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  1. Mar 2, 2022
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    This game didn't even run on my PC even though my PC configuration is higher than the minimum requirements, refund. Maybe after that Miyazaki will learn how to optimize games in which even the graphics do not change.
  2. Mar 2, 2022
    0
    This port is a joke, an expensive one. One that will cost you 60 euro's. All these fanboys rating 10 should not be able to rate a game because its a **** zero...
    Performance is ABYSMAL, 60 FPS LOCK in 2022!? No widescreen support.
    Big and constant stutters that destroy the immersion. The game doesn't even look good.(truly) No change in gpu usage between low and maximum settings... I knew
    This port is a joke, an expensive one. One that will cost you 60 euro's. All these fanboys rating 10 should not be able to rate a game because its a **** zero...
    Performance is ABYSMAL, 60 FPS LOCK in 2022!? No widescreen support.
    Big and constant stutters that destroy the immersion. The game doesn't even look good.(truly) No change in gpu usage between low and maximum settings... I knew that the gaming industry was bad and a money grab but really, I did not expect it from From Software. But yeah they failed us too. Fck em!
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  3. Mar 3, 2022
    0
    So my character says only 21 hours. Though, my hours should be around 27. This is because of saving not working. Well more so, save corrupting. I am a constant saver in video games, even if I don't go back all the time I'll make hundreds of save files. So I see a new zone in Elden Ring I walk into it so it saves, I see a grace I activate it to save(or rest), I talk to a vendor to save,So my character says only 21 hours. Though, my hours should be around 27. This is because of saving not working. Well more so, save corrupting. I am a constant saver in video games, even if I don't go back all the time I'll make hundreds of save files. So I see a new zone in Elden Ring I walk into it so it saves, I see a grace I activate it to save(or rest), I talk to a vendor to save, etc. So, it annoys me that I lost 6 hours worth of my progress. Not to mention all the other glitches you have to deal with constantly.
    Now to go on: one glitch rn is that most entities are just invisible. The only ones I've noticed not to turn invisible are the enemies that are so large that they have multiple lock on points and bosses, everything else is free range to turn invisible. Ohh you are on the road? Well I guess 4 knights are attacking you now. You wanted talk to a trader? Better remember where they sit.
    Plus, it does not help when you get the glitch where your light attack does not want to work. At first I thought I broke my new controller that I just bought a month before Elden RIng came out, but then I tried to light attack with my mouse and it would not work. Heavy attack would work fine but light attack just was not having it.
    Does not help to drop down to 2 frames every 5 seconds at some points or areas so you can not advance to certain points. Plus, the game just freezes for 5 to 15 seconds at a time like have a chill have some water. Which is weird that these things are happening as I am running on low graphics for everything, except grass which the lowest is medium and I put render distance to medium cause it actually ran better. Though, my pc is not the best I have put around $1000 USD worth of parts into it, but still it should not be like this.
    This is not to big of a problem, but in areas with poison sludge when you are well out of the sludge and did not get the poison effect sometimes the effect will still build up so you will end up getting poisoned. if you're leaving an area, or just running through it quickly I can see it messing you up though.

    This is all I can think of currently, but I know I am sure to encounter more things. I will not be playing this game anymore though till FromSoftware and Bandi Namco can fix the game.
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  4. Mar 3, 2022
    0
    It's ridiculous that after 2 patches, the invisible enemies bug still goes on, it's an issue that can completly ruin your experience, really it's more important fix the popping or whatever than people can actually play?
  5. Mar 3, 2022
    0
    It plagues me to rate this game like this, truly.

    however due to deliberately blocking widescreen support, you have to use a mod to properly use your 21:9 monitor, which then bans you from online play. since i love souls-games especially for the online pvp and the devs are deliberately blocking me out of it because i have invested hard earned money in a more expensive rig and
    It plagues me to rate this game like this, truly.

    however due to deliberately blocking widescreen support, you have to use a mod to properly use your 21:9 monitor, which then bans you from online play.

    since i love souls-games especially for the online pvp and the devs are deliberately blocking me out of it because i have invested hard earned money in a more expensive rig and monitor, i feel extremely excluded.
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  6. Mar 30, 2022
    0
    Worst game of all time. Lagging, bad balance, useless attributes, most of items and armors = unusable, every creep kill you 2 hit even when u spend all attributes in hp and you have heavy armor :)

    Creeps are stronger than bosses in this game, makes a lot of sense
  7. Mar 3, 2022
    0
    not support 21:9
    limited frame late 60fps
    suck optimization
    suck keyboard custumization
  8. Mar 3, 2022
    0
    Giant overhype. First of all, lets talk about the horrible PC port if this game. No ultrawide support, terrible control scheme, capped at 60 fps IF the damn thing even runs. From software have been getting away with the garbage pc ports for years and its just stupid. Now, about the actual game….
    - Graphics are just the same as the rest of the souls games not good not bad just meh. The UI
    Giant overhype. First of all, lets talk about the horrible PC port if this game. No ultrawide support, terrible control scheme, capped at 60 fps IF the damn thing even runs. From software have been getting away with the garbage pc ports for years and its just stupid. Now, about the actual game….
    - Graphics are just the same as the rest of the souls games not good not bad just meh. The UI is especially bad particularly on PC. It is just the same old boring, cluttered silly UI as the other souls games but this time with the addition of a terrible looking map.
    - Gameplay. Ive finished the other souls games and i am no stranger to the gameplay and combat but i just dont think it fits an open world. I never found myself wanting to stop and fight some enemies or farm some ingredients or XP because the combat is slow paced and BORING. There is 0 innovation on the combat front. The world is empty, when you find a “quest” its not written down anywhere and is delivered in vague terms so you are at risk of ending up forgetting the damn thing. I shouldnt have to keep a pen and paper next to me write stuff down. A lot of the choices the devs made are just bad user experience not “good design”.
    - Story. Its a souls game story trough and trough but this time with the addition of an extra pretentious writer who wrote an extra pretentious “deep” story.
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  9. Mar 3, 2022
    0
    Unbelievably overrated. Easily the worst game of the year.. quite possibly in the running for one of the worst games ever published.

    Terrible garish art. A nearly non existent story, there's nothing compelling or engaging about it. The only thing that makes it challenging or hard is that the controls are so clunky and terribly bad. Borrowed from another reviewer but this is spot on
    Unbelievably overrated. Easily the worst game of the year.. quite possibly in the running for one of the worst games ever published.

    Terrible garish art. A nearly non existent story, there's nothing compelling or engaging about it. The only thing that makes it challenging or hard is that the controls are so clunky and terribly bad.

    Borrowed from another reviewer but this is spot on and 100 percent what I'm feeling right now "Some calling it innovative and next step in making open world games, something that shows other companies how to make open world games? I mean, are you guy high or something? Actually serious? Kidding me? Did you even play Red Dead Redemption 2 or are souls games literally only games you play and you have never experienced an actual open world game, so you just assume, that Elden Ring's open world is something incredible? I'm disgusted with these reviews and i'm sure other companies are as well. This is literal insult to gaming in general."
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  10. Mar 5, 2022
    0
    Steam users from Russia are complaining about the mass removal of the action role-playing game Elden Ring from their libraries and forced refunds. Some even threw out of the game in the process of passing.
    Judging by a number of comments, money has not yet been returned to someone's card, and this despite the fact that they can no longer play Elden Ring. And, of course, the situation is
    Steam users from Russia are complaining about the mass removal of the action role-playing game Elden Ring from their libraries and forced refunds. Some even threw out of the game in the process of passing.
    Judging by a number of comments, money has not yet been returned to someone's card, and this despite the fact that they can no longer play Elden Ring. And, of course, the situation is contrary to the rules of refunds on the platform, since the problem also affected those who played FromSoftware's creation for 50 or more hours.
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  11. Mar 3, 2022
    0
    Worst optimized game I have ever seen my life and sucks graphics.Literally unplayable
  12. Mar 4, 2022
    0
    Runs terribly, bad gameplay. Would refund if I could. I don’t recommend this game to anyone looking for a pleasant experience.
  13. Mar 4, 2022
    0
    Really bad game on PC, it's impossible to play that port, terrible performance and lack of ultrawide support, features like dlss, fsr, reflex, 60+fps etc.
  14. Mar 4, 2022
    0
    The game itself its pretty amazing, but unfortunally i can't play because its unplayable for me with 25-30 FPS and Stutterings

    A had to keep trying a lot of boss fights like dragon blood warrior (lightining) or the swanp wyverns (both fire and magic), or ancient dragon with 20-25 FPS Its too much annoying. Why release a unfinished game? why wont wait some months and release a stable
    The game itself its pretty amazing, but unfortunally i can't play because its unplayable for me with 25-30 FPS and Stutterings

    A had to keep trying a lot of boss fights like dragon blood warrior (lightining) or the swanp wyverns (both fire and magic), or ancient dragon with 20-25 FPS
    Its too much annoying.

    Why release a unfinished game? why wont wait some months and release a stable version.

    Im with a 2070 and a ryzen 5 5800x, and in all game qualitys low/medium/high/maximum with any resolution 1080p/1440p i get this 30 FPS.

    Isnt only that enought:

    - Game has a CAP on 60 FPS
    - Do not support ultra-wide monitors
    - Constant Stutterings
    - Poor pvp online in comparated with DS series
    - Constant Crashes
    - Constant Frame Drops
    - Invisible enemys (Not renderized).
    - Do not recognize your Dedicated GPU
    - Bricks PCs on quiting.
    - Horses do not appears sometimes when called.
    - EAC (Easy anti-cheat) do not let the game starts.
    - Freezings.

    Im with 70 hours of game and the unic thing that i dont like to much about the game itself is the new PVP mechanichs (invading mechanichs). And the game do not innovate im almost nothing but still a good game with doesnt have this HORRORIBLE PERFORMANCE issues i will probably review with an 8.0 or 9.0.

    Fix your game From Software
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  15. Mar 11, 2022
    0
    I'm not gonna complain about the pc port, the game itself is a piece of ****

    easy game with a lot of recycled bosses.
  16. Mar 5, 2022
    0
    No performance issues for me on pc. I simply didn't like it. Controlling the character feels like driving a semi, controls are sluggish in a fight, character doesn't move when i want it to. Nope not for me
  17. Mar 5, 2022
    0
    If you ever want evidence the gaming industry is corrupt this is it !!!
    Released on the PC with immediately good critic reviews and positive reviews on Steam (negative reviews removed / down voted quickly).
    This is a awful port - hell you cant even get out of the redefine keys menu on the PC, FPS is dire and the whole experience downright appalling. These software brand and false
    If you ever want evidence the gaming industry is corrupt this is it !!!
    Released on the PC with immediately good critic reviews and positive reviews on Steam (negative reviews removed / down voted quickly).

    This is a awful port - hell you cant even get out of the redefine keys menu on the PC, FPS is dire and the whole experience downright appalling. These software brand and false critic reviews should be punished and the only way currently is to never buy from that brand again to break this cycle of corruption.
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  18. Mar 5, 2022
    0
    Bought and refunded the game twice. It won't even finish downloading. I'd only be so lucky if I could load it up and see the framerate issues and stuttering everyone else is complaining about. GOTY is a laugh, it doesn't even work!! I've played hundreds of games on Steam with no issue, except this hunk of junk.
  19. Mar 5, 2022
    0
    Seems like it would be fun, but the performance is such garbage on a Ryzen 7 5800x, RTX 3080, 32 Gb ram, nvme.2 etc etc, FPS drops 20 to 30 at times, locked at 60, no fov control, menu is clunky… list goes on and on, fix the game and I’ll bump the review.
  20. Mar 5, 2022
    0
    Unplayable, hideous graphics, hideous gameplay, hideous storyline, no plot, hideous enemies, hideous map, artistically disgusting, hideous frame rate, with this commodore 64 graphics it runs terribly. In short, all horrendous, money thrown in the bin.
    If I could rate this sub-species of theft I would rate -10
  21. Mar 5, 2022
    0
    It will continue to be a zero until they fix the PC port. No Ultrawide in 2022 is unforgivable. Horrible stutters, 60fps cap, bans for trying modding to get basic pc features.
  22. Mar 6, 2022
    0
    Ho buttato via 59 € per giocare a sto aborto di gioco per poco più di un paio d'ore, dopodiché il gioco non è più partito, ho provato a fare qualsiasi tipo di cosa immaginabile ma il gioco non si avvia nemmeno più, ho un PC a dir poco prestante, quindi sicuramente non è un problema del mio PC, comunque grazie mille per questa orribile esperienza e per avermi derubato.
  23. Mar 6, 2022
    0
    Мы, Россияне, не виноваты ни в чём. Мы не виноваты в этой войне, по какой причине вы нас обокрали? Мы требуем вернуть нам Elden Ring, пока это требование не будет исполнено, мы будем опускать рейтинг игры.
  24. Mar 6, 2022
    0
    General
    * Mounted Fall damage is completely inconsistent, making the dumb jump pads (?HORSE TRAMPOLINES???? MY IMMERSION. WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS WORLD.) seem even more pointless in comparison.
    * The game allows you to "equip" gear you "can't" use without adequately explaining or notifying you how much its actually impairing you. (Accidentally press a few keys fumbling through the ported
    General
    * Mounted Fall damage is completely inconsistent, making the dumb jump pads (?HORSE TRAMPOLINES???? MY IMMERSION. WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS WORLD.) seem even more pointless in comparison.
    * The game allows you to "equip" gear you "can't" use without adequately explaining or notifying you how much its actually impairing you. (Accidentally press a few keys fumbling through the ported interface and equip a sword that looks just like the one you were already using, but apparently you're too weak to hold right? Your damage will suffer and you'll just go on thinking all these bosses have lots of armor and health.)
    * Crashes alt tabbing a lot.
    * The lack of focus the game exhibits really gives the impression it's been rushed and is not groundbreaking in any way, infact, taking several steps back. It's laughable to have no explanation or training for the core mechanics, but you'll receive a popup blurb you have to click through advising you some stupid side quest NPC will accept some dumb item you just received for a pointless endeavour. How about the game introduce itself to us before asking us to babysit?

    Interface
    * There's no keybind listing for "open map" if you open controls/bindings, so if you don't know what the binding is and are new to the game series, you never use the map. The first time I noticed an npc telling me they "marked it on my map", it didn't remind me what hotkey to push.
    * You cannot press the UNIQUE map hotkey again to close the map.
    * No explanation what the more esoteric stat names really do, or even what the simple ones do other than gear equip requirements.
    * You can't keep moving while using the map, unlike every other aspect of the interface.
    * It takes a long time and a lot of navigation to leave the game their "intended" way.
    * Why is the inventory UI so **** - scrolling horizontally in a menu to select which category of item I want to mouse over and view in my bags? Why am I scrolling through 10 item types every time I obtain some stupidly named item to try and figure out what the **** I just looted?

    Gameplay
    * ELDEN RING's mounted combat and controls manage to make Trial of the Crusader jousting dailies feel great in comparison.
    * Mounted combat auto locking on and circling requires an enormous amount of finesse to fight against the steering wheel, per se.
    * Speaking of, how is it that I have over an entire page of crafting material but don't know how to use it yet? Game, are you there?
    * Runes rewarded from creatures make no sense? Getting very low runes from tougher creatures has made trying to fight stuff that is challenging not really worth the time.
    * For whatever reason rolling feels worse than before, oh well I guess I designed the wrong character with stats I dont understand and equipped something that is encumbering me but **** me because the game isn't telling me that, for damn sure.
    * Why is the horse with the dumb named so influential to the game? It isn't satisfying to use the horse and all of its clearly overpowered and hamfisted ****
    * Can't figure out the weird weapon special ability flourish enhancement enchantment imbuement Ash of War or whatever the **** it is system. It's like Materia or something right? I don't know, it didn't give an explanation.

    World
    * Is the expectation for a "FROM SOFTWARE" game that you use a player-created internet guide while you go through the game otherwise you're not playing it the intended way?
    * The open world isn't very rewarding, I stopped looting flowers and berries after the 50th of each type. Lots of areas with enemies and different types of camps or castles don't give you anything.
    * Story takes itself way too seriously considering it's the same formula..who cares that george martin is involved? Broadly speaking, this is the exact same brush used to fill in the story of the previous souls games. We're dis-eased souls (TARNISHED!) fighting to regain my HUMANITY or purity or grace or whatever it is, lighting Bonfires err Grace torches along the way... it's an identical story and Azerite Power has just been renamed to Runic Power.
    * PS even the "good areas" are downright depressing. Game might literally be sucking my soul away with its vibe.

    Universe
    * Why are there so many identical assets from earlier Dark Souls games? Is this just a Chinasoft clone and a hodgepodge mish mash of all "FROM SOFTWARE" game design concepts at the same time?
    * Standing by my earlier appraisal that ELDEN RING feels like a rushed expansion to an earlier Dark Souls and it isn't a "very good" standalone game, it's mediocre at best.
    * Can't say its because I don't have patience to explore, I enjoyed over 200 hours of Arkane's Prey (a game that actually is a masterpiece, unlike ELDEN RING)
    * This is Sunk Cost Fallacy: The Game. "Maybe after 12 hours I'll figure out what the **** I SHOULD be doing... okay, I'm 20 hours in, I guess I have to beat this so it didn't beat me."
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  25. Mar 6, 2022
    0
    Among the most banal games I've ever played. The point appears to be to wonder boringly through a half-empty world, dying repeatedly and pointlessly. The story is either non-existent or, when it does make an appearance, utterly cringey, written presumably by an adolescent who just watched Lord of The Rings. Every year games become less like art and more like fast food. No, that's notAmong the most banal games I've ever played. The point appears to be to wonder boringly through a half-empty world, dying repeatedly and pointlessly. The story is either non-existent or, when it does make an appearance, utterly cringey, written presumably by an adolescent who just watched Lord of The Rings. Every year games become less like art and more like fast food. No, that's not true. There are plenty of good games out there. This one just isn't it. Expand
  26. Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Elden ring is definitely my best of the souls, a masterpiece in some respects, but ...
    We expect more, in 2022 you cannot see certain things, first of all the graphics sector is at the ps4 level or perhaps less and on pc we expect much, much more.
    The frame rate locked at 60 fps, which is absolutely a poor choice. No ultrawide support, even this bad. Free multiplayer, no more summons,
    Elden ring is definitely my best of the souls, a masterpiece in some respects, but ...
    We expect more, in 2022 you cannot see certain things, first of all the graphics sector is at the ps4 level or perhaps less and on pc we expect much, much more.
    The frame rate locked at 60 fps, which is absolutely a poor choice.
    No ultrawide support, even this bad.
    Free multiplayer, no more summons, change summons by zone, you just want multiplayer, base the game on that.
    One last thing, this lore thing is a bit out of hand, make a real story, just read descriptions from, put some cutscene, the tokens for the npc to talk to, give a form of path, in a open world it is extremely difficult to find the characters hidden in the map
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  27. Mar 7, 2022
    0
    How can a game released in 2022 be this bad of a port onto the PC? If you cannot support comfortable and intuitive Keyboard and Mouse controls then at least make every control re-mappable. The Graphics and gameplay were OK, but not enough to excuse the stuttering and clipping issues on a PC that can run other new titles at max settings. However, the lack of Keyboard and Mouse controls wereHow can a game released in 2022 be this bad of a port onto the PC? If you cannot support comfortable and intuitive Keyboard and Mouse controls then at least make every control re-mappable. The Graphics and gameplay were OK, but not enough to excuse the stuttering and clipping issues on a PC that can run other new titles at max settings. However, the lack of Keyboard and Mouse controls were the deal breaker. Uninstalled and got my Steam refund. Expand
  28. Mar 8, 2022
    0
    This game is still unplayable to me after 2 weeks of waiting for them to patch an invis glitch that should not have been in the game after 2 delays and testing phases it’s sickening that think that Thousands might have to wait months for from soft to patch their game I’m never going to buy a Pc port from this company ever again and now I understand completely the reason why people didn’tThis game is still unplayable to me after 2 weeks of waiting for them to patch an invis glitch that should not have been in the game after 2 delays and testing phases it’s sickening that think that Thousands might have to wait months for from soft to patch their game I’m never going to buy a Pc port from this company ever again and now I understand completely the reason why people didn’t get dark souls remastered on Pc along with why Bloodborne hasn’t been ported Expand
  29. Mar 10, 2022
    0
    game is just bad. outdated graphics. input delay from controls. and same old dodge dodge dodge hit battle system that takes you 1 hour to kill a boss. only people with too much time in their hands can play this. also story is so messed up you dont know what is happening most of the time. no journal to keep track of npc or quests. just bad
  30. Mar 10, 2022
    0
    .Glitches, crashes and frame drops all the time
    .Server sudden disconnects can make all your effort go to waste due to the game quitting.
    .Map about 25% inaccurate with the terrain .Open areas full of nothing but monsters that barely defend themselves and the eventual big ones that 1 shot you even with high HP and level .The balance is by far the worst in the series, big field monsters
    .Glitches, crashes and frame drops all the time
    .Server sudden disconnects can make all your effort go to waste due to the game quitting.
    .Map about 25% inaccurate with the terrain
    .Open areas full of nothing but monsters that barely defend themselves and the eventual big ones that 1 shot you even with high HP and level
    .The balance is by far the worst in the series, big field monsters and even some normal enemies hit and resist more than bosses
    .Open world is only an excuse to get items for the crafting table that you will never use and join the dungeons the franchise always had, making it a useless addition that will be there only to waste your time

    Tl;dr a big ugly son that only a FromSoftware shill would love.
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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.