Elden Ring

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  1. Eldenistoohard
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    Fantastic game, probably one of the best entries in the series. However, because of the amount of exposure this game has gotten its received purchases from all over the gaming sphere, players from every type of background have gotten their hands on this game and it shows. Well the game is challenging, it isn't impossible, and never tries to surprise you in the progression or game design ofFantastic game, probably one of the best entries in the series. However, because of the amount of exposure this game has gotten its received purchases from all over the gaming sphere, players from every type of background have gotten their hands on this game and it shows. Well the game is challenging, it isn't impossible, and never tries to surprise you in the progression or game design of boss fights and so on. The problem seems to stem from players' ability to learn new tactics, read the menus and understand what they're capable of in gameplay. Many don't want to take on these new challenges or learn new things so you end up with a user score like we have right now. I've seen so complaints they could simply be solved if people would just read and try to understand what they want to do with their builds.

    Some of the cons in this game mostly are to due to their dx12 implementation on PC, the game struggles with shader buffers, and while you play for the first time, every time you encounter new textures and effects you have a change of stutters. These stutters can only happen once on the first time they're loaded so over longer play sessions you will experience them less and less. I'm inclined to believe this will be fixed, but it is frustrating to encounter this stuttering during boss fights.

    If you enjoy challenges and have a healthy ability to take a loss and improve the holes in your game, this game hands down is one of the best experiences you'll play.    … Expand
  2. Mugix
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    Please, do not listen to the resentful people who criticize this game because they are not able to pass the first zone of the game because it is too difficult or because the game has a fps pull every 7 hours. This game is a masterpiece regardless of whether you like it or not, just as you may not like classical music but no one would say that Beethoven is overrated, the experience thatPlease, do not listen to the resentful people who criticize this game because they are not able to pass the first zone of the game because it is too difficult or because the game has a fps pull every 7 hours. This game is a masterpiece regardless of whether you like it or not, just as you may not like classical music but no one would say that Beethoven is overrated, the experience that Elden Ring offers you is simply spectacular. It has flaws like any game but the positive things it offers far outweigh the small flaws, spectacular atmosphere, unique scenario design, epic confrontations, just enjoy and stop insulting something you don't understand.… Expand
  3. movte
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    Honestly I never played a game so good. I still have the urge to explore the world. Every cornor is unique and exciting. The Boss fights are fun but the could be a bit more challenging for my taste. Overall its a 10/10 Game. Dont listen to the Kevins out there. The game is awsome
  4. Shayanabedi
    Mar 10, 2022
    10
    Best game I’ve played. The world is beautiful, the combat is challenging and addicting, and the map and length of the game just does not end. Beautiful.
  5. panicata
    Mar 10, 2022
    10
    One of the best games ever released. Open world and boss count is unreal. The boss fights are fair and gameplay is fun
  6. Grey_Mongrel
    Mar 10, 2022
    10
    Even with performance issues at launch I find this game to be amazing. My stuttering was fixed by leaving the "Task Manager" open in the background. This is probably due to not meeting the minimum CPU requirements but far exceeding the GPU ones.

    Regarding the game, it is intentionally obscure with very little hand holding outside of the five minute tutorial dungeon. The world is    Even with performance issues at launch I find this game to be amazing. My stuttering was fixed by leaving the "Task Manager" open in the background. This is probably due to not meeting the minimum CPU requirements but far exceeding the GPU ones.

    Regarding the game, it is intentionally obscure with very little hand holding outside of the five minute tutorial dungeon.

    The world is dense enough that exploring is fun with many hidden little places to discover.

    Quests are hidden away in the world and obscure enough that you can walk right by them if you aren't paying attention.

    The combat is deep and satisfying, it has built on every previous FromSoftware game and is as tight as ever.

    The game is much more accessible than any previous souls games and the difficulty is fairly smooth with only sharp spikes in and around major boss fights.

    This is my GOTY bar none.    … Expand
  7. Bogdanika76626
    Mar 11, 2022
    10
    This is literally the best game i have ever played,i love it thank you Software for this game!
  8. Bertje2000
    Mar 14, 2022
    10
    Just git gud
    Maidenless + foul Tarnished + no runes + touch grass + noob + fat roll
  9. wolfpac
    May 13, 2022
    0
    Disappointment:
    Story: what story? something about fight bosses and become a lord, bland and boring. there is memorable character, I found the let me solo her cosplay player more memorable.
    Graphic: hello 2003 graphic, there is a reason why things are dark and hazy, to hide all the outdated graphic. Sound: there was sound and music? I cant recall. Game mechanic: not difficult at all    Disappointment:
    Story: what story? something about fight bosses and become a lord, bland and boring. there is memorable character, I found the let me solo her cosplay player more memorable.
    Graphic: hello 2003 graphic, there is a reason why things are dark and hazy, to hide all the outdated graphic.
    Sound: there was sound and music? I cant recall.
    Game mechanic: not difficult at all like everyone else is saying but certainly very frustrating, no save, loss of hard earn runes, chunky movement with a lot of platform jumping, bad UI design and control.    … Expand
  10. CoffeePot
    May 24, 2022
    4
    Wait for a sale so you don't feel committed to it. I can understand a person liking this game if your expectations from open-world games are low because, well, that's honestly just me trying to throw the masses a bone with this game. The truth is I don't like it. My time doesn't feel efficiently spent and I swear I've spent twice as long playing it as the game says I have. Never a goodWait for a sale so you don't feel committed to it. I can understand a person liking this game if your expectations from open-world games are low because, well, that's honestly just me trying to throw the masses a bone with this game. The truth is I don't like it. My time doesn't feel efficiently spent and I swear I've spent twice as long playing it as the game says I have. Never a good sign.

    I'm not a FromSoftware veteran whatsoever, but my experience with open-world games is extensive, so I judge the game on those merits. The things I heard FromSoftware did well in past games are present here, which namely are the combat mechanics. Combat against normal enemies and mini-bosses is more fun and engaging than in most games. Apparently their level design is lauded too though which I would never know playing Elden Ring. It's a really boring open world if I'm being completely honest. Exploration is de-incentivized pretty quickly because I never feel amply rewarded for it. Maybe that's not the point but why make this an open-world game then? There are no interesting characters to find, talk to, and gain a sense of direction from, but there are odd merchant beings hiding in unlikely places for some reason (and in the Roundtable Hold, which i don't otherwise see the point of and you're forced to go there very early in the game in a jarring fashion), and the meager things I do find aren't impressive. Maybe once you've mastered the mechanics, the Ashes of War pickups are more valuable, but I'm still learning the game when I have five of them in my inventory, and from what I can tell they make my weapon stats worse. I tried them as a curiosity and while some of them do cool things, Storm Stomp feels useless and makes any weapon it's attached to worse - I trusted the game not to do that to me and ruined a good weapon in the process. I like the rune system overall but I don't wanna grind for them to get a new weapon. All this is my observation as someone who isn't aware of the mechanics behind the scenes when I first try it. I don't want to feel like I need to go RNG mode when I'm first experiencing the game. You also don't feel like you have much choice but to invest all your level-up points into certain stats, at least early-game, so character creativity is stifled if not entirely sacrificed.

    You like story? Good like finding one here. "Become the Elden Lord" ain't exactly gonna propel me like a rocket through any game. This world and this universe are boring without a decent narrative. Sorry.    … Expand
  11. k0uk
    May 27, 2022
    3
    I really wanted to like this game, but it was impossible; it's not "soulslike" is literally the same dark souls again, the same game with new enemies and a new map.

    The combat is quite boring, movements feel imprecise, very clunky, combat feels boring when you have to spend most of the time defending, I'm sure there are people that enjoy rolling most of the time of a combat but I don't,    I really wanted to like this game, but it was impossible; it's not "soulslike" is literally the same dark souls again, the same game with new enemies and a new map.

    The combat is quite boring, movements feel imprecise, very clunky, combat feels boring when you have to spend most of the time defending, I'm sure there are people that enjoy rolling most of the time of a combat but I don't, this feels just too boring and old for being a 2022 game, same goes with graphics, the performance for the visuals are bad, so the result is a game that feels 6-7 years old.    … Expand
  12. srkn4432
    Jun 18, 2022
    2
    its not bad game with no quest guide but why enemies spamming attack ? i feel like they are playing they have to enjoy the game not me. better next game they let players enjoy the game. its so cringe because literally they are spamming and its annoying too much
  13. bmfalex
    Mar 8, 2022
    5
    Bad PC port, bad quest designs and a lot of copy paste dungeons. Overall the game is good, good open world and fun to play.
  14. iSimon420
    Apr 2, 2022
    10
    The hardest video game I have ever played in my life is also the masterpiece of the decade bar none! Elden Ring has raised every bar imaginable for every game across every category, and this is the rare title that truly deserves its hype. Gushing with content from head to toe, a gorgeous open-world that puts everything else, even the amazing Horizon Forbidden West to shame! IncredibleThe hardest video game I have ever played in my life is also the masterpiece of the decade bar none! Elden Ring has raised every bar imaginable for every game across every category, and this is the rare title that truly deserves its hype. Gushing with content from head to toe, a gorgeous open-world that puts everything else, even the amazing Horizon Forbidden West to shame! Incredible combat system that pulls no punches with savage enemies who will adapt to every situation. The most intense boss fights I have ever experienced.

    I don't know how many more times I could say masterpiece about Elden Ring, its Zelda on a thousand steroids and is the must play title of the decade. Hardest game you will ever play, no hand holding whatsoever, but if you can get past its difficulty, its a diamond the size of Jupiter. 10/10    … Expand
  15. walzero
    Apr 8, 2022
    10
    This game is so adictive, the game is hard, but it's very fun, the visuals are stunning even if not the most realistic, the creativity made this game become a masterpiece. There's always more to do, all sidequests are fun, the rewards are interesting, the lore is well thought and even visiting old places, you can find something you missed the last time.
  16. ClarkKunt
    Dec 1, 2022
    7
    Elden ring is Assassins Creed: Valhalla of souls games, bland. Finished it 3 times, got platinum trophy and I have no interest to play it anymore unlike previous Fromsoft games. PvP is straight up bad, netcode is terrible, lore is meh, bosses are mostly meh or reskins of previous cool bosses, performance is bad, there are bugs and glitches everywhere and balancing in this game was made byElden ring is Assassins Creed: Valhalla of souls games, bland. Finished it 3 times, got platinum trophy and I have no interest to play it anymore unlike previous Fromsoft games. PvP is straight up bad, netcode is terrible, lore is meh, bosses are mostly meh or reskins of previous cool bosses, performance is bad, there are bugs and glitches everywhere and balancing in this game was made by disabled chimpanzee.… Expand
  17. Steamc4tz
    Apr 27, 2022
    10
    This will probably be my go-to open world RPG for a long time. With so many reasons to replay (builds, affiliations, active balancing) this is probably the only game I've felt comfortable paying full price for in a while.
  18. IntestineFiesta
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    Imagine being one of these paint drinkers complaining that a game designed for a controller has bad keyboard controls, absolutely hilarious. The intellectual titans complaining here must also complain that Civilization has poor controller support.

    Also, nearly all of the texture issues people are whining about here are the result of outdated graphics drivers and have nothing to do with    Imagine being one of these paint drinkers complaining that a game designed for a controller has bad keyboard controls, absolutely hilarious. The intellectual titans complaining here must also complain that Civilization has poor controller support.

    Also, nearly all of the texture issues people are whining about here are the result of outdated graphics drivers and have nothing to do with Elden Ring, something you'd expect anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of pc gaming to understand.

    It's a flat-out abuse of this platform to give games 0/10 scores because you are incapable of troubleshooting your own computer problems.    … Expand
  19. HeroHesham
    Apr 29, 2022
    10
    If you want more accurate reviews, go look up steam reviews. you can actually see if the person has actually played it, plus how many hours he has.
    Don't waste your time on this cesspool.
  20. Resplash
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    One of the most immersive and beautiful world's I've delved into in a long time.
  21. Drangleic
    Apr 2, 2022
    10
    This game super gud, buy 4 me please. World huge and has dragons. Patches wants to play too.
  22. Lumiina
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    Aparentemente esta siendo mal visto con reseñas de la gente que es su primera vez probando juegos del mismo desarrollador, y esperaban que tuvieran selector de dificultad
  23. Kadirov
    Jan 17, 2023
    1
    Elden Ring is essentially a Witcher 3 without plot, lore, choices, developed characters, mini-games and soul.
    It's just a simulator of sword wielding, roll and dodges on empty map with random NPC's on it, remembering me of games that me and my friend in 2007 were making on FPS creator - we were also taking a random map and also filling it with random enemies. The difference is that we    Elden Ring is essentially a Witcher 3 without plot, lore, choices, developed characters, mini-games and soul.
    It's just a simulator of sword wielding, roll and dodges on empty map with random NPC's on it, remembering me of games that me and my friend in 2007 were making on FPS creator - we were also taking a random map and also filling it with random enemies. The difference is that we weren't selling it for 70 bucks and we knew that a game requires a plot, and the studio that developed Elden Ring doesnt

    Elden Ring should be a mod of Witcher 3 that removes all plot from the games and leaves only enemies.    … Expand
  24. Lightlollo
    Apr 25, 2022
    10
    Molto probabilmente vincerà il goty di quest'anno, è uno dei giochi migliori che ci sia. Ha un ritmo di gioco incredibile.
  25. serix
    Mar 21, 2022
    7
    Ставлю 7 баллов.
    Минус три балла за такие вещи:
    -1 балл за то, что нельзя кастомизировать тело полностью(включая грудь и ягодицы персонажа). Хотя в интернете писали(рекламировали фейк), что в игре очень глубокая кастомизация персонажа. -1 балл за то, что игра легче предшественников(возможно, мое субъективное мнение). -1 балл за всякие недочеты. Где-то объекты через текстуры проходят,    Ставлю 7 баллов.
    Минус три балла за такие вещи:
    -1 балл за то, что нельзя кастомизировать тело полностью(включая грудь и ягодицы персонажа). Хотя в интернете писали(рекламировали фейк), что в игре очень глубокая кастомизация персонажа.
    -1 балл за то, что игра легче предшественников(возможно, мое субъективное мнение).
    -1 балл за всякие недочеты. Где-то объекты через текстуры проходят, где-то FPS проседает. Где-то игра ориентирована на геймпад. Графика со времен выхода PS4 не изменилась, а это 2013 года. Графика на уровне старой Dark Souls 3, только спецэффектов добавили.
    Итог - Игра отличная, любителям точно зайдет. Намёк на игру года)))    … Expand
  26. duck_dodgers
    Mar 12, 2022
    10
    A nigh perfect souls game set in a vibrant, dense open world. From Software have picked up the best parts of all the previous Souls games, Bloodborne and Sekiro and have added a lot more to make this game.
    The combat and other gameplay elements are top notch and the sound design and music is a new high bar for the Soulsborne genre.
    I've personally encountered no performance    A nigh perfect souls game set in a vibrant, dense open world. From Software have picked up the best parts of all the previous Souls games, Bloodborne and Sekiro and have added a lot more to make this game.
    The combat and other gameplay elements are top notch and the sound design and music is a new high bar for the Soulsborne genre.
    I've personally encountered no performance issues/crashes on my PC but I'm sure fromsoft will patch the issues out at the earliest.    … Expand
  27. cezar55555
    Apr 1, 2022
    10
    Absolutely phenomenal. The start is pretty difficult for people who are new to the series but once you get the hang of it, it becomes a glorious journey of slaying giant foes with precision. I would recommend this game to anyone wishing to challenge themselves.
  28. B3N_
    Mar 12, 2022
    10
    One of the best game I ever played. Imagine a mix between Witcher 3, Zelda BotW and the darkness of the Souls.This game is HUGE, I already played over 100 hours and I feel I know nothing about all the world and his secrets. I wasn't a fan of Souls but for me this game is a master piece ! The game is not as frustrating as Sekiro f.e, the open world allows you to move and do other quests andOne of the best game I ever played. Imagine a mix between Witcher 3, Zelda BotW and the darkness of the Souls.This game is HUGE, I already played over 100 hours and I feel I know nothing about all the world and his secrets. I wasn't a fan of Souls but for me this game is a master piece ! The game is not as frustrating as Sekiro f.e, the open world allows you to move and do other quests and things till you feel confortable and come back.
    I just can recommand you to play it, you won't regret.    … Expand
  29. xhitthelightzx
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    Best game ever made, especially if you're a FromSoftware fan. Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise.
  30. geekieo
    Apr 6, 2022
    10
    [h1]初评[/h1]
    交界地别有洞天，惊喜不断涌现。
    敌人古灵精怪，被奇怪的招式打倒只会让人发笑。 开放世界黑魂，天地广阔，非常卧槽。 个人评分：9.6/10。 [h1]再评[/h1] 本作联网不叫人，不会被入侵。这对只喜欢看建言不喜欢被入侵的玩家来说简直完美。 再买个蓝戒指，偶尔化身猎人参加三打一，体验非常不错。 翻译还存在一些问题，有些是简单的校验问题，有些直接影响剧情理解，希望翻译尽快改吧。 200+小时一周目全成就，分别在烧树前和结局前存档、回档。 法环最后可以看到成片的黄金巨树，加上王城一地的灰，这场景太像黑魂1灰烬湖了。魂1的世界就建立在成片巨树之上，巨树底下也是一片灰。白金村上方有一个玛努斯教堂，和魂1深渊之主Manus同名。食粪者胸口的太阳徽章也很像魂1太阳战士索拉尔的徽记。所以法环是黑魂前传？    [h1]初评[/h1]
    交界地别有洞天，惊喜不断涌现。
    敌人古灵精怪，被奇怪的招式打倒只会让人发笑。
    开放世界黑魂，天地广阔，非常卧槽。

    个人评分：9.6/10。

    [h1]再评[/h1]
    本作联网不叫人，不会被入侵。这对只喜欢看建言不喜欢被入侵的玩家来说简直完美。
    再买个蓝戒指，偶尔化身猎人参加三打一，体验非常不错。

    翻译还存在一些问题，有些是简单的校验问题，有些直接影响剧情理解，希望翻译尽快改吧。

    200+小时一周目全成就，分别在烧树前和结局前存档、回档。

    法环最后可以看到成片的黄金巨树，加上王城一地的灰，这场景太像黑魂1灰烬湖了。魂1的世界就建立在成片巨树之上，巨树底下也是一片灰。白金村上方有一个玛努斯教堂，和魂1深渊之主Manus同名。食粪者胸口的太阳徽章也很像魂1太阳战士索拉尔的徽记。所以法环是黑魂前传？

    [h1]终评[/h1]
    在只狼发布后三年，FromSoftware 终于端上了魂类游戏的正餐。这款和只狼同时期立项的游戏，再次以一个不可思议的姿态呈现在广大玩家面前。200小时+充满新鲜感的探索与挑战。几十种不同的战斗体验。更别说 PVP 这种一期一会，和单人 PVE 体验完全不同的玩法，还是随游戏附送的。丰富的可玩量足以让友商汗颜。

    法环将传统魂类游戏的诸多设计元素都提升到了新的高度，包括地图设计的精妙感、角色构筑的可能性、Boss挑战的丰富度。Boss的恢弘感和场景的美术氛围依旧是顶尖水准。

    拿跳跃举例，主角仅仅比前作黑魂多了跳跃动作，地图的可探索路线就比前作增加一个维度。同时战斗动作也比前作增加了一个维度，跳跃可以躲避横扫攻击，跳跃攻击还拥有更高削韧更高耗精。

    再拿地图设计举例，整个游戏世界也有魂系地图的箱庭设计。

    交界地也有垂直维度的探索路线。很多城堡墓地中会有看到但拿不到的发光物品，玩家往往得找到“隐藏”的分支路线，在新区域一顿上上下下，才能捡到。世界地图上，白金村上方是月光祭坛，下方是安塞尔河。白金村外就能看到月光祭坛的教堂，你却需要从别处探索到下方安塞尔河，才能到达上方月光祭坛，这是异曲同工的设计。另外，像史东薇尔、壶村、魔法学院等地区，从地图看四面八方都能进去，实际四面八方都是悬崖阻碍，只有一条凶险的正路等待你发现并前往，这是类似的探索设计。

    交界地也有多分支的攻略路线。在大型城堡内部，攻略路线往往不止一条。世界地图上，从利耶尼亚前往亚坛高原，就有三种路线，你选择了一条路，其他路线就成了支线，也是异曲同工的设计。

    法环还远不完美，比如引擎画质还是前作的水平，新手门槛还是挺高，还是坐火才能刷新NPC剧情，无脑跳转的传送门有点多，梅琳娜升级不出现，破碎战争CG没放进游戏……等等。也许老贼需要一款新的血源，让团队尝试新的引擎，尝试新的游戏表现方式。然而成本不是无限的，老贼深谙取舍之道。在游玩体验第一的目标下，该较真的绝不含糊，该放下的绝不纠结。于是尽管还有缺点，但那种痛并快乐的挑战，那种前有绝景的探索，那种玩法的融合与推广，在本作都得到了远超前作的释放！

    法环的出现无疑让近几年疲软的游戏界感受到了惊艳。诚如老贼所言，法环是魂系游戏的集大成之作。艾尔登法环无疑是魂类游戏新的巅峰。

    游戏还在更新中。

    再次，预定年度最佳！    … Expand
  31. ThereWolves
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    There are legitimate performance issues for this game. However the foundations of this game are fantastic. Seriously one of the best games I have played in the last decade. There are some minor stutters in the game when exploring the over-world, but it's nothing game breaking. Hopefully these stutters will be fixed over updates, but it doesn't take away from the experience as a whole.
  32. Vmrubiorivera
    Mar 12, 2022
    10
    From software really outdid themselves this time. This game takes all of the best pieces of their previous titles and makes them better.

    I was hesitant at first since I didn’t know how their formula would work in an open world but I was wrong and couldn’t be happier.
  33. Aierwave
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. About 37 hours into the game so this is an accurate review of Elden Ring. First of all to play this game you need an attention span of an adult not a young child. The story opens up as you progress through the game. Dark Souls players like myself will see some much needed mechanic’s that were improved from Dark Souls IP. If you follow the correct pathway set for your character building you will enjoy the end result. Is it a challenging game? Absolutely. The game is designed for people who want to explore a new world and build their character for their play style. I can only say one moment that was disheartening and that was a player invader who killed me over and over, basically griefing me and making my game not fun. There is a way out of this invasion though. When you get to resting place at fire simply move to a different area on map. I only kept fighting for my 4,000 runes, which eventually I retrieved and moved my game elsewhere on map. Hint: If you find your way to the round table you are on the right track.… Expand
  34. Papst_BeneDICKt
    Jun 5, 2022
    0
    Huge performance problems on PC.
    The controls are designed for the Controller and the default keyboard and mouse settings are horrible. Unplayable with keyboard and mouse because most of the keys have multiple functions which you have to activate with shift. Even changing the key bindings doesn't solve some problems. You still have to press multiple keys in combat, for example, when you    Huge performance problems on PC.
    The controls are designed for the Controller and the default keyboard and mouse settings are horrible. Unplayable with keyboard and mouse because most of the keys have multiple functions which you have to activate with shift. Even changing the key bindings doesn't solve some problems. You still have to press multiple keys in combat, for example, when you want to call your horse.    … Expand
  35. Alkazarg
    Apr 14, 2022
    10
    To all the people that gave up on this game. You missed out on one of the craziest rides of your life. Every hour my mind is blown by something that happens. Cant stop playing it.
  36. Melavin3
    Apr 2, 2022
    10
    Masterpiece. Perfect in every regard (except performance sometimes, but it's not that bad really)
  37. Jenkip
    Apr 12, 2022
    10
    One of the best games ever made. There are practically no real problems, almost all criticism is purely subjective.
  38. Malicious52
    Mar 17, 2022
    10
    Elden Ring is phenomenal for anyone who considers themselves a fan of the Soulsborne series. It does have a heavy learning curve and can frustrate newer players but give it a chance and hopefully you will also see how amazing this game really is.
  39. Hacktr0n
    Apr 2, 2022
    10
    I have logged just over 100 hours into this game over the last two weeks, and I am a working professional, husband, and father of 3.

    No game is without flaws; however, I am overjoyed with the value proposition of this game. For me, it is like a mix between of few of my favorite games such as Zelda Breath of the Wild, Tom Raider, and an old favorite Everquest, etc. It is a massive    I have logged just over 100 hours into this game over the last two weeks, and I am a working professional, husband, and father of 3.

    No game is without flaws; however, I am overjoyed with the value proposition of this game. For me, it is like a mix between of few of my favorite games such as Zelda Breath of the Wild, Tom Raider, and an old favorite Everquest, etc. It is a massive achievement, particularly in this age of poor quality releases. This game will be as timeless as Breath of the Wild, and more so for me due to its' adult nature and added verticality to many challenges.

    There is ample freedom to explore, creativity in tackling obstacles, and just when you find yourself on the verge of boredom or thinking you're approaching end game, the world opens up further and new challenges put you back in your place.

    I am often surprised by death in a way that brings a smile to my face - like OK you got me there. Then there is of course victory after several failed attempts that brings joy from overcoming.

    Bravo. Masterpiece, warts and all.    … Expand
  40. Yrvys
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    When they said "I doubt you can even imagine it", they were right. And because I didn't want to imagine it, I didn't watch any trailer apart from the 2019 E3 trailer, I didn't read anything about the game, tried to avoid every type of information about it. I wanted to experience it.

    I wanted to be surprised by what this game has to offer. And man! This game has a LOT to offer. It hits    When they said "I doubt you can even imagine it", they were right. And because I didn't want to imagine it, I didn't watch any trailer apart from the 2019 E3 trailer, I didn't read anything about the game, tried to avoid every type of information about it. I wanted to experience it.

    I wanted to be surprised by what this game has to offer. And man! This game has a LOT to offer. It hits all my weak spots. The ambiance is so captivating, the architecture and landscapes are breathtaking, the setting, the way things are presented, how small you feel before the challenges that you face and before the environment, it makes this adventure feel epic. That mix between Soul's and Sekiro gameplay is done in a clever way. All those surprises you find here and there along the way are so rewarding. And as always, a deep sense of mystery that just makes you want to know everything about this world.

    I love this game.    … Expand
  41. Tomanton22
    Apr 4, 2022
    10
    A true Masterpiece. The best game From Software has put out.

    Where do I even start? There is so much to do in this game; so many unique bosses, enemies, caves, mines, dungeons, castles, weapons, weapon skills and other items that are scattered all across this gigantic map. It never gets boring exploring the world because there is so much variety in the biomes and its enemies and it    A true Masterpiece. The best game From Software has put out.

    Where do I even start? There is so much to do in this game; so many unique bosses, enemies, caves, mines, dungeons, castles, weapons, weapon skills and other items that are scattered all across this gigantic map. It never gets boring exploring the world because there is so much variety in the biomes and its enemies and it never feels empty thanks to all the things that you can find. I have almost 200hrs in this game and I beat it only once but that's because I took it very slowly and tried to explore everything and the thing is that I probably still missed some stuff.

    The story is simply amazing and in my opinion, even better than in From Software's previous titles. There are much more memorable characters and I really love the way they are related to the world, other characters and your character.

    The story is told through the things you see in the world, the items that you find and its characters instead of exposition. This style of storytelling works amazingly for a RPG and leaves a lot of room for your imagination and allows for a very personal journey.
    It's like reading a book except you're playing a video game!

    I didn't even mention the amazing gameplay and how great the combat is. The combat of course has similarities to Dark Souls but you have much more tools at your disposal. You can summon Spirits, use an item that turns enemies against each other, use so many spells with different categories like dragon spells, lightning spells, holy spells, magic spells, a friggin' laser and much more. If you use melee weapons you can use a new counter move, which is very useful and fun to use, you can also now equip weapons of the same type to each hand and then attack with both (like in Dark Souls 2) and Poise works like in Dark Souls 1.
    The best of all worlds!
    The horse combat is also amazing, you can just spawn the horse whenever you like and it's more of a extension of your character instead of an annoying transportation tool.
    But my favorite new feature is that normal weapons can be customized with different skills and thanks to that they can be equally as fun to use as boss weapons/unique weapons.

    The only negative things that I found are:
    - When picking up an item, there is no button to go to the inventory page, you have to go there yourself if you want to read the description
    - Switching between usable items is a little hard
    - Coop on the open world is not very fun since you can't use the horse while playing online
    - There are some specific places where you can go and find no item but those are few and far between
    - Performance and the lack of Playstation button icons

    But those are very minor issues and don't stop me from giving this game a 10/10!
    Don't wait for a sale, this game is worth much more than 60$    … Expand
  42. Uzukru
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    The performance issue are nothing compared to the explendid game itself, it's no joke, one of the best games ever!
  43. drcael
    Feb 28, 2022
    7
    Definitely not a game to make negative comments. But also it's not an exaggeratedly good game. The majority of recent games have ended in frustration. That's why the game is somewhat highly rated. A long-awaited game. Personally, I can't say that it fully met my expectations. It also did not disappoint. Let's take a look at the good sides of the game. The game partially meets Dark Souls.Definitely not a game to make negative comments. But also it's not an exaggeratedly good game. The majority of recent games have ended in frustration. That's why the game is somewhat highly rated. A long-awaited game. Personally, I can't say that it fully met my expectations. It also did not disappoint. Let's take a look at the good sides of the game. The game partially meets Dark Souls. It has a nice game design, although it has some missing parts. It promises a long playtime. Open world trial successful. Let's move on to the bad parts of the game. It definitely, as a 3A game has poor graphics for its release year.
    It has optimization issues and sometimes it affects gameplay badly. While the open world was partially successful, it was too simplistic and inadequate. It's a bit difficult to compare compared to Dark souls games. Because the boss designs and schematics look a bit amateurish. Although the game difficulty seems to be simplified a bit, the open world is extremely time-consuming and the main focus of the game, the bosses, is not very attractive. There are tons of problems I've encountered after 50 hours of gameplay. I just played it like a new Dark Souls game. This gave me some pleasure. Many people have had problems with the game controls, which should be taken into account. In short, the game seems a little early released to me. If the optimization issues are fixed with a new update, my max score will be 7.5.    … Expand
  44. Robbinb1993
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Elden Ring is a big adventure with a lot of areas to discover and amazing designs. There are a lot of low negative reviews that are unjustified. I have no problems on PC, no lag, although I have a highend RTX 3080. Also make sure your GPU drivers are up-to-date. I have connected an Xbox controller to my pc for the controls. The 60 fps doesn't bother me too much, but higher would be nice.Elden Ring is a big adventure with a lot of areas to discover and amazing designs. There are a lot of low negative reviews that are unjustified. I have no problems on PC, no lag, although I have a highend RTX 3080. Also make sure your GPU drivers are up-to-date. I have connected an Xbox controller to my pc for the controls. The 60 fps doesn't bother me too much, but higher would be nice. No reason to give a low score while the gameplay is amazing.… Expand
  45. MoinMaista
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    This game is basically the definitive souls game idk what else there is to say. If you like FromSoftware and their souls games you'll love it. Yes, there are technical issues but I've no idea how people are actually bothered by this all I've experienced were framerate drops which lasted for a second and happened so infrequently that I always forgot about them until it happened again. I´mThis game is basically the definitive souls game idk what else there is to say. If you like FromSoftware and their souls games you'll love it. Yes, there are technical issues but I've no idea how people are actually bothered by this all I've experienced were framerate drops which lasted for a second and happened so infrequently that I always forgot about them until it happened again. I´m talking about a slight inconvenience every two-three hours or so. If this and the admiralty outdated graphics (imo art direction is more important than graphics anyway) is enough for you too give this game a bad score then you just value these things more than I do… Expand
  46. TheNamesmagoo
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    Never played any souls games, but this is the best game I’ve ever played. It’s a bit buggy, but compared to what AAA titles have been like lately it’s perfection. I love this game and I will happily sink hundreds of hours into it and pay for whatever DLCs they release.
  47. Raymundo1173
    Mar 1, 2022
    8
    El juego es dificil (mucho mas accesible y claro que el resto de los souls, muy parecido a sekiro en ese sentido), pero el juego cumple como en su momento lo hizo DSIII, el problema de optimizacion puede ser bastante desagradable (razon por la que no le di 10)
    Se puede corregir dandole permisos de administrador el .exe del juego y del anticheat, poniendo la pc en modo de "alto    El juego es dificil (mucho mas accesible y claro que el resto de los souls, muy parecido a sekiro en ese sentido), pero el juego cumple como en su momento lo hizo DSIII, el problema de optimizacion puede ser bastante desagradable (razon por la que no le di 10)
    Se puede corregir dandole permisos de administrador el .exe del juego y del anticheat, poniendo la pc en modo de "alto rendimiento". el panel de control en opciones de energia, apagamdo la superposición del DVR y para Nvidia usar el panel de video y en ajustes globales poner el cache de sombreadores en infinito, a mi eso me ayudo a ganar los 60fps, puede que solo tengas que hacer una o dos cosas para que vaya mejor, pero definitivamente no tendriamos porque hacerlo, tanto para lo bueno como lo malo miyazaki sigue haciendo de las suyas xD    … Expand
  48. The_Consultant
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    MASTERPIECE!
    The game is just incredible. The atmospheric story telling combined with the tough but fair challenge present fun and enthralling experience.
    The graphics and style are just amazing, with a plethora of breath taking moments and landscapes. The combat as always is just plain fun, with hundreds of different ways to fight your enemies. Tough but fair. So if you like a    MASTERPIECE!
    The game is just incredible. The atmospheric story telling combined with the tough but fair challenge present fun and enthralling experience.

    The graphics and style are just amazing, with a plethora of breath taking moments and landscapes.
    The combat as always is just plain fun, with hundreds of different ways to fight your enemies. Tough but fair. So if you like a challenge and don't just want to mindlessly mash buttons this is the game for you!

    A lot of the bad reviews stem from players who desire to be held by the hand with every step they take. You will have to keep track of the pieces of information you acquire and find your own unique way. I think it is very refreshing that there is no large arrow pointing into the correct direction.    … Expand
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    Mar 1, 2022
    10
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  50. cl0udy
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    Launch was kinda rough for a lot of people. The game ran fine for me and I can without a doubt say that it is the best game I have ever played - a solid 10/10.
  51. Marty1104
    Mar 25, 2022
    7
    The Souls Formula combined with an beautiful World fits better than i thought.

    Edit: I was hyped at the Beginning but i think its not as brilliant as i thought from the Start. There are many copy/paste Bosses. Still an ok Game i guess.
  52. KABASIK_EXE
    Apr 16, 2022
    1
    Миядзаки конченый уебок. Так плохо сделать самые базовые механики надо еще уметь
  53. Antonare
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    Офигенная игра, По началу были проблемы с микро фризами иногда. Но кроме 1 дня я их больше не встречал. Большой открытый мир, интересные квесты и ЗАДАНИЯ (Ренни моя богиня).
  54. dartalex66
    Mar 11, 2022
    10
    Just overhyped! The story has no sense, Alloy is the most lame main character in this year, the dodging skill is useless, the arrow has not enough dmg, the melee fight is very good against non-robot enemies but against robot the spear is useless and lastly, the level/biom designes are bad.
  55. Kuzor
    Mar 17, 2022
    10
    Elden ring is perhaps the best soulsborne game, they took everything from there titles and put it into elden ring. The lore and story is quite interesting, bosses are pretty cool and awesome looking. I really do like the horse torrent you acquire, horseback battle is simple but makes some fights easier and some harder. Overall this is an amazing game and might be my favorite out of all FSElden ring is perhaps the best soulsborne game, they took everything from there titles and put it into elden ring. The lore and story is quite interesting, bosses are pretty cool and awesome looking. I really do like the horse torrent you acquire, horseback battle is simple but makes some fights easier and some harder. Overall this is an amazing game and might be my favorite out of all FS games.
    Cons: Currently there are problems with the pc problem like stuttering, freezing, etc. M+K is bad but its a souls game, why arent you using a gamepad. Netcode is really buggy. It will disconnect a cooperator or invader randomly and quite often, like maybe 7/10 it will do it.
    All in all, once issues have been fixed, i recommend you should try this game, but its a difficult games and if you dont enjoy challenging games then maybe it isnt for you.    … Expand
  56. Hebril
    Mar 17, 2022
    10
    Best "souls like" ever...
    I've been playing Souls 2 and 3, bloodborne, sekiro, nioh 1 i 2 but Elden Ring is my favourite...
    Optimization for PC: Best. 60fps without a single fps drop.
    Controls? Only controller.
  57. Sakro
    Mar 17, 2022
    10
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  58. Goudar
    Mar 20, 2022
    0
    Barely playable with performance issues. Stuttering and low fps regardless of hardware. All that with subpar graphics for 2022.

    Terrible controls. Extreme input lag and inconsistency. Slow and sluggish combat. Many steps backward compared to any other soulsborne game.

    Critics' reviews are either paid or plain lies from fanboys.

    Huge disappointment.
  59. Anthonydavis77
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    the copy and paste was unreal I rolled my eyes seeing the same structures and layouts repeatedly and the bosses where worse, the amount of times the godskin bosses showed up was especially lazy. Also had some bosses just flat out go afk in the battle like the Dragonlord placidusax.

    Not a bad game, above average but the overhype is real
  60. bob9999
    Mar 26, 2022
    0
    Terrible performance. Running up to date drivers and firmware, running 5950x, rtx3090, 4000mhz cl16 ddr4 and pcie4 nvme ssd. Stuttering mess. Reasonable art direction with ps3 era graphics.

    Roll simulator. Considering how much dodging there is, dodging is what should be customisable - not combat. Bad customisation with controls too.
  61. RockstarForever
    Mar 26, 2022
    0
    One of the worst games i have ever played. Awful and outdated in pretty much every aspect possible.
  62. soulsvet123
    Mar 28, 2022
    4
    This game some how pissed off new comers and souls veterans. I played Bloodborne, Dark souls 3 and Seikro before playing Elden ring. Elden ring is the last fun game to play. If only the reviews know how the game works.
    You need skill and persistence to beat the previous game bosses. you no longer need that just level up tank hits and over power bosses.
    Bosses and insane combos that are    This game some how pissed off new comers and souls veterans. I played Bloodborne, Dark souls 3 and Seikro before playing Elden ring. Elden ring is the last fun game to play. If only the reviews know how the game works.
    You need skill and persistence to beat the previous game bosses. you no longer need that just level up tank hits and over power bosses.
    Bosses and insane combos that are impossible to dodge. May be a bloodborne or sekiro like character would do some justice to the new bosses.
    Story is straight up cringe.
    Every boss with multiple hands only use 2 hands in combat. So what that means is a wasted potential and staying in the comfort zone.
    open world feels like a chore. You play dungeons to get spirt ashes or golden seed. You get the best mimic by playing story line. after upgrading crimson flask to max. I was left with 5 extra golden seeds. So what that basically means was doing dungeons is a waste of time. No real benefit except you being over leveled for the boss fight.
    After you explore everything and ready to fight the boss. In a traditionally way you find yourself way over leveled and slap the boss cheeks. if are under leveled the bosses will slap your cheeks. there is no middle ground here. Worst bosses I ever played are exclusive in this game.
    open world is good for few hours after that it feels pretty useless. most of the effort went into early game and its all down hill from there on.
    you play souls games for bosses. which is the biggest failure in this game. Graphics are fine but I can forgive that.
    Bloodborne > Sekiro > DS3 > Elden ring    … Expand
  63. xHaikou
    Apr 1, 2022
    10
    This game is great. I heard it had a rough launch on PC, however I didn't have such problems, yes my game crashed once or twice in my 200 hours playing, but nothing too bad.
    The world of Elden Ring is amazing, is beautiful, the art direction is incredible. Graphics were never the strong suit of From Software games, so don't expect photo-realistic graphics, but its not a complain, the    This game is great. I heard it had a rough launch on PC, however I didn't have such problems, yes my game crashed once or twice in my 200 hours playing, but nothing too bad.
    The world of Elden Ring is amazing, is beautiful, the art direction is incredible. Graphics were never the strong suit of From Software games, so don't expect photo-realistic graphics, but its not a complain, the graphics are not bad either, its better than DS3 but worse than the Demon's Souls Remake for PS5.
    I was afraid of the open world, open world games normally are repetitive and empty, not Elden Ring tho, the world is full of things to do, every corner, every little cave has something waiting for you, if i have one complain is some bosses are reused especially on dungeons, but, normally makes sense, like, a knight from a army or a regiment, of course there are more then just the one knight dude, its a army after all. There are plenty of unique bosses and enemies, probably more than any other From Software game before.
    From software already proved that it is willing to release new patches for the game so than can correct any performance or balance issues, at this time i have played it in full once, exploring everything I found, killing every boss I encountered and I have to say this game has a lot of content, and a lot of it is a homage to past Souls-Borne games.
    If you already love the genre, this is a must buy, if you're new to the genre, this game offers a lot of ways to make you life easier, yes it is a hard game, but if you put the time to learn how to build your character and use all the tools given, you wont have too much trouble getting to the end credits. Summons for example can help you a lot during difficult encounters, splitting the enemies attention and giving you an opportunity to attack them while they attack your summons, and the coop still the same as ever, maybe easier, since you can craft the item that allows coop easily.
    This game is great, it isn't perfect , nothing in this world is, but is one of the better ones I have played.    … Expand
  64. Remmaster
    Apr 1, 2022
    10
    Amazing game, one of the best i have played since 10years! I had zero problem with my pc with performance! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  65. EldenFrisbee
    Apr 4, 2022
    10
    Good better than horizon forbidden mid
    Stop rating thisna 2 cuz ur stupid **** mid game is getting overshadow by elden ring
    Its getting overshadow cuz its ass ofc nobody cares about horizon its bad compared to elden ring
  66. Polarstar
    Apr 4, 2022
    10
    Masterpiece, top 3 games of all time maybe even number 1.
    The world is breath taking everywhere you go, this is the best execution of an open world game together with Breath Of The Wild.
    Extreme fun making different builds and trying different play styles
    the possibility to travel anywhere can lead to outleveling some bosses and make them easier but the game is still very challenging and fun.
  67. CharlieDee
    Apr 5, 2022
    10
    I've never been a brother with the Souls series. I never touched any part, and the only game from FromSoftware that I finished was Sekiro.

    I watched the trailers and gameplay of the Elden Ring and decided to give it a try. I will not say that seeing videos on Youtube, I was most captivated by the beautiful open world. So, the game was purchased a month after the premiere and started:    I've never been a brother with the Souls series. I never touched any part, and the only game from FromSoftware that I finished was Sekiro.

    I watched the trailers and gameplay of the Elden Ring and decided to give it a try. I will not say that seeing videos on Youtube, I was most captivated by the beautiful open world.

    So, the game was purchased a month after the premiere and started:

    I soaked in 125 hours of wonderful gameplay. FromSoftware's storytelling style is so great that I couldn't tear myself away from my computer. I spent about 100 hours exploring every bit of the map, patting the optional bosses and riding my horse wherever my eyes can see me. More than once, I found myself turning in a specific direction because I was meeting something equally interesting. In order not to write too much, I will mention the most important points in my opinion:

    PROS:
    + a beautiful open world with a huge amount of content that encourages detachment,
    + interesting story and nicely written characters - I got hooked so much that after finishing the game I sit and read lore on the internet.
    + interesting combat system, lots of weapons, nice attacks, ashes of war, skills,
    + the system of summoning ghosts to help - he saved me many times in the fight against the boss and it was pleasant to develop this large number of ghosts.
    + HORSE - perfect for exploring the world - nice speed, not muddy, something great.
    + Bosses - bosses everywhere, no matter where I entered it was a satisfying boss fight after clearing the area.
    + Grind - some treated it as a minus, but I thought the runes for the next lvl were very pleasant and I watched my character develop with pleasure.
    + difficulty - compared to Sekiro, it was quite easy here. I tortured the Crucible Knight the most in the eternal prison (out of 30 times), but Melania came down the first time :) the last BOSS after the third.
    + Rivers of Blood - this katana is a dream    … Expand
  68. Granntor
    Apr 7, 2022
    9
    Its a improvement from Dark souls 3 in every way. The only Problem is that the hardware requirement is a bit to heavy. And the open world mechanics are improving the franchise a lot for me to.

    If you like Souls games, you will love it. If dont or, you are new to the series keep in mind that you will die a lot. And that you need to engage in the mechanics. Its a bit work and you cant    Its a improvement from Dark souls 3 in every way. The only Problem is that the hardware requirement is a bit to heavy. And the open world mechanics are improving the franchise a lot for me to.

    If you like Souls games, you will love it. If dont or, you are new to the series keep in mind that you will die a lot. And that you need to engage in the mechanics. Its a bit work and you cant just turn of your brain. Its still not a "mainstreamed" Game, so you should really think about what kind of game you want to play.

    The Story is really good but again told in a to cryptic way for me. You wont get everything until you played it 100h+ or watched some Youtube. But you can say that the beautiful world itself tells a Story to.    … Expand
  69. LVCXD
    Apr 7, 2022
    9
    So, no game is a 10 for me. I feel like it can't be. Maybe if it came out with 120fps option and fully optimised and included some insane brand new mechanics that flipped the souls formula on it's head I would have to give it that but that's the only downside.
    The sense of exploration, the sheer magnitude of running all over a map then realising there is a whole lower level you haven't    So, no game is a 10 for me. I feel like it can't be. Maybe if it came out with 120fps option and fully optimised and included some insane brand new mechanics that flipped the souls formula on it's head I would have to give it that but that's the only downside.
    The sense of exploration, the sheer magnitude of running all over a map then realising there is a whole lower level you haven't seen and you have to survey the lands and your map to understand where to go.
    The build variety is INSANE, you want to go strength but like faith things? Cool, there is a catalyst that scales off str, just get enough faith points to be able to cast that spell. You like a weapon but it doesn't have the scaling or weapon art u want. Cool there is an ash of war for it.
    The game engages you to explore, you can easily find flask upgrades just by looking for ruin type objects in ur map. You run into so many weapons, items, talismans etc to form your build.
    This is what I wished skyrim was, each dungeon drops cool things, has a boss that's challenging.
    Boss design is also refreshing, more aggressive, different attack chains depending on what option you choose it's a nice change to typical souls bosses (bar artorius and probably others).

    If this is your first souls game, maybe don't shell out the bucks and play dark souls 1 remastered. But If you want a broad sense of exploration, discovery and sheer wonder of the world you can't miss it. But you will have to git gud, understand how dodge rolling first and maybe check out some beginner videos.    … Expand
  70. Tsosmi
    Apr 8, 2022
    10
    I was there for the hype since 2019. I knew that Miyazaki would deliver, since he always delivers. It surpassed every expectation in every way possible. It has perfected difficulty and level design. The music feels fresh, the story is the most intricate they've made and it's truly a joy to experience. There might be some nit-picks on the code department on a microscopical level, but theyI was there for the hype since 2019. I knew that Miyazaki would deliver, since he always delivers. It surpassed every expectation in every way possible. It has perfected difficulty and level design. The music feels fresh, the story is the most intricate they've made and it's truly a joy to experience. There might be some nit-picks on the code department on a microscopical level, but they don't hold a candle to the overall product.… Expand
  71. Fimzo
    Apr 10, 2022
    10
    finally after soo long, another Masterpiece from fromsoftware, i used to think they peaked with bloodborne but they proved me wrong
  72. virgincorpse
    Apr 11, 2022
    9
    This is my first "souls game" experience and i did fall in addiction with this game.
    Game design, combat and atmosphere were phenomenal. beautiful and interesting world to explore. Thrilling fights and enemies.
    only issues i have with this game, or rather what would i add is some sort of journal to track quests, even if it held almost no descriptions on quest, but rather from whom i am    This is my first "souls game" experience and i did fall in addiction with this game.
    Game design, combat and atmosphere were phenomenal. beautiful and interesting world to explore. Thrilling fights and enemies.
    only issues i have with this game, or rather what would i add is some sort of journal to track quests, even if it held almost no descriptions on quest, but rather from whom i am on quest. most quests dont tell you what to do or where to go at all, at some instances, i couldnt even figure out that i have taken a quest.
    Keyboard - many people complain that you need a gamepad for this game, in my experience that couidn't be further from the truth. i completed whole game on keyboard and mouse - but had to change some setting from default ones for better comfort
    performance - this game ran smoothly on my ryzen5 3600 with RX580 on 2k res with med/high setting with around 60 fps at all times, that was also lovely    … Expand
  73. qvlad
    Apr 22, 2022
    10
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  74. Gitgudnotwhine
    Apr 24, 2022
    10
    Keep crying yourselves to sleep over elden ring, 10000/10 game, don't listen to **** haters
  75. Zhoulia
    Apr 25, 2022
    9
    This game is for people with big brain. It's not for people who need hand holding. And yes you always play as a cleric..always. The story is the reason it gets a 9, and the bugs. Jesus fix the bugs. Furthermore the hacking is bad at times. Oh and people with stuttering, get a better pc honestly
  76. ArunGokul1
    Apr 25, 2022
    10
    Masterpiece in making... game should be like eldenring ,more to game play than money ..
  77. CarlosCerro
    Apr 25, 2022
    10
    The game runs well in my 4year old laptop I can't even belive people is crying about 60 fps when it's all you need, it takes the best of what they have done and brings even more. I will give it a 9.6 out 10 but 10 is the nearest. I still belive it's not a game for everyone but it's very enjoyable if you give it a try!
  78. Gutoso
    May 20, 2022
    3
    Video games are supposed to do two things: entertain and give fun. The Souls saga fails in both. Its a game which will keep you frustrated, because it's unfairly hard, and even after a lot of effort, when you manage to kill the bosses, there is no good sensation, just a relief from a bad sensation that the game caused itself.

    I am really needing good games lately, and buying Dark Souls 3    Video games are supposed to do two things: entertain and give fun. The Souls saga fails in both. Its a game which will keep you frustrated, because it's unfairly hard, and even after a lot of effort, when you manage to kill the bosses, there is no good sensation, just a relief from a bad sensation that the game caused itself.

    I am really needing good games lately, and buying Dark Souls 3 and Elden ring was a big mistake.

    Don't waste your money with this kind of game.    … Expand
  79. IndustryArtist
    May 22, 2022
    2
    - Multiplayer: 1/10 An outrageously convoluted mess!
    Remedies, Effigies, Fingers, tongues, needing to be in the exact same place in the world to join.. Just make it like every other multiplayer game and add a button called "Join"
    - Storyline: 5/10 Average. Formulaic and derivative. Plus side has multiple endings. - Gameplay: 2/10 Poor. As of May 22, 2022 on Steam, only    - Multiplayer: 1/10 An outrageously convoluted mess!
    Remedies, Effigies, Fingers, tongues, needing to be in the exact same place in the world to join.. Just make it like every other multiplayer game and add a button called "Join"
    - Storyline: 5/10 Average.
    Formulaic and derivative. Plus side has multiple endings.
    - Gameplay: 2/10 Poor.
    As of May 22, 2022 on Steam, only 17.2% of players have beaten Elden Ring. This tells you the vast majority of players lose interest before finishing the game.    … Expand
  80. Chaothic
    Jun 5, 2022
    7
    After 100% I can clearly tell that this is a downgrade in every aspect (except creativity) to other Fromsoft games.
    Elden Stutter Bloat Cheese - I believe that sums it up well.
  81. Krutonite
    Jun 11, 2022
    5
    Honestly, I don't understand it.
    The souls games just don't appeal to me. This is probably the best one of the bunch, and yet, it did not do anything for me. Nice world design and atmosphere though.
  82. Greggoro
    Jun 25, 2022
    4
    Don't be fooled by who calls Elden Ring a masterpiece.
    At its best it's competent and it isn't even constant at being so.
    The game mechanically is literally DS3, no less and no more. Clunkiness included. Speaking of world design, even if it is capable of giving some good landscape to the eye ends up being much better at boring you: too much space for too little content. Is the    Don't be fooled by who calls Elden Ring a masterpiece.
    At its best it's competent and it isn't even constant at being so.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    (Not gonna start with the stuttering, we all know is there)    … Expand
  83. nopeland
    Jul 23, 2022
    0
    I tried dark souls back in the day and it wasn't really my type of game. With how few good games have come out lately I felt like maybe this franchise deserves a second chance. After my taste has changed over the past 20 years as well. Sadly it left me disappointed again. The controls are clunky, the graphics mediocre, the story telling isn't very good (yes I get it, it has deep lore butI tried dark souls back in the day and it wasn't really my type of game. With how few good games have come out lately I felt like maybe this franchise deserves a second chance. After my taste has changed over the past 20 years as well. Sadly it left me disappointed again. The controls are clunky, the graphics mediocre, the story telling isn't very good (yes I get it, it has deep lore but if you fanboys calm down for a sec and think about it, the delivery of that story isn't very good). Especially for a game in this day and age. It would have been fine in the 90's but now it's simply not. The gameplay aside from the cluncky controls is just learning the pattern of enemies and once you do it becomes quite do-able. Sure it is a challenge sometimes to learn the pattern of bosses and their various forms but in my opinion the story isn't good enough, and the rewards for killing a boss aren't great enough to feel like it is worth all that effort. I pumped about 4 hours into the game and it simply felt like a waste of time. My job is more rewarding on its bad days than this game and without any reason to do it I just dropped the game. Then the performance. The game was a stuttery mess from time to time on my pc which granted isn't the best but my old i7-7700k, RTX 2070 super and 3200 MHz DDR4 should be more than enough. Sadly the performance on 1440p simply wasn't there.
    Is my review harsh, sure but for a game series with some ch high renown it simply doesn't even meet the bare minimum requirements. Hell cyberpunk at launch felt better to me because at least it had good gameplay, story and graphics.    … Expand
  84. lewobski
    Aug 2, 2022
    4
    Storytelling, mechanics, animations, most bosses, goat keeper - are the same. Site of Grace = Bonfire, which means:
    > Reset all killed mobs in the area, AGAIN.
    > Spells can only be changed here. AGAIN. World Seems big, right. But most of the places are closed, and you'll spend time on finding a glintstone key as an example. But the dungeons are hilariously just ctrl+c/+v. Dungeon #1    Storytelling, mechanics, animations, most bosses, goat keeper - are the same. Site of Grace = Bonfire, which means:
    > Reset all killed mobs in the area, AGAIN.
    > Spells can only be changed here. AGAIN.

    World
    Seems big, right. But most of the places are closed, and you'll spend time on finding a glintstone key as an example. But the dungeons are hilariously just ctrl+c/+v.
    Dungeon #1 A basement Dungeon, or Erwin Smith Dungeon.
    Just a hole in the ground, so basically: Location>Location>Chest/Trap. And the locations are the same. A long trap that goes down, a room with 4 corners, enemies, a little room further with chest or trap. Done.

    Another one: in the mountain
    Open the door>Go down>Site of Grace>Go further>You see a closed door>You search everywhere a lever arm>Activate it>"somewhere a heavy door has opened". So you basically go back to that door in the beginning and fight a silly boss.

    Optimization and Community
    Even on my PC (5900X, 32GB, M.2 980 PRO, 3090) the game stutters. Sometimes it even freezes in dungeons. Why did I put "optimization" and "community" together? First off, I am not the only one with this problem, but the whole community will convince you that you are the problem, you are the only one to blame here, not the developers, when in reality there are Digital Foundry, critics, players, Steam (who kinda "fixed it on Steam Deck") that confirm the bad optimization. The community is the worst, toxic and blind. They regard any criticism as a personal insult to them.

    Not made for PC
    They didn't make a good port for the best gaming platform? There is NO DLSS, NO widescreen, NO FPS unlock. Graphics settings only affect FPS, you can barely notice the image. When you plug in your controller (XBOX) you have to change the interface, when EVEN Transformers (2009 game) did it automatically, while it's a piece of sh... 30 FPS console experience, Elden Ring just can't handle this one. Imagine if Transformers (2009) did something simple that Elden Ring (2022) can't. You can't move the map with your mouse cursor, while Skyrim and Witcher 3 do well.

    Multiplayer
    For the multiplayer you need:
    > Right place where your friend can be summoned.
    > You must have the Furcalling Finger Remedy, which you can actually buy, but the stock is limited.
    > But you can make it, grind specified flowers.

    So you are connected? All right, now you two have:
    > 50% less flasks
    > Less HP depends on your friend's HP
    > +100% difficulty for your enemies
    > you can't use a goat
    > you can't use the spirits
    > you can't change the spells
    > you are constantly attacked by other players.

    User Support
    For example, if you have a problem, someone has hacked you, and you can't continue with your saves, the support will give a cap advice: start a new game. Even Genshin support gives you more help.

    Total
    I complain about the +100% boss boost in multiplayer because it gets boring. You need to attack him 2-3 times more often than usual. But solo okay. The only aspect I really like about this game is the location design, the architecture is HUGE. So for the newbies who have never played soulsborne, the game is 6/10 (-4 just for the bad optimization. It doesn't matter if the game doesn't run well.) For me, definitely 4/10 because it's Dark Souls 4. If you ever thought Fallout was just Skyrim with guns or Starfield was just Fallout in space, then remember that there are still soulsborne fans out there who laughs at Bethesda games for being "mediocre", while literally eating a copy-paste game, lol.    … Expand
  85. draemato
    Aug 14, 2022
    1
    Biggest scam in gaming history. Outdated game in a shiny wrap.

    You must never trust not only critics, but even real players who leaves a reviews. I'm truly amazed by society: literally game from 2016-18 with nothing new and yet another terrible PC port is now considered as worlds masterpiece. I guess everyone got exited because of "open world", but there is a surprise - it is not an    Biggest scam in gaming history. Outdated game in a shiny wrap.

    You must never trust not only critics, but even real players who leaves a reviews.

    I'm truly amazed by society: literally game from 2016-18 with nothing new and yet another terrible PC port is now considered as worlds masterpiece.
    I guess everyone got exited because of "open world", but there is a surprise - it is not an open world at all. I keep saying - if you want truly open world - go play some Elder Scrolls games.

    Game is boring, abnormally long and everything is essentially the same. The only thing i liked is music and boss design. That is all. From such big game. Incredible.

    Bosses and enemies are the same - unfair cringe with up to NINE combo attacks with almost no window for your hit! Im a dark souls veteran and im truly amazed how strong those foes are! 9-hits combo, 0.5 seconds delay, jump and another combo attack, repeat. I wonder how it is explained in lore.

    Okay i wont go into details that much, there is plethora of very good "red" and "yellow" reviews with explanation.

    Please, do not be blinded.    … Expand
  86. Alexsnow5
    Apr 10, 2022
    9
    What an amazing game, i just got the Platinum Achievement for it and i love every single bit of this game except for the technical part. That's why i give it only a 9.0
  87. motibaz
    Apr 30, 2022
    10
    This game is amazing ! You really want to know what lays in every corner .
    Afraid on every boss .gives you joy on every kill . So many places to go .so many quest .so many itams sowrds shields and so on .this was a great jorny ty for this masterpiece game
  88. BeatHour
    Apr 3, 2022
    8
    Easily the best open world and minimalist UX experience ever invented, nearly ruined by its being a technical dumpster fire. While amateur critics lambasted games like Cyberpunk for sporadic texture glitches, Elden Ring features server disconnects in a single player game, a plethora of CTDs, save corruptions that will see dozens of hours of progress lost, multiplayer disconnects, and aEasily the best open world and minimalist UX experience ever invented, nearly ruined by its being a technical dumpster fire. While amateur critics lambasted games like Cyberpunk for sporadic texture glitches, Elden Ring features server disconnects in a single player game, a plethora of CTDs, save corruptions that will see dozens of hours of progress lost, multiplayer disconnects, and a complete lack of matchmaking in multiplayer that will make gameplay with a friend a slog of level 100+ players camping level 1-30 areas.

    Elden Ring has an expansive and meaningful world and rich, perfectly understated lore. Unfortunately, it struggles at being a game underneath everything it does well. Monsters will hit you through walls, iframes on dodges and hitboxes on attacks are imperfect, and the class/leveling system is skewed in importance early on due to the game's prioritization of level over stats as an expression of the player's power.

    It's a great game. I just wish they spent a little more time making the gameplay enjoyable and maybe consider using their cloud system to protect players from save corruption? This is the first time I've seen save corruption in over a decade, and it's inexcusable. That alone is worth taking two points off the total score.    … Expand
  89. pjmeyer22
    Mar 25, 2022
    0
    Cons
    -No quest log and little to no quest tracking.
    -NPCs give little to no info on your goals -The horrible graphics from Dark Souls 2 only got a slight upgrade. -Dark Souls 2 and Elden Ring have almost the same zero to hero story -The story is horrible. -The dialogue is horrible and at times incoherent. -Monitor refresh rate capped at 60Hz. -All the menu and tutorials are in    Cons
    -No quest log and little to no quest tracking.
    -NPCs give little to no info on your goals
    -The horrible graphics from Dark Souls 2 only got a slight upgrade.
    -Dark Souls 2 and Elden Ring have almost the same zero to hero story
    -The story is horrible.
    -The dialogue is horrible and at times incoherent.
    -Monitor refresh rate capped at 60Hz.
    -All the menu and tutorials are in game-pad format not keyboard and mouse.
    -The knucklehead who created this game had 6 opportunities fix all of this, but was too lazy to do so.

    Pros
    -My money was refunded.    … Expand
  90. Surma
    Apr 30, 2022
    5
    I love the souls genre but this game does very little to innovate on it. Most of the enemy moves are recycled old material (but it's not really the issue), same comes with most spell animations.

    Cool new thing you can use the spirit bottle thing to offer momentary distraction, but most of the time that's all they can do. The biggest issue I have with this game that it's crashed in    I love the souls genre but this game does very little to innovate on it. Most of the enemy moves are recycled old material (but it's not really the issue), same comes with most spell animations.

    Cool new thing you can use the spirit bottle thing to offer momentary distraction, but most of the time that's all they can do.

    The biggest issue I have with this game that it's crashed in just yesterday more times than Cyberpunk did for me during 200 hours of playing it (on PC).

    I don't get how people like TheActMan can blindly praise game like this and then act like Cyberpunk was so unstable it took only 5 minutes before game crashed. And it wouldn't be that bad if the app just crashed, but it jams my entire computer and I lose everything I had running on background.

    But hey, apparently everyone decided that ELDEN RING is awesome and there's nothing terrible in it, after all it's a game where they didn't deliver more than they promised.

    Without crashing it would be a solid 7.5 buy in sale. The problem is also with community who blindly accepts everything as long they own previous title. I went to mention about the problems in open world game like this. Everything is isolated from one another outside of 2-3 pieces of collectibles to open an elevator or a door.

    But don't get me wrong, this game would be awesome 10/10 game to anyone who really-really digs into the game and it's environments and has done all throughout study of all the quests and item locations, because god damn, you're not just accidentally going to find that Lightning Spear spell in this gigantic open world, which I might add is quite crucial to Faith build.

    I also didn't enjoy travelling to the one Nexus location to do pretty much everything, especially when that nexus location had to always be located in the bottom of the map. There are some great ideas but some are just poorly thought out. And then there's the 10 different crafting items just to upgrade a single item to +10 as opposed to 2-3 items in past titles. And most of the crafting just feels like wasted potential.

    I'm pretty sure ELDEN RING 2 is going to solve a lot of these issues, but like I said, without bugs 7.5, with crashes... well this score.    … Expand
  91. ganisberke
    Mar 23, 2022
    5
    Elden Ring is a totally average game. Don't believe the trolls and the toxic community talk. Many people consider From Software to be the originator of the Souls genre. It actually has its origins in Nihon Falcom. Therefore, according to them, Miyazaki is a messiah. However, Miyazaki and the Souls team is still making the same mistakes.

    Objective problems: -Hitboxes are not good.    Elden Ring is a totally average game. Don't believe the trolls and the toxic community talk. Many people consider From Software to be the originator of the Souls genre. It actually has its origins in Nihon Falcom. Therefore, according to them, Miyazaki is a messiah. However, Miyazaki and the Souls team is still making the same mistakes.

    Objective problems:

    -Hitboxes are not good. There are times when it reminds me of the DS2.
    -Boss designs are very unbalanced. They didn't really work well with many bosses.
    -The game gets too repetitive. Open world exploration is nice, but it gets boring quickly.
    -There seems to be a lot of items, but in the end, a few items are the most useful. The game forces you for make to broken builds. Because some boss designs require it. All builds look alike. For example, more than half of even PvP uses blood builds.
    -Optimization is still not fixed and every update is getting worse.
    -Spells are powerful. Playing spell builds are more advantageous in many ways.
    -Camera angles are not good. It really causes trouble. When the number of enemies is high, you cannot control field of view.
    -Lore quality is definitely a controversial topic. However, it has the same lore in other Souls games. Only their names have changed. George R. R. Martin is just PR work.
    -Enemies are just based on nonstop spawn attacks with endless stamina as like most of bosses.
    -Many of the bosses repeat themselves. Most bosses are either the same or reskin version.
    -The hit feeling is not good. Especially the bosses don't even react properly to your attacks.
    -It has a toxic and cancerous player base.
    -Artificial intelligence problems. A real disaster.
    -It is a headache for some attacks in the game to pass through objects.

    Conclusion:

    This game is not a masterpiece. Not on a new ip. It's just Dark Souls 4 with open world.    … Expand
  92. EviltoastSA
    May 10, 2022
    8
    A wonderful open world experience...Unforgiving and uncompromising, sometimes a little bit too much. But overall satisfying and i'll look fondly back at my 300+ hours and multiple playthrough's.
    Ignore all the mewling **** moaning about graphics, its totally fine. The games vista's and scenery is awesome. The music is great, the atmosphere of danger and exploration is probably one of the    A wonderful open world experience...Unforgiving and uncompromising, sometimes a little bit too much. But overall satisfying and i'll look fondly back at my 300+ hours and multiple playthrough's.
    Ignore all the mewling **** moaning about graphics, its totally fine. The games vista's and scenery is awesome. The music is great, the atmosphere of danger and exploration is probably one of the strong points of the game. The combat is not for everyone, although once you get over the difficulty and start getting used to the controls and mechanics it becomes more comfortable, but it still requires some investment. The UI is rather plain, sparse and dull, and not the greatest. The story is actually great, although its told really sparsely and too cryptically for my liking, and that would be my main gripe. There is no journal or record keeping/logging of quests and clues, so you HAVE to use a wiki or keep notes. Which i also felt was kind of unnecessary. But ultimately a good game, just not too big a fan of some mechanics and features of "souls like" games.    … Expand
  93. neurin
    Apr 6, 2022
    0
    one of the best games i have played in years hope Fromsoft make more like this
  94. mikeje
    Mar 26, 2022
    2
    ну откровенно сказать, прям вообще скатились, тот же унылый секиро да же поинтересней будет.
    На старте фпс шел волнами, то 25 то 125, вы думали патчами исправили и люди забыли, не не не я помню.
    Мир абсолютно уныл, изучать абсолютно не интересно, стандартные тунэли раздули до уровня типа открытого мира.....но при этом ни чем не наполнен, механика лошади полный отстой. Мобы тупо    ну откровенно сказать, прям вообще скатились, тот же унылый секиро да же поинтересней будет.
    На старте фпс шел волнами, то 25 то 125, вы думали патчами исправили и люди забыли, не не не я помню.
    Мир абсолютно уныл, изучать абсолютно не интересно, стандартные тунэли раздули до уровня типа открытого мира.....но при этом ни чем не наполнен, механика лошади полный отстой.
    Мобы тупо деревянные и делают по серии атак из 3-7 ударов....это типа тут сложно, ну или ваншотают....в том же ниох 2 при таких раскладах был хоть какой то мувимент, тут же персонаж как полено, ели шевелится, ловкости 0, урон в перекаты залетает только в путь...
    Босы такой же калл, или ваншотают или забивают серией, драться против них не интересно, не запоминающиеся.
    Многие билды просто не работают, например обычным ближником без какой либо магии вы далеко не уйдете, просто не вывезите уроном. Щит под конец не работает, ну не впитаете вы в него серии Миллении.
    Туча нпс, которые по началу ни как не отображались на карте, дают миссии и хрен разберет в какой последовательности что делать, руинится все на раз.
    Короче нужно было сделать тупо слешер в мире дарк фентазии и была бы сказка, но они зачем то тащят этот труп 2010 года в виде деревянных и устаревших соусов.
    К покупки не рекомендую, бросил играть ради этого говна в хорайзен и очень сожалею...
    Ах да играть начинали с другом, в итоге игра просто не рассчитана для пати, и сетевой код просто говно, вечно то лагает то ошибка соединения, да же если к другим типам конектится, из десяти призывов удается побегать только в трех случаях....    … Expand
  95. IRON_MAN
    Nov 3, 2022
    4
    Overhyped game that feels the same like previous souls demos bloodborne games just add an open world and throw bosses and quests randomly.....
  96. plato1123
    Apr 29, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok the goood about this game...

    1) beautiful and diverse open world
    2) integrate fighting style

    Needs improvement:
    1) The fighting style is great but the reaction and timing from your opponents is completely arbitrary, meaning you have to die from every boss 3 times to know his time. It becomes clear pretty quick it's not based on skill or hand-eye coordination but how many times you've died to that exact f'ing boss. That is the cancer of the dark souls series, the fighting is cool but there's no consistency AT ALL. Oh this boss has a magic insta-move that kills you instantly, oh you didn't know about that?

    2) the thing the dark souls a-holes do where you lose your experience if you don't run to where you died... is f'ing stupid and is intended to make you churn up the same scenery over and over again. It's a dumb stunt and yes it makes your blood pressure boil on the spot but it inhibits your overall satisfaction of the game(s)

    Overall they did a lot of things right, this is better than Dark Souls which was addictive but then you were like ... why did I play that f'ing game for 8 hrs, what is wrong with me    … Expand
  97. Xenomorph91
    Oct 29, 2022
    0
    No ultrawide support on a 2022 PC game and still no patch to give ultrawide support! Wtf were they thinking to release with no ultrawide support for a PC game!
  98. rezo_21
    Apr 8, 2022
    9
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  99. cinekid
    Apr 9, 2022
    8
    quite fun game but full of flaws: 1-this is an open world it is not a soulslike, the areas are open, you can escape and choose enemies more within your reach so any hidden mechanics inherent in the quests either you lose them or leave them since you do not understand anything about how to go forward in the secondary quests -2- a diary is missing, it is not possible that in 2022 an openquite fun game but full of flaws: 1-this is an open world it is not a soulslike, the areas are open, you can escape and choose enemies more within your reach so any hidden mechanics inherent in the quests either you lose them or leave them since you do not understand anything about how to go forward in the secondary quests -2- a diary is missing, it is not possible that in 2022 an open world rpg does not have a diary -3- the menus seem catapulted from the 90s, the comparison functions weapon in hand weapon to buy sell? the tokens to understand the last item collected dropped? and there would be other "trifles" but forget it, a game that is nice to play but Myazaky and alla from obviously get angry when they create something that works and completes the product, I don't give them more than 7.5-8 10, the combat is fun and the scenography is wonderful but not enough .. it is too dispersive and not very immersive ..… Expand
  100. leisvan
    Apr 14, 2022
    10
    An absolute masterpiece. Adictive gameplay, Innovative with just the right amount of FromSoft tradition to make you feel at home. If you're new to Fromsoftware games this is the perfect game to start from.
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  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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