Elden Ring

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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5812 Ratings

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  1. halfgandalf
    Feb 27, 2022
    4
    I'm so confused by the 10/10 scores from every publisher for this game. I've never seen a game overrated in this scale.. FromSoft gets away with no innovation, while every other franchise gets bashed for repetitiveness.

    Elden Ring is an already outdated souls-like game with worse than ps4 graphics, a barren open-world that offers nothing new. Animation quality is as bad as some indie    I'm so confused by the 10/10 scores from every publisher for this game. I've never seen a game overrated in this scale.. FromSoft gets away with no innovation, while every other franchise gets bashed for repetitiveness.

    Elden Ring is an already outdated souls-like game with worse than ps4 graphics, a barren open-world that offers nothing new. Animation quality is as bad as some indie games that were made by 2 people. The reviewers and community is so delusional that they see open-world, mount and jumping as groundbreaking features.

    It's time to wake up and realise graphics like this, with bad animations and same old combat mechanics DOES NOT DESERVE 10/10. It's unfair to games like RDR2, Death Stranding and GoW and such. Time to wake up and play other games that actually earn praise..

    If this game gets 10/10, than RDR2 need to get like 50 out of 10.    … Expand
  2. kurosawaa2121
    Feb 27, 2022
    7
    The game is actually a masterpiece. It has a huge open world full of things to do, the gameplay is wonderful, the lore is magical. But I can't point more than this because the game at this point is almost unplayable at some points. I hope FromSoftware release an optimization patch soon
  3. gustavorios2
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Don't believe the negative reviews. Most people don't have a good enough pc or don't know how to play the game.
    Elden Ring is without a doubt the best game ever made by mankind.
  4. abowman
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    This game is a masterpiece and is exactly what I would want in terms of an open world dark souls game.

    No quest markers, no hand holding, and amazing exploration. I'm constantly finding new side bosses, areas, NPCS, and other mysteries. Nothing is straight forward and the game rewards players for being inquisitive and taking their time. I get chills jousting insane bosses on my horse    This game is a masterpiece and is exactly what I would want in terms of an open world dark souls game.

    No quest markers, no hand holding, and amazing exploration. I'm constantly finding new side bosses, areas, NPCS, and other mysteries. Nothing is straight forward and the game rewards players for being inquisitive and taking their time.

    I get chills jousting insane bosses on my horse with an enchanted two handed sword. This is the type of gameplay I dreamed about when I was a young boy, and to see it finally come to a reality is an amazing experience.

    I have a very high end rig, and I will admit that I have ran into a couple of stutters. Dark Souls PC ports have always been rough around the edges when they first release, and this one is no different. The lack of widescreen support was also a disappointment. I know both of these things will be fixed through the modding community or by the devs themselves.

    However the game is just so amazing in every other way that these minor issues are very easy for me to look past.

    This game is easily in my top 5 games of all times, and may end up being my favorite RPG of all time by the time I finish.

    2022 is an amazing year to be a gamer.    … Expand
  5. Squiddy_101
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Aside from the performance bugs, there's a great open world soulslike here. I would give an 8/10, but I'm giving a 10/10 to counteract the review bombing.
  6. 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.
  7. BloodBarsuk
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Hello. Casino is on Fromsoftware side. They got zero. Thanks to no Ultrawide support and infinite stutters
  8. Veska
    Feb 27, 2022
    7
    60 fps with drops on 5600X/6700XT, no V-Sync in setting, no ultrawide support. Graphic like Dark Soul 3. Yeah, if you are on hype train and love DS games, you will probably love this one too. But poor optimation, only 60 fps lock, ugly graphic, fps drops, bugs, crashes, problems with Xbox controller, horrible menu and settings. Shader quality doesnt work (it did nothing), same issue with60 fps with drops on 5600X/6700XT, no V-Sync in setting, no ultrawide support. Graphic like Dark Soul 3. Yeah, if you are on hype train and love DS games, you will probably love this one too. But poor optimation, only 60 fps lock, ugly graphic, fps drops, bugs, crashes, problems with Xbox controller, horrible menu and settings. Shader quality doesnt work (it did nothing), same issue with Auto-detect best rendering setting. Half of the changes like grass quality do virtually nothing.

    I asked for a refund. It makes no sense. From Software **** on the PC again. The game can be great, but if I have to rate the PC port, forget about it. 60 fps with graphics at least 6 years outdated, non-functional graphics settings. If you have a PS5, you may enjoy it more on the console. It's a horrible experience here. And as for the game itself. It's "just" another Soul game. Nothing more, nothing less. But it's definitely not a game of the century, as some are trying to suggest.    … Expand
  9. grodes
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    best souls game, game freezes sometimes, but overall excellent experience and amazing world
  10. Arcee7321
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Bad port, no ultrawide suppport, 60fps lock. 2013 Graphics. Poorly done without any effort.

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

    I feel like most people rate this as a "soulslike game" and not a "game". Is is an "ok on PC" soulslike? Yes it is. Is it a good game? No it is not. Its boring, graphics are several years old, voiceacting is bad, story is bad. Combat is as wooden as my cooking spoon. This game is just another soulslike non-revolutionary stuff with 2013 graphics.    … Expand
  11. NichtsJag
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Performance is the biggest issue, but I must say I use a Vega 11 integrated GPU so It was predictable.

    Great map;
    Enemy & World design are impeccable as always;
    Classic, but enjoyable, combat;
    OST is great;
    Good NPC quest lines;
    (For someone with a good PC) Awesome graphics.

    Honestly, if they fix the performance issue, the game will be, certainly, a GOTY.    … Expand
  12. Crismac
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    No ultrawide support in 2022 is just a lazy port from the developers. I have games released years ago that have this day one. Any new game that comes out in the last few years and beyond will not see 1 dime of my money if this is left out.
  13. GenManhertz
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Tehcnical side: Playing with a strong gaming PC, I had some fps drops, but nothing game breaking.
    Gameplay: I don't want to drag it out, a lot of people already said what I think.This really is the best game I played in a long time.
  14. Hawklight
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Simply a masterpiece, nothing less.
    People complaining about the game optimisation are wrong, the game could be more optimized, yes, but you can't just simply pass this amazing game.
  15. Fostio
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    A performance embarrassment. the game is full of bugs, graphically, not artistically, it is a mediocre game. Incomprehensible the notes that are being given
  16. 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.
  17. SoulsGamesSuck
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This is literally worst AAA game of past 10 years. This is absolutely awful, pathetic, insanely bad.
  18. 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.
  19. Fr1zzle
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    The game is just wonderful. This is my first experience in this genre and I just can't stop. There are technical problems, and I hope they will be fixed soon.
  20. Gitgudgitgud
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    If bosses have literally endless amount of combos and special attacks, one after another and then you can maybe get one hit and most of the fight you are just in defense mode, rolling around endlessly, trying to escape, not fight. This is pathetic. This is not good combat design. This is awful. Unless you love to just endlessly run away and feel how pathetic you are, maybe you gonna loveIf bosses have literally endless amount of combos and special attacks, one after another and then you can maybe get one hit and most of the fight you are just in defense mode, rolling around endlessly, trying to escape, not fight. This is pathetic. This is not good combat design. This is awful. Unless you love to just endlessly run away and feel how pathetic you are, maybe you gonna love this combat, but i like games where you can actually truly fight back or have cool battles. Rolling around and hoping to get one hit between 30 seconds is not fun or good design. Jesus christ this game is overrated.… Expand
  21. Sinewav
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Dispite some bugs, and frame rate issues (i got rtx 2060 so i'm reviewing it from my point of view) this is one of the best games i've ever played. This game is a culmination of all the best aspects of the souls series with awesome, breathtaking open world added to it. Elden Ring deserves respect.
  22. Serdonis666
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    freeze, lag, known issues, bad port, still released. nothing ever changes
    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!!!
  23. Angelbleach
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    One of the best games I've ever played and suprising world with lots of stuff to discover.
  24. Bonky
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    A lot of these people leaving negative reviews complaining about the difficulty must be playing their first souls-game with Elden Ring. It's OK to not like it but some of these reviews feel extremely unreasonable and written out of anger

    One of the best games I've ever played and suprising world with lots of stuff to discover. Just don't expect to be held by your hand and be led to all    A lot of these people leaving negative reviews complaining about the difficulty must be playing their first souls-game with Elden Ring. It's OK to not like it but some of these reviews feel extremely unreasonable and written out of anger

    One of the best games I've ever played and suprising world with lots of stuff to discover. Just don't expect to be held by your hand and be led to all the things to find. Gameplay is very similar to other Fromsoft games but feels a lot more fluid and less clunky this time. Some of the optional bosses are not that memorable but the main ones are. And that is OK in my opinion as it's optional.

    The only thing keeping me from giving it a 10/10 is the microstutter on PC.. But it's honestly not as bad as people make it out to be.

    Playing on a Ryzen 3700X and RTX 2060 with 16GB's RAM    … Expand
  25. Bartfliet
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    No ultrawide support. You can even select ultrawide in graphics settings, but then it just put's black bars, which just seems ridiculous to me. Just put it in properly.
  26. Blackworms
    Feb 27, 2022
    5
    One of the worst performances from an AAA game. Stutters like crazy, input delays, no Ultrawide support and 60FPS lock. The game and the world are amazing but if you cannot even provide the basic necessities, it shouldn't be rated 10/10. Particularly for the PC version the review scores are misleading.
  27. pandawan
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Honnètement très déçu ! J'étais très hypé et je ne m'attendais pas à ça. Le jeu est vide dans l'ensemble, on ne sait pas vraiment quoi faire à part explorer. La difficulté est très élevés et la progression du personnage est ridicule par rapport au temps passé a farmer. J'ai même farmé dans une zone spéciale ou les mobs donne plus de 1000 runes pour voir si ça changeait quelques choses.Honnètement très déçu ! J'étais très hypé et je ne m'attendais pas à ça. Le jeu est vide dans l'ensemble, on ne sait pas vraiment quoi faire à part explorer. La difficulté est très élevés et la progression du personnage est ridicule par rapport au temps passé a farmer. J'ai même farmé dans une zone spéciale ou les mobs donne plus de 1000 runes pour voir si ça changeait quelques choses. bilan : après 20 niveau gagnés en 2 heures les mobs ne sont pas plus rapide a tuer et notre résistance est toujours ridicules.Du coup quel intéret de monter en niveau?. Ce qui m'a frustré ce n'est pas de mourir en deux coup par un mob lambda, non, ça je le savait dès le début et j'ai accepté bien volontier le challenge , non c'est plus le fait de devoir grinder comme dans un MMO coréen free to play sans avoir la satisfaction de voir un résultat a ses efforts. Je joue a des jeux vidéos depuis plus de 30 ans maintenant et la première de toutes mes attentes c'est d'y trouver du plaisir. Là , aucun plaisir à l'horizon....Dommage pour mon argent perdu....… Expand
  28. satansmaster
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    No ultra-wide support, stuttering/performance problems, no Sony controller support, wrong button display in-game
  29. ouwssama
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    - 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.
  30. MrGilhaney
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    2022, no ultrawide, and a 60fps cap, not to mention the stuttering. Cant believe they think this is ok to release.
  31. erdnn
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Overrated.
    Graphics are outdated. not even ultrawide support no vsync disable option no 165hz support. Totally faked score.
  32. Joe_Biden
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    you can't cut the grass with the sword. very bad game 0/10 i did not like it. every game should add a grass to be cutted
  33. ZedVlad
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    This perfect game.Over the past year, no game has attracted me so much.An atmosphere reminiscent of the Lord of the Rings universe.
  34. shangalangholt
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    I'm lost for words how users have rated this game so low. Sure its not next gen graphics but that's because of covid. The gameplay is incredible and surely anyone that rates a game should base their review on gameplay before anything else. The variety is huge too. This is easily one of the best games I've played
  35. jomix
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    So poorly optimised to the point where it is literally unplayable. FIX THE GAME!
  36. Galactox
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Please do not but this game. If Cyberpunk or the GTA Trilogy Remaster had a spiritual sequel then there's no doubt this game would be a proud reward owner. We cannot let devs disguise crowdfunding campains as a polished final release of a game, or else the good games are going to end up rarer than anything in this world, which you really don't want unless you hate games for some reason.
  37. samus_the_dj
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    I have played the PC version for several hours (roughly 12-15).

    If you have liked Souls games before Elden Ring and it is really your cup of tea, I guess you might like this still, if you are ready to overlook the many shortcomings it has. But if you haven't like any Souls games before this one, then just keep walking because this isn't for you either, definitely. These are the facts    I have played the PC version for several hours (roughly 12-15).

    If you have liked Souls games before Elden Ring and it is really your cup of tea, I guess you might like this still, if you are ready to overlook the many shortcomings it has. But if you haven't like any Souls games before this one, then just keep walking because this isn't for you either, definitely.

    These are the facts on PC so far:
    - Right off the bat, no Ultra-wide support.
    - No 120 hz support in 4k (I don't know for other resolutions, I haven't tested).
    - Barely hitting 60 FPS sometimes, if I'm lucky!
    - The difficulty once again is ridiculously hard - unless you don't many responsibilities in life I guess maybe you'd have the time to put to maybe want to finish this pointlessly hard game?
    - And last but not least, that no one really talks about: the story is awful and doesn't make any sense at all. I know, I know - the Souls games have never been known much for story in the past but FromSoftware should really have learn from their many mistakes at this point.

    I mean a lot of us have been playing FS games since The Lost Kingdoms days. And it feels like somewhat we're almost back to this. The art style chosen is ok but it's not stellar and graphics overall sure even feels updated in many places for the times we currently live in.

    All in all, this is definitely not the game I was hoping for. It's a bit better on console - mainly PS5 - but still suffers from mostly the same issues across the board.

    I will keep walking for that one.    … Expand
  38. OrcishWarmonger
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    pc performance is truly abysmal with constant stutters, drops and lack of accessibility. poorly localized prices are an another problem
  39. 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
  40. Deaden
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I don't know how these people like this game but it's total health issue game. It feels like my eyes bleeding. Same company did similar games in the past but somehow this company have fans and continue of making games. Probably these gamers have no idea how these games are eating and melting their brains out of their skulls.
    Warning: There is many new troll accounts created to give point    I don't know how these people like this game but it's total health issue game. It feels like my eyes bleeding. Same company did similar games in the past but somehow this company have fans and continue of making games. Probably these gamers have no idea how these games are eating and melting their brains out of their skulls.
    Warning: There is many new troll accounts created to give point 10. Just check their accounts and you will see only game scored is Elden Ring!    … Expand
  41. Probateur
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    The way Bandai Namco and FromSoftware consider their customers is complete shame.
    In the current state the game is unplayable for most of ppl.
    They changed the pc requierements at the last time, just before release, so they knew what was about all this stuff. From Software follows the CD projekt's path. This is purely disgusting. METACRITIC blocked us to tell the truth. Shame on you,    The way Bandai Namco and FromSoftware consider their customers is complete shame.
    In the current state the game is unplayable for most of ppl.
    They changed the pc requierements at the last time, just before release, so they knew what was about all this stuff.
    From Software follows the CD projekt's path. This is purely disgusting.
    METACRITIC blocked us to tell the truth. Shame on you, you are disgusting too.    … Expand
  42. Dr3aMz
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    WINDOWS 10 only? when Dark Souls 3 worked perfectly on Windows 7? Unacceptable.
  43. JargieRodriguez
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    xbox 360 game ported to pc. this videogame is overrated.same animations as ds3, same grapics etc...
  44. Richy03
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Juego sobrevalorado como todos los souls, graficos de la pasada generación con un rendimiento penoso y una dificultad frustante, está bien para los niños rata que se pueden permitir intentar 200 veces matar un boss pero para los que ya tenemos una edad se hace soporifero, no hubiera costado nada poner un selector de dificultad.

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

    Lo que no entiendo es la prensa cascandole notazas y obviando el mal rendimiento y aspecto técnico del juego    … Expand
  45. agiyx
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Another good soulsgame. It had a few frame stutters, but with the right settings you wont experience those anymore. It wont take long for fromsoft to fix those issues. Stop crying you sore hating losers and get a life.
  46. awsomekevin12
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    All the issues are tripartite categorically: performance, quality of life, and camera gets its own category. Performance needs to be uncapped, 60 fps is mediocre for a decade ago, and with all the stuttering and whatnot, shouldn't be unattainable these days. Quality of life includes support for the PC port, like more communication or an actually intuitive kb and m experience. This is theAll the issues are tripartite categorically: performance, quality of life, and camera gets its own category. Performance needs to be uncapped, 60 fps is mediocre for a decade ago, and with all the stuttering and whatnot, shouldn't be unattainable these days. Quality of life includes support for the PC port, like more communication or an actually intuitive kb and m experience. This is the most antagonistic control scheme I've seen, not only is the prompt for keyboard controls hidden in the settings, but q, e, and g as main navigations don't make any sense. The camera itself makes me ill. Literally physically ill, I threw up after playing for only a hour and I'm afraid of going back in. Viewbobbing, built in motion blur, and a floating movement swiveling camera violate my sense of equilibrium like poison. Wait for a performance patch if they care enough.… Expand
  47. Bashoot
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Amazing game with an expansive world, introduction of horse mechanics and simply great artwork. The benefit of this big open world is it allows the player to change the location when stuck facing a difficult boss and doesn't stop giving in terms of beautiful landscapes. Highly Recommended, Patch to support ultrawide monitors on PC is long awaited from developers, other than that, perfectAmazing game with an expansive world, introduction of horse mechanics and simply great artwork. The benefit of this big open world is it allows the player to change the location when stuck facing a difficult boss and doesn't stop giving in terms of beautiful landscapes. Highly Recommended, Patch to support ultrawide monitors on PC is long awaited from developers, other than that, perfect game. Tested on Nvidia 3080 Ryzen 9 3900X.… Expand
  48. Naili
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Elden ring has surprised me in every way, one of the best games I ever played.
  49. zinogamer77
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Is it in a playable state? Kinda fixes the stuttering and FPS issues

    So far Good but need improvements and better optimization
  50. Hambez
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    Just another souls game, plenty of useless resources with absent story......
  51. amonen
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    I am desperately looking for that masterpiece so many critics claimed to see in this game.

    From a technical point of view, its a desaster. Bad controls, laggy input, enemies stun locking you, microstutters all along. Menu handling is atrocious, quick slot management is a bad joke. There are so many items, that are hardly explained at all - You are up to trial and error and    I am desperately looking for that masterpiece so many critics claimed to see in this game.

    From a technical point of view, its a desaster.
    Bad controls, laggy input, enemies stun locking you, microstutters all along.
    Menu handling is atrocious, quick slot management is a bad joke.

    There are so many items, that are hardly explained at all - You are up to trial and error and guesswork to figure out how things work.

    Enemy difficulty is all over the top and while I know, thats part of a souls game, the enemies here are unfair.
    You either play perfectly or you die. Period. Nothing much inbetween. You cant run, cause you run to slow. When you are trying to mount you are likely to be hit during that. If you ever get smashed to the ground, you can reload already, you are not getting up again alive. Hits are often nor registering and you are driven by a constant momentum, that easily moves you out of an enemies hitbox, while the visuals show your swort going through the enemy just fine.
    As the controls are so bad, playing perfect is pretty impossible to pull off, so the only thing remaining is frustration.

    Visuals are nice, but nothing out of the ordinary.

    Story... Well, what story? I have been playing for nearly 10 hours now and the only piece of story is "You are a chosen, grab the ring, save the world" presented in like 2 minutes? The story is pretty much on par with super mario from the NES times so far.

    I have been runnning around, killing & dying a lot and looking for an actual sense in what i am doing.

    Exploring feels interesting, but usually only rewards you with death. I have yet to find any usefull gear, well actually any gear I can use at all. Drops are scarce and so far not matching my class or just worse than what I had from the beginning on.

    Overall, my gameplay experience is "Kill and be killed, rinse and repeat" - because thats all there is to this game. Unfortunately i went way beyond the refund time to look for more in this so-called masterpiece, but as far as I can tell, there just isnt more to it.

    Summary : A soulless shell with lots of grinding and frustrating controls, sporting tons of technical issues and a tedious interface.

    Absolute "Dont buy"    … Expand
  52. SAY10zz
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Actually the best game ever. Vibe, mechanics from dark souls. Dynamics, adrenaline, rush from sekiro. Adventure, sense of freedom from BOTW. The only game that deserves 10/10. PC performance is not perfect, it's better than "fine". Stutters are minor, unnoticable, pretty old pc (1060 6gb, i5 8600) has stable 60fps.
  53. 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
  54. Ksa1
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Bandai namco stated and confirmed on the announcement year of the game that the game will support Arabic UI and Subs, and thousands of arabs pre ordered the game.. anyway.. on the day of release we were shocked that the game doesn't include a single arabic word.. they didn't bother to tell us that they've canceled it before they lunch the game they just went silent and lied to us..
    I hope    Bandai namco stated and confirmed on the announcement year of the game that the game will support Arabic UI and Subs, and thousands of arabs pre ordered the game.. anyway.. on the day of release we were shocked that the game doesn't include a single arabic word.. they didn't bother to tell us that they've canceled it before they lunch the game they just went silent and lied to us..
    I hope that you gamers out there support our community as gamers to make our voice reaches the developers about Bandai's lies and manipulation.    … Expand
  55. lejgaunga
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Just brilliant. The game runs good on my PC while it is on the lower end. Amazing game.
  56. Zodwraith
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Zero to help balance the obvious paid/NDA reviews. Game itself is a solid 7-8.

    On the game itself.. This is easily the best damn Souls-like game I've ever played and I'm having a blast. Being open world fixes the vast majority of my gripes about previous Souls games. Dark Souls should have gone open world long ago and this game proves it. Having space to dodge and roll around your OP    Zero to help balance the obvious paid/NDA reviews. Game itself is a solid 7-8.

    On the game itself.. This is easily the best damn Souls-like game I've ever played and I'm having a blast. Being open world fixes the vast majority of my gripes about previous Souls games. Dark Souls should have gone open world long ago and this game proves it. Having space to dodge and roll around your OP enemy is like the first time you've tasted your favorite food. It makes you realize "I'm the problem, I just need to figure this out" vs "this is impossible." I absolutely adore the DS method in an open world environment. Mad, MAD props to FromSoft for going open world. This is likely where the reviewers stopped and posted OMG100/100 GREATESTGAMEOFALLTIME!!1!11!

    Cons that warrant my rating?

    Most overrated game of all time? Easily. I'll skip over the massive performance issues for now as they're well documented.

    As a game DS was very niche to begin with. It followed a steep learning curve of "figure out your enemy's move set and work around it to win" formula. In this Elden Ring has shined. The problem is enemies have ZERO ai and it shows in an open world vs standing in a hallway. Stand on a rock and they're completely broken. I was able to defeat several bosses and many mini bosses by abusing the terrain while completely ignoring their move set. Not to mention if you range hit a mob his buddy will completely ignore you while you gank your target. WORST AI IN HISTORY. (Sidenote: Throwing knives and arrows move like they're going through Jello but ignore gravity. Even f*cking Minecraft takes gravity seriously.)

    The menus, oh god the menus. They're about as intuitive as building a piece of IKEA furniture with no instructions and 4 screws missing. Every spell, weapon, or item you equip has almost no description, is clunky to equip, and has no stats outside of weapons. In a game where stats are crucial this is a massive failure. This was solved 30 years ago in games and only makes FromSoft look incompetent. There's no popup tooltips when you hover over stats and you have to resort to looking up stuff online to make any sense. I don't mind trial and error when fighting mobs. It shouldn't be in the menus too.

    Fans will claim "realism" to defend it. **** I'm killing waterlogged zombies stretched out like a rubber chicken with their flesh literally falling off their bones that magically can overpower me if I get too close. Don't talk to me about realism.

    Good luck figuring out how to change native control popups from Xbox to KB/Mouse. It's under SOUND controls because that makes total sense. (Settings>sound>onscreen prompt device if you need to fix this) I mean, what's the chance a PC user would want to use a keyboard and mouse instead of an xbox controller? That's unheard of. /s This was solved a decade ago on PC but FS wasn't at that meeting.

    Targeting. Why is there no target tabbing? If there's a little bastard in my face but a hulking monstrosity trying to annihilate me standing over him guess what gets targeted? I have to move my mouse a full screen swipe towards the big guy to get the target to change before I can dodge meaning I'm already dead. Ironic when you need to turn the mouse sensitivity to it's absolute minimum to make it even usable.

    My last con> PERFORMANCE. We all know how **** this game runs, and it's well documented. It can't maintain 30fps on PS4, can't maintain 60fps on PS5, stutters wildly on a fire breathing PC, but looks like an early PS4 game? When I see suggestions that it's best played as a PS4 disc (lowest quality) on a PS5 that's a problem. There's no way in hell this is a 100/100 game and this proves reviewers were either paid or under a hard NDA to not mention performance prerelease.

    When I'm playing on a PC that runs Cyberpunk 2077 at 60fps in 4k but this runs at less than 60 with constant dips into the low 20s while looking like a game from 2016 that's a big issue. I honestly can't name another title that runs this badly. Maybe RDR2 but that looks vastly better than this.

    As a Dark Souls game this is easily 12/10 and everything I could hope for. When you take all other games into account? Solid 7, maybe 8 and that's being generous. There's too many problems here other studios solved decades ago. All my problems have also been all over reddit so I'm not alone. Any reviewer that calls this a 100/100 game meaning perfect should never be trusted again.

    TLDR: I absolutely LOVE this game, but it's far from perfect and DS fanbois need to be honest with themselves. Hard does not equal good. Now you're playing with the big boys and this is mediocre at best.    … Expand
  57. Haye
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Как ветеран всех игр софт вара, хочу сказать что этой самый худший высер из всех возможных вариаций. нулевая адаптация на пс про, на пк завышены требования, сама игра баганая, плохо проработана в плане геймдезайна, нулевой игровой баланс. Чисто сырая некудышная альфа версия. Рекомендую делать рефаунд, дабы сохранить свои нервы.Как ветеран всех игр софт вара, хочу сказать что этой самый худший высер из всех возможных вариаций. нулевая адаптация на пс про, на пк завышены требования, сама игра баганая, плохо проработана в плане геймдезайна, нулевой игровой баланс. Чисто сырая некудышная альфа версия. Рекомендую делать рефаунд, дабы сохранить свои нервы.
  58. klasior
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Unfair, too hard, mobs oneshotting, 0 items and runes to upgrade character. Still good graphics tho
  59. PoppyTales
    Feb 27, 2022
    4
    Once again the so called "critics" showed how unqualified they are when it comes to understanding what makes a game a good game and amazing gameplay. It is not the brand making a games with past achievements, it is the gamers themselves, no one else. Majority of these critics don't even spent the bucks for those games which cant' generate a bias opinions.

    Now here is my opinion: this    Once again the so called "critics" showed how unqualified they are when it comes to understanding what makes a game a good game and amazing gameplay. It is not the brand making a games with past achievements, it is the gamers themselves, no one else. Majority of these critics don't even spent the bucks for those games which cant' generate a bias opinions.

    Now here is my opinion: this game is boring after few hours. Different model of a boss with different combos of the more or less same attacks you've seen before. Stuck in an empty open world which wasn't made to be amazed and looked at, just to traverse in and walking forward is not a good gameplay. Game is not optimized, tested on PC systems properly and I had issues on PS5 as well.
    I don't care they can patch games, this game is expensive and I expect working title when it's released. So where did the money went before the release? Marketing it seems and to all those fake critics hyping it and making us disappointed before it is ready to be played by those who these games are made for. Gamers..

    In the end, make a roll and attack, make a roll and attack, make a roll and attack, use special attack, call for help of few ghosts taking agro, stab them in the back, make a roll and attack.

    Well that gets old very quickly. I don't care if you are hard on souls fan or not. I like game when it makes me feel like I am playing and getting my ass beat as much as I am beating the game's ass and here the only thing that beat my ass was poor design, and low optimization of the Elder Ring world.    … Expand
  60. ChattyDeadMan
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first boss planted on a pike))))))))) You don’t worry there, in a week everyone will be cured, they always do that.
    10 out of 10    … Expand
  61. Gusarius
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    NO ULTRAWIDE support, 60 FPS cap and one of the worst anti-cheats - EAC which don't give people option to patch their game with community fix that already solved above mentioned problems. It's just unacceptable to charge full price and claim that game is AAA and in the same time lack such common features
  62. 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.
  63. charlotteviolet
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    This game worths to called as 'Game' at all. I admit that There are some perfomance issues in this game, but I think that problem occurs only to old PCs. because me and my friends didn't experienced any those problem at all. stop crying. Game is magnificent. despite i never played any of games that made by FROM. there are no other opinion.
  64. Chop2842
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Worst pc port ever, a game meant to be about precise movement has input delay? $60 and can't even get proper 60fps on a 3070ti and this is my problem with revie
  65. gamersarebabies
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    None of these reviews from users are legit. It’s obvious they haven’t played the game or they’re running it on a turd. Game doesn’t look dated at all and in fact the game looks way better than previous games. No issues with connecting a controller and in fact I’ve had no issues at all with using my controller. And uhhh meta critic is a cess pool and no one cares about ultra wide support INone of these reviews from users are legit. It’s obvious they haven’t played the game or they’re running it on a turd. Game doesn’t look dated at all and in fact the game looks way better than previous games. No issues with connecting a controller and in fact I’ve had no issues at all with using my controller. And uhhh meta critic is a cess pool and no one cares about ultra wide support I hope you strain your neck… Expand
  66. Problox420
    Feb 27, 2022
    7
    This game would be one of my favourites if this game was the reason why we didn't get a Breath of the Wild 2 release date
  67. Pini0n
    Feb 27, 2022
    4
    It's dark souls 3 with an open confusing world. Don't buy it if you're not a dark souls fan. But the low score is because of the PC version, how could they launch the game with 60 fps cap? Not only that but the 60 fps aren't stable, it drops do 30 many times. This with a 3080 and 5600x.
  68. GoldenKola
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    The amount of 10/10 reviews and calling it the greatest game of all time makes me sick. The amount of bugs and poor optimization just won't let you enjoy the game. Even if you ignore the poor performance to give the title of greatest game of all time is just a scam. To call it the greatest of all time you need more than just a good game play, it's missing the graphics, story, music andThe amount of 10/10 reviews and calling it the greatest game of all time makes me sick. The amount of bugs and poor optimization just won't let you enjoy the game. Even if you ignore the poor performance to give the title of greatest game of all time is just a scam. To call it the greatest of all time you need more than just a good game play, it's missing the graphics, story, music and optimization. Story wise it didn't have any deeply crafted story like the Witcher or dramatic story that bind you and the character like Read Dead Redemption 2 did with Arthur. I feel scammed by the reviewers and toxic soul fans. Can't give this higher than 8 but I will leave it with 0 because of the poor performance.… Expand
  69. 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!
  70. docFornix
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Poor port, terribly optimized, fps locked and lack of ultrawide like we're back in the nineties.
  71. savteen
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    all who write about "freezes and lags" upgrade ypur pc !! i have gtx 1070 witch core i7-7700 . in high grapich perfomance i have 50 fps
  72. Simply_Bry
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    The game suffers from stuttering in the open world section up to a point it interrupts your timing to dodge and attack and you will die because of it. The game has been in development for 2-3 years and with all the knowledge of releasing their previous games on PC these problems shouldn't be there. Or they learned nothing from it or got greedy and released it in this poor state on purposeThe game suffers from stuttering in the open world section up to a point it interrupts your timing to dodge and attack and you will die because of it. The game has been in development for 2-3 years and with all the knowledge of releasing their previous games on PC these problems shouldn't be there. Or they learned nothing from it or got greedy and released it in this poor state on purpose just to make money from it as soon as possible. It has nothing to do with my PC since I can run Cyberpunk at 80FPS at ultra settings so it should be able to run this PS4 game easily ABOVE the stupid 60FPS cap. And this is not even the only issue since there are many other PC gamers with even more issues.

    My love for FromSoftware and their amazing games does not justify this. I will have to refund and buy at a way cheaper price in 1 or 2 years when hopefully the game is in a playable state.    … Expand
  73. Sharp
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    The best From Software game from Miyazaki, and a masterpiece of an open-world title with a heavy Soulsborne feeling with a spice of Shadow of the Colossus and Breath of the Wild. The scope is much larger than I hoped, and everything is here you ever hoped for.

    The PC version runs a bit rough. Played on 5600X and 6900XT, both heavily undervolted via bios and MPT with powerlimit at max    The best From Software game from Miyazaki, and a masterpiece of an open-world title with a heavy Soulsborne feeling with a spice of Shadow of the Colossus and Breath of the Wild. The scope is much larger than I hoped, and everything is here you ever hoped for.

    The PC version runs a bit rough. Played on 5600X and 6900XT, both heavily undervolted via bios and MPT with powerlimit at max 200W for the whole system, and everything maxed out the game runs most of the time 60fps locked at 4K, with some hitches here and there.    … Expand
  74. Redden44
    Feb 26, 2022
    6
    It's a good game and a decent open world attempt, but it's completely ruined by a horrible, poor, lazy and inexcusable port that made me regret spending 80 euro for it.

    The setting is intriguing, but while some enemies are cool and interesting, many are just unimaginative, extremely repetitive and boring, e.g. undead with lance, undead with sword&shield, undead with axe, etc.    It's a good game and a decent open world attempt, but it's completely ruined by a horrible, poor, lazy and inexcusable port that made me regret spending 80 euro for it.

    The setting is intriguing, but while some enemies are cool and interesting, many are just unimaginative, extremely repetitive and boring, e.g. undead with lance, undead with sword&shield, undead with axe, etc.

    Graphics is previous generation and the performance are abysmal with frame rate drops, stuttering and freezes.

    Sound effects are fine while music ranges from average to good; I bought the deluxe edition to get the 67 soundtracks but honestly I can't remember a single track I'd like to listen to again...disappointing.

    UI is made fro consoles... it's old, lazy and awful to use with mouse&keyboard.
    You can't use your mouse to interact with it.
    It is inconsistent, sometimes you use Enter other E, sometimes Esc others Q...who decided to waste one of the most comfortable button (Q) to use it just for closing a menu!?
    You open a menu with a button but you can't close it with the same button, you have to move you hand and reach another uncomfortable one. Why? Who knows...
    You can't rebind many controls, so you're stuck with a poor layout.

    You can add markers on the map but there are less than 10 icons and you can't add text, a very poor and lazy system.
    When you mouse over a location the tooltip doesn't pop out, you have to move a target icon with WASD over the location.

    When buying items you can't compare stats with what you're using...I have no words for this...it's just pathetic for a 2022 AAA 80 euro game...pathetic.
    While you can accept quests from the very few NPCs you find around, there is no quest log to remind you of anything you're supposed to do.
    In order to quit you have to open a menu, select an option, switch to the right window, select quit, return to the title screen, watch the titles, press any key, scroll the menu, select quit again...tedious.

    Controls are crap, some of them you can change others not and the default layout makes you think that whoever made it has never played a PC game before.
    To use quick items you have to hold E and press the Arrows letting the mouse go...instead of simply pushing comfortable buttons like 1-5 or QERFTGZXCV.
    Sprint and dodge are on the same button instead of Shift and At, this will lead to often dodgeroll instead of sprinting or you having to release the sprint and push it again in order to dodgeroll.
    You have to manually select Mouse&Keyboard prompts inside the Audio Menu (why!?), otherwise the game shows you XBox Controller shortcuts, even though you don't have a controller.
    It records commands while you're character is stuck in an animation and when the animations ends it fires them one after another...
    Can't climb which has become a standard in many Open World games.
    The trailers let you believe you get a flying horse of some sort, but the reality is that there are only a bunch of jumping pads positioned here and there.

    Camera is terrible and when you turn it, it keeps trembling and stuttering cause the script is fighting your command trying to constantly reposition the camera and giving you headache; sometimes it goes completely crazy and keeps turning in circles for no reason.

    AI sometimes is good others poor, for instance enemies can see you trough walls and attack you without checking the line of sight, e.g. archers keep firing at you even though you're are behind a wall.

    Combat doesn't have fixed rules, they keep changing so they can kill you easily.
    Some enemies get staggered when you hit them or block their attacks, others don't, and keep hitting you like nothing happened.
    Sometimes you can avoid a frontal attack by dodging towards the side or the back of an enemy, others the enemy while already in an attack animation, suddenly performs a 360° turn and hits you anyway.
    Projectiles like arrows, bolts, ballista shots, etc are guided missiles that turns midair following and hitting you even if you've moved sideways or dodged them.
    If while attacking your weapon hits a wall you get staggered, but when and enemy does it nothing happens, theirs animation isn't interrupted like yours.
    Spells are completely unbalanced and 95% of them are useless cause they deal much less damage then the basic one, making you think they didn't even test this game properly.
    They said you could play as an archer, but you simply can't cause you have to craft arrows and in order to do that you have to grind materials wasting more arrows, not
    to mention that sometimes you're going to die for hours while fighting a boss, which means you're going to waste thousand of arrows.
    A simple solution would have been letting you craft quivers with infinite arrows and enchant them to cast fire/poison/magic arrows, etc. Too complicated for these devs I guess.

    As I said, it's a horrible, poor, lazy and inexcusable port.    … Expand
  75. Gemesi92
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    this is wrost then cyberpunk....I don't understand the critic, but tecnically don't work anything
  76. thenthomwaslike
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    Not playable right now. 1 point for the improved character creator. I'll update this when From updates the game
  77. 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.
  78. DaJohnny
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Шедевр, открытый мир очень большой и его интересно изучать, боссы сложные и это отлично! Лор отличный, его интересно изучатт
  79. Yueh_
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    Bad performances. It seems there is no optimisation. It needs a major update to solve this.
  80. nix1331
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    3060 cant get decent fps on low in 1080p :( in its current garbage state i have to give 0 as it is not playable for me, but if they fix it this will change, as this game does seem amazing if it works
  81. 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.
  82. Lekfaninte
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Best open world i have ever played, there is just so much to do so much to discover. I do not understand the 0/10 reviews it is getting, i had some FPS drops but there is a few fixes you can do, i follewed the steps in a youtube video and now the frames are stable. Sure it kinda sucks that it is lockt at 60fps but to give this a 0/10 wow. Sorry for my english here but my phone is trying toBest open world i have ever played, there is just so much to do so much to discover. I do not understand the 0/10 reviews it is getting, i had some FPS drops but there is a few fixes you can do, i follewed the steps in a youtube video and now the frames are stable. Sure it kinda sucks that it is lockt at 60fps but to give this a 0/10 wow. Sorry for my english here but my phone is trying to auto corect everything to swedish lol… Expand
  83. Malakai432
    Feb 26, 2022
    9
    Not sure how people are having so many issues with the game. Runs perfect with a 5600x/3080ti lol. . . Around 10 hours in and zero crashes. People complaining about running it on 2060's and 1070's, well yeah of course your going to have performance issues. Game looks absolutely brilliant as well, pretty laughable people comparing it to DS3 and Bloodborne graphic wise when it obviouslyNot sure how people are having so many issues with the game. Runs perfect with a 5600x/3080ti lol. . . Around 10 hours in and zero crashes. People complaining about running it on 2060's and 1070's, well yeah of course your going to have performance issues. Game looks absolutely brilliant as well, pretty laughable people comparing it to DS3 and Bloodborne graphic wise when it obviously looks much, much better.… Expand
  84. Ignat1
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Отличная игра..............................................................
  85. Artemiss123
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    The game is amazing. I love every part of it. Specially combat on horseback.
  86. Metafan99
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    This Game ist just perfect. I mean the Game itself, Not the technical Problem ms Sole People have. Its Running Perfect
  87. AIone
    Feb 26, 2022
    9
    that hype train for 0 rating is annoying, this game don't deserve it. elden ring gave me feeling of old true adventure, which was unobtainable for a long time, and now i finally get it. it returns me to my school days, where world was much more colorful. we played games and shared our achievements on them to each other. spoked about interesting secrets and emotions we found. and we didn'tthat hype train for 0 rating is annoying, this game don't deserve it. elden ring gave me feeling of old true adventure, which was unobtainable for a long time, and now i finally get it. it returns me to my school days, where world was much more colorful. we played games and shared our achievements on them to each other. spoked about interesting secrets and emotions we found. and we didn't complain about fps and graphics, because game must be game to play, not the beautiful movie to watch, that vast majority here wants to see.
    but this game is not ideal.
    here we have not the the best controls on PC. for example, i must un-press dodge key to start dodging, it;s annoying sometimes.
    we have 60 fps lock, so I just use mod to control it by myself (it's not critical for me).
    sometimes game have stutters, while loading grass or something, but 99% of time i don't experience them.
    and... seems like that's all the problems for me?
    i was surprised by narrative, i like how it goes. gameplay is challenging, and i like it too. i can't get bored while i playing it, cause this game can surprise you in sudden times.
    we must confess about how the game feels in it's genre circles, not about how it don't serve you and your expectations (if you had them before play session).
    So:
    Narrative - 10/10 (was surprised not about the exact story, but about how it goes)
    Art style - 10/10
    Boss mechanics - 9/10
    Adventure - 10/10 (true adventure is when you don't know what to expect next)
    Open world - 9/10 (got botw and skyrim vibes while playing)
    Combat - 6.5/10 (just because of not the best controls on PC, where i'm playing. need a lot of time to get used to it)
    Soulslike - 8/10 (it's open world experiment, so i think it's pretty nice and almost friendly for newcomers)
    I was thinking about RPG, so i guess free leveling it's just part to make game playable within souls genre for newcomers. 7/10
    after all, 9/10 GOTY for me.
    stop expressing your inexplicable decisions, or do you really think that pokemon arceus better on graphics, open world and innovative mechanics? nonsence.    … Expand
  88. EthanNSenpai
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    One of the best game I have ever played! Quite hard but I believe that by training, the experience will be much better. I hope this game will win as Game Of The Year. Besides, the game needs more update and optimizations. For now, I would say that this game is fantastic!
  89. TalionSwift
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    SO good so far. Only negative is it has some frame hiccups at some spots nothing too bad, and will prolly be patched up. Literally everything else is Godlike and this is quickly becoming my favorite new souls game. And the Open World is the closest to Breath of the Wilds quality that i have seen yet. So much good here that i cant care to knock it for points.
  90. Jiangopengame
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    If you're playing ELDEN RING because of the open world, you'll find it's not even as good as Dragon Age 3. Yep, not even as good as the game in 2014. ELDEN RING has a terrible low degree of freedom. Please, it's 2022, the game still has 95 points for "Souls", and a bunch of full points? It's a joker game.
  91. ChaosMieter
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    It's remarkable how much From improves upon their foundations with every new Souls/Kiro/Borne/Ring game release. Even Demon's Souls found it's true potential once unshackled from the limitations of old tech. Elden Ring is no different, as we all expected (and dared to hope, after the fateful release of Cyberpunk). What's felt like a disappointing few years for video games, with companiesIt's remarkable how much From improves upon their foundations with every new Souls/Kiro/Borne/Ring game release. Even Demon's Souls found it's true potential once unshackled from the limitations of old tech. Elden Ring is no different, as we all expected (and dared to hope, after the fateful release of Cyberpunk). What's felt like a disappointing few years for video games, with companies focusing more on squeezing every dime out of their game systems instead of focusing on content, From Software's Elden Ring is the complete opposite.

    - The World: An impossibly scaled, Breath of the Wild-esque realm with secrets, story, and rewards in every corner. The game itself practically begs the player to explore every inch of it's hand-crafted world, which anyone who obliges will find themselves doing for hundreds of hours.

    - The Weapons: As always, From is taking all the best parts of their old games, mixing it all together, and adding new ingredients into the mix on top! With the return of power stancing from Dark Souls 2 and weapon arts from Dark Souls 3 (which can now be mixed and matched between weapons, instead of being bound to a single one) and heavy charging from Bloodborne, we now have all the previous tools at our disposal to go forward with. Not only that, but with the addition of jumping attacks and guard counters, there is never a time where you'll find yourself lacking an option to attack. For anyone who is new to the series, or has indulged in past Souls PVP, you should know that one of the main ways a game keeps it's audience for such is *options*, and now we have plenty.

    - The Online: Speaking of PVP, let's talk about the changes to how the online systems work from From's last game, Dark Souls 3. In 3, a host (the player upon which helpful and destructive players called 'phantoms' alike converge) was able to bring up to 6 people into their world, with the use of an item. Now, in Elden Ring, the maximum number of players that can ever be in a single world falls to 4. Additionally, destructive players (invaders) seeking to kill the host and reap the rewards will usually find the host flanked by a helpful player (a summon). This is due to From making it so the only players invaders can encounter are those with additional friendly players already in the world to help them. Many people who enjoy invading dislike this change for obvious reasons, as it makes their lives and their 'success' all the more difficult to obtain. I would remind these players, however, that invaders are *supposed* to be at a disadvantage, and are *usually* supposed to lose. While the occasional upset two-on-one victory is obtainable (and feels amazing), the invader is more geared to sap the host and summon's resources, making whatever boss they aim to face even more difficult than it would already be.

    - The System Requirements: Call it a tough pill to swallow, but I believe that From made the right choice boosting the system requirements for their new game, and would support them doing the same in future game releases. The same way old cutting edge, mind blowing graphics quickly become obsolete, the same can unfortunately be said for the tech that runs it as well. If we want games to continually get more and more outstanding and vast, more detailed and intricate, then that will come with sacrifices for the older systems which can't run it. Imagine how much longer this game would've taken to come out, or how much less time the team would've had to fill it with interesting characters, storylines, environments, enemies, etc if their time was eaten up by making sure the game managed to function on dated tech? You've gotta draw the line somewhere.

    Elden Ring is a one-in-a-generation game, GOTY nominee/winner for sure, and might even be considered the game of the decade when 2030 rolls around.    … Expand
  92. Beli0s
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Stuttering and lags, lags and stuttering/ RTX 3060, Rayzen 7 5800X, NVME SSD, 32 Gb RAM
  93. Goldbert
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    works great with my RTX 2060 unfortunately not many people experience this since for other's system it the screen literally froze. It's a blizzard because the game is buttery smooth when I play it. Heard Fromsoft has a history of poor optimization. Regardless I think this is the best Fromsoft game to date.
  94. LuisDominguez
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    excellent game, very long, they complain about the optimization with more than old graphics cards, with the 1650 super it goes up to 50-60fps on high
  95. Soul127
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    Derivative souls like, with lame open world, reduced challenge overall(for FROM game), and neutered PVP way over priced and over hyped.

    “Plot” is cringe (not sure what paid Martin for lol) Graphics look like from 2014 Animations from 2008 Voice acting is awkward(no surprise with FROM game there) Sound, level design etc, is good but nothing wouldn’t expect from them especially the    Derivative souls like, with lame open world, reduced challenge overall(for FROM game), and neutered PVP way over priced and over hyped.

    “Plot” is cringe (not sure what paid Martin for lol)

    Graphics look like from 2014
    Animations from 2008

    Voice acting is awkward(no surprise with FROM game there)

    Sound, level design etc, is good but nothing wouldn’t expect from them especially the dungeons were cool

    However, even for a souls game the difficulty is all over the place, map isn’t really that open nor large and pretty much done after a single major boss. You hurdle from one area to another poking around for largely useless gear (or at worst baffling what to do with, is for etc, and again even for souls game), or to see if can stumble on same set of recycled enemies in the open world with diff colour and more inflated (or sometimes way deflated) stats to original mob you’ve fought. Lather, rinse, repeat with odd “story” element tossed in. It’s okay, but due to amount of marketing nonsense and to spite anyone saying this is best game of anything ever: 4/10, wished listened to “haters” and never pre-ordered this and just waited for a sale.

    Oh and one lucky one’s didn’t have major performance issues, I’d get into all that but two things:
    1. All over the net go read up, no one is lying 2. It’s a FROM PC game…I mean…not defending it just should know going in what to expect in that regard, tho too: 2/3 didn’t have problems for most people versus this one which is really bad performance and even worse stability for others than myself(seen it first hand at a friend’s place, Yeesh thank you old 1060 card I guess lol)

    Final thoughts:
    It’s okay, neither terrible nor great overall Prob best to get on console. Wait till on sale, avoid if don’t like souls game.    … Expand
  96. danhill76
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    Don’t believe the hype, Elden Ring is terrible. I’m not even talking about the glitches, ran well on my beast gaming rig. No, I’m talking about the total lack of PC optimisation. PC gamers are pretty much forced to use a controller, as the devs have decided to provide very minimal mouse & keyboard support. This isn't 1985, I'm not trying to play NES. Why do the devs force PC users, who'reDon’t believe the hype, Elden Ring is terrible. I’m not even talking about the glitches, ran well on my beast gaming rig. No, I’m talking about the total lack of PC optimisation. PC gamers are pretty much forced to use a controller, as the devs have decided to provide very minimal mouse & keyboard support. This isn't 1985, I'm not trying to play NES. Why do the devs force PC users, who're perfectly happy with mouse and keyboard (far higher skill ceiling & superior fidelity), to use a controller? From Software just don't get it, it’s 2022, every other new AAA release has pretty much the same PC controls and user interface, which have been standardized over decades. Why does Elden Ring look like something from the 2000’s? The devs are lazy, and/or incompetent, couldn't care less about the PC market. Lots of Souls fanbois and paid “reviewers” making weak excuses for this garbage. I dare these shills to make a direct comparison between Elden Ring and God Of War or HZN, there’s just no comparison, it’s absolute garbage, Elden Ring falls well short of basic expectations.… Expand
  97. Sherider
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Best game of miyazaki So good narrative Best boss fight
    Best optimization And this Best story
  98. HighIQOverlord
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    For a franchise that is known as "Souls", no such thing is to be found in this product.

    Generic, distateful, a souless corporate cashgrab with no heart, passion, charm, personaliy, beauty or grace, written by a man that needs over 10 years to write a book and designed by a man that think masterpieces are whispering girls and getting killed by the first boss so you can come out of the    For a franchise that is known as "Souls", no such thing is to be found in this product.

    Generic, distateful, a souless corporate cashgrab with no heart, passion, charm, personaliy, beauty or grace, written by a man that needs over 10 years to write a book and designed by a man that think masterpieces are whispering girls and getting killed by the first boss so you can come out of the dirt as a zombie, Elden Ring manages to literally be a slap in the face to the fans of the masterpiece that was Demon Souls by being a post ironic statement on Modern Contemporary America.

    This game is a poor imitation of Akira Kurosawa's masterpieces, it's just sad really.    … Expand
  99. crispscold
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Not sure how this game got those 10s
    This is the reason i dont trust reviewers
    It's been a while since i've seen that many people make up excuses for poor performance. Their games always have problems, but Fromsoft is at the point where they can do no wrong
  100. coldahdes
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    This game are trash, optimization fail in high end specs. Sttuterings, low CPU and GPU usage, white screen and invisible enemies.
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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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