Elden Ring

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  1. mrbrownstone
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    el mejor juego de from
    los que le ponen un 0 de calificación son casuales que prueban por primera vez un souls
    entiendo que hay algunos a los que no les gustan este tipo de juegos pero darle un 0 es tonto
  2. drcael
    Feb 28, 2022
    7
    Definitely not a game to make negative comments. But also it's not an exaggeratedly good game. The majority of recent games have ended in frustration. That's why the game is somewhat highly rated. A long-awaited game. Personally, I can't say that it fully met my expectations. It also did not disappoint. Let's take a look at the good sides of the game. The game partially meets Dark Souls.Definitely not a game to make negative comments. But also it's not an exaggeratedly good game. The majority of recent games have ended in frustration. That's why the game is somewhat highly rated. A long-awaited game. Personally, I can't say that it fully met my expectations. It also did not disappoint. Let's take a look at the good sides of the game. The game partially meets Dark Souls. It has a nice game design, although it has some missing parts. It promises a long playtime. Open world trial successful. Let's move on to the bad parts of the game. It definitely, as a 3A game has poor graphics for its release year.
    It has optimization issues and sometimes it affects gameplay badly. While the open world was partially successful, it was too simplistic and inadequate. It's a bit difficult to compare compared to Dark souls games. Because the boss designs and schematics look a bit amateurish. Although the game difficulty seems to be simplified a bit, the open world is extremely time-consuming and the main focus of the game, the bosses, is not very attractive. There are tons of problems I've encountered after 50 hours of gameplay. I just played it like a new Dark Souls game. This gave me some pleasure. Many people have had problems with the game controls, which should be taken into account. In short, the game seems a little early released to me. If the optimization issues are fixed with a new update, my max score will be 7.5.    … Expand
  3. Modern_Reviews
    Feb 28, 2022
    3
    Tagline : "Most overrated Runescape clone, hyped up by people who hate the fact that GTA and Assassin's Creed are popular"

    What specs you need to run it 60fps - 1080p or 4K, without stutter or lag? - Honest answer is that, no matter how good your PC is, no matter, if you have PS5, this game will perform horribly and only thing you can do is wait for multiple patches. This game goes    Tagline : "Most overrated Runescape clone, hyped up by people who hate the fact that GTA and Assassin's Creed are popular"

    What specs you need to run it 60fps - 1080p or 4K, without stutter or lag?
    - Honest answer is that, no matter how good your PC is, no matter, if you have PS5, this game will perform horribly and only thing you can do is wait for multiple patches.

    This game goes into same category of games, that have been extremely overhyped and extremely underdelivered. Other examples would be "Cyberpunk 2077", "Fallout 76", "Anthem", "Battlefield 2042" and "Elden Ring" is another fine addition to that list.

    So what new groundbreaking mechanics, graphics, open world design, innovative combat or interesting story this game offers? - Pretty much none of these.

    Graphically (for some weird reason) this game goes back to 2012/2013. But 2012/2013 had lots of great games and at times "Elden Ring" even looks beautiful, especially the sky, but ground and grass textures are pretty much worse than some 2013 games. For 2022 AAA release this is bad. Game that gets Metascores 95/97 in 2022, should have way more work put into it.

    Next up is open world design - There's extreme amount of boring looking, absolutely empty areas. This is automatically bad open world design, because these empty areas, that doesn't even look good have zero purpose to be there. Other areas that actually have something, okay let's make that clear, all that other areas have is trees and monsters. Endless amount of monsters that are simply sitting there, doing nothing, waiting for you to slay them. This is literally Runescape game design 101, i have been playing Runescape since 2004, i know what i'm talking about.

    Quests (if you can even call them) are extremely short, boring and you can literally ignore all of them. It's usually some lady asking you to go somewhere, get something, get it back to her. Most hilarious thing is that game doesn't show that you have completed any of them, which basically means that by the end of the game, you forget that you even did these. Runescape has more complex lore, quests and writing than this game can only dream of. Why i'm talking about Runescape and not Skyrim, you might ask - Well because lore wise, Skyrim would be too tough challenger for this game.

    Combat is extremely similar to Dark Souls 3, game that released 6 years ago. Same animations, same everything. Anyone who says in that case that "Innovation is overrated" has no right to criticize Rockstar or Ubisoft ever again, just saying.

    Anyone who says that having horse is innovative must be a troll, because having this empty open world without any transportation, would be almost insulting.

    All in all very weak release, only fun i had in this whole game were two boss fights - Margit and Godrick, i have to say they have extremely unfair combos, attacks and they are pointlessly difficult to beat, especially for 2 first bosses, but at least they have some interesting lore and cool monster design.

    1 point for beautiful sky design, 1 point for Margit boss design and 1 point for Godrick boss design.

    Overall score 3/10 - Not recommending, unless you have never played open world game before, but even then, you just could play older open world games that are way better.    … Expand
  4. Thought
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Game is a masterpiece. If you're a fan of the Dark Souls trilogy, Bloodborne, or Sekiro you'll feel right at home and notice heavy influence from games like Breath of the Wild.
  5. MOnkeBOnk
    Feb 28, 2022
    9
    Only reason I'm not giving this game a 10 is because the Pc Port is buggy and needs improvement, luckily we are in th early days of release so I am hopeful for fixes. As for more game related issues...

    The story so far is compelling and interesting, it follows the same formula as its Dark Souls predecessors (Player character is tasked with restarting/extending age of some godlike    Only reason I'm not giving this game a 10 is because the Pc Port is buggy and needs improvement, luckily we are in th early days of release so I am hopeful for fixes. As for more game related issues...

    The story so far is compelling and interesting, it follows the same formula as its Dark Souls predecessors (Player character is tasked with restarting/extending age of some godlike figure/mythos) but the way that the open world has lent itself to exploration and discovery of this story is amazing. NPC interactions are better than ever and the world feels very lived in with details to discover on every end of the map. Like in other FromSoft games guidance is sometimes necessary to discover more minute details but I've come to expect that after playing the games for so long. Elden Ring is an evolution of the FromSoft formula, and I think the extreme hype given to the game has attracted a crowd the unfortunately has not experienced a FromSoft game before and was put off by either its difficulty or inaccessability. All in all though... Review bombers git gud lol. No maidens?    … Expand
  6. Squirtle_Boy
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    It’s amazing, ignore the other negative reviews, people are review bobbing it because they suck at the game, it’s worth a shot if you like soul like games or want a challenging game that isn’t piss easy
  7. Voredon
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    it's a dark souls in an open field with a huge lighted tree in the middle.Graphics are medicore and cutscenes are just drawing cards and there is no voice acting. It wants to combine breath of the wild with dark souls and people should demand evolution to all games even if they are fans of a specific game style.
  8. 4life-
    Feb 28, 2022
    7
    Good game - IF YOUR A SOULS FAN
    Great graphics
    Feels very open and free world Nice horse mechanics The game is overrated. It just is. For Souls fans tho. I get it,it get it. Its a huge improvement and the game have alot of qualities. But overrated ?? HELL YES! And of course "Git gudd" is the only argument that fans will throw at you for not liking it. It just is not a game for    Good game - IF YOUR A SOULS FAN
    Great graphics
    Feels very open and free world
    Nice horse mechanics

    The game is overrated. It just is. For Souls fans tho. I get it,it get it. Its a huge improvement and the game have alot of qualities. But overrated ?? HELL YES! And of course "Git gudd" is the only argument that fans will throw at you for not liking it. It just is not a game for everyone OK? And lets face it,there is basicly NO story. It is Breath of the wild with a more mature setting and alot higher difficulty. For many this sounds AMAZING. For me - Not so much. I feel games like Red Dead Redemption 2 or The Last of us 2 are better games than this.    … Expand
  9. zyphir77
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    I have about 20 hours in this game so far and I'm nowhere near finished with it but I wanted to go ahead and post a review now because I don't expect my opinion to change much from here on out.
    A lot of people are complaining about performance but I have been able to smooth my game out and get a consistent 60 fps with very minimal issues just from adjusting all my GPU settings and running    I have about 20 hours in this game so far and I'm nowhere near finished with it but I wanted to go ahead and post a review now because I don't expect my opinion to change much from here on out.
    A lot of people are complaining about performance but I have been able to smooth my game out and get a consistent 60 fps with very minimal issues just from adjusting all my GPU settings and running in borderless windowed mode. Is it disappointing that From Software doesn't push the boundries with graphics or even attempt to optimize their games to run at 100+ fps? Yes, but do I care .... nope not when they keep putting out quality products.

    Graphics - feels a little dated but overall still solid - 8/10
    Controls - as a soulsbourne fan its got that old familiar feel, nothing wonky, works well - 9/10
    Gameplay - its been very challenging and I like the additions of the mount and plenty of checkpoints so you can teleport around with ease. the game has been super enjoyable for me. having a full world to explore within a soulborne game is epic - 10/10
    Story - thus far it holds similar to most other From Software games where you need to talk to a lot of npc's and read item descriptions and whatnot to get a good grasp on whats going on, but I find it very interesting so far - 10/10

    The game is a lot more polished at release than most titles are these days, even with the few issues with performance here and there. They will patch the issues as we move forward and the game will only get better. A large chunk of the bad reviews are going to be people who experienced performance issues or people who didn't realize what they were getting into. I would NOT recommend this for anyone who couldn't hang in a previous soulsbourne game as its much of the same. For the rest of you, good luck Tarnished.    … Expand
  10. Gotze546
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Masterpiece! This is easily the best game I have played. Everything is perfect
  11. Suleimanayub
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    its really strange not a single critic mentioned how buggy this game is & they gave this game perfect 10 fake high scores fooling fans around the world. i think the people who reviewed this game were actually blind or they reviewed different version of this game with zero bugs & problems Dont buy this game right now, save your money . wait a month or two until the annoying bugs areits really strange not a single critic mentioned how buggy this game is & they gave this game perfect 10 fake high scores fooling fans around the world. i think the people who reviewed this game were actually blind or they reviewed different version of this game with zero bugs & problems Dont buy this game right now, save your money . wait a month or two until the annoying bugs are patched. truly disappointed with fromsoftware this time.… Expand
  12. sirodeen
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    Estou bem acima das recomendações da From e mesmo assim, problemas atrás problemas. EM 2022 não vou deixar isso passar, principalmente porque estava ansioso por isso.
  13. GreenOnions
    Feb 28, 2022
    9
    lmao at the maidenless scrubs. Yeah the game has 60 fps lock and framerate stutter but it's not enough to ruin the experience. Game is awesome.
  14. qwerty17771
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    'When you've finished your 4th Black Forest gateau - here, have another, and try not to puke'

    Putting 5-10 hours into this game gave me both a skinking sense of deja-vu and the feeling of forcing myself to eat fistfuls of overly sweet cake. If, like me, you have played this series since Demon's Souls, you will realise Elden Ring is Dark Souls 4. Or Demon's Souls 2 - It doesn't really    'When you've finished your 4th Black Forest gateau - here, have another, and try not to puke'

    Putting 5-10 hours into this game gave me both a skinking sense of deja-vu and the feeling of forcing myself to eat fistfuls of overly sweet cake.

    If, like me, you have played this series since Demon's Souls, you will realise Elden Ring is Dark Souls 4. Or Demon's Souls 2 - It doesn't really matter at this point.

    Other than the *slightly* more open world structure (the 'Souls series was always somewhat open in structure) and Torrent the goathorse, everything is exactly the same as all the previous games, including elements from Bloodborne and Sekiro.

    Same player classes and animations?
    Same enemy design, including enemy types/classes?
    Same pseudo-mediaeval world, with lonely atmosphere?
    Same dead-eyed, hollow-voiced NPCs?
    Same controls and combat system?
    Same telling of the opaque story and world lore through item descriptions?
    Same, boring, grindy progression system?
    Same die-and-die-again repetitive gameplay?
    Enroaching feeling that you are wasting your life playing updates to the same game released well over a decade ago?

    'Yes' to all of the above.

    Mashing together your previous 4 games and adding a horse is in no way innovative or good, by any metric. This is one of the laziest 'masterpieces' I have ever seen.

    It used to be fun, but its just the same bland thing over and over again.

    Utterly sickening - i hope you like cake. And then more cake. After a palate cleanser of cake. All washed down with a warm glass of cake, chewed up and regurgitated into a pint glass by Hidetaka Miyazaki.    … Expand
  15. she1tan
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    Дебилы пиздоглазые, ничего не могут нормально сделать
  16. brockc
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Even with some slight stutters. 10/10
    I have beaten all the other fromsoft games and this is the perfect blend of them
  17. Shedfreak
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    This is probably the best Action RPG I ever played so far, it's challenging, always surprising, artistically stunning, I can't really find any gameplay flaws, it's just a joy to play for hours and hours.

    Tech wise it has stuttering problems right now at release, but luckily for me I had almost none, it runs at solid 1440p 60fps at Ultra quality with an RTX 3070ti and Ryzen 5 5600x, for    This is probably the best Action RPG I ever played so far, it's challenging, always surprising, artistically stunning, I can't really find any gameplay flaws, it's just a joy to play for hours and hours.

    Tech wise it has stuttering problems right now at release, but luckily for me I had almost none, it runs at solid 1440p 60fps at Ultra quality with an RTX 3070ti and Ryzen 5 5600x, for the ones who struggle with the game performance don't worry because the developer already confirmed that fixes are coming soon.    … Expand
  18. Fear60
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Elden ring is a masterpiece, this game is absolutely amazing. anyone leaving a negative review on here is just butthurt that they suck too much at fromsoft games to be able to enjoy it. Currently have 30 hours into the game and have experienced zero lag or stutter issues. People can't complain about the difficulty of the game so they make up a lame excuse to review bomb. This game is legendary.
  19. MeltedBR
    Feb 28, 2022
    5
    60 fps lock
    no ultra-wide support
    clunky PC menu and keyboard layout Can't keep a perfectly stable 60 fps even on low settings 800x600 (thats when you know its gone too far) Graphics are the same as any other souls game (that just adds to the fact that this game should run on any potato with stable 60 fps and 100/200+ fps on modern machines) i'm glad the community isn't letting pure    60 fps lock
    no ultra-wide support
    clunky PC menu and keyboard layout
    Can't keep a perfectly stable 60 fps even on low settings 800x600 (thats when you know its gone too far)
    Graphics are the same as any other souls game (that just adds to the fact that this game should run on any potato with stable 60 fps and 100/200+ fps on modern machines)

    i'm glad the community isn't letting pure lazyness on PC ports get through like Critics do, this is a fast reaction time based game, smoothness is fundamental for a nice experience, if console players can't see the frame drops because they already playing on 25 fps with insane amout of motion blur that's not my problem. Souls game are the type of games to have "performance mode" run at 120hz and on PC have settings like Nvidia Reflex (like GOW did).

    Is it possible to play the game on PC and enjoy it? Yes, after 1.02.1 I'm playing the game normally but I can't make my mind around the fact that we could be getting a much more enjoyable experience, imagine paying 2K$ for a GPU just to get a game with mid-tier graphics lock you at 60 fps and still have drops lol    … Expand
  20. cptsss
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    The actual game content does not match the advertised content!!
    Locks 60 frames, does not support 21:9, the picture performance is not as good as it should be in 2022 , my God, this is a game that requires high-precision operation, but its input lag is also very serious, the usual game is The keydown triggers the action, and you can rely on your reflexes to operate, but in this game it's    The actual game content does not match the advertised content!!
    Locks 60 frames, does not support 21:9, the picture performance is not as good as it should be in 2022 , my God, this is a game that requires high-precision operation, but its input lag is also very serious, the usual game is The keydown triggers the action, and you can rely on your reflexes to operate, but in this game it's the keyup that triggers the action, which is pretty bad.    … Expand
  21. JOHNN07
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. VERY Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood,
    Game of the Year 10/10.    … Expand
  22. DoubleHelix113
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Don't know what everyone else is complaining about. Game runs fine on my rig. Only performance issues I run into are stuttering here and there and connectivity issues, which will undoubtedly be fixed from From relatively soon. These issues in no way hinder my ability to play and enjoy the game. It's by far the easiest souls-like game in the series. Not that's that's a bad thing, it's justDon't know what everyone else is complaining about. Game runs fine on my rig. Only performance issues I run into are stuttering here and there and connectivity issues, which will undoubtedly be fixed from From relatively soon. These issues in no way hinder my ability to play and enjoy the game. It's by far the easiest souls-like game in the series. Not that's that's a bad thing, it's just people who say the game is too difficult or the game does have x, y, or z are totally new to games of this nature and bought this game expecting something else. It's the most refined souls game in terms of mechanics. Great game. Highly recommend. So much fun with friends.… Expand
  23. ONEEX
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    Не нормальное портирование.
    Непроработанное управление.
    Непроработанное меню для ПК. Запуская игру, я вижу, что это игра не для ПК а для консолей! Слабая оптимизация. Даже после нескольких патчей люди жалуются на невозможность запустить игру и играть. Белый экран после запуска и выбрасывает на рабочий стол. У меня та же проблема. Я до сих пор не мгу играть в это! Ещё возмущает    Не нормальное портирование.
    Непроработанное управление.
    Непроработанное меню для ПК. Запуская игру, я вижу, что это игра не для ПК а для консолей!
    Слабая оптимизация.
    Даже после нескольких патчей люди жалуются на невозможность запустить игру и играть. Белый экран после запуска и выбрасывает на рабочий стол. У меня та же проблема.
    Я до сих пор не мгу играть в это!
    Ещё возмущает слабоумие рицензентов - такие высокие оценки неоправданы и скорее всего продажны. Они не честные и звышенные.
    21 век - век халтуры и обмана во многих сферах и эта сфера не исключение.    … Expand
  24. Natenate
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    I can't speak for the gameplay mechanics as I refunded it on Steam after the first 45 minutes of the game. From a technical standpoint, this is a terrible port. Performance issues galore for a game which looks ok at best, no ultrawide support (come on guys, why must I mod my game to get this enabled?!), but worst of all the control scheme... I found this completely unplayable.
  25. ShinyDuckFish
    Feb 28, 2022
    3
    Elden ring is probably the biggest let down in a while with gaming, and it’s once again because critics hype up a bad game. The “open world” is really just closed areas with individual sections for everything that actually happens. It doesn’t feel open world when playing the game. The stuttering is extremely bad and the people who say it is running fine are lying, as I have had multipleElden ring is probably the biggest let down in a while with gaming, and it’s once again because critics hype up a bad game. The “open world” is really just closed areas with individual sections for everything that actually happens. It doesn’t feel open world when playing the game. The stuttering is extremely bad and the people who say it is running fine are lying, as I have had multiple friends say it’s fine and then their game will start to freeze. Don’t buy it for the open world, and don’t buy it unless you are a hardcore souls fan.… Expand
  26. tusk23
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Solid game, beautiful open world and amazing level design for dungeons and castles, no performance issues for me so far
  27. killmongrel
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After playing this game for 40+ hours, and becoming the Elden lord, I can honestly call this the best souls game ever made. The amount of bosses and places to look around is on another level. The difficulty of the game is pristine and could not be better. The amount of joy and adrenaline you get for killing a boss is enormous. The lore is good if u have the brains to understand it, and i love how they don't force feed it to you like some brainless child. I cant wait to waste at least another 40+ hours just finding things and kill the rest of the bosses. 10/10 nothing can compare.

    Btw, just because you are garbage at video games doesn't mean you have to give the game a 0.

    Get good, or die trying.    … Expand
  28. Kolple
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    O jogo é muito bonito, a história etc. Mas eu tenho que negativar, pelo simples fato de que os jogos hoje em dia estão entrando em uma direção um pouco estranha. Parece que a maioria dos jogos lançados atualmente estão quebrados, mal otimizados. Isso me faz refletir: será que estão fazendo isso para vender hardware (cartel?) ou ninguém liga para otimização dos jogos? Elden Ring temO jogo é muito bonito, a história etc. Mas eu tenho que negativar, pelo simples fato de que os jogos hoje em dia estão entrando em uma direção um pouco estranha. Parece que a maioria dos jogos lançados atualmente estão quebrados, mal otimizados. Isso me faz refletir: será que estão fazendo isso para vender hardware (cartel?) ou ninguém liga para otimização dos jogos? Elden Ring tem gráficos ultrapassados (com exceção dos efeitos, eu achei muito bonito) e o jogo exige um hardware muito acima do esperado! Estou negativando também pela falta de suporte em monitores Ultrawide, em pleno 2022 o jogo não tem suporte.… Expand
  29. Mclovins6xnine
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    Can barely get the game running. Much stuttering. Looks great and gameplay seems nice and probably would be a great game.
    But all of that doesn't matter if i can barely play the game!
  30. TwinSquid
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    You guys are really crybabies . Not gonna lie i have problems from this frame drop but it's not that problematic. I have a low budget PC and still can play really well. The game is amazing. The story is complex and the game is challenging.
    If you rated this masterpiece 1 or 0 you are a totally TROLL .
    Souls games are my favorites and I am really a judging person and i can't see    You guys are really crybabies . Not gonna lie i have problems from this frame drop but it's not that problematic. I have a low budget PC and still can play really well. The game is amazing. The story is complex and the game is challenging.
    If you rated this masterpiece 1 or 0 you are a totally TROLL .
    Souls games are my favorites and I am really a judging person and i can't see something bad in this game. The only problem this game has is you guys that can't get over a small problem and can't wait a little for a patch . This is not Cyberpunk. The game is playable and doesn't have major bugs so maybe GIT GUD!    … Expand
  31. OliRock92
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    A big map doesn't make a better game. Uninteresting, bland and boring. Doesn't deserve any of it's perfect scores. Heck, doesn't deserve more than a 6 if you stretch it a lot. The controls are just as bad as the "story" and visuals. The character feels heavy and moves so slow. Feels clunky. Sound was also uninteresting. Nothing sticks to mind. So, a very below average game that wasA big map doesn't make a better game. Uninteresting, bland and boring. Doesn't deserve any of it's perfect scores. Heck, doesn't deserve more than a 6 if you stretch it a lot. The controls are just as bad as the "story" and visuals. The character feels heavy and moves so slow. Feels clunky. Sound was also uninteresting. Nothing sticks to mind. So, a very below average game that was overhyped by possibly one of the most toxic fanbases there are. This kind of game needs to stop being produced.… Expand
  32. Sglider
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    The game has failures in too many aspects to make it playable, it seems a lie that pages dedicated to analyzing games can overlook these obvious problems if not because they directly charge from the publisher and give the notes without testing the game, hangs, outputs to the desktop, inability to maintain a stable frame rate, pulls for problems when loading areas in the background, controlThe game has failures in too many aspects to make it playable, it seems a lie that pages dedicated to analyzing games can overlook these obvious problems if not because they directly charge from the publisher and give the notes without testing the game, hangs, outputs to the desktop, inability to maintain a stable frame rate, pulls for problems when loading areas in the background, control and camera problems… Expand
  33. IxVALHALLAxI
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    Tried to kill the boss on horseback. Died 20 times. He was angry. Deleted the game. 1 point!
  34. Ragoom88
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Best souls game yet and so accessible, for someone who's very average at games this is still really fun. Also the art direction is top notch.
  35. NicGrrs
    Feb 28, 2022
    8
    This game is neither a magnum opus nor a pile of turd.
    tldr great game terminal case of consoleitus portus.
    I would give it a 9 if it weren't for the God awful, Horrific, Actual Crime that is the PC port. Playstation buttons instead of actual controls, i could only figure it out by trial and error since i already knew the DS control scheme. They decided to move the CRUCIAL keys to    This game is neither a magnum opus nor a pile of turd.
    tldr great game terminal case of consoleitus portus.

    I would give it a 9 if it weren't for the God awful, Horrific, Actual Crime that is the PC port. Playstation buttons instead of actual controls, i could only figure it out by trial and error since i already knew the DS control scheme. They decided to move the CRUCIAL keys to weird combinations (cough 2 handing) then release the worst PC port i have ever seen
    I fortunately did not encounter any issues playing on a GPU that's BELOW the requirements, which confused me more than anything.

    Mechanically the game is DS III™ but more, neither copying or transcending it's predecessor much. The major change is the open world which makes it far easier to level up for a boss if he is legitimately too difficult, something that DS™ never dealt with well.
    I would say, whoever, the people who complain and give it a 0 because they think they have to grind for 20 hours can go Git Gud™, since this is a Souls™ game, and struggle against superior foes is a part of it to attain a sense of achievement. You do not need to 1 shot a boss to kill him.
    I do admit the game has it's flaws, like the movement/camera feeling dated by now, and torrent being a motorized pile of turds, but they do not overshadow the Souls™ experience here.

    The plot in Souls™ games never really was more than a vague purpose with a lot of disconnected lore, and while the whole "GRRM Made this" was a marketing stunt, the world isn't lacking in detail. It's there for you to draw your own conclusions, like any souls game, but without esoteric item descriptions that don't match their items. It's perfectly serviceable

    Graphically it's also serviceable since the focus is on gameplay, though i had to admit it looks dated and even DARK SOULS II™ gives it competition. The style however, saves it, looking distinctly more alive and hopeful than the other Souls™ games, which were decay at it's best.

    I would say ELDEN RING™ made by FromSoftware™ is a Great™ Experience™ if you are already deep into DARK SOULS™. For newcomes, the open world makes it easier to do other things than in DARK SOULS™ where you will face brick wall bosses where you pretend you're a crash test dummy.    … Expand
  36. Skull_CL
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Pura magia, el mejor souls hasta el momento. Los que se quejan no saben jugar :D
  37. 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
  38. N4pfkuchen
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    I would give this game a solid 10 if the PC port weren't this bad.
    No ultrawide support and 60 fps lock is just not acceptable anymore.
    It's even more enraging, because the game actually renders perfectly in uw resolutions, but they artificially block the already rendered 21:9 view with an overlay of black bars that forces a 16:9 look. Behind those bars the GPU ist still rendering in    I would give this game a solid 10 if the PC port weren't this bad.
    No ultrawide support and 60 fps lock is just not acceptable anymore.

    It's even more enraging, because the game actually renders perfectly in uw resolutions, but they artificially block the already rendered 21:9 view with an overlay of black bars that forces a 16:9 look.
    Behind those bars the GPU ist still rendering in uw.
    It's just unbelievable that they downgrade their own game on purpose.

    After playing Dark Souls Remastered, that was developed by a third party studio (QLOC) and had native ultrawide support, I can't belive that FS did again such a horrible job with the PC version.
    Game itself is a masterpiece and I will edit this rating to a 10 if they patch out this overlay to let people play in common uw resolutions.    … Expand
  39. Roerdomp
    Feb 28, 2022
    9
    Games have never been as adventurous as this one. The breadth and depth of Elden Ring's world in incomparable with anything else. Plus the gameplay, while challenging, is a blast.
    FYI, I thought Dark Souls was a tedious chore. Elden Ring, whilst on the surface not that different, somehow is the opposite.
    By the way, I have a decent but not great laptop and the game runs super-smoothly    Games have never been as adventurous as this one. The breadth and depth of Elden Ring's world in incomparable with anything else. Plus the gameplay, while challenging, is a blast.
    FYI, I thought Dark Souls was a tedious chore. Elden Ring, whilst on the surface not that different, somehow is the opposite.

    By the way, I have a decent but not great laptop and the game runs super-smoothly on high graphics-settings. No complaints at all actually. I'm lucky I guess, it's a shame lots of pc-players do encounter perfomance issues.

    Personally this is a masterpiece, a 10. The widespread issues make it a 9.    … Expand
  40. RealSluggeR
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    The hype was pretty much justified. Yes, it has its problems right now on PC, which i hadn't noticed that obviously, so for me this factor had 0 influence. It's a beatiful, handcrafted open world in all traditions of Soulsborne series, towards which i am totally BIAS'd and will enjoy every second playing it for years on.
  41. XPOFT
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    Неоптимизированное хуано. ФПС проседает вместе с нагрузкой на видяху. Чинит, резче
  42. Trash_Raccoon
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Hey, I'm writing this review because I have played the CNT, so I know it's a great game, at the moment I have 20 hours in the game and it's just fantastic. I don't know how people are having problems I myself have an old PC I don't meet the minimum requirements at all (GTX 970 GPU, and 4th generation Intel I5 CPU) but I am still able to play on high graphics settings and just have longHey, I'm writing this review because I have played the CNT, so I know it's a great game, at the moment I have 20 hours in the game and it's just fantastic. I don't know how people are having problems I myself have an old PC I don't meet the minimum requirements at all (GTX 970 GPU, and 4th generation Intel I5 CPU) but I am still able to play on high graphics settings and just have long loading times but that probably because of my PC. What I did to change is this:

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

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

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

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

    I hope this works for most of you (it may be different for people who have AMD).    … Expand
  43. Boris-Barbaris
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    Кривая пародия на свои предыдущие игры. Мизер новых идей и куча откровенной халтуры
  44. ancako
    Feb 28, 2022
    3
    For the gameplay 9/10
    but for performance on PC
    i play on RTX 2060 i think is enough for play this game but many stuttering on the scene and when i fight
  45. Hmoodi
    Feb 28, 2022
    7
    -No arabic language -Bad performance -Drop frames -Crashes -60 frame cap -Bad graphics +great gameplay +Good story +Graet open world
  46. Zantharrin89
    Feb 28, 2022
    9
    Now over 40 hours into the PC release and this game is a BANGER,
    This is the perfect Skyrim meets Dark Souls. You get that open world and exploration of Skyrim but you get the methodical and meaty gameplay the souls series is known for.
    In Elden Ring FromSoft definitely cranked the difficulty meter up to an 11, some bosses taking 20+ attempts but I always feel like each death is a    Now over 40 hours into the PC release and this game is a BANGER,
    This is the perfect Skyrim meets Dark Souls. You get that open world and exploration of Skyrim but you get the methodical and meaty gameplay the souls series is known for.
    In Elden Ring FromSoft definitely cranked the difficulty meter up to an 11, some bosses taking 20+ attempts but I always feel like each death is a learning experience, luckily FromSoft was nice enough to give us very close spawn points to many of the bosses. Some of the smaller optional dungeons are interesting, the early one not posing much of a challenge but the later ones have some very cool unique bosses. Speaking of bosses, I love the design for so many of the new bosses, the combination of delayed and quick attacks really keeps you on your toes.
    Now, the game isn't perfect. The most notable issue if the frame drops reported by many on PC and I've had some connection issues when in other players worlds. But these are very MINOR problems that will probably be patched with the net week or two, so I wouldn't let it deter you from buying the game (or rate it a 0/10 like a lot of people).
    Overall, Elden Ring is a great game. There is so much to explore and so many unique bosses you can encounter in the game that will provide you with plenty of challenge on your way to becoming the Elden Lord.

    "But it's just Darks Souls with horse and jump button!"
    I fail to see the problem here.    … Expand
  47. Espher
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Absolute Peak of From Software games. The sheer amount of content available for the player to explore is absurd.
  48. RedFlaame
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Como um grande fã da saga soulsborne, esse jogo conseguiu trazer elementos de todos os outros e de um jeito muito foda, jogão
  49. saito200a
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    My mind is blown at the negative reviews. To me the game works just great on PC, and I'm playing in a laptop.

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

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

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

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

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

    Buy this now and play the hell out of it    … Expand
  50. LuckyWizard12
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    First thank you FS for this masterpiece.

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

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

    Awesome Graphics, stunning gameplay, incredible atmosphere and a perfect open world.
    No game since Skyrim is able to competete with Elden Ring.
    The world is full of storys and exploring never feels unneccessary like in RDR2. Almost everywhere is something to make you char stronger. There are so many mysteries to solve and of course epic bossfights with legendary loot. They said 80 hours to complete the game, but after 35 hours i'm still far away from an end. I love games where you need to work for your victorys. Enjoy the journey!    … Expand
  51. meteion
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    Was all hyped for this even tho not a huge fan of Soul gameplay due animation locks and overall not smooth at all. I was hyped because love the atmosphere, the setting and the audio of this game as I loved and still love Berserk.

    My vote is 0 though, it's 2022 and having a PC release of a triple A game with 60 fps and 16:9 cap with stuttering and easycheat engine is absolutely terror.    Was all hyped for this even tho not a huge fan of Soul gameplay due animation locks and overall not smooth at all. I was hyped because love the atmosphere, the setting and the audio of this game as I loved and still love Berserk.

    My vote is 0 though, it's 2022 and having a PC release of a triple A game with 60 fps and 16:9 cap with stuttering and easycheat engine is absolutely terror.
    FWS (flaweless widescreen) saved the game but it's insane we have to rely on modders to play this game the proper way.

    Learn from your mistakes, best wishes.    … Expand
  52. Haider93
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    This game is totally overrated. character animations are like wood. gaming media gave this game a high rating for money. I definitely do not recommend this game.
  53. averageweeb
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    RTX 3080
    Ryzen 5 5600x
    32gb Ram Its finally here and it's the worst pc port fromsoft has made to date, I really can't believe after all these years they can't get a decent port going for pc. The stutter was minor for my first few hours but after that once I came upon a group of enemies or a boss it would stutter every 5 seconds or so, some times it stutters alot but other times it    RTX 3080
    Ryzen 5 5600x
    32gb Ram
    Its finally here and it's the worst pc port fromsoft has made to date, I really can't believe after all these years they can't get a decent port going for pc.
    The stutter was minor for my first few hours but after that once I came upon a group of enemies or a boss it would stutter every 5 seconds or so, some times it stutters alot but other times it doesn't stutter for like an hour or so.
    Either way the gameplay is good and the map is great but no use having such good features if you can't even run your game.    … Expand
  54. MBlack
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Amazing game for amazing, amazing amazing amazing amazing awesome amazingly
  55. whyisitalways
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    When this game released, a lot of us have been met with a rocky launch due to performance issues. So my first hours of playtime were spent optimizing, trying out different settings both in-game and out. After a while, I decided to live with the frame drops and dive straight into it. Now, 27 hours into the game, I can say with confidence that this is one of the best games I've ever played.When this game released, a lot of us have been met with a rocky launch due to performance issues. So my first hours of playtime were spent optimizing, trying out different settings both in-game and out. After a while, I decided to live with the frame drops and dive straight into it. Now, 27 hours into the game, I can say with confidence that this is one of the best games I've ever played.
    The amount of exploration, variety, NPC questlines, boss fights, mobs and dungeons is astonishing. Legacy dungeons are some of the best Fromsoftware has to offer and will go down in history as some of the most memorable dungeons in gaming. There is a ton of choice in combat with many weapons and viable playstyles. Mounted combat, stealth and jumping attacks add extra layers of depth to the good old souls combat formula.

    All in all an enticing experience, wrapped in a beautifully crafted open world that feels much less like a checklist and offers a lot of freedom in organic gameplay approach. A 10/10 should be used on extremely rare occassions, but is without a doubt justified in this game.    … Expand
  56. Ibrra
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    I bought the game for arabic language, You have said there is arabic language then it’s a lie
  57. Halit
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its not 10/10. 10 years ago the game’s graphics might be good. But it’s 2022 and the graphics are terrible. And despite it’s terribleness you need a higher gpu for higher fps… Expand
  58. Wineneeder
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    It's fine. I'd like to see less open world and more dungeons. Give me a big sprawling dungeon, or an open world undead parish with multiple routes. Also some of the bosses are incredibly unfair/based off of new gimmicks (mainly riding) and leveling, rather than skill. YOU spend the eight hours beating Ulcerated Tree Spirit without leveling, potentially the second boss you can run into.It's fine. I'd like to see less open world and more dungeons. Give me a big sprawling dungeon, or an open world undead parish with multiple routes. Also some of the bosses are incredibly unfair/based off of new gimmicks (mainly riding) and leveling, rather than skill. YOU spend the eight hours beating Ulcerated Tree Spirit without leveling, potentially the second boss you can run into. The first fight is also like ten times harder than Vangard Demon in DsS. Also some of the open boss fights may put the enemy in unfair positions during attack animations, and make something potentially undodgeable (mainly the dragon so far, though sometimes the knight bosses)

    Anyway, my feelings are complicated. I'd almost say it is a misguided effort, some of the new features aren't very useful or fleshed/thought out, however the gameplay works much better than it has any right to, certainly better than what happened with BOTW.

    I'm giving it a 10 because the user reviews here are insane.    … Expand
  59. M4tthias
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    For soulsborne fans, especially dark souls 3 fans. This is great new expirience where you get to feel the empowered when the bosses moveset finally clicks and you kill the boss that you have been dying to for too long.

    For people that are new to the franchise, don’t give up.
  60. B3jn
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    One of the best games ever made and a prime example that, in today's spineless society, people will complain about anything.
  61. CooperD
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Lock frame rate at 35 in graphics card setting. Result: cinematic picture, no lags and smooth gameplay. I think that in the near future no game will reach this level. The gameplay and level design is top notch.
    Developers should be proud of themselves.
  62. LauMei
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    One of the best games of all time. Best open world in terms of freedom and exploration since Skyrim.
  63. RazielFair
    Feb 28, 2022
    5
    Game is a masterpiece, but it's a terrific port for PC, for frame rate but especially for not showing the key binds for keyboard and mouse, you have to figure out the controls just trying. From software has been very lazy.
  64. Aziz11
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best game ever
    Wholesome openworld experience
    Quality music
    And very intresting boss fights    … Expand
  65. Haeder
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Combat is best class.
    Enemy designs are outstanding.
    Artistic direction is top notch.
    This game is truly a Masterpiece!
    Some people experienced FPS drops but I didn’t experience any.
  66. Bl00ddrag0n
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Awesome experience, awesome world and awesome game. From soft finally perfected the souls formula and I don’t get why there are so many bad reviews, sure it is hard and the game doesn’t shoves the story in your face but this game is about the challenge and not about running through a game which does everything for you.
  67. mrcheldon
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    El juego en sí es muy bueno pero el port de PC es PÉSIMO. Si alguien piensa comprarlo prepárese para tener un stuttering insufrible, crasheos random todo el tiempo y un frame rate bloqueado a 60 fps. Es increible que haya salido en este estado. Venían con buena racha haciendo ports para PC jugables, pero por alguna razón decidieron volver a la época del primer Dark Souls en PC. Por siEl juego en sí es muy bueno pero el port de PC es PÉSIMO. Si alguien piensa comprarlo prepárese para tener un stuttering insufrible, crasheos random todo el tiempo y un frame rate bloqueado a 60 fps. Es increible que haya salido en este estado. Venían con buena racha haciendo ports para PC jugables, pero por alguna razón decidieron volver a la época del primer Dark Souls en PC. Por si quedaba alguna duda, no lo compren. Esperen a que lo arreglen.… Expand
  68. HenryGeneral
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Goty ......................................................................................................................................................................
  69. imTree
    Feb 28, 2022
    9
    Elden Ring is a culmination of the mechanics presented in the souls games, bloodborne, and sekiro, all wrapped up in a depressing high-fantasy open world.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    All in all, I cannot stop playing this game.    … Expand
  70. 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
  71. Jelsa
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oh my god………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Expand
  72. Risenhaha
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Это кошмарно скучная игра, не понятно за что такие высокие оценки от студий.… Expand
  73. TwentyEight
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    C'est un chef d'œuvre tout simplement. L'univers que FromSoftware à façonné est grandiose, immersif. L'exploration de la map est tellement addictif pour vous dire, j'ai passé environ 10 h à explorer l'entre de terre avant de m'attaquer au premier boss. En parlant de boss, ils sont charismatiques et bien fichus. L'architecture du château de voilorage est à en perdre la tête, il y a desC'est un chef d'œuvre tout simplement. L'univers que FromSoftware à façonné est grandiose, immersif. L'exploration de la map est tellement addictif pour vous dire, j'ai passé environ 10 h à explorer l'entre de terre avant de m'attaquer au premier boss. En parlant de boss, ils sont charismatiques et bien fichus. L'architecture du château de voilorage est à en perdre la tête, il y a des recoins partout.

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

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

    Pour tous les fans de challenge et d'exploration, Foncez !    … Expand
  74. almosttactful
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    The year is 2022.

    - 20FPS dips on a 12900K, 64GB DDR5 RAM, PCIE 4.0 M.2 and an RTX 3090
    - No ultrawide support
    - 60FPS cap
    - Defended to the death by souls fans and I'm not even complaining about the difficulty...

    No excuse to not support those things when I can fire up indie games from 10 years ago and they do.
  75. PietroGarciano
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Probably one of the best game ever. Never mind the haters; they are probably noobs that do not have the skill to handle this game.
  76. Ragdolll
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    Amazing game, only had minor stutters and not very often.
    The world is beautiful and the enemies are amazing and a good variety
  77. Takasugi0810
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Git gud.
    Good graphics
    Good weapons
    Good story
    Good characters
    Monke aprove
  78. LordYord
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    The game os simply overwhelming, FromSoftware is again elevating the concept
  79. cofm21
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    After getting so angry reading the dumb 0 and 1 star reviews, I made an account to share an honest opinion about the game. Here are my responses to the common complaints.

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

    PC Performance.

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

    No ultra wide support.

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

    Empty world / boring / no story.

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

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

    Absolutely 10/10. In a day where over saturated (DL2, Horizon FW) open world games are still being made, Elden Ring is a breath of fresh air that allows you to discover the world and have fun, just like the Legend of Zelda series has.    … Expand
  80. necloux
    Feb 27, 2022
    8
    A positive evolving of Dark Souls franchis, but still not suitable for everyone.
    I'll give a 10 out of 10, only if FromSoftware were able to fix the input lag and framerate issues.
  81. Titan
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Best souls game to date, this is a combine of all previous games with New mechanics that make the formula better
  82. zed1999sd
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Really great so far. I don't really have any technical issue but i can't sleep playing this game, masterpiece indeed, theres always something new to discover, and boss fight? get me going all day.
  83. Adamh7
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    ANYONE WHO RATED THIS GAME A 0 EITHER HAS A GARBAGE PC, OR THEYRE TRASH AT CHALLENGING GAMES. This game is legit Breath of the Wild exploration with the best combat in any game ever. 1000/10 game. Perfect.
  84. doomcreeper
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    no Russian or Ukrainian voice acting, no support for ultra-wide resolution 5120x1440 to 32:9 format
  85. BurntWaffles
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    The game is super satisfying with it's two sided game-play loop of exploring a beautiful world and then finding and fighting cool monsters. It's so easy to just explore to your hearts content. Ignoring the main story path and without beating Godrick or exploring Stormveil Castle I managed to explore all the way from Dragon Barrow to Mt. Gelmir on the other side of the map.
  86. owoKittenMitten
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    I understand people complaining about the difficulty curve. I was actually hesitant about purchasing Elden Ring because of the same thing. Last souls game I truly enjoyed was demon souls, since then I lost patience to really learn the mechanics. That said I found Elden Ring significantly easier, just dodge a lot and you're good. I am 70 hours in and still havent bothered with parrying,I understand people complaining about the difficulty curve. I was actually hesitant about purchasing Elden Ring because of the same thing. Last souls game I truly enjoyed was demon souls, since then I lost patience to really learn the mechanics. That said I found Elden Ring significantly easier, just dodge a lot and you're good. I am 70 hours in and still havent bothered with parrying, just dodge. I would actually compare this to Breath of the Wild, also a higher difficulty curve, but the fun of the game is the exploration and just going wherever you want, there is a sort of structure to follow, but like BotW you actually should do a lot of other things before hitting the main points. And because I chose to just explore, I didnt have to grind any mobs or cheese my way to level up, I just naturally was the level I should be.
    On to story. The story is actually quite good, I wouldnt say A Song of Ice and Fire storytelling good, but it kept me interested. The way story telling is done is what I enjoyed. In a normal rpg I may skip past the dialogue of a random npc to save time. In Elden Ring, every random npc is the story progression. So you will get bits and pieces as you play, and without an intended order of receiving those pieces. I never felt lost or confused, and every new person, faction, and secret region I discovered taught me so much more about the world and its inhabitants in a meaningful way.
    In conclusion, Elden Ring isnt a typical rpg, if you want the next Elder Scrolls this isnt it. However if you want a dark grimy world that has a surprising amount of beauty and are willing to put in some time to struggle in some areas but persevere then Elden Ring may be a good fit for you. Watch a youtube video or 2 before purchasing anything.    … Expand
  87. tyco_08
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Full of bugs, gameplay is meh. even cyberpunk was better and worked better.
  88. 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.
  89. daej
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    CHOO CHOO, HYPE TRAIN HAS LEFT THE STATION. All the controls are shown as console buttons, makes it extremely confusing on PC. It was also heavily advertised as a co-op game but it took an hour to figure out how to gather the supplies needed for co-op. After joining with a friend, he kept dying which disconnects him from the co-op server. This means you're also forced to reset and die andCHOO CHOO, HYPE TRAIN HAS LEFT THE STATION. All the controls are shown as console buttons, makes it extremely confusing on PC. It was also heavily advertised as a co-op game but it took an hour to figure out how to gather the supplies needed for co-op. After joining with a friend, he kept dying which disconnects him from the co-op server. This means you're also forced to reset and die and have to find each other again. On top of that, the whole time my friend was just lagging and flying everywhere. Basically co-op is impossible in this game and there's no way I'm playing this pos by myself. Save your money and play something else.… Expand
  90. LostError
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    It's like if Cat Mario was the only Mario game, sure some people have the time to die over and over again, but that's just not how the modern gaming works, give us normal mario.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Just admit that you want to play more dark souls, don't pretend it's a good game worthy of new players picking it up.    … Expand
  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. AboArab
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The official account told us that there is an Arabic language, but after the release we were surprised by the opposite… Expand
  93. Strumbore
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    I bought this on PC with a GeForce RTX 3070 gpu and i9 cpu. Your mileage may vary, but I have ahd very few technical problems with the game (1 crash in 16 hours of playtime, had trouble summoning other players in a large non-legacy dungeon last night). Overall, I am stunned by how richly detailed From Software made a world this big. It is ana bsolute joy to play. I have avoided spoilersI bought this on PC with a GeForce RTX 3070 gpu and i9 cpu. Your mileage may vary, but I have ahd very few technical problems with the game (1 crash in 16 hours of playtime, had trouble summoning other players in a large non-legacy dungeon last night). Overall, I am stunned by how richly detailed From Software made a world this big. It is ana bsolute joy to play. I have avoided spoilers up to this point and suggest you do as well.… Expand
  94. Nferoro
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    The game is a masterpiece, the optimization is its downfall which will hopefully be fixed.
  95. CzarSquid
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    This is the ultimate game of all time. This is not an exaggeration it's undisputed fact.
  96. mitchelltford
    Feb 27, 2022
    8
    This game is absolutely fantastic in every way but one: the PC performance is quite bad. I can live with a 60fps cap, but the frequent stutters really sour the experience. I've been able to really enjoy the game despite the severe optimization issues, but I'm really disappointed in From Software for releasing the game like this
  97. Jeabus
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    The game is great if you're not severely effected by a variety of problems. Nobody is affected by all of the problems, but everyone typically has at least something that affects them.

    Most common is that the game dumps and loads areas as fast as possible which tanks performance briefly. You can probably find the invisible triggers for the loading of areas with trial and error.    The game is great if you're not severely effected by a variety of problems. Nobody is affected by all of the problems, but everyone typically has at least something that affects them.

    Most common is that the game dumps and loads areas as fast as possible which tanks performance briefly. You can probably find the invisible triggers for the loading of areas with trial and error.

    Another common one is that the game might run fine on high-end hardware for some people, but then run terribly for others because of something going on with the computer's priority settings.

    Though I suppose it goes without saying that "Vocal Minority" of course exists with common complaints about Ultrawide support... when Ultrawide is a minority within a minority. Regardless there's a mod that fixes it apparently, which begs the question as to why it's just not default in the game? But the anticheat doesn't like the mod I guess so no multiplayer.    … Expand
  98. AWESOMEFLIPPER
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    Almost perfect game, leveling system feels weird compared to other souls games but amazing game overall. Beautiful world, fun enemies, and amazing bosses
  99. Alero
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    The combination of sloulsborne & Sekiro gameplay is such a experience that's feels something like playing Dark Souls for the first time. Making it an open world also is such a experience in this game. It's ain't RDR2 levels of open world, but it's fitting for this game. The only thing I have a problem with is the enemies kinda loose sight of you really quickly even though I'm in their lineThe combination of sloulsborne & Sekiro gameplay is such a experience that's feels something like playing Dark Souls for the first time. Making it an open world also is such a experience in this game. It's ain't RDR2 levels of open world, but it's fitting for this game. The only thing I have a problem with is the enemies kinda loose sight of you really quickly even though I'm in their line of sight. Some mini bosses have a couple of exploits, but it's not new in these types of games.… Expand
  100. Kaptann
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I go with the logical… if Horizon Forbidden West isn’t a 10, there is no way this game should be a perfect one….!
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 60
  3. Negative: 0 out of 60
  1. Cubed3
    Aug 29, 2022
    70
    Elden Ring is an experience that will not be forgotten in a hurry. It's a tremendous, hulking, massive achievement but because it is tremendous, hulking and massive, it is one that comes with many caveats. The shelves in CeX and conversations with people who stopped playing at Stormveil castle can certainly attest to some of those caveats. Much like any FromSoftware title, it's not going to be for everybody, but paradoxically it is one of their hardest and one of their most accessible to date. It offers huge value in one package, and perhaps is a little too much value, only becoming clearer when nearing the endgame. Don't be mistaken by the criticism, though. This is a phenomenal achievement with a moment-to-moment that is incredibly engaging and immersive. No doubt it will be deserving of the end-of-year accolades it will inevitably receive. One pushes through Elden Ring as one pushes through life, with all the highs and the lows that it brings.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Apr 28, 2022
    82
    Elden Ring is massive, sometimes to its detriment. A thorough walkthrough might take up more than 100 hours to complete, and at some point it becomes clear that From Software did not have enough manpower to produce that much unique content. Still, it remains incredibly addictive even after those 100 hours pass…
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  3. RPGamer
    Apr 14, 2022
    90
    It’s hard to review Elden Ring without being comparative; that’s because Elden Ring is an evolutionary step, not a revolutionary one, and one can’t help but see how it’s built on what came before. Here is a massive undertaking of a game, not for the sake of chasing trends but as the natural progression of the style the company has been fostering for over a decade. It’s amazing how smoothly the transition to open world was and how much of the Souls identity is still present. In the short time since its release, it has already left a cultural mark, no doubt a result of the game’s increased approachability. Even after sifting past all the hype and grandiosity, there’s still an excellent game left and Elden Ring is a clear showcase of FromSoftware’s outstanding expertise in the field. Elden Ring really is just that good.
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