Elden Ring

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  1. DaniloNovakovic
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    Really good game with a bad PC launch. Let's hope FromSoftware can fix these performance issues soon because aside from that the game is really good.

    I miss the posture gauge and parry mechanic from Sekiro tho :(
  2. jpeter38
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    Almost every single bad review is complaining about performance. That can be fixed. Most of these reviewers that are giving negative reviews are expecting the game to run on their potato machines. The game definitely needs optimization but it's definitely playable. Game is amazing. If you want more accurate reviews check steam reviews where people have to own the game to be able to review.
  3. Espher
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Absolute Peak of From Software games. The sheer amount of content available for the player to explore is absurd.
  4. Skyllersy
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    Yeah, that's it. We ate at the peak of gaming.

    This is it. It's all downhill from now.

    Elden ring is, with the lack of a better word, a masterpiece.

    Don't play it if you like skyrim, button mash and hack-and-slash games. This game is harder than you can probably handle.

    The game also does not hold your hand, at all.
    It's your adventure and your own path into becoming an Elden lord.
  5. RodryAlan
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Es un juego excelente y hermoso con todas letras. GOTY seguro. Tiene fallas como cualquier juego de mundo abierto cuando recién se lanza. Pero a pesar de ello, es muy disfrutable. Un muy buen trabajo hicieron. Hacía bastante que no disfrutaba un juego así. Mis felicitaciones a Miyazaki y todo el equipo de From Software.
  6. Bennh
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    (I see that the game has some notable negative reviews. Some are mad and refunding the game. I have three responses:

    (1) I rage quit Dark Souls back in 2012 after 3 hours of frustrating play. But after putting down the game for a week, clearing my head, and watching guides, I went back to playing what I discovered to be my favorite game series for years. For those initially disappointed,    (I see that the game has some notable negative reviews. Some are mad and refunding the game. I have three responses:

    (1) I rage quit Dark Souls back in 2012 after 3 hours of frustrating play. But after putting down the game for a week, clearing my head, and watching guides, I went back to playing what I discovered to be my favorite game series for years. For those initially disappointed, I encourage you to take a break, watch some guides, and try again!

    (2) If it’s really not for you, that’s perfectly fine! There are great games that I would absolutely refuse to play (Ninja Gaiden series, Nioh etc.) after trying it out a bit, solely because it’s not my type of game. I respect those games nonetheless and would never hate on them just because I don’t like them.

    (3) If you’re somehow angry at the game for the high critic reviews, I’m glad that From angered the right people: not their long-time fans. As a long-time Souls player, I’m not angry in it in the slightest. Some people overhyped this game to be something it’s not, but it’s what I wanted as a long-time fan of Fromsoftware: an excellent game that pushes the genre to another level while keeping its core identity.

    It’s not a perfect game by any means. The bugs for many people are horrible, and I hope they’re fixed soon.

    And though I’m very happy with it, it’s not 100% what I expected from the game. I was hoping for a more majestic open world, and not another decaying, post-fall-of-the-Gods kind of story. The world could be less drab and foggy.

    But for a guy who impulsively bought Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition 10 years ago and ended up loving the series, I can see that this game was made with a lot of love.

    More room for improvement means more games. I will eagerly await the next Fromsoftware game. Until then, I’ll happily get lost in The Lands Between for the next few years. It’s a 10/10 for me.    … Expand
  7. Teleman
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    No ultrawide support? Performance problems?

    Are you guys f.ing out of your minds? The only true excuse would be the fps lock otherwise game runs silky smooth on most hardwares, if you are complaining about performance problems, hope you get stuck on rtx hell where noone could play it properly. I have a gtx 1070 and the game runs much much better than it should tbh. First off, game    No ultrawide support? Performance problems?

    Are you guys f.ing out of your minds? The only true excuse would be the fps lock otherwise game runs silky smooth on most hardwares, if you are complaining about performance problems, hope you get stuck on rtx hell where noone could play it properly. I have a gtx 1070 and the game runs much much better than it should tbh.

    First off, game has no denuvo. Port as it may be but developers are actually showing respect to the players. Sekiro had many many mods and community support beyond launch and this is no different. Game itself is amazing beyond what these whiners deserve. 10/10.    … Expand
  8. REdview
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Don't trust the reviews of disgruntled users who can't kill Magrit, try it, it's a real masterpiece!
  9. SupraMOD99
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Hilarious to see people complain about the difficulty, missing quest logs or the combat system when Souls-like clearly isn't their genre. It's like attending a Rammstein concert and complaining about the lack of techno. Put these foolish ambitions to rest. Elden Ring is everything Soulsborne fans love & even better and bigger.
    L + maidenless + plumb out of luck + fully divorced from the    Hilarious to see people complain about the difficulty, missing quest logs or the combat system when Souls-like clearly isn't their genre. It's like attending a Rammstein concert and complaining about the lack of techno. Put these foolish ambitions to rest. Elden Ring is everything Soulsborne fans love & even better and bigger.
    L + maidenless + plumb out of luck + fully divorced from the strength of runes.    … Expand
  10. alejdark
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Excelente videojuego, from software tomo todo lo que aprendio todos estos años y lo puso en elden ring, sin sera un juego del cual se hablara por muchos años.
  11. Apophy
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    This game is a 9,9 game which will be a 10,0 when the next patches to fix more performance come out. For me it runs smoothly and I think wide screen support would give unfair advantages in pvp due to the fov.
    This game is definitely phenomenal below the surface of issues many other users were pointing out like missing wide screen support and performance issues.
    I don't think it's fair    This game is a 9,9 game which will be a 10,0 when the next patches to fix more performance come out. For me it runs smoothly and I think wide screen support would give unfair advantages in pvp due to the fov.
    This game is definitely phenomenal below the surface of issues many other users were pointing out like missing wide screen support and performance issues.

    I don't think it's fair to rate a game as poor as 0/10 for just one or two issues, even if it's unplayable for a certain amount of time, it'll soon be and you will definitely enjoy it.

    It's not fair to rate a game poorly for only one or two issues.    … Expand
  12. Lohs
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    The game would be perfect without the freezing. Rn its a 7/10. If the fix the issues ill updste these. Also the steam stats and consistancy speak for them self.
  13. PlatyPuz
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    its amazing. This game is basically open world with the dark souls/bloodborne formula. For souls fans this is amazing. For new players, not so much. There isnt a lot of innovative design etc as other people are saying, but why innovate when it aint needed? The PC port itself is bad, the game is amazing. If you can, play it on console, but if you have a high end PC like myself you will haveits amazing. This game is basically open world with the dark souls/bloodborne formula. For souls fans this is amazing. For new players, not so much. There isnt a lot of innovative design etc as other people are saying, but why innovate when it aint needed? The PC port itself is bad, the game is amazing. If you can, play it on console, but if you have a high end PC like myself you will have a blast. Im talking 3090 high end PC, the framrate is locked, but thats easy to circumvent with a mod, same with EAC. I honestly dont care about the technical challenges as they are easy to solve, annoying, but easy to solve.

    The game itself is 10/10    … Expand
  14. bwh31
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    This game is the best game I have ever played...and to be quite frank, the review bombs are unfounded in my opinion. Everyone I have talked too who properly updates their PC has had 0 issues, or only very minor ones, with the game.

    If you are on PC.....UPDATE TO THE LATEST DRIVERS. Nvidia released a new driver specifically optimized for Elden Ring last week. You need it. It helps. Do    This game is the best game I have ever played...and to be quite frank, the review bombs are unfounded in my opinion. Everyone I have talked too who properly updates their PC has had 0 issues, or only very minor ones, with the game.

    If you are on PC.....UPDATE TO THE LATEST DRIVERS. Nvidia released a new driver specifically optimized for Elden Ring last week. You need it. It helps. Do not ignore it.
    2nd.....TURN OFF THE STEAM OVERLAY. Steam overlay causes issues with all kinds of games, not just Elden Ring. Just turn the dang thing off and watch your performance improve. I did both of these things and have had 0 issues with frame rate, stuttering, or anything else that everyone is griping about. It is amazing to me how many PC Gamers don't do the basic maintenance of updating drivers to help their game and PC performance.

    The game itself is fantastic. It is the classic Dark Souls combat, mixed with an incredible open world with secrets and items to find EVERYWHERE. Literally their seems to be secrets and things to find on every inch of the massive map. Oh, and Boss fights galore. If you like Fromsoft games, then it is the perfect mesh of all their past games. The lore is great, and while there is a clear cut overarching "quest", most of the in-depth lore is still very cryptic and can be discovered through reading item descriptions in true Dark Souls fashion.

    I haven't been this into a video games in a lot of years. It ticks all the right boxes, is super addicting, and I find myself thinking about the items, worlds, bosses, and lore even when I am not playing it. It will forever be one of my top 5 gaming experiences, hands down.

    So to conclude, ignore the review bombers, update your PC, and enjoy one of the greatest games in recent memory. You will not regret it.    … Expand
  15. DarkAuron90
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    Thanks Metacritic! Today you just taught me to not trust users review! I will tell my honest opinion about the game:

    this game could be easly a 10 game but is a 9/10, because is true, it has some little thechnical problems and very minor defects (BTW without compromise the playability of the game), and JUST because that. In fact, this game is still SO FREAKING AWESOME!!!! I give 10 in    Thanks Metacritic! Today you just taught me to not trust users review! I will tell my honest opinion about the game:

    this game could be easly a 10 game but is a 9/10, because is true, it has some little thechnical problems and very minor defects (BTW without compromise the playability of the game), and JUST because that. In fact, this game is still SO FREAKING AWESOME!!!! I give 10 in order to compense the other sensless users bombing reviews, and it's really sad because look more like an outburst of frustration than an honest review and these are the same people who tells that this game lacks of content!!! Are you kidding me?? Guys trust me, i played all FromSoftware games. I missing only bloodborne cause i am a PC gamer and if you like the Dark Souls Saga and also to be more generic if you like Fantasy/Dark Fantasy, you need this game!! You cannot image the quantities of stuff to do in this game and how huge it is!! The open world its at least more than double of how much i expected to be. Can be compared to Zelda BOTW or to The Witcher 3(plus with an huge vertical extension). The start could seems a little bit quite, but after few hours of gaming Elden Ring start to have great Rhythm. There are so many different paths to take and things to do. You never get bored and some of the places are really astonishing and everything with the dark souls style(i see also a lot of LOTR, Berserk and of course GOT vibes in the game but not just a copy rather a new marvelous masterpiece)! This game is Epic in every single aspect: gameplay, art style, level design, lore and in my opinion the author has just outdone himself with this fantasy MASTERPIECE! Its true has some little defect but i think they will solve it soon so just give it a change! This is the game we was waiting. Thanks again Miyazaki. i love you and i hate you, just as always!    … Expand
  16. BUReauKRATOS
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    The game is cool. I don't talk about optimization because of old PC. I like it and can't stop playing it, because the world is big and this is similar to dark souls and i like dark souls
  17. Rlatlgus
    Mar 20, 2022
    9
    10/10, everything bangs in the game
    -1 for performance issues still after updates.
    9/10. will update to 10/10 if they fix performance issues. date - 20/03
  18. bra1nscore
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Please play the game before writing a review.

    Best souls game by far. Fromsoft exceeded my expectations
  19. SuperWorm
    Jan 23, 2023
    10
    Awesome game that has a lot to offer for both people coming from previous fromsoft games and people new to them.
  20. tonytoo
    Jan 25, 2023
    9
    a very very very good game.
    Gaming:10/10(a very freedom open world game although its traveling is not as fun as Zelda. its levels decide are very well just like other soulbrone game )
    story:9/10(
  21. girjo10
    Jun 21, 2023
    10
    Un juego inolvidable y unico en su especie, tiene algunos problemas de rendimiento pero el juego sigue siendo una obra de arte
  22. saksukasermet
    Aug 12, 2023
    10
    best game ever best voice over best art design best combat diversity best re playability best game in the world
  23. MaverickMc
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Una joya en todos los aspectos, no les hagan caso a los llorones que se quejan de la dificultad, que ellos sean malos jugando videojuegos no hace que los juegos que requieran un mínimo de empeño sean malos (al contrario, son los mejores)
    Sobre los problemas técnicos, los solucionaron poco después de la fecha de salida, así que no tiene sentido hacerle caso a esas reseñas
  24. Pmstz
    Jan 25, 2023
    8
    Very nice game, nice experience.
    A From Software in open-world.
    It's a success.
  25. Tanikaze
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    Great Game, great Soulslike. One of the best open world structure on the market and an amazing exemple of storytelling. The feeling of combat is crude, fast and visceral. The color palette is finally brighter and landscape is cleaner, dotted with a multitude of places of interest.

    I still have to reach the End of All...but the travel, after about 80hrs, is already memorable.
  26. sursaa
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    Никаких проблем с производительностью и падением фпс.
  27. chrissnyman
    Mar 10, 2022
    10
    Best game i have played in a very very very long time.

    Sure, performance isn't perfect, but plays better than most new games on my system
    Considering the size of the game, it has the least amount of bugs i have seen in an new game in years.
  28. GerdiHell
    Mar 8, 2022
    10
    I have no issues on pc. Everything’s works smoothly.

    Not gonna lie. This is one of my most favourite games ever. The dark souls mechanics were meant to go open world.

    Thanks From Software.
  29. tarkin98
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    This is the best game of the word.Only have a little problems but i have 100 hours in game and i can't stop gaming.
  30. Fai6944
    Mar 3, 2022
    8
    En sierras ocasiones hay un bajón de FPS un mundo abierto muy entretenido siempre hay algo que hacer uno de los mejores juegos que e jugado últimamente
  31. yones7
    Mar 16, 2022
    9
    Best game I have ever played. Beautiful world, great story and amazing gameplay. Only thing holding it back are the performance issues on PC. Otherwise a near perfect game.
  32. Rawnchie14
    Mar 31, 2022
    10
    I sport a monster of a PC and use a controller, so I can feel for those who have technical issues and have qualms with the lack of PC support. Legitimate complaints, all of them. But I'm reviewing my experience.

    The game - technical support aside, is nothing short of a masterpiece. FromSoftware has jam packed so much content in a game that can be beaten in a matter a few dozen hours, or    I sport a monster of a PC and use a controller, so I can feel for those who have technical issues and have qualms with the lack of PC support. Legitimate complaints, all of them. But I'm reviewing my experience.

    The game - technical support aside, is nothing short of a masterpiece. FromSoftware has jam packed so much content in a game that can be beaten in a matter a few dozen hours, or with hundereds of hours, depending on how you play. They drop you into the world with no purpose, and then culminate everything towards you becoming Elden Lord. Yeah, absolutely no small feat, but with a the barrage of new experiences, surprises around the corner, the "figure it out yourself" brand of quest lines, and the complete release of a player into a world where they make the choices - it's a truly fascinating game design choice from a formerly very rigid gameplay cycle and linear design the developer was known for.

    Is it perfect? No game is - but I feel it at times is very close (aside from some weapon/build style balancing), and was the PC port extremely disappointing? Absolutely. But past these issues, this has to be cemented as one of the best titles of the year - and that FromSoftware has ever released, free of tropes and rehashed open world designs, taking risks to diverge both from their core fan base and average gamers experience to bring something familiar yet as a completely new amalgamation of great ideas with enough ambiguity to embolden those who made the effort to understand the subtle and indirect presentation of the games tasks and lore.

    I'll acknowledge the technical shortcomings, certainly not ideal for all players, but the core game itself, is a feat that I feel cannot be dragged down by the unfortunate technical issues (which I agree, need to be figured out by the developers and better supported). This is GOTY territory in Feb/Mar    … Expand
  33. DrNussbaum
    Apr 4, 2022
    10
    Absolutely a masterpiece. The Soulsbourne formula in an open world adds a richness for veterans of FromSoftware’s titles as well as an easier entry point for newcomers given that you aren’t stuck on a linear path for the entirety of the game. Sound design, graphics, content, characters, etc. Everything hits the mark and FromSoftware continues to prove that you don’t need to produce aAbsolutely a masterpiece. The Soulsbourne formula in an open world adds a richness for veterans of FromSoftware’s titles as well as an easier entry point for newcomers given that you aren’t stuck on a linear path for the entirety of the game. Sound design, graphics, content, characters, etc. Everything hits the mark and FromSoftware continues to prove that you don’t need to produce a crappy Ubisoft open world full of handholding quests to be a good game.

    It’s refreshing to finally have a game unburdened by micro transactions, a lack of content, political tropes, or a boring gameplay loop. If you buy any game this year, make it Elden Ring.    … Expand
  34. MaxCorvega
    Mar 31, 2022
    10
    BRILLIANT MASTERPIECE!
    Its an example how games should look.
    Probaby the best game From software and in future game of the year.
  35. sb_MGM
    Jun 11, 2022
    9
    First soulslike i’ve played and First Game in a while, wich was worth being completed. Can‘t remember the Last Game That was as fun as Elden Ring. And very Important Point: It is a finished game. You don‘t buy ingame via microtransactions or dlc expansions. You buy the game – you get the game.
  36. claux19
    Nov 11, 2022
    10
    Just made an account on this site because I saw how many bots and sub-humans review-bomb this game. It's a shame. They clearly have to be held by the hand and baby-sited in the games they play. Go play GoW: Ragnarok u filthy casuals! Git Gud!
  37. mitchelltford
    Feb 27, 2022
    8
    This game is absolutely fantastic in every way but one: the PC performance is quite bad. I can live with a 60fps cap, but the frequent stutters really sour the experience. I've been able to really enjoy the game despite the severe optimization issues, but I'm really disappointed in From Software for releasing the game like this
  38. raedgamer7
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    ELDEN RING
    Greatest of all times
    Game of the Year 2022
    I really love this game
  39. Inuyasha17
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    메타 순간 평점 98점, 지금은 메타 평점 97점. 그리고 오픈크리틱 역대 1위에 등극한 적도 있고
    역대 메타스코어 게임의 반열에 오른 오픈월드 액션 RPG게임 '엘든링'
    엘든링은 이미 2022년 최다고티의 영역을 이미 초월한 게임이다. 최다 고티가 아니라... 사실 역대 메타스코어 영역에서 노는 게임이다. 이 정도로 잘만든 AAA급 초우주갓겜은 게임계에서 평생 나올까 말까 한 게임이다. 게임계의 역사 실록에 기록되어 두고 두고 회자될 정도의 클라스의 게임이다. 확실한건 세키로의 이동방식, 전투 자세를 계승했으며, 몽골제국의 기병대 같은 간지나는 마상전투와 일본도와 사무라이 갑옷을 장착한 간지나는 사무라이의 칼싸움은 가히 세키로, 고스트 오브 쓰시마, 블레이드앤소울,    메타 순간 평점 98점, 지금은 메타 평점 97점. 그리고 오픈크리틱 역대 1위에 등극한 적도 있고
    역대 메타스코어 게임의 반열에 오른 오픈월드 액션 RPG게임 '엘든링'
    엘든링은 이미 2022년 최다고티의 영역을 이미 초월한 게임이다.
    최다 고티가 아니라... 사실 역대 메타스코어 영역에서 노는 게임이다.

    이 정도로 잘만든 AAA급 초우주갓겜은 게임계에서 평생 나올까 말까 한 게임이다.

    게임계의 역사 실록에 기록되어 두고 두고 회자될 정도의 클라스의 게임이다.

    확실한건 세키로의 이동방식, 전투 자세를 계승했으며, 몽골제국의 기병대 같은 간지나는 마상전투와

    일본도와 사무라이 갑옷을 장착한 간지나는 사무라이의 칼싸움은 가히 세키로, 고스트 오브 쓰시마, 블레이드앤소울, 몬스터헌터 라이즈의 검술 칼싸움을 생각나게 할 정도로 근접 타격감이 최강이다.

    오픈월드 액션 RPG들 중 가장 전투와 타격감이 1위인 게임은 단연코 엘든링이라고 자신있게 말할수있다.

    던전과 모험 방식은 젤다의전설 야생의숨결 같으면서도,

    전투 방식은 확실하게 세키로나 소울류를 계승해서 발전시켰다.

    플스판은 진짜 프레임도 높고 잘되는데 PC스팀판만 프레임 드랍이 아쉬운건 어쩔수없는게

    '오픈월드 RPG'라는 장르 특성상 초반엔 PC스팀판은 프레임 드랍이 어쩔수없다.

    지금까지 갓겜들이라고 나온 오픈월드 RPG게임들도 초반엔 최적화 이슈가 있었기 때문이다.

    하지만 확실한건 엘든링은 진짜 잘만들고 재밌는 AAA급 초우주갓겜인건 확실하다.

    아니, AAA급 초우주갓겜이라는 수식어로도 엘든링을 설명하기 힘들다.

    엘든링은 그 이상... '인류 역사상 최고의 게임'이라고 단연코 말할수있다.    … Expand
  40. zed1999sd
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Really great so far. I don't really have any technical issue but i can't sleep playing this game, masterpiece indeed, theres always something new to discover, and boss fight? get me going all day.
  41. mrcodfee
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    I hate this game but it's one of best games I've ever played. Hope FromSoftware will fix performance issues on PC ASAP, so it would be perfect then.
  42. ferrascal
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Easily one of the best games of all time. If I could give it an 11/10 I would. The bad reviews are just trolling and from people who want their hand held throughout a children's game. The highest rated game in modern history and rightfully so. Well deserving of its place in the conversation as the best video game of all time. Congrats and thank you Miyazaki and FromSoft!
  43. Akirabro
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Elden ring is in short, a nearly beautiful masterpiece.
    It perfectly shows what From Software aims to achieve with each and every iteration of the games they develop and growing with each new one.
    While the PC launch port of the game is suffering from some technical issues like frame drops, they are fully aware and are addressing these issues. Its amazing how the game has launched in    Elden ring is in short, a nearly beautiful masterpiece.
    It perfectly shows what From Software aims to achieve with each and every iteration of the games they develop and growing with each new one.
    While the PC launch port of the game is suffering from some technical issues like frame drops, they are fully aware and are addressing these issues.
    Its amazing how the game has launched in almost every platform in a near complete state which sets the bar higher for games that release at launch to be broken only to be fixed later (*cough*cyberpunk 2077)
    This is truly worth the $60 dollars in my opinion.    … Expand
  44. Briger26
    Mar 3, 2022
    8
    Gameplay is good but it has many glitches like some times torrent just becomes invisible and it looks like I'm floating and some times the enemy's like some guards become invisible but their hand torches are visible just fix it
  45. wasabitomo
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    I'm saying this as someone who never really like any of the previous Souls games. Elden Ring is my favorite game of all time. I would 100% recommend this game to everyone. I honestly never thought I would fall in love with this game so much. It's kind of ironic comparing myself today to myself a few days ago. Elden Ring is literally my life now.
  46. Jurij7080
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Eines der besten Spiele die ich seit langem wieder gespielt habe. Ich lege keinen grossen Wert auf die Grafik wie andere. Für mich ist die Dichte Atmosphäre, die spannenden Boss-kämpfe und die Weise wie Eldenring die Geschichte der Welt erzählt viel wichtiger.
  47. cofm21
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    After getting so angry reading the dumb 0 and 1 star reviews, I made an account to share an honest opinion about the game. Here are my responses to the common complaints.

    PC Performance. I have had very moderate frame rate drops into the 30-40 fps range. This only happens in the open world, and only when moving between large sections. So this happens about 2% of the time during my    After getting so angry reading the dumb 0 and 1 star reviews, I made an account to share an honest opinion about the game. Here are my responses to the common complaints.

    PC Performance.

    I have had very moderate frame rate drops into the 30-40 fps range. This only happens in the open world, and only when moving between large sections. So this happens about 2% of the time during my 4-5 hour sessions. The game runs perfectly otherwise.

    No ultra wide support.

    This has to be the dumbest reason to give a 0 score. I could see this knocking one or two points for an average reviewer, but to give this game a 0 because there is no ultra wide support is ridiculous. Playing in 4K on a 55” OLED TV is absolutely amazing.

    Empty world / boring / no story.

    There is an absolutely amazing story being told in Elden Ring. From the start, you are encouraged to become essentially the queen/king of the Lands Between. The voice acting is genuine. The atmosphere and environment is very encapsulating.

    Conclusion: I’m only 16 hours in and feel like I have scratched the surface of what the story is and what powers/weapons I will find. I feel like I’m playing Ocarina of Time all over again. The story there wasn’t obvious from the very beginning, and neither is it here. Just like many other open world games, until you start leveling / finding new items / and gaining new powers, you have yet to see what the game truly offers.

    Absolutely 10/10. In a day where over saturated (DL2, Horizon FW) open world games are still being made, Elden Ring is a breath of fresh air that allows you to discover the world and have fun, just like the Legend of Zelda series has.    … Expand
  48. TwentyEight
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    C'est un chef d'œuvre tout simplement. L'univers que FromSoftware à façonné est grandiose, immersif. L'exploration de la map est tellement addictif pour vous dire, j'ai passé environ 10 h à explorer l'entre de terre avant de m'attaquer au premier boss. En parlant de boss, ils sont charismatiques et bien fichus. L'architecture du château de voilorage est à en perdre la tête, il y a desC'est un chef d'œuvre tout simplement. L'univers que FromSoftware à façonné est grandiose, immersif. L'exploration de la map est tellement addictif pour vous dire, j'ai passé environ 10 h à explorer l'entre de terre avant de m'attaquer au premier boss. En parlant de boss, ils sont charismatiques et bien fichus. L'architecture du château de voilorage est à en perdre la tête, il y a des recoins partout.

    Pour le moment je n'ai que des petites baisse de Fps, mais rien de bien méchant donc quand je lis que le jeu est injouable, qu'il n'est pas beau, je me pose des questions ou sois on ne joue pas au même jeu.

    Je pense que c'est le meilleur jeu auquel j'ai joué jusqu'à présent et j'en suis qu'au début après 20h de jeu.

    Pour tous les fans de challenge et d'exploration, Foncez !    … Expand
  49. RedFlaame
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Como um grande fã da saga soulsborne, esse jogo conseguiu trazer elementos de todos os outros e de um jeito muito foda, jogão
  50. Conloth
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    This is the best game I have ever played.

    Childlike wonder of exploration? Check!

    Difficult rewarding combat? Check!

    Immersive storytelling? Check!

    My character being fully customizable with a unique experience compared to other players? Check!

    Huge world that never slows down and keeps the rewards and danger coming? Check!
  51. Titan
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Best souls game to date, this is a combine of all previous games with New mechanics that make the formula better
  52. TheAlphaReview
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    easily the greatest game of all time hands down. If you rush you can make it the hardest Souls game you've ever played.
    If you take it a bit slower, it will be similar in difficulty to the old games.
    If you take it very slow and out-level content it also fits the bit more casual player, although don't think it will be easy. The open world and "questing system" are the new benchmark    easily the greatest game of all time hands down. If you rush you can make it the hardest Souls game you've ever played.
    If you take it a bit slower, it will be similar in difficulty to the old games.
    If you take it very slow and out-level content it also fits the bit more casual player, although don't think it will be easy.

    The open world and "questing system" are the new benchmark for the entire genre. For me it's one of the best games I've ever played.    … Expand
  53. thebiggay
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    The PC port really isn't as bad as people make it out to be. Sure there are framestutters, but nothing gamebreaking.
    The actual game itself is an absolute 10/10 experience too.
  54. NekohtDecat
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    This is a true From Software games with all of the previous titles' features and some new ones. It is a difficult game and may not be for everyone, but there are some game mechanics (summoning other players is one of it) to make the experience easier. It has a wide variety of character builds with decent character customization. The environment design and music is to be highly commended too.
  55. pedrinnn123
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    this is a great game, it has a beautifully crafted world, an very interesting lore, awesome classic Fromsoft combat mechanics, that being said. it has som issues, but nothing too heavy in my experience, is a very decent launch for what things are today though, very very very good game
  56. FabioSatoshi
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    First FromSoftware game I play. I didn't adapt to any Dark Souls or Demon Souls games because in addition to the already known difficulty, the linear world was very limiting. The open world in Elden Ring is amazing and rewards you for the time invested in exploration and grinding, even allowing for a mixed build. I started as a Hero and STR Build, I'm adapting to STR+DEX and I should putFirst FromSoftware game I play. I didn't adapt to any Dark Souls or Demon Souls games because in addition to the already known difficulty, the linear world was very limiting. The open world in Elden Ring is amazing and rewards you for the time invested in exploration and grinding, even allowing for a mixed build. I started as a Hero and STR Build, I'm adapting to STR+DEX and I should put some points in INT and MND too. Note 10 despite the bad performance on PC (I have an RTX 3070 TI) and I hope they fix this and other problems soon besides releasing expansions.… Expand
  57. imTree
    Feb 28, 2022
    9
    Elden Ring is a culmination of the mechanics presented in the souls games, bloodborne, and sekiro, all wrapped up in a depressing high-fantasy open world.

    The Good -While some optional side-bosses can be pushovers, the main bosses are well designed, intense, and challenging. Finding brief moments to breathe or windows to punish within the bosses flurry of blows are all the more    Elden Ring is a culmination of the mechanics presented in the souls games, bloodborne, and sekiro, all wrapped up in a depressing high-fantasy open world.

    The Good
    -While some optional side-bosses can be pushovers, the main bosses are well designed, intense, and challenging. Finding brief moments to breathe or windows to punish within the bosses flurry of blows are all the more rewarding, and victory is as exhilarating as ever.

    -The art design continuously inspires moments of awe, disgust, and morbid fascination. The player will witness abominations with grafted limbs and tree roots absorbing dozens of corpses as food, but in the same minute, will emerge to see a beautiful overview of vast, twisted landscapes of golden trees, spiraling castles, misted swamps, and beckoning ruins.

    -Progression blocks are non-existent, as paths are innumerable. If a player cannot beat a boss, they can excuse themselves to explore dungeons and ruins scattered across the world, where they will discover upgrades, gain experience, and continuously grow stronger until they are up for the challenge. The entire map can be explored from the beginning.

    -Magic is more beautiful and satisfying than ever. The variety of spells at a players disposal has grown greatly. Miracles and Sorcery have received the biggest visual buff in this iteration by far and hit as hard as they look.

    -Swordplay has been made more diverse and interesting. Players can discover ashes of war, special weapon skills, throughout the world. These not only affect the weapon scaling, but allow the player to customize weapons to their playstyle. Hold your dagger to the sky and buff yourself and your friends. Quickdraw greatswords like katanas. Call down bolts of lightning with your warhammer. Experiment to your hearts content.

    More Good: QOL Open World Features. This open world game respects your time.

    -Points of Grace, the checkpoints of Elden Ring, offer a fast travel system immediately with no cost or consequence.

    -Stakes of Marika exist right next to nearly all challenging areas and bosses. When the player dies, they may choose to teleport to these Stakes instead of Points of Grace, allowing them to avoid wasting time repetitively traversing the same long path and re-challenge the boss or encounter immediately.

    -The player receives their horse in an hour or less. The horse can be summoned anywhere in the open world from an item on the players belt, can double jump, and can be ridden in combat.

    -There is no stamina loss outside of combat. Infinite sprinting and jumping while traveling from point to point.

    -Crafting can be done on the go, anywhere, anytime out of combat. This includes arrows, bombs, consumable buffs, and elemental weapon buffs. No special stations needed.

    -Basic materials are abundant, plentiful, and respawn on rest.

    -Tears, the health and mana potions of Elden Ring, refresh on enemy pack kills. Players can seek out enemies to replenish their health instead of resting.

    Nitpicks
    -Certain enemies were directly ported from Dark Souls 3. The infamously annoying Thralls from Dark souls 3 have been reskinned as stout imp gargoyles that populate various catacombs and caves throughout Limgrave with zero changes to their move-sets. The giant crabs also reappear from the previous title with zero changes to their move-set. It would have been cool to see the developers renovate these enemies a little to make them distinguishable from previous iterations.

    -I would have liked if the horse controls were tighter. The horse cannot turn a sharp angle without first moving forward, meaning the player cannot turn the horse around on a narrow platform without walking off the edge. Certain jump puzzles are also an unnecessary headache for this reason.

    -The developers laid it on a little thick with the difficult encounters right from the beginning. While I personally love throwing myself at a difficult boss until I can overcome it, players unfamiliar with the souls genre that encounter the Tree Sentinel or Dragon just a stones throw away from the tutorial are in for a jarring experience.

    -While I find many performance issues to be overblown at the time of writing this, they aren't non-existent. While in confined areas, the frame rate is completely stable. While in the open world, however, the frames will often dip into the 40's or 30's. This will hopefully be improved with further patches, but it would have done the game justice if optimization was up to a better quality before release.

    -Players cannot ride horses while in coop. They are also confined to whichever area they have been summoned to, and coop is dissolved once a boss has been beaten. While this is not new to the souls genre, it's a little strange when implemented in the open world, as field bosses are often not too far apart from one another.

    All in all, I cannot stop playing this game.    … Expand
  58. Zantharrin89
    Feb 28, 2022
    9
    Now over 40 hours into the PC release and this game is a BANGER,
    This is the perfect Skyrim meets Dark Souls. You get that open world and exploration of Skyrim but you get the methodical and meaty gameplay the souls series is known for.
    In Elden Ring FromSoft definitely cranked the difficulty meter up to an 11, some bosses taking 20+ attempts but I always feel like each death is a    Now over 40 hours into the PC release and this game is a BANGER,
    This is the perfect Skyrim meets Dark Souls. You get that open world and exploration of Skyrim but you get the methodical and meaty gameplay the souls series is known for.
    In Elden Ring FromSoft definitely cranked the difficulty meter up to an 11, some bosses taking 20+ attempts but I always feel like each death is a learning experience, luckily FromSoft was nice enough to give us very close spawn points to many of the bosses. Some of the smaller optional dungeons are interesting, the early one not posing much of a challenge but the later ones have some very cool unique bosses. Speaking of bosses, I love the design for so many of the new bosses, the combination of delayed and quick attacks really keeps you on your toes.
    Now, the game isn't perfect. The most notable issue if the frame drops reported by many on PC and I've had some connection issues when in other players worlds. But these are very MINOR problems that will probably be patched with the net week or two, so I wouldn't let it deter you from buying the game (or rate it a 0/10 like a lot of people).
    Overall, Elden Ring is a great game. There is so much to explore and so many unique bosses you can encounter in the game that will provide you with plenty of challenge on your way to becoming the Elden Lord.

    "But it's just Darks Souls with horse and jump button!"
    I fail to see the problem here.    … Expand
  59. Ragoom88
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Best souls game yet and so accessible, for someone who's very average at games this is still really fun. Also the art direction is top notch.
  60. saito200a
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    My mind is blown at the negative reviews. To me the game works just great on PC, and I'm playing in a laptop.

    The game is incredibly amazing, the best game I've ever played. Rating a game a 0 because it doesn't support... ultrawide or whatever... that's a technical aspect that I don't care about, and it doesn't speak of the greatness of this game. This game is an 11, if I could give    My mind is blown at the negative reviews. To me the game works just great on PC, and I'm playing in a laptop.

    The game is incredibly amazing, the best game I've ever played. Rating a game a 0 because it doesn't support... ultrawide or whatever... that's a technical aspect that I don't care about, and it doesn't speak of the greatness of this game.

    This game is an 11, if I could give it.

    I hope the trolls giving the game a 0 get overwhelmed or balanced out soon by the 10 scores. They are just little kids shouting at a game because it doesn't run at constant 144 FPS and at ultra wide 4k screens... just stop crying and enjoy the game. Or buy GTA or Call of Duty if this is what you want.

    This is the best video game of the 2020s no doubt. And also best open world. This is leagues ahead of Breath on the Wild or even Dark Souls.

    Buy this now and play the hell out of it    … Expand
  61. AlciroMadara
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    jogo perfeito 10/10! não tive nenhum travamento ou bug! melhor experiencia e impossível.
  62. CzarSquid
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    This is the ultimate game of all time. This is not an exaggeration it's undisputed fact.
  63. jenesuispasbava
    Feb 26, 2022
    8
    A 10/10 game apart from the performance issues on PC - the exploration, combat, progression is basically perfect if you're into Souls games. But the stuttering is so bad I have to take two entire points off the score. I can't even play smoothly on an RTX 3090.
  64. yurpo
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    I have minor framedrops but this is an amazing game. The gameplay, vastness, and hours of replay ability speaks for itself.
  65. Anna1981
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    I am an average gamer with an average PC and have played all Souls games before.
    Elden Ring far exceeded any expectations. It runs fine on my PC even without the newest hardware so I am not complaining about that for sure. I enjoy the beautiful graphics, the story, the amazing music... I was skeptical about the open world aspect, but they did it SO WELL! There is SO MUCH to explore!! My    I am an average gamer with an average PC and have played all Souls games before.
    Elden Ring far exceeded any expectations. It runs fine on my PC even without the newest hardware so I am not complaining about that for sure. I enjoy the beautiful graphics, the story, the amazing music... I was skeptical about the open world aspect, but they did it SO WELL! There is SO MUCH to explore!! My favorite game ever is Dark Souls 3 but Elden Ring might top even that.    … Expand
  66. ersamuevo
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    No puedo decir más que una cosa, obra maestra. Critico al videojuego como tal la historia, Gameplay etc...
    Entiendo que hay gente frustrada con la optimización que más que mala optimización parece un fallo que parchearán en poco. Por lo demás, actualizad drivers de la gráfica y debería ir genial. No hagan caso a las críticas negativas de gente que no sabe jugar un souls, no sabe perder y    No puedo decir más que una cosa, obra maestra. Critico al videojuego como tal la historia, Gameplay etc...
    Entiendo que hay gente frustrada con la optimización que más que mala optimización parece un fallo que parchearán en poco. Por lo demás, actualizad drivers de la gráfica y debería ir genial. No hagan caso a las críticas negativas de gente que no sabe jugar un souls, no sabe perder y menos a las que dicen de la mala optimización, el juego es una experiencia que uno tiene que probar una vez en la vida.    … Expand
  67. Squiddy_101
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Aside from the performance bugs, there's a great open world soulslike here. I would give an 8/10, but I'm giving a 10/10 to counteract the review bombing.
  68. ShipHull
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    This game is so good. It’s like Botw and Skyrim with Soulsborne combat. It seems like a lot of people have issues with the PC version, which sucks, but I personally haven’t noticed much stuttering, and I’ve had zero crashes. It helped when I found the game in window graphics settings and set the setting to ‘High Performance.’
  69. Sherider
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Best game of miyazaki So good narrative Best boss fight
    Best optimization And this Best story
  70. grub_reviews
    Feb 26, 2022
    9
    As a multiplayer FPS guy, I was very skeptical about picking this game up. But I caved into the hype and eventually gave it a go and I can confidently say this is one of my favorite games to release this year.

    The multiplayer bloodstains and messages give it that charm that is missing from other games, and the invader concept is also pretty interesting and definitely gives the    As a multiplayer FPS guy, I was very skeptical about picking this game up. But I caved into the hype and eventually gave it a go and I can confidently say this is one of my favorite games to release this year.

    The multiplayer bloodstains and messages give it that charm that is missing from other games, and the invader concept is also pretty interesting and definitely gives the cooperative play an interesting drawback so that you can't just get carried.

    The difficulty also makes this game not feel too jarring. A lot of the boss fights are well designed (apart from one of the first main bosses that brings a huge difficulty spike) and are fun to fight against. A great thing about the open-world aspect of this game is that you can always go back to a boss you can't beat if you're not ready.

    Speaking of the open world, this game's open-world feels like it belongs. Some games that boast an "open-world" usually don't do it well, with the world feeling empty and soulless. This game however breaks that streak. There is so much to do and explore in the open world. The Currency/XP that you use to both level up and buy different items is awesome, as it encourages you to try to take on a boss that you failed to beat, or explore different areas. A criticism I have of the open world is that it doesn't feature traditional towns/villages. The ambitious open world clashed with the traditional Npc town system and made a single big Npc gathering area with vendors across the map.

    Unfortunately, I do have to knock a point off for the Framerate issues on PC. While turning off Certain settings like motion blur, global illumination, and depth of field largely eliminates them, they are still there and are enough to make me put the controller down for the day.

    Overall, This game is really good. If you are on the fence about buying it because you don't like souls game, I would say try it out for a few hours and decide if you want to keep it or refund it through steam. If you don't like souls games, It's possible this title could be an exception.

    This is my first Fromsoftware game, and it's safe to say this title has made me a fan.    … Expand
  71. LuckyWizard12
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    First thank you FS for this masterpiece.

    5700XT / Ryzen 5 3600X Stable 60 fps on maximum settings @1440p. 2-3 framedrops to 40 fps for 3 seconds in 35 hours. Awesome Graphics, stunning gameplay, incredible atmosphere and a perfect open world. No game since Skyrim is able to competete with Elden Ring. The world is full of storys and exploring never feels unneccessary like in RDR2.    First thank you FS for this masterpiece.

    5700XT / Ryzen 5 3600X
    Stable 60 fps on maximum settings @1440p.
    2-3 framedrops to 40 fps for 3 seconds in 35 hours.

    Awesome Graphics, stunning gameplay, incredible atmosphere and a perfect open world.
    No game since Skyrim is able to competete with Elden Ring.
    The world is full of storys and exploring never feels unneccessary like in RDR2. Almost everywhere is something to make you char stronger. There are so many mysteries to solve and of course epic bossfights with legendary loot. They said 80 hours to complete the game, but after 35 hours i'm still far away from an end. I love games where you need to work for your victorys. Enjoy the journey!    … Expand
  72. deezNuts77
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    this game is a masterpiece. If you like souls games, you are going to LOVE this!

    That being said, if you DON’T like souls games, there’s a chance you may not like this. There is no journal, your compass isn’t flooded with random markers. You just explore. Every direction you go in will have something unique and interesting. The story is not shoved down your throat, but unlike other souls    this game is a masterpiece. If you like souls games, you are going to LOVE this!

    That being said, if you DON’T like souls games, there’s a chance you may not like this. There is no journal, your compass isn’t flooded with random markers. You just explore. Every direction you go in will have something unique and interesting. The story is not shoved down your throat, but unlike other souls games you do not have to go looking for it. The game does a good job of explaining story elements as you go along.

    The combat is amazing, including the horse combat. While the horse combat is very simple, it feels good. Fighting dragons on horseback is epic and feels amazing.

    I play on a 1650 and have had next to no issues. However I know a lot of other people have had serious performance issues.    … Expand
  73. Skull_CL
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Pura magia, el mejor souls hasta el momento. Los que se quejan no saben jugar :D
  74. ThrawnVX
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    One of best games I ever played, the freedom to choose where to go is what makes this game so unique in the genre, enjoy until the last weapon or outfit discovered!!
  75. uway
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    un juego de 10 con sus defectos como cualquier souls en lanzamientos que con un parche se solucionara, por el momento estoy aplicando ciertas configuraciones para reducir el stuttering
    doy los pasos q me funciono a mi:
    presiona la tecla windows busca configuración de gráficos agrega el ejecutable de elden ring, presiona opciones y escoge alto rendimiento para graficas nvidia ve al    un juego de 10 con sus defectos como cualquier souls en lanzamientos que con un parche se solucionara, por el momento estoy aplicando ciertas configuraciones para reducir el stuttering
    doy los pasos q me funciono a mi:
    presiona la tecla windows busca configuración de gráficos
    agrega el ejecutable de elden ring, presiona opciones y escoge alto rendimiento
    para graficas nvidia ve al panel de control nvidia -> controlar la configuracion 3d ->tamaño cache sombreador ilimitado    … Expand
  76. CooperD
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Lock frame rate at 35 in graphics card setting. Result: cinematic picture, no lags and smooth gameplay. I think that in the near future no game will reach this level. The gameplay and level design is top notch.
    Developers should be proud of themselves.
  77. ketto96
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    Un gioco stupendo, con qualche problema di framerate e mi sarebbe piaciuto che ci fosse un bestiario alla the Witcher 3, ma il resto è praticamente perfetto. Le critiche per il framerate fanno ridere, non è ottimizzato così male come molti pensano. Ma alla gente piace criticare
  78. marcusaureliusg
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    FEEL - Could be the best game I have ever played - never played dark souls and just started sekiro a week before elden ring release- so im learning and it is an incredible experience. Around 20 hours in, the closest I have ever felt to this was in the 3rd grade when mario64 came out and I couldnt put it down, it was just so unbelievable to me at the time, and that is how elden ring feelsFEEL - Could be the best game I have ever played - never played dark souls and just started sekiro a week before elden ring release- so im learning and it is an incredible experience. Around 20 hours in, the closest I have ever felt to this was in the 3rd grade when mario64 came out and I couldnt put it down, it was just so unbelievable to me at the time, and that is how elden ring feels to me now.

    WORLD/DESIGNS/COMPARISONS - morrowind, oblivion, skyrim, witcher 3 have all been incredible games of a similar type that ive played and elden ring is in its own tier above them and unbelievable in comparison - the combat and in game systems are incredible, the open world is the best open world experience I have ever had - the scale, the secrets, the detail, the art style, the adventure and exploration.... you can tell this world is handcrafted. The level design in the first legacy dungeon is the best level i have ever seen in a game (verticality, hidden secrets, aesthetics, scale, enemies, stealth). The lack of in game systems to aid players is one of my favorite aspects - you have to learn on your own, I am very much a self learner though.

    OPTIMIZATION/PERFORMANCE/CONTROLS - I spent some time optimizing my PC beforehand - tweaking various setting in windows/nvidia/mouse cpi and in game controls (mouse sensitivity after first patch) to make sure I would run it fine. I could use my controller and it might be more intuitive than the mouse keyboard, but honestly ive gotten used to the mouse and keyboard and it feels fine. I'm playing in the high graphics setting and FPS is 57-60. I don't really notice any issues with the prep I did beforehand. Graphics are breathtaking and beautiful, the ray tracing is amazing. Also of note - I have not experienced any noticeable bugs in the game - it already feels very polished to me.
    If you understand PC's and know how to change settings on your PC and not just in game, or are capable of learning how to and are above minimum requirements to play the game, I don't see how you could not achieve desirable performance running the game.

    CHARACTER - im not typically a spell caster in rpg games i typically go ranger types, but here i went astrologer and magic is incredibly fun! although I cant wait to play numerous others character builds at some point - the customization feels like a sandbox.

    ALL in all, this game isnt for everyone - but if you are ready in your life for a true adventure and put the effort and time forward to learn and explore - it will give you the time of your life.    … Expand
  79. PietroGarciano
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Probably one of the best game ever. Never mind the haters; they are probably noobs that do not have the skill to handle this game.
  80. Bl00ddrag0n
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Awesome experience, awesome world and awesome game. From soft finally perfected the souls formula and I don’t get why there are so many bad reviews, sure it is hard and the game doesn’t shoves the story in your face but this game is about the challenge and not about running through a game which does everything for you.
  81. Trash_Raccoon
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Hey, I'm writing this review because I have played the CNT, so I know it's a great game, at the moment I have 20 hours in the game and it's just fantastic. I don't know how people are having problems I myself have an old PC I don't meet the minimum requirements at all (GTX 970 GPU, and 4th generation Intel I5 CPU) but I am still able to play on high graphics settings and just have longHey, I'm writing this review because I have played the CNT, so I know it's a great game, at the moment I have 20 hours in the game and it's just fantastic. I don't know how people are having problems I myself have an old PC I don't meet the minimum requirements at all (GTX 970 GPU, and 4th generation Intel I5 CPU) but I am still able to play on high graphics settings and just have long loading times but that probably because of my PC. What I did to change is this:

    In-Game:
    I turned all of these to either off or to the lowest I could get. (Thanks to na1s in another review)
    - Depth of Field
    - Motion Blur
    - Volumetric Quality
    - Global Illumination Quality
    - Grass Quality

    Out of Game:
    (Thanks to GeeSung for putting all of these in a review.)
    Exit the game. Go to your windows bar and search "graphics". Click on "Graphics Settings". Choose the desktop app and click "browse". Search through your drive for the EldenRing.exe and set the options to "High performance". Start the game.

    For increased frame rate: just set the global "Shader Cache Size" setting in NVIDIA Control Panel to "Unlimited": https://i.imgur.com/wm4y2GU.jpeg -credit u/bobasaurus

    (Edit: The slow loading times was just because I didn't have my GPU drivers updated.)

    I hope this works for most of you (it may be different for people who have AMD).    … Expand
  82. austinss
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Solid Game. My toaster of a computer runs it just fine. Ultra-wide is not really necessary for this game to be good - this game is great. Classic dark souls/from software at their best.
  83. nervbold
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    This game takes everything that is great from earlier fromsoft games and combines it in an awesome way. It still feels like a souls game. the open world was made in a great way. It feels like you really explore and not just run from questmarker to questmarker like in other games. even if you prefer closer leveldesign the castles really give you that soulslike mapdesign. the amount ofThis game takes everything that is great from earlier fromsoft games and combines it in an awesome way. It still feels like a souls game. the open world was made in a great way. It feels like you really explore and not just run from questmarker to questmarker like in other games. even if you prefer closer leveldesign the castles really give you that soulslike mapdesign. the amount of content in this game is just insane.

    overall a great game that exceeds my expectations.    … Expand
  84. Bruny
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    One of the best games action open world rpg of the last 10 years. Quality and quantity are over the top. The masterpiece of From Software.
  85. CDQUINT
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    es increiblemente increible, todo lo que diga es poco, y encima en mas de52h ni u solo bug, para ser su primer mundo abierto todo va genial
  86. Kanek
    Mar 3, 2022
    8
    Para comenzar si , el juego tiene problemas de rendimiento a lo cual ya dijeron que están trabajando en un parche que estará disponible muy pronto y bueno por eso mi 8 pero dejando de lado eso, el juego es una joya con un maña inmenso, hermoso y raro a la vez con infinidad de lugares por explorar , cosa que te será recompensada ya sea encontrando runas para mejorar tu personaje ,Para comenzar si , el juego tiene problemas de rendimiento a lo cual ya dijeron que están trabajando en un parche que estará disponible muy pronto y bueno por eso mi 8 pero dejando de lado eso, el juego es una joya con un maña inmenso, hermoso y raro a la vez con infinidad de lugares por explorar , cosa que te será recompensada ya sea encontrando runas para mejorar tu personaje , hechizos, invocación y armas , ademas que es esencial si quieres hacer el juego un poco mas amigable , es de esos juegos que si corres a hacer los objeto principales te va ir muy mal , pero si te lo tomas con calma , exploras y mejoras, solo te ira mal XD . Un juego que guarda secretos en cada rincón del mapa que te motivarán a seguir explorando.
    Este es mi primer juego tipo souls que me atrevo a jugar y la dificultad a veces me hace sudar , pero tomándolo con calma el camino se hace un poco mas llevadero    … Expand
  87. Ferlock
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    Just like Breath of the wild did a while ago Elden ring shows how a open world game should work.
    There is no quest log, there is no mini map, there are no directions just your intuition and information you will only get by jumping into the world and start exploring.
    Elden ring map is as beautiful as it is in size, there are many regions each of them with its own aesthetic and each of    Just like Breath of the wild did a while ago Elden ring shows how a open world game should work.
    There is no quest log, there is no mini map, there are no directions just your intuition and information you will only get by jumping into the world and start exploring.

    Elden ring map is as beautiful as it is in size, there are many regions each of them with its own aesthetic and each of them more epic then the last, it is just so vast and rich in content that there will be times where you question how the hell was this game produced.
    There are an insane amount of different enemies each of them with their own powers and fighting patterns and the boss fights are glorious.

    The only thing that makes this game a 9 instead of a 10 is the performance in PC which to be honest is in an unacceptable state but the game is so good you will try to forget about this. I give it a 10 to compensate the 0, isn't it how Metacritic works?    … Expand
  88. 00002
    Mar 1, 2022
    9
    My machine has no problems with it but it is pretty beefy.
    Asides from the technical stuff, it IS the best Fromsoft ever made.
  89. CrashAzarel
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    Amazing game. The bad reviews are just people review bombing or giving it 0 because of MINOR and rare stutters. This is crazy. The game is absolutelly a 8 or 9 even when taken the stutters into acount.
  90. Solunari
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    A great open world, great creature designs, great bosses and great gameplay, this game is on top.
  91. SleepyGary
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    A must play. Do yourself a favor and don’t listen to the negative reviews from maidenless gamers who have been conditioned to need easy games, hand holding, and no thought. This game is not that. Most the the negative comments are explained by lack of attention to detail. There is literally a tutorial 10 minutes into the game. There is a rich story. There is a rich and beautifulA must play. Do yourself a favor and don’t listen to the negative reviews from maidenless gamers who have been conditioned to need easy games, hand holding, and no thought. This game is not that. Most the the negative comments are explained by lack of attention to detail. There is literally a tutorial 10 minutes into the game. There is a rich story. There is a rich and beautiful environment full of life. The game has built on the successful gameplay and atmosphere from previous titles. Get the game, take it slow, learn, pay attention and thank me later.… Expand
  92. Daimon333
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    This is an amazing Game! I have no regrets buying this! Other open world games should learn from Elden Ring!
  93. waxdrwest
    Jun 20, 2022
    10
    incredible game with decent re-playability, excellent game mechanics and hit-boxes. The feeling of finally beating a boss is incredibly rewarding
  94. c6h12o6free
    Mar 29, 2022
    10
    Punishing, brutal, satisfying. There is a new adventure around every corner of an extremely large world.
  95. Antiriad
    Apr 8, 2022
    10
    My first souls game. Incredibly hard, but after sinking weeks into this game and only being halfway through (if that!) I think it's an absolute masterpiece. I'm on PC and apart from a few crashes to desktop it's been a solid 60fps and no real issues. So glad I skipped Forbidden West to play this instead.
  96. mixmasta91
    Apr 1, 2022
    8
    This is one of the glitchier games i've played in a while, worse than my experience with Cyberpunk, Halo Infinite or the newer Call of Duty games. It's not enough to make it unplayable by any means, but random graphic glitches, enemies sometimes being invisible at first, stuttery visuals when moving.

    I'm using an RTX 3080 graphics card too and only on High settings because on Maximum    This is one of the glitchier games i've played in a while, worse than my experience with Cyberpunk, Halo Infinite or the newer Call of Duty games. It's not enough to make it unplayable by any means, but random graphic glitches, enemies sometimes being invisible at first, stuttery visuals when moving.

    I'm using an RTX 3080 graphics card too and only on High settings because on Maximum settings its much more stuttery. I shouldn't have any issues with one of the best modern graphics cards on the market, especially when this game isn't pushing the envelope on graphics. Running Cyberpunk on Ultra with RTX is a smoother experience than Elden Ring on High settings. I can't imagine how rough it is for people with mediocre specs. PC feels very much like an after thought. Weird controls by default, weird feeling mouse movement, doesn't auto-detect keyboard so you have to dig for the setting to change the button prompts.

    The world feels fleshed out with solid lore and mechanics. You can tell they put a lot of passion into it within 10 minutes of playing. After several bosses you're hooked into the story and mechanics of improving your build. It's addicting and the downsides of the PC release don't ruin that, but it definitely burns a little bit.

    I've played minimal amounts of DS3 and Bloodbourne, only several bosses each, so this is the farthest i've ever gotten in a FromSoftware game with about 10 hours of play time and level 70-ish. I'm not one to play bosses over and over again so I picked mage, found some OP gear, beat some bosses and then did some rune farming - its essentially a built-in easy mode. The game is still challenging but it gives me a way to progress without getting frustrated.

    This also feels like one of the largest open worlds i've ever played. As I said i'm 10 hours in, I don't think i've explored even 5% of what this game has to offer.    … Expand
  97. tomkay91
    Apr 11, 2022
    9
    Outstanding ARPG with minor interface design flaws.

    Positive:
    - Great gameplay loop
    - Enemy design
    - Dungeon design
    - Battle system and horse riding battles
    - Coop/Multiplayer naturally integrated
    - Satisfying diffuclty
    - Strong melancholic atmosphere

    Negative:
    - Story introduction lacks production values
    - UI has minor handling issues
  98. CallenAmakuni
    Apr 25, 2022
    8
    I'm in a delicate position here. FromSoft has consistently delivered fantastic experiences for the past few years, and here's Elden Ring, a game everybody calls a masterpiece that's Dark Souls' formula distilled and perfected for an open world. This must be the BGE, right?

    Umm, no. It's not FromSoft's best game (still Sekiro, and it'll be for a while I'm guessing). It's not even their    I'm in a delicate position here. FromSoft has consistently delivered fantastic experiences for the past few years, and here's Elden Ring, a game everybody calls a masterpiece that's Dark Souls' formula distilled and perfected for an open world. This must be the BGE, right?

    Umm, no. It's not FromSoft's best game (still Sekiro, and it'll be for a while I'm guessing). It's not even their second best game. But it's still pretty good, because it's a FromSoft game.

    I noticed these times tend to exaggerate the quality of open world games with a slightly different take on it than the others. First there was BOTW, then there was RDR2, and now ER. I'm not exactly sure why, open world games have a lot of trouble maintaining interest over time.

    For reference, I just finished the game with 100 hours under my belt, my character is level 151 and beaten every single boss.

    Pros :

    - FromSoft knows how to make gameplay feel weighty, impactful, and that didn't change with Elden Ring. I love their animations, the variety of builds available. The weapons, the spells, the enemies. They look and feel great to use and fight.
    - The art and design of the Lands Between is incredible. They know how to make you drool over landscapes, towering buildings, or even a swamp (yes, another one). I threw out a few "Wows" during my run, and that very rarely happens.
    - The OST doesn't deliver as much impact this time around, but it's still a great soundtrack.
    - The Bosses. they're FromSoft's biggest argument, and they were my greates fear when I started my game. Then I met a certain Omen, and I knew my fears were unjustified. There are problems, but the big, intimidating, rage-inducing bosses are here, and they're great.
    - Flexibility and accessibility. FromSoft understood that running for 5 minutes every time you want to try a boss again was not fun. Spirit ashes are an interesting mechanic for newcomers, the stakes make repeated trials less tedious, there are more sites of grace and they're less isolated. This makes going through some zones less of a chore and more of an actual challenge.

    Cons :

    - The Open World. Everybody praises this like it's the second coming of Breath of the Wild, but I found it very bland in its structure. Once the discovery phase fizzles out (as nice as it genuinely was), I just understood the structure and that it wouldn't change. Catacombs, mines and grottos are always pretty much the same.
    - Recycled content. This I'm really not happy with. Remember that super cool boss you fought once in the starting area? Remember how fun it was? Here, here's five of the same guy, hurdled together either as a boss fight or just random mobs in a dungeon. I'm not kidding, out of the 170 bosses in the game, only 15 are unique, all others are used multiple times, and sometimes they come in twos or threes, which is honestly a very cheap trick.
    - Balance. This is a byproduct of the open world structure. It's not up to the player to set a "base" difficulty in FS games, it's kind of their thing. They set up obstacles for you that seem insurmountable and you manage to overcome them as best you can. Except that in ER, you can pass them in a GTA equivalent where the game basically does all the work alone (The Mimic+10 summon can solo bosses), or you do your best to fight against mechanics designed for the case where the player is actually in GTA mode and therefore you're in for the hardest ennemies ever in an FS game. And let's not talk about me playing normally and getting to every zone with 20 more levels than advised: the devs response? Make everything oneshot my character past a certain point, even though I invested 50 points in vigor.
    - Poor servers. I mean, if you're gonna have servers that bad, don't force people out of the game each time they fail... It happened to me a few times during boss fights, let me tell you I really wasn't in the mood to play after that.

    Anyway, not the best nor worst thing to come out of FromSoft, I'm waiting for the DLC that'll hopefully correct some of the aspects I talked about, FS are known for their great DLCs.    … Expand
  99. RockRiding
    Apr 4, 2022
    10
    so BIG, so deep, so interesting, like nextgen zelda. Many secrets, many interesting bosses, many locations. U play the game and game doesn't meant to end.
  100. Famixofpower
    Apr 20, 2022
    10
    Absolutely beautiful world full of treacherous beasts to explore with an amazing community to help you on your treacherous journey
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Universal acclaim - based on 60 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 60
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  1. Cubed3
    Aug 29, 2022
    70
    Elden Ring is an experience that will not be forgotten in a hurry. It's a tremendous, hulking, massive achievement but because it is tremendous, hulking and massive, it is one that comes with many caveats. The shelves in CeX and conversations with people who stopped playing at Stormveil castle can certainly attest to some of those caveats. Much like any FromSoftware title, it's not going to be for everybody, but paradoxically it is one of their hardest and one of their most accessible to date. It offers huge value in one package, and perhaps is a little too much value, only becoming clearer when nearing the endgame. Don't be mistaken by the criticism, though. This is a phenomenal achievement with a moment-to-moment that is incredibly engaging and immersive. No doubt it will be deserving of the end-of-year accolades it will inevitably receive. One pushes through Elden Ring as one pushes through life, with all the highs and the lows that it brings.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Apr 28, 2022
    82
    Elden Ring is massive, sometimes to its detriment. A thorough walkthrough might take up more than 100 hours to complete, and at some point it becomes clear that From Software did not have enough manpower to produce that much unique content. Still, it remains incredibly addictive even after those 100 hours pass…
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  3. RPGamer
    Apr 14, 2022
    90
    It’s hard to review Elden Ring without being comparative; that’s because Elden Ring is an evolutionary step, not a revolutionary one, and one can’t help but see how it’s built on what came before. Here is a massive undertaking of a game, not for the sake of chasing trends but as the natural progression of the style the company has been fostering for over a decade. It’s amazing how smoothly the transition to open world was and how much of the Souls identity is still present. In the short time since its release, it has already left a cultural mark, no doubt a result of the game’s increased approachability. Even after sifting past all the hype and grandiosity, there’s still an excellent game left and Elden Ring is a clear showcase of FromSoftware’s outstanding expertise in the field. Elden Ring really is just that good.
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