Elden Ring

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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5812 Ratings

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  1. gvbrt
    Mar 14, 2022
    0
    Very good world but way too much problems. With my rtx 2060 I can barely play on lowest settings (still getting A LOT of fps drops), sometimes in the middle of the game your enemies become invisible or just disappear. One of the worst game performance I've seen since Cyberpunk 2077
  2. Funirso
    Apr 5, 2022
    0
    this game is the pinnacle of the souls genre that simply saved the whole videogame industry. GOTY 2022 for sure!
  3. Weaverevan23
    Apr 12, 2022
    3
    Graphics are awesome. Jumping is nice.

    Glitches, bugs, lazy So so so so much recycled content, especially after litterally the beginning portion of the map Pc port awful 60fps max, instructions not even translated Bosses glitch and ive fallen through the map so many times Even saving the game is a hastle and the game loves to crash. Dont even bother trying to use the targeting    Graphics are awesome. Jumping is nice.

    Glitches, bugs, lazy

    So so so so much recycled content, especially after litterally the beginning portion of the map

    Pc port awful 60fps max, instructions not even translated

    Bosses glitch and ive fallen through the map so many times

    Even saving the game is a hastle and the game loves to crash. Dont even bother trying to use the targeting

    Clipping, animations kinda bad example : mimic blob things, seems like a last minute ,"we need to finish this ememy" , lets just put a blob around an attack animation and seriously not try at all.

    Wanna play with a friend? Good luck, no cross platform, and trying is such a hastle its not worth it pllluuusss whoevee gets transported doenst get the progess.

    Feels like a half developed game got released for a cash grab and toxic gamers jumped on to the scene, "you are just bad", common features dont exist, a quest log for example. The community is cancer. Go bang your head on a wall learning how to defeat each boss or google it.    … Expand
  4. TheVoyant
    Apr 30, 2022
    4
    Its a barren world rehashing concepts you've seen a dozen times over for decades. The combat and class system is fun yet underdeveloped & poorly balanced. The world is completely lifeless and what few npc exists are boring & uninspiring. Graphics are dated. Reminds me of PS2 era games.
  5. Dual_Boot_Linux
    May 30, 2022
    1
    Load Bar Simulator - Waste your Life Away Waiting for Death Load Bars
    Horse Simulator - One of the BEST horse simulator combat games ever made.
    Should just be called "YOU DIED" 50 HRS IN: No real progression, small rewards, and almost non-existent story. I find myself falling asleep waiting for load times trying to memorize timing and spin attacks. I find this more boring than    Load Bar Simulator - Waste your Life Away Waiting for Death Load Bars
    Horse Simulator - One of the BEST horse simulator combat games ever made.
    Should just be called "YOU DIED"

    50 HRS IN: No real progression, small rewards, and almost non-existent story. I find myself falling asleep waiting for load times trying to memorize timing and spin attacks. I find this more boring than reading.

    150 HRS IN: Can't play it for more than an hour without getting absolutely bored with the content.

    Overall Score - BAD game. 2/10. It could have been SO MUCH better if they added a difficulty bar and SCALED the bosses/monsters. Instead the bosses/monsters are level-locked and later end-game bosses are a repetitive nightmare. You can enjoy the game if you get to level 300, but then you one shot all the lower level bosses because of level-lock.    … Expand
  6. 111allen111
    Jul 1, 2022
    0
    Another horribly optimized game on PC port. It's been 4 months since release. Still not fixed. Not worth buying.
  7. hann1712
    Jul 30, 2023
    4
    Anyone remember the end of Dark Souls 3? About letting the old cycles end and allowing a new era to begin? Miyazaki doesn't.
    Elden Ring sounds the creative death knell for Miyazaki. Copying, reskinning, and garbling graphical assets, combat systems, story beats, and more popularized by his own games and past games made by other studios (most of which are superior to this) for a    Anyone remember the end of Dark Souls 3? About letting the old cycles end and allowing a new era to begin? Miyazaki doesn't.
    Elden Ring sounds the creative death knell for Miyazaki. Copying, reskinning, and garbling graphical assets, combat systems, story beats, and more popularized by his own games and past games made by other studios (most of which are superior to this) for a Bethesda-style cash grab is not what anyone expected, given their reputation. Deliberately obfuscating a poorly recycled storyline wasn't enough for them: they had to insert mangled vestiges of other games' combat systems via unoptimized code blocks to even claim any kind of innovation. Let's not forget the recycled, sparse undead (but really very dead) open 'world' with next to no sense of physical geography, no internal logic, no emergent gameplay, and no relevant physics. Bungling every unnecessary feature of open-worlds was their last 'innovation'. Map towers, random enemy camps, obvious area and level transitions, unnecessary, repetitive 'dungeons', an oddly ultra-modern, but repetitive and tedious interface, a compass and map that handily remove exploration, an idiotic leveling 'system', unnecessary crafting, endless unnecessary fast-travel, a deliberately removed hub area, and an unnecessary mount that trivializes the entire 'world' are all among those features. Even the closed areas that don't follow the above tropes are, at this stage, desperately lacking in unique mechanics and even visuals that distinguish them. Speaking of visuals, the three dozen or so decent vistas and varied skies across Middle Earth do not compensate for the hideous 2D trees and grass textures, blurry rocks, poor FX, or the layout of all these contrasting elements in the game world. The flaws of the combat system include but are not limited to: endless enemy recycling, enemies are routinely unassailable, lightning-quick, and damage sponges, camera tracking, invisible poise, useless armor, recycled animations, unadjusted hitboxes, 'stealth', 'classes', the balancing of every item, ash of war, and spirit ash, the distribution of upgrade materials, only 50-70 of the 238 boss encounters are unique, and more.
    Want a better version of this game in all aspects? Go for any Souls game, or Bloodborne, or Sekiro. Clearly, Miyazaki forgot how to.    … Expand
  8. Italyy99
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    I'm going to **** the people who made this game. How hard is it to add an easy mode? The game is very nice gameplay, graphics, but I can't have fun because of the difficulty
  9. coltsr2
    Feb 28, 2022
    2
    Elden Ring.... Its a mesmerising and fantastical, fantasy world, ready to explore! BUT wait!...its not what it seems!...repetitive landscapes, cant climb, water looks like its from Minecraft and you cant swim in it! Oh and Pc controls are a massive pain in the butt!... having to hit G for the map key because it wont bind to another key just highlight some of the ridiculous and lazy issuesElden Ring.... Its a mesmerising and fantastical, fantasy world, ready to explore! BUT wait!...its not what it seems!...repetitive landscapes, cant climb, water looks like its from Minecraft and you cant swim in it! Oh and Pc controls are a massive pain in the butt!... having to hit G for the map key because it wont bind to another key just highlight some of the ridiculous and lazy issues that really shouldn't exist with these AAA games!..supposedly made for multiple platforms! Reminds me of the usual PC port goofiness that the other Souls games all suffered with, so I kinda expected some issues, but not as bad as this. This game like so many these days has been designed for consoles..with a slightly raised two fingered gesture to PC owners!
    So not off to a good start with the lack of keyboard configuration options.
    On a positive note, it runs and looks cool-ish in 4k ON A 48in LG OLED 120htz screen, though it needs an i9-10900k, 64gb ram and RTX 3090 to achieve that! Though weirdly its still got a 60fps cap in the PC version, just like the consoles! That's just lazy...The fact there is mod out after a day to bypass this, asks the question, why couldn't the developers have offered that option too?
    Ive only put just a few hrs into the game so far...But one thing ive noticed and its already really, REALLY starting to irritate me! Its just too damn hard!!!..its a painful and irritating grind!!! I like a bit of a challenge, am used to setting any difficulty level at the start to accommodate my ability and style of play, but this game has no difficulty settings, just its one level = NIGHTMARE! Its starting to take the fun out of an otherwise amazing experience.
    Its also a bit repetitive and boring... enemies scattered about as if its a chess game, just placed willy nilly by whoever programmed it!, wolves spawning from the sky in front of you! wow its just ridiculous! and other weird creatures all just waiting till you get within their attack radius...So forget stealth, its almost non existent, so creeping about is a pointless exercise and option. Their is no real AI, just animals and enemies scattered about the landscape with their own specified attack radius, step inside that radius, they come at you, step outside it again by running away, they stop. I think Skyrims AI is better! And that game is 11 years old!
    I initially and overexcitedly gave this game a 9!...but am afraid the lack of PC controls with irritating binding issues, coupled with the game destroying insane fixed difficulty level!....its more than a challenge..its a painful and self torturing experience to even want to push on after dying so many times...No save options, just respawn back at your last 'grace' location which could be 30-40 mins of gameplay behind you! wasted!....Like i said before, the difficulty just feels like its set to nightmare, especially after a few hours in, the fact it cant be changed is a complete game breaker for me! Its just making me want to stop playing it.
    Such a shame the gameplay is repetitive and grinding, because the artistic creativity and amazing buildings/creatures in Elden Ring is a work of pure art! This game could of been great...lets leave it at that.    … Expand
  10. ShadowsCreed
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Elden Ring has to be the most overrated piece of crap I have ever seen in my life. This game is garbage in every way: Graphics, Combat, Story, Physic, Music, Frame rate, Enemy design and so on. Even so, IGN and metacritic give it 10/10 and 95/100 lmao. At this point game journalist are a joke. I can't believe that Elden ring devlopers are those who made the legendary game Sekiro.
  11. brad28
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Very poor quality final product. Needs different difficulty settings. It's really not that hard to add. Do not recommend.
  12. comadore
    Feb 28, 2022
    2
    The critical reviews for this are all correct.
    This is just Dark Souls again "now with goat-horse!!!".
    Including the trademark artificial difficulty that the games are known for. There is a difference in a game being hard because it takes skill. And a game being hard because the character moves like a boulder, and all your enemies have overinflated HP bars. This is Game Design 101. And    The critical reviews for this are all correct.
    This is just Dark Souls again "now with goat-horse!!!".
    Including the trademark artificial difficulty that the games are known for.
    There is a difference in a game being hard because it takes skill. And a game being hard because the character moves like a boulder, and all your enemies have overinflated HP bars. This is Game Design 101. And I cannot believe the developers are being praised and awarded for this crap.
    But if you've already played a couple from software games, aren't you tired of doing this yet?
    The "lore" in this game is really some standard convoluted JRPG trite. Only this time it's trying its best to look like Skyrim and Witcher 3.
    The new open world is just big for no reason and it has a very amateur design philosophy.
    The controls feel like you are playing a PS2 launch title. And the stiff animations don't make it any better.
    Just a boring chore to play. I feel like this game is intentionally wasting my time and has zero payoff.
    I really don't get how a person can play this and be amazed. Unless it's the first game they've ever played.
    You'll probably like this if you're pretty slow and aren't capable of deep thought.    … Expand
  13. Justausername
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    I have absolutely never in my life hated anything more than this game. I hate it more than Star Wars Last Jedi and Last of Us 2 combined.
  14. LunaticLooter
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Must play is laughable.
    Most console-itis infested title I've ever had the misfortune of putting my hands on. Absolutely horrendous interface and control scheme that is beyond unacceptable for a PC title, even a ported one.
    Bad performance compared to the graphical fidelity, unsmooth movement, gameplay lacks fluidity.
    Possibly the worst port I've seen to date.
  15. eldelcuchillo
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Performance on this game is horrible, drops in frame rate, stuttering, bad graphics, no support for large screens, etc. Wasn't this supposed to be a whole "new franchise"? Just a glorified Dark souls 4, same animations as DS, same mechanics, same UI, the George R.R. Martin thing was pure marketing. Sorry, but open worlds and riding horses is not innovative at all.
  16. Jiangopengame
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    If you're playing ELDEN RING because of the open world, you'll find it's not even as good as Dragon Age 3. Yep, not even as good as the game in 2014. ELDEN RING has a terrible low degree of freedom. Please, it's 2022, the game still has 95 points for "Souls", and a bunch of full points? It's a joker game.
  17. savteen
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    all who write about "freezes and lags" upgrade ypur pc !! i have gtx 1070 witch core i7-7700 . in high grapich perfomance i have 50 fps
  18. hatefanboys
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Extremely poor optmized Tons of stutterings nd fps drops The game doesn't has stunning visuals so it s ridiculous being so demanding in cpu
  19. gabriot
    Mar 7, 2022
    2
    Why did I get trolled into thinking yet another Souls game wouldn't be complete and utter trash? The open world aspect combined with GRRM supposedly writing the story suckered me in. Oh how trolled I am yet again. Story? STORY?! It's the same non-story all these crap games have. What the hell was GRMM Needed for? There is no story as per usual. Open world? No more or less than theWhy did I get trolled into thinking yet another Souls game wouldn't be complete and utter trash? The open world aspect combined with GRRM supposedly writing the story suckered me in. Oh how trolled I am yet again. Story? STORY?! It's the same non-story all these crap games have. What the hell was GRMM Needed for? There is no story as per usual. Open world? No more or less than the other titles were. You're still gear gated into linearity, except now you just have more ways to screw yourself beyond repair and have to just start a new save if you get stuck early in an area such as the the poisonous swamp from a "treasure portal".

    I have a newsflash for all the fanboys of these crap games: It is in fact NOT GOOD GAME DESIGN to have an area near the starting area, with the lowest tier enemies, get trolled into opening a treasure chest, have it teleport you to an area THAT YOU CANNOT TELEPORT OUT OF, yes even the first campfire near that area cannot be teleported out of, so if you have no gear, no horse, well you just need to start a new save now. Cool great design. They really respect the player's time with this crap. Also I know this genius mechanic I'm next going to talk about is present in all Soulscrap games, but how in the world is it good design to just permanently lose all your experience/gold if you die and can't get back to your death spot? That isn't fun, it only angers you, depresses you, and wastes your time. I'd be halfway fine with having to fight the same enemies over and over again, but when you have the added bs of just losing all of your experience it just isn't good game design. Period. And you're wrong if you think otherwise, objectively wrong.

    Have fun torturing yourself with yet another awful installment with this franchise. If you didn't like the games before - trust me you won't like em now, even w/ GRRM's name sleezily stamped all over it.    … Expand
  20. rsrocha
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This game is diluted Souls, plain and simple. The Souls formula doesn't benefit at all from the open world format, and what you have are long horse riding sessions through an unimpressive world full of a lot of green plains and rocks, with the occasional ruin. The optional dungeons you find throughout the map are woefully short and underdeveloped.

    It's a competent game, but in any    This game is diluted Souls, plain and simple. The Souls formula doesn't benefit at all from the open world format, and what you have are long horse riding sessions through an unimpressive world full of a lot of green plains and rocks, with the occasional ruin. The optional dungeons you find throughout the map are woefully short and underdeveloped.

    It's a competent game, but in any reasonable reality this would've scored 7/10 with most critics, if it didn't have From Software's name backing it.    … Expand
  21. Leonzio
    Feb 28, 2022
    2
    The game on pc is litterally unplayable with a high end pc. This should be illegal il 2022. After 8 hours of stuttering i decided that I'll not ruin my experience with the whole game until from fixes the mess they released.
  22. Beli0s
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Stuttering and lags, lags and stuttering/ RTX 3060, Rayzen 7 5800X, NVME SSD, 32 Gb RAM
  23. Richy03
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Juego sobrevalorado como todos los souls, graficos de la pasada generación con un rendimiento penoso y una dificultad frustante, está bien para los niños rata que se pueden permitir intentar 200 veces matar un boss pero para los que ya tenemos una edad se hace soporifero, no hubiera costado nada poner un selector de dificultad.

    Lo que no entiendo es la prensa cascandole notazas y obviando    Juego sobrevalorado como todos los souls, graficos de la pasada generación con un rendimiento penoso y una dificultad frustante, está bien para los niños rata que se pueden permitir intentar 200 veces matar un boss pero para los que ya tenemos una edad se hace soporifero, no hubiera costado nada poner un selector de dificultad.

    Lo que no entiendo es la prensa cascandole notazas y obviando el mal rendimiento y aspecto técnico del juego    … Expand
  24. Sglider
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    The game has failures in too many aspects to make it playable, it seems a lie that pages dedicated to analyzing games can overlook these obvious problems if not because they directly charge from the publisher and give the notes without testing the game, hangs, outputs to the desktop, inability to maintain a stable frame rate, pulls for problems when loading areas in the background, controlThe game has failures in too many aspects to make it playable, it seems a lie that pages dedicated to analyzing games can overlook these obvious problems if not because they directly charge from the publisher and give the notes without testing the game, hangs, outputs to the desktop, inability to maintain a stable frame rate, pulls for problems when loading areas in the background, control and camera problems… Expand
  25. Drattakke
    Feb 28, 2022
    2
    Les graphismes pas terrible. IA débiles, exemple on tue un soldat sont collègue est juste à côté il ne réagit pas. Open World vide.
  26. JasonKing66
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    ~55 fps on average and ~45 fps on 99% FPS. Constant huge dip in FPS causing me dizzy and nausea. RTX 3080 and 3900XT with 32GB DDR4 desktop. I think it's safe to announce players should blacklist all these "game reviewers" forever. Rating purely based on game content and exclude performance & optimization is EVIL. This game does not deserve this high praise on PC, period. Shame on you,~55 fps on average and ~45 fps on 99% FPS. Constant huge dip in FPS causing me dizzy and nausea. RTX 3080 and 3900XT with 32GB DDR4 desktop. I think it's safe to announce players should blacklist all these "game reviewers" forever. Rating purely based on game content and exclude performance & optimization is EVIL. This game does not deserve this high praise on PC, period. Shame on you, "game reviewers"!… Expand
  27. M13Xv
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    Great game play but you wouldn't be able to experience it because of the garbage performance
  28. VladLitvyak
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    where is the patch????????? Three days after the last patch you did nothing to FPS
  29. geovaniasa
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    There's no a good story, there's no a good musics, there's a disappointment graphics, there's a lot of performance problems.
  30. Ibrra
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    I bought the game for arabic language, You have said there is arabic language then it’s a lie
  31. ShinyDuckFish
    Feb 28, 2022
    3
    Elden ring is probably the biggest let down in a while with gaming, and it’s once again because critics hype up a bad game. The “open world” is really just closed areas with individual sections for everything that actually happens. It doesn’t feel open world when playing the game. The stuttering is extremely bad and the people who say it is running fine are lying, as I have had multipleElden ring is probably the biggest let down in a while with gaming, and it’s once again because critics hype up a bad game. The “open world” is really just closed areas with individual sections for everything that actually happens. It doesn’t feel open world when playing the game. The stuttering is extremely bad and the people who say it is running fine are lying, as I have had multiple friends say it’s fine and then their game will start to freeze. Don’t buy it for the open world, and don’t buy it unless you are a hardcore souls fan.… Expand
  32. Old_Nito
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    There is no Arabic language.
    Support the Arabic language!
    Support the Arabic language!
  33. OnlyOneHere
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    I heard this game had bad optimization. I tried this version of the game and immediately refunded the game. It is even worse than the PS5 version. Too many stuttering problems. I had invisible enemies attacking me. This just proves how lazy the developers are. They can't even properly port a game.

    It's funny how this game gets treated to godly standards for doing the bare minimum, just    I heard this game had bad optimization. I tried this version of the game and immediately refunded the game. It is even worse than the PS5 version. Too many stuttering problems. I had invisible enemies attacking me. This just proves how lazy the developers are. They can't even properly port a game.

    It's funny how this game gets treated to godly standards for doing the bare minimum, just because its FromSoftware. Had this game been by Ubisoft or Activision, the narrative would be so different. Journalists and gamers would slander the game for years to come if that were the case. It's so unfair that these developers can get away with laziness, while others have to work much harder to get at least half the praise this game gets. I don't recommend this trash at all.    … Expand
  34. last_of_us
    Jan 15, 2023
    1
    im a souls like fan & played games like nioh dark souls 1 2 3 & bloodborne sekiro &...
    but

    this Game is super unbalanced
    even if u explore map & farm in dungen
    still u cant beat bosses like godskin & higher boss
    unless u have a unbalaced weapon like that ice staff &...
    u cant beat game with ur sword
    game is super unbalanced
  35. crispscold
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Not sure how this game got those 10s
    This is the reason i dont trust reviewers
    It's been a while since i've seen that many people make up excuses for poor performance. Their games always have problems, but Fromsoft is at the point where they can do no wrong
  36. Simply_Bry
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    The game suffers from stuttering in the open world section up to a point it interrupts your timing to dodge and attack and you will die because of it. The game has been in development for 2-3 years and with all the knowledge of releasing their previous games on PC these problems shouldn't be there. Or they learned nothing from it or got greedy and released it in this poor state on purposeThe game suffers from stuttering in the open world section up to a point it interrupts your timing to dodge and attack and you will die because of it. The game has been in development for 2-3 years and with all the knowledge of releasing their previous games on PC these problems shouldn't be there. Or they learned nothing from it or got greedy and released it in this poor state on purpose just to make money from it as soon as possible. It has nothing to do with my PC since I can run Cyberpunk at 80FPS at ultra settings so it should be able to run this PS4 game easily ABOVE the stupid 60FPS cap. And this is not even the only issue since there are many other PC gamers with even more issues.

    My love for FromSoftware and their amazing games does not justify this. I will have to refund and buy at a way cheaper price in 1 or 2 years when hopefully the game is in a playable state.    … Expand
  37. 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.
  38. xl7br7x
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Massive stuttering issues and one of the worst performance I've ever seen in a game
  39. Ivanovic47
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Constant fps drops, stutter and horse, npc invisible. I exceed the requirements.

    Trash port,

    Fix your game.
  40. Tryve
    Mar 5, 2022
    3
    How did this game score so highly......

    Being just a rehash of the past FromSoft games, but with abysmal optimization and an even worse lack of innovation. This game being able to score a 97 just proves that you do not have to be actively trying to move the genre forward or introduce new concepts. As long as you regurgitate the same thing again and again, with little to no change    How did this game score so highly......

    Being just a rehash of the past FromSoft games, but with abysmal optimization and an even worse lack of innovation.

    This game being able to score a 97 just proves that you do not have to be actively trying to move the genre forward or introduce new concepts. As long as you regurgitate the same thing again and again, with little to no change whatsoever, it doesn't matter as long as you have a rabid fanbase who treat every rehash as the greatest thing ever made.

    If it was another AAA franchise with this kind of game launch, just imagine the backlash.

    But I don't blame Miyazaki and Fromsoft, if the mass media and consumers had called them out on their crap since DS3, then maybe they would have explored new territory since then. They would have added something revolutionary, included impressive game mechanics...

    It just amazes me how this thing is hailed as innovative. With the same game design since DS2, graphics from 2009, tedious and outdated gameplay mechanics, terrible animation quality, and a lack of improvement of enemy AI (the AI is even PS2 level AI since they do not act without you being in the area, and keep attacking areas you have already dodged).

    God, RDR2 was actually innovative. It was revolutionary landmark in open world design and storytelling, and it just got completely snubbed at major game awards and gets crapped on till today for trivial reasons.

    If this thing can get 97, RDR2 shld get a 101, minimum.

    No open world game developer should take any notes of game design from this game. It is already weak as it is.

    If there is anything else for me to say, it is that any consumer or review outlet giving this game anything more than a 6 should not be allowed to judge a game's quality and degree of innovation.

    The only thing redeeming quality about the game are aspects of the art design.

    I really wish this game was 97 great.... I really wish.

    3/10    … Expand
  41. NoLameGames
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    Poorly optimized and riddled with bugs. Don't buy the hype from the same people who told you Cyberpunk was a 10/10 masterpiece. Just another generic FromSoftware game.
  42. el3ashri
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    A lot of stutter and frequent FPS drops, no Ultrawide support (and can't use the UW fix else risk EAC ban), 60fps locked which on my monitor will not trigger Freesync Premium Pro. Been waiting on this for ages.. this might have been fine in 2010.. this is one very disappointing port.. i'll give it a week; if it isnt fixed, then this is another refund coming through.
  43. IxVALHALLAxI
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    Tried to kill the boss on horseback. Died 20 times. He was angry. Deleted the game. 1 point!
  44. cptsss
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    The actual game content does not match the advertised content!!
    Locks 60 frames, does not support 21:9, the picture performance is not as good as it should be in 2022 , my God, this is a game that requires high-precision operation, but its input lag is also very serious, the usual game is The keydown triggers the action, and you can rely on your reflexes to operate, but in this game it's    The actual game content does not match the advertised content!!
    Locks 60 frames, does not support 21:9, the picture performance is not as good as it should be in 2022 , my God, this is a game that requires high-precision operation, but its input lag is also very serious, the usual game is The keydown triggers the action, and you can rely on your reflexes to operate, but in this game it's the keyup that triggers the action, which is pretty bad.    … Expand
  45. Aphagemous
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    PC port was sick. But the game is amazing, after all. I dont care about graphics or smt and every soulsgame always locked at 60fps (Bloodborne only 30)
  46. Hanouv
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    The official account told us that there is an Arabic language, but after the release we were surprised by the opposite! No Arbic language ! There's No reason ever let you to not adding our langueag
    Respect us
  47. t1y3gh1qrilele
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    rELEASED A PATCH BUT ALL THE ENEMIESARE STILL INVISIBLE THE GAME IS **** **** THE GAME IS **** **** THE GAME IS **** ****
  48. AntonyCarballo
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    Ridículo um jogo de 250 reais rodar desse jeito, fora o suporte pra pc que parece brincadeira, para sair do menu precione bolinha, que bolinha?
  49. ToRapture
    Mar 15, 2022
    0
    这个游戏有着世界上最神的西式奇幻，最神的地图设计，最神的美工，最神的史诗感，这个世界上再也没有这么史诗的游戏了，但是这个游戏被糟糕的战斗体验和AI毁了。

    你不动Boss也不动，然后你在Boss的攻击间隙打，他直接出无前摇快刀，这时你仍然在攻击模组中，也就是说只有扎地大后摇这种间隙才是安全的。 条件反射一样的读指令，巴普洛夫的宫崎英高是吧？最终Boss拉达冈读指令读到自己原地罚站，这就是宫崎英高你最满意的游戏吗？整体手感不如黑暗之魂3，战斗也不如黑暗之魂3，各个Boss都会超大范围AOE和快慢刀你当玩家是只狼？还有举手陪玩家转圈后又放下手的噩兆，宫崎英高你在干嘛？ 这边建议大家都去索尔城门口放灵魂激流溜溜宫崎英高呢。 还有一点，「正在召唤协助者」的下一句是什么？当然是「无法召唤协助者」。    这个游戏有着世界上最神的西式奇幻，最神的地图设计，最神的美工，最神的史诗感，这个世界上再也没有这么史诗的游戏了，但是这个游戏被糟糕的战斗体验和AI毁了。

    你不动Boss也不动，然后你在Boss的攻击间隙打，他直接出无前摇快刀，这时你仍然在攻击模组中，也就是说只有扎地大后摇这种间隙才是安全的。

    条件反射一样的读指令，巴普洛夫的宫崎英高是吧？最终Boss拉达冈读指令读到自己原地罚站，这就是宫崎英高你最满意的游戏吗？整体手感不如黑暗之魂3，战斗也不如黑暗之魂3，各个Boss都会超大范围AOE和快慢刀你当玩家是只狼？还有举手陪玩家转圈后又放下手的噩兆，宫崎英高你在干嘛？

    这边建议大家都去索尔城门口放灵魂激流溜溜宫崎英高呢。

    还有一点，「正在召唤协助者」的下一句是什么？当然是「无法召唤协助者」。
  50. ehsan93
    Apr 10, 2022
    0
    And other dark souls Without any changes. you have to go a looooooong way again and again in order to Encounter a boss? I don't have this much of time. what were you thinking about, when creating ( actually copy+pasting from dark souls) this game? Did you think gamers have many free times? it's just wasting so much time.
  51. sampson3121
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I really wanted to play this game after my love of Bloodborne, which I am still trying to finish, damn it's hard. All I heard was that this game is more easier, more accessible and less punishing. They lied. Was I expecting the game to be easy? No. But what was all that talk about? So, I had Stutter, stutter, stuttering so bad it was unplayable. Bugs everywhere, and bad hit boxes made thisI really wanted to play this game after my love of Bloodborne, which I am still trying to finish, damn it's hard. All I heard was that this game is more easier, more accessible and less punishing. They lied. Was I expecting the game to be easy? No. But what was all that talk about? So, I had Stutter, stutter, stuttering so bad it was unplayable. Bugs everywhere, and bad hit boxes made this game a BIG no for me.
    I am back on bloodborne, I think I'm almost finished it, and then I will play Sekiro.

    Fromsoft released a broken game and the meta critic scores, why the hell didn't they tell us about how badly the game runs, don't show this. What a shame such a small (39) group of obvious souls fans reviewed it and decided to not disclose just how bad it runs. Even if they love a series they shouldn't give it a pass. Do your job next time!

    Other games in the past have been ripped apart because of releasing with these same issues. Yet this is GoTY? Can I also point out that in this day and age you'd think even a Souls game would up its graphics and physics system to the industry standard for AA and AAA games. Walk through foliage and nothing responds which breaks immersion. The graphics/assets/textures look like it came from 2013. I'm not joking. The style of the game is more of the same.
    The game does nothing new, even copying Breath Of The Wilds open world format to a T.

    If you are a pro critic I ask that in the future you stay consistent with your reviews. This way people can get a proper read on what a game is without your obvious childish bias masking a broken game just so it sells well or whatever your reasoning was.

    Signed

    Disappointed Gamer.

    What a shame    … Expand
  52. Saratosa75
    Mar 20, 2022
    0
    I played 1 dark souls game previously, it was the 1st one and that was a while ago. I gave this a go, because the "open world" promise lured me in.
    Here is my No 1. problem:
    I don't know what I'm doing and why. Seriously, this is like a fighting simulation? Random enemies walking around in each area, so I go and fight them, they either turn out to be easy or nearly impossible. So I    I played 1 dark souls game previously, it was the 1st one and that was a while ago. I gave this a go, because the "open world" promise lured me in.
    Here is my No 1. problem:
    I don't know what I'm doing and why.
    Seriously, this is like a fighting simulation? Random enemies walking around in each area, so I go and fight them, they either turn out to be easy or nearly impossible. So I die, start from last check point, and don't go that way or run away.
    So I try to find a different location , hoping I can do something, which of course, kill some monsters , but I am losing the point, because they will respawn anyway as soon as I leave. So... what am I doing? Just go around and kill whatever be killed?
    Maybe i was hoping to have more content, more purpose. Other reviewers said, the game is huge, but if this is what I supposed to do for 100s of hours, sorry this isn't gonna hold up long. Whacking my sword around endlessly and I don't feel any progress made, I don't feel like i'm getting anywhere.    … Expand
  53. JargieRodriguez
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    xbox 360 game ported to pc. this videogame is overrated.same animations as ds3, same grapics etc...
  54. VoteCrowley
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    A cheap reskinned Dark Souls suffering from extreme consolitis and Cyberpunkism. The paid shill reviews are plain laughable. Not even worth peerating.
  55. yasino21
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Almost non-existant optimisation . Much better looking games run much faster than Elden Ring on my PC.

    Other than that , great game . FormSoftware basically built upon every game they previously made and also made it open world . I'll change my review to positive when they patch the game . properly.
  56. Ksa1
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Bandai namco stated and confirmed on the announcement year of the game that the game will support Arabic UI and Subs, and thousands of arabs pre ordered the game.. anyway.. on the day of release we were shocked that the game doesn't include a single arabic word.. they didn't bother to tell us that they've canceled it before they lunch the game they just went silent and lied to us..
    I hope    Bandai namco stated and confirmed on the announcement year of the game that the game will support Arabic UI and Subs, and thousands of arabs pre ordered the game.. anyway.. on the day of release we were shocked that the game doesn't include a single arabic word.. they didn't bother to tell us that they've canceled it before they lunch the game they just went silent and lied to us..
    I hope that you gamers out there support our community as gamers to make our voice reaches the developers about Bandai's lies and manipulation.    … Expand
  57. Sa1nt
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Extremely poor experience on PC, what could be easily a 10/10 game is tarnished by mind boggling stutters, low fps and input bugs even on a PC well above the recommended specs.
  58. Ariano
    Mar 2, 2022
    2
    Honeslty the worst game I've ever played. Was kinda hyped by being an open-world, for the great reviews but this game is yet another example of how the review's aren't to be trusted nowdays. You beggin the game, nest thing you get is ultra hard boss, very hard to beat. Game gives you literally no pointers.

    It is VERY hard to play it, but it's an "artificial" difficulty, sometimes boss    Honeslty the worst game I've ever played. Was kinda hyped by being an open-world, for the great reviews but this game is yet another example of how the review's aren't to be trusted nowdays. You beggin the game, nest thing you get is ultra hard boss, very hard to beat. Game gives you literally no pointers.

    It is VERY hard to play it, but it's an "artificial" difficulty, sometimes boss don't even hit you and removes half of your HP, makes no sense. In my experience, Dying Light 2 (for example) was kinda harder, in a sense that you, the average player will have a good challenge with it but at the end you'll feel accomplished you beat the boss or whatever and you'll keep playing. This game? Straight up impossible. It's not rewarding at all, it's just annoying, and after 8 hours of work last thing a person who's stressed during the day needs is game of this kind. I understand that some people like it, but many gamers got tricked by the reviews and the metascore. This isn't mean for the mainstream gamer, it's meant for one who likes a challenge and has a controller or two laying around to break and a lot of patience.

    Also, did the reviewers even test this crap? Performance is absolutely awful, I have a AMD RX 6600 paired with 32 GB 3600mhz and a AMD Ryzen 5600X and this game lags WAYYY too much and I don't even have the graphics set to maximum. This PC can run Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra without a problem.

    TLDR: Don't trust the Metascore, don't know what happened to this getting 95/100, it trully doesn't deserve it. If you want a good open-world rewarding game to play in your free time, get Dying Light 2 or Cyberpunk 2077, this is just bad.    … Expand
  59. Eaglebeek
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Spent the first few hours trying to farm for better **** to beat a not even boss. Lost. Spent another few hours searching for better **** upgraded a few things stil lost. This game isn’t for you average player. Tired of losing my runes all the time…this one will be a pass for me
  60. Haye
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Как ветеран всех игр софт вара, хочу сказать что этой самый худший высер из всех возможных вариаций. нулевая адаптация на пс про, на пк завышены требования, сама игра баганая, плохо проработана в плане геймдезайна, нулевой игровой баланс. Чисто сырая некудышная альфа версия. Рекомендую делать рефаунд, дабы сохранить свои нервы.Как ветеран всех игр софт вара, хочу сказать что этой самый худший высер из всех возможных вариаций. нулевая адаптация на пс про, на пк завышены требования, сама игра баганая, плохо проработана в плане геймдезайна, нулевой игровой баланс. Чисто сырая некудышная альфа версия. Рекомендую делать рефаунд, дабы сохранить свои нервы.
  61. 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
  62. MetzKetz
    Mar 9, 2022
    4
    No way to pause the game and EAC forced in a singleplayer game. that is a refund from me.
  63. Mick_cbr
    Mar 14, 2022
    0
    Elden ring an eye-opening experiance
    I have now played more than 40 hours of Elden Ring. I killed two of the major bosses (out of three) and reached the Grand Lift of Dectus before I decided enough was enough.
    First, what the game does well. Feel and tone It lets you get a feel for the game without throwing things in your face. This could have been done better, but it is nice to    Elden ring an eye-opening experiance
    I have now played more than 40 hours of Elden Ring. I killed two of the major bosses (out of three) and reached the Grand Lift of Dectus before I decided enough was enough.
    First, what the game does well.
    Feel and tone
    It lets you get a feel for the game without throwing things in your face. This could have been done better, but it is nice to experience a game where, as you go through, more unfolds before you.
    Bugs.
    This game is quite well polished. It is relatively bug-free. In forty hours of gameplay, I only ran into one serious bug.
    What the game does poorly.
    Music.
    Although the musical score is very nice, the music is poorly implemented. You know whether something is intended to be an easy fight or a hard fight, just based on the music, and it changes your tactics. When the music indicates this is meant to be a tough fight, you hang back and take stock a little to learn your opponents' moves.
    Combat.
    The combat is dull, repetitive, and cliché. You are playing in a Quick Time Event (QTE). In fact, the whole game is one long QTE. You see the horse rear back, hit dodge. You see the guy with the halberd pull their arm back for a lunging strike, hit parry. Every enemy has a slightly different indicator of what button to hit when, but they are all the same tactics.
    Enemies.
    They are all laughable and trite. Seriously, they are bad. It's like the game designers went to a five-year-old and asked them what a cool monster would be. "Oh, a giant head, on a go-kart, that shoots flaming harpoons from its mouth….."
    Seriously? The creatures you encounter seem to have no relationship with each other. Some are animals, some are weird inanimate things, and some are people, but none seems consistent.
    Gameplay.
    The objective of the game is to kill three big bosses. The only indication you get as to where they are is that you get a little golden line at some respawn points that show you roughly the direction you need to go.
    Death is an integral part of the game. Many people told me the game is good because it is so hard unforgiving. But it is probably the most forgiving game released in recent years. Death means nothing, nothing at all. If you die, you drop runes. But this doesn't matter, you can go pick them back up, and as you can run around most enemies, you can literally just run to where you died, pick them up, run to the nearest spawn point, let anyone pursuing you kill you. Now you respawn right here, with no enemies — as they also reset — and pick up your runes. It's pointless.
    Consider this to a more traditional game. If you die in a more traditional game, you have to load your previous save. The experience, money etc, you got is gone. Every enemy you killed is alive again. In
    Atmosphere.
    The game is void of anything worthwhile, there are numerous tilesets, but they don't do anything different to each other, just look different. The world is devoid of content, vapid at best. You have virtually no people, no characters, no justification for anything being anywhere. It's just a perpetual rule of cool. Lovely ruins, why are there? Who knows, there's no lore about it. There's no perceived purpose for the building. It's just there.
    Not only this, the world is big and empty. You can spend ages just running from place to place, no fighting, nothing interesting to look at, nothing interesting to do, just run.
    Character creation.
    Wow, this takes the cake, you get given the choice of three classes, with no explanation about the differences between the classes, and you begin at level 8, and none of it is explained or even makes sense.
    NPCs.
    The NPCs you meet in the game are quite frankly **** They give you no reasoning as to why they are there. They are all tropey to the point of making my teeth hurt, and, for the most part, they would have been just as compelling if they were a roadside sign that you had to read.
    Lore.
    I like the lore, but it's here instead of what they did well because the lore has virtually no intersection with gameplay. Every item gives you snippets of lore. If you want it all, be a completionist and collect everything.
    Story
    Well, no, the story is crap. The story, in essence, is that you are at a tipping point, and how you level up your character is meant to reflect the tittering balance of the world around you. But you don't have a story here. The story is found in the lore, which undercuts the entire game but never intersects with it. There is no story in the gameplay.
    Conclusion
    Is Elden Ring good? No. It's trite, repetitive; boring; large, but not full; lacking consequence and impact. It's flagged as an RPG, but it isn't you don't play a character. All you do is allocate stats. You don't make choices that matter; you go through the motions. It is an entirely linear game in a non-linear environment, and it suffers because of it.    … Expand
  64. NathanEngelhorn
    Mar 15, 2022
    0
    I **** hate this game. No room for error, if you **** up you die in one hit. This game **** sucks dick and balls. And hairy **** **** elden Ring. **** game.
  65. Ragegoberts
    Mar 9, 2022
    0
    absolutely the worst souls game ever made. have fun with unbalanced garbage as **** end game and trash enemy designs that do nothing but spam attacks this game is for cheap trash uninstalled and refunded immediately **** this trash game
  66. Wannajazz
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    Absolute scam article. Shameful exploitation of the open world hype train. The game is unplayable. Even without the abysmal PC ports issues, this game is like a bad Unity 3D mobile game project with clunky contols, inexcusably bad UI, horrible graphics and animation, constant glitches and textures from 1999. Digital purchases from retailers are non-refundable and I for one am 50 euros outAbsolute scam article. Shameful exploitation of the open world hype train. The game is unplayable. Even without the abysmal PC ports issues, this game is like a bad Unity 3D mobile game project with clunky contols, inexcusably bad UI, horrible graphics and animation, constant glitches and textures from 1999. Digital purchases from retailers are non-refundable and I for one am 50 euros out of pocket. I feel like my hard-earned money has been stolen from me by dishonest game reviewers and the game publisher. I'll be filing a complaint at my national consumer protection agency unless my money is returned to me. Theft is illegal, I believe. For shame, From Software, Bandai Namco and you dishonest, despicable game reviewers that you bought, for shame for you treacherous, dishonest and bought "reviews". Goddamn cash grab. Never seen anything this shameless in my 36 years of gaming.… Expand
  67. LeinSwaisbrick
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    .Glitches, crashes and frame drops all the time
    .Server sudden disconnects can make all your effort go to waste due to the game quitting.
    .Map about 25% inaccurate with the terrain .Open areas full of nothing but monsters that barely defend themselves and the eventual big ones that 1 shot you even with high HP and level .The balance is by far the worst in the series, big field monsters    .Glitches, crashes and frame drops all the time
    .Server sudden disconnects can make all your effort go to waste due to the game quitting.
    .Map about 25% inaccurate with the terrain
    .Open areas full of nothing but monsters that barely defend themselves and the eventual big ones that 1 shot you even with high HP and level
    .The balance is by far the worst in the series, big field monsters and even some normal enemies hit and resist more than bosses
    .Open world is only an excuse to get items for the crafting table that you will never use and join the dungeons the franchise always had, making it a useless addition that will be there only to waste your time

    Tl;dr a big ugly son that only a FromSoftware shill would love.    … Expand
  68. Pc080972
    Mar 23, 2022
    0
    Horrible PC port - bad keyboard/mouse implementation - feels alien to a PC
    Release 2022 without ultrawide monitor support!...
    Release with Easy-Anticheat preventing customer to fix their lack of ultrawide support using e.g. Flawless Widescreen! (I know there is a workaround and use it - but this should not be required to play a simple game in 2022) Slow mouse movement hamperes the    Horrible PC port - bad keyboard/mouse implementation - feels alien to a PC
    Release 2022 without ultrawide monitor support!...
    Release with Easy-Anticheat preventing customer to fix their lack of ultrawide support using e.g. Flawless Widescreen! (I know there is a workaround and use it - but this should not be required to play a simple game in 2022)
    Slow mouse movement hamperes the playing experience

    Only got like 5-10 min. in back-and forth to OS to fix widescreen, google for mouse issue, google for flickering in the far right and left screen (uncomfortable and annoying - breaks immersion)

    Played Elex 2 which is not perfect, but at least it ran without issues like you would expect from a game 2022. Elden Ring is bad even at 1.03.2 version.    … Expand
  69. RedDovah
    Mar 16, 2022
    0
    Worst PC port and boring open world. Other than interesting bosses this game has nothing. It has Lore but no game story. graphics from 2013. Cyberpunk is less buggy on PC compared to this madness. To fromsoft, please do not make PC games. Pathetic excuse for souls like genre.
  70. Fabulouswow
    Nov 12, 2022
    0
    Everything about the game feels wrong. Not even a single thing makes me think it is right.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    -Animations are... No comment, really.

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

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

    Conclusion:
    The game is Exaggerated after I played and experienced it. This game is for people who probably like suffering, hardcore mental grind, and a game that is unpolished and broken all the way. This game started a genre and popularity that drove lots of indie or developer corporations to make "Souls-like" games more and not even one of them was successful for God's sake. They need to stop doing these terrible game-set-driven games where they don't Success "AT ALL". Only the "FromSoftware" games about souls-like were successful, not all of them of course, and yet they were all probably rigged or exaggerated in my opinion. I played all of the dark souls or its copies, and they were SUFFERING my enjoyment, a game was meant to make me enjoy while these were making me get frustrated and wanted me to leave the game immediately.    … Expand
  71. Thedylanman4
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don mullen has no opinion, even though the game looks good I won't let him win, absolute traveler. Go back to Dundalk bucko.… Expand
  72. Badhabit666
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    It plagues me to rate this game like this, truly.

    however due to deliberately blocking widescreen support, you have to use a mod to properly use your 21:9 monitor, which then bans you from online play. since i love souls-games especially for the online pvp and the devs are deliberately blocking me out of it because i have invested hard earned money in a more expensive rig and    It plagues me to rate this game like this, truly.

    however due to deliberately blocking widescreen support, you have to use a mod to properly use your 21:9 monitor, which then bans you from online play.

    since i love souls-games especially for the online pvp and the devs are deliberately blocking me out of it because i have invested hard earned money in a more expensive rig and monitor, i feel extremely excluded.    … Expand
  73. feiker
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    The game itself its pretty amazing, but unfortunally i can't play because its unplayable for me with 25-30 FPS and Stutterings

    A had to keep trying a lot of boss fights like dragon blood warrior (lightining) or the swanp wyverns (both fire and magic), or ancient dragon with 20-25 FPS Its too much annoying. Why release a unfinished game? why wont wait some months and release a stable    The game itself its pretty amazing, but unfortunally i can't play because its unplayable for me with 25-30 FPS and Stutterings

    A had to keep trying a lot of boss fights like dragon blood warrior (lightining) or the swanp wyverns (both fire and magic), or ancient dragon with 20-25 FPS
    Its too much annoying.

    Why release a unfinished game? why wont wait some months and release a stable version.

    Im with a 2070 and a ryzen 5 5800x, and in all game qualitys low/medium/high/maximum with any resolution 1080p/1440p i get this 30 FPS.

    Isnt only that enought:

    - Game has a CAP on 60 FPS
    - Do not support ultra-wide monitors
    - Constant Stutterings
    - Poor pvp online in comparated with DS series
    - Constant Crashes
    - Constant Frame Drops
    - Invisible enemys (Not renderized).
    - Do not recognize your Dedicated GPU
    - Bricks PCs on quiting.
    - Horses do not appears sometimes when called.
    - EAC (Easy anti-cheat) do not let the game starts.
    - Freezings.

    Im with 70 hours of game and the unic thing that i dont like to much about the game itself is the new PVP mechanichs (invading mechanichs). And the game do not innovate im almost nothing but still a good game with doesnt have this HORRORIBLE PERFORMANCE issues i will probably review with an 8.0 or 9.0.

    Fix your game From Software    … Expand
  74. CBerg
    Mar 12, 2022
    1
    If you take Skyrim and remove the interesting story, fun, progression, NPC population, direction, you get Elden Ring. I played for 20 hours, leveled to 20, and it’s just riding around on a horse trying to grind runes.
  75. Leonardo45
    Apr 2, 2022
    0
    CONS
    1- The streamer is dumb
    2- The map is big and confusing
    3- the optimization is horrible, the game runs poorly on rtx
    4-the people who make tutorials are dumb too. They don't show the map, they just show a specific corner hoping we know where it is.

    PROS
    the game is beautiful, at 40 fps
  76. Soraku
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Unplayable game stutters on PC. I am a huge fan of the franchise, and greatly disappointed by this release. Shame on you From Software. You should be embarrassed.
  77. Pini0n
    Feb 27, 2022
    4
    It's dark souls 3 with an open confusing world. Don't buy it if you're not a dark souls fan. But the low score is because of the PC version, how could they launch the game with 60 fps cap? Not only that but the 60 fps aren't stable, it drops do 30 many times. This with a 3080 and 5600x.
  78. TI_ProJecT
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Очередная игра от From Software сделанная в зоне комфорта. Минимум нового.
    Как может быть игра шедевром, которая использует ассеты еще из самой первой DS?
    Графика застряла на границе PS3/4 - что тогда с производительностью? Почему кому-то снимают баллы за техническое состояние, а на состояние Elden Ring, в том числе и на консолях, закрыли глаза? Почему другие игры ругают за кривую    Очередная игра от From Software сделанная в зоне комфорта. Минимум нового.
    Как может быть игра шедевром, которая использует ассеты еще из самой первой DS?
    Графика застряла на границе PS3/4 - что тогда с производительностью? Почему кому-то снимают баллы за техническое состояние, а на состояние Elden Ring, в том числе и на консолях, закрыли глаза?
    Почему другие игры ругают за кривую реализацию квестов, а у From Software это считается "особенностью"?
    Почему одни серии ругают за конвейер, а игры From Software сделанные по кальке с Demon's Souls нет?
    Эта игра недостойна 97 баллов по многим аспектам. Будь это игрой от Ubisoft больше 80 она не набрала.
    PS проблемы с производительностью только из-за кривых рук разработчиков.    … Expand
  79. WayTooBad
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This game has so many shills that are so quick to dismiss any legitimate concerns or problems, it's hilarious. The game looks like dark souls 3, runs like turd. 3090 at 2k resolution drops frames left and right. No DLSS. It's probably not a zero but to offset those shills I'm giving this title a zero.
  80. EnsarO
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Hayatımda gördüğüm en rezil port. Bu oyunun port işleminde çalışan herkesin validesini cima eyleyüm.
  81. Morphed
    Mar 8, 2022
    1
    Elden ring end game is very unbalanced. There is no git gud in it. It's just cheese or get OHkoed. I already said it many times elden ring is a amalgamation of all fromsoft titles but the combat the players have access to remains exactly same dark soul combat. So you will face bosses/enemies having high poise and health bar of dark souls, relentlessness and unpredictable behavior of bloodElden ring end game is very unbalanced. There is no git gud in it. It's just cheese or get OHkoed. I already said it many times elden ring is a amalgamation of all fromsoft titles but the combat the players have access to remains exactly same dark soul combat. So you will face bosses/enemies having high poise and health bar of dark souls, relentlessness and unpredictable behavior of blood borne and extremely long combos of sekiro. It's just not fun. I feel like I am fighting nioh bosses with souls combat. I would rate elden ring 10/10 for world building and atmosphere but end game is not fun and by end game I mean at least 40% of the remaining content.… Expand
  82. gdpm1
    Mar 8, 2022
    1
    - poor performance
    - 2010ish graphics, overall poor graphics as for 2022
    - cheap, sluggish animations
    - alot of reused models/textures
    feels like its 2012 not 2022
  83. T4KED0WN
    Mar 3, 2022
    1
    The games stutters every few seconds, it is locked to just 60 frames per second, does not offer the option to change fov and the performance is far from good which makes the lack of DLSS/FSR even worse. Ray tracing is also not present at the moment of writing, but it is supposed to be added in a later update. The stutters are constantly present and they plague every system not even rtxThe games stutters every few seconds, it is locked to just 60 frames per second, does not offer the option to change fov and the performance is far from good which makes the lack of DLSS/FSR even worse. Ray tracing is also not present at the moment of writing, but it is supposed to be added in a later update. The stutters are constantly present and they plague every system not even rtx 3090 and 12900k are capable of maintaining a constant 60fps at 720p. Behind all of these issues is a great game, but the performance issues are so severe it is impossible to look past them. If we put the performance issues aside, calling this game great would be an understatement, but the issues cannot be ignored. Heavily recommend, but only once it is fixed, if it gets fixed.… Expand
  84. Fer1678
    Mar 1, 2022
    1
    I've tried so hard to like this game, but I can't even enjoy playing it. I don't criticize a game without testing every aspect I can, so I did. I generated FPS and frametime graphs, tested a lot of graphical settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K, tested the game in 3 different setups, and the results where equaly disappointing on all of them.
    This game has a lot of optimization issues, like, it    I've tried so hard to like this game, but I can't even enjoy playing it. I don't criticize a game without testing every aspect I can, so I did. I generated FPS and frametime graphs, tested a lot of graphical settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K, tested the game in 3 different setups, and the results where equaly disappointing on all of them.
    This game has a lot of optimization issues, like, it is a pretty mediocre game in this regard, 4K, 1440p or 1080p, in every resolution I get the same stutters in the same areas, the same illogical frame drops, even if I try messing around with some settings.
    Graphics wise, it seems like a 2013 game, and I can't even deffend this game even If I tried doing so. It has mediocre physics and AI.
    Elden Ring is capped at 60 fps, and you can't disable V-Sync and it doesn't even have support for 21:9 resolutions. Really?
    This game has some of the worst controls I've seen in a Soulsborne game ever, I had to reasign every key to make this game playable, and even then, it was pretty confusing, because the game uses controller mapping for every menu and tutorial, making it difficult for non-controller gamers.
    And its 2022, why can't this game have technologies like FSR or DLSS? They would make the game much more accessible for different hardware configurations.
    It's an open-world game, but you can barely interact with the world, you can't swim, you can't climb. And the world is plain, it has an amateurish design, something that would be decent around 5 years ago, but in 2022, its mediocre.
    I have a lot more things i could criticize, but that would make this a lot longer, so I will stop here. The game is full of bugs, physics, AI and performance issues, so I can't recommend buying this game right now. If you MUST play it, I'd recommend doing it in a PS5.    … Expand
  85. Risenhaha
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Это кошмарно скучная игра, не понятно за что такие высокие оценки от студий.… Expand
  86. Jelsa
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oh my god………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Expand
  87. Kaptann
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I go with the logical… if Horizon Forbidden West isn’t a 10, there is no way this game should be a perfect one….!
  88. KatsumiFurCat
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Massive stuttering issues and one of the worst performance I've ever seen in a game
  89. Lalmoo
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    There is no Arabic language despite the promises made by the developers of the game before its launch, it does not mean anything to me now and is not understood
  90. Jasy
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    game is just bad. outdated graphics. input delay from controls. and same old dodge dodge dodge hit battle system that takes you 1 hour to kill a boss. only people with too much time in their hands can play this. also story is so messed up you dont know what is happening most of the time. no journal to keep track of npc or quests. just bad
  91. JohndDoe
    Mar 8, 2022
    2
    There is no need to spend money on such a mediocre work.
    Did the critics who gave the perfect score get a bribe?
    Or are you not playing? I wanted to "adventure" the world with the Soul series system. They advertised that it could be done with an open world system. I bought this, but it was a fraud. I continued to resist boredom and work feeling on the wide stage and cleared it, but    There is no need to spend money on such a mediocre work.
    Did the critics who gave the perfect score get a bribe?
    Or are you not playing?

    I wanted to "adventure" the world with the Soul series system.
    They advertised that it could be done with an open world system.
    I bought this, but it was a fraud. I continued to resist boredom and work feeling on the wide stage and cleared it, but I am desperate to say that it is disappointing. I didn't want to spend all my time in the fight.

    There are countless complaints, but I'd like to ask one question, why is it all attacking without warning?
    It was

    By the way, the score is only for the game system, the score is zero if you take into account the price and various under-optimizations.

    * I'm not an English-speaking person, so please forgive me for my poor writing.    … Expand
  92. awsomekevin12
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    All the issues are tripartite categorically: performance, quality of life, and camera gets its own category. Performance needs to be uncapped, 60 fps is mediocre for a decade ago, and with all the stuttering and whatnot, shouldn't be unattainable these days. Quality of life includes support for the PC port, like more communication or an actually intuitive kb and m experience. This is theAll the issues are tripartite categorically: performance, quality of life, and camera gets its own category. Performance needs to be uncapped, 60 fps is mediocre for a decade ago, and with all the stuttering and whatnot, shouldn't be unattainable these days. Quality of life includes support for the PC port, like more communication or an actually intuitive kb and m experience. This is the most antagonistic control scheme I've seen, not only is the prompt for keyboard controls hidden in the settings, but q, e, and g as main navigations don't make any sense. The camera itself makes me ill. Literally physically ill, I threw up after playing for only a hour and I'm afraid of going back in. Viewbobbing, built in motion blur, and a floating movement swiveling camera violate my sense of equilibrium like poison. Wait for a performance patch if they care enough.… Expand
  93. Pecone
    Mar 3, 2022
    3
    Overhyped garbage of a game/port. PS4 level graphics with horrendous performance on high end hardware. Terrible stutters and framedrops. The game itself is also pretty boring and bland. Frustrating af for no reason just so they can claim it is "difficult" and "Soul's like". Terrible gaming mechanics and lazy devs. There is no way to keep track of what the hell you are doing and what haveOverhyped garbage of a game/port. PS4 level graphics with horrendous performance on high end hardware. Terrible stutters and framedrops. The game itself is also pretty boring and bland. Frustrating af for no reason just so they can claim it is "difficult" and "Soul's like". Terrible gaming mechanics and lazy devs. There is no way to keep track of what the hell you are doing and what have you done. Half-baked at best. How the "critics" gave them 10/10 is beyond me. Horrible game that frustrates not only with it's half-baked gameplay but also with its terrible performance. Avoid at all costs, don't waste your time and do not support this trash with your hard-earned money.… Expand
  94. somedevsaregood
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    This game need dx11 API and dx12 put in the back burner cause its still in alpha.
    The game also needs a diffcult slider so the casual none sweaty gamers can still have fun. Many players have not played a darksouls game starting in this game.
    The game crashes 2 to about 6 times in a 24 hour period. Needs mod support! If change will change the review. The game is not good without a easy    This game need dx11 API and dx12 put in the back burner cause its still in alpha.
    The game also needs a diffcult slider so the casual none sweaty gamers can still have fun. Many players have not played a darksouls game starting in this game.
    The game crashes 2 to about 6 times in a 24 hour period.
    Needs mod support! If change will change the review.
    The game is not good without a easy difficulty!    … Expand
  95. tyco_08
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Full of bugs, gameplay is meh. even cyberpunk was better and worked better.
  96. Chop2842
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Worst pc port ever, a game meant to be about precise movement has input delay? $60 and can't even get proper 60fps on a 3070ti and this is my problem with revie
  97. klasior
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Unfair, too hard, mobs oneshotting, 0 items and runes to upgrade character. Still good graphics tho
  98. Atakk-REVIL
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    O jogo tá divertido mais mano não para de travar sempre q tô jogando o fps despenca o jogo kita do nada o servidor fica caindo com meus brod por favor arrume isso né!
  99. Neo_Bahamut_19
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Let's start off by saying I'm a huge fan of Dark Souls. Now that we have that out of the way, let's get into the core reason for a 2/10... Performance and proper PC support. Gameplay for this game, as well all know, is excellent; however, the lack of proper attention to the PC release has ruined the experience for many. Everything from CTD at launch, to launching into a blank white screen,Let's start off by saying I'm a huge fan of Dark Souls. Now that we have that out of the way, let's get into the core reason for a 2/10... Performance and proper PC support. Gameplay for this game, as well all know, is excellent; however, the lack of proper attention to the PC release has ruined the experience for many. Everything from CTD at launch, to launching into a blank white screen, variable stuttering on everything from low to high-end systems, lack of widescreen "support" (they render black boxes over the edges, yet the game still renders behind those just fine), lack of vsync toggle, an artificial framerate limit (some claim animations are tied to framerates, yet it's been unlocked by breaking EAC), among other issues.

    With all the games recently launching on PC with abhorrent issues, gamers can't let it slide anymore. It's 2022 and this game launched without proper ultrawide and superultrawide support, things supported by various games on smaller budgets going on 20 years ago. This is the first mainstream game (don't kid yourself stating that a multi-million seller is "niche") that I can recall that not only does this, but doesn't have a vsync toggle and caps framerates on PC.

    It's pretty clear that FromSoftware put minimal effort into their PC release. It's bad enough to have those issues, but to have crashing issues plaguing so many and horrid stuttering due to them not optimizing their shaders when they have such a huge budget is just a shame. Lord knows if they'll ever fix it either, as they didn't really address much with Dark Souls 3. Unlike Dark Souls 3 though, we have Easy Anti-Cheat to contend with, which disables our ability to apply community made mod fixes to address the issues. So now we're reliant on a developer that's historically disconnected from their fans on PC, as evidenced by their past releases.

    I gave them 3 days to address the lack of ultrawide at least, and all they did was send out a patch to "fix" stuttering that didn't resolve stuttering and actually caused the white screen issues. Since then I have refunded the game and will not return until they fix all other issues. If they fix all the issues, then I'll update my review accordingly.

    My Specifications:

    AMD 2700X
    32GB DDR4 (4x 8GB)
    Red Devil 6900XT Ultimate
    256GB Western Digital Black NVMe
    LG 34" Ultrawide 3440x1440 160hz FreeSync

    Still stuttered all around the initial spawn room. Black bars covered 1/3 of my screen. Did not crash personally but know others with issues.    … Expand
  100. LostError
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    It's like if Cat Mario was the only Mario game, sure some people have the time to die over and over again, but that's just not how the modern gaming works, give us normal mario.

    Big monster dodge-and-roll games have been done before. It's based on archaic outdated game design. Give us something new and innovative. Elden Ring does nothing to improve upon similar games, besides a minor    It's like if Cat Mario was the only Mario game, sure some people have the time to die over and over again, but that's just not how the modern gaming works, give us normal mario.

    Big monster dodge-and-roll games have been done before. It's based on archaic outdated game design. Give us something new and innovative.

    Elden Ring does nothing to improve upon similar games, besides a minor graphics refresh. Just like COD and FIFA.

    Ask yourself - Is the game actually fun to play or is it just fun to finally kill the big monster after dying 100 times? If 90% of the game isn't fun, it's not fun. Is it too much to ask to be having fun for most of the time while playing?

    The gaming industry is a lot bigger and more accessable than when previous difficult games were released. Game reviewers need to take that into consideration, niche millennial games deserve low scores, or at the very least a very clear warning that it's probably not worth playing unless you've played previous Souls-like games.

    Plus all the menus, interfaces, and controls are counter-intuitive and awful. Have they played any popular modern game?

    They should be getting low scores for the controls alone - Space should be jump, Shift should be Run, C or CTRL should be Crouch, M should be Map, and TAB should be for regularly used menu items.

    Just admit that you want to play more dark souls, don't pretend it's a good game worthy of new players picking it up.    … 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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