Elden Ring

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  1. Ifalna
    Mar 28, 2022
    7
    TLDR: Open world DS3 with a few minor additions.

    Full disclosure: I have not completed Elden Ring and don't plan to for now. I bought into the hype and regret dropping full price on this game so I'm hoping my review might help those still on the fence about buying this game. I have beaten Demons Souls, Darks Souls 1-3, Bloodborne so I do have experience with prior Fromsoft games and    TLDR: Open world DS3 with a few minor additions.

    Full disclosure: I have not completed Elden Ring and don't plan to for now. I bought into the hype and regret dropping full price on this game so I'm hoping my review might help those still on the fence about buying this game. I have beaten Demons Souls, Darks Souls 1-3, Bloodborne so I do have experience with prior Fromsoft games and have enjoyed them. The technical issues with the PC port have already been covered ad nauseum so I'll go over some of the other aspects of the game.

    Gameplay:
    Basically the same as Dark Souls 3 with a few minor changes: 1) addition of jump button, 2) addition of mount and very basic mounted combat, 3) addition of guard cancel, 4) weapon arts are now equippable ("ashes of war" in Elden Ring). Veterans of the Souls series will feel right at home whereas the slower, calculated and methodical style of combat may take some getting used to for newcomers. Button mashing will get you killed very quickly in this game and even trash mobs can tear you apart.

    What was once revolutionary and spawned the whole subgenre of "Soulslike" games has become stale, predictable, and formulaic. Most of the enemies are reskins from the prior entries and in some cases, reused assets (eg. the giant crabs). Yes, the game is punishingly difficult but much of that difficulty is artificial from things like janky camera angles, busted hitboxes that pass through walls, gank squads in tight quarters, enemy projectiles defying the laws of physics, etc. Bosses attack relentlessly and you'll find yourself dodging for what feels like an eternity for a safe opportunity to counterattack, only to deal like 2% of their health. You'll likely die to greed, trying to get some more hits in on the boss because you're so bored of doing nothing but dodging yet another unending combo.

    For fans of the Souls series, this may be everything you wanted and for newcomers, this may still be fresh and exciting. For those who've played the Souls series and were hoping for some fresh gameplay, you won't find it here.

    World Design:
    The biggest change in Elden Ring from the Souls series is the introduction of an open world. For many, this is a breath of fresh air and one of their favourite features of Elden Ring. The world is massive and you can easily spend hours just exploring, opening up many possibilities for non-linear progression. Unfortunately for me, once I got passed the initial beauty of the world, I found it to be mostly empty and lifeless, and I found spending hours riding around on my mount looking for things to do tedious and boring. You will encounter random enemy mobs scattered throughout but the reward for killing them wasn't worth the effort so I just started riding around them. The optional dungeons I explored felt pointless, akin to the Chalice dungeons in Bloodborne.

    If you follow the recommended path through the game, you will likely be severely underleveled for the first main boss so exploration of optional content is clearly encouraged by design. Sadly, I don't find the exploration in Elden Ring to be interesting enough for the time investment required and this is the main reason why I don't plan on finishing Elden Ring, while I do plan on finishing DS3. However, many people love the aspect of exploration and discovery in Elden Ring so you may have a very different experience from me.

    Story:
    Like all the prior Souls titles, the story of Elden Ring is told cryptically in fragments mainly from NPC dialogue and item descriptions. George RR Martin was involved in the writing which I never would have guessed since the lore seems to basically be a reskin of the prior Souls titles. There are 1:1 equivalents for almost everything. The Elden Ring = First flame, Tarnished = chosen undead/ashen one, Site of Grace = Bonfire, Crimson Flask = Estus flask etc. Souls games have always required multiple playthroughs to unlock all the different endings and different NPC questlines to piece together the lore. The lore is often rich and interesting but I frankly don't have the time to go through the effort and will be watching some youtube lore videos to experience the story.

    Some people love this mysterious style of narrative and I enjoyed it with the prior Souls games as well. However, it really is just feeling like more of the same at this point and even the basic premise is similar to the prior games and I guess I was hoping for something fresh.

    Overall:
    Elden Ring is a very good game but isn't for everyone. Fans of the Souls series who just wanted more of the same will enjoy this and newcomers who don't mind the challenge will likely get sucked in as well. However, for players like me who enjoyed the Souls games but were expecting something new, Elden Ring falls shorts. Maybe I just don't like open world games? 7/10.    … Expand
  2. Pmstz
    Jan 25, 2023
    8
    Very nice game, nice experience.
    A From Software in open-world.
    It's a success.
  3. Kalidenza
    Mar 9, 2022
    7
    Where can we give feedback on issue for "Quality of Life" improvements for Elden Ring on PC, the Camera issues and Target Locking problems from making the Mouse both of the analog control sticks, PLEASE this is driving a lot of us crazy with constant uncontrollable lock switching and more key binding options, like actually being able to bind Maps to M FFS!
  4. SpartaCook
    Jun 7, 2023
    4
    Fromsoft has been making the exact same games, except Seikiro, for a decade and the fanboys keep praising them for their horrendous design games. I have no idea what they been smoking while saying the game is fun, but the gameplay is utterly sh*t. The game is not hard because it is hard, it is hard because the gameplay is clunky and terribly designed. I've been playing it for 10+ hours andFromsoft has been making the exact same games, except Seikiro, for a decade and the fanboys keep praising them for their horrendous design games. I have no idea what they been smoking while saying the game is fun, but the gameplay is utterly sh*t. The game is not hard because it is hard, it is hard because the gameplay is clunky and terribly designed. I've been playing it for 10+ hours and find absolutely zero enjoyment out of it. The art direction is very nice, I'll give them that.
    In conclusion, this is the most overrated garbage I have ever played since Monster Hunter World. Game of the year my ass.    … Expand
  5. jd999
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    Absolutely unplayable garbage, and I don't mean the games technics. It runs fine. Rather the game itself is bizarrely overhyped garbage. Elden Ring is a game of pure power leveling. You absolutely cannot improvise or out smart your enemies, you are either at a certain power level and will win, or you are at a certain power level and will lose regardless of what you do. The enemies are allAbsolutely unplayable garbage, and I don't mean the games technics. It runs fine. Rather the game itself is bizarrely overhyped garbage. Elden Ring is a game of pure power leveling. You absolutely cannot improvise or out smart your enemies, you are either at a certain power level and will win, or you are at a certain power level and will lose regardless of what you do. The enemies are all stupid mindless trolls that just repeatedly run over you or are crushed by you, nothing else happens in combat. It is the dumbest combat I've ever experienced in a game, immensely stressful in its stolid, simplistic stupidity. As for the lore and supposed great story with GRRM, it's a big nothing burger. There is literally no there there. Everything in the narrative is an anomalous grab bag of emo fantasy cliches. The imbecile nature of the game's structure prevents anything remotely resembling fluidity in the narrative. It's a great empty hodgepodge. Never before have I so baffled by the praise of something, not even mere videogames. This is the most wrongly hyped trash in history.… Expand
  6. BoomerZoomer
    May 7, 2022
    7
    you will get bored before you actually beat it cause game starts recycling enemies and assets
  7. Tanikaze
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    Great Game, great Soulslike. One of the best open world structure on the market and an amazing exemple of storytelling. The feeling of combat is crude, fast and visceral. The color palette is finally brighter and landscape is cleaner, dotted with a multitude of places of interest.

    I still have to reach the End of All...but the travel, after about 80hrs, is already memorable.
  8. sursaa
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    Никаких проблем с производительностью и падением фпс.
  9. QAOSbringer
    Feb 25, 2023
    5
    Elden Ring was a real disappointment. It is advertised everywhere with 100/100 scores. Nowadays, everyone is playing it, everyone is praising it, and the praises won't even end on every YouTube channels and game review site. I bought it because it was called as "Skyrim + Breath of the Wild" many times. But the result is just frustration.
    It is obvious that it was made without thinking    Elden Ring was a real disappointment. It is advertised everywhere with 100/100 scores. Nowadays, everyone is playing it, everyone is praising it, and the praises won't even end on every YouTube channels and game review site. I bought it because it was called as "Skyrim + Breath of the Wild" many times. But the result is just frustration.
    It is obvious that it was made without thinking about the PC. It was designed exclusively with the PS4/PS5 in mind. Gameplay mechanics and combat dynamics did not go beyond the Demon's Souls game I played in 2009. There is no such thing as "Online Co-op". Putting this game under the tag "Online Co-op" is just scam.
    But hey, "who pays money gets the hype marketing".
    Yahtzee actually gave the best review: "it's a FromSoftware Dark Souls game, and therefore, good."
    It is just another Dark Souls game, nothing more.

    5: Below average - It may not appeal to everyone, but there are interesting ideas from time to time.    … Expand
  10. chrissnyman
    Mar 10, 2022
    10
    Best game i have played in a very very very long time.

    Sure, performance isn't perfect, but plays better than most new games on my system
    Considering the size of the game, it has the least amount of bugs i have seen in an new game in years.
  11. GerdiHell
    Mar 8, 2022
    10
    I have no issues on pc. Everything’s works smoothly.

    Not gonna lie. This is one of my most favourite games ever. The dark souls mechanics were meant to go open world.

    Thanks From Software.
  12. tarkin98
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    This is the best game of the word.Only have a little problems but i have 100 hours in game and i can't stop gaming.
  13. Tunico_
    Mar 9, 2022
    7
    Elden Ring é um jogo superestimado, ele sim tem seus pontos positivos, porém os negativos me chamam muito mais atenção, a quantidade de recursos reciclados utilizados nesse jogo é assustadora para uma franquia "nova". A questão aqui é que o jogo não apresenta na MINHA opinião, nenhuma grande inovação no mundo dos jogos. Ele tem uma exploração cansativa, que não é motivante, muitas dasElden Ring é um jogo superestimado, ele sim tem seus pontos positivos, porém os negativos me chamam muito mais atenção, a quantidade de recursos reciclados utilizados nesse jogo é assustadora para uma franquia "nova". A questão aqui é que o jogo não apresenta na MINHA opinião, nenhuma grande inovação no mundo dos jogos. Ele tem uma exploração cansativa, que não é motivante, muitas das vezes não te da nenhum item que tu realmente fique feliz em ter pego, os inimigos repetidos a todo canto e com move set ou aparência reciclados faz com que eu sinta estar jogando os mesmos jogos que foram lançados já fazem 11 anos. Ter bosses diferentes, ou bem detalhados EU não considero grandes pontos positivos, pois isso é o básico, falar que esse jogo a vale o que é cobrado pra mim é piada, 97 de nota é piada, não adianta de nada ter uma baita história genial, contada de uma maneira "inovadora" se a gameplay durante as 60 horas de jogo vão ser enjoativas. Sem falar que a história é mais do mesmo, esse jogo se resume a preguiça. A dificuldade é o menor dos problemas, sendo que uma das maiores dificuldades que você vai ter jogando isso é a câmera bugada em vários momentos do jogo. Em resumo ele é não é surpreendente.… Expand
  14. Fai6944
    Mar 3, 2022
    8
    En sierras ocasiones hay un bajón de FPS un mundo abierto muy entretenido siempre hay algo que hacer uno de los mejores juegos que e jugado últimamente
  15. yones7
    Mar 16, 2022
    9
    Best game I have ever played. Beautiful world, great story and amazing gameplay. Only thing holding it back are the performance issues on PC. Otherwise a near perfect game.
  16. Rawnchie14
    Mar 31, 2022
    10
    I sport a monster of a PC and use a controller, so I can feel for those who have technical issues and have qualms with the lack of PC support. Legitimate complaints, all of them. But I'm reviewing my experience.

    The game - technical support aside, is nothing short of a masterpiece. FromSoftware has jam packed so much content in a game that can be beaten in a matter a few dozen hours, or    I sport a monster of a PC and use a controller, so I can feel for those who have technical issues and have qualms with the lack of PC support. Legitimate complaints, all of them. But I'm reviewing my experience.

    The game - technical support aside, is nothing short of a masterpiece. FromSoftware has jam packed so much content in a game that can be beaten in a matter a few dozen hours, or with hundereds of hours, depending on how you play. They drop you into the world with no purpose, and then culminate everything towards you becoming Elden Lord. Yeah, absolutely no small feat, but with a the barrage of new experiences, surprises around the corner, the "figure it out yourself" brand of quest lines, and the complete release of a player into a world where they make the choices - it's a truly fascinating game design choice from a formerly very rigid gameplay cycle and linear design the developer was known for.

    Is it perfect? No game is - but I feel it at times is very close (aside from some weapon/build style balancing), and was the PC port extremely disappointing? Absolutely. But past these issues, this has to be cemented as one of the best titles of the year - and that FromSoftware has ever released, free of tropes and rehashed open world designs, taking risks to diverge both from their core fan base and average gamers experience to bring something familiar yet as a completely new amalgamation of great ideas with enough ambiguity to embolden those who made the effort to understand the subtle and indirect presentation of the games tasks and lore.

    I'll acknowledge the technical shortcomings, certainly not ideal for all players, but the core game itself, is a feat that I feel cannot be dragged down by the unfortunate technical issues (which I agree, need to be figured out by the developers and better supported). This is GOTY territory in Feb/Mar    … Expand
  17. SomeName
    Aug 20, 2022
    7
    It's basically Dark Souls 4, with slightly above average open-world mechanics. I enjoy it but would say that there is some obvious recycling from previous titles and even within the game itself. A smaller, more consciously designed world might have been better.

    Also, the PC release is just unapologetically bad in terms of bugs and performance. UPDATE: I finished the game and most of    It's basically Dark Souls 4, with slightly above average open-world mechanics. I enjoy it but would say that there is some obvious recycling from previous titles and even within the game itself. A smaller, more consciously designed world might have been better.

    Also, the PC release is just unapologetically bad in terms of bugs and performance.

    UPDATE: I finished the game and most of the bugs have been ironed out since then. My opinions on the world size and recycling of ideas definitely still stand though. It's a bit sad as From Software clearly put a lot of work into the game, but they bit off more than they can chew.    … Expand
  18. MercenaryofHate
    May 8, 2023
    4
    A game that should have never been made. The fact that this title is so successful has shown how sad the human race is. The game Is always punishing you because the whole uniqueness of the game is the difficulty. The open world feels extremely boring and I find myself frequently installing then uninstalling it. I don't want to devote my time to a game with crushing difficulty that mightA game that should have never been made. The fact that this title is so successful has shown how sad the human race is. The game Is always punishing you because the whole uniqueness of the game is the difficulty. The open world feels extremely boring and I find myself frequently installing then uninstalling it. I don't want to devote my time to a game with crushing difficulty that might pay of when you win but who's got time for that. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE I LOVE DARK SOULS 2 AND 3 AND BLOODBORNE but hate this. Maybe cause From soft saw how stupid people have become and were like "hey let's just make Dark Souls but open world" GOTY? This isn't even game of the month for me. The game makes you seem like your in control according to its lame story but your actually not. If you love repetition and fighting in the same area a hundred times then finally beating it and doing the same at the next area this game is for you. Otherwise please stay away from this lazy cash grab of a game. The gaming world's low standards for video games is why this game was such a hit.… Expand
  19. Muhannad1991
    Jan 30, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unfortunately, the amount of drumming this game is not normal. True, it is a fun game, but 10 out of 10. Why does it mean a system copied from Dark Soul, the only difference is that there is more interest in magic and a disaster that magic breaks the cell game, a casual game, the easiest part in the Souls series of the world, its shape is sweet, but interactive enough I arrived, it's sweet. It's not enough for a generation. This needs something like Zita. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and don't settle for an open world. And give me the story. It's definitely better than the good souls, but stay in a million questions. This lore system is for donkeys. Nothing, unfortunately, the writer of Game of Trans, where does this mean, but something that makes you laugh, he says, "Oh, ELDEN RING." Van Boy's rubbish will buy, stay away from technical problems, and give me a 5 out of 10 game that is better than Souls trash games, but it was supposed to be called Dark Souls 6, not ELDEN RING, unfortunately, the passion is zero with the game… Expand
  20. kaiadams
    Mar 2, 2022
    7
    Even though Elden Ring is a great game, It didn't managed to meet our expectations.
  21. DrNussbaum
    Apr 4, 2022
    10
    Absolutely a masterpiece. The Soulsbourne formula in an open world adds a richness for veterans of FromSoftware’s titles as well as an easier entry point for newcomers given that you aren’t stuck on a linear path for the entirety of the game. Sound design, graphics, content, characters, etc. Everything hits the mark and FromSoftware continues to prove that you don’t need to produce aAbsolutely a masterpiece. The Soulsbourne formula in an open world adds a richness for veterans of FromSoftware’s titles as well as an easier entry point for newcomers given that you aren’t stuck on a linear path for the entirety of the game. Sound design, graphics, content, characters, etc. Everything hits the mark and FromSoftware continues to prove that you don’t need to produce a crappy Ubisoft open world full of handholding quests to be a good game.

    It’s refreshing to finally have a game unburdened by micro transactions, a lack of content, political tropes, or a boring gameplay loop. If you buy any game this year, make it Elden Ring.    … Expand
  22. MaxCorvega
    Mar 31, 2022
    10
    BRILLIANT MASTERPIECE!
    Its an example how games should look.
    Probaby the best game From software and in future game of the year.
  23. Midian00
    Jun 10, 2022
    6
    3 months after the launch and the game hasn't been properly patched. Not even close. That's just sad & disappointing.
    I'm will try to make it short and understandable:
    1. The game is build on the same engine as DS3 which was released in 2016. Game should not run with glitches, frame drops and crashes. But it does. 2. Fromsoft always had problems with camera but this time they managed    3 months after the launch and the game hasn't been properly patched. Not even close. That's just sad & disappointing.
    I'm will try to make it short and understandable:

    1. The game is build on the same engine as DS3 which was released in 2016. Game should not run with glitches, frame drops and crashes. But it does.
    2. Fromsoft always had problems with camera but this time they managed to make it worse. (mind-blowing talent). In ER when you lock-on to enemy and turn camera your lock-on will switch to whatever it wants EVEN THOUGH AUTO-LOCK-ON IS OFF. Sometimes this garbage can lock-on to enemies behind the walls. Sometimes it straight out will refuse to lock-on to a target that is in front of your face.
    3. Fromsoft made huge world but had no idea how to fill it. So they just started copy-pasting enemies and bosses. Especially bosses. Some of them you can kill more than 5 times. If you think that bosses change somehow - no. Their HP and DMG just get an increase.
    4. Exploration becomes really tedious and boring. Because you either get no rewards for it or reward is absolute garbage. Repetitive dungeons with repetitive bosses.
    5. Starting areas almost have no armor and no weapons. Only after 40-50 hours I started getting weaponry for my stats. Huge specific area was riddled with it. By that time I settled for specific weapon and had no desire to try new ones, nor I had upgrade materials to invest in new toys.
    6. End game is an epitome of UNBALANCE. Your stats mean ****
    Copy-pasted enemies from start-game locations which can kill you in three hits with bloated health. Absolutely bs bosses with endless combo attacks which can kill you in 2-3 hits with several phases.

    Fromsoft definitely **** the bed with this one. I still have hopes that all these issues will be resolved in coming year. If not - it's gonna be the worst soulsborne game to date. DS2 will be removed from its throne.
    This review comes from a person who spent more than 1k hours between ds1, ds3 and BB. Cheers.    … Expand
  24. sb_MGM
    Jun 11, 2022
    9
    First soulslike i’ve played and First Game in a while, wich was worth being completed. Can‘t remember the Last Game That was as fun as Elden Ring. And very Important Point: It is a finished game. You don‘t buy ingame via microtransactions or dlc expansions. You buy the game – you get the game.
  25. PenetratorGod
    Feb 26, 2023
    4
    It is not the best game in the world. It's just one of the representatives of a cancerous game genre that appeals to a specific players.

    It's a game with its own unique genre and it's unique in its gameplay and storytelling. It doesn't appeal to everyone. It's not a game that even every RPG player can play. That being the case, it's impossible to say that Elden Ring is the best in the    It is not the best game in the world. It's just one of the representatives of a cancerous game genre that appeals to a specific players.

    It's a game with its own unique genre and it's unique in its gameplay and storytelling. It doesn't appeal to everyone. It's not a game that even every RPG player can play. That being the case, it's impossible to say that Elden Ring is the best in the world when it's a game with such sharp boundaries, and it's impossible to match the reality of the Soulslike genre.

    Those who make such comments have never played another game in their lives and are pathetic enough to think that beating a boss in such games is an achievement. They are also stupid enough to characterize anyone who thinks differently about such games other than themselves as incompetent.

    Stay away from such games and fan bases. Waste of time.    … Expand
  26. claux19
    Nov 11, 2022
    10
    Just made an account on this site because I saw how many bots and sub-humans review-bomb this game. It's a shame. They clearly have to be held by the hand and baby-sited in the games they play. Go play GoW: Ragnarok u filthy casuals! Git Gud!
  27. aragun
    Jun 17, 2023
    0
    This game might not be as good as Dark Souls 3, but I have to tell you, compared to all the releases we get nowadays, this is a masterpiece.

    The biggest issue as it was mentioned below, is the bad port for PC, they have not figured how to implement the controls on PC in a decent way yet.
  28. Quazder
    Jun 27, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I dont know how this game could get 10/10 in most reviews when it came you. So firstly the basics - settings Why the **** do you open map with G?
    Why you jump with F?
    Why you use Q instead of E to accept
    Why you run and dodge with same key - Space

    Just because of this stupid keybinding this game should not ever have gotten 10/10
    -
    I know that they tried to be original but Wtf mate... jumping with F? am I playing fokin jump king or what?
    I know that you can rebind but they just shoud have kept normal settings and not try to be original...
    Also if you press E and left click you can hold your weapon two handed... How am I supposed to know that, when they dont tell you. -
    And thats a huge problem with most games like that. If i install game -> I want to PLAY IT. And
    Not learn... or google mechanics to actually be able to play it.

    Also constantly repeating killing the same enemies... like tree sentinel. I killed him like
    5 times wtf?
    If they are not able to keep that game original but have to repeat enemies constantly just make the map smaller but better and more original etc...
    Why is everyone trying to make huge maps that just repeats enemies like 20 times.

    Graphics is extremely good but thats it.
    And story? Warcraft 3 thats 20 years old has better story than this overrated ****

    Otherwise its just boring and it feels like simulator... Killing the same enemies over and over again. Zzzz
    Just another overhyped game. Maybe on controller its better when you just lay down and relax. But if you playing on pc there is dozens of better and more enjoyable games to play.    … Expand
  29. sin_naoi
    Mar 6, 2022
    5
    Good looking. (Full sopp). Nothing else. Some reviewers dare comparing it to Witcher 3... those are 2 different levels though. Elden Ring has zero character developed, no relatable stories.....well no stories at all. Forced myself to play 10 whole hours thinking that I must be missing something...but no... I quit...
  30. Devez
    Mar 7, 2022
    5
    How Fromsoft can't do a proper pc port after 3 souls game and sekiro is one of the great mysteries of this world. Even though I can see that the game is good from my playtime so far, how can I give this more than a 5 when I'm getting killed because I can't see wtf is happening during some battles? And no it's not a "git good" problem, I've finished all dark souls games and sekiro, it's anHow Fromsoft can't do a proper pc port after 3 souls game and sekiro is one of the great mysteries of this world. Even though I can see that the game is good from my playtime so far, how can I give this more than a 5 when I'm getting killed because I can't see wtf is happening during some battles? And no it's not a "git good" problem, I've finished all dark souls games and sekiro, it's an optimization problem and Fromsoft clearly not giving a **** about pc gamers. The only 2 games where my pc started farting furiously as soon as they loaded are cyberpunk 2077 and elden ring and if you've heard anything about cyberpunk that alone says a lot. Even with all options turned down to the lowest possible I get 20-40 fps on 1080p in open world and these drop even more on boss fights. Not to mention the occasional stuttering which sometimes turns into death warrant. It's shameful asking full price for a game at this state and even releasing it at this state in the first place. Have we all just accepted that we'll be beta testing games from now on?… Expand
  31. BHTrix
    Mar 19, 2022
    5
    I honestly don't understand why people are writing raving reviews for this game.

    Let's start with the good before we move on to the bad and the horrendous that is "Elden Ring" - Gorgeous (bosses, world, art, etc.) - Huge - Mounted Combat (Casting is way better than the sword play though) - The game plays well - Lots of armors and weapons, that are cosmetically cool - Sound    I honestly don't understand why people are writing raving reviews for this game.

    Let's start with the good before we move on to the bad and the horrendous that is "Elden Ring"

    - Gorgeous (bosses, world, art, etc.)
    - Huge
    - Mounted Combat (Casting is way better than the sword play though)
    - The game plays well
    - Lots of armors and weapons, that are cosmetically cool
    - Sound design is really good

    Now the bad

    - Hyper aggressive Mobs that 2-3 shot you
    - Bend Curve for Stat Effectiveness but a Doubling Curve for monster health and difficulty, making end game extremely tedious and repetitive. Your char will shine midgame, but after that your increase in damage and survivability flatlines, while monster health triples.
    - Repetitive
    - Many, Many places, dungeons, etc. in the world are reused.
    - Depth of Field is confusing, the camera doesn't really have optimal rotation, you will often plunge to your death, and after you have you have to backtrack to your corpse, and hope that this time around you don't miss the jump, and if you do, lose all your runes... I mean... uff exhausting
    - The platforming and death from falling is absolutely horrendous.
    - Backtracking
    - The Combat just sucks, I'm sorry. It's fun in the first halve of the game, but when fights start to drag out to 5 minutes per normal mob up to 10-15 sometimes 20 minute boss fights that you have to restart if you make a few bad dodges, it just get's tedious. Not to mention you'll be using the same spells/combat arts most of the time, so it get's extremely tedious and repetitive.
    - Best way to play a lot of the game is just by running past and skipping everything.
    - Most spells suck.
    - Questlines are confusing at best, there's nothing to guide you to understand what the game expects of you, and sometimes if you missed a part of the quest and progressed too far, the quest dies.
    - Bugs.
    - Balance is ****

    This game is overhyped, and the user score reflects that.
    I would honestly stop trusting any critic reviews, they have no idea what they are talking about, and are most likely hyping the game for a paycheck

    I would avoid this game for a few more months, if not year, and grab it on a sale. It has some esthetic, and you'll get some fun out of it, and it will at points frustrate the **** out of you with poor gameplay design.

    I guess fun if you are a sadomasochist.    … Expand
  32. Pasic007
    Mar 8, 2022
    5
    Crap on PC - deleted after 50 hours.
    I cant deal with PC ports and this is one of them. Cant change mouse speed or key bindings. Aiming in game is clunky as f.
  33. OUTbrain
    Mar 1, 2022
    6
    So much vasted potencial. This game is just for a few gamers with unlimited time and inclination to masochism.
    No pause, you cant crouch when opening chest and maaaany other bugs from 90ties.
  34. mitchelltford
    Feb 27, 2022
    8
    This game is absolutely fantastic in every way but one: the PC performance is quite bad. I can live with a 60fps cap, but the frequent stutters really sour the experience. I've been able to really enjoy the game despite the severe optimization issues, but I'm really disappointed in From Software for releasing the game like this
  35. raedgamer7
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    ELDEN RING
    Greatest of all times
    Game of the Year 2022
    I really love this game
  36. Inuyasha17
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    메타 순간 평점 98점, 지금은 메타 평점 97점. 그리고 오픈크리틱 역대 1위에 등극한 적도 있고
    역대 메타스코어 게임의 반열에 오른 오픈월드 액션 RPG게임 '엘든링'
    엘든링은 이미 2022년 최다고티의 영역을 이미 초월한 게임이다. 최다 고티가 아니라... 사실 역대 메타스코어 영역에서 노는 게임이다. 이 정도로 잘만든 AAA급 초우주갓겜은 게임계에서 평생 나올까 말까 한 게임이다. 게임계의 역사 실록에 기록되어 두고 두고 회자될 정도의 클라스의 게임이다. 확실한건 세키로의 이동방식, 전투 자세를 계승했으며, 몽골제국의 기병대 같은 간지나는 마상전투와 일본도와 사무라이 갑옷을 장착한 간지나는 사무라이의 칼싸움은 가히 세키로, 고스트 오브 쓰시마, 블레이드앤소울,    메타 순간 평점 98점, 지금은 메타 평점 97점. 그리고 오픈크리틱 역대 1위에 등극한 적도 있고
    역대 메타스코어 게임의 반열에 오른 오픈월드 액션 RPG게임 '엘든링'
    엘든링은 이미 2022년 최다고티의 영역을 이미 초월한 게임이다.
    최다 고티가 아니라... 사실 역대 메타스코어 영역에서 노는 게임이다.

    이 정도로 잘만든 AAA급 초우주갓겜은 게임계에서 평생 나올까 말까 한 게임이다.

    게임계의 역사 실록에 기록되어 두고 두고 회자될 정도의 클라스의 게임이다.

    확실한건 세키로의 이동방식, 전투 자세를 계승했으며, 몽골제국의 기병대 같은 간지나는 마상전투와

    일본도와 사무라이 갑옷을 장착한 간지나는 사무라이의 칼싸움은 가히 세키로, 고스트 오브 쓰시마, 블레이드앤소울, 몬스터헌터 라이즈의 검술 칼싸움을 생각나게 할 정도로 근접 타격감이 최강이다.

    오픈월드 액션 RPG들 중 가장 전투와 타격감이 1위인 게임은 단연코 엘든링이라고 자신있게 말할수있다.

    던전과 모험 방식은 젤다의전설 야생의숨결 같으면서도,

    전투 방식은 확실하게 세키로나 소울류를 계승해서 발전시켰다.

    플스판은 진짜 프레임도 높고 잘되는데 PC스팀판만 프레임 드랍이 아쉬운건 어쩔수없는게

    '오픈월드 RPG'라는 장르 특성상 초반엔 PC스팀판은 프레임 드랍이 어쩔수없다.

    지금까지 갓겜들이라고 나온 오픈월드 RPG게임들도 초반엔 최적화 이슈가 있었기 때문이다.

    하지만 확실한건 엘든링은 진짜 잘만들고 재밌는 AAA급 초우주갓겜인건 확실하다.

    아니, AAA급 초우주갓겜이라는 수식어로도 엘든링을 설명하기 힘들다.

    엘든링은 그 이상... '인류 역사상 최고의 게임'이라고 단연코 말할수있다.    … Expand
  37. zed1999sd
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Really great so far. I don't really have any technical issue but i can't sleep playing this game, masterpiece indeed, theres always something new to discover, and boss fight? get me going all day.
  38. DuhZeez
    May 16, 2022
    5
    If you see a 10/10 they are definitely Fromsoft fanboys. This game is NOWHERE near 10/10, especially the PC version.

    The single player game is a 6 to 7/10 max and even that is generous. The constant crashing, the lower quality graphics(for 2022 the graphics should be a lot better than this), the need to google EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING in the game, and the reused assets(you will    If you see a 10/10 they are definitely Fromsoft fanboys. This game is NOWHERE near 10/10, especially the PC version.

    The single player game is a 6 to 7/10 max and even that is generous.

    The constant crashing, the lower quality graphics(for 2022 the graphics should be a lot better than this), the need to google EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING in the game, and the reused assets(you will fight the same boss over and over again after mid-game) is why I cannot give this higher than a 7.

    I am not a graphics nerd. I don't need it to be life like for me to enjoy it(heck I still go back and play Atari games sometimes), but the graphics, while good, are no where near the quality of even God of War which came out over 4 years ago. Look no further that the fact that this released(and still as of this date) with no widescreen mode. If you have a nice curved 3440 monitor than this game will only serve to piss you off with the HUGE black bars on the sides.

    It has a bad problem with crashing constantly. It seems to happen the most when I use the map. No fix yet as of writing this.

    The need of a google search bar integrated into this game is a huge fault. I don't need my hand to be held with my games, but when I can't understand what something does and there is NO repository for it in the game, then there is a huge problem. There is ZERO quest tracking, not nearly enough info on what things do, the amount they do and the time in which they do said thing and no journal to look at to remember what's been said/done. This adds nothing to the game and in fact detracts from it to the point that it makes the Devs look extremely lazy, to not add even the most basic of info on things, or they did it to pad the games play time.

    The reuse of assets gets really bad after midgame, the same boss you fought earlier WILL make an appearance, it's not if they will, it's when.

    The multiplayer is straight garbage and is why I gave a 5/10 instead of a 7.

    The multiplayer, Hooo boy, where to begin...
    First, this is NOT a co-op game. It's a PvP game with co-op elements. You don't get to just hop in with a friend, Oh no, you have to furl a finger and wave some mist around first, and if your friend has beaten the boss of the area it's a no go, you can't join them. Also be prepared to get invaded by a guy who is maxed out on everything and is in new game + #16 with OP weapons and skills and 1 shots you, or someone lag switching and warping everywhere so your hits don't land but when they hit it's always a crit or backstab, or a straight up cheater who will invade just to corrupt your save so you have to start ALL over again. Sounds fun huh?

    Wanna play with just your friend and run around and have fun? Too bad! This is FROMSOFT BEEEE-OUCH! If I would have known how bad the horrible "co-op" mode is I would not have purchased the game.

    So no, this is FAR from GOTY and any 10/10 score. Take off the Fromsoft rose colored glasses and get a reality check if you think it is.

    Even with all this the single player mode is still pretty enjoyable, but these problems are, for some reason, completely overlooked because it's a "Fromsoft/Souls like" game by all these 10/10er's. Do you think they would overlook all this for anyone else? I seriously doubt it.

    I have an un-furled finger for you Fromsoft, wanna guess which one?    … Expand
  39. mrcodfee
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    I hate this game but it's one of best games I've ever played. Hope FromSoftware will fix performance issues on PC ASAP, so it would be perfect then.
  40. ferrascal
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Easily one of the best games of all time. If I could give it an 11/10 I would. The bad reviews are just trolling and from people who want their hand held throughout a children's game. The highest rated game in modern history and rightfully so. Well deserving of its place in the conversation as the best video game of all time. Congrats and thank you Miyazaki and FromSoft!
  41. Akirabro
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Elden ring is in short, a nearly beautiful masterpiece.
    It perfectly shows what From Software aims to achieve with each and every iteration of the games they develop and growing with each new one.
    While the PC launch port of the game is suffering from some technical issues like frame drops, they are fully aware and are addressing these issues. Its amazing how the game has launched in    Elden ring is in short, a nearly beautiful masterpiece.
    It perfectly shows what From Software aims to achieve with each and every iteration of the games they develop and growing with each new one.
    While the PC launch port of the game is suffering from some technical issues like frame drops, they are fully aware and are addressing these issues.
    Its amazing how the game has launched in almost every platform in a near complete state which sets the bar higher for games that release at launch to be broken only to be fixed later (*cough*cyberpunk 2077)
    This is truly worth the $60 dollars in my opinion.    … Expand
  42. Briger26
    Mar 3, 2022
    8
    Gameplay is good but it has many glitches like some times torrent just becomes invisible and it looks like I'm floating and some times the enemy's like some guards become invisible but their hand torches are visible just fix it
  43. wasabitomo
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    I'm saying this as someone who never really like any of the previous Souls games. Elden Ring is my favorite game of all time. I would 100% recommend this game to everyone. I honestly never thought I would fall in love with this game so much. It's kind of ironic comparing myself today to myself a few days ago. Elden Ring is literally my life now.
  44. Jurij7080
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Eines der besten Spiele die ich seit langem wieder gespielt habe. Ich lege keinen grossen Wert auf die Grafik wie andere. Für mich ist die Dichte Atmosphäre, die spannenden Boss-kämpfe und die Weise wie Eldenring die Geschichte der Welt erzählt viel wichtiger.
  45. cofm21
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    After getting so angry reading the dumb 0 and 1 star reviews, I made an account to share an honest opinion about the game. Here are my responses to the common complaints.

    PC Performance. I have had very moderate frame rate drops into the 30-40 fps range. This only happens in the open world, and only when moving between large sections. So this happens about 2% of the time during my    After getting so angry reading the dumb 0 and 1 star reviews, I made an account to share an honest opinion about the game. Here are my responses to the common complaints.

    PC Performance.

    I have had very moderate frame rate drops into the 30-40 fps range. This only happens in the open world, and only when moving between large sections. So this happens about 2% of the time during my 4-5 hour sessions. The game runs perfectly otherwise.

    No ultra wide support.

    This has to be the dumbest reason to give a 0 score. I could see this knocking one or two points for an average reviewer, but to give this game a 0 because there is no ultra wide support is ridiculous. Playing in 4K on a 55” OLED TV is absolutely amazing.

    Empty world / boring / no story.

    There is an absolutely amazing story being told in Elden Ring. From the start, you are encouraged to become essentially the queen/king of the Lands Between. The voice acting is genuine. The atmosphere and environment is very encapsulating.

    Conclusion: I’m only 16 hours in and feel like I have scratched the surface of what the story is and what powers/weapons I will find. I feel like I’m playing Ocarina of Time all over again. The story there wasn’t obvious from the very beginning, and neither is it here. Just like many other open world games, until you start leveling / finding new items / and gaining new powers, you have yet to see what the game truly offers.

    Absolutely 10/10. In a day where over saturated (DL2, Horizon FW) open world games are still being made, Elden Ring is a breath of fresh air that allows you to discover the world and have fun, just like the Legend of Zelda series has.    … Expand
  46. TwentyEight
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    C'est un chef d'œuvre tout simplement. L'univers que FromSoftware à façonné est grandiose, immersif. L'exploration de la map est tellement addictif pour vous dire, j'ai passé environ 10 h à explorer l'entre de terre avant de m'attaquer au premier boss. En parlant de boss, ils sont charismatiques et bien fichus. L'architecture du château de voilorage est à en perdre la tête, il y a desC'est un chef d'œuvre tout simplement. L'univers que FromSoftware à façonné est grandiose, immersif. L'exploration de la map est tellement addictif pour vous dire, j'ai passé environ 10 h à explorer l'entre de terre avant de m'attaquer au premier boss. En parlant de boss, ils sont charismatiques et bien fichus. L'architecture du château de voilorage est à en perdre la tête, il y a des recoins partout.

    Pour le moment je n'ai que des petites baisse de Fps, mais rien de bien méchant donc quand je lis que le jeu est injouable, qu'il n'est pas beau, je me pose des questions ou sois on ne joue pas au même jeu.

    Je pense que c'est le meilleur jeu auquel j'ai joué jusqu'à présent et j'en suis qu'au début après 20h de jeu.

    Pour tous les fans de challenge et d'exploration, Foncez !    … Expand
  47. RedFlaame
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Como um grande fã da saga soulsborne, esse jogo conseguiu trazer elementos de todos os outros e de um jeito muito foda, jogão
  48. Conloth
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    This is the best game I have ever played.

    Childlike wonder of exploration? Check!

    Difficult rewarding combat? Check!

    Immersive storytelling? Check!

    My character being fully customizable with a unique experience compared to other players? Check!

    Huge world that never slows down and keeps the rewards and danger coming? Check!
  49. Shopper02
    Mar 9, 2022
    6
    I REALLY wish I could give this game a positive review, that being said, the User Experience is awful on PC. When you've died on horse combat for the millionth time because your game started chugging down to 5 FPS, that creates a big issue for me. If you're going to play this, play it on console. I can't enjoy this game until the FPS issue is fixed. This game relies on stability far too much.
  50. LPLO
    Mar 11, 2022
    6
    It's 2022. It's stupid to keep a control scheme that physically makes dodge come out slower by few frames. It's stupid to set the horse reborn prompt at no. It's stupid to punish the player for beating a stronger boss early by giving smithing stones that aren't even usable until you go back into earlier areas to find other mines. It's stupid to throw the great combat mechanic out theIt's 2022. It's stupid to keep a control scheme that physically makes dodge come out slower by few frames. It's stupid to set the horse reborn prompt at no. It's stupid to punish the player for beating a stronger boss early by giving smithing stones that aren't even usable until you go back into earlier areas to find other mines. It's stupid to throw the great combat mechanic out the window to just slap a bunch of lazy duo, trio bosses.

    With all that said, yeah it's a fun souls game. Just saying it's a completely lazily created open world mess.    … Expand
  51. Mrshrooms
    Mar 23, 2022
    1
    This game is a sign of just how poor the gaming industry has got lately that games like this are deemed to be ground breaking and best game ever made blah blah blah. My gripes with the game:
    - the game is unbalanced tf. One minute you one shot main bosses then next minute you are getting one shot by a rat. - the crafting system is pretty much pointless
    - the game has a very poor story -    This game is a sign of just how poor the gaming industry has got lately that games like this are deemed to be ground breaking and best game ever made blah blah blah. My gripes with the game:
    - the game is unbalanced tf. One minute you one shot main bosses then next minute you are getting one shot by a rat. - the crafting system is pretty much pointless
    - the game has a very poor story
    - The graphics are dated
    - the voice acting and audio is laughable - game has major glitches. Was worried it would brick my 3090
    - the stuttering is a mess
    - the armour is just for cosmetics pretty much
    - the bosses are reskinned constantly
    - the side quests are a dreadful guessing game mess
    - the puzzles hardly make sense.
    - the dungeons are repetitive
    - some of the secrets are so poorly designed you basically need to spend the game hitting every wall with a stick
    - you spend ages working through areas to get loot you can't use
    - the classes don't actually mean anything
    - the leveling system is boring
    - the game tries to be edgy by not explaining anything which means you can miss integral parts
    - the combat is a clunky mess. The game isn't mechanically hard...it is just badly designed
    - the game endlessly jump scares you with unavoidable enemies attacking around corners...this isn't fun gameplay
    - online multiplayer is terrible
    - most of the spells are useless
    - the lack of variety of weapons per class. Basically have one staff all game
    - the platforming and jumps are painful
    - fall damage is a nuisance
    - the UX menu is terrible. Very hard to locate items with ease. - putting dash on the same button as dodge is beyond stupid and being unable to remap it is even worse
    - the cutscenes are terrible and lag like crazy. Also the loading times are a blast from the past


    I could honestly go on and on. This game is thoroughly unenjoyable to complete. The longer it went on the the more of a chore it became to complete. The only reason I gave it a 1 is the map is big and the art syle is niche. Apart from that... don't buy this    … Expand
  52. Titan
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Best souls game to date, this is a combine of all previous games with New mechanics that make the formula better
  53. TheAlphaReview
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    easily the greatest game of all time hands down. If you rush you can make it the hardest Souls game you've ever played.
    If you take it a bit slower, it will be similar in difficulty to the old games.
    If you take it very slow and out-level content it also fits the bit more casual player, although don't think it will be easy. The open world and "questing system" are the new benchmark    easily the greatest game of all time hands down. If you rush you can make it the hardest Souls game you've ever played.
    If you take it a bit slower, it will be similar in difficulty to the old games.
    If you take it very slow and out-level content it also fits the bit more casual player, although don't think it will be easy.

    The open world and "questing system" are the new benchmark for the entire genre. For me it's one of the best games I've ever played.    … Expand
  54. thebiggay
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    The PC port really isn't as bad as people make it out to be. Sure there are framestutters, but nothing gamebreaking.
    The actual game itself is an absolute 10/10 experience too.
  55. NekohtDecat
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    This is a true From Software games with all of the previous titles' features and some new ones. It is a difficult game and may not be for everyone, but there are some game mechanics (summoning other players is one of it) to make the experience easier. It has a wide variety of character builds with decent character customization. The environment design and music is to be highly commended too.
  56. pedrinnn123
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    this is a great game, it has a beautifully crafted world, an very interesting lore, awesome classic Fromsoft combat mechanics, that being said. it has som issues, but nothing too heavy in my experience, is a very decent launch for what things are today though, very very very good game
  57. FabioSatoshi
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    First FromSoftware game I play. I didn't adapt to any Dark Souls or Demon Souls games because in addition to the already known difficulty, the linear world was very limiting. The open world in Elden Ring is amazing and rewards you for the time invested in exploration and grinding, even allowing for a mixed build. I started as a Hero and STR Build, I'm adapting to STR+DEX and I should putFirst FromSoftware game I play. I didn't adapt to any Dark Souls or Demon Souls games because in addition to the already known difficulty, the linear world was very limiting. The open world in Elden Ring is amazing and rewards you for the time invested in exploration and grinding, even allowing for a mixed build. I started as a Hero and STR Build, I'm adapting to STR+DEX and I should put some points in INT and MND too. Note 10 despite the bad performance on PC (I have an RTX 3070 TI) and I hope they fix this and other problems soon besides releasing expansions.… Expand
  58. hmmdotcom
    Mar 16, 2022
    7
    Wonderful, beautiful game that struggles on all things fine tuning. A 7.9 that never quite reached an 8 for me. Love fromsoftware but while the aesthetic, bosses, and npcs of the game's world shine things like camera controls, jumping, and sprint mechanics feel clunky, you never know when you're gonna get stuck on a tiny rock divet / indestructible twig that prevents your movement and itWonderful, beautiful game that struggles on all things fine tuning. A 7.9 that never quite reached an 8 for me. Love fromsoftware but while the aesthetic, bosses, and npcs of the game's world shine things like camera controls, jumping, and sprint mechanics feel clunky, you never know when you're gonna get stuck on a tiny rock divet / indestructible twig that prevents your movement and it WILL happen / cause you to get killed. Basically, you need luck to be on your side in a game that is trying to reward skill-based patient rpg gameplay.

    Things like level progression mid game, item progression, and game direction have their own clunkiness, trying to play the game without reading 5 tabs first on a second monitor will lead to boring sessions. Often you'll go through a difficult area only to find some semi-useful item within a build path completely opposite your own, and while getting through the area is satisfying in itself it ends up not feeling like it builds towards anything significant. Later in the game, these boss enemies get heavily recycled and upscaled, making the original satisfaction dim, and leaving a certain apathy toward future side areas.

    As far as the good of the game, the world IS huge AND beautiful, and you will have moments where you feel extremely badass. Though the stats screen is awful and cannot show comparisons of armor / items side by side, the armor itself is varied with all kinds of cosmetic looks. Weapons/Spells/Ashes all have a range and truly give a dnd type experience where the player can get custom as hell. Without spoilers, there is an area where the player can re-assign stats for a cost, which is a much needed feature that allows all types of mid life crisis.

    Ultimately (and this is speaking to my OWN experience), the bottom line was that after a certain point of exploring the beautiful map most of the time in this game just wasnt fun. I was either looking for fun in world, looking up fun online, or grinding mob filled rooms to get fun parts, all while carrying that passive fromsoftware 'die whenever wherever' game stress that does give some satisfaction to the experience. After trying a couple of different builds I found that typically there's way more fun to be had in completely overhauling a build every so often than in steadily carrying a build through the game. And that speaks to my opinion of the game. Most of the thrill is all the new things, the novelty, the possibilities, but once you've seen 50% of the enemies, explored what you want, and committed to a build path, you're in for a boring time grinding from boss to boss.    … Expand
  59. Gryzorz
    Feb 28, 2022
    5
    Ok so, I launch the game, I try to navigate menus and fail.
    I somehow get back to my character, and try to figure out what "R" means.
    I press R, drink something, then nothing. I begin to understand that the tips on the screen are not for me, a classic PC player with good old keyboard and mouse. I manage to push through tutorial, find how to jump and do other actions by several times    Ok so, I launch the game, I try to navigate menus and fail.
    I somehow get back to my character, and try to figure out what "R" means.
    I press R, drink something, then nothing.
    I begin to understand that the tips on the screen are not for me, a classic PC player with good old keyboard and mouse.
    I manage to push through tutorial, find how to jump and do other actions by several times going to the keyboard shortcuts.
    Then I'm asked to wield with both hands with a combination that is not present in the keyboard shortcuts, I had to go search online how to do that.
    Then I'm asked to do some other special attack on the poor undead fella.
    I try something, it looks like a regular "power attack", so I have no idea if that's what the "tutorial" was talking about, but the fella is dead now, and I don't know if I'll ever see a tutorial on how to perform this special attack again.
    I move on, another attack with undecipherable keys that are simply just not present on my setup.
    I do not even have a controller configured on my PC...
    Keys assignments are terrible, tutorial is terrible.
    It just made me want to stop playing. It was painful. I'm not supposed to feel pain from figuring out how to translate console messages to PC world for a game released for PC.
    Edit: before sending the review, I went back to explore the full content of options, and yes, you CAN set the screen tutorials to display the keyboard&mouse version.
    Why was the game setup with controller by default even when I have no controller at all is a mystery to me, but it definitely ruined my inital contact with the game, feeling unwelcome, a relic from the past that had to "move on" to controllers.
    I'm not saying that's the intent, I'm just saying that's how I felt.
    I understood nothing at all the intro scenes, except there are gazillons of names and concepts being thrown at you that make absolutely no sense.
    I usually LOVE slow pace narrative, but this is just SLOW to make it look epic, but there is nothing epic about it.
    You land in the world with a character assigned to a class that tells you nothing about it.
    It really feels like different teams designing different elements of the game and no one was ever in charge of making sense of the whole package, the user experience.
    Maybe if I had reached that point where I understand all mechanics, I would enjoy them, but I'm not supposed to suffer that much from the start, and the small details that are off are triggering my alarms, and as an old player, I tend to trust them now. If there is smoke...    … Expand
  60. Kaetoo
    Mar 7, 2022
    6
    Let's start for de beginning, the game is a dark souls 4, the history resembles dark souls 1, a ring shatter is like the flame. The tarnished is like the guy with the fourth flame.
    The grafics is amezing even in the low settings and bla bla bla.
    Gameplay sucks, it's literally just difficult fight, nothing else, none sidequest remarcable. The map is big which can look really cool at the    Let's start for de beginning, the game is a dark souls 4, the history resembles dark souls 1, a ring shatter is like the flame. The tarnished is like the guy with the fourth flame.
    The grafics is amezing even in the low settings and bla bla bla.
    Gameplay sucks, it's literally just difficult fight, nothing else, none sidequest remarcable.
    The map is big which can look really cool at the start. But even the boss look the same. There is litteraly 6 or 7 enemy who is a knight. the gradon the same the only difference is the element of them. and the map has not much to offer.    … Expand
  61. imTree
    Feb 28, 2022
    9
    Elden Ring is a culmination of the mechanics presented in the souls games, bloodborne, and sekiro, all wrapped up in a depressing high-fantasy open world.

    The Good -While some optional side-bosses can be pushovers, the main bosses are well designed, intense, and challenging. Finding brief moments to breathe or windows to punish within the bosses flurry of blows are all the more    Elden Ring is a culmination of the mechanics presented in the souls games, bloodborne, and sekiro, all wrapped up in a depressing high-fantasy open world.

    The Good
    -While some optional side-bosses can be pushovers, the main bosses are well designed, intense, and challenging. Finding brief moments to breathe or windows to punish within the bosses flurry of blows are all the more rewarding, and victory is as exhilarating as ever.

    -The art design continuously inspires moments of awe, disgust, and morbid fascination. The player will witness abominations with grafted limbs and tree roots absorbing dozens of corpses as food, but in the same minute, will emerge to see a beautiful overview of vast, twisted landscapes of golden trees, spiraling castles, misted swamps, and beckoning ruins.

    -Progression blocks are non-existent, as paths are innumerable. If a player cannot beat a boss, they can excuse themselves to explore dungeons and ruins scattered across the world, where they will discover upgrades, gain experience, and continuously grow stronger until they are up for the challenge. The entire map can be explored from the beginning.

    -Magic is more beautiful and satisfying than ever. The variety of spells at a players disposal has grown greatly. Miracles and Sorcery have received the biggest visual buff in this iteration by far and hit as hard as they look.

    -Swordplay has been made more diverse and interesting. Players can discover ashes of war, special weapon skills, throughout the world. These not only affect the weapon scaling, but allow the player to customize weapons to their playstyle. Hold your dagger to the sky and buff yourself and your friends. Quickdraw greatswords like katanas. Call down bolts of lightning with your warhammer. Experiment to your hearts content.

    More Good: QOL Open World Features. This open world game respects your time.

    -Points of Grace, the checkpoints of Elden Ring, offer a fast travel system immediately with no cost or consequence.

    -Stakes of Marika exist right next to nearly all challenging areas and bosses. When the player dies, they may choose to teleport to these Stakes instead of Points of Grace, allowing them to avoid wasting time repetitively traversing the same long path and re-challenge the boss or encounter immediately.

    -The player receives their horse in an hour or less. The horse can be summoned anywhere in the open world from an item on the players belt, can double jump, and can be ridden in combat.

    -There is no stamina loss outside of combat. Infinite sprinting and jumping while traveling from point to point.

    -Crafting can be done on the go, anywhere, anytime out of combat. This includes arrows, bombs, consumable buffs, and elemental weapon buffs. No special stations needed.

    -Basic materials are abundant, plentiful, and respawn on rest.

    -Tears, the health and mana potions of Elden Ring, refresh on enemy pack kills. Players can seek out enemies to replenish their health instead of resting.

    Nitpicks
    -Certain enemies were directly ported from Dark Souls 3. The infamously annoying Thralls from Dark souls 3 have been reskinned as stout imp gargoyles that populate various catacombs and caves throughout Limgrave with zero changes to their move-sets. The giant crabs also reappear from the previous title with zero changes to their move-set. It would have been cool to see the developers renovate these enemies a little to make them distinguishable from previous iterations.

    -I would have liked if the horse controls were tighter. The horse cannot turn a sharp angle without first moving forward, meaning the player cannot turn the horse around on a narrow platform without walking off the edge. Certain jump puzzles are also an unnecessary headache for this reason.

    -The developers laid it on a little thick with the difficult encounters right from the beginning. While I personally love throwing myself at a difficult boss until I can overcome it, players unfamiliar with the souls genre that encounter the Tree Sentinel or Dragon just a stones throw away from the tutorial are in for a jarring experience.

    -While I find many performance issues to be overblown at the time of writing this, they aren't non-existent. While in confined areas, the frame rate is completely stable. While in the open world, however, the frames will often dip into the 40's or 30's. This will hopefully be improved with further patches, but it would have done the game justice if optimization was up to a better quality before release.

    -Players cannot ride horses while in coop. They are also confined to whichever area they have been summoned to, and coop is dissolved once a boss has been beaten. While this is not new to the souls genre, it's a little strange when implemented in the open world, as field bosses are often not too far apart from one another.

    All in all, I cannot stop playing this game.    … Expand
  62. Zantharrin89
    Feb 28, 2022
    9
    Now over 40 hours into the PC release and this game is a BANGER,
    This is the perfect Skyrim meets Dark Souls. You get that open world and exploration of Skyrim but you get the methodical and meaty gameplay the souls series is known for.
    In Elden Ring FromSoft definitely cranked the difficulty meter up to an 11, some bosses taking 20+ attempts but I always feel like each death is a    Now over 40 hours into the PC release and this game is a BANGER,
    This is the perfect Skyrim meets Dark Souls. You get that open world and exploration of Skyrim but you get the methodical and meaty gameplay the souls series is known for.
    In Elden Ring FromSoft definitely cranked the difficulty meter up to an 11, some bosses taking 20+ attempts but I always feel like each death is a learning experience, luckily FromSoft was nice enough to give us very close spawn points to many of the bosses. Some of the smaller optional dungeons are interesting, the early one not posing much of a challenge but the later ones have some very cool unique bosses. Speaking of bosses, I love the design for so many of the new bosses, the combination of delayed and quick attacks really keeps you on your toes.
    Now, the game isn't perfect. The most notable issue if the frame drops reported by many on PC and I've had some connection issues when in other players worlds. But these are very MINOR problems that will probably be patched with the net week or two, so I wouldn't let it deter you from buying the game (or rate it a 0/10 like a lot of people).
    Overall, Elden Ring is a great game. There is so much to explore and so many unique bosses you can encounter in the game that will provide you with plenty of challenge on your way to becoming the Elden Lord.

    "But it's just Darks Souls with horse and jump button!"
    I fail to see the problem here.    … Expand
  63. Ragoom88
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Best souls game yet and so accessible, for someone who's very average at games this is still really fun. Also the art direction is top notch.
  64. saito200a
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    My mind is blown at the negative reviews. To me the game works just great on PC, and I'm playing in a laptop.

    The game is incredibly amazing, the best game I've ever played. Rating a game a 0 because it doesn't support... ultrawide or whatever... that's a technical aspect that I don't care about, and it doesn't speak of the greatness of this game. This game is an 11, if I could give    My mind is blown at the negative reviews. To me the game works just great on PC, and I'm playing in a laptop.

    The game is incredibly amazing, the best game I've ever played. Rating a game a 0 because it doesn't support... ultrawide or whatever... that's a technical aspect that I don't care about, and it doesn't speak of the greatness of this game.

    This game is an 11, if I could give it.

    I hope the trolls giving the game a 0 get overwhelmed or balanced out soon by the 10 scores. They are just little kids shouting at a game because it doesn't run at constant 144 FPS and at ultra wide 4k screens... just stop crying and enjoy the game. Or buy GTA or Call of Duty if this is what you want.

    This is the best video game of the 2020s no doubt. And also best open world. This is leagues ahead of Breath on the Wild or even Dark Souls.

    Buy this now and play the hell out of it    … Expand
  65. AlciroMadara
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    jogo perfeito 10/10! não tive nenhum travamento ou bug! melhor experiencia e impossível.
  66. CzarSquid
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    This is the ultimate game of all time. This is not an exaggeration it's undisputed fact.
  67. 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.
  68. yurpo
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    I have minor framedrops but this is an amazing game. The gameplay, vastness, and hours of replay ability speaks for itself.
  69. Anna1981
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    I am an average gamer with an average PC and have played all Souls games before.
    Elden Ring far exceeded any expectations. It runs fine on my PC even without the newest hardware so I am not complaining about that for sure. I enjoy the beautiful graphics, the story, the amazing music... I was skeptical about the open world aspect, but they did it SO WELL! There is SO MUCH to explore!! My    I am an average gamer with an average PC and have played all Souls games before.
    Elden Ring far exceeded any expectations. It runs fine on my PC even without the newest hardware so I am not complaining about that for sure. I enjoy the beautiful graphics, the story, the amazing music... I was skeptical about the open world aspect, but they did it SO WELL! There is SO MUCH to explore!! My favorite game ever is Dark Souls 3 but Elden Ring might top even that.    … Expand
  70. ersamuevo
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    No puedo decir más que una cosa, obra maestra. Critico al videojuego como tal la historia, Gameplay etc...
    Entiendo que hay gente frustrada con la optimización que más que mala optimización parece un fallo que parchearán en poco. Por lo demás, actualizad drivers de la gráfica y debería ir genial. No hagan caso a las críticas negativas de gente que no sabe jugar un souls, no sabe perder y    No puedo decir más que una cosa, obra maestra. Critico al videojuego como tal la historia, Gameplay etc...
    Entiendo que hay gente frustrada con la optimización que más que mala optimización parece un fallo que parchearán en poco. Por lo demás, actualizad drivers de la gráfica y debería ir genial. No hagan caso a las críticas negativas de gente que no sabe jugar un souls, no sabe perder y menos a las que dicen de la mala optimización, el juego es una experiencia que uno tiene que probar una vez en la vida.    … Expand
  71. 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.
  72. ShipHull
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    This game is so good. It’s like Botw and Skyrim with Soulsborne combat. It seems like a lot of people have issues with the PC version, which sucks, but I personally haven’t noticed much stuttering, and I’ve had zero crashes. It helped when I found the game in window graphics settings and set the setting to ‘High Performance.’
  73. Sherider
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Best game of miyazaki So good narrative Best boss fight
    Best optimization And this Best story
  74. grub_reviews
    Feb 26, 2022
    9
    As a multiplayer FPS guy, I was very skeptical about picking this game up. But I caved into the hype and eventually gave it a go and I can confidently say this is one of my favorite games to release this year.

    The multiplayer bloodstains and messages give it that charm that is missing from other games, and the invader concept is also pretty interesting and definitely gives the    As a multiplayer FPS guy, I was very skeptical about picking this game up. But I caved into the hype and eventually gave it a go and I can confidently say this is one of my favorite games to release this year.

    The multiplayer bloodstains and messages give it that charm that is missing from other games, and the invader concept is also pretty interesting and definitely gives the cooperative play an interesting drawback so that you can't just get carried.

    The difficulty also makes this game not feel too jarring. A lot of the boss fights are well designed (apart from one of the first main bosses that brings a huge difficulty spike) and are fun to fight against. A great thing about the open-world aspect of this game is that you can always go back to a boss you can't beat if you're not ready.

    Speaking of the open world, this game's open-world feels like it belongs. Some games that boast an "open-world" usually don't do it well, with the world feeling empty and soulless. This game however breaks that streak. There is so much to do and explore in the open world. The Currency/XP that you use to both level up and buy different items is awesome, as it encourages you to try to take on a boss that you failed to beat, or explore different areas. A criticism I have of the open world is that it doesn't feature traditional towns/villages. The ambitious open world clashed with the traditional Npc town system and made a single big Npc gathering area with vendors across the map.

    Unfortunately, I do have to knock a point off for the Framerate issues on PC. While turning off Certain settings like motion blur, global illumination, and depth of field largely eliminates them, they are still there and are enough to make me put the controller down for the day.

    Overall, This game is really good. If you are on the fence about buying it because you don't like souls game, I would say try it out for a few hours and decide if you want to keep it or refund it through steam. If you don't like souls games, It's possible this title could be an exception.

    This is my first Fromsoftware game, and it's safe to say this title has made me a fan.    … Expand
  75. LuckyWizard12
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    First thank you FS for this masterpiece.

    5700XT / Ryzen 5 3600X Stable 60 fps on maximum settings @1440p. 2-3 framedrops to 40 fps for 3 seconds in 35 hours. Awesome Graphics, stunning gameplay, incredible atmosphere and a perfect open world. No game since Skyrim is able to competete with Elden Ring. The world is full of storys and exploring never feels unneccessary like in RDR2.    First thank you FS for this masterpiece.

    5700XT / Ryzen 5 3600X
    Stable 60 fps on maximum settings @1440p.
    2-3 framedrops to 40 fps for 3 seconds in 35 hours.

    Awesome Graphics, stunning gameplay, incredible atmosphere and a perfect open world.
    No game since Skyrim is able to competete with Elden Ring.
    The world is full of storys and exploring never feels unneccessary like in RDR2. Almost everywhere is something to make you char stronger. There are so many mysteries to solve and of course epic bossfights with legendary loot. They said 80 hours to complete the game, but after 35 hours i'm still far away from an end. I love games where you need to work for your victorys. Enjoy the journey!    … Expand
  76. deezNuts77
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    this game is a masterpiece. If you like souls games, you are going to LOVE this!

    That being said, if you DON’T like souls games, there’s a chance you may not like this. There is no journal, your compass isn’t flooded with random markers. You just explore. Every direction you go in will have something unique and interesting. The story is not shoved down your throat, but unlike other souls    this game is a masterpiece. If you like souls games, you are going to LOVE this!

    That being said, if you DON’T like souls games, there’s a chance you may not like this. There is no journal, your compass isn’t flooded with random markers. You just explore. Every direction you go in will have something unique and interesting. The story is not shoved down your throat, but unlike other souls games you do not have to go looking for it. The game does a good job of explaining story elements as you go along.

    The combat is amazing, including the horse combat. While the horse combat is very simple, it feels good. Fighting dragons on horseback is epic and feels amazing.

    I play on a 1650 and have had next to no issues. However I know a lot of other people have had serious performance issues.    … Expand
  77. Skull_CL
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Pura magia, el mejor souls hasta el momento. Los que se quejan no saben jugar :D
  78. ThrawnVX
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    One of best games I ever played, the freedom to choose where to go is what makes this game so unique in the genre, enjoy until the last weapon or outfit discovered!!
  79. uway
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    un juego de 10 con sus defectos como cualquier souls en lanzamientos que con un parche se solucionara, por el momento estoy aplicando ciertas configuraciones para reducir el stuttering
    doy los pasos q me funciono a mi:
    presiona la tecla windows busca configuración de gráficos agrega el ejecutable de elden ring, presiona opciones y escoge alto rendimiento para graficas nvidia ve al    un juego de 10 con sus defectos como cualquier souls en lanzamientos que con un parche se solucionara, por el momento estoy aplicando ciertas configuraciones para reducir el stuttering
    doy los pasos q me funciono a mi:
    presiona la tecla windows busca configuración de gráficos
    agrega el ejecutable de elden ring, presiona opciones y escoge alto rendimiento
    para graficas nvidia ve al panel de control nvidia -> controlar la configuracion 3d ->tamaño cache sombreador ilimitado    … Expand
  80. CooperD
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Lock frame rate at 35 in graphics card setting. Result: cinematic picture, no lags and smooth gameplay. I think that in the near future no game will reach this level. The gameplay and level design is top notch.
    Developers should be proud of themselves.
  81. ketto96
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    Un gioco stupendo, con qualche problema di framerate e mi sarebbe piaciuto che ci fosse un bestiario alla the Witcher 3, ma il resto è praticamente perfetto. Le critiche per il framerate fanno ridere, non è ottimizzato così male come molti pensano. Ma alla gente piace criticare
  82. marcusaureliusg
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    FEEL - Could be the best game I have ever played - never played dark souls and just started sekiro a week before elden ring release- so im learning and it is an incredible experience. Around 20 hours in, the closest I have ever felt to this was in the 3rd grade when mario64 came out and I couldnt put it down, it was just so unbelievable to me at the time, and that is how elden ring feelsFEEL - Could be the best game I have ever played - never played dark souls and just started sekiro a week before elden ring release- so im learning and it is an incredible experience. Around 20 hours in, the closest I have ever felt to this was in the 3rd grade when mario64 came out and I couldnt put it down, it was just so unbelievable to me at the time, and that is how elden ring feels to me now.

    WORLD/DESIGNS/COMPARISONS - morrowind, oblivion, skyrim, witcher 3 have all been incredible games of a similar type that ive played and elden ring is in its own tier above them and unbelievable in comparison - the combat and in game systems are incredible, the open world is the best open world experience I have ever had - the scale, the secrets, the detail, the art style, the adventure and exploration.... you can tell this world is handcrafted. The level design in the first legacy dungeon is the best level i have ever seen in a game (verticality, hidden secrets, aesthetics, scale, enemies, stealth). The lack of in game systems to aid players is one of my favorite aspects - you have to learn on your own, I am very much a self learner though.

    OPTIMIZATION/PERFORMANCE/CONTROLS - I spent some time optimizing my PC beforehand - tweaking various setting in windows/nvidia/mouse cpi and in game controls (mouse sensitivity after first patch) to make sure I would run it fine. I could use my controller and it might be more intuitive than the mouse keyboard, but honestly ive gotten used to the mouse and keyboard and it feels fine. I'm playing in the high graphics setting and FPS is 57-60. I don't really notice any issues with the prep I did beforehand. Graphics are breathtaking and beautiful, the ray tracing is amazing. Also of note - I have not experienced any noticeable bugs in the game - it already feels very polished to me.
    If you understand PC's and know how to change settings on your PC and not just in game, or are capable of learning how to and are above minimum requirements to play the game, I don't see how you could not achieve desirable performance running the game.

    CHARACTER - im not typically a spell caster in rpg games i typically go ranger types, but here i went astrologer and magic is incredibly fun! although I cant wait to play numerous others character builds at some point - the customization feels like a sandbox.

    ALL in all, this game isnt for everyone - but if you are ready in your life for a true adventure and put the effort and time forward to learn and explore - it will give you the time of your life.    … Expand
  83. PietroGarciano
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Probably one of the best game ever. Never mind the haters; they are probably noobs that do not have the skill to handle this game.
  84. Bl00ddrag0n
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Awesome experience, awesome world and awesome game. From soft finally perfected the souls formula and I don’t get why there are so many bad reviews, sure it is hard and the game doesn’t shoves the story in your face but this game is about the challenge and not about running through a game which does everything for you.
  85. Trash_Raccoon
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Hey, I'm writing this review because I have played the CNT, so I know it's a great game, at the moment I have 20 hours in the game and it's just fantastic. I don't know how people are having problems I myself have an old PC I don't meet the minimum requirements at all (GTX 970 GPU, and 4th generation Intel I5 CPU) but I am still able to play on high graphics settings and just have longHey, I'm writing this review because I have played the CNT, so I know it's a great game, at the moment I have 20 hours in the game and it's just fantastic. I don't know how people are having problems I myself have an old PC I don't meet the minimum requirements at all (GTX 970 GPU, and 4th generation Intel I5 CPU) but I am still able to play on high graphics settings and just have long loading times but that probably because of my PC. What I did to change is this:

    In-Game:
    I turned all of these to either off or to the lowest I could get. (Thanks to na1s in another review)
    - Depth of Field
    - Motion Blur
    - Volumetric Quality
    - Global Illumination Quality
    - Grass Quality

    Out of Game:
    (Thanks to GeeSung for putting all of these in a review.)
    Exit the game. Go to your windows bar and search "graphics". Click on "Graphics Settings". Choose the desktop app and click "browse". Search through your drive for the EldenRing.exe and set the options to "High performance". Start the game.

    For increased frame rate: just set the global "Shader Cache Size" setting in NVIDIA Control Panel to "Unlimited": https://i.imgur.com/wm4y2GU.jpeg -credit u/bobasaurus

    (Edit: The slow loading times was just because I didn't have my GPU drivers updated.)

    I hope this works for most of you (it may be different for people who have AMD).    … Expand
  86. austinss
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Solid Game. My toaster of a computer runs it just fine. Ultra-wide is not really necessary for this game to be good - this game is great. Classic dark souls/from software at their best.
  87. nervbold
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    This game takes everything that is great from earlier fromsoft games and combines it in an awesome way. It still feels like a souls game. the open world was made in a great way. It feels like you really explore and not just run from questmarker to questmarker like in other games. even if you prefer closer leveldesign the castles really give you that soulslike mapdesign. the amount ofThis game takes everything that is great from earlier fromsoft games and combines it in an awesome way. It still feels like a souls game. the open world was made in a great way. It feels like you really explore and not just run from questmarker to questmarker like in other games. even if you prefer closer leveldesign the castles really give you that soulslike mapdesign. the amount of content in this game is just insane.

    overall a great game that exceeds my expectations.    … Expand
  88. Potato82
    May 11, 2022
    4
    Mediocre game overall

    pros: - amazing world design - great combat and magic system with lots of variety - great music and sounds Cons: - poor balancing, especially lategame is not fun anymore - multiplayer broken with tons of connectivity issues - copy paste, copy paste, copy paste everything is recycled endless times incl mainquest bosses - subpar performance - haven´t found    Mediocre game overall

    pros:
    - amazing world design
    - great combat and magic system with lots of variety
    - great music and sounds

    Cons:
    - poor balancing, especially lategame is not fun anymore
    - multiplayer broken with tons of connectivity issues
    - copy paste, copy paste, copy paste everything is recycled endless times incl mainquest bosses
    - subpar performance
    - haven´t found a story in 300 hours of playing it, no clue what to do
    - sicequests impossible to do without reading wiki
    - some bossfights are unfair because bosses don´t play by the rules of the game with endless combos and AOE spell spam
    - poorly balanced gankfights against multiple bosses who stunlock you towards the end of the game
    - lots of different build possible but only very few are viable for lategame
    - forced invasions (pvp) when trying to play coop    … Expand
  89. Bruny
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    One of the best games action open world rpg of the last 10 years. Quality and quantity are over the top. The masterpiece of From Software.
  90. CDQUINT
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    es increiblemente increible, todo lo que diga es poco, y encima en mas de52h ni u solo bug, para ser su primer mundo abierto todo va genial
  91. Kanek
    Mar 3, 2022
    8
    Para comenzar si , el juego tiene problemas de rendimiento a lo cual ya dijeron que están trabajando en un parche que estará disponible muy pronto y bueno por eso mi 8 pero dejando de lado eso, el juego es una joya con un maña inmenso, hermoso y raro a la vez con infinidad de lugares por explorar , cosa que te será recompensada ya sea encontrando runas para mejorar tu personaje ,Para comenzar si , el juego tiene problemas de rendimiento a lo cual ya dijeron que están trabajando en un parche que estará disponible muy pronto y bueno por eso mi 8 pero dejando de lado eso, el juego es una joya con un maña inmenso, hermoso y raro a la vez con infinidad de lugares por explorar , cosa que te será recompensada ya sea encontrando runas para mejorar tu personaje , hechizos, invocación y armas , ademas que es esencial si quieres hacer el juego un poco mas amigable , es de esos juegos que si corres a hacer los objeto principales te va ir muy mal , pero si te lo tomas con calma , exploras y mejoras, solo te ira mal XD . Un juego que guarda secretos en cada rincón del mapa que te motivarán a seguir explorando.
    Este es mi primer juego tipo souls que me atrevo a jugar y la dificultad a veces me hace sudar , pero tomándolo con calma el camino se hace un poco mas llevadero    … Expand
  92. Ferlock
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    Just like Breath of the wild did a while ago Elden ring shows how a open world game should work.
    There is no quest log, there is no mini map, there are no directions just your intuition and information you will only get by jumping into the world and start exploring.
    Elden ring map is as beautiful as it is in size, there are many regions each of them with its own aesthetic and each of    Just like Breath of the wild did a while ago Elden ring shows how a open world game should work.
    There is no quest log, there is no mini map, there are no directions just your intuition and information you will only get by jumping into the world and start exploring.

    Elden ring map is as beautiful as it is in size, there are many regions each of them with its own aesthetic and each of them more epic then the last, it is just so vast and rich in content that there will be times where you question how the hell was this game produced.
    There are an insane amount of different enemies each of them with their own powers and fighting patterns and the boss fights are glorious.

    The only thing that makes this game a 9 instead of a 10 is the performance in PC which to be honest is in an unacceptable state but the game is so good you will try to forget about this. I give it a 10 to compensate the 0, isn't it how Metacritic works?    … Expand
  93. 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
  94. 00002
    Mar 1, 2022
    9
    My machine has no problems with it but it is pretty beefy.
    Asides from the technical stuff, it IS the best Fromsoft ever made.
  95. CrashAzarel
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    Amazing game. The bad reviews are just people review bombing or giving it 0 because of MINOR and rare stutters. This is crazy. The game is absolutelly a 8 or 9 even when taken the stutters into acount.
  96. Solunari
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    A great open world, great creature designs, great bosses and great gameplay, this game is on top.
  97. SleepyGary
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    A must play. Do yourself a favor and don’t listen to the negative reviews from maidenless gamers who have been conditioned to need easy games, hand holding, and no thought. This game is not that. Most the the negative comments are explained by lack of attention to detail. There is literally a tutorial 10 minutes into the game. There is a rich story. There is a rich and beautifulA must play. Do yourself a favor and don’t listen to the negative reviews from maidenless gamers who have been conditioned to need easy games, hand holding, and no thought. This game is not that. Most the the negative comments are explained by lack of attention to detail. There is literally a tutorial 10 minutes into the game. There is a rich story. There is a rich and beautiful environment full of life. The game has built on the successful gameplay and atmosphere from previous titles. Get the game, take it slow, learn, pay attention and thank me later.… Expand
  98. Daimon333
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    This is an amazing Game! I have no regrets buying this! Other open world games should learn from Elden Ring!
  99. MiMB
    Mar 27, 2022
    4
    Being a souls fan, I'm pretty disappointed in this game ... for so many reasons ...
    * there's no innovation whatsoever. it's more of the same of ds3
    * quest system cannot apply the same way it did to ds3 for example, simply because the world is so HUGE ... and u'll either miss on too much or just forget about it altogether if u don't use a guide ... which is a very bad way to play a game    Being a souls fan, I'm pretty disappointed in this game ... for so many reasons ...
    * there's no innovation whatsoever. it's more of the same of ds3
    * quest system cannot apply the same way it did to ds3 for example, simply because the world is so HUGE ... and u'll either miss on too much or just forget about it altogether if u don't use a guide ... which is a very bad way to play a game ... cause what's the catch?! watch and apply
    * Most of the world looks really bad ... esp caelid ... it simply looks horrible ... like an unfinished scribbled draft
    * no story unless u watch looong lore videos
    * Opening cutscene voice acting is pathetic and mostly all npcs'
    * bad performance
    * world feel empty most often
    * reskinned enemies .. even bosses!
    * no skill required .. just level up or be a mage and u'll be fine
    * hitboxes are pathetic and hits from enemies ignore walls while urs deflect normally!
    * arrows and magic ignore enemies .. and enemies' magic reaches way further than ur Same magic
    * sometimes u can't decide how come some lightweight enemies have so much poise .. even more than u do despite the fact that ur armor and weapons surpass theirs by so much!!

    all in all the game is just tiresome and feels like a chore .. nothing original .. just scraps of previous games molded in an unfinished world 4/10    … Expand
  100. 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
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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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