Elden Ring

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  1. JadedLeafs
    Mar 12, 2022
    10
    Great game. Don't listen to most of the review bombs from new accounts with two reviews, the other being horizon. It's like people bought a souls game and are offended that it's a souls game. It's a classic souls game with a lot of the same mechanics from previous games. It's more accessible as there are usually sites of grace (bonefires) right outside the boss rooms. You can also fastGreat game. Don't listen to most of the review bombs from new accounts with two reviews, the other being horizon. It's like people bought a souls game and are offended that it's a souls game. It's a classic souls game with a lot of the same mechanics from previous games. It's more accessible as there are usually sites of grace (bonefires) right outside the boss rooms. You can also fast travel to any of them right from the start of the game. Being open world they have a lot of smaller side dungeons throughout that can be vested in 15 to 20 minutes but they also have those classic longer ones. It's more accessible than previous games but the combat is in line with previous entries and in my opinion it's more difficult. There is story but like all souls game it's not something presented to you on a silver after. Everything has to be earned in souls games. People who look at dying in a souls game like a failure might have a hard time with this as dying is part of figuring out enemy and boss attack patterns. I will say that the PC version has some performance issues that need to be patched so my actual review is 9 out of 10 but I gave it a ten to try and balance out all the review bombers who gave up after an hour.… Expand
  2. F1_is_WWE
    Apr 13, 2022
    2
    - This is literally a reskin of Dark Souls 3. Which Dark Souls 3, by the way, was a reskin of Dark Souls. This company has been making the same game for over a decade now and they're getting away with it.

    - This game is too long. If you've every played a Souls game, then you've already played this game. Same combat, same weapons, same mechanics. Now take Dark Souls and imagine it's    - This is literally a reskin of Dark Souls 3. Which Dark Souls 3, by the way, was a reskin of Dark Souls. This company has been making the same game for over a decade now and they're getting away with it.

    - This game is too long. If you've every played a Souls game, then you've already played this game. Same combat, same weapons, same mechanics. Now take Dark Souls and imagine it's twice as long. Games can be long if they successfully introduce new ideas to spice up the gameplay. But here you've already seen it al before; there's next to nothing new here. Add to that the recycled bosses and enemies, and you'll quickly grow bored

    - The bosses in this game are balanced around mimics. That is, summoning an npc to help you. If you do not summon, bosses will be so hard and unfair you'll think it is the hardest Souls game yet. It you do summon, you'll think it's the easiest. I don't like Co-op play and am disappointed it has been forced here    … Expand
  3. SkyrimIsBetter
    Mar 15, 2022
    3
    This game is like a really good spicy meal but the chefs put crazy hot sauce on it. the story of this game is completely eclipsed by the difficulty, at times theres enemies that are around your level, then you go through a door and uh oh you’re trapped until you spend 3 hours of your life trying to kill a completely unbalanced boss, not for loot or to progress any quests, just to escapeThis game is like a really good spicy meal but the chefs put crazy hot sauce on it. the story of this game is completely eclipsed by the difficulty, at times theres enemies that are around your level, then you go through a door and uh oh you’re trapped until you spend 3 hours of your life trying to kill a completely unbalanced boss, not for loot or to progress any quests, just to escape the room would. That being said i would love a game to be made out of this story thats for enjoyment rather than whatever this is… Expand
  4. Ichigo16
    Mar 17, 2022
    10
    Technical-performance:
    There were some minor technical issues at lauch (for me at least).I've not experienced any stutterings however there were small fps drops but it was very rare and only in huge open world areas.I've played at maximum settings in 1440p. My Rig is 3060ti+i7 9700K /2x8GB ram 3200Mhz and standard Crucial MX500 SSD. Generally my GPU was not stressed and was operating    Technical-performance:
    There were some minor technical issues at lauch (for me at least).I've not experienced any stutterings however there were small fps drops but it was very rare and only in huge open world areas.I've played at maximum settings in 1440p. My Rig is 3060ti+i7 9700K /2x8GB ram 3200Mhz and standard Crucial MX500 SSD. Generally my GPU was not stressed and was operating around 60-70% the drops were VERY rare in 90h of playing i've seen less then 10 times where fps was down below 60.I find it perfectly acceptable it's a lot better than for example God Of War was at launch earlier this year.

    Plot & World:
    Plotline is shrouded in mystery basic FromSoftware unless you really dig into it you will have some bare idea what is going on ;) . World is massive there is no other way about it. Where Sekiro was too small in my opinion this game is enormous to the extreme the amount of bosses/NPC/Hidden Areas etc is staggering. It took me 90h to explore most of it kill major bosses collect items for achievemnts etc. and that is only single playthrough considering there are 3 endings it just shows how much of content there is.

    Graphics & Audio

    From graphical standpoint the game is nothing special (not to say it's bad or anything) it's as expected though anyone who played any FromSoftware game is aware that they never rly stressed that part of game for me personally graphics are acceptable though some textures could use some more loving in 2022.Audio on the other hand is excellent as always the soundtrack from the game is great and creates some very climatic boss battles.

    Gameplay:
    Basically the Dark Souls system is back with additions.Those are:
    -Spirit Ashes - which are basically ghost summons that help you out.
    -Ashes of War - An enchant on weapons granting special abilites
    -Some new attacks like jumping attacks ,nice dual wielding, counters after block etc.
    It's basiclly time tested formula with new additions that keep the system fresh despite it's age.

    Conclusion:
    The game is great it delivers what was promised. An open world with countless paths that we can explore at our own leisure.An excellent gameplay with countless exciting ( and sometimes infuriatingly difficult [Malenia - poor controler had some close encounters with table]) boss encounters. It is without a doubt a must play for all fans of souls genre 10/10 and a solid contender for 2022 Game of the Year.    … Expand
  5. DTune
    Mar 23, 2022
    10
    I have no idea what's going on with the other people, I don't have any performance or other problems.
    You can tell that the game was developed for consoles, so only the keyboard controls failed, so i play it with a controller on the PC.
  6. Spaceboys
    Mar 25, 2022
    2
    Game is probably good but the performance issues on PC are preventing it from being playable in any reasonable manner. I will update the review if the PC performance issues are improved. 3080TI, 5800X isnt enough to prevent stutters and poor performance...
  7. spare
    Jun 8, 2022
    0
    A game like a trap to catch beginners with hype.
    The game is unbalanced, the variety of bugs, the large field, the slow bug fixes, everything is terrible!
    I recommend not to buy it.
  8. Freakkz
    Apr 4, 2022
    10
    Magnum Opus, Obra Maestra, Masterpiece. A gaming experience that changed the formula for open world games. One of the greatest if not the greatest.
  9. KurtCobainCsply
    Apr 19, 2022
    10
    This game completely encapsulates everything that FromSoft have been incorporating into their games from the start. The game offers challenge after challenge while giving the players multitudes of different ways to approach each one. There is a large variety in play styles that simply could not have existed in past titles such as: stealth play, horseback combat, and jumping with aerialThis game completely encapsulates everything that FromSoft have been incorporating into their games from the start. The game offers challenge after challenge while giving the players multitudes of different ways to approach each one. There is a large variety in play styles that simply could not have existed in past titles such as: stealth play, horseback combat, and jumping with aerial attacks. This step forward in the souls formula also introduces exploration on a whole new level. For the first time a FromSoft game is completely open world. The only time you will see a loading screen after booting the game up is during teleports and after each assured death. The world is vast and beautiful, full of hidden secrets, and littered with enemies and bosses to fight for some sweet loot or that dopamine dump that we all search for when overcoming such great challenges. This has been my favorite entry into the SoulsBorne franchise and I hope that this game can show the other AAA studios and publishers that making games more about set pieces and holding our hands with constant markers and unimportant dialogue only serve to create uninspired and boring worlds. Just because games are getting larger does not mean that they are getting better. A small environment with a lot to feel invested in makes for a much better experience than a massive world with nothing but busy work. FromSoft have seemingly taken this concept and turned a massive world into a wonderful experience by adding multitudes of activities and places for us to invest our time and efforts into.… Expand
  10. Zero_89
    Jun 11, 2022
    5
    Average by the numbers dark souls like, not much new here besides the horse riding and the open world nature of the game which at times did make the whole experience a bit unfocused.
    Overall a decent game bogged down by poor performance and asset recycling that to my knowledge never got this egregiously transparent in any of the previous From software games
  11. Kironn
    May 15, 2022
    0
    I love RPG games, however this game made me want to uninstall straight away. It is a big waste of time and money. Not intuitive for new players, no story. Just an open world where small rats can kill you and make you lose progress. Disgusting. How can this be the game of 2022?? I rather play Tetris than this crap
  12. Veska
    Feb 27, 2022
    7
    60 fps with drops on 5600X/6700XT, no V-Sync in setting, no ultrawide support. Graphic like Dark Soul 3. Yeah, if you are on hype train and love DS games, you will probably love this one too. But poor optimation, only 60 fps lock, ugly graphic, fps drops, bugs, crashes, problems with Xbox controller, horrible menu and settings. Shader quality doesnt work (it did nothing), same issue with60 fps with drops on 5600X/6700XT, no V-Sync in setting, no ultrawide support. Graphic like Dark Soul 3. Yeah, if you are on hype train and love DS games, you will probably love this one too. But poor optimation, only 60 fps lock, ugly graphic, fps drops, bugs, crashes, problems with Xbox controller, horrible menu and settings. Shader quality doesnt work (it did nothing), same issue with Auto-detect best rendering setting. Half of the changes like grass quality do virtually nothing.

    I asked for a refund. It makes no sense. From Software **** on the PC again. The game can be great, but if I have to rate the PC port, forget about it. 60 fps with graphics at least 6 years outdated, non-functional graphics settings. If you have a PS5, you may enjoy it more on the console. It's a horrible experience here. And as for the game itself. It's "just" another Soul game. Nothing more, nothing less. But it's definitely not a game of the century, as some are trying to suggest.    … Expand
  13. Megacephalic
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    This game insane...But this game is very harder than other soulslime game by the way.
  14. Seppoloni
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    It´s pretty much perfect. Need one ore two patches and then ist absolutely perfect.
  15. GoldenKola
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    The amount of 10/10 reviews and calling it the greatest game of all time makes me sick. The amount of bugs and poor optimization just won't let you enjoy the game. Even if you ignore the poor performance to give the title of greatest game of all time is just a scam. To call it the greatest of all time you need more than just a good game play, it's missing the graphics, story, music andThe amount of 10/10 reviews and calling it the greatest game of all time makes me sick. The amount of bugs and poor optimization just won't let you enjoy the game. Even if you ignore the poor performance to give the title of greatest game of all time is just a scam. To call it the greatest of all time you need more than just a good game play, it's missing the graphics, story, music and optimization. Story wise it didn't have any deeply crafted story like the Witcher or dramatic story that bind you and the character like Read Dead Redemption 2 did with Arthur. I feel scammed by the reviewers and toxic soul fans. Can't give this higher than 8 but I will leave it with 0 because of the poor performance.… Expand
  16. almosttactful
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    The year is 2022.

    - 20FPS dips on a 12900K, 64GB DDR5 RAM, PCIE 4.0 M.2 and an RTX 3090
    - No ultrawide support
    - 60FPS cap
    - Defended to the death by souls fans and I'm not even complaining about the difficulty...

    No excuse to not support those things when I can fire up indie games from 10 years ago and they do.
  17. jomix
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    So poorly optimised to the point where it is literally unplayable. FIX THE GAME!
  18. winterstorme
    Mar 17, 2022
    1
    Absolute joke of a port. The game itself when it functions is okay, but on PC it's unacceptable to release it in this state.

    eta: don't get me wrong. It's massively overrated even when it functions properly. It's like DS2 but with the map copy-pasted 70 times. The bosses, music, enemies, locations are all low quality compared to previous games.
  19. edgyusername
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Worst version after Xbox version. The performance is a joke and makes PC gaming look like a waste of money.
  20. thenthomwaslike
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    Not playable right now. 1 point for the improved character creator. I'll update this when From updates the game
  21. Fr1zzle
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    The game is just wonderful. This is my first experience in this genre and I just can't stop. There are technical problems, and I hope they will be fixed soon.
  22. bbones86
    Feb 26, 2022
    9
    Dark Souls but open world! Needs a bit of optimization.. I mostly get 58-60 fps with the odd framedrop here and there when loading world sections but other than that my experience been pretty good!
  23. Goldbert
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    works great with my RTX 2060 unfortunately not many people experience this since for other's system it the screen literally froze. It's a blizzard because the game is buttery smooth when I play it. Heard Fromsoft has a history of poor optimization. Regardless I think this is the best Fromsoft game to date.
  24. agiyx
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Another good soulsgame. It had a few frame stutters, but with the right settings you wont experience those anymore. It wont take long for fromsoft to fix those issues. Stop crying you sore hating losers and get a life.
  25. halfgandalf
    Feb 27, 2022
    4
    I'm so confused by the 10/10 scores from every publisher for this game. I've never seen a game overrated in this scale.. FromSoft gets away with no innovation, while every other franchise gets bashed for repetitiveness.

    Elden Ring is an already outdated souls-like game with worse than ps4 graphics, a barren open-world that offers nothing new. Animation quality is as bad as some indie    I'm so confused by the 10/10 scores from every publisher for this game. I've never seen a game overrated in this scale.. FromSoft gets away with no innovation, while every other franchise gets bashed for repetitiveness.

    Elden Ring is an already outdated souls-like game with worse than ps4 graphics, a barren open-world that offers nothing new. Animation quality is as bad as some indie games that were made by 2 people. The reviewers and community is so delusional that they see open-world, mount and jumping as groundbreaking features.

    It's time to wake up and realise graphics like this, with bad animations and same old combat mechanics DOES NOT DESERVE 10/10. It's unfair to games like RDR2, Death Stranding and GoW and such. Time to wake up and play other games that actually earn praise..

    If this game gets 10/10, than RDR2 need to get like 50 out of 10.    … Expand
  26. Vasot
    Mar 7, 2022
    2
    Overhyped garbage of a game. PS3 level graphics with horrendous performance on high end hardware. Terrible stutters and framedrops. The game itself is boring and bland.. Terrible gaming mechanics. There is no way to keep track of what you are doing and what you have done. Morbid, garish art. A non existent story, there's nothing compelling or engaging about any of it.. Gameplay itself is aOverhyped garbage of a game. PS3 level graphics with horrendous performance on high end hardware. Terrible stutters and framedrops. The game itself is boring and bland.. Terrible gaming mechanics. There is no way to keep track of what you are doing and what you have done. Morbid, garish art. A non existent story, there's nothing compelling or engaging about any of it.. Gameplay itself is a horrendous grind fest, a mindless slog and rewardless git-guddery. The open world is graphically sub-standard (think software from 2013), utterly lifeless and uninteresting with often re-used enemies and terrible dungeon design. The UI is pure horror, game is massively unfun, and terribly ported. It's Dark Souls in an open field with a huge glowing tree in the middle - the "open world" is really just enclosed areas with individual sections, with weird creatures all just waiting until you get within range. There is no AI, just animals and enemies scattered about the landscape, step inside their attack radius, they come at you, step outside it, they stop. Skyrim's AI was better, and that game is 11 years old.… Expand
  27. FalkP
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Absolute masterpiece. Best of all Soulsborne games mixed with a wonderful open world.
  28. metacriticuser8
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Another generic trash RPG where you can't do anything that is not PC. Compare it to last weeks Lost Ark, pure trash. Where are the games where you are free to create a character? The last game was Skyrim where you were at least able to suffer in jail for being a problem in the ingame world.
  29. davygravy93
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Another overhyped triple A release that fanboys will inevitably defend no matter how many obvious flaws that are staring them in the face so disregard any 9 or 10 reviews.

    Its pretty obvious at this point that this game is not even close to the "masterpiece" that "critics" and fanboys are claiming it is. I swear the term "masterpiece" gets tossed around so casually these days that its    Another overhyped triple A release that fanboys will inevitably defend no matter how many obvious flaws that are staring them in the face so disregard any 9 or 10 reviews.

    Its pretty obvious at this point that this game is not even close to the "masterpiece" that "critics" and fanboys are claiming it is. I swear the term "masterpiece" gets tossed around so casually these days that its become irrelevant along with mainstream video game journalism. I truly cannot comprehend how you can look past all the performance issues/reused assets and then call this a good game.

    The open world is easily the most glaring flaw because its so empty and generic. Unlike games like BOTW or Witcher 3 there aren't many ways you can interact with the environment outside of picking up useless crafting materials. The optional dungeons are essentially chalice dungeons from bloodborne except with more copy and paste boss designs and rewards that make going through them seem like a waste of time(spoiler, they are).

    For all the fuss about GRR martin being the writer there is very little payoff. I was hoping he would give a more solid narrative other than the usual endless stream of item descriptions that are beyond overplayed at this point but I guess I expected too much from what everyone is calling a "masterpiece".

    The combat is(you guessed it) more of the same. The only difference is that there is a jump button which has very little impact on what you do when fighting, you'll still be dodging, hitting, and then chugging estus in between. Anyone claiming this is good combat needs to be reminded how many souls games there have been and how it isn't impressive anymore. As a veteran I expected much more from the combat but hey, masterpiece amiright?

    The NPC's are just as generic as the world they inhabit. The moment I encountered a talking jar was the point where I knew all semblance of immersion had been tossed out the window. No longer is there any coherence between what they are doing vs what you're doing in the world, now its just wacky nonsense.

    As a souls veteran I'm pretty disgusted with the praise elden ring has received. It does nothing better than the original dark souls or demons souls so putting it on a pedestal just shows how easily reviews can be bought and fool casuals. I use this game as a litmus test to see how easily fooled someone is by video game hype, disregard any positive opinion on this game as market brainwashing, because that's all it usually is.    … Expand
  30. tinlun0386
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    people who like elden ring will rate 10 , people who hate elden ring will rate 0 . And I give 10
  31. Levian1986
    Mar 9, 2022
    4
    Same soul game as we seen before... Just added "open world"... Bloodborne was much better.
  32. Kustosh
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    Game graphics looks like from 2006. Other languages than english were probably translated in google translator lol. Stupid texts on the ground, i mean, they are really stupid, and with zero point. Bad console port on PC, u have to guess which button does what. Im really dissapointed, gameplay is boring. Story even more. At least we know which company pays for good reviews.
  33. AlexZakhar
    Mar 20, 2022
    0
    Баги и тормоза в игре за фулпрайс спустя месяц после релиза, вы серьезно??
  34. Androoss
    Feb 27, 2022
    7
    ok optimisation is verry bad but the gam does not deserve 0's because the world is vast and the lore is incredible
  35. SeZf
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    . The official account told us that there is an Arabic language, but after the release we were surprised by the opposite
  36. svetogrom
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    Steam users from Russia are complaining about the mass removal of the action role-playing game Elden Ring from their libraries and forced refunds. Some even threw out of the game in the process of passing.
    Judging by a number of comments, money has not yet been returned to someone's card, and this despite the fact that they can no longer play Elden Ring. And, of course, the situation is    Steam users from Russia are complaining about the mass removal of the action role-playing game Elden Ring from their libraries and forced refunds. Some even threw out of the game in the process of passing.
    Judging by a number of comments, money has not yet been returned to someone's card, and this despite the fact that they can no longer play Elden Ring. And, of course, the situation is contrary to the rules of refunds on the platform, since the problem also affected those who played FromSoftware's creation for 50 or more hours.    … Expand
  37. vkeii
    Mar 11, 2022
    0
    combat is totally irrational,more on luck than on skills ... sometimes with a weapon you can do damage from a great distance sometimes with the same weapon at close range you don't do any damage
    The same goes for attack through the shield ,,, sometimes it does damage sometimes it doesn't ,,, a fight made quite according to the template
    the story is too abstract and unrelated .... too    combat is totally irrational,more on luck than on skills ... sometimes with a weapon you can do damage from a great distance sometimes with the same weapon at close range you don't do any damage
    The same goes for attack through the shield ,,, sometimes it does damage sometimes it doesn't ,,, a fight made quite according to the template
    the story is too abstract and unrelated .... too much .... I'm at the beginning of the game, but it scares me that over time it becomes constant and boring...    … Expand
  38. DoutorWhite
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    Don't be fooled, most of those people who gave the game negative reviews NEVER played it. Just compare it with the note on steam, where there are only people who PLAYED the game
  39. Looksor
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Качество уровня кривого порта раннего PS3, потерявшего по дороге оптимизацию, управление и захватившее вагон багов, 97/10
  40. mattyg1074
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Glad to see there's other people here who get it.

    These games since 2009 have been the same **** with a different skin, and idiots pay 60$ for it every time lol!!

    This is modern gaming for you, nice to see there's people here calling souls fans what they are. Plebs who pay for the same crap over and over
  41. amonen
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    I am desperately looking for that masterpiece so many critics claimed to see in this game.

    From a technical point of view, its a desaster. Bad controls, laggy input, enemies stun locking you, microstutters all along. Menu handling is atrocious, quick slot management is a bad joke. There are so many items, that are hardly explained at all - You are up to trial and error and    I am desperately looking for that masterpiece so many critics claimed to see in this game.

    From a technical point of view, its a desaster.
    Bad controls, laggy input, enemies stun locking you, microstutters all along.
    Menu handling is atrocious, quick slot management is a bad joke.

    There are so many items, that are hardly explained at all - You are up to trial and error and guesswork to figure out how things work.

    Enemy difficulty is all over the top and while I know, thats part of a souls game, the enemies here are unfair.
    You either play perfectly or you die. Period. Nothing much inbetween. You cant run, cause you run to slow. When you are trying to mount you are likely to be hit during that. If you ever get smashed to the ground, you can reload already, you are not getting up again alive. Hits are often nor registering and you are driven by a constant momentum, that easily moves you out of an enemies hitbox, while the visuals show your swort going through the enemy just fine.
    As the controls are so bad, playing perfect is pretty impossible to pull off, so the only thing remaining is frustration.

    Visuals are nice, but nothing out of the ordinary.

    Story... Well, what story? I have been playing for nearly 10 hours now and the only piece of story is "You are a chosen, grab the ring, save the world" presented in like 2 minutes? The story is pretty much on par with super mario from the NES times so far.

    I have been runnning around, killing & dying a lot and looking for an actual sense in what i am doing.

    Exploring feels interesting, but usually only rewards you with death. I have yet to find any usefull gear, well actually any gear I can use at all. Drops are scarce and so far not matching my class or just worse than what I had from the beginning on.

    Overall, my gameplay experience is "Kill and be killed, rinse and repeat" - because thats all there is to this game. Unfortunately i went way beyond the refund time to look for more in this so-called masterpiece, but as far as I can tell, there just isnt more to it.

    Summary : A soulless shell with lots of grinding and frustrating controls, sporting tons of technical issues and a tedious interface.

    Absolute "Dont buy"    … Expand
  42. tithonus
    Feb 27, 2022
    4
    Elden Ring is a good game, but... The game has a big optimization problem. Looks like it's from 2017 on the graphisc. Musics bad. You should be ashamed of bluepoint. If we leave this aside there's a lot of sloppy work in the game. They enlarged a normal enemy in sekiro, bloodborne and dark souls and added it to the game as a boss. The venues were the same. How many more times will you useElden Ring is a good game, but... The game has a big optimization problem. Looks like it's from 2017 on the graphisc. Musics bad. You should be ashamed of bluepoint. If we leave this aside there's a lot of sloppy work in the game. They enlarged a normal enemy in sekiro, bloodborne and dark souls and added it to the game as a boss. The venues were the same. How many more times will you use Anor Londo? Even the animations are the same. Aren't you ashamed to do this? I don't understand how they give 10 to this game. Did you get any money from the producers? Horizon F.W. 88 Elden Rind 97. Engrossing...… Expand
  43. Joe_Biden
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    you can't cut the grass with the sword. very bad game 0/10 i did not like it. every game should add a grass to be cutted
  44. FenrirLB
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Currently, the PC Port struggles with stuttering. If you are sensitive about technical Issues, wait for the first Stability Patch that is expected very soon.

    The Game is GREAT. If you like the Souls Games, you will like Elden Ring - But this time in an epic scale. Tons of places to discover, different Bosses to fight and Items to find and craft. In regards to Open World Games, this Game    Currently, the PC Port struggles with stuttering. If you are sensitive about technical Issues, wait for the first Stability Patch that is expected very soon.

    The Game is GREAT. If you like the Souls Games, you will like Elden Ring - But this time in an epic scale. Tons of places to discover, different Bosses to fight and Items to find and craft. In regards to Open World Games, this Game smokes Breath of the Wild. Elden Ring surprises you with interesting places to explore on every corner and theres always tons of things left to do.

    The Story is, as we know from Dark Souls, very losely told. Its on you to find your way in the world and you will often stumble into new places which seem to open up into endless new possibilities. I can't believe how BIG this game feels.

    Ignore the low ranking on Metacritic for the time being. People are upset that the game doesn't run properly on PC, which is valid, but you can find many 0 Scores saying "it's a good game" - So yeah, the score should, and will, sort itself as soon as the game is properly patched.    … Expand
  45. Electron2954
    Mar 5, 2022
    1
    Average at best. The game reuses assets and mobs from all of the souls game and copy pastes them all over the world. Animations are janky like in DS1. Open World is pretty but its filled with the same mobs over and over. Everywhere you go you find some flaws. From Software failed to deliver same quality with increased quantity.
  46. Taylo226
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    One of the best open world games made to date. They just need to make a normal coop with no hoops to jump through and it would take this to the next level
  47. Deardeer45
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    -9 points for stuttering issues and bad performance on my powerful machine. I'm bought this at full price, expecting fast passing hardcore battles that challenge my skills. Got a buggy stuttering mess that is challenging my nerves by running in slow-mo and lagging like *. Even Zelda on EMU is more responsive that this lazy PC port.
  48. Loqo
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    One of the greatest games ever made. Amazing world, amazing combat, exploration is fantastic, the enemy variety and diversity, the bosses and mini-bosses, the travel on horseback. It's got so much going for it, its so incredible. Never knew that having an Open World RPG mixed with Dark Souls could be this stellar. Obviously it has some performance issues, but that can always be fixed. IfOne of the greatest games ever made. Amazing world, amazing combat, exploration is fantastic, the enemy variety and diversity, the bosses and mini-bosses, the travel on horseback. It's got so much going for it, its so incredible. Never knew that having an Open World RPG mixed with Dark Souls could be this stellar. Obviously it has some performance issues, but that can always be fixed. If you have that issue, I suggest waiting on reviewing it until they are fixed. Wich should be happening rather soon. If you get past that, youre in for a massive treat! What a game!… Expand
  49. Camlambelot
    Feb 26, 2022
    9
    FRAME RATE DROPS AND GRAPHICS AREN'T AS IMPORTANT AS THE GAMEPLAY. This game is amazing. The story, the music, the art style, the gameplay itself is all absolutely amazing. If you are debating on getting this game and love other Fromsoftware games: GET THIS GAME!

    It's incredibly fun, has good stealth, lots to do, great co-op and A LOT of fun. Seriously, it's the best game I've played in years.
  50. goddfrith
    Feb 26, 2022
    9
    There is no arabic LANGUAGE, just kidding. I'm laughing at arabs who are giving 0 points just because lack of arabic language, lol. The game has a bad optimization, that's not a lie but there is no point in giving 0 points just because of bad optimization. It will be fixed anytime soon. My 5600XT can handle it just fine so far ( I had FPS drops ). There are newcomers who think the game hasThere is no arabic LANGUAGE, just kidding. I'm laughing at arabs who are giving 0 points just because lack of arabic language, lol. The game has a bad optimization, that's not a lie but there is no point in giving 0 points just because of bad optimization. It will be fixed anytime soon. My 5600XT can handle it just fine so far ( I had FPS drops ). There are newcomers who think the game has no story at all. The story lies hidden in the items, characters, locations, bosses. You gotta discover it yourself, if you want. Gameplay and graphic are polished just fine. Game design, i love it. User score will never go up as there have been huge ad campaing on this game and newcomers will not understand the game as they've never played any souls game before. Highly recommend waiting for updates, then starting the game.… Expand
  51. Patmoamagaman11
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    Buddy told me to check this game out I used to play some action games back on the PS2. Not really my jam these days, but I figured what they hell why not. Let me tell you this is no God of War. Booted this game up thought it looked okay, kind of like an old 360 game, but whatever. Must be a good story or something.

    Speaking of story I guess other than the one eyed girl and the crappy    Buddy told me to check this game out I used to play some action games back on the PS2. Not really my jam these days, but I figured what they hell why not. Let me tell you this is no God of War. Booted this game up thought it looked okay, kind of like an old 360 game, but whatever. Must be a good story or something.

    Speaking of story I guess other than the one eyed girl and the crappy cutscene there isn't really one. Figured since it had the Game of Thrones writer on it it may be cool, but I guess this is the reason why everyone hates the damned show now. He must not be very good, probably another SJW propped up by the hollywood elites.

    Dodge mechanics are pretty clunky and don't seem to work quite right.. Seems like your character's hit box is larger than Nancy Pelosi's slush fund. Clipping seems to guarantee that the enemies kill you through walls and rocks and other crap, but you never seem to go through them. I presume it's some intentional feature to create a faux sense of challenge to the game. The alternative is that the programmers lack the technical wherewithal to pull of what they're striving for. Now that I think on that though it's probably the latter with the number of bugs this game has. Frame rate drops are pretty harsh and consistently occur on boss encounters.

    Maybe it would have been a cool game if the story was any interesting or if the developers were worth a lick, but they seem to be reaching for the stars when they can't even grab the dirt off the floor very well. Play God of War any of them and hard if you wanna play a real good game. I'll be taking this back to gamestop and telling them the damned thing is broken to get my money back because it's just awful.    … Expand
  52. Dom007
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Aside from the stutters this game is a masterpiece. Once you get away from the first boss the stutters are not as frequent and the the framrate drops are hardly noticeable. The game itself is a masterpiece and the critic reviews reflect that. Don't listen to the haters. Most of them have no life and don't know what good games are.
  53. crisys
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    how is this game a 10/10from critics?? it has an empty boring open world with graphics from ps3 and the worst performance as well as outdated animations. couldnt even put in 2 hrs and ive played every souls game. DO NOT RECOMMEND
  54. rafabertolotti
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    Tiene todo para ser el juego del año, pero la optimización para la versión de PC (al menos hasta el momento) es nula y lo hace injugable de a ratos.
  55. Onetimelemur
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    This has to be one of the most lazy excuse for a pc port i have ever seen. No good it being an amazing game if the user experience is a 0 out of 10.

    Fromsoft have always negleted pc, always have awful ports but this one takes the cake. No ultrawide support, fps lock, awful controls for k&m uses.. these are are to name a few.
  56. rxgamer
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    FromSoftware is an insult to gaming and especially the PC market. Being extremely difficult and grindy does not constitute a good game. 60 FPS lock... no ultra-wide, terrible UI in classic Japanese fashion, PS3 graphics in 2022. Unacceptable performance and stuttering for the low-fi graphics. It is the weirdest phenomenon that so many gamers are so forgiving to FromSoftware's manyFromSoftware is an insult to gaming and especially the PC market. Being extremely difficult and grindy does not constitute a good game. 60 FPS lock... no ultra-wide, terrible UI in classic Japanese fashion, PS3 graphics in 2022. Unacceptable performance and stuttering for the low-fi graphics. It is the weirdest phenomenon that so many gamers are so forgiving to FromSoftware's many glaring flaws. They need to be held to higher standards.… Expand
  57. pandawan
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Honnètement très déçu ! J'étais très hypé et je ne m'attendais pas à ça. Le jeu est vide dans l'ensemble, on ne sait pas vraiment quoi faire à part explorer. La difficulté est très élevés et la progression du personnage est ridicule par rapport au temps passé a farmer. J'ai même farmé dans une zone spéciale ou les mobs donne plus de 1000 runes pour voir si ça changeait quelques choses.Honnètement très déçu ! J'étais très hypé et je ne m'attendais pas à ça. Le jeu est vide dans l'ensemble, on ne sait pas vraiment quoi faire à part explorer. La difficulté est très élevés et la progression du personnage est ridicule par rapport au temps passé a farmer. J'ai même farmé dans une zone spéciale ou les mobs donne plus de 1000 runes pour voir si ça changeait quelques choses. bilan : après 20 niveau gagnés en 2 heures les mobs ne sont pas plus rapide a tuer et notre résistance est toujours ridicules.Du coup quel intéret de monter en niveau?. Ce qui m'a frustré ce n'est pas de mourir en deux coup par un mob lambda, non, ça je le savait dès le début et j'ai accepté bien volontier le challenge , non c'est plus le fait de devoir grinder comme dans un MMO coréen free to play sans avoir la satisfaction de voir un résultat a ses efforts. Je joue a des jeux vidéos depuis plus de 30 ans maintenant et la première de toutes mes attentes c'est d'y trouver du plaisir. Là , aucun plaisir à l'horizon....Dommage pour mon argent perdu....… Expand
  58. ValiantLeo
    Mar 7, 2022
    2
    Unplayable for me- PS5 controller not supported. Keyboard not really supported (many attacks impossible to do and there's no key mappings, so you're trying to click all the buttons on your keyboard to try to figure out how to do things. Also, why does it require a secondary weapon to two-hand weapons. Looks and sounds great! Shame you can't play it unless you have an X-Box controllerUnplayable for me- PS5 controller not supported. Keyboard not really supported (many attacks impossible to do and there's no key mappings, so you're trying to click all the buttons on your keyboard to try to figure out how to do things. Also, why does it require a secondary weapon to two-hand weapons. Looks and sounds great! Shame you can't play it unless you have an X-Box controller specifically, and then good luck with all the dropping frame rates and limited graphics options from like 5 years ago.… Expand
  59. Esquizo
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Lazy open world, technically outdated, outdated graphics, outdated animations, assets reused EVERYWHERE, generic/reskin enemies everywhere.
  60. Soul127
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    Derivative souls like, with lame open world, reduced challenge overall(for FROM game), and neutered PVP way over priced and over hyped.

    “Plot” is cringe (not sure what paid Martin for lol) Graphics look like from 2014 Animations from 2008 Voice acting is awkward(no surprise with FROM game there) Sound, level design etc, is good but nothing wouldn’t expect from them especially the    Derivative souls like, with lame open world, reduced challenge overall(for FROM game), and neutered PVP way over priced and over hyped.

    “Plot” is cringe (not sure what paid Martin for lol)

    Graphics look like from 2014
    Animations from 2008

    Voice acting is awkward(no surprise with FROM game there)

    Sound, level design etc, is good but nothing wouldn’t expect from them especially the dungeons were cool

    However, even for a souls game the difficulty is all over the place, map isn’t really that open nor large and pretty much done after a single major boss. You hurdle from one area to another poking around for largely useless gear (or at worst baffling what to do with, is for etc, and again even for souls game), or to see if can stumble on same set of recycled enemies in the open world with diff colour and more inflated (or sometimes way deflated) stats to original mob you’ve fought. Lather, rinse, repeat with odd “story” element tossed in. It’s okay, but due to amount of marketing nonsense and to spite anyone saying this is best game of anything ever: 4/10, wished listened to “haters” and never pre-ordered this and just waited for a sale.

    Oh and one lucky one’s didn’t have major performance issues, I’d get into all that but two things:
    1. All over the net go read up, no one is lying 2. It’s a FROM PC game…I mean…not defending it just should know going in what to expect in that regard, tho too: 2/3 didn’t have problems for most people versus this one which is really bad performance and even worse stability for others than myself(seen it first hand at a friend’s place, Yeesh thank you old 1060 card I guess lol)

    Final thoughts:
    It’s okay, neither terrible nor great overall Prob best to get on console. Wait till on sale, avoid if don’t like souls game.    … Expand
  61. DaJohnny
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Шедевр, открытый мир очень большой и его интересно изучать, боссы сложные и это отлично! Лор отличный, его интересно изучатт
  62. 3babShogun
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    OVERRATED TRASH
    the AI is rubbish
    graphics are like from 2007
    and SOULSFANS should get a life.
  63. Bruno112111
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    The game itself is a masterpiece, I played 20 hours and love every aspect of it 10/10, but the performance issues and the INVISIBLE ENEMIES BUG totally breaks the game for me, I have decided to stop playing until the devs fix it, Because it deserves to be played in the best quality
  64. coldahdes
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    This game are trash, optimization fail in high end specs. Sttuterings, low CPU and GPU usage, white screen and invisible enemies.
  65. Yueh_
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    Bad performances. It seems there is no optimisation. It needs a major update to solve this.
  66. Wenwolf07
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    Massive Souls fan but am tired of playing second fiddle to the consoles. Performance is atrocious, the constant FPS drops, limited 60FPS and most importantly no UIltrawide Monitor support. FROM SOFTWARE its 2022, ultrawide gaming has been around for over 15+ years and it's ridiculously easy to fix. Will not adjust review until fixed.
  67. Koalabeere
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Dark souls but bigger and even better.
    Best open world design I have ever seen, it doesn't feel like everything is the same like in other open world games.
    Performance issues are a thing but its still the best game I have ever played so far, so I cant justify giving it less than 10/10
  68. gabrielseifer
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Fantastic game, the natural evolution of the Dark Souls genre.

    Don't be dissuaded by reviewers crying about performance issues. Those issues that do exist are minor and will be ironed out. I'm running the game smoothly at medium settings with few hiccups on ancient hardware (Core i7 950 and RX 470). So I really don't get what all the whining on the Steam page is about. FromSoftware    Fantastic game, the natural evolution of the Dark Souls genre.

    Don't be dissuaded by reviewers crying about performance issues. Those issues that do exist are minor and will be ironed out. I'm running the game smoothly at medium settings with few hiccups on ancient hardware (Core i7 950 and RX 470). So I really don't get what all the whining on the Steam page is about.

    FromSoftware hit it out of the park with this one, I'm looking forward to seeing where they do with it.    … Expand
  69. robomartion
    Mar 3, 2022
    4
    Bad performance on PC right now and mouse and keyboard and mouse controls are not ideal. As for gameplay and graphics it is nothing special either. A rehash of previous games, particularly in boss fights, without much that is new, especially in regards to models and animations. I do hope this lazy formula is on the way out for future from software games. Ironically it seems the remaster ofBad performance on PC right now and mouse and keyboard and mouse controls are not ideal. As for gameplay and graphics it is nothing special either. A rehash of previous games, particularly in boss fights, without much that is new, especially in regards to models and animations. I do hope this lazy formula is on the way out for future from software games. Ironically it seems the remaster of From software's first Souls game, Demon's Souls is the companies benchmark to beat. I would like to see something more along the lines of the first half of Dark Souls 1 with 80+ hours of slow burn and perfect gameplay, perfect graphics, refined level design and a heroic journey. No warping, big lead up to bosses and high stakes. Fromsoftware keeps nearly making a great game but is every time an unfulfilled promise. Dark Souls was almost this but the second half was obviously rushed. Demons Souls, Dark Souls I and II are still the best games they have made and FromSoftware is still to top them. They must take the best successes of all their previous releases and make something great. To me, Elden Ring is not this. The horse platforming is a kind of fun mini game but overall the open world is tedious and doesn't feel like you are really exploring anything. When the game goes back to the original dark souls style in Stormfront castle the game feels much better and after seeing what it had to offer, to me the open world aspect with a huge influence from Breath of the Wild, of the game is a big waste of resources when they could have been designing a much more dense linear environment. Fighting is overwhelmingly tedious compared to previous games and rushing past enemies to the bosses or checkpoints is the best strategy which seems like a flaw in the design. Killing enemies does not reward enough souls to make it worthwhile. Boss fights no longer have a strategy you can learn over time so you can eventually outsmart them and fights become a war of attrition and based on luck as opposed to feeling like you are actually fighting the enemy in a meaningful way as for example they were in Sekiro. Elden Ring overall feels like it is spread too thin trying to have too much content.… Expand
  70. Crismac
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    No ultrawide support in 2022 is just a lazy port from the developers. I have games released years ago that have this day one. Any new game that comes out in the last few years and beyond will not see 1 dime of my money if this is left out.
  71. razorbr
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Um jogo incrível que todo mundo vai amar jogar, porém... há de ser otimizado... se a Bandai consertar os Stuttering aleatórios que ao decorrer do jogo vai se exibindo, o jogo ficará perfeito de se jogar... pra quem nunca jogou um jogo da From Software, essa é a chance de jogar e se emocionar bastante com um grande jogo que Elden Ring é.
  72. Barbarrox
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Even above my high expectations.
    Dont listen to all this guys who cant even beat the first boss or poeple who never played a souls game before. It is the best souls game and the BEST Game I have ever played. PERFECT!
  73. Chwastoplast
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Myślę że ostatecznie gra będzie fajna, jednak stan techniczny w tym momencie pozostawia wiele do życzenia. Na razie ocena negatywna, może się zmieni jak naprawią grę, aczkolwiek wątpię, bo widać że to leniwy port z konsol. Spadki klatek w przeróżnych miejscach, brak możliwości wyboru oznaczeń przycisków dla kontrolera i wisienka na torcie... max 60 fps (serio?)... Nie jest tak, że gra jestMyślę że ostatecznie gra będzie fajna, jednak stan techniczny w tym momencie pozostawia wiele do życzenia. Na razie ocena negatywna, może się zmieni jak naprawią grę, aczkolwiek wątpię, bo widać że to leniwy port z konsol. Spadki klatek w przeróżnych miejscach, brak możliwości wyboru oznaczeń przycisków dla kontrolera i wisienka na torcie... max 60 fps (serio?)... Nie jest tak, że gra jest niegrywalna, można się dobrze bawić, ale szanujmy się :/

    PS. Moglibyśmy w końcu dostać multi, w które da się grać? Ten system kooperacji tylko zniechęca do gry ze znajomymi, a szkoda bo gra się aż prosi żeby grać ze znajomymi    … Expand
  74. OrcishWarmonger
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    pc performance is truly abysmal with constant stutters, drops and lack of accessibility. poorly localized prices are an another problem
  75. TCSF
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    It supports 32:9 and 21:9 aspect ratios, but then after a bit of gameplay hides it behind black bars to obfuscate this PC port’s ongoing performance issues. Had to run a community fix to play it in 32:9 and it ran great!

    You can tell off to the sides where it blocks the gameplay with black bars that they are throttling enemy animations in order to reduce performance. Then they added a    It supports 32:9 and 21:9 aspect ratios, but then after a bit of gameplay hides it behind black bars to obfuscate this PC port’s ongoing performance issues. Had to run a community fix to play it in 32:9 and it ran great!

    You can tell off to the sides where it blocks the gameplay with black bars that they are throttling enemy animations in order to reduce performance. Then they added a vignette to the sides to hide that and at the last minute clearly didn’t think it was ready for release, so they added the 16:9 black bars to cover it all up — but you can’t cover up the poor performance. Stop releasing unfinished games! Fix this and allow ultrawide ratios like with Dark Souls Remaster!    … Expand
  76. RAV_648
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Overall I think this is just Dark Souls with open world, but with ability to jump this time (which isn't really utilized from what I feel so far like in Sekiro where you have sweep attacks for example that can only be dodged by jumping etc.).
  77. doomcreeper
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    no Russian or Ukrainian voice acting, no support for ultra-wide resolution 5120x1440 to 32:9 format
  78. Cheatingingames
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Playing this with trainer that has infinite hp and one hit kills for all monsters. That's the only way this trash is playable and even with this cheat, it's still boring. I just kill one boss, move to another, etc. So you telling me that's the whole game? That's the game that gets almost perfect metascore? Better metascore than basically any game ever made? This game is complete joke.
  79. BergN7
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Software and Game industry should hire more testers and QA engineers to avoid buggy and terrible performance launches like this
  80. lors111
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    Great, stunning, awesome game in every way possible. BUT FIX THE GOD DAMN STUTTERY PERFORMANCE. Once it will be patched I will properly rate this game again.

    EDIT: 85 hours in, performance is much better now. Best game I have played in the last 25 years.
  81. LordHitmaan
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Os críticos que só deram nota alta pro jogo só podem ser cegos ou ter sido pagos para avaliarem tão bem, jogo todo mal polido, mesmo na minha 3090 o jogo apresenta quedas de quadros terríveis e travamentos,
    fora que pra ser um jogo de pc os preços estão muito fora do padrão, criei tanto hype que até comprei na pré venda, e mesmo o meu PC estando bem acima do recomendado que a empresa pede    Os críticos que só deram nota alta pro jogo só podem ser cegos ou ter sido pagos para avaliarem tão bem, jogo todo mal polido, mesmo na minha 3090 o jogo apresenta quedas de quadros terríveis e travamentos,
    fora que pra ser um jogo de pc os preços estão muito fora do padrão, criei tanto hype que até comprei na pré venda, e mesmo o meu PC estando bem acima do recomendado que a empresa pede ele não consegue rodar o jogo, muito frustrante.    … Expand
  82. RustyCoin
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Trash game. And fanboys who are justifying this mess launch are delusional. Lots of bugs, freezes, xbox controller's not supported, I can't even exit options menu because keyboard some keyboard bindings also do not work, can't read in game messages because some keybindings do not work in game too. Locked framerate.

    And the gameplay is sh*t f too. Innovative? pfff, same old boring souls    Trash game. And fanboys who are justifying this mess launch are delusional. Lots of bugs, freezes, xbox controller's not supported, I can't even exit options menu because keyboard some keyboard bindings also do not work, can't read in game messages because some keybindings do not work in game too. Locked framerate.

    And the gameplay is sh*t f too. Innovative? pfff, same old boring souls game, roll hit 24/7, with already seen monsters and boring map. THIS ISN'T RPG. It's just open sandbox, open world game at best, with some inventory and simple leveling.

    Don't even bother looking at those so called "critics" reviews. They are either getting paid by game publishers to write great reviews or are delusional just like fanboys, who will defend game no matter in what state that game is.

    AAA game for such high price tag like this "Joke Ring" is expected to be playable and decent AT LAUNCH - DAY 1, without any patches. Saying "wait, they'll fix this soon" doesn't mean sh*t.

    From Greedware company just went down the drain with this fiasco product release. GG.    … Expand
  83. Zodwraith
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Zero to help balance the obvious paid/NDA reviews. Game itself is a solid 7-8.

    On the game itself.. This is easily the best damn Souls-like game I've ever played and I'm having a blast. Being open world fixes the vast majority of my gripes about previous Souls games. Dark Souls should have gone open world long ago and this game proves it. Having space to dodge and roll around your OP    Zero to help balance the obvious paid/NDA reviews. Game itself is a solid 7-8.

    On the game itself.. This is easily the best damn Souls-like game I've ever played and I'm having a blast. Being open world fixes the vast majority of my gripes about previous Souls games. Dark Souls should have gone open world long ago and this game proves it. Having space to dodge and roll around your OP enemy is like the first time you've tasted your favorite food. It makes you realize "I'm the problem, I just need to figure this out" vs "this is impossible." I absolutely adore the DS method in an open world environment. Mad, MAD props to FromSoft for going open world. This is likely where the reviewers stopped and posted OMG100/100 GREATESTGAMEOFALLTIME!!1!11!

    Cons that warrant my rating?

    Most overrated game of all time? Easily. I'll skip over the massive performance issues for now as they're well documented.

    As a game DS was very niche to begin with. It followed a steep learning curve of "figure out your enemy's move set and work around it to win" formula. In this Elden Ring has shined. The problem is enemies have ZERO ai and it shows in an open world vs standing in a hallway. Stand on a rock and they're completely broken. I was able to defeat several bosses and many mini bosses by abusing the terrain while completely ignoring their move set. Not to mention if you range hit a mob his buddy will completely ignore you while you gank your target. WORST AI IN HISTORY. (Sidenote: Throwing knives and arrows move like they're going through Jello but ignore gravity. Even f*cking Minecraft takes gravity seriously.)

    The menus, oh god the menus. They're about as intuitive as building a piece of IKEA furniture with no instructions and 4 screws missing. Every spell, weapon, or item you equip has almost no description, is clunky to equip, and has no stats outside of weapons. In a game where stats are crucial this is a massive failure. This was solved 30 years ago in games and only makes FromSoft look incompetent. There's no popup tooltips when you hover over stats and you have to resort to looking up stuff online to make any sense. I don't mind trial and error when fighting mobs. It shouldn't be in the menus too.

    Fans will claim "realism" to defend it. **** I'm killing waterlogged zombies stretched out like a rubber chicken with their flesh literally falling off their bones that magically can overpower me if I get too close. Don't talk to me about realism.

    Good luck figuring out how to change native control popups from Xbox to KB/Mouse. It's under SOUND controls because that makes total sense. (Settings>sound>onscreen prompt device if you need to fix this) I mean, what's the chance a PC user would want to use a keyboard and mouse instead of an xbox controller? That's unheard of. /s This was solved a decade ago on PC but FS wasn't at that meeting.

    Targeting. Why is there no target tabbing? If there's a little bastard in my face but a hulking monstrosity trying to annihilate me standing over him guess what gets targeted? I have to move my mouse a full screen swipe towards the big guy to get the target to change before I can dodge meaning I'm already dead. Ironic when you need to turn the mouse sensitivity to it's absolute minimum to make it even usable.

    My last con> PERFORMANCE. We all know how **** this game runs, and it's well documented. It can't maintain 30fps on PS4, can't maintain 60fps on PS5, stutters wildly on a fire breathing PC, but looks like an early PS4 game? When I see suggestions that it's best played as a PS4 disc (lowest quality) on a PS5 that's a problem. There's no way in hell this is a 100/100 game and this proves reviewers were either paid or under a hard NDA to not mention performance prerelease.

    When I'm playing on a PC that runs Cyberpunk 2077 at 60fps in 4k but this runs at less than 60 with constant dips into the low 20s while looking like a game from 2016 that's a big issue. I honestly can't name another title that runs this badly. Maybe RDR2 but that looks vastly better than this.

    As a Dark Souls game this is easily 12/10 and everything I could hope for. When you take all other games into account? Solid 7, maybe 8 and that's being generous. There's too many problems here other studios solved decades ago. All my problems have also been all over reddit so I'm not alone. Any reviewer that calls this a 100/100 game meaning perfect should never be trusted again.

    TLDR: I absolutely LOVE this game, but it's far from perfect and DS fanbois need to be honest with themselves. Hard does not equal good. Now you're playing with the big boys and this is mediocre at best.    … Expand
  84. Probateur
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    The way Bandai Namco and FromSoftware consider their customers is complete shame.
    In the current state the game is unplayable for most of ppl.
    They changed the pc requierements at the last time, just before release, so they knew what was about all this stuff. From Software follows the CD projekt's path. This is purely disgusting. METACRITIC blocked us to tell the truth. Shame on you,    The way Bandai Namco and FromSoftware consider their customers is complete shame.
    In the current state the game is unplayable for most of ppl.
    They changed the pc requierements at the last time, just before release, so they knew what was about all this stuff.
    From Software follows the CD projekt's path. This is purely disgusting.
    METACRITIC blocked us to tell the truth. Shame on you, you are disgusting too.    … Expand
  85. tunahan43
    Mar 31, 2022
    0
    çöp bir oyun overrated bir oyun .linç yemekten korkmayın far crya aynı oyun diyen kendini gamer sanan tipler aynı bar aynı animasyon olan bu çöp ps3 grafikli oyuna ovv şeet diyor ne diyeyim iki yüzlüsünüz...
  86. THAC0
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    This game is pretty much an epic fail, The community is TOXIC AF (Wishing death on many who dont think this is a 9/10 or better game and being blantly Biased as hell and will harass you continuously)
    The Stuttering is just EPIC Bad Invisible enemies dosnt read your controller the open world design is just Meh Worst poise weapons item design Quests of ALL the souls games like ROFLMAO how    This game is pretty much an epic fail, The community is TOXIC AF (Wishing death on many who dont think this is a 9/10 or better game and being blantly Biased as hell and will harass you continuously)
    The Stuttering is just EPIC Bad Invisible enemies dosnt read your controller the open world design is just Meh Worst poise weapons item design Quests of ALL the souls games like ROFLMAO how was
    this BEST GAME? Oh yeah coz hype and you will be harassed if you point out that even 3k$ PC Machine rigs are suffering from stuttering and such like wow just wow the biased fromsoft fan boys and curropted Critics have shown temselfs. Anyone rating this a 9/10 or higher is clearly curropt and shouldnt be trusted at all.

    Worse launch then FO76 ... Fact ...    … Expand
  87. Hambez
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    Just another souls game, plenty of useless resources with absent story......
  88. Gemesi92
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    this is wrost then cyberpunk....I don't understand the critic, but tecnically don't work anything
  89. ketchii
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    lags and freezes lags and freezes lags and freezes lags and freezes lags and freezes
  90. Haider93
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    This game is totally overrated. character animations are like wood. gaming media gave this game a high rating for money. I definitely do not recommend this game.
  91. HighIQOverlord
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    For a franchise that is known as "Souls", no such thing is to be found in this product.

    Generic, distateful, a souless corporate cashgrab with no heart, passion, charm, personaliy, beauty or grace, written by a man that needs over 10 years to write a book and designed by a man that think masterpieces are whispering girls and getting killed by the first boss so you can come out of the    For a franchise that is known as "Souls", no such thing is to be found in this product.

    Generic, distateful, a souless corporate cashgrab with no heart, passion, charm, personaliy, beauty or grace, written by a man that needs over 10 years to write a book and designed by a man that think masterpieces are whispering girls and getting killed by the first boss so you can come out of the dirt as a zombie, Elden Ring manages to literally be a slap in the face to the fans of the masterpiece that was Demon Souls by being a post ironic statement on Modern Contemporary America.

    This game is a poor imitation of Akira Kurosawa's masterpieces, it's just sad really.    … Expand
  92. daej
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    CHOO CHOO, HYPE TRAIN HAS LEFT THE STATION. All the controls are shown as console buttons, makes it extremely confusing on PC. It was also heavily advertised as a co-op game but it took an hour to figure out how to gather the supplies needed for co-op. After joining with a friend, he kept dying which disconnects him from the co-op server. This means you're also forced to reset and die andCHOO CHOO, HYPE TRAIN HAS LEFT THE STATION. All the controls are shown as console buttons, makes it extremely confusing on PC. It was also heavily advertised as a co-op game but it took an hour to figure out how to gather the supplies needed for co-op. After joining with a friend, he kept dying which disconnects him from the co-op server. This means you're also forced to reset and die and have to find each other again. On top of that, the whole time my friend was just lagging and flying everywhere. Basically co-op is impossible in this game and there's no way I'm playing this pos by myself. Save your money and play something else.… Expand
  93. caiobarcelos
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    I just can't play with the recommended fps settings below 20... 97 for this game is a joke. once again these game critics are paid to rate
  94. Natenate
    Feb 28, 2022
    4
    I can't speak for the gameplay mechanics as I refunded it on Steam after the first 45 minutes of the game. From a technical standpoint, this is a terrible port. Performance issues galore for a game which looks ok at best, no ultrawide support (come on guys, why must I mod my game to get this enabled?!), but worst of all the control scheme... I found this completely unplayable.
  95. Sardauk
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    This is an utter **** game. A retro-design that fails in every regard. Only reason to like this game is that you enjoy beating a crap design. Looks okay on a PC, not good in the least. No tool help, the tutorial is a laugh, take a wrong turn and you're **** it's about grinding, progression is worthless, spend as much time in-game as googling wtf is even happening and how do I use my stuff,This is an utter **** game. A retro-design that fails in every regard. Only reason to like this game is that you enjoy beating a crap design. Looks okay on a PC, not good in the least. No tool help, the tutorial is a laugh, take a wrong turn and you're **** it's about grinding, progression is worthless, spend as much time in-game as googling wtf is even happening and how do I use my stuff, story is fragmented, controls **** up because it's a lazy console port. Worst I've played in a long time. Only zero on here, so far. All my money down the drain.… Expand
  96. MrTmu
    Mar 13, 2022
    0
    in terms of content and experience, this games is a solid 10/10. But with PC tech issues with random screen stuttering i give it a 9/10. With some other game the stuttering would be bigger issue, but the game makes you overlook technical issues. Its a have to play game for everyone.
  97. Halit
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its not 10/10. 10 years ago the game’s graphics might be good. But it’s 2022 and the graphics are terrible. And despite it’s terribleness you need a higher gpu for higher fps… Expand
  98. Nejakk
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Esta critica es sin dar opinión sobre el pésimo rendimiento, pero en general el juego es la obra maestra de miyazaki.
  99. sporkyz
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Insane stuttering even on my strong PC. Fromsoft yet again refuses to put even a modicum of effort into their PC ports. There's absolutely no excuse for this. Fromsoft have lost all of my trust and respect as a consumer.
  100. alternatore
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Great port, nothing works like it should. I just hope it won't take a month before they fix the game. How do you make something that stutters on a 3090 is beyond me.
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Universal acclaim - based on 60 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 57 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 60
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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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