Elden Ring

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7.0

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  1. Vinegar146
    Jul 7, 2022
    10
    One of the best soulslike games I've ever played. Does not get bored even after the second pass. Separately, you can highlight a chic open world filled with different enemies and secrets, it is very interesting to explore it. There have never been any problems with killing bosses, there has always been enough level, the game has a well-thought-out balance and quality of game mechanics. TheOne of the best soulslike games I've ever played. Does not get bored even after the second pass. Separately, you can highlight a chic open world filled with different enemies and secrets, it is very interesting to explore it. There have never been any problems with killing bosses, there has always been enough level, the game has a well-thought-out balance and quality of game mechanics. The game is interesting and exciting in all aspects, I advise everyone!… Expand
  2. LloydX
    Jul 6, 2022
    10
    Stunning graphics, voice over work is amazing. A game you'll likely play more than once.
  3. GERTHOM
    Jul 4, 2022
    8
    My first Fromsoft Game. I heard all of stuff about their games being incredibly hard. And to be honest, I was overwhelmed at first, struggling to fight even basic enemies.

    However, little by little you begin to realize how many tools you have at your disposal. It isn't just about "getting good". Learning how to use those tools, through exploration and experience, are just as important.    My first Fromsoft Game. I heard all of stuff about their games being incredibly hard. And to be honest, I was overwhelmed at first, struggling to fight even basic enemies.

    However, little by little you begin to realize how many tools you have at your disposal. It isn't just about "getting good". Learning how to use those tools, through exploration and experience, are just as important. I eventually hit a point where I understood the game, and suddenly I felt like I understood the entire appeal of this franchise.

    Only downside; exploration gets a little boring towards the end of the game, especially when you already have all the gear you really need. Overall though, excellent.    … Expand
  4. VIAKAL
    Jul 4, 2022
    8
    a classic fromsoftware game you will love it or you will hate it.for me the game is a masterpieace but with poor optimization. the game runs awfull considering the specs i have (amd ryzen 5800x and a rtx 2080 super) other than that if you are playing on a conlose i think is a better experience for sure. lets hope so for further update fix the optimization problems..
  5. iBallz
    Jul 4, 2022
    10
    Elden Ring has been my first FromSoftware game.

    At first I was overwhelmed by the massive open world and for the first 2-3 days I was just running around, leveling up and did not know exactly what to do and where to do it. But after a while i grew more and more into it and yes, since i am a trophy hunter, I checked some locations online here and there but it is just an amazing feeling    Elden Ring has been my first FromSoftware game.

    At first I was overwhelmed by the massive open world and for the first 2-3 days I was just running around, leveling up and did not know exactly what to do and where to do it.
    But after a while i grew more and more into it and yes, since i am a trophy hunter, I checked some locations online here and there but it is just an amazing feeling to defeat a difficult boss fight. (Melania... boy oh boy! :) )

    A very suprising thing and probably a good sign of enjoyment is that usually I uninstall games as soon as the platinum trophy pops up.

    But Elden Ring is just the third game after God of War and Witcher 3 where i said: I'm wanna play that game again soon even though there is nothing left to achieve anymore.
    The game is really fun and still challenging.
    If you do not like a difficult challenge in your video games, this game is probably just not for you.    … Expand
  6. moirons
    Jul 2, 2022
    5
    This is how little you can trust online reviews: Publications who get paid by these game companies to gush over these games ranked it a 94. Users give it a 6.9 (probably a much more accurate evaluation). I stopped reading game reviews years ago because of this. Another example: WOW Shadowlands grabbed an 84. That game was a literal waltz into hell. It's one of the worst "big name games"This is how little you can trust online reviews: Publications who get paid by these game companies to gush over these games ranked it a 94. Users give it a 6.9 (probably a much more accurate evaluation). I stopped reading game reviews years ago because of this. Another example: WOW Shadowlands grabbed an 84. That game was a literal waltz into hell. It's one of the worst "big name games" I've ever played. Users correctly panned it at a 3.0, a much more accurate portrait.

    The internet is corporate. When you read online gaming publication reviews for something like Elden Ring, you're basically reading what the makers of Elden Ring thought of Elden Ring. Even some of the user reviews were paid, and you can tell this is so. So here is a real review:

    The graphics on this game are beautiful. The music is beautiful. You'll have some fantastic moments. Overall, though, the Gameplay is wooden, and it's a World of Warcraft fever dream where someone imagined what a 2022 Warcraft would look like. Some of the backgrounds are "2006 WOW scene re-imagined in 2022." This doesn't make it a bad game. Lots of people will like this. And just as many people will flip it off and not be able to finish it because it's a flashback. And some people get bored with those.

    If you want to read accurate reviews of any game, ignore 0. Ignore 10. And read every review listing it as something in-between. Some of the most classic games in history aren't a 10. And even some of the worst games in history still have some value to them, ranking above a 0. Just keep the golden rule in mind: Zeros are competitors. Tens are paid reviewers.

    - Sincerely, someone who gets offers for positive or negative reviews all the time and never, ever takes companies up on their offers    … Expand
  7. ngarcia
    Jul 1, 2022
    10
    Absolutely stunning game. First game of FromSoftware that I played and opened doors for other titles. GOTY
  8. 111allen111
    Jul 1, 2022
    0
    Another horribly optimized game on PC port. It's been 4 months since release. Still not fixed. Not worth buying.
  9. Rammllied
    Jun 28, 2022
    10
    In my opinion, the best game of 2022. They have combined the structure of other souls games into one game perfectly. Although it is a long-term game, I played it with pleasure without getting bored for a second. Give this game a chance without being fooled by other reviews. A complete masterpiece.
  10. Arokhantos
    Jun 27, 2022
    0
    Terrible PC port lack of native ultrawide support, coop is very unstable, performance issues, online issues, balance issues, 60 fps cap in 2022, button prompts altho you can set them manually it should really detect when you pressing buttons on mouse keyboard to also give button prompts for mouse and keyboard and switch automaticly to mouse and keyboard prompts.
    Things that annoy me the    Terrible PC port lack of native ultrawide support, coop is very unstable, performance issues, online issues, balance issues, 60 fps cap in 2022, button prompts altho you can set them manually it should really detect when you pressing buttons on mouse keyboard to also give button prompts for mouse and keyboard and switch automaticly to mouse and keyboard prompts.
    Things that annoy me the most tho is the lack of native ultrawide support and 60 fps lock, normally in a single player game this is not much of a problem but with Easy Anti Cheat added in a singleplayer game you are now locked out to only play offline, you may not see the issue here but if you consider that Dark Souls remastered has better ultrawide support right now then Elden Ring then this is a big issue, not to mention its 2022 why do we still have no native ultrawide support or unlocked framerate, the game plays fine with fixes in offline, but due Easy Anti Cheat im forced to play offline or seemless coop mod that has a worse coop experience then original vanilla, not only that it more and more feels like my feedback is ignored, we are now on patch 1.05 and all the issues still exist, not cool From Software perhaps you should let another one handle the PC port and stick on just making the game, while letting some one profesional handle PC ports, Dark Souls remastered has better ultrawide support oke not perfect, but least it has no black bars.    … Expand
  11. Hashashi
    Jun 26, 2022
    10
    After 100 hours of playing, I can say this game was a different experience for me. Exploring the vast map and slaying monsters was so fun for me, yes there were some hard things but overall once you figure out the game and its idea it becomes fun. The most challenging point for me was the bosses. The cutscenes were fantastic and after that, you're facing the boss, figuring out its movesAfter 100 hours of playing, I can say this game was a different experience for me. Exploring the vast map and slaying monsters was so fun for me, yes there were some hard things but overall once you figure out the game and its idea it becomes fun. The most challenging point for me was the bosses. The cutscenes were fantastic and after that, you're facing the boss, figuring out its moves and patterns. After memorizing patterns, it's time to take action and take down the boss. With lore, gameplay and progress were awesome. 10/10.… Expand
  12. BongeHotTakes
    Jun 25, 2022
    10
    Elden Ring O' Elden Ring, undeniably the most fine tuned and well thought out project that FromSoftware has ever released. After spending nearly 200 hours in this game I can say with confidence that it is some of the most challenging fun I have ever had with a video game. It took my breathe away from start to finish with its landscape, well thought out characters, deep and interestingElden Ring O' Elden Ring, undeniably the most fine tuned and well thought out project that FromSoftware has ever released. After spending nearly 200 hours in this game I can say with confidence that it is some of the most challenging fun I have ever had with a video game. It took my breathe away from start to finish with its landscape, well thought out characters, deep and interesting lore, and most importantly insanely brutal boss encounters. Of course I have some issues with the game however, the biggest one being that I feel it pushes you to play specific builds as the most powerful items in the game favour single playstyles but if your willing to go without the OP weapons and spells and trudge through insanely fast and strong boss combos all the while spam rolling and using your final bit of stamina to swing your giant hammer for that FINAL HIT! then you shall be rewarded with some of the most satisfying feelings of accomplishment you can receive from any video game.

    if you are interested in Elden Ring you owe it to yourself to persevere and explore, don't quit after 4 or even 10 hours in because to truly appreciate this masterpiece you must first allow it time to show you all it has to offer. To me the cons the game has are so easily trumped by all the good and this game remains IMO a 10/10.    … Expand
  13. Greggoro
    Jun 25, 2022
    4
    Don't be fooled by who calls Elden Ring a masterpiece.
    At its best it's competent and it isn't even constant at being so.
    The game mechanically is literally DS3, no less and no more. Clunkiness included. Speaking of world design, even if it is capable of giving some good landscape to the eye ends up being much better at boring you: too much space for too little content. Is the    Don't be fooled by who calls Elden Ring a masterpiece.
    At its best it's competent and it isn't even constant at being so.

    The game mechanically is literally DS3, no less and no more. Clunkiness included.

    Speaking of world design, even if it is capable of giving some good landscape to the eye ends up being much better at boring you: too much space for too little content. Is the carnival of recycle and scarcity: recycled enemies, 70% of the time exploration gives you at best consumables, the "dungeons" are literally the same modular 2 type of structures repeated over and over (and let's not even start with the repeated bosses). So called "legacy dungeons" are too short and seem half baked.

    Don't be fooled by the mere numbers: the problem is not how much fat there's in Elden Ring but how much more should have been there to keep meaningful a journey so stretched in terms of time of completion and map space.

    Balance is non existent. Extend this to everything you can think of: from bosses to player's weapons and spells passing trough also one hit kill random mobs. It is CLEARLY not player tested and half of the interactions end up being tedious for being or unreasonably hard or unreasonably trivial.

    The lore is there. If only the game was compelling to play for sure I'd tell how much I appreciate it. But some nice ideas can't patch something that bores you to death before getting to them.

    What makes up a "souls" experience is uniqueness: Elden ring for sure has a serious lack of it. Some things are cool, sure, but most the time it isn't worth it to go trough it. A lot of empty or palliative spaces, not enough variety just kill the journey. You'll soon wish the game to end before the game has the humbleness on cutting short with itself.

    (Not gonna start with the stuttering, we all know is there)    … Expand
  14. Vanrath
    Jun 25, 2022
    9
    Elden Ring is a good game that has some technical flaws here and there. I love the sense of discovery and the combat.
  15. satanicpuppy
    Jun 24, 2022
    10
    I'm not a huge fan of souls-like games, but this one was extraordinary. If you like role playing games, you owe it to yourself to try this one.
  16. onehitok
    Jun 24, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lol, 6.9 user score
    Game is great, good graphics, if it's too difficult for you, use wemod cheats.    … Expand
  17. Lynnoz
    Jun 23, 2022
    10
    First thing i said when i played Elden Ring for the first time was "BIG", its one of the biggest games i have played in my life, even bigger then Red Dead Redemption2 and its perfect, its pure fan service in terms of maps, enemies, and everything else.
  18. Steephill
    Jun 23, 2022
    10
    one of the best game i have played. Period. So much to explore and challenging boss encounters.
  19. jitem_
    Jun 23, 2022
    10
    A beautiful world to explore. Authentic storytelling.
    A huge number of activities. One of the best games.
  20. Maxairhawk98
    Jun 22, 2022
    10
    Stunning and amazing game i hope it will take the game of the year it's really deserve and worth it
  21. VKdsw
    Jun 21, 2022
    8
    Still a great game but with a lot of ctrl c+ctrl v bosses. With a lot of bad mechanics and useless open world
  22. waxdrwest
    Jun 20, 2022
    10
    incredible game with decent re-playability, excellent game mechanics and hit-boxes. The feeling of finally beating a boss is incredibly rewarding
  23. gamer_who_cares
    Jun 19, 2022
    0
    One of the most boring, overrated, overhyped and meaningless video game i have ever forced myself to play. They took dark souls idea and made it open world. Literally whole game is like that. Boss after boss. Pointlessly difficult combat, hardly any reward or story progression, because there is hardly any story to care about. Quests you do are meaningless and you forget about by the end,One of the most boring, overrated, overhyped and meaningless video game i have ever forced myself to play. They took dark souls idea and made it open world. Literally whole game is like that. Boss after boss. Pointlessly difficult combat, hardly any reward or story progression, because there is hardly any story to care about. Quests you do are meaningless and you forget about by the end, because there is no quest log. Awful game, overhyped by people who hate Ubisoft and think that now, Ubisoft should start making games with Souls combat, or some nonsense. Ironically these people never even cared for Ubisoft games. Ubisoft has obviously gone downhill in recent years and who knows, if they even make a comeback, but at least Ubisoft has solid selection of great games they have made in past and Valhalla was decent as well, nothing special, but still better game overall than Elden Ring or Cyberpunk 2077.… Expand
  24. ILikeBeans
    Jun 19, 2022
    10
    This game is sooooooooo underrated, IT MUST BE HIGHER. Here my pros and cons:

    Pros:
    - Fun game with great mechanics
    - Keeps you entertained for hours on end
    - Lore is big and good
    - Good story
    - Easy to learn, Hard to master

    Cons:

    - Frames, the frames in this game are pretty crappy, even on good computers like mine! I run fortnite at 144 fps but I can barely run elden ring at 50.
  25. nvision
    May 3, 2022
    10
    If you are a sunday player or moron who likes only easy games, please leave it and stop giving ones and twos. Game is genius, best game I ever played, equali with Terraria. After 130 hours I still have a lot, I mean a lot of things to go thru, still being like idk 50-100 hoursbto the ending
  26. ReNeFoXGER
    Jun 19, 2022
    10
    Masterpiece. Had lots of fun with it and I still have. It has a lot of ways to make the difficulty harder or easier so you can play it, even if you never played a Souls game before.
  27. FedorBondarchuk
    Jun 19, 2022
    6
    Dark souls with a hourse and jump buttom, same combat, same cheap game design. But there is empty open world which is basicaly a huge landscape with nothing. there is no plot like in previous From software games deep meaning of what is going on in the game exists only on internet forums and fandom . Games terrible UI and clunky unresponsible controlls make it frustrating, playing 6thDark souls with a hourse and jump buttom, same combat, same cheap game design. But there is empty open world which is basicaly a huge landscape with nothing. there is no plot like in previous From software games deep meaning of what is going on in the game exists only on internet forums and fandom . Games terrible UI and clunky unresponsible controlls make it frustrating, playing 6th installment of dark souls not giving me that much joy overcoming the same game design ideas that i overcome 5 games earlyer. On top of this game runs like crap on pc (rtx 2070/r73800x) with frame rate dipping below 60 no matter ettings i used. I believe critics if you can say so are really biased and the big name of Miyadzaki sold them this game and thats not right you need to be objective as a journalist you need to tell people the truth about the product that they are buing.… Expand
  28. Danpil
    Jun 18, 2022
    1
    I was just wasting my time. By the end of the game it was so boring that I ran past the loot. Boss fight are the apogee of stupidity. You fight with the heel or the boss jumps all over the arena or the boss 2. as a result, the disappointment of the year.
  29. otmiyo
    Jun 18, 2022
    10
    Redefining the mainstream open world designs and merging it with the souls formula maintaining his essence
  30. srkn4432
    Jun 18, 2022
    2
    its not bad game with no quest guide but why enemies spamming attack ? i feel like they are playing they have to enjoy the game not me. better next game they let players enjoy the game. its so cringe because literally they are spamming and its annoying too much
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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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