Elden Ring

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7.0

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  1. Nobody1234
    Apr 3, 2022
    3
    I do not understand why those who love the game love it so much. I played the game for 20 hours and heard 30 sentences in total, how is this a perfect game? Is it the game of the year to make a map and fill it with ridiculous bosses and creatures? I've played the game for 20 hours and I don't understand what's going on in the game, there is no such nonsense game.

    There are already a few    I do not understand why those who love the game love it so much. I played the game for 20 hours and heard 30 sentences in total, how is this a perfect game? Is it the game of the year to make a map and fill it with ridiculous bosses and creatures? I've played the game for 20 hours and I don't understand what's going on in the game, there is no such nonsense game.

    There are already a few dialogues in total, and they wrote them so strangely to create mystery. For example, I see someone in the game, I think he will talk about what the game is about. He makes two stupid sentences and says go on, I can't deal with you. When I went to that round table, for the first time I said, "Okay, now they'll tell you two things". They said two ridiculous things. Someone said let me know if you see that woman, a woman hugged me and then said f.. off now. The other one has a wheel on his head, he said, "Let me teach you something" and he was teaching magic. Someone stands and looks at me and doesn't speak at all. Something like two statues is holding on to a stick selling something, what kind of environment is that? Tell me this. Is not it?

    For example, I came across something like a big cauldron while I was traveling, it was stuck on the ground and I saved it by hitting it, so this is not a normal type, is it? You have to explain this, the talking cauldron, it has hands and arms, what is it, where did it come from? No. "I'm alexander I'm traveling" that's it???

    I entered one cave, there are wolves etc. Then I went through a fog and there's a creature I can't remember the exact name of, something like the monster man of azura. I killed him and got out in 5-6 tries. Eh? What's up now? What did I understand, he is a type that looks like he has mutated from wolves, what is he looking for here, who is he? They modeled it and threw it there, two moves, it's over. Is this the perfect game?

    In short, there is no story that draws me in. If there is a story with a boss, you are ambitious to learn the continuation of that story, you try to defeat it, right? What's the story in this game? What motivates you in this game? What makes you wonder to continue? Does the next boss shoot by spinning, or does he create a sword out of nothing and shoot to understand it? For example, I think that first boss appeared in a place like a bridge. Tarnished etc. he said. Who is this? What does it do? What's the deal with this? His face is like rabies, he hits with a big stick in one hand, hits with his tail, throws out an imaginary knife, hits with an imaginary sledgehammer, hits with an imaginary sword, but what is the place of this in that story? I watched a few videos and there are too many meaningless bosses. I don't think any of them are told about their story, because as I said, I played for 20 hours and I must have heard 30 sentences or something. The cat statue is the boss, the dragon is the boss, the big horse is the little boss, etc.

    Even the item names are meaningless. There was an item named something like "white pickled rabbit" :D

    I think the man who did it thought "let this boss have a tail, hmm this one has 30 hands, what should it be, sir? Let it shoot" and shook everything out of his head. Anyway, I guess people thought they would make up a story in their head. If there is a decent story, do I have to open it and look it up on the internet etc.? Tell me the story in the game. I would like to learn the story of the game in the game, not by asking uncle google, we are playing a game, after all, we are not doing thesis research, are we?

    The game world is full. Get out of there. If we don't see the game, we will eat it. Creatures wandering around aimlessly. Go around and kill. Is this the full world? There is no sign of a living world or the like.

    I played a total of 30 hours with other characters and I always played in the mind of "people have always loved this game, what do I not understand, I should love it too". But it's a very bad game. You're stuck on a hype. The game also got 96 points??? What does 96 points mean? It means everything has to be perfect. Performance issues alone should have prevented him from getting that score. No story, no enemy AI. If we look at the graph, it sucks too. If other games had these problems, the whole game world would curse that game. But if you ask about this game, the answer is always the same "Souls games don't look for these" :D Don't look at the animation, don't look at the graphics, don't look at the story presentation, don't look at the optimization, what the hell are we looking for? Come to a boss, die 50 times to that boss, go back that way, memorize the moves of that boss and finally when you kill him, "oovaaaauuuvvv, this is the game, what a defeat, this is the pleasure of difficulty, yiaaa". The game is just that.    … Expand
  2. 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
  3. DrGreen784
    Dec 13, 2022
    3
    I honestly didn't enjoy Elden ring I'm kinds sick of souls games but ya no argument there definitely deserves game of the year although I don't see why they felt the need to call the game Elden ring its just dark souls with a new coat of paint just call it dark souls 4 or whatever they probably changed the name because too many people would have been to intimidated by dark souls reputationI honestly didn't enjoy Elden ring I'm kinds sick of souls games but ya no argument there definitely deserves game of the year although I don't see why they felt the need to call the game Elden ring its just dark souls with a new coat of paint just call it dark souls 4 or whatever they probably changed the name because too many people would have been to intimidated by dark souls reputation and would have dismissed the game me personally I just don't have the patience for souls games anymore all the dodging and learning enemies moves sets its just a big headache for me I just want to kill the guy and be done with it just like doom eternal all this jumping and switching weapons and waiting for the marauder to flash green it's just a headache look at halo one (on legendary)that was a hard game but fun and fair nowadays games are more like halo 2 (on legendary) jackal snipers everywhere and the moment they see master cheeks they light him up like its the forth of July its just a big headache I like hard games I just don't like the headache that come with them most of the time… Expand
  4. Gutoso
    May 20, 2022
    3
    Video games are supposed to do two things: entertain and give fun. The Souls saga fails in both. Its a game which will keep you frustrated, because it's unfairly hard, and even after a lot of effort, when you manage to kill the bosses, there is no good sensation, just a relief from a bad sensation that the game caused itself.

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

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

    Don't waste your money with this kind of game.    … Expand
  5. k0uk
    May 27, 2022
    3
    I really wanted to like this game, but it was impossible; it's not "soulslike" is literally the same dark souls again, the same game with new enemies and a new map.

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

    The combat is quite boring, movements feel imprecise, very clunky, combat feels boring when you have to spend most of the time defending, I'm sure there are people that enjoy rolling most of the time of a combat but I don't, this feels just too boring and old for being a 2022 game, same goes with graphics, the performance for the visuals are bad, so the result is a game that feels 6-7 years old.    … Expand
  6. 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
  7. Vasot
    Mar 7, 2022
    2
    Overhyped garbage of a game. PS3 level graphics with horrendous performance on high end hardware. Terrible stutters and framedrops. The game itself is boring and bland.. Terrible gaming mechanics. There is no way to keep track of what you are doing and what you have done. Morbid, garish art. A non existent story, there's nothing compelling or engaging about any of it.. Gameplay itself is aOverhyped garbage of a game. PS3 level graphics with horrendous performance on high end hardware. Terrible stutters and framedrops. The game itself is boring and bland.. Terrible gaming mechanics. There is no way to keep track of what you are doing and what you have done. Morbid, garish art. A non existent story, there's nothing compelling or engaging about any of it.. Gameplay itself is a horrendous grind fest, a mindless slog and rewardless git-guddery. The open world is graphically sub-standard (think software from 2013), utterly lifeless and uninteresting with often re-used enemies and terrible dungeon design. The UI is pure horror, game is massively unfun, and terribly ported. It's Dark Souls in an open field with a huge glowing tree in the middle - the "open world" is really just enclosed areas with individual sections, with weird creatures all just waiting until you get within range. There is no AI, just animals and enemies scattered about the landscape, step inside their attack radius, they come at you, step outside it, they stop. Skyrim's AI was better, and that game is 11 years old.… Expand
  8. Veraxus
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Everybody (myself included) WANTS to love this game, but it's From Software's biggest PC port disaster since Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition.

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

    In addition to the performance and control issues that most PC gamers are writing about, the game has no ultrawide 21:9 or 32:9 support at all. Historically, this hasn't been an issue since the modding community fixes it within MINUTES after release. With Elden Ring, however, FromSoftware has decided to include Easy Anti-Cheat while ALSO going to extra effort to hide large portions of ultrawide users screens without their consent. This means we have to choose between playing online with most of our displays disabled, or playing offline with the usual community fixes. Either way, we're missing a huge part of the game, and for $60+ that is NOT okay. This is a terrible, half-baked PC port missing fundamental PC features and optimizations. No PC gamer should recommend this mess in its current state, even if the underlying game is very good. As it stands, many of us are being artificially prevented from enjoying it untainted.    … Expand
  9. Comet
    Nov 20, 2022
    2
    I'm not a fan of the "Souls-type" games and I vividly remember how bad the Dark Souls port was, but I thought I'd give it a chance since there was so much praise for Elden Ring.

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

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

    The thing is, I've learned to live with bad controls and other shortcomings of other games, because the story and overall feel of the game was gripping me. Elden Ring didn't. The story as it was presented was so ridiculously generic that it didn't motivate me to spend another minute.    … Expand
  10. alexnode
    Jul 9, 2022
    2
    Extremely boring, hack and slash, with quite a bit of attention on combat mechanics. But I can't be bothered with the challenge. Die, farm lower level enemies , upgrade, die, castle, dungeon, big boss battle, die, dungeon, meaningless cinematic dialogue, die, uninstall. Cyberpunk is about 40 times more engaging than this. Performance was ok for me, after a few patches, but I have a 2080tiExtremely boring, hack and slash, with quite a bit of attention on combat mechanics. But I can't be bothered with the challenge. Die, farm lower level enemies , upgrade, die, castle, dungeon, big boss battle, die, dungeon, meaningless cinematic dialogue, die, uninstall. Cyberpunk is about 40 times more engaging than this. Performance was ok for me, after a few patches, but I have a 2080ti in the living room and a 3090 on my gaming rig. I didn't count the frames but there were no noticeable problems apart from the fact that the game is dreadful.… Expand
  11. 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
  12. BLADELING
    Apr 17, 2022
    2
    Maybe I'll give it another chance in two or three years.
    The game wasn't ready to land on PC and, as far as I can tell, not even on consoles. From a gameplay point of view it adds little and gets boring after a few hours. From a technical point of view it is poorly optimised despite being far from being at the top compared to the potential that PC gaming offers today. The publisher has    Maybe I'll give it another chance in two or three years.
    The game wasn't ready to land on PC and, as far as I can tell, not even on consoles. From a gameplay point of view it adds little and gets boring after a few hours. From a technical point of view it is poorly optimised despite being far from being at the top compared to the potential that PC gaming offers today. The publisher has invested more in marketing than in development resources, creating the usual mass of toxic baby fanboys.    … Expand
  13. 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
  14. DoMania
    Apr 3, 2022
    2
    Too hard to play really not wroth my money any% don't suggest for low reflex people or unpatience. total game desing and art really great but difficulty wall not allow me to experince it :P great game but really suck on introducing for every people.
  15. GGWP
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    Overrated game
    Elden Ring is a worst copy of Dark Souls. Worst optimisation, worst graphic, broken game-design.
    Totally faked 95/100
  16. golforoosh
    May 3, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad level design and boss dificulty . They used same bosses repeatedly . In almost every main bosses in this game you just have to be lucky to kill them the other bosses are easy enough to kill. In Melania boss fight you just have to be lucky to run away from the ishin ashina that can fly. 2 for the graphical design of the game rest of the game is just dark souls 3… Expand
  17. Targetdrone
    Mar 19, 2022
    2
    aside from the fact this is a copy pasta of other souls games story wise, and the technical problems the pc version has, the true abomination is this games shoddy controls. this might be expected for a console game, but that **** is not acceptable. This goes so far that the only difficulty in this game is derived from the poor controls and stuff like enemy attacks clipping though walls andaside from the fact this is a copy pasta of other souls games story wise, and the technical problems the pc version has, the true abomination is this games shoddy controls. this might be expected for a console game, but that **** is not acceptable. This goes so far that the only difficulty in this game is derived from the poor controls and stuff like enemy attacks clipping though walls and objects. had i known how bad that game is, i would have waited for it to come up in the steam bargain bin before buying.… Expand
  18. platq
    Mar 8, 2023
    2
    to gra w ktorej czujesz sie jak bys byl 90 letnim wojownikiem który ledwie jest w stanie unieść miecz i się nim posługiwać a walczy się z w pełni sil wyszkolonymi przeciwnikami
    nie mówiąc już o okropnym porcie beznadziejnych kontrolsach i jeszcze gorszym prowadzeniu kamery
    mobki bija prze ściany bossowie zamiast używać jakiś taktyk spamują rożnego rodzaju aoe zadawające wielkie    to gra w ktorej czujesz sie jak bys byl 90 letnim wojownikiem który ledwie jest w stanie unieść miecz i się nim posługiwać a walczy się z w pełni sil wyszkolonymi przeciwnikami
    nie mówiąc już o okropnym porcie beznadziejnych kontrolsach i jeszcze gorszym prowadzeniu kamery
    mobki bija prze ściany
    bossowie zamiast używać jakiś taktyk spamują rożnego rodzaju aoe zadawające wielkie obrażenia    … Expand
  19. mikeje
    Mar 26, 2022
    2
    ну откровенно сказать, прям вообще скатились, тот же унылый секиро да же поинтересней будет.
    На старте фпс шел волнами, то 25 то 125, вы думали патчами исправили и люди забыли, не не не я помню.
    Мир абсолютно уныл, изучать абсолютно не интересно, стандартные тунэли раздули до уровня типа открытого мира.....но при этом ни чем не наполнен, механика лошади полный отстой. Мобы тупо    ну откровенно сказать, прям вообще скатились, тот же унылый секиро да же поинтересней будет.
    На старте фпс шел волнами, то 25 то 125, вы думали патчами исправили и люди забыли, не не не я помню.
    Мир абсолютно уныл, изучать абсолютно не интересно, стандартные тунэли раздули до уровня типа открытого мира.....но при этом ни чем не наполнен, механика лошади полный отстой.
    Мобы тупо деревянные и делают по серии атак из 3-7 ударов....это типа тут сложно, ну или ваншотают....в том же ниох 2 при таких раскладах был хоть какой то мувимент, тут же персонаж как полено, ели шевелится, ловкости 0, урон в перекаты залетает только в путь...
    Босы такой же калл, или ваншотают или забивают серией, драться против них не интересно, не запоминающиеся.
    Многие билды просто не работают, например обычным ближником без какой либо магии вы далеко не уйдете, просто не вывезите уроном. Щит под конец не работает, ну не впитаете вы в него серии Миллении.
    Туча нпс, которые по началу ни как не отображались на карте, дают миссии и хрен разберет в какой последовательности что делать, руинится все на раз.
    Короче нужно было сделать тупо слешер в мире дарк фентазии и была бы сказка, но они зачем то тащят этот труп 2010 года в виде деревянных и устаревших соусов.
    К покупки не рекомендую, бросил играть ради этого говна в хорайзен и очень сожалею...
    Ах да играть начинали с другом, в итоге игра просто не рассчитана для пати, и сетевой код просто говно, вечно то лагает то ошибка соединения, да же если к другим типам конектится, из десяти призывов удается побегать только в трех случаях....    … Expand
  20. 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.
  21. A-duck
    May 2, 2022
    2
    Cons: Boring. parry doesn't work. You need to do a lot of work to make you own fun and read into no story at all. The hate keyboard+mouse users. Runs awful on PC.
    Pros: Beautiful game and great enemy design.
  22. youdogsgit
    Mar 13, 2022
    2
    Great game world design. Cool bosses and npcs. Boring, non-coherent story and unbalanced game play with tons, and I mean tons, of stutters and glitches on PC. Wish I'd saved my money and time until they fixed the game, if they ever do. However, even without the glitches it's just a game of super gimmicky bosses, some of which are impossible to beat, at least for me. I quit at level 169Great game world design. Cool bosses and npcs. Boring, non-coherent story and unbalanced game play with tons, and I mean tons, of stutters and glitches on PC. Wish I'd saved my money and time until they fixed the game, if they ever do. However, even without the glitches it's just a game of super gimmicky bosses, some of which are impossible to beat, at least for me. I quit at level 169 after not being able to even put a dent in Malenia. The stupidest boss and saddest end to a ton of time invested in her story. Save your money on better storytelling and games that aren't there to just punish you after investing a ton of time. Very disappointed.… Expand
  23. pandawan
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Honnètement très déçu ! J'étais très hypé et je ne m'attendais pas à ça. Le jeu est vide dans l'ensemble, on ne sait pas vraiment quoi faire à part explorer. La difficulté est très élevés et la progression du personnage est ridicule par rapport au temps passé a farmer. J'ai même farmé dans une zone spéciale ou les mobs donne plus de 1000 runes pour voir si ça changeait quelques choses.Honnètement très déçu ! J'étais très hypé et je ne m'attendais pas à ça. Le jeu est vide dans l'ensemble, on ne sait pas vraiment quoi faire à part explorer. La difficulté est très élevés et la progression du personnage est ridicule par rapport au temps passé a farmer. J'ai même farmé dans une zone spéciale ou les mobs donne plus de 1000 runes pour voir si ça changeait quelques choses. bilan : après 20 niveau gagnés en 2 heures les mobs ne sont pas plus rapide a tuer et notre résistance est toujours ridicules.Du coup quel intéret de monter en niveau?. Ce qui m'a frustré ce n'est pas de mourir en deux coup par un mob lambda, non, ça je le savait dès le début et j'ai accepté bien volontier le challenge , non c'est plus le fait de devoir grinder comme dans un MMO coréen free to play sans avoir la satisfaction de voir un résultat a ses efforts. Je joue a des jeux vidéos depuis plus de 30 ans maintenant et la première de toutes mes attentes c'est d'y trouver du plaisir. Là , aucun plaisir à l'horizon....Dommage pour mon argent perdu....… Expand
  24. 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
  25. hllyrd
    Mar 18, 2022
    2
    Expected some innovation in gameplay, but it's just DS3 in an open world, with a horse. Said open world is not interesting, combat sucks ass compared to Sekiro. Horrible performance, for graphics that can only be considered barely acceptable in 2022.
  26. Scy11a
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Elden Ring ... More like Witcher Souls 3.5. Their focus on open world has ruined many aspects we've loved from other souls games. A souls game where you gather herbs to craft things ... are you serious ? Don't even get me started about the broken AI, choppy horseback controls, mediocre graphics, annoying kb+m controls and bad optimization. Admit it, open world does not work with soulsElden Ring ... More like Witcher Souls 3.5. Their focus on open world has ruined many aspects we've loved from other souls games. A souls game where you gather herbs to craft things ... are you serious ? Don't even get me started about the broken AI, choppy horseback controls, mediocre graphics, annoying kb+m controls and bad optimization. Admit it, open world does not work with souls formula. 3 hours into it and I'm bored out of my mind, can't believe I am saying this for a Miyazaki game. Please go back to your roots ... or better yet, port Bloodborne to PC to make up for this sad mistake of a game.… Expand
  27. rustigsmed
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Negatives:
    Terrible PC Port (can't navigate the UI/menu without both keyboard and a controller - wtf)
    Gameplay is so overrated (good if you like that console lock onto an enemy style of fighting) Capped at 60fps The game shows the xbox controller only in game (press Y). No ultrawide support Terrible stuttering (it's like the rev limiter keeps bouncing off the 60fps cap and then major    Negatives:
    Terrible PC Port (can't navigate the UI/menu without both keyboard and a controller - wtf)
    Gameplay is so overrated (good if you like that console lock onto an enemy style of fighting)
    Capped at 60fps
    The game shows the xbox controller only in game (press Y).
    No ultrawide support
    Terrible stuttering (it's like the rev limiter keeps bouncing off the 60fps cap and then major drops for no reason) - this is critical in a game like this which is difficult and requires accurate timing.
    Even when the game is running at 60 it feels like it is 30fps i don't know why.
    DRM issues

    Positives
    Lots of content / huge game.
    Maybe something like major stuttering could be patched.

    On the whole it's nice to have a game which has a lot of content, but for me the PC port is unforgiveable. It is obvious the PC was not a consideration when developing the game. If you like Dark Souls get it on a console.    … Expand
  28. EddyGenesis
    Mar 3, 2022
    2
    It is now almost a week since the release of the game and still the from software does not move to fix the game, I predetermined it over 1 month ago but I had to get a refund, always the white screen is received with my video card.
  29. Anarkroft
    Oct 16, 2022
    2
    Préparez-vous à un voyage dans le passé, quelques années en arrière.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Du reste, le jeu est sûrement bien hein, mais si ça vous tente, achetez le sur n'importe quelle plateforme mais pas le PC.    … Expand
  30. ryanreynochu
    Mar 14, 2022
    2
    I might change this later if things improve. Anyway, here's my review for the PC version.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    If by the time I finish this game, the gameplay improves, I will remove and update this score. Otherwise, it's very mediocre with questionable game design choices I would expect from a first time indie dev.    … Expand
  31. HoushiShaman
    Mar 5, 2022
    2
    Let' be short and clear, for me it's the worst game from FromSoftware, i'm not giving a single f about optimization, i just cannot bear this open-empty world, even when you find cave or smth else, it's literally the same thing u probably have seen in the beginning of the game, bosses are a massive pieces of **** everything that they do is a massive AOES and horizontal hits at range ofLet' be short and clear, for me it's the worst game from FromSoftware, i'm not giving a single f about optimization, i just cannot bear this open-empty world, even when you find cave or smth else, it's literally the same thing u probably have seen in the beginning of the game, bosses are a massive pieces of **** everything that they do is a massive AOES and horizontal hits at range of whole arena, i'm simply not enjoying fighting bosses with millions hp and trillions of damage, leave it for someone else. this game is not a god damn JPRG, leave more place for actual skill of the player but not for his level, overall i'm just really disappointed, it could've been much more cooler game… Expand
  32. danhill76
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    Don’t believe the hype, Elden Ring is terrible. I’m not even talking about the glitches, ran well on my beast gaming rig. No, I’m talking about the total lack of PC optimisation. PC gamers are pretty much forced to use a controller, as the devs have decided to provide very minimal mouse & keyboard support. This isn't 1985, I'm not trying to play NES. Why do the devs force PC users, who'reDon’t believe the hype, Elden Ring is terrible. I’m not even talking about the glitches, ran well on my beast gaming rig. No, I’m talking about the total lack of PC optimisation. PC gamers are pretty much forced to use a controller, as the devs have decided to provide very minimal mouse & keyboard support. This isn't 1985, I'm not trying to play NES. Why do the devs force PC users, who're perfectly happy with mouse and keyboard (far higher skill ceiling & superior fidelity), to use a controller? From Software just don't get it, it’s 2022, every other new AAA release has pretty much the same PC controls and user interface, which have been standardized over decades. Why does Elden Ring look like something from the 2000’s? The devs are lazy, and/or incompetent, couldn't care less about the PC market. Lots of Souls fanbois and paid “reviewers” making weak excuses for this garbage. I dare these shills to make a direct comparison between Elden Ring and God Of War or HZN, there’s just no comparison, it’s absolute garbage, Elden Ring falls well short of basic expectations.… Expand
  33. ValiantLeo
    Mar 7, 2022
    2
    Unplayable for me- PS5 controller not supported. Keyboard not really supported (many attacks impossible to do and there's no key mappings, so you're trying to click all the buttons on your keyboard to try to figure out how to do things. Also, why does it require a secondary weapon to two-hand weapons. Looks and sounds great! Shame you can't play it unless you have an X-Box controllerUnplayable for me- PS5 controller not supported. Keyboard not really supported (many attacks impossible to do and there's no key mappings, so you're trying to click all the buttons on your keyboard to try to figure out how to do things. Also, why does it require a secondary weapon to two-hand weapons. Looks and sounds great! Shame you can't play it unless you have an X-Box controller specifically, and then good luck with all the dropping frame rates and limited graphics options from like 5 years ago.… Expand
  34. catdad89
    Apr 22, 2022
    2
    Thought it was boring. Game did not motivate me enough to play the game. Not interesting at all. Very bland.
  35. Chained77
    Mar 3, 2022
    2
    just awful pc performance on a 3080. story seems cool, could be a good game underneath, but im not gonna play until its fixed.

    I don't understand how a legitimate PC game review can give games like this a 10, when its obvious it has at least a few technical flaws. I would have given it an 8 myself, but its obvious the company decided to spend quite a bit of money getting game of the    just awful pc performance on a 3080. story seems cool, could be a good game underneath, but im not gonna play until its fixed.

    I don't understand how a legitimate PC game review can give games like this a 10, when its obvious it has at least a few technical flaws. I would have given it an 8 myself, but its obvious the company decided to spend quite a bit of money getting game of the year, rather than polishing their game.    … Expand
  36. DingerDonger
    Aug 20, 2022
    2
    The world is boring, magic is boring, and all the factors that add artificial difficulty get old real quick, such as the enemies reading your inputs so they know your actions before you even take them. Not to mention the fact that the game tells you very little about its mechanics (like how spells scale and the damage of spells) or the quests (why is there not a real quest tracker). ThisThe world is boring, magic is boring, and all the factors that add artificial difficulty get old real quick, such as the enemies reading your inputs so they know your actions before you even take them. Not to mention the fact that the game tells you very little about its mechanics (like how spells scale and the damage of spells) or the quests (why is there not a real quest tracker). This would be acceptable for an SNES game, but we're far past that point. There are plenty of bugs, too; I have issues locking on vs certain enemies routinely. And last but certainly not least: the UI loves to get in your way. Oh sure don't tell me anything about how damage is calculated or what a spell actually does, but go ahead and lock me out of reacting in combat with a prompt that takes up a quarter of the screen and prevents me from making any meaningful actions in the middle of combat.
    Don't waste your time unless you enjoy getting tortured by mediocrity and artificial difficulty.    … Expand
  37. Rpb84
    Mar 3, 2022
    2
    I love the souls series but this is getting a low score due to the CONSTANT connection errors through steam, FIX IT! literally I almost kill a boss (most specifically Radahn) with a friend then get "connection error" every time! its a joke
  38. DavutHaxor
    Jul 15, 2022
    2
    Game is terrible in pc. With Ryzen 5 5600H and RX 5500M, in low settings i got 50-60fps. I experienced fps drops in bosses and crowded enemy groups. Some lightning effects disappears and looks fancy. Trees and grasses disappears and appears again. If you call the horse when you next to a tree, you just hang on the tree and die. There is a bug that makes all enemies invisible. EffectsGame is terrible in pc. With Ryzen 5 5600H and RX 5500M, in low settings i got 50-60fps. I experienced fps drops in bosses and crowded enemy groups. Some lightning effects disappears and looks fancy. Trees and grasses disappears and appears again. If you call the horse when you next to a tree, you just hang on the tree and die. There is a bug that makes all enemies invisible. Effects really ruins my pc's performance. Controls and phyics are still playstation 3 quality. Not a single change since old ds games. Didn't get a thing from story and people who made this game is lazy af. Just try to listening to community at once.… Expand
  39. dfain94
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    PC performance is extremely subpar. The lack of ultrawide support in 2022 is unacceptable. The pc version of this game was obviously an after thought in the development process and it shows.
  40. gkhansavas1905
    Mar 27, 2022
    2
    One of users tell "please play the game before writing a review about it" . Thats a very true advice. However i couldnt play this game more than 2 hours. that wasnt because the game was hard. i have RTX 2070 on my tower , and i have 1080 p monitör. i couldnt get 60 fps continually. mostly it drops a lot. i wonder What kind of set-up is there for those who give high scores to the game?
  41. In_between
    Apr 22, 2022
    2
    This overhyped stuff that blatantly bought out all the gaming media (as if they count anything anymore) has one unique feature: abusing of the countless glitches.

    This stuff is messy, glitchy, buggy af and has constant balance issues. Bosses are either overpowered or totally powerless, with no inbetween. I'm enjoying how at lv 18 I'm doing stuff for lv50 by getting bosses stuck in    This overhyped stuff that blatantly bought out all the gaming media (as if they count anything anymore) has one unique feature: abusing of the countless glitches.

    This stuff is messy, glitchy, buggy af and has constant balance issues. Bosses are either overpowered or totally powerless, with no inbetween.

    I'm enjoying how at lv 18 I'm doing stuff for lv50 by getting bosses stuck in the terrain, or making their AI bugged.

    OH, RIGHT, THIS IS THE PC VERSION ASWELL: if you want to play with a GTX mobile graphic card (more than capable to obtain 30-40 fps at 720p and 900p) you need to PATCH THE GAME, making it unavailable for online play due to needing to bypass easy anticheat. You need to CHEAT to OPEN the game ON YOUR GAMING LAPTOP. In 2022.

    What a disgrace for a "10/10" game. Stuff is ludicrously bad and people giving 10 are just bots or underage kids, that's my opinion.    … Expand
  42. Bwyatt
    Mar 3, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Não tem como passar pano pra isso, jogo mal otimizado pelo preço pago, jogo dropa fps do nada em uma RX5700xt e ryzen 7 5800x 16 Gb de RAM. Quero meu reembolso.… Expand
  43. 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.
  44. NyanFish
    Mar 28, 2022
    2
    Стимулятор ходьбы за бесполезным лутом с красивыми видами
    Игра без баланса с 3 рабочими билдами, с пвп в котором к вам будут вторгаться и шотить одним скиллом оружия
    С повторяющимися мобами и боссами в адском количестве, никак не обоснованых для данной локации ниче С нерабочей системой фантомов (в некоторых локациях) когда призываешь кореша, а он у тебя стоя ездит и бьёт босса в    Стимулятор ходьбы за бесполезным лутом с красивыми видами
    Игра без баланса с 3 рабочими билдами, с пвп в котором к вам будут вторгаться и шотить одним скиллом оружия
    С повторяющимися мобами и боссами в адском количестве, никак не обоснованых для данной локации ниче
    С нерабочей системой фантомов (в некоторых локациях) когда призываешь кореша, а он у тебя стоя ездит и бьёт босса в воздухе, а босс умирает В целом я могу продолжать ещё долго, но не думаю что меня кто то поймёт
    Елден Шит 2 из 10    … Expand
  45. 123321231213
    Mar 1, 2022
    2
    Stuttering and freezing were ok to me. But the bosses were just terrible. Fighting was not fun at all. Hit-and-Run strategy is not working but that one is the one I would like to do mostly when I play Souls.
  46. iminshock
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    Are these souls games just big meme? I'm just curious, because that's the only thing that would make sense. Is this some kind of inside joke between reviewers? Some calling it innovative and next step in making open world games, something that shows other companies how to make open world games? I mean, are you guy high or something? Actually serious? Kidding me? Did you even play Red DeadAre these souls games just big meme? I'm just curious, because that's the only thing that would make sense. Is this some kind of inside joke between reviewers? Some calling it innovative and next step in making open world games, something that shows other companies how to make open world games? I mean, are you guy high or something? Actually serious? Kidding me? Did you even play Red Dead Redemption 2 or are souls games literally only games you play and you have never experienced an actual open world game, so you just assume, that Elden Ring's open world is something incredible? I'm disgusted with these reviews and i'm sure other companies are as well. This is literal insult to gaming in general.… Expand
  47. zinogamer77
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Is it in a playable state? Kinda fixes the stuttering and FPS issues

    So far Good but need improvements and better optimization
  48. 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
  49. 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.
  50. 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
  51. 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.
  52. 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
  53. F1_is_WWE
    Apr 13, 2022
    2
    - This is literally a reskin of Dark Souls 3. Which Dark Souls 3, by the way, was a reskin of Dark Souls. This company has been making the same game for over a decade now and they're getting away with it.

    - This game is too long. If you've every played a Souls game, then you've already played this game. Same combat, same weapons, same mechanics. Now take Dark Souls and imagine it's    - This is literally a reskin of Dark Souls 3. Which Dark Souls 3, by the way, was a reskin of Dark Souls. This company has been making the same game for over a decade now and they're getting away with it.

    - This game is too long. If you've every played a Souls game, then you've already played this game. Same combat, same weapons, same mechanics. Now take Dark Souls and imagine it's twice as long. Games can be long if they successfully introduce new ideas to spice up the gameplay. But here you've already seen it al before; there's next to nothing new here. Add to that the recycled bosses and enemies, and you'll quickly grow bored

    - The bosses in this game are balanced around mimics. That is, summoning an npc to help you. If you do not summon, bosses will be so hard and unfair you'll think it is the hardest Souls game yet. It you do summon, you'll think it's the easiest. I don't like Co-op play and am disappointed it has been forced here    … Expand
  54. Mensola
    Mar 21, 2022
    2
    Playing this game made me think again about dark souls 2, now i call it a masterpiece
  55. H4X0R
    Apr 2, 2022
    2
    After 120h of pure frustration and 200 level (at least 40-50 farmed), I give this game 2/10. The game is beaten solo (offline). It sucks, and here is why:

    Main Story: There isn't one, after 200h the only thing that can be understood is that there is a stupid ring (G.R.R.'s courtesy), and that is it. You finish the game and there is no ring, you become "Elden Lord", whatever that means,    After 120h of pure frustration and 200 level (at least 40-50 farmed), I give this game 2/10. The game is beaten solo (offline). It sucks, and here is why:

    Main Story: There isn't one, after 200h the only thing that can be understood is that there is a stupid ring (G.R.R.'s courtesy), and that is it. You finish the game and there is no ring, you become "Elden Lord", whatever that means, and that is it.

    Side Quests: Not a one normal quest that I will remember. No quest tracking, no map points, nothing. I've finished the game and missed 90% of the quests. Some of them I finished following various YT videos because I needed some gear, otherwise I wouldn't finish any of them. All quests expect players to spend tens of hours figuring out where will the quest character appear and when, and since the world is huge, that is a non-sense. The whole "exhausting dialogs" approach is stupid in many ways.

    Combat: Pure frustration. Dark Souls sheep that believe that dodging is a "skill", I pity them. Controlling your character feels like controlling an old dude who is lagging in every movement, and you are supposed to dodge with him in front of enemies with limitless stamina, 5+ hit combos and 5m-long weapons. Drinking potions is slow, so you need to dodge at least 5-7 times away from some enemies in order to be able to drink one potion without getting hit again. Most enemies use endless combos. It doesn't matter which level you are, if you go back to the beginning and find yourself between 2-3 enemies, you will die from couple of hits. It seems that your health is taken by percentage, almost every boss in the game will kill you in 3 hits at most. Waving with staff takes the same amount of stamina as hitting enemy with 3m hammer!

    Enemies: Great design for some enemies and bosses, and that's it, everything else about enemies is frustrated. Big bosses are stupid: locked camera goes crazy, hit box is not accurate. Some normal enemies are way harder than some bosses. All enemies are way agile than your old dude. Double bosses are stupid. Double stage bosses are even more stupid. Some bosses have enemies before it, each time you have to deal with them before entering boss area, because if you don't, you will get hit from back, or your summons will fight the enemies behind the barrier instead of boss.

    Difficulty: Nothing to say here, everybody knows it is kind of stupid difficulty that has nothing to do with the skills. I can only say that leveling up your character and coming back later is not fun at all. It makes you skip the content, the whole areas, the whole quests, and forgetting about them. Losing runes on death is just frustrating, it doesn't make the game any more difficult, it makes it longer because you will try to farm runes instead of playing the game.

    Open world: The design of the world is great, with wonderful scenes. The world is describing you its atmosphere graphically, whereas the music is not following that atmosphere at all. However, like many games, this one is also using open world to extend game's length in a lazy way. A lot of places have nothing, you are just traveling vast spaces without finding anything.

    Animations: Slow combat movement/drinking potion/opening doors/getting up when knocked down/bow attack, ...

    Controls: They chose the biggest idiot to make this port to PC. Never seen more stupid key bindings in any game, ever. How dafuq I am going to use E+ARROW KEY in the middle of a fight?! And don't tell me: "You have to use joystick, bla, bla, ...". If you are charging for PC game same as PS/XBOX, you should invest some time in adjusting it for PC. Have they just assigned random keys?! Then there is constant shuffling between spells, potions, weapons, ... Try doing that in front of boss that takes 90% of your health with one hit. I've died countless times because I shuffled wrong item. There is no consistency at all: sometimes you can use ESC to close something, something you must, sometimes you can't. Space for running instead of SHIFT like in every game?! G for map, why not M?! F for jump?!

    UI: Stupid Dark Souls recycled UI. It seems they copied everything they can from there. In a game where you die hundreds of times, you should be more creative with death message/animation, but they went with the lame "YOU DIED" for 100th time. Inventory management is painful. No pause! When you want to exit you are forced to see 2 logo animations again. Click "any" key to continue (except enter and space).

    Sound/music: I think there is one track throughout the whole game, and second one when somebody attacks you. And they both suck.

    I wouldn't recommend this game to anybody. This game feels like doing chores and not playing.    … Expand
  56. Spaceboys
    Mar 25, 2022
    2
    Game is probably good but the performance issues on PC are preventing it from being playable in any reasonable manner. I will update the review if the PC performance issues are improved. 3080TI, 5800X isnt enough to prevent stutters and poor performance...
  57. Patsanas
    Apr 1, 2022
    2
    Can't give it a good rating, because of poor pc port. It's been a month since the game launched and it still stutters, no matter the graphic settings, drivers, anti-cheat or satanic rituals. The world does seem interesting, but fromsoft had the audacity to release a stuttering game that is all about reacting to your opponent? For real? Don't buy it, there's a high chances it won't runCan't give it a good rating, because of poor pc port. It's been a month since the game launched and it still stutters, no matter the graphic settings, drivers, anti-cheat or satanic rituals. The world does seem interesting, but fromsoft had the audacity to release a stuttering game that is all about reacting to your opponent? For real? Don't buy it, there's a high chances it won't run properly for you… Expand
  58. danoid
    Sep 2, 2022
    2
    PC KBM Janky - you have to come up with your own keybinds because the stock ones require two hands and a mouse.
    Frame lags in a timing game. How's that supposed to work?
    10 year old graphics and 20 year old interface intended for a console. Copy and paste bosses. Am I fighting Astel Naturalborn of the Void or Astel Stars of Darkess? Mohg the Omen or Mohg the blood lord? Margit or    PC KBM Janky - you have to come up with your own keybinds because the stock ones require two hands and a mouse.
    Frame lags in a timing game. How's that supposed to work?
    10 year old graphics and 20 year old interface intended for a console.
    Copy and paste bosses. Am I fighting Astel Naturalborn of the Void or Astel Stars of Darkess? Mohg the Omen or Mohg the blood lord? Margit or Morgott? Godrick the Grafted or Godefoy the Grafted? Which Dragonkin Soldier is this? In the end you just don't care.
    Exploration? Open world? Eff that. You'll lose your progress if you don't play it extremely safe, because there's ambushes everywhere. Putting the player at a marked disadvantage doesn't make the game harder or more challenging, just more annoying.
    In the end it's just another unload on the boss and go on your way game. Muscle memory wins, not brains.    … Expand
  59. urmom123
    Apr 22, 2022
    2
    On it's own, Elden Ring is a *good* game - tons to do and see, and the exploration is usually rewarding. If this is your first Souls/FromSoft game, you'll likely have a blast if you can persevere and learn the mechanics.

    However, if you're coming from other FromSoft games, Elden Ring is a massive downgrade in terms of combat fluidity. Somehow they managed to make movement and combat    On it's own, Elden Ring is a *good* game - tons to do and see, and the exploration is usually rewarding. If this is your first Souls/FromSoft game, you'll likely have a blast if you can persevere and learn the mechanics.

    However, if you're coming from other FromSoft games, Elden Ring is a massive downgrade in terms of combat fluidity. Somehow they managed to make movement and combat clunkier and less responsive than Dark Souls 3 - wtf happened?

    Also, the general boss and mob encounters in Elden Ring are mostly terrible. Endless combos that always break you out of poise, so much that trying to do a pure STR build (though not impossible) is insanely difficult, compared to magic which FS have completely dropped the ball in and made super overpowered - super rapid casting + keeping distance + constant FPS.

    Though the world is massive, most of it feels like filler - dungeons and catacombs are copypastes and even the bosses are copy pastes with zero thought about balancing.

    To me, Elden Ring is the Fallout 4 of FromSoft games - in trying to make a Souls game that is open world and accessible, they've produced a mediocre Souls game with a mediocre open world.

    Buy this game if you want, I don't care. I just don't think it lives up to the "masterpiece" and 10/10 hype. FromSoft has gotten complacent and lazy and no longer understand how to make genuine difficulty without resorting to lazy design.    … Expand
  60. IndustryArtist
    May 22, 2022
    2
    - Multiplayer: 1/10 An outrageously convoluted mess!
    Remedies, Effigies, Fingers, tongues, needing to be in the exact same place in the world to join.. Just make it like every other multiplayer game and add a button called "Join"
    - Storyline: 5/10 Average. Formulaic and derivative. Plus side has multiple endings. - Gameplay: 2/10 Poor. As of May 22, 2022 on Steam, only    - Multiplayer: 1/10 An outrageously convoluted mess!
    Remedies, Effigies, Fingers, tongues, needing to be in the exact same place in the world to join.. Just make it like every other multiplayer game and add a button called "Join"
    - Storyline: 5/10 Average.
    Formulaic and derivative. Plus side has multiple endings.
    - Gameplay: 2/10 Poor.
    As of May 22, 2022 on Steam, only 17.2% of players have beaten Elden Ring. This tells you the vast majority of players lose interest before finishing the game.    … Expand
  61. srkn4432
    Jun 18, 2022
    2
    its not bad game with no quest guide but why enemies spamming attack ? i feel like they are playing they have to enjoy the game not me. better next game they let players enjoy the game. its so cringe because literally they are spamming and its annoying too much
  62. Cthulhu001
    Jun 9, 2023
    2
    -The graphics are oldfashioned.
    -Dark Souls series were really good as each of linear games but this one struggled to be an open world game as all other games do but it failed very badly since the game repeats itself and the ruins the atmosphere.
    -The story is incredibly booring and foolish. -Mini bosses and dungeons repeat itself too much. -Very bad optimization the kiss of its death    -The graphics are oldfashioned.
    -Dark Souls series were really good as each of linear games but this one struggled to be an open world game as all other games do but it failed very badly since the game repeats itself and the ruins the atmosphere.
    -The story is incredibly booring and foolish.
    -Mini bosses and dungeons repeat itself too much.
    -Very bad optimization the kiss of its death upon all these cons.
    -The end of the story doesn't look interesting and pretty ordinary.

    It's hard to understand how those who like this game. Looks like they have no clue about games or they're just teenagers playing these kind of games recently.    … Expand
  63. ardagrain
    Dec 10, 2022
    2
    this game is really bad i dont like the combat it is hard for the sake of being hard
  64. Chaingun_
    Jan 2, 2023
    2
    Story is completely lacking and without cohesion. The controls are terrible and the majority of keybinds cannot be changed. The gameplay and combat is worthless. Unnecessarily hard. To the point that it feels like a punishment. I have never hated a game this much in my life. After 80 hours, decided i was stupid to keep playing. Deleted. Goodbye Elden Ring and From Software can get stuffed.
  65. Yuiren
    Jan 15, 2023
    2
    Seriously i do not understand the hype of this game. This is just a mediocrity in all areas. It's trying to be "hardcore" makes it lack in every other areas. It's graphics are "just ok" for current generation, it's story is extremely shallow (a powerful item will make You a god, go kill some other gods to proove you are worthy...in a nutshell). There is no worldbuilding as there are noSeriously i do not understand the hype of this game. This is just a mediocrity in all areas. It's trying to be "hardcore" makes it lack in every other areas. It's graphics are "just ok" for current generation, it's story is extremely shallow (a powerful item will make You a god, go kill some other gods to proove you are worthy...in a nutshell). There is no worldbuilding as there are no sidequests, the world is completely empty, there are only monsters with occasional trader (wtf?!), the controls are out of this world. this is something that people should be fired for. Character progression and scaling is a joke, for 30 hours Youre a pigeon, and then suddenly you become a demigod, stupid as hell. There are myriad of weapons, which are not really unique, they fall into several categories and then they are the same, unless they have some special skill which completely changes how the game works, which is another stupid mechanic. I understand that some people might use this title to flex how good they are at difficult games, but this is just a modern Super Mario, yes, trust me, all bosses can (and must be) memorized, and then they are easy, exactly like arcade games from the 80ties. This game can feel really difficult at first (like all Souls games), but after hours of failing it suddenly becomes easy, where you one shot enemies and even bosses with some "super build". Stupid as hell. I finished it, but i suggest staying away from this game unless You want to become frustrated, it's not fun.… Expand
  66. Quazder
    Jun 27, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I dont know how this game could get 10/10 in most reviews when it came you. So firstly the basics - settings Why the **** do you open map with G?
    Why you jump with F?
    Why you use Q instead of E to accept
    Why you run and dodge with same key - Space

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

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

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

    Otherwise its just boring and it feels like simulator... Killing the same enemies over and over again. Zzzz
    Just another overhyped game. Maybe on controller its better when you just lay down and relax. But if you playing on pc there is dozens of better and more enjoyable games to play.    … Expand
  67. nix1331
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    3060 cant get decent fps on low in 1080p :( in its current garbage state i have to give 0 as it is not playable for me, but if they fix it this will change, as this game does seem amazing if it works
  68. thenthomwaslike
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    Not playable right now. 1 point for the improved character creator. I'll update this when From updates the game
  69. valrond
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    This one is easy to analize. If you like souls games, you will love this one, it's like DS1-3, but bigger, open world, with a horse, and better graphics.
    If you don't like Souls games, this one won't change your mind. Yes, it a bit more accesible, it has more save points, like before bosses, fast travel. That's all good. But the gameplay is the same as in the DS and Demon's Souls games,    This one is easy to analize. If you like souls games, you will love this one, it's like DS1-3, but bigger, open world, with a horse, and better graphics.
    If you don't like Souls games, this one won't change your mind. Yes, it a bit more accesible, it has more save points, like before bosses, fast travel. That's all good. But the gameplay is the same as in the DS and Demon's Souls games, it's still quite clunky, it feels like a game from 10 years ago. It's not like Sekiro that was fast, precise, fluid.
    Finally, the PC port is not good enough. It has slowdowns even in the best of computers, like mine.
    So, if you love Dark Souls, get this one, you know already, but get a console version if you can.
    If you don't like them or know what they are, stay away.    … Expand
  70. she1tan
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    Дебилы пиздоглазые, ничего не могут нормально сделать
  71. Chowjust
    Dec 5, 2022
    1
    Game stutters far to much even after patches. Happens the most during fights and around every few minutes. Would recommend waiting for issues to be resolved before buying unless you want to play on the hardest difficulty available...
  72. kingofkoopas
    Mar 17, 2022
    1
    This game is simply awful, it does so many things and none of them are any good. It seems that From threw the whole kitchen sink this time around. It's like they truly embraced and thought they could make quantity over quality work.
  73. aligalahan
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    Unfortunately it was a hard pass for me on PC. This is a poor PC port, play it on PS5 if you must. My review is for the technical problems game is facing on PC: Overall 5 out of 10 at this current state on PC.

    1. Game locks FPS at 60. 2. Game does not support Ultra Wide - Intentionally (developer actually blocks the ultra wide by drawing black on screen to increase FPS) 3. Game    Unfortunately it was a hard pass for me on PC. This is a poor PC port, play it on PS5 if you must. My review is for the technical problems game is facing on PC: Overall 5 out of 10 at this current state on PC.

    1. Game locks FPS at 60.
    2. Game does not support Ultra Wide - Intentionally (developer actually blocks the ultra wide by drawing black on screen to increase FPS)
    3. Game graphics are somewhat worse than Witcher 3 and a bit better than Zelda Breath of Wild.
    4. By default it will use Controller mappings even when you do not have controller attached to PC. You may get stuck in settings UI easily.
    5. There are frame rate drops in open world on any hardware type
    6. There is a 250 ms microstutter in first time enemy encounters.

    list goes on and on

    if you must play this, give it a try on console. not here. you are warned. Ignoring technical problems aside it is an addictive action game with skill progress. I would not call this story driven RPG. So not this is not Skyrim or Witcher killer. It is a different game all together. Now lets talk about story.

    What a lazy guy he became. He basically wrote the story of a game that doesnt really have much of a story? It's a serious question, what exactly he wrote?

    I am playing the game on PS5. It is unacceptable on PC right now. It is a good game, with nice combat mechanics and difficulty. Graphics are "ok", if you remove the glowing trees, it will be more apparent it is closer to Oblivion quality then Skyrim. It's nothing to write home about. But settings are interesting. I am about 10 hours in so its a bit early but. Just like other soul games, story is not the focus here, if there is one, one can omit it. So i am asking again , what did GRR Martin write exactly? lazy guy who stopped writing GoT and stopped in the middle of war, obviously prefer writing stories for games that actually dont have much stories. Peace out    … Expand
  74. Arcee7321
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Bad port, no ultrawide suppport, 60fps lock. 2013 Graphics. Poorly done without any effort.

    I feel like most people rate this as a "soulslike game" and not a "game". Is is an "ok on PC" soulslike? Yes it is. Is it a good game? No it is not. Its boring, graphics are several years old, voiceacting is bad, story is bad. Combat is as wooden as my cooking spoon. This game is just another    Bad port, no ultrawide suppport, 60fps lock. 2013 Graphics. Poorly done without any effort.

    I feel like most people rate this as a "soulslike game" and not a "game". Is is an "ok on PC" soulslike? Yes it is. Is it a good game? No it is not. Its boring, graphics are several years old, voiceacting is bad, story is bad. Combat is as wooden as my cooking spoon. This game is just another soulslike non-revolutionary stuff with 2013 graphics.    … Expand
  75. luisgarcia21
    May 8, 2022
    1
    **** optimization, FromSoft shat on their fans with how bad it is optimized for pc
  76. caiobarcelos
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    I just can't play with the recommended fps settings below 20... 97 for this game is a joke. once again these game critics are paid to rate
  77. seagseag123
    Mar 31, 2022
    1
    Worst of souls, magic diarrhea, dota wannabe...
    The idea/location is good but something is broken...
    The game is good according to numerous reviews of those who have not passed the game. It's a strange thing .. according to statistics, 2.5% passed the game. 50% of the players reached only the first boss, this is 1/5 of the volume of the game. This game implements the technology of    Worst of souls, magic diarrhea, dota wannabe...
    The idea/location is good but something is broken...

    The game is good according to numerous reviews of those who have not passed the game. It's a strange thing .. according to statistics, 2.5% passed the game.
    50% of the players reached only the first boss, this is 1/5 of the volume of the game.

    This game implements the technology of guaranteed death of the hero on the principle of disabling controllability, and as the number of deaths increases, controllability is gradually added ..... that is, when the game decides that you need to die, contact with the keyboard is lost, etc....

    Demon's Souls + Dark Souls 1/2/3 + Bloodborne + Sekiro + The Witcher 3 + Technical issues + Ruined PVP + Grind = Elden Ring.
    A mixture of two opposite sensations slowly but surely, as it passes, flows into one, negative...    … Expand
  78. Kadirov
    Jan 17, 2023
    1
    Elden Ring is essentially a Witcher 3 without plot, lore, choices, developed characters, mini-games and soul.
    It's just a simulator of sword wielding, roll and dodges on empty map with random NPC's on it, remembering me of games that me and my friend in 2007 were making on FPS creator - we were also taking a random map and also filling it with random enemies. The difference is that we    Elden Ring is essentially a Witcher 3 without plot, lore, choices, developed characters, mini-games and soul.
    It's just a simulator of sword wielding, roll and dodges on empty map with random NPC's on it, remembering me of games that me and my friend in 2007 were making on FPS creator - we were also taking a random map and also filling it with random enemies. The difference is that we weren't selling it for 70 bucks and we knew that a game requires a plot, and the studio that developed Elden Ring doesnt

    Elden Ring should be a mod of Witcher 3 that removes all plot from the games and leaves only enemies.    … Expand
  79. Deardeer45
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    -9 points for stuttering issues and bad performance on my powerful machine. I'm bought this at full price, expecting fast passing hardcore battles that challenge my skills. Got a buggy stuttering mess that is challenging my nerves by running in slow-mo and lagging like *. Even Zelda on EMU is more responsive that this lazy PC port.
  80. Apex_KeS
    Dec 16, 2022
    1
    Brilliant game design with possibly the most disappointing execution of any game. It is truly impressive how much they reuse assets.
  81. mistr3ss
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    The PC version is just terrible. Unoptimized with gigantic stutters, capped at 60fps. Shortcuts that don't make sense (I love the shortcut for accessing the map is G!), ancient UI, unintuitive in every sense. Boss fights are currently impossible as the stutters prevent you from blocking at the right moment. An underwhelming slideshow intro. Outdated and lazy.

    I had 0 fun. Refunded
  82. Erlocimus
    Mar 1, 2022
    1
    Очень интересная игра, посмотрел пару стримов, решил и сам попробовать. Но, к огромному сожалению, невозможно в неё играть из-за постоянных и очень сильных фризов. Картинка зависает почти на секунду а потом в ускоренном режиме пытается догнать происходящее. Просто ужас. 1.02.1 patch
    R5 2600x, 3060 ti, RAM 8Gbx2, ssd.    Очень интересная игра, посмотрел пару стримов, решил и сам попробовать. Но, к огромному сожалению, невозможно в неё играть из-за постоянных и очень сильных фризов. Картинка зависает почти на секунду а потом в ускоренном режиме пытается догнать происходящее. Просто ужас. 1.02.1 patch
    R5 2600x, 3060 ti, RAM 8Gbx2, ssd.
  83. 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
  84. 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
  85. winterstorme
    Mar 17, 2022
    1
    Absolute joke of a port. The game itself when it functions is okay, but on PC it's unacceptable to release it in this state.

    eta: don't get me wrong. It's massively overrated even when it functions properly. It's like DS2 but with the map copy-pasted 70 times. The bosses, music, enemies, locations are all low quality compared to previous games.
  86. OrcishWarmonger
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    pc performance is truly abysmal with constant stutters, drops and lack of accessibility. poorly localized prices are an another problem
  87. 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
  88. EgorOk
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    Huge, empty open world that is too lazy to explore. I'm tired of the sluggish gameplay from DS series. The intro video was replaced with sketches. No graphic, but frequent friezes. I'll put that hat away for later.
  89. Fostio
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    A performance embarrassment. the game is full of bugs, graphically, not artistically, it is a mediocre game. Incomprehensible the notes that are being given
  90. 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
  91. 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.
  92. evaw
    Mar 15, 2023
    1
    This trash dark souls like games, nerds talk only about difficulty, but they never played For Honor - lol.
  93. ottohahn
    Mar 2, 2022
    1
    Don't buy the PC version, it is in an early alpha state.
    Performance sucks, graphics are part from DS3 with different textures, the engine seems to be the same as DS1. Balancing is also not yet finished. Story is the "same procedure as last year".
    The DS approach with minimal story does not fit the open world concept. I also think, that no dev has played on PC. There is no other    Don't buy the PC version, it is in an early alpha state.
    Performance sucks, graphics are part from DS3 with different textures, the engine seems to be the same as DS1. Balancing is also not yet finished. Story is the "same procedure as last year".
    The DS approach with minimal story does not fit the open world concept.
    I also think, that no dev has played on PC. There is no other explanation for the stupid controls...
    I enjoyed DS1-DS3 and Sekiro on PC, but i start to see why some people hate this game.    … Expand
  94. 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
  95. joocymuscles
    Mar 16, 2022
    1
    Really disappointed in fromsoft for this.

    Combat is slow to the point of being almost turn based, boring, and way too easy. Most bosses are first try. it feels more like a circus than a fight. You see the same enemies and bosses over and over. Very lazy. Animations are silly and sometimes just ridiculous. Weapons and armor looks stupid. Lock on system is trash. Camera sucks. Status    Really disappointed in fromsoft for this.

    Combat is slow to the point of being almost turn based, boring, and way too easy. Most bosses are first try. it feels more like a circus than a fight. You see the same enemies and bosses over and over. Very lazy. Animations are silly and sometimes just ridiculous. Weapons and armor looks stupid. Lock on system is trash. Camera sucks. Status effects go through shields. Lol why?

    Bad FPS stutters

    No story whatsoever.

    Terrible multiplayer and netcode. Co-op keeps dropping. PvP is laggy.

    Engine feels like its from 2005

    Crashes and locks up.

    Glitches happen often.

    Soundtrack is boring, uninspired, and generic. Re-used sounds.

    Re-used animations (all the way from DS1)

    Mouths dont sync with dialogue or most of the time, move at all lol.

    Positive note, the incantations seem interesting.

    Overall not very fun and definitely not worth 60$. Feels like fromsoft just tried to exploit their audience for cash. Very lazy developer    … Expand
  96. 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
  97. 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
  98. GamingisDying
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    I remember calling out the graphics as PS3 on steam and my post was removed in 5 minutes, because apparently it was "bait". No it wasn't bait. I was completely honest. Why does Rockstar have to "innovate" and come out with "ground breaking world design" to get that 97, when some other studio can come out with 2011 graphics, worst control scheme of modern era of video games, flat texturesI remember calling out the graphics as PS3 on steam and my post was removed in 5 minutes, because apparently it was "bait". No it wasn't bait. I was completely honest. Why does Rockstar have to "innovate" and come out with "ground breaking world design" to get that 97, when some other studio can come out with 2011 graphics, worst control scheme of modern era of video games, flat textures and pretty much empty open world and get 95? I was dying to get the horse, because moving around was so slow and boring. But when i finally got the horse, it didn't help much, world was still boring. Overall i just feel bad for other video game companies (i really do), because I'm pretty sure Rockstar is making something incredible with GTA 6, but what the point even, when some other studio puts hardly any work into their games? Elden Ring fans calling innovation overrated, while whining about other companies for not innovating is most hypocritical thing i have ever seen.… Expand
  99. Badgamesarebad_
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    "Ubisoft needs to innovate", but when it's "Souls" game, then "Innovation is overrated, it's okay that it has worst controls of all time, it's okay it has 2014 graphics, it's okay that...". Finest hypocrisy i have ever seen. I agree, Far Cry 6 is extremely outdated, but so is Elden Ring. Same animations, worse controls than any Ubisoft game. If Fromsoft doesn't innovate and gets 97 on"Ubisoft needs to innovate", but when it's "Souls" game, then "Innovation is overrated, it's okay that it has worst controls of all time, it's okay it has 2014 graphics, it's okay that...". Finest hypocrisy i have ever seen. I agree, Far Cry 6 is extremely outdated, but so is Elden Ring. Same animations, worse controls than any Ubisoft game. If Fromsoft doesn't innovate and gets 97 on Metacritic, why do you think Ubisoft would even care to innovate at this point? Even if they try, these Hypocrites still sht on them and praise this unfinished trash (Elden Ring) as next generation of open world games. Gaming is dying and believe it or not, it's not thanks to Ubisoft. It's dying thanks to games like Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077. Both overhyped, both underdelivered.… Expand
  100. Free_Ukraine
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    Disappointingly amateurish open world design, feels like i'm playing something from 2013, but it's not even top level 2013, more like somewhere in the middle. Awful framedrops, worst vegetation graphics i have seen in very long time, boss movements/animations seem to be some random "combo" from all previous Souls games. Sky looks nice, but that's about it.
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  1. Positive: 57 out of 60
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  1. Cubed3
    Aug 29, 2022
    70
    Elden Ring is an experience that will not be forgotten in a hurry. It's a tremendous, hulking, massive achievement but because it is tremendous, hulking and massive, it is one that comes with many caveats. The shelves in CeX and conversations with people who stopped playing at Stormveil castle can certainly attest to some of those caveats. Much like any FromSoftware title, it's not going to be for everybody, but paradoxically it is one of their hardest and one of their most accessible to date. It offers huge value in one package, and perhaps is a little too much value, only becoming clearer when nearing the endgame. Don't be mistaken by the criticism, though. This is a phenomenal achievement with a moment-to-moment that is incredibly engaging and immersive. No doubt it will be deserving of the end-of-year accolades it will inevitably receive. One pushes through Elden Ring as one pushes through life, with all the highs and the lows that it brings.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Apr 28, 2022
    82
    Elden Ring is massive, sometimes to its detriment. A thorough walkthrough might take up more than 100 hours to complete, and at some point it becomes clear that From Software did not have enough manpower to produce that much unique content. Still, it remains incredibly addictive even after those 100 hours pass…
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  3. RPGamer
    Apr 14, 2022
    90
    It’s hard to review Elden Ring without being comparative; that’s because Elden Ring is an evolutionary step, not a revolutionary one, and one can’t help but see how it’s built on what came before. Here is a massive undertaking of a game, not for the sake of chasing trends but as the natural progression of the style the company has been fostering for over a decade. It’s amazing how smoothly the transition to open world was and how much of the Souls identity is still present. In the short time since its release, it has already left a cultural mark, no doubt a result of the game’s increased approachability. Even after sifting past all the hype and grandiosity, there’s still an excellent game left and Elden Ring is a clear showcase of FromSoftware’s outstanding expertise in the field. Elden Ring really is just that good.
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