Elden Ring

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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5812 Ratings

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  1. Arcmond
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Amazing game! Loving every second I have been spending on it. Just waiting for From Software to release an optmization patch and it will be perfect!
  2. jenesuispasbava
    Feb 26, 2022
    8
    A 10/10 game apart from the performance issues on PC - the exploration, combat, progression is basically perfect if you're into Souls games. But the stuttering is so bad I have to take two entire points off the score. I can't even play smoothly on an RTX 3090.
  3. REdview
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Don't trust the reviews of disgruntled users who can't kill Magrit, try it, it's a real masterpiece!
  4. OnlyOneHere
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    I heard this game had bad optimization. I tried this version of the game and immediately refunded the game. It is even worse than the PS5 version. Too many stuttering problems. I had invisible enemies attacking me. This just proves how lazy the developers are. They can't even properly port a game.

    It's funny how this game gets treated to godly standards for doing the bare minimum, just    I heard this game had bad optimization. I tried this version of the game and immediately refunded the game. It is even worse than the PS5 version. Too many stuttering problems. I had invisible enemies attacking me. This just proves how lazy the developers are. They can't even properly port a game.

    It's funny how this game gets treated to godly standards for doing the bare minimum, just because its FromSoftware. Had this game been by Ubisoft or Activision, the narrative would be so different. Journalists and gamers would slander the game for years to come if that were the case. It's so unfair that these developers can get away with laziness, while others have to work much harder to get at least half the praise this game gets. I don't recommend this trash at all.    … Expand
  5. Eaglebeek
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Spent the first few hours trying to farm for better **** to beat a not even boss. Lost. Spent another few hours searching for better **** upgraded a few things stil lost. This game isn’t for you average player. Tired of losing my runes all the time…this one will be a pass for me
  6. xadixx
    Feb 26, 2022
    9
    Complete Masterpiece ,It’s so immersive and beautiful if you an artist at heart you must play this game ! Would easily be a 10 if it wasnt for the frame drop (happen often not so much). Only people that left a negative review are Xbox player (Xbox suck anyway)non-souls player and/or have a below average PC (sorry not sorry). Its a must play , such a great game.
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. drum_sem
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    A beautiful world to explore. Authentic storytelling.
    A huge number of activities. One of the best games.
  10. Onetimelemur
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    This has to be one of the most lazy excuse for a pc port i have ever seen. No good it being an amazing game if the user experience is a 0 out of 10.

    Fromsoft have always negleted pc, always have awful ports but this one takes the cake. No ultrawide support, fps lock, awful controls for k&m uses.. these are are to name a few.
  11. RodryAlan
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Es un juego excelente y hermoso con todas letras. GOTY seguro. Tiene fallas como cualquier juego de mundo abierto cuando recién se lanza. Pero a pesar de ello, es muy disfrutable. Un muy buen trabajo hicieron. Hacía bastante que no disfrutaba un juego así. Mis felicitaciones a Miyazaki y todo el equipo de From Software.
  12. Zodijackyl
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    I am literally unable to play the game. That's it guys really I can't play the game that I bought already months ago and that's not because it's hard or smth it's because Elden Ring crashed everytime when i try to launch. People complain about performance, graphics etc. and here i'm facing white screen crash whenever I open it. It has been two days since it's launch and there is no properI am literally unable to play the game. That's it guys really I can't play the game that I bought already months ago and that's not because it's hard or smth it's because Elden Ring crashed everytime when i try to launch. People complain about performance, graphics etc. and here i'm facing white screen crash whenever I open it. It has been two days since it's launch and there is no proper answer came out from developers. There are many people like me getting the same crash problem and it's still persist I mean what kind of game developer you are when your game doesn't run at all. Forget Cyberpunk 2077's or any game launch you have ever witnessed, I have never been in this situation before I can't play the game that has been already released. Elden Ring managed to being the worst launched game that I couldn't have imagined. I have tried every solution on the internet, updated every driver, reinstalled the game and even the most absurd ones like it's crashing because of the epic games launcher I tried everything and my situation remains the same this is the first moment in my gaming history that I couldn't find a solution to run a game properly with a decent PC.

    You may ask how do you review the game that you can't play atm and I would say this review is the most deserved answer to the current gaming industry.    … Expand
  13. tinlun0386
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    people who like elden ring will rate 10 , people who hate elden ring will rate 0 . And I give 10
  14. edgyusername
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Worst version after Xbox version. The performance is a joke and makes PC gaming look like a waste of money.
  15. eunberia
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    As a Soulsborne fan that started the series back in Demon's Souls era, i can feel the love and passion put in this game. I played for 10 hours so far, i am absolutely hooked. This is truly the combination of every Soulsborne (+Sekiro) game and it just works.

    Pros: +The world is beautiful and intricate, from its inhabitants to its castles and forts. I couldn't help myself and wander    As a Soulsborne fan that started the series back in Demon's Souls era, i can feel the love and passion put in this game. I played for 10 hours so far, i am absolutely hooked. This is truly the combination of every Soulsborne (+Sekiro) game and it just works.

    Pros:
    +The world is beautiful and intricate, from its inhabitants to its castles and forts. I couldn't help myself and wander around randomly only to find out ruins, caves, minibosses, mysteries to solve, and quests. FromSoftware, again outdid themselves with the art design.

    +The combat is brilliant, fun and fast-paced combat from BB and DS3 is back and improved further. From the jump attack mechanic to block-counter combined with many Arts of War (weapon skiils) you can find to customize your weapons, While some animations from former titles comeback with improvements, there are also lots of new animations. My biggest concern is Scythe's backstab animations, as i've only played for 9 hours, i haven't tried them yet. I do hope they have an unique animation.

    +The Music is amazing as always, composed by talented Yuka Kitamura.

    +The Graphics are also very beautiful, from light poking through leaves in a dense forest to the early morning fog after rain. The NPCs, faces, armor textures, details on weapons. The game looks fine even on low graphics.

    Neutral
    +/- Performance-wise, i didn't really have much problems except some stutters here and there. I'm running the game on 1080p Medium settings with Textures on Ultra, i am receiving 57-60fps on caves, hub-area, ruins and the first legacy-dungeon while receiving 35-40 fps on overworld. I am happy with the result since i am under the minimum requirements.

    +/- The game runs fine with 8GBs of RAM although i'd recommend 12 or 16GBs

    Cons:
    -Even though i haven't experienced many performance problems people have been reporting, this is currently a common problem even occuring for people with high-end systems.
    -Controller issues
    -EAC
    -No FPS options, you can neither limit nor unlimit.
    -Stonefang Miners from Demon's Souls are back

    The game itself is f*kn phenomenal, the only problems are technical but tbh i didn't expect a FromSoft PC release without problems (looking at you PTDe)    … Expand
  16. dfain94
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    PC performance is extremely subpar. The lack of ultrawide support in 2022 is unacceptable. The pc version of this game was obviously an after thought in the development process and it shows.
  17. Lohs
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    The game would be perfect without the freezing. Rn its a 7/10. If the fix the issues ill updste these. Also the steam stats and consistancy speak for them self.
  18. alejdark
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Excelente videojuego, from software tomo todo lo que aprendio todos estos años y lo puso en elden ring, sin sera un juego del cual se hablara por muchos años.
  19. JasonKing66
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    ~55 fps on average and ~45 fps on 99% FPS. Constant huge dip in FPS causing me dizzy and nausea. RTX 3080 and 3900XT with 32GB DDR4 desktop. I think it's safe to announce players should blacklist all these "game reviewers" forever. Rating purely based on game content and exclude performance & optimization is EVIL. This game does not deserve this high praise on PC, period. Shame on you,~55 fps on average and ~45 fps on 99% FPS. Constant huge dip in FPS causing me dizzy and nausea. RTX 3080 and 3900XT with 32GB DDR4 desktop. I think it's safe to announce players should blacklist all these "game reviewers" forever. Rating purely based on game content and exclude performance & optimization is EVIL. This game does not deserve this high praise on PC, period. Shame on you, "game reviewers"!… Expand
  20. MadLucky
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    This game catched me and I would say Elden Ring is a better version of Dark Souls / Demon's Souls.
    I don't have many frame drops, and if they drop, it goes from 60 to 50 FPS, which isn't disturbing at all.
  21. franciskoLp
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    the culmination of an era and the reinterpretation of an open world ELDEN RING is simply beautiful

    on the other hand this goes for the haters HDP elden ring was released for various platforms ps4, ps5, xboxone, xbosseries s/x and pc stop sucking with your complaints about the drop in frames that surely a pc with pentium must have
  22. eldelcuchillo
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Performance on this game is horrible, drops in frame rate, stuttering, bad graphics, no support for large screens, etc. Wasn't this supposed to be a whole "new franchise"? Just a glorified Dark souls 4, same animations as DS, same mechanics, same UI, the George R.R. Martin thing was pure marketing. Sorry, but open worlds and riding horses is not innovative at all.
  23. vezuvius10
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    By far one of the best games of all time let alone 2022. The game runs constantly on 60FPS for me. I have no idea what majority of the people in here are having issues with. The only time I had an fps stutter was when I was fighting the tree sentinel.
  24. theonlyone21
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    This game is amazing idk what you all dumbasses in the review section are talking about but this game is immerive and beautiful. From software already said that they would fix the framerate issue. i myself have not expierenced any framerate/stutter issue just here and there but not that big of an impact.
  25. aligalahan
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    Unfortunately it was a hard pass for me on PC. This is a poor PC port, play it on PS5 if you must. My review is for the technical problems game is facing on PC: Overall 5 out of 10 at this current state on PC.

    1. Game locks FPS at 60. 2. Game does not support Ultra Wide - Intentionally (developer actually blocks the ultra wide by drawing black on screen to increase FPS) 3. Game    Unfortunately it was a hard pass for me on PC. This is a poor PC port, play it on PS5 if you must. My review is for the technical problems game is facing on PC: Overall 5 out of 10 at this current state on PC.

    1. Game locks FPS at 60.
    2. Game does not support Ultra Wide - Intentionally (developer actually blocks the ultra wide by drawing black on screen to increase FPS)
    3. Game graphics are somewhat worse than Witcher 3 and a bit better than Zelda Breath of Wild.
    4. By default it will use Controller mappings even when you do not have controller attached to PC. You may get stuck in settings UI easily.
    5. There are frame rate drops in open world on any hardware type
    6. There is a 250 ms microstutter in first time enemy encounters.

    list goes on and on

    if you must play this, give it a try on console. not here. you are warned. Ignoring technical problems aside it is an addictive action game with skill progress. I would not call this story driven RPG. So not this is not Skyrim or Witcher killer. It is a different game all together. Now lets talk about story.

    What a lazy guy he became. He basically wrote the story of a game that doesnt really have much of a story? It's a serious question, what exactly he wrote?

    I am playing the game on PS5. It is unacceptable on PC right now. It is a good game, with nice combat mechanics and difficulty. Graphics are "ok", if you remove the glowing trees, it will be more apparent it is closer to Oblivion quality then Skyrim. It's nothing to write home about. But settings are interesting. I am about 10 hours in so its a bit early but. Just like other soul games, story is not the focus here, if there is one, one can omit it. So i am asking again , what did GRR Martin write exactly? lazy guy who stopped writing GoT and stopped in the middle of war, obviously prefer writing stories for games that actually dont have much stories. Peace out    … Expand
  26. LordHitmaan
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Os críticos que só deram nota alta pro jogo só podem ser cegos ou ter sido pagos para avaliarem tão bem, jogo todo mal polido, mesmo na minha 3090 o jogo apresenta quedas de quadros terríveis e travamentos,
    fora que pra ser um jogo de pc os preços estão muito fora do padrão, criei tanto hype que até comprei na pré venda, e mesmo o meu PC estando bem acima do recomendado que a empresa pede    Os críticos que só deram nota alta pro jogo só podem ser cegos ou ter sido pagos para avaliarem tão bem, jogo todo mal polido, mesmo na minha 3090 o jogo apresenta quedas de quadros terríveis e travamentos,
    fora que pra ser um jogo de pc os preços estão muito fora do padrão, criei tanto hype que até comprei na pré venda, e mesmo o meu PC estando bem acima do recomendado que a empresa pede ele não consegue rodar o jogo, muito frustrante.    … Expand
  27. test47895
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    Perfomance issues are ruining my pleasure. It's sad. I just want to play normaly.
  28. PlatyPuz
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    its amazing. This game is basically open world with the dark souls/bloodborne formula. For souls fans this is amazing. For new players, not so much. There isnt a lot of innovative design etc as other people are saying, but why innovate when it aint needed? The PC port itself is bad, the game is amazing. If you can, play it on console, but if you have a high end PC like myself you will haveits amazing. This game is basically open world with the dark souls/bloodborne formula. For souls fans this is amazing. For new players, not so much. There isnt a lot of innovative design etc as other people are saying, but why innovate when it aint needed? The PC port itself is bad, the game is amazing. If you can, play it on console, but if you have a high end PC like myself you will have a blast. Im talking 3090 high end PC, the framrate is locked, but thats easy to circumvent with a mod, same with EAC. I honestly dont care about the technical challenges as they are easy to solve, annoying, but easy to solve.

    The game itself is 10/10    … Expand
  29. BUReauKRATOS
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    The game is cool. I don't talk about optimization because of old PC. I like it and can't stop playing it, because the world is big and this is similar to dark souls and i like dark souls
  30. sopapo
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Really bad PC port. Bad performance, no Ultrawide support, 60 fps cap. It's a triple A release, there's no excuse.
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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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