Elden Ring

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7.0

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  1. themegahero
    Mar 13, 2022
    1
    Thankfully for now it's very obvious that most people don't actually like this game, yes it sold over million copies, because lots of people were baited into buying it, because it was advertised as "very accessible for new players", but in reality it's just same as every Souls game, just with open world and most people don't like games where you have to die million times to learn moveThankfully for now it's very obvious that most people don't actually like this game, yes it sold over million copies, because lots of people were baited into buying it, because it was advertised as "very accessible for new players", but in reality it's just same as every Souls game, just with open world and most people don't like games where you have to die million times to learn move sets, most people don't find that interesting, it's very obvious that most gamers want good story, fun gameplay and challenging, but not too difficult combat. Souls games are way more than challenging, they are brutal and even with best gear you can die easily and for most people, this is not fun. Just speaking facts.… Expand
  2. Awsomnerd
    Mar 14, 2022
    0
    Boring, repetitive and overrated. Performance is garbage on pc dark soles game all play the same.
  3. Beaterbot
    Mar 14, 2022
    0
    Just another Dark Souls with an open world. The UI is awful, the story shines by its lack of development and the graphics looks dated asf. Plus that, it runs very laggy even with a 3080.
  4. golforoosh
    May 3, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad level design and boss dificulty . They used same bosses repeatedly . In almost every main bosses in this game you just have to be lucky to kill them the other bosses are easy enough to kill. In Melania boss fight you just have to be lucky to run away from the ishin ashina that can fly. 2 for the graphical design of the game rest of the game is just dark souls 3… Expand
  5. Mensola
    Mar 21, 2022
    2
    Playing this game made me think again about dark souls 2, now i call it a masterpiece
  6. luisgarcia21
    May 8, 2022
    1
    **** optimization, FromSoft shat on their fans with how bad it is optimized for pc
  7. wjunior07
    Mar 19, 2022
    0
    added black bars on purpose to prevent players from playing ultrawide. sometimes the game opens without the bars and looks beautiful. the company doesn't give a damn about pc gamers
  8. Helix_006
    Apr 8, 2022
    0
    Garbage game, 2022/04/09 still can not enter game, white screen crash.
    Do you have a grudge against my computer?
  9. mcwilbern
    Mar 26, 2022
    0
    this game is very bad and sucks love getting one shot killed and im lvl 150+ its great this game is very bad and sucks love getting one shot killed and im lvl 150+ its great this game is very bad and sucks love getting one shot killed and im lvl 150+ its great this game is very bad and sucks love getting one shot killed and im lvl 150+ its great this game is very bad and sucks lovethis game is very bad and sucks love getting one shot killed and im lvl 150+ its great this game is very bad and sucks love getting one shot killed and im lvl 150+ its great this game is very bad and sucks love getting one shot killed and im lvl 150+ its great this game is very bad and sucks love getting one shot killed and im lvl 150+ its great this game is very bad and sucks love getting one shot killed and im lvl 150+ its great this game is very bad and sucks love getting one shot killed and im lvl 150+ its great this game is very bad and sucks love getting one shot killed and im lvl 150+ its great… Expand
  10. Fussel1985
    Apr 13, 2022
    1
    Playing this game with a Mouse and Keyboard is beyond challenging - as a new player to Soulsborne games this made me suffer quite a lot. the open world is amazing but u never get a clue what to do... you have to look at everything and since many players lay their own informations above notes that explain some of the story its annoying to get to it. The gameplay is challenging, thats forPlaying this game with a Mouse and Keyboard is beyond challenging - as a new player to Soulsborne games this made me suffer quite a lot. the open world is amazing but u never get a clue what to do... you have to look at everything and since many players lay their own informations above notes that explain some of the story its annoying to get to it. The gameplay is challenging, thats for sure, and depending on what class you play you cant progress well. According to others you are able to play through everything on lvl 1 if ur skill lvl is high enough.

    so - elden ring is lacking in story, is confusing, with a big but kinda bland empty world that makes no sense (crusaders beeing richt next to a barbarian camp for example).

    If you like soulsborne games - well go for it. If you can look past the horrible way this game is played - go for it.. If you dont want story, just want to lvl up and kill harder enemies - go for it - or play Minecraft.

    To me - this is not worth my time.    … Expand
  11. 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
  12. catdad89
    Apr 22, 2022
    2
    Thought it was boring. Game did not motivate me enough to play the game. Not interesting at all. Very bland.
  13. marianpilka
    Mar 21, 2022
    0
    The fps lock and occasional framerate drops are annoying, but other than that the game is one of the best I have played so far.
  14. FallenXuqs
    Mar 30, 2022
    0
    No DLSS support
    No ultrawide support
    Stuttering ?
    White screen (Long load time 10min sometimes)
    Invisible enemies
    FPS cap (60)
    PVP exploit / glitch
    Coop disconnections
    Good game, but Fromsoftware don't care about the community requests
  15. Bluemarooner
    May 3, 2022
    0
    If I had to sum this game up in one word it's exhausting. The sloppy platforming makes exploration a stressful mess where enemies are far less threatening than a 3 inch jump. That being said it's mostly good but this issue really brings down the experience.
  16. wolfpac
    May 13, 2022
    0
    Disappointment:
    Story: what story? something about fight bosses and become a lord, bland and boring. there is memorable character, I found the let me solo her cosplay player more memorable.
    Graphic: hello 2003 graphic, there is a reason why things are dark and hazy, to hide all the outdated graphic. Sound: there was sound and music? I cant recall. Game mechanic: not difficult at all    Disappointment:
    Story: what story? something about fight bosses and become a lord, bland and boring. there is memorable character, I found the let me solo her cosplay player more memorable.
    Graphic: hello 2003 graphic, there is a reason why things are dark and hazy, to hide all the outdated graphic.
    Sound: there was sound and music? I cant recall.
    Game mechanic: not difficult at all like everyone else is saying but certainly very frustrating, no save, loss of hard earn runes, chunky movement with a lot of platform jumping, bad UI design and control.    … Expand
  17. CoffeePot
    May 24, 2022
    4
    Wait for a sale so you don't feel committed to it. I can understand a person liking this game if your expectations from open-world games are low because, well, that's honestly just me trying to throw the masses a bone with this game. The truth is I don't like it. My time doesn't feel efficiently spent and I swear I've spent twice as long playing it as the game says I have. Never a goodWait for a sale so you don't feel committed to it. I can understand a person liking this game if your expectations from open-world games are low because, well, that's honestly just me trying to throw the masses a bone with this game. The truth is I don't like it. My time doesn't feel efficiently spent and I swear I've spent twice as long playing it as the game says I have. Never a good sign.

    I'm not a FromSoftware veteran whatsoever, but my experience with open-world games is extensive, so I judge the game on those merits. The things I heard FromSoftware did well in past games are present here, which namely are the combat mechanics. Combat against normal enemies and mini-bosses is more fun and engaging than in most games. Apparently their level design is lauded too though which I would never know playing Elden Ring. It's a really boring open world if I'm being completely honest. Exploration is de-incentivized pretty quickly because I never feel amply rewarded for it. Maybe that's not the point but why make this an open-world game then? There are no interesting characters to find, talk to, and gain a sense of direction from, but there are odd merchant beings hiding in unlikely places for some reason (and in the Roundtable Hold, which i don't otherwise see the point of and you're forced to go there very early in the game in a jarring fashion), and the meager things I do find aren't impressive. Maybe once you've mastered the mechanics, the Ashes of War pickups are more valuable, but I'm still learning the game when I have five of them in my inventory, and from what I can tell they make my weapon stats worse. I tried them as a curiosity and while some of them do cool things, Storm Stomp feels useless and makes any weapon it's attached to worse - I trusted the game not to do that to me and ruined a good weapon in the process. I like the rune system overall but I don't wanna grind for them to get a new weapon. All this is my observation as someone who isn't aware of the mechanics behind the scenes when I first try it. I don't want to feel like I need to go RNG mode when I'm first experiencing the game. You also don't feel like you have much choice but to invest all your level-up points into certain stats, at least early-game, so character creativity is stifled if not entirely sacrificed.

    You like story? Good like finding one here. "Become the Elden Lord" ain't exactly gonna propel me like a rocket through any game. This world and this universe are boring without a decent narrative. Sorry.    … Expand
  18. k0uk
    May 27, 2022
    3
    I really wanted to like this game, but it was impossible; it's not "soulslike" is literally the same dark souls again, the same game with new enemies and a new map.

    The combat is quite boring, movements feel imprecise, very clunky, combat feels boring when you have to spend most of the time defending, I'm sure there are people that enjoy rolling most of the time of a combat but I don't,    I really wanted to like this game, but it was impossible; it's not "soulslike" is literally the same dark souls again, the same game with new enemies and a new map.

    The combat is quite boring, movements feel imprecise, very clunky, combat feels boring when you have to spend most of the time defending, I'm sure there are people that enjoy rolling most of the time of a combat but I don't, this feels just too boring and old for being a 2022 game, same goes with graphics, the performance for the visuals are bad, so the result is a game that feels 6-7 years old.    … Expand
  19. srkn4432
    Jun 18, 2022
    2
    its not bad game with no quest guide but why enemies spamming attack ? i feel like they are playing they have to enjoy the game not me. better next game they let players enjoy the game. its so cringe because literally they are spamming and its annoying too much
  20. 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
  21. Papst_BeneDICKt
    Jun 5, 2022
    0
    Huge performance problems on PC.
    The controls are designed for the Controller and the default keyboard and mouse settings are horrible. Unplayable with keyboard and mouse because most of the keys have multiple functions which you have to activate with shift. Even changing the key bindings doesn't solve some problems. You still have to press multiple keys in combat, for example, when you    Huge performance problems on PC.
    The controls are designed for the Controller and the default keyboard and mouse settings are horrible. Unplayable with keyboard and mouse because most of the keys have multiple functions which you have to activate with shift. Even changing the key bindings doesn't solve some problems. You still have to press multiple keys in combat, for example, when you want to call your horse.    … Expand
  22. KABASIK_EXE
    Apr 16, 2022
    1
    Миядзаки конченый уебок. Так плохо сделать самые базовые механики надо еще уметь
  23. Goudar
    Mar 20, 2022
    0
    Barely playable with performance issues. Stuttering and low fps regardless of hardware. All that with subpar graphics for 2022.

    Terrible controls. Extreme input lag and inconsistency. Slow and sluggish combat. Many steps backward compared to any other soulsborne game.

    Critics' reviews are either paid or plain lies from fanboys.

    Huge disappointment.
  24. Anthonydavis77
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    the copy and paste was unreal I rolled my eyes seeing the same structures and layouts repeatedly and the bosses where worse, the amount of times the godskin bosses showed up was especially lazy. Also had some bosses just flat out go afk in the battle like the Dragonlord placidusax.

    Not a bad game, above average but the overhype is real
  25. bob9999
    Mar 26, 2022
    0
    Terrible performance. Running up to date drivers and firmware, running 5950x, rtx3090, 4000mhz cl16 ddr4 and pcie4 nvme ssd. Stuttering mess. Reasonable art direction with ps3 era graphics.

    Roll simulator. Considering how much dodging there is, dodging is what should be customisable - not combat. Bad customisation with controls too.
  26. RockstarForever
    Mar 26, 2022
    0
    One of the worst games i have ever played. Awful and outdated in pretty much every aspect possible.
  27. soulsvet123
    Mar 28, 2022
    4
    This game some how pissed off new comers and souls veterans. I played Bloodborne, Dark souls 3 and Seikro before playing Elden ring. Elden ring is the last fun game to play. If only the reviews know how the game works.
    You need skill and persistence to beat the previous game bosses. you no longer need that just level up tank hits and over power bosses.
    Bosses and insane combos that are    This game some how pissed off new comers and souls veterans. I played Bloodborne, Dark souls 3 and Seikro before playing Elden ring. Elden ring is the last fun game to play. If only the reviews know how the game works.
    You need skill and persistence to beat the previous game bosses. you no longer need that just level up tank hits and over power bosses.
    Bosses and insane combos that are impossible to dodge. May be a bloodborne or sekiro like character would do some justice to the new bosses.
    Story is straight up cringe.
    Every boss with multiple hands only use 2 hands in combat. So what that means is a wasted potential and staying in the comfort zone.
    open world feels like a chore. You play dungeons to get spirt ashes or golden seed. You get the best mimic by playing story line. after upgrading crimson flask to max. I was left with 5 extra golden seeds. So what that basically means was doing dungeons is a waste of time. No real benefit except you being over leveled for the boss fight.
    After you explore everything and ready to fight the boss. In a traditionally way you find yourself way over leveled and slap the boss cheeks. if are under leveled the bosses will slap your cheeks. there is no middle ground here. Worst bosses I ever played are exclusive in this game.
    open world is good for few hours after that it feels pretty useless. most of the effort went into early game and its all down hill from there on.
    you play souls games for bosses. which is the biggest failure in this game. Graphics are fine but I can forgive that.
    Bloodborne > Sekiro > DS3 > Elden ring    … Expand
  28. Gutoso
    May 20, 2022
    3
    Video games are supposed to do two things: entertain and give fun. The Souls saga fails in both. Its a game which will keep you frustrated, because it's unfairly hard, and even after a lot of effort, when you manage to kill the bosses, there is no good sensation, just a relief from a bad sensation that the game caused itself.

    I am really needing good games lately, and buying Dark Souls 3    Video games are supposed to do two things: entertain and give fun. The Souls saga fails in both. Its a game which will keep you frustrated, because it's unfairly hard, and even after a lot of effort, when you manage to kill the bosses, there is no good sensation, just a relief from a bad sensation that the game caused itself.

    I am really needing good games lately, and buying Dark Souls 3 and Elden ring was a big mistake.

    Don't waste your money with this kind of game.    … Expand
  29. IndustryArtist
    May 22, 2022
    2
    - Multiplayer: 1/10 An outrageously convoluted mess!
    Remedies, Effigies, Fingers, tongues, needing to be in the exact same place in the world to join.. Just make it like every other multiplayer game and add a button called "Join"
    - Storyline: 5/10 Average. Formulaic and derivative. Plus side has multiple endings. - Gameplay: 2/10 Poor. As of May 22, 2022 on Steam, only    - Multiplayer: 1/10 An outrageously convoluted mess!
    Remedies, Effigies, Fingers, tongues, needing to be in the exact same place in the world to join.. Just make it like every other multiplayer game and add a button called "Join"
    - Storyline: 5/10 Average.
    Formulaic and derivative. Plus side has multiple endings.
    - Gameplay: 2/10 Poor.
    As of May 22, 2022 on Steam, only 17.2% of players have beaten Elden Ring. This tells you the vast majority of players lose interest before finishing the game.    … Expand
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. pjmeyer22
    Mar 25, 2022
    0
    Cons
    -No quest log and little to no quest tracking.
    -NPCs give little to no info on your goals -The horrible graphics from Dark Souls 2 only got a slight upgrade. -Dark Souls 2 and Elden Ring have almost the same zero to hero story -The story is horrible. -The dialogue is horrible and at times incoherent. -Monitor refresh rate capped at 60Hz. -All the menu and tutorials are in    Cons
    -No quest log and little to no quest tracking.
    -NPCs give little to no info on your goals
    -The horrible graphics from Dark Souls 2 only got a slight upgrade.
    -Dark Souls 2 and Elden Ring have almost the same zero to hero story
    -The story is horrible.
    -The dialogue is horrible and at times incoherent.
    -Monitor refresh rate capped at 60Hz.
    -All the menu and tutorials are in game-pad format not keyboard and mouse.
    -The knucklehead who created this game had 6 opportunities fix all of this, but was too lazy to do so.

    Pros
    -My money was refunded.    … Expand
  35. neurin
    Apr 6, 2022
    0
    one of the best games i have played in years hope Fromsoft make more like this
  36. mikeje
    Mar 26, 2022
    2
    ну откровенно сказать, прям вообще скатились, тот же унылый секиро да же поинтересней будет.
    На старте фпс шел волнами, то 25 то 125, вы думали патчами исправили и люди забыли, не не не я помню.
    Мир абсолютно уныл, изучать абсолютно не интересно, стандартные тунэли раздули до уровня типа открытого мира.....но при этом ни чем не наполнен, механика лошади полный отстой. Мобы тупо    ну откровенно сказать, прям вообще скатились, тот же унылый секиро да же поинтересней будет.
    На старте фпс шел волнами, то 25 то 125, вы думали патчами исправили и люди забыли, не не не я помню.
    Мир абсолютно уныл, изучать абсолютно не интересно, стандартные тунэли раздули до уровня типа открытого мира.....но при этом ни чем не наполнен, механика лошади полный отстой.
    Мобы тупо деревянные и делают по серии атак из 3-7 ударов....это типа тут сложно, ну или ваншотают....в том же ниох 2 при таких раскладах был хоть какой то мувимент, тут же персонаж как полено, ели шевелится, ловкости 0, урон в перекаты залетает только в путь...
    Босы такой же калл, или ваншотают или забивают серией, драться против них не интересно, не запоминающиеся.
    Многие билды просто не работают, например обычным ближником без какой либо магии вы далеко не уйдете, просто не вывезите уроном. Щит под конец не работает, ну не впитаете вы в него серии Миллении.
    Туча нпс, которые по началу ни как не отображались на карте, дают миссии и хрен разберет в какой последовательности что делать, руинится все на раз.
    Короче нужно было сделать тупо слешер в мире дарк фентазии и была бы сказка, но они зачем то тащят этот труп 2010 года в виде деревянных и устаревших соусов.
    К покупки не рекомендую, бросил играть ради этого говна в хорайзен и очень сожалею...
    Ах да играть начинали с другом, в итоге игра просто не рассчитана для пати, и сетевой код просто говно, вечно то лагает то ошибка соединения, да же если к другим типам конектится, из десяти призывов удается побегать только в трех случаях....    … Expand
  37. 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.....
  38. 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!
  39. exitstage1eft
    Mar 24, 2022
    0
    I was so excited for this game but it's unplayable due to motion sickness. No options available that help like FOV. It's a huge problem that hasn't even been addressed publicly but has been brought up by many in news articles and Reddit. I hope they fix this game. Also the lack of ultrawide monitor support is surprising.
  40. BRSM
    Mar 25, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think Elden Ring is going to be a good game, as long as it comes out of the Alpha in which it is, it is still very green, and should have been released when it was finished,

    Flooding of bugs
    Crashes
    Jumps / meaningless deaths.

    It's a pity that this game was released before it was finished, let's hope that next year it will be fixed.    … Expand
  41. Xenoblade42
    Apr 1, 2022
    0
    Game does not stop crashing for some reason, PC can run every other games except this one. Searched up everything to fix it. And on top of that the support of Bandai did not even reply. Really disappointed.
  42. marcoeldenmid
    Mar 28, 2022
    1
    mid game bro sekiro is better much better mid ring elden middddddddddddddddd
  43. hmptn
    Mar 31, 2022
    3
    A beautiful mess. I played this game for 50 hours, and I just don't have the motivation to finish it. The open world aspect of this game feels shallow, empty and meaningless. Nothing has changed since bloodborne/dark souls 3. There is no driving factor in this game, the bosses are plentiful but most are reskins of eachother put in a small dungeon in the corner of a map, there is noA beautiful mess. I played this game for 50 hours, and I just don't have the motivation to finish it. The open world aspect of this game feels shallow, empty and meaningless. Nothing has changed since bloodborne/dark souls 3. There is no driving factor in this game, the bosses are plentiful but most are reskins of eachother put in a small dungeon in the corner of a map, there is no satisfation to killing a boss, you are rewarded with the same items over and over making them obsolete. The game is boring, a empty husk of what could've been a great game. Overall this game is a big stepdown from fromsoft's earlier works, I'm not even going to touch on the performance issues this game has. I'm dissapointed, what happened fromsoft?… Expand
  44. 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
  45. BorInn
    Mar 30, 2022
    0
    The Worst game ever made by From Software, the details lack polishing, a step backward in all aspects compared to the previous work.
    If you want play a From Software's game, Elden Ring is the least worthwhile work to play.
  46. CloudSparklz
    Apr 6, 2022
    0
    Elden Ring as a whole may seem charming and inviting on the outside, but I implore every single person who has ever thought about buying this game to save yourself the effort, and dont. I have played all the way to the final boss of the game, and didnt have fun at all, for the whole experience. It's slow, clunky, and overall just not fun. Oh and it stutters to hell and back on pc. 0/10Elden Ring as a whole may seem charming and inviting on the outside, but I implore every single person who has ever thought about buying this game to save yourself the effort, and dont. I have played all the way to the final boss of the game, and didnt have fun at all, for the whole experience. It's slow, clunky, and overall just not fun. Oh and it stutters to hell and back on pc. 0/10 game, would refund again. It's way too unforgiving to new players to the souls genre. And I'm saying that as someone who isnt, it's too hard, unfun, and it will completely ruin your mood every time you play it.… Expand
  47. kij971224
    Apr 9, 2022
    0
    내 인생 최악의 게임 멀미가 심하지만 시야각이나 pov설정이 전혀 없음, 멀미도 멀미 이지만 게임 자체가 재미가없고 너무 허술함
  48. Kaip122
    Apr 10, 2022
    0
    If you enjoy games that are dripping with story, endlessly playable and a bang for your buck, Elden Ring may be the best for it. My first run of the game clocked about 100 hours. It is not an easy game to play, the game is sett like every other Soulsbourne game while allowing the player to experience the open world at their ease and pace.
  49. BertramDK
    Apr 12, 2022
    0
    If the game actually played well and optimized this would have been an 9/10, but when you release a game which is basically unplayable because you keep getting annoyed by stutters and bad optimization, I have to rate it accordingly. Fix the game and I'll change this review to its rightful metric. It's been out for a month now and we have heard nothing from FromSoftware.
  50. 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
  51. zorox
    May 22, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kötü Oyun -Sıkıcı- - Zaman Kaybı- -Çok Uzun- -Zor- -Sıkıcı- -Bosslar ve Düşmanlar Tekrar Ediyor-… Expand
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. danhill76
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    Don’t believe the hype, Elden Ring is terrible. I’m not even talking about the glitches, ran well on my beast gaming rig. No, I’m talking about the total lack of PC optimisation. PC gamers are pretty much forced to use a controller, as the devs have decided to provide very minimal mouse & keyboard support. This isn't 1985, I'm not trying to play NES. Why do the devs force PC users, who'reDon’t believe the hype, Elden Ring is terrible. I’m not even talking about the glitches, ran well on my beast gaming rig. No, I’m talking about the total lack of PC optimisation. PC gamers are pretty much forced to use a controller, as the devs have decided to provide very minimal mouse & keyboard support. This isn't 1985, I'm not trying to play NES. Why do the devs force PC users, who're perfectly happy with mouse and keyboard (far higher skill ceiling & superior fidelity), to use a controller? From Software just don't get it, it’s 2022, every other new AAA release has pretty much the same PC controls and user interface, which have been standardized over decades. Why does Elden Ring look like something from the 2000’s? The devs are lazy, and/or incompetent, couldn't care less about the PC market. Lots of Souls fanbois and paid “reviewers” making weak excuses for this garbage. I dare these shills to make a direct comparison between Elden Ring and God Of War or HZN, there’s just no comparison, it’s absolute garbage, Elden Ring falls well short of basic expectations.… Expand
  59. Zodijackyl
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    I am literally unable to play the game. That's it guys really I can't play the game that I bought already months ago and that's not because it's hard or smth it's because Elden Ring crashed everytime when i try to launch. People complain about performance, graphics etc. and here i'm facing white screen crash whenever I open it. It has been two days since it's launch and there is no properI am literally unable to play the game. That's it guys really I can't play the game that I bought already months ago and that's not because it's hard or smth it's because Elden Ring crashed everytime when i try to launch. People complain about performance, graphics etc. and here i'm facing white screen crash whenever I open it. It has been two days since it's launch and there is no proper answer came out from developers. There are many people like me getting the same crash problem and it's still persist I mean what kind of game developer you are when your game doesn't run at all. Forget Cyberpunk 2077's or any game launch you have ever witnessed, I have never been in this situation before I can't play the game that has been already released. Elden Ring managed to being the worst launched game that I couldn't have imagined. I have tried every solution on the internet, updated every driver, reinstalled the game and even the most absurd ones like it's crashing because of the epic games launcher I tried everything and my situation remains the same this is the first moment in my gaming history that I couldn't find a solution to run a game properly with a decent PC.

    You may ask how do you review the game that you can't play atm and I would say this review is the most deserved answer to the current gaming industry.    … Expand
  60. LordBendtner
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Unplayable due to poor performance on a good PC. Tried all graphic settings. Expecting the customer to tinker in windows settings in order to somehow make the game run 'smooth' (which didn't even work) is unacceptable. That is your job, From Software! Developers and publisher had to knew about the state of the PC port and still shipped and sold it for full price. Absolute No go. RefundedUnplayable due to poor performance on a good PC. Tried all graphic settings. Expecting the customer to tinker in windows settings in order to somehow make the game run 'smooth' (which didn't even work) is unacceptable. That is your job, From Software! Developers and publisher had to knew about the state of the PC port and still shipped and sold it for full price. Absolute No go. Refunded the game. From Software and Bandai Namco are now officially on the same level as all the other screwy companies like Bethesda, Bioware, CD Projekt Red, Ubisoft, EA, Blizzard etc.… Expand
  61. RogueMonkeyJr
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Simply put, a horrible PC port. Absolutely shameful. Insane stuttering even on a high end system. Absolute GARBAGE controls on mouse and keyboard with very little options to change them to how you like. Very noticeable input lag as well, and in a game like this, timing is everything.
  62. Galactox
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Please do not but this game. If Cyberpunk or the GTA Trilogy Remaster had a spiritual sequel then there's no doubt this game would be a proud reward owner. We cannot let devs disguise crowdfunding campains as a polished final release of a game, or else the good games are going to end up rarer than anything in this world, which you really don't want unless you hate games for some reason.
  63. SoulsGamesSuck
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This is literally worst AAA game of past 10 years. This is absolutely awful, pathetic, insanely bad.
  64. yeahiknow1
    Mar 6, 2022
    0
    Among the most banal games I've ever played. The point appears to be to wonder boringly through a half-empty world, dying repeatedly and pointlessly. The story is either non-existent or, when it does make an appearance, utterly cringey, written presumably by an adolescent who just watched Lord of The Rings. Every year games become less like art and more like fast food. No, that's notAmong the most banal games I've ever played. The point appears to be to wonder boringly through a half-empty world, dying repeatedly and pointlessly. The story is either non-existent or, when it does make an appearance, utterly cringey, written presumably by an adolescent who just watched Lord of The Rings. Every year games become less like art and more like fast food. No, that's not true. There are plenty of good games out there. This one just isn't it.… Expand
  65. pugsy2021
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    It's actually a joke that a company knows the game doesn't run well on PCs, and still release it at full-price with an 'after-the-fact' apology note. Seriously, refund this mess and don't invest time and money in From Software games unless it's on special.
  66. Qwerty2003
    Mar 13, 2022
    0
    Haters gonna hate, but the game is great anyway. Some many people already said why this is great i have nothing new to add
  67. Gurkenhobel
    Mar 13, 2022
    0
    Didn't play it longer than 2 hours, because i refunded it. I love open world games, but i don't understand how this game is hyped like this? Despite all the port issues, no ultrawide support, the clunky controls, the 60fps lock...i have never been bored like this by an open world game. I wait for a sale, hoping the technical issues are fixed by than, giving it another try.
    Not worth 60    Didn't play it longer than 2 hours, because i refunded it. I love open world games, but i don't understand how this game is hyped like this? Despite all the port issues, no ultrawide support, the clunky controls, the 60fps lock...i have never been bored like this by an open world game. I wait for a sale, hoping the technical issues are fixed by than, giving it another try.
    Not worth 60 bucks at all!    … Expand
  68. Skyhan
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Dear Miyazaki, I wish you had spent the money you spent on advertising to develop the game technically. Thanks to this game, the game press has not been trusted. They drop points for Assassin's Creed because it has the same fighting mechanics, but they can't say the same for Elden Ring.
  69. hllyrd
    Mar 18, 2022
    2
    Expected some innovation in gameplay, but it's just DS3 in an open world, with a horse. Said open world is not interesting, combat sucks ass compared to Sekiro. Horrible performance, for graphics that can only be considered barely acceptable in 2022.
  70. kion
    Mar 11, 2022
    0
    soooooo many bugs, garbage AI, stupid horse, and story is hard to understand
  71. jojoboy1997
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    Input lag problem and input queue system in this game make game unplayable.
  72. Baexchu
    Mar 20, 2022
    0
    Bloodborne is better, Demon's souls is better, dark Souls is better, sekiro is better
  73. JeanAlterCXV
    Mar 11, 2022
    0
    I'm not gonna complain about the pc port, the game itself is a piece of ****

    easy game with a lot of recycled bosses.
  74. JonBongJovi
    Mar 20, 2022
    0
    Don't believe the over inflated fanboi reviews, they are either ignorant or willfully blind to the major issues that plague this game. Extremely overhyped and given the undeserved title of "best game of the century" and "a masterpiece" by silencing anyone who criticises the game.

    Boss designs are atrocious with some of the worst combos I've seen in a souls game. Map is big but empty,    Don't believe the over inflated fanboi reviews, they are either ignorant or willfully blind to the major issues that plague this game. Extremely overhyped and given the undeserved title of "best game of the century" and "a masterpiece" by silencing anyone who criticises the game.

    Boss designs are atrocious with some of the worst combos I've seen in a souls game. Map is big but empty, literal copy and pasted across entire regions.

    The gap in skill needed to play melee over magic is horrendous. Balancing is non existent.

    Don't even bother with co-op, it's the biggest ballache and half assed multiplayer experience I've ever seen. Not that it matters anyway, because doing anything outside of a dungeon will mean you'll get invaded every 10 minutes for "balance" reasons. The connections are so piss poor that your attacks won't connect even if you're right in front of them, making PVP the biggest joke in this game.

    We are now at patch 1.0.3, and yet despite the community screaming for better PC performance, they've completely ignored it, and made it worse in some instances, and given us instead some of the most stupid, unwarranted buffs and nerfs that they could have come up with, purely to appease the part of the community that only wants to suffer playing this game and demands everyone else does too.

    Don't bother complaining about anything though, the community for this game is so toxic and full gatekeepers that you can't actually criticise the game without being abused or told to "git gud". It's the worst case of Stockholm syndrome, it's like trying to talk to someone from North Korea. There's no point.

    The game isn't hard because of well designed bosses, enemies and movesets. It's hard because they kept tedious design decisions from older souls games, gave the bosses undodgeable attacks, the worst roll mechanic out of all the souls games, and allow the bosses to break game physics just to get the upper hand so you are constantly caught in a "gotcha" moment. Its not hard because it's a fun challenge, it's artificially hard. FS has let the hype go to their head and has made this game harder just for the sake of being harder, trying to buy into their difficult game reputation.

    It's just a dark souls rehash but made worse. Unless your a really big fan of Souls games don't bother with this one.

    It's seriously not worth your time and definitely not worth your money.    … Expand
  75. DerangedGinger
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    Performance is terrible. Stuttering and frame drops will get you killed. Controls just don't feel fluid even with a controller. Graphics quality is pretty subpar. I've played plenty of indie games that look and run better. This is overall just some mediocre looking terrible console port of an unplayable souls game.
  76. PoppyTales
    Feb 27, 2022
    4
    Once again the so called "critics" showed how unqualified they are when it comes to understanding what makes a game a good game and amazing gameplay. It is not the brand making a games with past achievements, it is the gamers themselves, no one else. Majority of these critics don't even spent the bucks for those games which cant' generate a bias opinions.

    Now here is my opinion: this    Once again the so called "critics" showed how unqualified they are when it comes to understanding what makes a game a good game and amazing gameplay. It is not the brand making a games with past achievements, it is the gamers themselves, no one else. Majority of these critics don't even spent the bucks for those games which cant' generate a bias opinions.

    Now here is my opinion: this game is boring after few hours. Different model of a boss with different combos of the more or less same attacks you've seen before. Stuck in an empty open world which wasn't made to be amazed and looked at, just to traverse in and walking forward is not a good gameplay. Game is not optimized, tested on PC systems properly and I had issues on PS5 as well.
    I don't care they can patch games, this game is expensive and I expect working title when it's released. So where did the money went before the release? Marketing it seems and to all those fake critics hyping it and making us disappointed before it is ready to be played by those who these games are made for. Gamers..

    In the end, make a roll and attack, make a roll and attack, make a roll and attack, use special attack, call for help of few ghosts taking agro, stab them in the back, make a roll and attack.

    Well that gets old very quickly. I don't care if you are hard on souls fan or not. I like game when it makes me feel like I am playing and getting my ass beat as much as I am beating the game's ass and here the only thing that beat my ass was poor design, and low optimization of the Elder Ring world.    … Expand
  77. Kdoggy69
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Awful PC port. No 21:9 support, 60fps cap, decade-old graphics, archaic co-op system, stuttering, and connection issues. The game is the first in the series with "Easy Anti-Cheat" so any modification to the game including enabling ultrawide or uncapping fps requires the game to be played offline. No reason to give these devs your money.
  78. MusclePig
    Feb 28, 2022
    3
    Haven't had any technical issues, but the game to me is just boring. Sekiro was such a good game that brought the genre forward. Elden Ring is a 180 turn back to rolling around and cheap mechanics.
  79. ryanreynochu
    Mar 14, 2022
    2
    I might change this later if things improve. Anyway, here's my review for the PC version.

    To start, performance is fine. I run it on a 1050 Ti with a newer CPU and runs fine other than stuttering. Then again, it just runs FINE, not well. Game play is standard Souls. If you've played Dark Souls you have played this game as well. The open world is boring. It's beautiful but serves    I might change this later if things improve. Anyway, here's my review for the PC version.

    To start, performance is fine. I run it on a 1050 Ti with a newer CPU and runs fine other than stuttering. Then again, it just runs FINE, not well.

    Game play is standard Souls. If you've played Dark Souls you have played this game as well.

    The open world is boring. It's beautiful but serves no purpose other than a way to waste time between minor or major dungeons. Most, or all, progression will take place in those dungeons.

    The major reason I give this a lower score is just bad game design. Every enemy and boss is disgustingly overtuned to a point where you have to wonder if the people planning these attacks thought they were for a DMC game. Now I have no issues with getting punished for bad play, but when every boss and enemy is whipping out 8-12 homing projectiles while swinging an instakill sword around, it gets to be a bit much. There is a boss who literally just fills the field with homing projectiles, half of which will kill you extremely fast, the other half will kill you instantly. She also summons minibosses while shooting these projectiles.

    Don't get me wrong, I love a challenge. But this is not a challenge of your skill, it is a test of patience, as you oh so carefully traverse the area, memorizing enemy spawns and behavior, only to be hit by an enemy who just decided that animation frames weren't cool anymore.

    If by the time I finish this game, the gameplay improves, I will remove and update this score. Otherwise, it's very mediocre with questionable game design choices I would expect from a first time indie dev.    … Expand
  80. rindert
    Mar 21, 2022
    3
    Bad controls on PC. You get killed on and on because of this. So the game becomes unplayable.
    More observations:
    - If you manage to kill an enemy it respawns after you rested. - It is not possible to save with e.g. F5 so saving after a win is not an option. - There are no levels. So you can not turn the game to easy mode to at least see a little bit of the world you paid sixty (!)    Bad controls on PC. You get killed on and on because of this. So the game becomes unplayable.
    More observations:
    - If you manage to kill an enemy it respawns after you rested.
    - It is not possible to save with e.g. F5 so saving after a win is not an option.
    - There are no levels. So you can not turn the game to easy mode to at least see a little bit of the world you paid sixty (!) euros for.
    - You are tempted to play just long enough for Steam to refuse a refund.
    Do not buy this game.    … Expand
  81. KillingArts
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    It is a great game, but it runs horribly on PC. Bad performance, stutter issues and no Ultrawide support. Can't recommend it in this state.
  82. nix1331
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    3060 cant get decent fps on low in 1080p :( in its current garbage state i have to give 0 as it is not playable for me, but if they fix it this will change, as this game does seem amazing if it works
  83. savetheplatypi
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Trash game. Switching between Xbone controller and keyboard and the prompts for actions remain tied to the console controls.
  84. Bartfliet
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    No ultrawide support. You can even select ultrawide in graphics settings, but then it just put's black bars, which just seems ridiculous to me. Just put it in properly.
  85. 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
  86. HoushiShaman
    Mar 5, 2022
    2
    Let' be short and clear, for me it's the worst game from FromSoftware, i'm not giving a single f about optimization, i just cannot bear this open-empty world, even when you find cave or smth else, it's literally the same thing u probably have seen in the beginning of the game, bosses are a massive pieces of **** everything that they do is a massive AOES and horizontal hits at range ofLet' be short and clear, for me it's the worst game from FromSoftware, i'm not giving a single f about optimization, i just cannot bear this open-empty world, even when you find cave or smth else, it's literally the same thing u probably have seen in the beginning of the game, bosses are a massive pieces of **** everything that they do is a massive AOES and horizontal hits at range of whole arena, i'm simply not enjoying fighting bosses with millions hp and trillions of damage, leave it for someone else. this game is not a god damn JPRG, leave more place for actual skill of the player but not for his level, overall i'm just really disappointed, it could've been much more cooler game… Expand
  87. TreRosor
    Mar 9, 2022
    4
    Run around killing or getting killed by everything you encounter in neverending hellish like depressing environments. No tactics, just move along until the next boss and spend endless pressing buttons to dodge, slash and hopefully survive and then repeat. Supposedly you are to find some ring but I have no idea why I should care about that. It is really a very boring game. Nice graphicsRun around killing or getting killed by everything you encounter in neverending hellish like depressing environments. No tactics, just move along until the next boss and spend endless pressing buttons to dodge, slash and hopefully survive and then repeat. Supposedly you are to find some ring but I have no idea why I should care about that. It is really a very boring game. Nice graphics despite the very gloomy surroundings.… Expand
  88. Heinward
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    I feel my self like a dumb when I'm fighting against invisible enemies under a tons of lags.
  89. Veraxus
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Everybody (myself included) WANTS to love this game, but it's From Software's biggest PC port disaster since Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition.

    In addition to the performance and control issues that most PC gamers are writing about, the game has no ultrawide 21:9 or 32:9 support at all. Historically, this hasn't been an issue since the modding community fixes it within MINUTES after    Everybody (myself included) WANTS to love this game, but it's From Software's biggest PC port disaster since Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition.

    In addition to the performance and control issues that most PC gamers are writing about, the game has no ultrawide 21:9 or 32:9 support at all. Historically, this hasn't been an issue since the modding community fixes it within MINUTES after release. With Elden Ring, however, FromSoftware has decided to include Easy Anti-Cheat while ALSO going to extra effort to hide large portions of ultrawide users screens without their consent. This means we have to choose between playing online with most of our displays disabled, or playing offline with the usual community fixes. Either way, we're missing a huge part of the game, and for $60+ that is NOT okay. This is a terrible, half-baked PC port missing fundamental PC features and optimizations. No PC gamer should recommend this mess in its current state, even if the underlying game is very good. As it stands, many of us are being artificially prevented from enjoying it untainted.    … Expand
  90. coolcrowe
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    If you release a game on PC, it should preferably actually be playable on PC. Not only are the graphics broken as far as performance goes, but most unforgivable to me, is the lack of controller support from a game that claims to have full controller support. None of my controllers work at all with this game, and this is just not the kind of game that works well with a keyboard and mouse.If you release a game on PC, it should preferably actually be playable on PC. Not only are the graphics broken as far as performance goes, but most unforgivable to me, is the lack of controller support from a game that claims to have full controller support. None of my controllers work at all with this game, and this is just not the kind of game that works well with a keyboard and mouse. Completely unplayable on PC at the moment, perhaps if fixes come in the next few weeks I will give it another chance. If it takes longer than that I'll have moved on already. We PC gamers are pretty tired of getting shafted by game creators that release games in an unplayable state recently, I think. At this point you will just lose my support and attention entirely but pulling this crap.… Expand
  91. NaturalBornChao
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I honestly don't care about the lack of ultrawide support, locked FPS, and I didn't make it far enough into the game to experience the stutter everyone is talking about, which I am confident I could ignore for the most part. In fact, I only made it as far as the main menu screen - several times in fact. Why? Because the devs couldn't do a basic thing that most others have figured outI honestly don't care about the lack of ultrawide support, locked FPS, and I didn't make it far enough into the game to experience the stutter everyone is talking about, which I am confident I could ignore for the most part. In fact, I only made it as far as the main menu screen - several times in fact. Why? Because the devs couldn't do a basic thing that most others have figured out decades ago: controller support for PC games.

    Seriously, what is this disgrace? Not only did my PS4 controller not work on steam by itself (tried big picture mode and enabled the configuration in settings as well, still no response in game), but even after I installed DS4Windows and got it to work, there were only XBOX prompts provided... This game is available on PS4 as well you muppets! Just include the configuration from there! In fact, you could even just use different icons, replacing the XBOX ones if you felt lazy, but noooo, you were super lazy! Well, guess what, I am not going through a 60-100 hour game trying to memorise what button fits the prompt shown to me. I got a refund, and you lost a customer and get a negative review now. Guess I'm watching a let's play now, since from what I've seen, the game is actually good. Too bad you couldn't even do the bare minimum for me... But you got all the 10/10s from the incompetent game "journalists", so everything is good for your shareholders...

    Next time, try harder!    … Expand
  92. MojitoHappiness
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I don't like this game so I rate it 0. Simple as that. Also runs very poorly and I don't want to spend my free time trying to fix it.
  93. Phi_gg
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Unplayable trash thanks to massive frame drops/ stuttering. Not to mention the 60 fps cap, lack of ultrawide support, controller prompts, etc. From Software just doesn’t get PC gaming. Perhaps they just used an old PS4 dev kit to code and don’t actually own a PC. I’m sure it’s fine for consoles, where there are very low technical expectations.
  94. Realonethegoat
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Elden ring need a patch now freezes on boss fight please fix it so I can beat the game and needs ultra-wide support I don't know why game developers do not have this there expensive so i want my moneys worth
  95. Gusarius
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    NO ULTRAWIDE support, 60 FPS cap and one of the worst anti-cheats - EAC which don't give people option to patch their game with community fix that already solved above mentioned problems. It's just unacceptable to charge full price and claim that game is AAA and in the same time lack such common features
  96. samus_the_dj
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    I have played the PC version for several hours (roughly 12-15).

    If you have liked Souls games before Elden Ring and it is really your cup of tea, I guess you might like this still, if you are ready to overlook the many shortcomings it has. But if you haven't like any Souls games before this one, then just keep walking because this isn't for you either, definitely. These are the facts    I have played the PC version for several hours (roughly 12-15).

    If you have liked Souls games before Elden Ring and it is really your cup of tea, I guess you might like this still, if you are ready to overlook the many shortcomings it has. But if you haven't like any Souls games before this one, then just keep walking because this isn't for you either, definitely.

    These are the facts on PC so far:
    - Right off the bat, no Ultra-wide support.
    - No 120 hz support in 4k (I don't know for other resolutions, I haven't tested).
    - Barely hitting 60 FPS sometimes, if I'm lucky!
    - The difficulty once again is ridiculously hard - unless you don't many responsibilities in life I guess maybe you'd have the time to put to maybe want to finish this pointlessly hard game?
    - And last but not least, that no one really talks about: the story is awful and doesn't make any sense at all. I know, I know - the Souls games have never been known much for story in the past but FromSoftware should really have learn from their many mistakes at this point.

    I mean a lot of us have been playing FS games since The Lost Kingdoms days. And it feels like somewhat we're almost back to this. The art style chosen is ok but it's not stellar and graphics overall sure even feels updated in many places for the times we currently live in.

    All in all, this is definitely not the game I was hoping for. It's a bit better on console - mainly PS5 - but still suffers from mostly the same issues across the board.

    I will keep walking for that one.    … Expand
  97. DavieSl
    Mar 5, 2022
    4
    Crashes on start up.
    Disconnects from online mode.
    Random crashes and frame drops.
    No widescreen.
    World could have more in - let's hope some mods sort this out if the anti cheat allows it.
    Meh.
    Worth at least one play through I guess.
  98. enigma1990
    Mar 11, 2022
    0
    Awful overhyped game. I'm not familiar with the souls games but I saw this game get hyped up so I thought I'd pick it up. What a terrible mistake. I've got a 3080 and the frame rate issues are abyssmal. Not to mention the stuttering, the texture pop ins and multiple crashes that deleted my saves. I would not recommend this game.
  99. broodey
    Mar 12, 2022
    3
    i was thinking okay maybe fromsoft coming with a game for a wider audience will fix their hitbox circus and all the combat issues but no. theyll just convert everyone to weebs. it was nice in the begining im 200h+ in and i wont touch it again when i finish it. yea im bad at it but cheesing , relying on luck and rhytm games isnt difficult . its just for people who are willing to learni was thinking okay maybe fromsoft coming with a game for a wider audience will fix their hitbox circus and all the combat issues but no. theyll just convert everyone to weebs. it was nice in the begining im 200h+ in and i wont touch it again when i finish it. yea im bad at it but cheesing , relying on luck and rhytm games isnt difficult . its just for people who are willing to learn because they dont have anything better to learn . like i played it because it was the only game that seem good but i would recommend not to suffer through this . it was good in the beginning because of a few original tricks but after that it all becomes the same thing over and over but with more health and damage… Expand
  100. sierrajkilo
    Apr 24, 2022
    0
    Not mentioning PC performance, since the game itself worked okay. However,

    Nothing better than previous Dark Soul series, only added with some feocked-up open-world. Well if that is to be called as an open-world, the semi open-world in God of War 4 can be called as a galaxy. Feocked-up level-scaling, hugely disappointing battle speed and character movements. And no mission tracker at    Not mentioning PC performance, since the game itself worked okay. However,

    Nothing better than previous Dark Soul series, only added with some feocked-up open-world. Well if that is to be called as an open-world, the semi open-world in God of War 4 can be called as a galaxy. Feocked-up level-scaling, hugely disappointing battle speed and character movements. And no mission tracker at all? I mean, they COULD make some option to on & off the tracker, just like AC Odyssey. All I could do is to hopelessly wonder some giant plain until got crushed by some ****
    Played 80 minutes, and I still think it was a waste of time. Sooooo curious how other people like this dung.    … Expand
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Universal acclaim - based on 60 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 60
  3. Negative: 0 out of 60
  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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