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

    Elden Ring is an already outdated souls-like game with worse than ps4 graphics, a barren open-world that offers nothing new.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

    Elden Ring is an already outdated souls-like game with worse than ps4 graphics, a barren open-world that offers nothing new.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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    2022 is an amazing year to be a gamer.    … Expand
  5. Squiddy_101
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Aside from the performance bugs, there's a great open world soulslike here. I would give an 8/10, but I'm giving a 10/10 to counteract the review bombing.
  6. LunaticLooter
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Must play is laughable.
    Most console-itis infested title I've ever had the misfortune of putting my hands on. Absolutely horrendous interface and control scheme that is beyond unacceptable for a PC title, even a ported one.
    Bad performance compared to the graphical fidelity, unsmooth movement, gameplay lacks fluidity.
    Possibly the worst port I've seen to date.
  7. BloodBarsuk
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Hello. Casino is on Fromsoftware side. They got zero. Thanks to no Ultrawide support and infinite stutters
  8. Veska
    Feb 27, 2022
    7
    60 fps with drops on 5600X/6700XT, no V-Sync in setting, no ultrawide support. Graphic like Dark Soul 3. Yeah, if you are on hype train and love DS games, you will probably love this one too. But poor optimation, only 60 fps lock, ugly graphic, fps drops, bugs, crashes, problems with Xbox controller, horrible menu and settings. Shader quality doesnt work (it did nothing), same issue with60 fps with drops on 5600X/6700XT, no V-Sync in setting, no ultrawide support. Graphic like Dark Soul 3. Yeah, if you are on hype train and love DS games, you will probably love this one too. But poor optimation, only 60 fps lock, ugly graphic, fps drops, bugs, crashes, problems with Xbox controller, horrible menu and settings. Shader quality doesnt work (it did nothing), same issue with Auto-detect best rendering setting. Half of the changes like grass quality do virtually nothing.

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

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

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

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

    Honestly, if they fix the performance issue, the game will be, certainly, a GOTY.    … Expand
  12. Crismac
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    No ultrawide support in 2022 is just a lazy port from the developers. I have games released years ago that have this day one. Any new game that comes out in the last few years and beyond will not see 1 dime of my money if this is left out.
  13. GenManhertz
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Tehcnical side: Playing with a strong gaming PC, I had some fps drops, but nothing game breaking.
    Gameplay: I don't want to drag it out, a lot of people already said what I think.This really is the best game I played in a long time.
  14. Hawklight
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Simply a masterpiece, nothing less.
    People complaining about the game optimisation are wrong, the game could be more optimized, yes, but you can't just simply pass this amazing game.
  15. Fostio
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    A performance embarrassment. the game is full of bugs, graphically, not artistically, it is a mediocre game. Incomprehensible the notes that are being given
  16. Justausername
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    I have absolutely never in my life hated anything more than this game. I hate it more than Star Wars Last Jedi and Last of Us 2 combined.
  17. SoulsGamesSuck
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This is literally worst AAA game of past 10 years. This is absolutely awful, pathetic, insanely bad.
  18. Cheatingingames
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Playing this with trainer that has infinite hp and one hit kills for all monsters. That's the only way this trash is playable and even with this cheat, it's still boring. I just kill one boss, move to another, etc. So you telling me that's the whole game? That's the game that gets almost perfect metascore? Better metascore than basically any game ever made? This game is complete joke.
  19. Fr1zzle
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    The game is just wonderful. This is my first experience in this genre and I just can't stop. There are technical problems, and I hope they will be fixed soon.
  20. Gitgudgitgud
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    If bosses have literally endless amount of combos and special attacks, one after another and then you can maybe get one hit and most of the fight you are just in defense mode, rolling around endlessly, trying to escape, not fight. This is pathetic. This is not good combat design. This is awful. Unless you love to just endlessly run away and feel how pathetic you are, maybe you gonna loveIf bosses have literally endless amount of combos and special attacks, one after another and then you can maybe get one hit and most of the fight you are just in defense mode, rolling around endlessly, trying to escape, not fight. This is pathetic. This is not good combat design. This is awful. Unless you love to just endlessly run away and feel how pathetic you are, maybe you gonna love this combat, but i like games where you can actually truly fight back or have cool battles. Rolling around and hoping to get one hit between 30 seconds is not fun or good design. Jesus christ this game is overrated.… Expand
  21. Sinewav
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Dispite some bugs, and frame rate issues (i got rtx 2060 so i'm reviewing it from my point of view) this is one of the best games i've ever played. This game is a culmination of all the best aspects of the souls series with awesome, breathtaking open world added to it. Elden Ring deserves respect.
  22. Serdonis666
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    freeze, lag, known issues, bad port, still released. nothing ever changes
    Console port with no effort or care taken. 60fps lock bad. No Ultrawide support. No Vsync disable option. No 144hz support. Also bad performance and stutter and poor controller support. Shameful!!!
  23. Angelbleach
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    One of the best games I've ever played and suprising world with lots of stuff to discover.
  24. Bonky
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    A lot of these people leaving negative reviews complaining about the difficulty must be playing their first souls-game with Elden Ring. It's OK to not like it but some of these reviews feel extremely unreasonable and written out of anger

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

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

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

    Playing on a Ryzen 3700X and RTX 2060 with 16GB's RAM    … Expand
  25. Bartfliet
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    No ultrawide support. You can even select ultrawide in graphics settings, but then it just put's black bars, which just seems ridiculous to me. Just put it in properly.
  26. Blackworms
    Feb 27, 2022
    5
    One of the worst performances from an AAA game. Stutters like crazy, input delays, no Ultrawide support and 60FPS lock. The game and the world are amazing but if you cannot even provide the basic necessities, it shouldn't be rated 10/10. Particularly for the PC version the review scores are misleading.
  27. pandawan
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Honnètement très déçu ! J'étais très hypé et je ne m'attendais pas à ça. Le jeu est vide dans l'ensemble, on ne sait pas vraiment quoi faire à part explorer. La difficulté est très élevés et la progression du personnage est ridicule par rapport au temps passé a farmer. J'ai même farmé dans une zone spéciale ou les mobs donne plus de 1000 runes pour voir si ça changeait quelques choses.Honnètement très déçu ! J'étais très hypé et je ne m'attendais pas à ça. Le jeu est vide dans l'ensemble, on ne sait pas vraiment quoi faire à part explorer. La difficulté est très élevés et la progression du personnage est ridicule par rapport au temps passé a farmer. J'ai même farmé dans une zone spéciale ou les mobs donne plus de 1000 runes pour voir si ça changeait quelques choses. bilan : après 20 niveau gagnés en 2 heures les mobs ne sont pas plus rapide a tuer et notre résistance est toujours ridicules.Du coup quel intéret de monter en niveau?. Ce qui m'a frustré ce n'est pas de mourir en deux coup par un mob lambda, non, ça je le savait dès le début et j'ai accepté bien volontier le challenge , non c'est plus le fait de devoir grinder comme dans un MMO coréen free to play sans avoir la satisfaction de voir un résultat a ses efforts. Je joue a des jeux vidéos depuis plus de 30 ans maintenant et la première de toutes mes attentes c'est d'y trouver du plaisir. Là , aucun plaisir à l'horizon....Dommage pour mon argent perdu....… Expand
  28. satansmaster
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    No ultra-wide support, stuttering/performance problems, no Sony controller support, wrong button display in-game
  29. ouwssama
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    - Capped at 60fps - No ultrawide support
    - MASSIVE frame drops when visiting new areas and consistent micro stuttering everywhere.

    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IF YOU WANNA PLAY IT ON PC, if only reviewers talked about its performance on pc, i would’ve waited a little bit.
  30. MrGilhaney
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    2022, no ultrawide, and a 60fps cap, not to mention the stuttering. Cant believe they think this is ok to release.
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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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