Elden Ring

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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5812 Ratings

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  1. EzeDM
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    nenhum jogo com essa otimização porca merece sequer 1 ponto de score. PAREM DE NORMALIZAR ESSE TIPO DE ATITUDES DESSAS EMPRESAS
  2. AceAscendus
    Aug 9, 2022
    0
    By far the worst souls game ever made, the open world is extremely boring and full of copy+paste content. There is no fun way to traverse the open world. Boss fights are low quality and again a lot of them are copy+paste, I am talking about big story bosses that get shamelessly reused! It shows that FromSoftware didn't have enough time to develop this game properly. The boring empty openBy far the worst souls game ever made, the open world is extremely boring and full of copy+paste content. There is no fun way to traverse the open world. Boss fights are low quality and again a lot of them are copy+paste, I am talking about big story bosses that get shamelessly reused! It shows that FromSoftware didn't have enough time to develop this game properly. The boring empty open world is filled with wannabe pokemon summons called spirit ashe summons, you like collecting pokemons in your souls games? I don't. There is no meaningful reward, the game is too big for its own good, next time provide less quantity and more QUALITY, like previous souls games.… Expand
  3. koreaplay
    Nov 4, 2022
    0
    cenário legal, ambientação , mecânica , bosses parrudos, porém repetitivos gostei da inovação na mecânica e se manteve no seu estilo soulslike . Espero a continuação desse jogo fantástico.
  4. Grandhatred
    Apr 19, 2022
    0
    only tryhard loser "enjoy" this game (you lying to yourself if you say you enjoying the game)
    go get monster hunter game because it seems like the people that make mh aware that not all gamer are tryhard loser
  5. Danilorrc
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Hay algo que no entiendo. LA AYUDA DE LOS MEDIO ESPECIALIZADOS CON ALGUNOS ESTUDIOS. le dan un 10 a un juego que en ninguna de sus versiones está terminado. Le queda bastante para que el juego funcione bien principalmente en pc. Otro problema hay estudios que hacen los mismos juegos una y otra vez y los viven criticando por eso. Miyazaki hace los mismos juegos con un mapa más grande y loHay algo que no entiendo. LA AYUDA DE LOS MEDIO ESPECIALIZADOS CON ALGUNOS ESTUDIOS. le dan un 10 a un juego que en ninguna de sus versiones está terminado. Le queda bastante para que el juego funcione bien principalmente en pc. Otro problema hay estudios que hacen los mismos juegos una y otra vez y los viven criticando por eso. Miyazaki hace los mismos juegos con un mapa más grande y lo alaban saben quién más hace eso y le llueven las críticas UBISOFT! otro tema, criticaron a a Horizon por unos bugs pequeños que no afectaban el juego, pero a este ni mencionaron el mal funcionamiento y rendimiento en todas sus consolas. PENOSO LO DE LOS ANALISTAS DE JUEGOS APOYANDO ESTUDIOS SIN IMPORTARLE QUE SOMOS NOSOTROS LOS QUE PAGAMOS POR ELLOS.… Expand
  6. moviesandgames
    Apr 23, 2022
    0
    there is dificulty than this. if the first mini boss takes me 5 tries than you failed to make a playable game. you filled it with to much information and it made it impossible to chose a class. why not instead try this dont be stupid and add a setting called difficulty easy medium or hard thats literally it but no you chose the 2nd difficulty option of lets make this class bassed systemthere is dificulty than this. if the first mini boss takes me 5 tries than you failed to make a playable game. you filled it with to much information and it made it impossible to chose a class. why not instead try this dont be stupid and add a setting called difficulty easy medium or hard thats literally it but no you chose the 2nd difficulty option of lets make this class bassed system impossible for anyone whos never played a dark souls game to understand so instead they just google it… Expand
  7. 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
  8. brunojbf
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    What can I say? A PS3/xbox360 graphics. I definitely don’t recommend this game. The gameplay is awkward and repetitive, not satisfied playing it. The world is totally empty, not vast and rich as some reviewers are saying, everything looks flat and same all the time. The graphics could be better, physics and animations are very poor, considering the recent high quality games, NPC’sWhat can I say? A PS3/xbox360 graphics. I definitely don’t recommend this game. The gameplay is awkward and repetitive, not satisfied playing it. The world is totally empty, not vast and rich as some reviewers are saying, everything looks flat and same all the time. The graphics could be better, physics and animations are very poor, considering the recent high quality games, NPC’s animations during conversations not exist. It is a joke! Sound FX are below average and repetitive. As Link the character can’t speak, combat is not responsive, story is too weak. Really a LAZY job. So it is a disappointment and totally below the expectations of the new gen games.… Expand
  9. hovercroft
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    Stuttery fps locked crap. Souls players will be creaming in their pants for a souls game with a different skin whacked on top. Same old boring gameplay crappy mechanics as every other souls game. Dodge roll slash repeat. Avoid at all costs unless you’re a souls creampie loser.
  10. aideseubulus
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Massive stuttering issues and NO ULTRAWIDE SUPPORT. Those are deals breakers for me.
  11. davygravy93
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Another overhyped triple A release that fanboys will inevitably defend no matter how many obvious flaws that are staring them in the face so disregard any 9 or 10 reviews.

    Its pretty obvious at this point that this game is not even close to the "masterpiece" that "critics" and fanboys are claiming it is. I swear the term "masterpiece" gets tossed around so casually these days that its    Another overhyped triple A release that fanboys will inevitably defend no matter how many obvious flaws that are staring them in the face so disregard any 9 or 10 reviews.

    Its pretty obvious at this point that this game is not even close to the "masterpiece" that "critics" and fanboys are claiming it is. I swear the term "masterpiece" gets tossed around so casually these days that its become irrelevant along with mainstream video game journalism. I truly cannot comprehend how you can look past all the performance issues/reused assets and then call this a good game.

    The open world is easily the most glaring flaw because its so empty and generic. Unlike games like BOTW or Witcher 3 there aren't many ways you can interact with the environment outside of picking up useless crafting materials. The optional dungeons are essentially chalice dungeons from bloodborne except with more copy and paste boss designs and rewards that make going through them seem like a waste of time(spoiler, they are).

    For all the fuss about GRR martin being the writer there is very little payoff. I was hoping he would give a more solid narrative other than the usual endless stream of item descriptions that are beyond overplayed at this point but I guess I expected too much from what everyone is calling a "masterpiece".

    The combat is(you guessed it) more of the same. The only difference is that there is a jump button which has very little impact on what you do when fighting, you'll still be dodging, hitting, and then chugging estus in between. Anyone claiming this is good combat needs to be reminded how many souls games there have been and how it isn't impressive anymore. As a veteran I expected much more from the combat but hey, masterpiece amiright?

    The NPC's are just as generic as the world they inhabit. The moment I encountered a talking jar was the point where I knew all semblance of immersion had been tossed out the window. No longer is there any coherence between what they are doing vs what you're doing in the world, now its just wacky nonsense.

    As a souls veteran I'm pretty disgusted with the praise elden ring has received. It does nothing better than the original dark souls or demons souls so putting it on a pedestal just shows how easily reviews can be bought and fool casuals. I use this game as a litmus test to see how easily fooled someone is by video game hype, disregard any positive opinion on this game as market brainwashing, because that's all it usually is.    … Expand
  12. 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
  13. tunahan43
    Mar 31, 2022
    0
    çöp bir oyun overrated bir oyun .linç yemekten korkmayın far crya aynı oyun diyen kendini gamer sanan tipler aynı bar aynı animasyon olan bu çöp ps3 grafikli oyuna ovv şeet diyor ne diyeyim iki yüzlüsünüz...
  14. Batman431
    Mar 30, 2022
    0
    the game in pc is broken. every single time there is new update, every game thing needs to be load and every time the fps go to hell, even if your pc is from nasa. i will never buy a from software game at launch!!!!!
  15. Kustosh
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    Game graphics looks like from 2006. Other languages than english were probably translated in google translator lol. Stupid texts on the ground, i mean, they are really stupid, and with zero point. Bad console port on PC, u have to guess which button does what. Im really dissapointed, gameplay is boring. Story even more. At least we know which company pays for good reviews.
  16. FoxForce
    Apr 28, 2022
    0
    Another PC release from FromSoftware that requires gamepad to play. It is absolutely and irrefutably unacceptable to sell a game with this price tag that would still require a gamepad!

    The arrogance to release a game without redesigning its control scheme or even changing the default button icons, showcases how low customers expectations are . The majority might give this fake    Another PC release from FromSoftware that requires gamepad to play. It is absolutely and irrefutably unacceptable to sell a game with this price tag that would still require a gamepad!

    The arrogance to release a game without redesigning its control scheme or even changing the default button icons, showcases how low customers expectations are .

    The majority might give this fake product a pass but I will not. The game gets a zero because it requires a gamepad to play. Sell the game for 2$ so I can buy a gamepad then.    … Expand
  17. 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
  18. PapaJustifyTV
    Jun 6, 2022
    0
    Russian nazi language is there, but no Ukrainian. 0 from me. I'm so tired of this...
    Game is great tho.
  19. Awsomnerd
    Mar 14, 2022
    0
    Boring, repetitive and overrated. Performance is garbage on pc dark soles game all play the same.
  20. AngryBird
    Oct 27, 2022
    0
    It is NOT a souls game. What a souls game for fans of the series is? It is a never-ending sense of constant threat, claustrophobic feeling of imminent danger around the corner, sense of loneliness, a permanent maze-like feeling and happiness when finding a shortcut. There is nothing lake that in ER. In Bloodborne i wanted to open every door and pick into every window in every location, inIt is NOT a souls game. What a souls game for fans of the series is? It is a never-ending sense of constant threat, claustrophobic feeling of imminent danger around the corner, sense of loneliness, a permanent maze-like feeling and happiness when finding a shortcut. There is nothing lake that in ER. In Bloodborne i wanted to open every door and pick into every window in every location, in ER i just want to the open world to end and find a castle, or a village or something to explore. Souls games are know for insane amount of details concentrated in average sized locations. When you transfer these details to an open world they are non existent anymore. Elden ring also lacks music and atmosphere. Do you remember the goosebumps moonlit melody gave you when visiting hunters dream in BB? Do you remember the incredible atmosphere in Sekiro created by music? You will not hear anything like that masterpiece in ER. Lets be honest alright? Turn the music off in Witcher 3, any Elder Scrolls game, RDR2 etc etc...Half of your joy and pleasure from playing the game will vanish. Creating an open world for ER (which is mostly empty btw) they totally forgot to add decent music to it and therefore no atmosphere is in the game. Bosses are dull, sidequests are almost impossible to start or finish without checking on internet, insane amount of items just brings confusion and does not really add diversity to gameplay. Overall it could have been a very-very good game if devs just made it 2 times smaller, removed fast travel mechanics (made us travel only from bonfires). And dear devs, please, stop adding grotesque British accent to every npc in the game. It really does not do any good to your games anymore.… Expand
  21. tacsquid
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Do not buy if you play keyboard and mouse. All the input prompts are designed for an xbox controller style input. Finding the keyboard key that is mapped to the action for the button it's indicating will not work, leaving it impossible to complete some actions. In addition invisible enemies, stuttering, and input lag on the keyboard and mouse (may be a result of stuttering? idk) make thisDo not buy if you play keyboard and mouse. All the input prompts are designed for an xbox controller style input. Finding the keyboard key that is mapped to the action for the button it's indicating will not work, leaving it impossible to complete some actions. In addition invisible enemies, stuttering, and input lag on the keyboard and mouse (may be a result of stuttering? idk) make this EXTREMELY frustrating to play. I'm playing on a 5950x w/ 64 gigs of ram and a 3080. I shouldn't have any stuttering so it's obviously some issue. Maybe it'll be patched complete one day. It's not as disappointing as cyberpunk was on launch, as long as you want to play with a gamepad. if you really want to play this game get it on console or wait for a sale/massive patching.… Expand
  22. Beli0s
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Stuttering and lags, lags and stuttering/ RTX 3060, Rayzen 7 5800X, NVME SSD, 32 Gb RAM
  23. Esquizo
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Lazy open world, technically outdated, outdated graphics, outdated animations, assets reused EVERYWHERE, generic/reskin enemies everywhere.
  24. EnsarO
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Hayatımda gördüğüm en rezil port. Bu oyunun port işleminde çalışan herkesin validesini cima eyleyüm.
  25. MrTmu
    Mar 13, 2022
    0
    in terms of content and experience, this games is a solid 10/10. But with PC tech issues with random screen stuttering i give it a 9/10. With some other game the stuttering would be bigger issue, but the game makes you overlook technical issues. Its a have to play game for everyone.
  26. OliRock92
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    A big map doesn't make a better game. Uninteresting, bland and boring. Doesn't deserve any of it's perfect scores. Heck, doesn't deserve more than a 6 if you stretch it a lot. The controls are just as bad as the "story" and visuals. The character feels heavy and moves so slow. Feels clunky. Sound was also uninteresting. Nothing sticks to mind. So, a very below average game that wasA big map doesn't make a better game. Uninteresting, bland and boring. Doesn't deserve any of it's perfect scores. Heck, doesn't deserve more than a 6 if you stretch it a lot. The controls are just as bad as the "story" and visuals. The character feels heavy and moves so slow. Feels clunky. Sound was also uninteresting. Nothing sticks to mind. So, a very below average game that was overhyped by possibly one of the most toxic fanbases there are. This kind of game needs to stop being produced.… Expand
  27. THAC0
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    This game is pretty much an epic fail, The community is TOXIC AF (Wishing death on many who dont think this is a 9/10 or better game and being blantly Biased as hell and will harass you continuously)
    The Stuttering is just EPIC Bad Invisible enemies dosnt read your controller the open world design is just Meh Worst poise weapons item design Quests of ALL the souls games like ROFLMAO how    This game is pretty much an epic fail, The community is TOXIC AF (Wishing death on many who dont think this is a 9/10 or better game and being blantly Biased as hell and will harass you continuously)
    The Stuttering is just EPIC Bad Invisible enemies dosnt read your controller the open world design is just Meh Worst poise weapons item design Quests of ALL the souls games like ROFLMAO how was
    this BEST GAME? Oh yeah coz hype and you will be harassed if you point out that even 3k$ PC Machine rigs are suffering from stuttering and such like wow just wow the biased fromsoft fan boys and curropted Critics have shown temselfs. Anyone rating this a 9/10 or higher is clearly curropt and shouldnt be trusted at all.

    Worse launch then FO76 ... Fact ...    … Expand
  28. razorbr
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Um jogo incrível que todo mundo vai amar jogar, porém... há de ser otimizado... se a Bandai consertar os Stuttering aleatórios que ao decorrer do jogo vai se exibindo, o jogo ficará perfeito de se jogar... pra quem nunca jogou um jogo da From Software, essa é a chance de jogar e se emocionar bastante com um grande jogo que Elden Ring é.
  29. saeram99
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    it is fun game.
    but this is not open world. it is just open field.
    and frame drop is disaster
  30. Batix
    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?
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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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