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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    'Yes' to all of the above.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Get good, or die trying.
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  28. Feb 28, 2022
    0
    O jogo é muito bonito, a história etc. Mas eu tenho que negativar, pelo simples fato de que os jogos hoje em dia estão entrando em uma direção um pouco estranha. Parece que a maioria dos jogos lançados atualmente estão quebrados, mal otimizados. Isso me faz refletir: será que estão fazendo isso para vender hardware (cartel?) ou ninguém liga para otimização dos jogos? Elden Ring temO jogo é muito bonito, a história etc. Mas eu tenho que negativar, pelo simples fato de que os jogos hoje em dia estão entrando em uma direção um pouco estranha. Parece que a maioria dos jogos lançados atualmente estão quebrados, mal otimizados. Isso me faz refletir: será que estão fazendo isso para vender hardware (cartel?) ou ninguém liga para otimização dos jogos? Elden Ring tem gráficos ultrapassados (com exceção dos efeitos, eu achei muito bonito) e o jogo exige um hardware muito acima do esperado! Estou negativando também pela falta de suporte em monitores Ultrawide, em pleno 2022 o jogo não tem suporte. Expand
  29. Feb 28, 2022
    4
    Can barely get the game running. Much stuttering. Looks great and gameplay seems nice and probably would be a great game.
    But all of that doesn't matter if i can barely play the game!
  30. Feb 28, 2022
    10
    You guys are really crybabies . Not gonna lie i have problems from this frame drop but it's not that problematic. I have a low budget PC and still can play really well. The game is amazing. The story is complex and the game is challenging.
    If you rated this masterpiece 1 or 0 you are a totally TROLL .
    Souls games are my favorites and I am really a judging person and i can't see
    You guys are really crybabies . Not gonna lie i have problems from this frame drop but it's not that problematic. I have a low budget PC and still can play really well. The game is amazing. The story is complex and the game is challenging.
    If you rated this masterpiece 1 or 0 you are a totally TROLL .
    Souls games are my favorites and I am really a judging person and i can't see something bad in this game. The only problem this game has is you guys that can't get over a small problem and can't wait a little for a patch . This is not Cyberpunk. The game is playable and doesn't have major bugs so maybe GIT GUD!
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Metascore
94

Universal acclaim - based on 60 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 60
  2. Negative: 0 out of 60
  1. 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.
  2. 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…
  3. 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.