game a good note, the PC port is broken for me.    … Expand
  18. Nooob
    Nov 3, 2022
    4
    Same Combat mechanics for 13 years already (2009) just added with a Open World more like Open Field...
  19. LordNorros
    Mar 7, 2022
    4
    No direction or instruction, terrible UI, gameplay is bland with terrible hitboxes (player and NPC) and doesnt ever get fun. Not fun at level 10 and not fun at level 50. Super disappointed...
  20. jin44jim
    Apr 13, 2022
    4
    Please read all of this before downvoting. This generation of gaming as a whole has been killed by the tryhards and greed. If you want the truth this game reflects a lot that is wrong with this generation of gaming. Cheap flights of sweaty mechanics like dodge rolling, parry, and jumping. Fanboys are a big problem with games as well. They defend it being a sweaty game as an excuse to (getPlease read all of this before downvoting. This generation of gaming as a whole has been killed by the tryhards and greed. If you want the truth this game reflects a lot that is wrong with this generation of gaming. Cheap flights of sweaty mechanics like dodge rolling, parry, and jumping. Fanboys are a big problem with games as well. They defend it being a sweaty game as an excuse to (get good) but it is so hypocritical because these are the same gamers crying multiplayer games are too sweaty. The problem isn't the difficulty it's the game and this generation. The game really isn't that hard or even takes much skill to beat. It's just cheap and unfair combat. All just one hit kills with cartoonish animations with a slight delay so if you dodge roll it hits you anyways. It's just frustrating not hard or even takes skill to beat it. It just takes patience and mental health loss to beat it. This is reflected in this generation of gamers in multiplayer as well ( Jumping and dashing and cheap tactics to win). That is why no one likes multiplayer games. Multiplayer games die in less than a few months because no one likes playing against unfair AI or players. This is what divides this generation in gaming because they are hypocrites and want to call games competitive and a sport but don't want rules or sportsmanship in games and want to use exploits and use cheap tactics to win like (scuff controllers, dashing, and jumping). There is a reason why sports have rules like football and basketball to prevent ppl from cheating and exploiting in unfair (AI or players) ways to win and be un-sportsman-like. If it is a sport and it's all about the competition then get rid of cheap tactics/boss fights, exploits, and unfair fights and make some rules. If it is not a sport then why are we making games so tedious and playing like our lives depend on them? ( I beat the game on new game plus and level 167) but I had no other games to play and wanted to give it a fair shot). I feel like I gave this review a good score for how I feel and others feel. It is a mixed review for a sweaty game that could have been great if they focused more on the performance and RPG and toned down the sweaty feel of the game. Not to put in an easy mode but an out-of-the-box RPG-like combat system rather than dark souls combat system.… Expand
  21. 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
  22. Marr08
    Mar 5, 2022
    4
    I do not think this game is a masterpiece and it is not running well on PC. The world art design, diversity in playstyles makes this a solid game and with the help of Wemod it can be enjoyed by those who play games to relax. I do not find the story telling technique appealing anymore and I think the RR Martin was used for publicity only.

    The biggest disappointment for me is the outdated    I do not think this game is a masterpiece and it is not running well on PC. The world art design, diversity in playstyles makes this a solid game and with the help of Wemod it can be enjoyed by those who play games to relax. I do not find the story telling technique appealing anymore and I think the RR Martin was used for publicity only.

    The biggest disappointment for me is the outdated gameplay mechanics. Sekiro had much more interesting gameplay, but in this game From Software just reused DS3 mechanics and implemented very little from Sekiro innovations.
    There is still no animation cancel and reactive parry mechanic, forcing you memorize the enemy attack timing, which is highly variable. Rolling also looks ridiculous and could have been replace with a cool dash.

    It is very annoying to check the map all the time to know where you are, I do not think this is an innovative way to make an open world game, it is just another lazy way to do it.

    I also think this game had an unfair marketing strategy, there should be a warning about the difficulty in the marketing materials ("DO NOT BUY if you are not a skilful gamer, you are not welcome in the Lands Between, and you are wasting your money"). I platinumed Bloodborne and DS3 on PS4 and I was left with a bad feeling of what these games forced me to do because they charmed me with the world design and gameplay (at that time it felt more interesting, but not after you played for 800+ hours).    … Expand
  23. rafabertolotti
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    Tiene todo para ser el juego del año, pero la optimización para la versión de PC (al menos hasta el momento) es nula y lo hace injugable de a ratos.
  24. ONEEX
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    Не нормальное портирование.
    Непроработанное управление.
    Непроработанное меню для ПК. Запуская игру, я вижу, что это игра не для ПК а для консолей! Слабая оптимизация. Даже после нескольких патчей люди жалуются на невозможность запустить игру и играть. Белый экран после запуска и выбрасывает на рабочий стол. У меня та же проблема. Я до сих пор не мгу играть в это! Ещё возмущает    Не нормальное портирование.
    Непроработанное управление.
    Непроработанное меню для ПК. Запуская игру, я вижу, что это игра не для ПК а для консолей!
    Слабая оптимизация.
    Даже после нескольких патчей люди жалуются на невозможность запустить игру и играть. Белый экран после запуска и выбрасывает на рабочий стол. У меня та же проблема.
    Я до сих пор не мгу играть в это!
    Ещё возмущает слабоумие рицензентов - такие высокие оценки неоправданы и скорее всего продажны. Они не честные и звышенные.
    21 век - век халтуры и обмана во многих сферах и эта сфера не исключение.    … Expand
  25. 2Mohamed
    Mar 5, 2022
    4
    الأداء التقني مزعج٩٠ ساعة لعب وستيم كذا مرة بغى يحذف تخزينتي وهذا اسوأ شيء ممكن يصير غير الأداء الغير ثابت من ناحية فريم ريت سيء وبقز وكراشات كثيره تطلعني من اللعبة، المفترض نسخة البي سي تكون الأكمل لكن الله المستعان بعصوهاالأداء التقني مزعج٩٠ ساعة لعب وستيم كذا مرة بغى يحذف تخزينتي وهذا اسوأ شيء ممكن يصير غير الأداء الغير ثابت من ناحية فريم ريت سيء وبقز وكراشات كثيره تطلعني من اللعبة، المفترض نسخة البي سي تكون الأكمل لكن الله المستعان بعصوها
  26. Mclovins6xnine
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    Can barely get the game running. Much stuttering. Looks great and gameplay seems nice and probably would be a great game.
    But all of that doesn't matter if i can barely play the game!
  27. Mortanius
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    Elden Ring is in my opinion a 9/10 game if everything works as expected.
    But the game is extremely poorly optimized on PC, its not even funny anymore. Its a Souls Game and you have to deal with constant frame drops. Unacceptable. Which makes me rate the game 6/10.
    Thats not all. -1 for: If we look at the history, FromSoftware games are well known for terrible PC ports, the company    Elden Ring is in my opinion a 9/10 game if everything works as expected.
    But the game is extremely poorly optimized on PC, its not even funny anymore. Its a Souls Game and you have to deal with constant frame drops. Unacceptable. Which makes me rate the game 6/10.
    Thats not all.
    -1 for: If we look at the history, FromSoftware games are well known for terrible PC ports, the company doesnt learn from its mistakes.
    -1 for: Devs/publishers knew very well about problems but still decided to ship it in such state.

    Final rating 4/10

    Paid medias giving this 10/10 is a joke and I pity people who take their opinions seriously.    … Expand
  28. Boris-Barbaris
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    Кривая пародия на свои предыдущие игры. Мизер новых идей и куча откровенной халтуры
  29. halfgandalf
    Feb 27, 2022
    4
    I'm so confused by the 10/10 scores from every publisher for this game. I've never seen a game overrated in this scale.. FromSoft gets away with no innovation, while every other franchise gets bashed for repetitiveness.

    Elden Ring is an already outdated souls-like game with worse than ps4 graphics, a barren open-world that offers nothing new. Animation quality is as bad as some indie    I'm so confused by the 10/10 scores from every publisher for this game. I've never seen a game overrated in this scale.. FromSoft gets away with no innovation, while every other franchise gets bashed for repetitiveness.

    Elden Ring is an already outdated souls-like game with worse than ps4 graphics, a barren open-world that offers nothing new. Animation quality is as bad as some indie games that were made by 2 people. The reviewers and community is so delusional that they see open-world, mount and jumping as groundbreaking features.

    It's time to wake up and realise graphics like this, with bad animations and same old combat mechanics DOES NOT DESERVE 10/10. It's unfair to games like RDR2, Death Stranding and GoW and such. Time to wake up and play other games that actually earn praise..

    If this game gets 10/10, than RDR2 need to get like 50 out of 10.    … Expand
  30. bkarioka
    Feb 27, 2022
    4
    Um excelente jogo em termos de jogabilidade , gráfico e história porém em termos de desempenho no PC é realmente uma vergonha stuttering , quedas de FPS a todo momento ou seja desempenho medíocre mesmo em hardware de alto desempenho.
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  1. Positive: 57 out of 60
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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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