Elden Ring

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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5812 Ratings

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

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


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

    Other than that , great game . FormSoftware basically built upon every game they previously made and also made it open world . I'll change my review to positive when they patch the game . properly.
  6. Electron2954
    Mar 5, 2022
    1
    Average at best. The game reuses assets and mobs from all of the souls game and copy pastes them all over the world. Animations are janky like in DS1. Open World is pretty but its filled with the same mobs over and over. Everywhere you go you find some flaws. From Software failed to deliver same quality with increased quantity.
  7. klasior
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Unfair, too hard, mobs oneshotting, 0 items and runes to upgrade character. Still good graphics tho
  8. Cheatingingames
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Playing this with trainer that has infinite hp and one hit kills for all monsters. That's the only way this trash is playable and even with this cheat, it's still boring. I just kill one boss, move to another, etc. So you telling me that's the whole game? That's the game that gets almost perfect metascore? Better metascore than basically any game ever made? This game is complete joke.
  9. Justausername
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    I have absolutely never in my life hated anything more than this game. I hate it more than Star Wars Last Jedi and Last of Us 2 combined.
  10. LunaticLooter
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Must play is laughable.
    Most console-itis infested title I've ever had the misfortune of putting my hands on. Absolutely horrendous interface and control scheme that is beyond unacceptable for a PC title, even a ported one.
    Bad performance compared to the graphical fidelity, unsmooth movement, gameplay lacks fluidity.
    Possibly the worst port I've seen to date.
  11. Heinward
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    I feel my self like a dumb when I'm fighting against invisible enemies under a tons of lags.
  12. Atakk-REVIL
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    O jogo tá divertido mais mano não para de travar sempre q tô jogando o fps despenca o jogo kita do nada o servidor fica caindo com meus brod por favor arrume isso né!
  13. Kdoggy69
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Awful PC port. No 21:9 support, 60fps cap, decade-old graphics, archaic co-op system, stuttering, and connection issues. The game is the first in the series with "Easy Anti-Cheat" so any modification to the game including enabling ultrawide or uncapping fps requires the game to be played offline. No reason to give these devs your money.
  14. N4pfkuchen
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    I would give this game a solid 10 if the PC port weren't this bad.
    No ultrawide support and 60 fps lock is just not acceptable anymore.
    It's even more enraging, because the game actually renders perfectly in uw resolutions, but they artificially block the already rendered 21:9 view with an overlay of black bars that forces a 16:9 look. Behind those bars the GPU ist still rendering in    I would give this game a solid 10 if the PC port weren't this bad.
    No ultrawide support and 60 fps lock is just not acceptable anymore.

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

    After playing Dark Souls Remastered, that was developed by a third party studio (QLOC) and had native ultrawide support, I can't belive that FS did again such a horrible job with the PC version.
    Game itself is a masterpiece and I will edit this rating to a 10 if they patch out this overlay to let people play in common uw resolutions.    … Expand
  15. IxVALHALLAxI
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    Tried to kill the boss on horseback. Died 20 times. He was angry. Deleted the game. 1 point!
  16. dorianblues
    Mar 1, 2022
    1
    In the past, the game content has made little progress compared to the past. Badly optimized old engine ditched DX11
  17. LightningFGC
    Mar 1, 2022
    1
    drop frames, slow motion when i start fighting, and there is no Arabic language.
  18. LarsvdV
    Mar 3, 2022
    1
    I have never played a From Software game before, so this will be a new player perspective.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    The bad:

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

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

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

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

    The good:

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

    Skip it. Just skip it. Buy it when it's in the bargain bin in two years if you must, for curiosity's sake.    … Expand
  30. PangarE02
    Apr 5, 2022
    1
    Piores bosses designs da fromsoftware até agora, péssimos balanceamentos, input delay pra qualquer comando, e imput readin absolutamente artificial, é ridículo. O personagem desse jogo é de ds2 de tao lento, e os inimigos no jogo tem dinamica de bloodborne. Bosses impuníveis, com combos quase infinitos, e hps e dano gigantes, elden ring nem precisaria de ng+. Metade dos equipamentos doPiores bosses designs da fromsoftware até agora, péssimos balanceamentos, input delay pra qualquer comando, e imput readin absolutamente artificial, é ridículo. O personagem desse jogo é de ds2 de tao lento, e os inimigos no jogo tem dinamica de bloodborne. Bosses impuníveis, com combos quase infinitos, e hps e dano gigantes, elden ring nem precisaria de ng+. Metade dos equipamentos do jogo sao descartáveis, e a idiotice de sumonar npcs pra ajudar, é de longe, a maior confirmação do quao péssimamente desenvolvido as boss fights desse jogo sao, necessitando de terceiros para criar aberturas em bosses mal planejados, esquisitamente animados acarretando em hitboxes bugados. O jogo não passa de hype mesmo, e se os nerfs pra tudo que é minimamente útil no jogo acontecerem... nem quero ver. Tirando isso, a exploração é boa, e o art design é legal também. As quests sao uma bosta, em resumo, nao se faz nada e morre todo mundo. E jornalista tem probleminha, ou pagaram uma grana legal pra eles. Sem falar no pc port, um lixo absoluto. Fromsoftware nao tem cognitivo pra aprender nada com os bons jogos que fizeram até entao, patético.… Expand
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Metascore
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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