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. 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.
  2. comadore
    Feb 28, 2022
    2
    The critical reviews for this are all correct.
    This is just Dark Souls again "now with goat-horse!!!".
    Including the trademark artificial difficulty that the games are known for. There is a difference in a game being hard because it takes skill. And a game being hard because the character moves like a boulder, and all your enemies have overinflated HP bars. This is Game Design 101. And    The critical reviews for this are all correct.
    This is just Dark Souls again "now with goat-horse!!!".
    Including the trademark artificial difficulty that the games are known for.
    There is a difference in a game being hard because it takes skill. And a game being hard because the character moves like a boulder, and all your enemies have overinflated HP bars. This is Game Design 101. And I cannot believe the developers are being praised and awarded for this crap.
    But if you've already played a couple from software games, aren't you tired of doing this yet?
    The "lore" in this game is really some standard convoluted JRPG trite. Only this time it's trying its best to look like Skyrim and Witcher 3.
    The new open world is just big for no reason and it has a very amateur design philosophy.
    The controls feel like you are playing a PS2 launch title. And the stiff animations don't make it any better.
    Just a boring chore to play. I feel like this game is intentionally wasting my time and has zero payoff.
    I really don't get how a person can play this and be amazed. Unless it's the first game they've ever played.
    You'll probably like this if you're pretty slow and aren't capable of deep thought.    … Expand
  3. StarkAgentos
    Feb 26, 2022
    6
    Поиграл всего 1 час. Игра мне в первое время даже понравилась, пока я не понял, что не могу просто добраться из точки а в точку б и почти никого не могу одолеть...
  4. 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.
  5. MinePlay512
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Elden Ring is a joy and a masterpiece. It's not only one of the best RPGs, but it's one of the best games in general.
  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. deltas
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Phenomenal game that is likely going to stick with the industry for many years to come as a shining example of how to do open world games whilst maintaining challenge and a core sense of adventure. Currently the game suffers from performance issues due to certain bugs that affect people on a varying spectrum, but these are being addressed and as soon as they are, this is a game you mustPhenomenal game that is likely going to stick with the industry for many years to come as a shining example of how to do open world games whilst maintaining challenge and a core sense of adventure. Currently the game suffers from performance issues due to certain bugs that affect people on a varying spectrum, but these are being addressed and as soon as they are, this is a game you must absolutely play.… Expand
  8. eldelcuchillo
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Performance on this game is horrible, drops in frame rate, stuttering, bad graphics, no support for large screens, etc. Wasn't this supposed to be a whole "new franchise"? Just a glorified Dark souls 4, same animations as DS, same mechanics, same UI, the George R.R. Martin thing was pure marketing. Sorry, but open worlds and riding horses is not innovative at all.
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. hatefanboys
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Extremely poor optmized Tons of stutterings nd fps drops The game doesn't has stunning visuals so it s ridiculous being so demanding in cpu
  12. Bigbossbalrog
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    FROMSOFT delivers yet again. Please buy this; support this company, there one of the very few good ones left.
  13. gabriot
    Mar 7, 2022
    2
    Why did I get trolled into thinking yet another Souls game wouldn't be complete and utter trash? The open world aspect combined with GRRM supposedly writing the story suckered me in. Oh how trolled I am yet again. Story? STORY?! It's the same non-story all these crap games have. What the hell was GRMM Needed for? There is no story as per usual. Open world? No more or less than theWhy did I get trolled into thinking yet another Souls game wouldn't be complete and utter trash? The open world aspect combined with GRRM supposedly writing the story suckered me in. Oh how trolled I am yet again. Story? STORY?! It's the same non-story all these crap games have. What the hell was GRMM Needed for? There is no story as per usual. Open world? No more or less than the other titles were. You're still gear gated into linearity, except now you just have more ways to screw yourself beyond repair and have to just start a new save if you get stuck early in an area such as the the poisonous swamp from a "treasure portal".

    I have a newsflash for all the fanboys of these crap games: It is in fact NOT GOOD GAME DESIGN to have an area near the starting area, with the lowest tier enemies, get trolled into opening a treasure chest, have it teleport you to an area THAT YOU CANNOT TELEPORT OUT OF, yes even the first campfire near that area cannot be teleported out of, so if you have no gear, no horse, well you just need to start a new save now. Cool great design. They really respect the player's time with this crap. Also I know this genius mechanic I'm next going to talk about is present in all Soulscrap games, but how in the world is it good design to just permanently lose all your experience/gold if you die and can't get back to your death spot? That isn't fun, it only angers you, depresses you, and wastes your time. I'd be halfway fine with having to fight the same enemies over and over again, but when you have the added bs of just losing all of your experience it just isn't good game design. Period. And you're wrong if you think otherwise, objectively wrong.

    Have fun torturing yourself with yet another awful installment with this franchise. If you didn't like the games before - trust me you won't like em now, even w/ GRRM's name sleezily stamped all over it.    … Expand
  14. 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
  15. Leonzio
    Feb 28, 2022
    2
    The game on pc is litterally unplayable with a high end pc. This should be illegal il 2022. After 8 hours of stuttering i decided that I'll not ruin my experience with the whole game until from fixes the mess they released.
  16. Beli0s
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Stuttering and lags, lags and stuttering/ RTX 3060, Rayzen 7 5800X, NVME SSD, 32 Gb RAM
  17. Angelbleach
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    One of the best games I've ever played and suprising world with lots of stuff to discover.
  18. 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
  19. Sglider
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    The game has failures in too many aspects to make it playable, it seems a lie that pages dedicated to analyzing games can overlook these obvious problems if not because they directly charge from the publisher and give the notes without testing the game, hangs, outputs to the desktop, inability to maintain a stable frame rate, pulls for problems when loading areas in the background, controlThe game has failures in too many aspects to make it playable, it seems a lie that pages dedicated to analyzing games can overlook these obvious problems if not because they directly charge from the publisher and give the notes without testing the game, hangs, outputs to the desktop, inability to maintain a stable frame rate, pulls for problems when loading areas in the background, control and camera problems… Expand
  20. Drattakke
    Feb 28, 2022
    2
    Les graphismes pas terrible. IA débiles, exemple on tue un soldat sont collègue est juste à côté il ne réagit pas. Open World vide.
  21. z170
    Mar 6, 2022
    10
    [1080ti/8700k]- Stuttering is almost nonexistent for me except for new area loading. Running b/w 54-60 FPS at 1440P with it almost always sitting at 60. Almost all setting are set to High.

    9/10 +Souls-like combat that you expect +Amazing art & enemy design +Something to explore everywhere on the map and you are rewarded for adventuring +Variety in how you approach mobs/enemies    [1080ti/8700k]- Stuttering is almost nonexistent for me except for new area loading. Running b/w 54-60 FPS at 1440P with it almost always sitting at 60. Almost all setting are set to High.

    9/10
    +Souls-like combat that you expect
    +Amazing art & enemy design
    +Something to explore everywhere on the map and you are rewarded for adventuring
    +Variety in how you approach mobs/enemies

    -/+ Recycled Assets
    -/+ Storytelling for the masses is not the best (I really liked sekiros storytelling but it is much more linear)

    -Game needs some polishing in the animation department (ex. I hate how dialogue and mouth movement do no match)
    -Formulaic (Fromsoftware needs to make something new from the ground up with a new engine and try to step away from its souls-like predecessors)

    **For me my pros definitely out-weighs my neutral and negatives and I am having a blast**    … Expand
  22. JasonKing66
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    ~55 fps on average and ~45 fps on 99% FPS. Constant huge dip in FPS causing me dizzy and nausea. RTX 3080 and 3900XT with 32GB DDR4 desktop. I think it's safe to announce players should blacklist all these "game reviewers" forever. Rating purely based on game content and exclude performance & optimization is EVIL. This game does not deserve this high praise on PC, period. Shame on you,~55 fps on average and ~45 fps on 99% FPS. Constant huge dip in FPS causing me dizzy and nausea. RTX 3080 and 3900XT with 32GB DDR4 desktop. I think it's safe to announce players should blacklist all these "game reviewers" forever. Rating purely based on game content and exclude performance & optimization is EVIL. This game does not deserve this high praise on PC, period. Shame on you, "game reviewers"!… Expand
  23. M13Xv
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    Great game play but you wouldn't be able to experience it because of the garbage performance
  24. VladLitvyak
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    where is the patch????????? Three days after the last patch you did nothing to FPS
  25. geovaniasa
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    There's no a good story, there's no a good musics, there's a disappointment graphics, there's a lot of performance problems.
  26. Ibrra
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    I bought the game for arabic language, You have said there is arabic language then it’s a lie
  27. ShinyDuckFish
    Feb 28, 2022
    3
    Elden ring is probably the biggest let down in a while with gaming, and it’s once again because critics hype up a bad game. The “open world” is really just closed areas with individual sections for everything that actually happens. It doesn’t feel open world when playing the game. The stuttering is extremely bad and the people who say it is running fine are lying, as I have had multipleElden ring is probably the biggest let down in a while with gaming, and it’s once again because critics hype up a bad game. The “open world” is really just closed areas with individual sections for everything that actually happens. It doesn’t feel open world when playing the game. The stuttering is extremely bad and the people who say it is running fine are lying, as I have had multiple friends say it’s fine and then their game will start to freeze. Don’t buy it for the open world, and don’t buy it unless you are a hardcore souls fan.… Expand
  28. Old_Nito
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    There is no Arabic language.
    Support the Arabic language!
    Support the Arabic language!
  29. Godhammer
    Mar 8, 2022
    9
    While there certainly are legitimate criticisms that can be leveled and will hopefully be addressed in the future, this game is by far a class of it's own. Mixing open world exploration and discovery with the Soulsborne series combat mechanics that have garnered a reputation of its own, and an artstyle that leaves one completely stunned, this game is by far GOTY. I wish I could go on,While there certainly are legitimate criticisms that can be leveled and will hopefully be addressed in the future, this game is by far a class of it's own. Mixing open world exploration and discovery with the Soulsborne series combat mechanics that have garnered a reputation of its own, and an artstyle that leaves one completely stunned, this game is by far GOTY. I wish I could go on, however I encourage you to discover for yourself just how incredible this game is. I would definitely say this game reminds me of my first time playing skyrim, and just how wonderful and fantastic the world is.… Expand
  30. 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.
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94

Universal acclaim - based on 60 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 60
  3. Negative: 0 out of 60
  1. Cubed3
    Aug 29, 2022
    70
    Elden Ring is an experience that will not be forgotten in a hurry. It's a tremendous, hulking, massive achievement but because it is tremendous, hulking and massive, it is one that comes with many caveats. The shelves in CeX and conversations with people who stopped playing at Stormveil castle can certainly attest to some of those caveats. Much like any FromSoftware title, it's not going to be for everybody, but paradoxically it is one of their hardest and one of their most accessible to date. It offers huge value in one package, and perhaps is a little too much value, only becoming clearer when nearing the endgame. Don't be mistaken by the criticism, though. This is a phenomenal achievement with a moment-to-moment that is incredibly engaging and immersive. No doubt it will be deserving of the end-of-year accolades it will inevitably receive. One pushes through Elden Ring as one pushes through life, with all the highs and the lows that it brings.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Apr 28, 2022
    82
    Elden Ring is massive, sometimes to its detriment. A thorough walkthrough might take up more than 100 hours to complete, and at some point it becomes clear that From Software did not have enough manpower to produce that much unique content. Still, it remains incredibly addictive even after those 100 hours pass…
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  3. RPGamer
    Apr 14, 2022
    90
    It’s hard to review Elden Ring without being comparative; that’s because Elden Ring is an evolutionary step, not a revolutionary one, and one can’t help but see how it’s built on what came before. Here is a massive undertaking of a game, not for the sake of chasing trends but as the natural progression of the style the company has been fostering for over a decade. It’s amazing how smoothly the transition to open world was and how much of the Souls identity is still present. In the short time since its release, it has already left a cultural mark, no doubt a result of the game’s increased approachability. Even after sifting past all the hype and grandiosity, there’s still an excellent game left and Elden Ring is a clear showcase of FromSoftware’s outstanding expertise in the field. Elden Ring really is just that good.
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