Elden Ring

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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5812 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 3,862 out of 5812
  2. Mixed: 414 out of 5812
  3. Negative: 1,536 out of 5812

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  1. doomcreeper
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    no Russian or Ukrainian voice acting, no support for ultra-wide resolution 5120x1440 to 32:9 format
  2. stanmovic
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    How to recommend a game when FromSoftware is released on PC with so much carelessness. Absurd and constant FPS drops, which almost make your progress in the game unfeasible. The game doesn't even support ULTRAWIDE, which is standard for PC releases these days. FSR and DLSS support so, no way. I'm sorry FS, as much as I love you guys, I can't accept such neglect.
  3. Mrshrooms
    Mar 23, 2022
    1
    This game is a sign of just how poor the gaming industry has got lately that games like this are deemed to be ground breaking and best game ever made blah blah blah. My gripes with the game:
    - the game is unbalanced tf. One minute you one shot main bosses then next minute you are getting one shot by a rat. - the crafting system is pretty much pointless
    - the game has a very poor story -    This game is a sign of just how poor the gaming industry has got lately that games like this are deemed to be ground breaking and best game ever made blah blah blah. My gripes with the game:
    - the game is unbalanced tf. One minute you one shot main bosses then next minute you are getting one shot by a rat. - the crafting system is pretty much pointless
    - the game has a very poor story
    - The graphics are dated
    - the voice acting and audio is laughable - game has major glitches. Was worried it would brick my 3090
    - the stuttering is a mess
    - the armour is just for cosmetics pretty much
    - the bosses are reskinned constantly
    - the side quests are a dreadful guessing game mess
    - the puzzles hardly make sense.
    - the dungeons are repetitive
    - some of the secrets are so poorly designed you basically need to spend the game hitting every wall with a stick
    - you spend ages working through areas to get loot you can't use
    - the classes don't actually mean anything
    - the leveling system is boring
    - the game tries to be edgy by not explaining anything which means you can miss integral parts
    - the combat is a clunky mess. The game isn't mechanically hard...it is just badly designed
    - the game endlessly jump scares you with unavoidable enemies attacking around corners...this isn't fun gameplay
    - online multiplayer is terrible
    - most of the spells are useless
    - the lack of variety of weapons per class. Basically have one staff all game
    - the platforming and jumps are painful
    - fall damage is a nuisance
    - the UX menu is terrible. Very hard to locate items with ease. - putting dash on the same button as dodge is beyond stupid and being unable to remap it is even worse
    - the cutscenes are terrible and lag like crazy. Also the loading times are a blast from the past


    I could honestly go on and on. This game is thoroughly unenjoyable to complete. The longer it went on the the more of a chore it became to complete. The only reason I gave it a 1 is the map is big and the art syle is niche. Apart from that... don't buy this    … Expand
  4. Yueh_
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    Bad performances. It seems there is no optimisation. It needs a major update to solve this.
  5. yasino21
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Almost non-existant optimisation . Much better looking games run much faster than Elden Ring on my PC.

    Other than that , great game . FormSoftware basically built upon every game they previously made and also made it open world . I'll change my review to positive when they patch the game . properly.
  6. Electron2954
    Mar 5, 2022
    1
    Average at best. The game reuses assets and mobs from all of the souls game and copy pastes them all over the world. Animations are janky like in DS1. Open World is pretty but its filled with the same mobs over and over. Everywhere you go you find some flaws. From Software failed to deliver same quality with increased quantity.
  7. klasior
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Unfair, too hard, mobs oneshotting, 0 items and runes to upgrade character. Still good graphics tho
  8. Cheatingingames
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Playing this with trainer that has infinite hp and one hit kills for all monsters. That's the only way this trash is playable and even with this cheat, it's still boring. I just kill one boss, move to another, etc. So you telling me that's the whole game? That's the game that gets almost perfect metascore? Better metascore than basically any game ever made? This game is complete joke.
  9. Justausername
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    I have absolutely never in my life hated anything more than this game. I hate it more than Star Wars Last Jedi and Last of Us 2 combined.
  10. LunaticLooter
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Must play is laughable.
    Most console-itis infested title I've ever had the misfortune of putting my hands on. Absolutely horrendous interface and control scheme that is beyond unacceptable for a PC title, even a ported one.
    Bad performance compared to the graphical fidelity, unsmooth movement, gameplay lacks fluidity.
    Possibly the worst port I've seen to date.
  11. Heinward
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    I feel my self like a dumb when I'm fighting against invisible enemies under a tons of lags.
  12. Atakk-REVIL
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    O jogo tá divertido mais mano não para de travar sempre q tô jogando o fps despenca o jogo kita do nada o servidor fica caindo com meus brod por favor arrume isso né!
  13. Kdoggy69
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Awful PC port. No 21:9 support, 60fps cap, decade-old graphics, archaic co-op system, stuttering, and connection issues. The game is the first in the series with "Easy Anti-Cheat" so any modification to the game including enabling ultrawide or uncapping fps requires the game to be played offline. No reason to give these devs your money.
  14. 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
  15. IxVALHALLAxI
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    Tried to kill the boss on horseback. Died 20 times. He was angry. Deleted the game. 1 point!
  16. dorianblues
    Mar 1, 2022
    1
    In the past, the game content has made little progress compared to the past. Badly optimized old engine ditched DX11
  17. LightningFGC
    Mar 1, 2022
    1
    drop frames, slow motion when i start fighting, and there is no Arabic language.
  18. LarsvdV
    Mar 3, 2022
    1
    I have never played a From Software game before, so this will be a new player perspective.

    First of all, the game looks interesting and cool. That's why I decided to buy it. But going deeper and deeper into this game, it shows its flaws. So starting the game something that stood out for me was the bad performance on PC. This was horrible from the start. Using my mouse and keyboard    I have never played a From Software game before, so this will be a new player perspective.

    First of all, the game looks interesting and cool. That's why I decided to buy it. But going deeper and deeper into this game, it shows its flaws.

    So starting the game something that stood out for me was the bad performance on PC. This was horrible from the start. Using my mouse and keyboard resulted in powerpoint like fps which was unplayable. So it forced me to play with the controller which fixed the problem somehow. Then still, the game is capped at 60 fps with mediocre graphics for a game released in 2022, there's fps drops when exploring and fighting bosses. Even with a 6900xt, the fps sometimes hit as low as 15 for a couple of seconds.

    Then there's the fighting. The enemy locking system is confusing and does not work properly most of the time. Getting hit by a boss attack while standing multiple meters clear of impact. Getting killed through the wall. Using the mount to fight is also very buggy and inconsistent and makes the camera shoot all over the place when getting close to terrain or enemies.

    The biggest flaw in my opinion is the multiplayer co-op. I thought this would be like a whole play through co-op mode, instead it's just helping to kill the boss and bye my friend. This is not fun if you want to play with friends.

    It feels like there is no story in this game, which is making the game feel a bit empty in my opinion. I think this also makes the game more confusing to new players since I have no clue what I am supposed to do and how to progress, get items, level up and so on.

    The sound design is also not that good. The constant background music which stays the same the whole time you play, the buggy monster sounds and volume balance is just annoying.

    The world design looks like they just had a pile of assets and threw them into the game without looking where they went. It's very messy with assets going through each other and a lot of cut off edges, especially when looking at the awful water.

    The game doesn't even automatically change key prompts from keyboard/mouse to controller, the menus are weird layout wise and there's not that many graphics settings. Not that it matters because the game doesn't look good.    … Expand
  19. Miedzian
    Mar 4, 2022
    1
    I've seen some encouraging gameplays, and since I like this type of game, I decided to spend a lot of money. And when I saw the black bars on the sides of my ultrawide monitor, I realized I had been ripped off.
  20. Mateusre6g
    Mar 4, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo mal otimizado sem suporte ultrawide sem DLSS e sem Fidelity fx, porte porco feito pra pc… Expand
  21. Miaucri
    Mar 6, 2022
    1
    Big fan souls here so i was really exited with the release, when i first logged in there where invisible enemies?¿ all over the map (bug never got fixed), plus when i tried to minimize the game MY WHOLE PC would crash...
    Played around 11 hours and after the 1.02.2 update the game just crashes on launch? this is just some cyberpunk level game, the time i played game was pretty good but way    Big fan souls here so i was really exited with the release, when i first logged in there where invisible enemies?¿ all over the map (bug never got fixed), plus when i tried to minimize the game MY WHOLE PC would crash...
    Played around 11 hours and after the 1.02.2 update the game just crashes on launch? this is just some cyberpunk level game, the time i played game was pretty good but way too buggy, would be better to wait and fix it for pc before releasing whatever this is.
    Oh and performance is horrible, seems like no company tries to optimize games anymore, they just want you to have a **** ultimate generation gamer pc with a 2k graphics card. don't know if it have to do with open world or something but i have a ryzen 7 5700, 16 ram, ssd and gtx 660 and fps drop is **** insane.
    Just another company that goes for the profits and not for the player experience.    … Expand
  22. KABASIK_EXE
    Apr 16, 2022
    1
    Миядзаки конченый уебок. Так плохо сделать самые базовые механики надо еще уметь
  23. CBerg
    Mar 12, 2022
    1
    If you take Skyrim and remove the interesting story, fun, progression, NPC population, direction, you get Elden Ring. I played for 20 hours, leveled to 20, and it’s just riding around on a horse trying to grind runes.
  24. Elektropole
    Mar 13, 2022
    1
    Absolutely horrendous interface and control scheme that is beyond unacceptable for a PC title, even a ported one. Bad performance compared to the graphical fidelity, unsmooth movement, gameplay lacks fluidity.
  25. themegahero
    Mar 13, 2022
    1
    Thankfully for now it's very obvious that most people don't actually like this game, yes it sold over million copies, because lots of people were baited into buying it, because it was advertised as "very accessible for new players", but in reality it's just same as every Souls game, just with open world and most people don't like games where you have to die million times to learn moveThankfully for now it's very obvious that most people don't actually like this game, yes it sold over million copies, because lots of people were baited into buying it, because it was advertised as "very accessible for new players", but in reality it's just same as every Souls game, just with open world and most people don't like games where you have to die million times to learn move sets, most people don't find that interesting, it's very obvious that most gamers want good story, fun gameplay and challenging, but not too difficult combat. Souls games are way more than challenging, they are brutal and even with best gear you can die easily and for most people, this is not fun. Just speaking facts.… Expand
  26. dmcintire
    Mar 20, 2022
    1
    I loved the Souls series. Bought Dark Souls 1 for every platform and rerelease in the house. Every Dark Souls game is hard, but fair.

    Elden Ring is not fair. Past a certain point, regardless how much health you have or what armor your using, every single enemy will kill you in one or two hits. Bosses will always manage it in one. And the must annoying **** from Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3    I loved the Souls series. Bought Dark Souls 1 for every platform and rerelease in the house. Every Dark Souls game is hard, but fair.

    Elden Ring is not fair. Past a certain point, regardless how much health you have or what armor your using, every single enemy will kill you in one or two hits. Bosses will always manage it in one. And the must annoying **** from Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 is back with a vengeance. If you tend towards a defensive or slower play style, just skip Elden Ring entirely.    … Expand
  27. summernightz
    Mar 22, 2022
    1
    Likely one of the worst games i have ever played and i mean it! Extremely boring and outdated open world, 2011 graphics, no story, insanely bad PC controls, fps problems even with high-end GPU and worst part, awful outdated combat
  28. marcoeldenmid
    Mar 28, 2022
    1
    mid game bro sekiro is better much better mid ring elden middddddddddddddddd
  29. YY_
    Apr 3, 2022
    1
    Awful game. It's just 80 hours of raw, unforgiving pain. And not the fun kind of pain -- the stupid kind of pain. I love Dark Souls 1 and 3 and have completed them plenty of times, so it's not that I have an issue with the Souls series. I actually went back and started a playthrough of DS3 after getting most of the way through Elden Ring just to remind myself what a fun From SoftwareAwful game. It's just 80 hours of raw, unforgiving pain. And not the fun kind of pain -- the stupid kind of pain. I love Dark Souls 1 and 3 and have completed them plenty of times, so it's not that I have an issue with the Souls series. I actually went back and started a playthrough of DS3 after getting most of the way through Elden Ring just to remind myself what a fun From Software game looks like.

    The bad:

    1) Boss design. Absolute garbage. Every one of them is a giant dude that can hit you for 75% to 100% of your health from infinite range with AOE. Every one of them has an 8 hit combo. Every one of them has some illegible attack that they wind up, pause for 1-2 seconds, and then swing super fast. Tree sentinel? The first boss you come across (that you're supposed to skip, yes, yes, I know)? Yeah, it's a dude on a horse. His jump attack doesn't go straight at you. No, he jumps about 30 degrees off to the side so that your spells will miss him, and then changes direction in midair to hit you. If he had wings or was some ethereal being, sure, that would makes sense. He doesn't. He's just a dude on a horse and someone at From Software decided horses can defy physics now. Half the time, you're in a tiny room so you can't manuever too. One boss like that? Sure, it's fun. Capra demon was cool. Sister Friede was cool. But in this game, it's Every. Single. Boss.

    2) It should have been called Dark Souls 4. Once again, we're in a decaying world with a bunch of people who speak slowly and vaguely. There's some gods. They're not doing their part. We're some undead dude that needs to go fix the world. Souls are now runes. Bonfires are sites of grace (and they're still used as a loading icon on the lower left of your screen). Phantoms are still phantoms. Messages are still there. You still get a nice big YOU DIED when you die. It's all just too familiar. Look, if you're going to just reskin dark souls, right down to the plot, just call it dark souls.

    3) The characters. Just about every character in this game starts with a G, R, or M. Want to keep track of the difference between Godric and Godwyn? How about Marika, Malenia, and Melina? Maybe you'd like some Ranni, Renna, and Rennala? Redahn and Radagon? What the hell. I completely stopped caring about this plot -- George R. R. Martin and Miyazaki have lost their minds.

    4) PC performance. Awful. Even on a high end machine, you'll come up against constant stuttering. Enemies and allies will turn invisible. Half the time, my dude is riding around on an invisible horse. It's kinda funny, but it's really frustrating when you can't see the Adds in a huge boss fight.

    The good:

    1) The environments and enemies still look cool. They look great, even, and the world is huge. But it's just not enough to carry this game on its own. Especially since it's still the same art style that we've come to know from other Dark Souls games.

    Skip it. Just skip it. Buy it when it's in the bargain bin in two years if you must, for curiosity's sake.    … Expand
  30. PangarE02
    Apr 5, 2022
    1
    Piores bosses designs da fromsoftware até agora, péssimos balanceamentos, input delay pra qualquer comando, e imput readin absolutamente artificial, é ridículo. O personagem desse jogo é de ds2 de tao lento, e os inimigos no jogo tem dinamica de bloodborne. Bosses impuníveis, com combos quase infinitos, e hps e dano gigantes, elden ring nem precisaria de ng+. Metade dos equipamentos doPiores bosses designs da fromsoftware até agora, péssimos balanceamentos, input delay pra qualquer comando, e imput readin absolutamente artificial, é ridículo. O personagem desse jogo é de ds2 de tao lento, e os inimigos no jogo tem dinamica de bloodborne. Bosses impuníveis, com combos quase infinitos, e hps e dano gigantes, elden ring nem precisaria de ng+. Metade dos equipamentos do jogo sao descartáveis, e a idiotice de sumonar npcs pra ajudar, é de longe, a maior confirmação do quao péssimamente desenvolvido as boss fights desse jogo sao, necessitando de terceiros para criar aberturas em bosses mal planejados, esquisitamente animados acarretando em hitboxes bugados. O jogo não passa de hype mesmo, e se os nerfs pra tudo que é minimamente útil no jogo acontecerem... nem quero ver. Tirando isso, a exploração é boa, e o art design é legal também. As quests sao uma bosta, em resumo, nao se faz nada e morre todo mundo. E jornalista tem probleminha, ou pagaram uma grana legal pra eles. Sem falar no pc port, um lixo absoluto. Fromsoftware nao tem cognitivo pra aprender nada com os bons jogos que fizeram até entao, patético.… Expand
  31. Fussel1985
    Apr 13, 2022
    1
    Playing this game with a Mouse and Keyboard is beyond challenging - as a new player to Soulsborne games this made me suffer quite a lot. the open world is amazing but u never get a clue what to do... you have to look at everything and since many players lay their own informations above notes that explain some of the story its annoying to get to it. The gameplay is challenging, thats forPlaying this game with a Mouse and Keyboard is beyond challenging - as a new player to Soulsborne games this made me suffer quite a lot. the open world is amazing but u never get a clue what to do... you have to look at everything and since many players lay their own informations above notes that explain some of the story its annoying to get to it. The gameplay is challenging, thats for sure, and depending on what class you play you cant progress well. According to others you are able to play through everything on lvl 1 if ur skill lvl is high enough.

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

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

    To me - this is not worth my time.    … Expand
  32. Vampragon12
    Apr 20, 2022
    1
    Once you defeat the area bosses, you essentially become locked out of multiplayer. Worst game mechanic I have EVER seen. Adds no value to the gameplay, but only serves to irritate the players who spent money on this garbage
  33. Ragagafafaf
    Apr 28, 2022
    1
    **** The game boils down to pressing a button in a very limited timeframe. Designed to piss you off. Save your nerbes. Dont play it
  34. zorox
    May 22, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kötü Oyun -Sıkıcı- - Zaman Kaybı- -Çok Uzun- -Zor- -Sıkıcı- -Bosslar ve Düşmanlar Tekrar Ediyor-… Expand
  35. Dual_Boot_Linux
    May 30, 2022
    1
    Load Bar Simulator - Waste your Life Away Waiting for Death Load Bars
    Horse Simulator - One of the BEST horse simulator combat games ever made.
    Should just be called "YOU DIED" 50 HRS IN: No real progression, small rewards, and almost non-existent story. I find myself falling asleep waiting for load times trying to memorize timing and spin attacks. I find this more boring than    Load Bar Simulator - Waste your Life Away Waiting for Death Load Bars
    Horse Simulator - One of the BEST horse simulator combat games ever made.
    Should just be called "YOU DIED"

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

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

    Overall Score - BAD game. 2/10. It could have been SO MUCH better if they added a difficulty bar and SCALED the bosses/monsters. Instead the bosses/monsters are level-locked and later end-game bosses are a repetitive nightmare. You can enjoy the game if you get to level 300, but then you one shot all the lower level bosses because of level-lock.    … Expand
  36. f0reverr
    Oct 16, 2022
    1
    Yikes, definitely listen to the few and not the many when it comes to reviews of this game. I pirated this trash and still felt ripped off. The "revolutionary open world" is one of the most empty, devoid of life maps I have ever spent time on in my 25+ year career as a gamer. It literally feels like they had an entirely different company make the map and then fromsoft just went in andYikes, definitely listen to the few and not the many when it comes to reviews of this game. I pirated this trash and still felt ripped off. The "revolutionary open world" is one of the most empty, devoid of life maps I have ever spent time on in my 25+ year career as a gamer. It literally feels like they had an entirely different company make the map and then fromsoft just went in and randomly placed mobs and "bosses" (since I guess we're calling anything with 500+ hp a boss now) and decided they were done. Fights are extremely lazy and predictable, I was actually falling asleep DURING BOSS FIGHTS just evading and waiting for my little windows to attack, which has never happened to me in any souls game. At this point I'm convinced the fanbase for this game is just degenerate weeb garbage people that have convinced themselves their precious cult leader can do no wrong, when he very, very clearly can.… Expand
  37. Danpil
    Jun 18, 2022
    1
    I was just wasting my time. By the end of the game it was so boring that I ran past the loot. Boss fight are the apogee of stupidity. You fight with the heel or the boss jumps all over the arena or the boss 2. as a result, the disappointment of the year.
  38. tenmatt
    Jul 25, 2022
    1
    1/10 just cuz i respect FromSoft.Strayed too far from original souls games,bland and easy.Heavily crippled World of Warcraft with poor optimizations.Gimme four devs,two graphic designers and coffee guy i would do better in two months.
  39. draemato
    Aug 14, 2022
    1
    Biggest scam in gaming history. Outdated game in a shiny wrap.

    You must never trust not only critics, but even real players who leaves a reviews. I'm truly amazed by society: literally game from 2016-18 with nothing new and yet another terrible PC port is now considered as worlds masterpiece. I guess everyone got exited because of "open world", but there is a surprise - it is not an    Biggest scam in gaming history. Outdated game in a shiny wrap.

    You must never trust not only critics, but even real players who leaves a reviews.

    I'm truly amazed by society: literally game from 2016-18 with nothing new and yet another terrible PC port is now considered as worlds masterpiece.
    I guess everyone got exited because of "open world", but there is a surprise - it is not an open world at all. I keep saying - if you want truly open world - go play some Elder Scrolls games.

    Game is boring, abnormally long and everything is essentially the same. The only thing i liked is music and boss design. That is all. From such big game. Incredible.

    Bosses and enemies are the same - unfair cringe with up to NINE combo attacks with almost no window for your hit! Im a dark souls veteran and im truly amazed how strong those foes are! 9-hits combo, 0.5 seconds delay, jump and another combo attack, repeat. I wonder how it is explained in lore.

    Okay i wont go into details that much, there is plethora of very good "red" and "yellow" reviews with explanation.

    Please, do not be blinded.    … Expand
  40. Cureshots
    Jan 17, 2023
    1
    There are almost no changes on the game, same thing over and over again.

    Empty open world, there are no physics, does feel like a 2008 game. Bad performance, old mechanics i don't even understand why anyone likes to play this game. Almost no story telling, you don't even have a proper purpouse. It feels empty and shallow and actually it is easy to play for the open world part you    There are almost no changes on the game, same thing over and over again.

    Empty open world, there are no physics, does feel like a 2008 game.

    Bad performance, old mechanics i don't even understand why anyone likes to play this game.
    Almost no story telling, you don't even have a proper purpouse.
    It feels empty and shallow and actually it is easy to play for the open world part you can kill most of the enemies with just doing lapses with the horse. Enemies are not clever you could trick them easlly i played 5 hours and killed every boss that i encounter at the first time. The only thing about this game that hard is the comand system and it's hard because it is clungy and slow most of the time and once you get use to it it is easy to kill anything.

    No impruvements since the first soul game, like i said same thing over and over again.    … Expand
  41. Inissa
    Jan 24, 2023
    1
    I just don't get it, It is one of the worst game I have played for a while.

    Performances and Portability: Even with a RTX 4070 TI, there are FPS drops! (On a dedicated SSD) Not compatible with Wide screen. (My opinion) The visual aspect and animations are really poor 60 FPS cap (wtf??) No DLSS option Menus are PS1 like Gameplay: I love hard games and complex gameplay, but if    I just don't get it, It is one of the worst game I have played for a while.

    Performances and Portability:
    Even with a RTX 4070 TI, there are FPS drops! (On a dedicated SSD)
    Not compatible with Wide screen.
    (My opinion) The visual aspect and animations are really poor
    60 FPS cap (wtf??)
    No DLSS option
    Menus are PS1 like

    Gameplay:
    I love hard games and complex gameplay, but if you like to be destroyed in chain the time to get some stuff and XP you will enjoy it. Otherwise no...    … Expand
  42. coolcrowe
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    If you release a game on PC, it should preferably actually be playable on PC. Not only are the graphics broken as far as performance goes, but most unforgivable to me, is the lack of controller support from a game that claims to have full controller support. None of my controllers work at all with this game, and this is just not the kind of game that works well with a keyboard and mouse.If you release a game on PC, it should preferably actually be playable on PC. Not only are the graphics broken as far as performance goes, but most unforgivable to me, is the lack of controller support from a game that claims to have full controller support. None of my controllers work at all with this game, and this is just not the kind of game that works well with a keyboard and mouse. Completely unplayable on PC at the moment, perhaps if fixes come in the next few weeks I will give it another chance. If it takes longer than that I'll have moved on already. We PC gamers are pretty tired of getting shafted by game creators that release games in an unplayable state recently, I think. At this point you will just lose my support and attention entirely but pulling this crap.… Expand
  43. Kossak
    Jan 4, 2023
    0
    Unfortunately it's very bad PC port in terms of UI experience and mouse/keyboard usability:
    - Hardcoded keys which you can't rebind (eg: E/Q in menus)
    - Can't use mouse to scroll the map - Can't put bookmarks on the map by clicking the mouse - Quite often moving the mouse over menus or clicking them isn't registered properly - When you have lock on the monster and want to look    Unfortunately it's very bad PC port in terms of UI experience and mouse/keyboard usability:
    - Hardcoded keys which you can't rebind (eg: E/Q in menus)
    - Can't use mouse to scroll the map
    - Can't put bookmarks on the map by clicking the mouse
    - Quite often moving the mouse over menus or clicking them isn't registered properly
    - When you have lock on the monster and want to look somewhere else with your mouse, the lock changes to different monster
    - multi button keys, which you can't remap to keyboard
    - inconsistency with menus - you close some menus with "esc" button, others can't be closed with it and you are forced to press Q button
    - and much more

    On top of it essential quality of life features missing, like comparing stats of items in the shop with the ones you have equipped.

    Fix your ♥♥♥♥♥♥ PC port, because it's unplayable with keyboard and mouse.    … Expand
  44. satansmaster
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    No ultra-wide support, stuttering/performance problems, no Sony controller support, wrong button display in-game
  45. lenppqq
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Playing media outlets to lie to the audience is just not acceptable. Game is mediocre at best.
  46. RickChard
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I’m not entirely sure what to write here. I mean, I’d love to review it, heck I’d love to play it, but the game simply doesn’t work. No matter what ‘fixes’ I try the game simply will not recognise any controller inputs. How can a AAA game be released in such a shoddy state!
  47. Gnafar
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    I certainly didn't expect this...

    Veteran Dark Souls player here and a longtime fan of Fromsoft games. I thought that I was going to love this game and that it would occupy my time for many months. I was wrong. The joys of traversing and exploring the open world get old very fast. I was bored of it after only a few days. It takes forever to accomplish anything. Essential items are    I certainly didn't expect this...

    Veteran Dark Souls player here and a longtime fan of Fromsoft games. I thought that I was going to love this game and that it would occupy my time for many months. I was wrong.

    The joys of traversing and exploring the open world get old very fast. I was bored of it after only a few days. It takes forever to accomplish anything. Essential items are scattered across this massive map and it's such a slog to travel around and collect everything. I really miss the linear level design of Dark Souls. And for what it's worth, I loved Breath of the Wild and Assassin's Creed Valhalla. I am not a stranger to open world games but an open world version of Dark Souls just didn't do it for me.

    I made it to quite late in the game. I was only a couple hours of gameplay away from the final boss battle. Eventually it just hit me like a train and I told myself that I don't want to do this anymore. I just don't. This game just didn't click with me and I would much rather play Dark Souls 3 over Elden Ring.

    Edit: Editing this review many months later. I did go back and complete the game, including the optional bosses. Yes, I beat Malenia and no I didn't use summons or spirit ashes. I've seen everything the game has to offer and my opinion remains the same. 6/10. Dark Souls 3 is a better game.    … Expand
  48. brad28
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Very poor quality final product. Needs different difficulty settings. It's really not that hard to add. Do not recommend.
  49. RDonnell
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Console port with no effort or care taken. 60fps lock bad. No Ultrawide support. No Vsync disable option. No 144hz support. Also bad performance and stutter and poor controller support. Shameful!!!
  50. tdebug
    Sep 26, 2022
    0
    Even with the latest patches as of 09/2022 there are some glithes when changing video modes and NO WIDESCREEN SUPPORT! Seriously, from software? This is cheap, lazy and lame port from console. You sell this game for PC for 50-60 and don't bother at least do some effort to make it right for this platform!
  51. Zackasaur
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Just simply not a very good game. Little to no story. Most content is missable and untracked. Very outdated and disappointing on accessibility. Unimpressive visual and audio design. Sluggish combat. No climbing. Janky horse. Poor optimization and performance despite very minimal technical ambition. Lots of lazy corners cut, like the slideshow opening.
  52. Saratosa75
    Mar 20, 2022
    0
    I played 1 dark souls game previously, it was the 1st one and that was a while ago. I gave this a go, because the "open world" promise lured me in.
    Here is my No 1. problem:
    I don't know what I'm doing and why. Seriously, this is like a fighting simulation? Random enemies walking around in each area, so I go and fight them, they either turn out to be easy or nearly impossible. So I    I played 1 dark souls game previously, it was the 1st one and that was a while ago. I gave this a go, because the "open world" promise lured me in.
    Here is my No 1. problem:
    I don't know what I'm doing and why.
    Seriously, this is like a fighting simulation? Random enemies walking around in each area, so I go and fight them, they either turn out to be easy or nearly impossible. So I die, start from last check point, and don't go that way or run away.
    So I try to find a different location , hoping I can do something, which of course, kill some monsters , but I am losing the point, because they will respawn anyway as soon as I leave. So... what am I doing? Just go around and kill whatever be killed?
    Maybe i was hoping to have more content, more purpose. Other reviewers said, the game is huge, but if this is what I supposed to do for 100s of hours, sorry this isn't gonna hold up long. Whacking my sword around endlessly and I don't feel any progress made, I don't feel like i'm getting anywhere.    … Expand
  53. 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.
  54. MancSoulja
    Apr 1, 2022
    0
    RTX 3080 and I can't even get 60fps, I wouldn't mind but the graphics aren't even that good.
  55. eParadoxon
    Mar 28, 2022
    0
    I really dont get how people can call this unfinished boring time waster a masterpiece. I mean even the controlls are striaght outta PS2 era. The whole game has no structure or balance. Everything, from the dialoges to the menu to the enemy strength to level design is pure arbitrariness. This leads to undeserved deaths like (sprint button is also dodge button. Okay so far but when you hitI really dont get how people can call this unfinished boring time waster a masterpiece. I mean even the controlls are striaght outta PS2 era. The whole game has no structure or balance. Everything, from the dialoges to the menu to the enemy strength to level design is pure arbitrariness. This leads to undeserved deaths like (sprint button is also dodge button. Okay so far but when you hit and HOLD, the character still makes a giat jump backwards) which sure has cost millions of runes. Sorry I can not unsee stuff like this. It would be EASY to fix this by making the character only dodge when the button is pressed short and on hold the character goes into sprint mode (like in every ♥♥♥ game since 2001 or so) I dont know if this is intentionally BAD game design or if they simply didnt knew better.… Expand
  56. KillingArts
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    It is a great game, but it runs horribly on PC. Bad performance, stutter issues and no Ultrawide support. Can't recommend it in this state.
  57. carnivorCactae
    Sep 8, 2022
    0
    Good-looking and detailed enemies placed in a empty half-cooked world with basically zero content.

    Enemies cheat since they can read your inputs, and your time and patience gets severely wasted with checkpoints so far away and respawning enemies and bosses with absolutely zero drop-rates. Its a mess and its bad. The "story" is barebones at best and never picks up any speed or even    Good-looking and detailed enemies placed in a empty half-cooked world with basically zero content.

    Enemies cheat since they can read your inputs, and your time and patience gets severely wasted with checkpoints so far away and respawning enemies and bosses with absolutely zero drop-rates.

    Its a mess and its bad.

    The "story" is barebones at best and never picks up any speed or even builds any signs of sensical story-arc. The dialogues - as scarse as they are - are often nonsensical and lacking any kind of information or lore.

    The world is filled with nothing but mini-bosses. Its empty and void. You can explore just to find maybe some more mini-bosses (some of them get recycled a lot!), but their drop-rates are insulting so you'll ask yourself why even bother? Why even bother backtracking half the time or killing the same enemies over and over again
    in a pretty comical way (no dismemberment, every fight is more or less the same, you have practically zero wiggle-room or alternative ways of disposing your foes)?

    The leveldesign is interesting at times, but then other times its extremely bad. Empty rooms with nothing to do, misplaced use-triggers, huge ruins to explore with lifeless backtracking or missing checkpoints.

    To add insult to injury many keys can't get rebind (!) and the whole layout is for controllers by default!    … Expand
  58. Mithaldu
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    it's a bad port

    buggy, mediocre trash

    details here if you care: https://twitter.com/mithaldu/status/1496989167389003776
  59. rxgamer
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    FromSoftware is an insult to gaming and especially the PC market. Being extremely difficult and grindy does not constitute a good game. 60 FPS lock... no ultra-wide, terrible UI in classic Japanese fashion, PS3 graphics in 2022. Unacceptable performance and stuttering for the low-fi graphics. It is the weirdest phenomenon that so many gamers are so forgiving to FromSoftware's manyFromSoftware is an insult to gaming and especially the PC market. Being extremely difficult and grindy does not constitute a good game. 60 FPS lock... no ultra-wide, terrible UI in classic Japanese fashion, PS3 graphics in 2022. Unacceptable performance and stuttering for the low-fi graphics. It is the weirdest phenomenon that so many gamers are so forgiving to FromSoftware's many glaring flaws. They need to be held to higher standards.… Expand
  60. caboose_is_smrt
    Apr 30, 2022
    0
    Bad port + no dark souls servers. They promised to bring them back

    #savedarksouls
  61. ay1556
    Mar 31, 2022
    0
    this game is actually good in many aspects, but the pc optimization is just trash and makes the experience unenjoyable.
  62. Pc080972
    Mar 23, 2022
    0
    Horrible PC port - bad keyboard/mouse implementation - feels alien to a PC
    Release 2022 without ultrawide monitor support!...
    Release with Easy-Anticheat preventing customer to fix their lack of ultrawide support using e.g. Flawless Widescreen! (I know there is a workaround and use it - but this should not be required to play a simple game in 2022) Slow mouse movement hamperes the    Horrible PC port - bad keyboard/mouse implementation - feels alien to a PC
    Release 2022 without ultrawide monitor support!...
    Release with Easy-Anticheat preventing customer to fix their lack of ultrawide support using e.g. Flawless Widescreen! (I know there is a workaround and use it - but this should not be required to play a simple game in 2022)
    Slow mouse movement hamperes the playing experience

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

    Played Elex 2 which is not perfect, but at least it ran without issues like you would expect from a game 2022. Elden Ring is bad even at 1.03.2 version.    … Expand
  63. pjmeyer22
    Mar 25, 2022
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    Cons
    -No quest log and little to no quest tracking.
    -NPCs give little to no info on your goals -The horrible graphics from Dark Souls 2 only got a slight upgrade. -Dark Souls 2 and Elden Ring have almost the same zero to hero story -The story is horrible. -The dialogue is horrible and at times incoherent. -Monitor refresh rate capped at 60Hz. -All the menu and tutorials are in    Cons
    -No quest log and little to no quest tracking.
    -NPCs give little to no info on your goals
    -The horrible graphics from Dark Souls 2 only got a slight upgrade.
    -Dark Souls 2 and Elden Ring have almost the same zero to hero story
    -The story is horrible.
    -The dialogue is horrible and at times incoherent.
    -Monitor refresh rate capped at 60Hz.
    -All the menu and tutorials are in game-pad format not keyboard and mouse.
    -The knucklehead who created this game had 6 opportunities fix all of this, but was too lazy to do so.

    Pros
    -My money was refunded.    … Expand
  64. rsrocha
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This game is diluted Souls, plain and simple. The Souls formula doesn't benefit at all from the open world format, and what you have are long horse riding sessions through an unimpressive world full of a lot of green plains and rocks, with the occasional ruin. The optional dungeons you find throughout the map are woefully short and underdeveloped.

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

    It's a competent game, but in any reasonable reality this would've scored 7/10 with most critics, if it didn't have From Software's name backing it.    … Expand
  65. redmike
    Mar 6, 2022
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    This game is frustrating and boring. I can see where maybe some people would like it, but I imagine for most people it's going to suck. There's little guidance overall, the tutorial is hidden in a hole, the first waypoint sends you to be murdered by an overpowered boss, there are no normal monsters to fight until after you've been filled by 1) an unkillable plot-armor boss and 2) the ORThis game is frustrating and boring. I can see where maybe some people would like it, but I imagine for most people it's going to suck. There's little guidance overall, the tutorial is hidden in a hole, the first waypoint sends you to be murdered by an overpowered boss, there are no normal monsters to fight until after you've been filled by 1) an unkillable plot-armor boss and 2) the OR boss they guide you into, etc... Not to mention the controls suck, since its a pretty clear console port.

    Bottom line-- it's lame.    … Expand
  66. sampson3121
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I really wanted to play this game after my love of Bloodborne, which I am still trying to finish, damn it's hard. All I heard was that this game is more easier, more accessible and less punishing. They lied. Was I expecting the game to be easy? No. But what was all that talk about? So, I had Stutter, stutter, stuttering so bad it was unplayable. Bugs everywhere, and bad hit boxes made thisI really wanted to play this game after my love of Bloodborne, which I am still trying to finish, damn it's hard. All I heard was that this game is more easier, more accessible and less punishing. They lied. Was I expecting the game to be easy? No. But what was all that talk about? So, I had Stutter, stutter, stuttering so bad it was unplayable. Bugs everywhere, and bad hit boxes made this game a BIG no for me.
    I am back on bloodborne, I think I'm almost finished it, and then I will play Sekiro.

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

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

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

    Signed

    Disappointed Gamer.

    What a shame    … Expand
  67. Darby101
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    Hot Garbage. Not good enough. Utterly abysmal and gutting play any other From Software title even once it is patched the biggest gaming disappointment of my life.
  68. Nerwan
    Mar 2, 2022
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    An extremely bad port, it's actually pretty difficult to even get through the character creation screens because it assumes you're not using a keyboard/mouse and normal PC style keys just don't work (E.g. the escape button doesn't work and right clicking does something super weird). The help at the bottom is essentially of a console controller and the only way to figure out what to do isAn extremely bad port, it's actually pretty difficult to even get through the character creation screens because it assumes you're not using a keyboard/mouse and normal PC style keys just don't work (E.g. the escape button doesn't work and right clicking does something super weird). The help at the bottom is essentially of a console controller and the only way to figure out what to do is to hit all of the keys on the keyboard until you find some that are mapped to the same thing as it's telling you to press on the console. It's the worst experience I think I've had starting up a new "PC" game and trying to get going.… Expand
  69. Serenityinaz12
    Mar 3, 2022
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    Worst PC port of a game I've ever played - an absolute abomindation to any true pc player. If you require a controller to be able to play a PC game you should never release the game on PC.
  70. Draethorian
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    another overhyped trash. 10/10 is such an insult every review channel should be ashamed of itself. it might be a very good souls-like. but even that is a streatch. camera is still your worst enemy, the menu is atrocious, pc keybinding is half implemented. two bosses is lazy boss design, etc. AND THAT FOR A SOULS-LIKE! the moment you start to compare that to what everybody expects fromanother overhyped trash. 10/10 is such an insult every review channel should be ashamed of itself. it might be a very good souls-like. but even that is a streatch. camera is still your worst enemy, the menu is atrocious, pc keybinding is half implemented. two bosses is lazy boss design, etc. AND THAT FOR A SOULS-LIKE! the moment you start to compare that to what everybody expects from every other studio this game is garbage. the flow of the game is fragmented all over the map. most of the time without even telling you. The story as well, highly missable, highly optional. the difficulty is definitely a matter of taste but the difficulty spikes is just like the game itself: an absolute stumble fest. people enjoy the game, because the open world is EASY and gives the illusion of approachability, but for every new weirdly designed boss or miniboss encounter that euphoria drops into the pit of realization that this game just started throwing **** together and people eat it due to the established git gud syndrome. Valhallas open world was garbage, this one's is better. is is still good just bc it's a souls-like with open world. THE F NO!… Expand
  71. Akkulader
    Feb 26, 2022
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    The developers have intentionally disabled the 21:9 / ultrawide support.
    If you want to bypass it with a hex fix, you have to play offline, otherwise the anti-cheat software kicks in.

    It's 2022, this is a 60€ full price AAA game. It's really an unbelievable cheek!

    Also, even with the most modern hardware, there are frame drops and a 60FPS lock.

    Simply unbelievable!
  72. MagusGW1
    Feb 27, 2022
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    Was a horrible experience with multiple crashes, a lazy system in menu using controller prompts instead of keys it just felt like a very poor port. The FPS went to 1-5 alot of times during boss fights and even some standard battles. NO ultrawide support. Don't believe all the "Professional" reviewers who were paid for their opinion or the fan boys who were so AWE STRUK by another soul'sWas a horrible experience with multiple crashes, a lazy system in menu using controller prompts instead of keys it just felt like a very poor port. The FPS went to 1-5 alot of times during boss fights and even some standard battles. NO ultrawide support. Don't believe all the "Professional" reviewers who were paid for their opinion or the fan boys who were so AWE STRUK by another soul's clone that they needed to occupy their time. Completely unacceptable.… Expand
  73. neurin
    Apr 6, 2022
    0
    one of the best games i have played in years hope Fromsoft make more like this
  74. NaturalBornChao
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I honestly don't care about the lack of ultrawide support, locked FPS, and I didn't make it far enough into the game to experience the stutter everyone is talking about, which I am confident I could ignore for the most part. In fact, I only made it as far as the main menu screen - several times in fact. Why? Because the devs couldn't do a basic thing that most others have figured outI honestly don't care about the lack of ultrawide support, locked FPS, and I didn't make it far enough into the game to experience the stutter everyone is talking about, which I am confident I could ignore for the most part. In fact, I only made it as far as the main menu screen - several times in fact. Why? Because the devs couldn't do a basic thing that most others have figured out decades ago: controller support for PC games.

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

    Next time, try harder!    … Expand
  75. Nemesisisnow
    Feb 7, 2023
    0
    Es un juego que sin lugar a dudas tiene mucho trabajo detrás y que tiene algún boss y algún escenario más o menos currado. No obstante el mundo abierto está repleto de relleno, misiones absurdas y jefes repetidos que arruinan completamente la experiencia.
    Es una verdadera lástima que viniendo de auténticos juegazos emocionantes como Sekiro y Dark Souls 3, Elden Ring se vuelva cada vez más    Es un juego que sin lugar a dudas tiene mucho trabajo detrás y que tiene algún boss y algún escenario más o menos currado. No obstante el mundo abierto está repleto de relleno, misiones absurdas y jefes repetidos que arruinan completamente la experiencia.
    Es una verdadera lástima que viniendo de auténticos juegazos emocionantes como Sekiro y Dark Souls 3, Elden Ring se vuelva cada vez más aburrido según te vas acercando al final.
    Es imposible jugar sin una guía del juego para saber por que camino hay que ir constantemente, que objeto tienes que coger, donde buscarlo, con que personaje tienes que hablar, que puerta tienes que abrir. En ocasiones teniendo que moverte de un extremo a otro del mapa, lo cual se hace insufrible.

    Los bosses la mayoría no suponen un gran reto gracias a la capacidad de invocar o farmear.

    En definitiva es un juego que sería recomendable de no ser porque lo han alargado artificialmente para que dure más.
    0 comentarios    … Expand
  76. ouwssama
    Feb 27, 2022
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    - Capped at 60fps - No ultrawide support
    - MASSIVE frame drops when visiting new areas and consistent micro stuttering everywhere.

    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IF YOU WANNA PLAY IT ON PC, if only reviewers talked about its performance on pc, i would’ve waited a little bit.
  77. RedDovah
    Mar 16, 2022
    0
    Worst PC port and boring open world. Other than interesting bosses this game has nothing. It has Lore but no game story. graphics from 2013. Cyberpunk is less buggy on PC compared to this madness. To fromsoft, please do not make PC games. Pathetic excuse for souls like genre.
  78. ir88ed
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Oh, I wanted to like this game. I have a great gaming PC, love open world games, love the genre. I had been waiting for this. Unfortunately the game is clunky (even with top hardware), but worse it is just predictable and dull. Graphics are decent, but not great. Battles are clunky hack and slash affairs with little enjoyment to be had. I will say that my dual sense PS5 controllerOh, I wanted to like this game. I have a great gaming PC, love open world games, love the genre. I had been waiting for this. Unfortunately the game is clunky (even with top hardware), but worse it is just predictable and dull. Graphics are decent, but not great. Battles are clunky hack and slash affairs with little enjoyment to be had. I will say that my dual sense PS5 controller worked decently well with the game. I didn't give this game a super low rating because it isn't terrible, it just isn't good. It reminds me quite a bit of the game play in New World, which I also didn't care for, although I think NW was the better of the two games. I think 4/10 is a fair rating for this one.… Expand
  79. enigma1990
    Mar 11, 2022
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    Awful overhyped game. I'm not familiar with the souls games but I saw this game get hyped up so I thought I'd pick it up. What a terrible mistake. I've got a 3080 and the frame rate issues are abyssmal. Not to mention the stuttering, the texture pop ins and multiple crashes that deleted my saves. I would not recommend this game.
  80. Dr3aMz
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    WINDOWS 10 only? when Dark Souls 3 worked perfectly on Windows 7? Unacceptable.
  81. Crapcrap
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    most overrated and most boring game of all time, game crashes every 15 min, the graphics aren't that great, it's overhyped by fanboys!
  82. ZeroDarkShadows
    Mar 18, 2022
    0
    I know it has a huge fanbase but.... to me, this game is nothing more than an infinite loop of doge, attack game with very clunky and outdated attack animations... I can't believe in 2022 a game like this got so much hype and positive reviews!

    I tried to enjoy this game multiple times but couldn't play this dumb game for more than 5 minutes. I love change and hard games but this    I know it has a huge fanbase but.... to me, this game is nothing more than an infinite loop of doge, attack game with very clunky and outdated attack animations... I can't believe in 2022 a game like this got so much hype and positive reviews!

    I tried to enjoy this game multiple times but couldn't play this dumb game for more than 5 minutes. I love change and hard games but this primitive dodge and attack type game.... hell no!!!    … Expand
  83. P4inskiller
    May 21, 2022
    0
    Elden Ring is a perfect example for the things running wrong in the gaming community in the last years. This game is by far overrated! A generic open world with problematic controls which let you die again and again because the controls cannot live up to the high standard the developers set for itself. I really cannot understand gamers which like to waste a lot of time for very lessElden Ring is a perfect example for the things running wrong in the gaming community in the last years. This game is by far overrated! A generic open world with problematic controls which let you die again and again because the controls cannot live up to the high standard the developers set for itself. I really cannot understand gamers which like to waste a lot of time for very less progress in a game. Are they all unemployed with no families or what?!! On the other side they blame the developers of a far more complex and more difficult to develop game like f.e. Battlefied 2042. In my eyes BF2042 is on a far higher level in technical, mechanical and controllable matters than this Elden Ring cr*p.… Expand
  84. RustyCoin
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Trash game. And fanboys who are justifying this mess launch are delusional. Lots of bugs, freezes, xbox controller's not supported, I can't even exit options menu because keyboard some keyboard bindings also do not work, can't read in game messages because some keybindings do not work in game too. Locked framerate.

    And the gameplay is sh*t f too. Innovative? pfff, same old boring souls    Trash game. And fanboys who are justifying this mess launch are delusional. Lots of bugs, freezes, xbox controller's not supported, I can't even exit options menu because keyboard some keyboard bindings also do not work, can't read in game messages because some keybindings do not work in game too. Locked framerate.

    And the gameplay is sh*t f too. Innovative? pfff, same old boring souls game, roll hit 24/7, with already seen monsters and boring map. THIS ISN'T RPG. It's just open sandbox, open world game at best, with some inventory and simple leveling.

    Don't even bother looking at those so called "critics" reviews. They are either getting paid by game publishers to write great reviews or are delusional just like fanboys, who will defend game no matter in what state that game is.

    AAA game for such high price tag like this "Joke Ring" is expected to be playable and decent AT LAUNCH - DAY 1, without any patches. Saying "wait, they'll fix this soon" doesn't mean sh*t.

    From Greedware company just went down the drain with this fiasco product release. GG.    … Expand
  85. Calcal18
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    Very good and fun game, amazing 10/10, really fun. Level 30 already te he he he he he
  86. MojitoHappiness
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I don't like this game so I rate it 0. Simple as that. Also runs very poorly and I don't want to spend my free time trying to fix it.
  87. OnlyOneHere
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    I heard this game had bad optimization. I tried this version of the game and immediately refunded the game. It is even worse than the PS5 version. Too many stuttering problems. I had invisible enemies attacking me. This just proves how lazy the developers are. They can't even properly port a game.

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

    It's funny how this game gets treated to godly standards for doing the bare minimum, just because its FromSoftware. Had this game been by Ubisoft or Activision, the narrative would be so different. Journalists and gamers would slander the game for years to come if that were the case. It's so unfair that these developers can get away with laziness, while others have to work much harder to get at least half the praise this game gets. I don't recommend this trash at all.    … Expand
  88. Sardauk
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    This is an utter **** game. A retro-design that fails in every regard. Only reason to like this game is that you enjoy beating a crap design. Looks okay on a PC, not good in the least. No tool help, the tutorial is a laugh, take a wrong turn and you're **** it's about grinding, progression is worthless, spend as much time in-game as googling wtf is even happening and how do I use my stuff,This is an utter **** game. A retro-design that fails in every regard. Only reason to like this game is that you enjoy beating a crap design. Looks okay on a PC, not good in the least. No tool help, the tutorial is a laugh, take a wrong turn and you're **** it's about grinding, progression is worthless, spend as much time in-game as googling wtf is even happening and how do I use my stuff, story is fragmented, controls **** up because it's a lazy console port. Worst I've played in a long time. Only zero on here, so far. All my money down the drain.… Expand
  89. BergN7
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Software and Game industry should hire more testers and QA engineers to avoid buggy and terrible performance launches like this
  90. CesarV
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    Utter piece of trash

    Clunky movement and slowpoke speed moving and attacking Bad controls on keyboard and mouse Can't rebind most keys No way to aim without auto aim Dodge with the lightest armor doesn't give you enough distance Coop is a piece of sht Enemies ignore terrain and obstacles and jump like rabbits Nothing is properly explained You're always starved for money Money    Utter piece of trash

    Clunky movement and slowpoke speed moving and attacking
    Bad controls on keyboard and mouse
    Can't rebind most keys
    No way to aim without auto aim
    Dodge with the lightest armor doesn't give you enough distance
    Coop is a piece of sht
    Enemies ignore terrain and obstacles and jump like rabbits
    Nothing is properly explained
    You're always starved for money
    Money is used to upgrades everything even your skills
    Upgrades feel pointless
    Game forces you to die over and over to explore little by little
    Very hard to find items to upgrade gear which is what matters the most
    Graphics look underwelming
    Mana prices are two heavy
    Too hard and costly to respec
    Game forces you to memorize every enemy pattern after dying to them, instead of giving you tools to evade getting killed in the first place
    Death is cheap and common

    People will enter your game and murder you for fun and you have no control over this

    30 euros in the garbage    … Expand
  91. Arokhantos
    Jun 27, 2022
    0
    Terrible PC port lack of native ultrawide support, coop is very unstable, performance issues, online issues, balance issues, 60 fps cap in 2022, button prompts altho you can set them manually it should really detect when you pressing buttons on mouse keyboard to also give button prompts for mouse and keyboard and switch automaticly to mouse and keyboard prompts.
    Things that annoy me the    Terrible PC port lack of native ultrawide support, coop is very unstable, performance issues, online issues, balance issues, 60 fps cap in 2022, button prompts altho you can set them manually it should really detect when you pressing buttons on mouse keyboard to also give button prompts for mouse and keyboard and switch automaticly to mouse and keyboard prompts.
    Things that annoy me the most tho is the lack of native ultrawide support and 60 fps lock, normally in a single player game this is not much of a problem but with Easy Anti Cheat added in a singleplayer game you are now locked out to only play offline, you may not see the issue here but if you consider that Dark Souls remastered has better ultrawide support right now then Elden Ring then this is a big issue, not to mention its 2022 why do we still have no native ultrawide support or unlocked framerate, the game plays fine with fixes in offline, but due Easy Anti Cheat im forced to play offline or seemless coop mod that has a worse coop experience then original vanilla, not only that it more and more feels like my feedback is ignored, we are now on patch 1.05 and all the issues still exist, not cool From Software perhaps you should let another one handle the PC port and stick on just making the game, while letting some one profesional handle PC ports, Dark Souls remastered has better ultrawide support oke not perfect, but least it has no black bars.    … Expand
  92. deadirons
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    There is absolutely no excuse for a game releasing in 2022 to be totally gimped like what From has done with Elden Ring on PC. The PC port is truly atrocious. No ultrawide support (in fact it appears it was intentionally removed, with multiple people saying it works, then soon after is replaced by black bars), FOV messed up, no porting over of Playstation button icons, poor performance,There is absolutely no excuse for a game releasing in 2022 to be totally gimped like what From has done with Elden Ring on PC. The PC port is truly atrocious. No ultrawide support (in fact it appears it was intentionally removed, with multiple people saying it works, then soon after is replaced by black bars), FOV messed up, no porting over of Playstation button icons, poor performance, fps capped at 60. This was pure and simple lazy developing with the aim of making as much money as possible, while screwing over people who paid $60 expecting a competent product. Inexcusable, and 0/10.… Expand
  93. TI_ProJecT
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Очередная игра от From Software сделанная в зоне комфорта. Минимум нового.
    Как может быть игра шедевром, которая использует ассеты еще из самой первой DS?
    Графика застряла на границе PS3/4 - что тогда с производительностью? Почему кому-то снимают баллы за техническое состояние, а на состояние Elden Ring, в том числе и на консолях, закрыли глаза? Почему другие игры ругают за кривую    Очередная игра от From Software сделанная в зоне комфорта. Минимум нового.
    Как может быть игра шедевром, которая использует ассеты еще из самой первой DS?
    Графика застряла на границе PS3/4 - что тогда с производительностью? Почему кому-то снимают баллы за техническое состояние, а на состояние Elden Ring, в том числе и на консолях, закрыли глаза?
    Почему другие игры ругают за кривую реализацию квестов, а у From Software это считается "особенностью"?
    Почему одни серии ругают за конвейер, а игры From Software сделанные по кальке с Demon's Souls нет?
    Эта игра недостойна 97 баллов по многим аспектам. Будь это игрой от Ubisoft больше 80 она не набрала.
    PS проблемы с производительностью только из-за кривых рук разработчиков.    … Expand
  94. Xenomorph91
    Oct 29, 2022
    0
    No ultrawide support on a 2022 PC game and still no patch to give ultrawide support! Wtf were they thinking to release with no ultrawide support for a PC game!
  95. verdammte
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I don't ever give a zero on Metacritic, but I am for Elden Ring cause the game won't even launch if you use a controller. If you disable xbox controller configs and Steam input, then the game will launch, but hitting any controller button merits no response from the game. When you then swap to a keyboard, the game will permanently display controller buttons instead of keyboard keys, so youI don't ever give a zero on Metacritic, but I am for Elden Ring cause the game won't even launch if you use a controller. If you disable xbox controller configs and Steam input, then the game will launch, but hitting any controller button merits no response from the game. When you then swap to a keyboard, the game will permanently display controller buttons instead of keyboard keys, so you have no clue how to do anything.

    There's no fix.

    Having watched my fiance play it gives me more complaints. The game will often drop to the single digit framerates when you get too close to the border of a new major area of the open world and it will certainly end in your demise if you happen to be in a fight at the time. The PC the happens on is using an RTX 3090 and a Ryzen 5050X, so you can't blame the hardware. It's a well know problem that you can find via any google search from the very first result. Even bing finds it.

    Furthermore the story is bland and has been used by dozens of other games and the character names are so bad they make me cringe. This is nothing but a reskinned, partially replaced 3d model clone of Demon's Souls on PS3, just like every other souls game. There's nothing special about it and it doesn't even remotely deserve a score like metacritic gives it even when it's working.

    This is a huge slap in the face to the truly great games who have upper 90s score, like the Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, Ocarina of Time, and others. I strongly suspect bribes went into this as well as a societal obsession with George RR Martin who only gets notoriety for managing to get full nudity and sex a dozens times per episode onto HBO. I suppose it saves on porn subscriptions. Personally, I'll choose the latter option any day. Porn stories are somehow less cringeworthy than Elden Ring's story and I could never in my life have imagined saying any story is worse than C-list porn.    … Expand
  96. xl7br7x
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Massive stuttering issues and one of the worst performance I've ever seen in a game
  97. Semsko
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    I literally don't get the hype around this game... it is so empty and boring. Why have so much space with enemies so far and few between... It's like death stranding but somehow worse. How is this game so lauded as being so great?? Literally mind blown.
  98. Zodijackyl
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    I am literally unable to play the game. That's it guys really I can't play the game that I bought already months ago and that's not because it's hard or smth it's because Elden Ring crashed everytime when i try to launch. People complain about performance, graphics etc. and here i'm facing white screen crash whenever I open it. It has been two days since it's launch and there is no properI am literally unable to play the game. That's it guys really I can't play the game that I bought already months ago and that's not because it's hard or smth it's because Elden Ring crashed everytime when i try to launch. People complain about performance, graphics etc. and here i'm facing white screen crash whenever I open it. It has been two days since it's launch and there is no proper answer came out from developers. There are many people like me getting the same crash problem and it's still persist I mean what kind of game developer you are when your game doesn't run at all. Forget Cyberpunk 2077's or any game launch you have ever witnessed, I have never been in this situation before I can't play the game that has been already released. Elden Ring managed to being the worst launched game that I couldn't have imagined. I have tried every solution on the internet, updated every driver, reinstalled the game and even the most absurd ones like it's crashing because of the epic games launcher I tried everything and my situation remains the same this is the first moment in my gaming history that I couldn't find a solution to run a game properly with a decent PC.

    You may ask how do you review the game that you can't play atm and I would say this review is the most deserved answer to the current gaming industry.    … Expand
  99. WayTooBad
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This game has so many shills that are so quick to dismiss any legitimate concerns or problems, it's hilarious. The game looks like dark souls 3, runs like turd. 3090 at 2k resolution drops frames left and right. No DLSS. It's probably not a zero but to offset those shills I'm giving this title a zero.
  100. DIMedr0l
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    lags and freezes lags and freezes lags and freezes lags and freezes lags and freezes
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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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