Elden Ring

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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1166 Ratings

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  1. magnolia6
    Jun 27, 2023
    4
    Too hard.

    It's just not fun. And although they have introduced things like summons to make gameplay easier, unless you got like a lot of MP to summon a bunch at a time, it doesn't help much for specific enemies, or at least certain kinds of summons. And I don't want this game to just become a quest for finding a bunch of summons and grinding to get more MP, just because the game is just    Too hard.

    It's just not fun. And although they have introduced things like summons to make gameplay easier, unless you got like a lot of MP to summon a bunch at a time, it doesn't help much for specific enemies, or at least certain kinds of summons. And I don't want this game to just become a quest for finding a bunch of summons and grinding to get more MP, just because the game is just too hard.

    I don't get how people enjoy such a game, dying so often. Some claim that after winning against a boss after having died to it multiple times feels satisfying. For me, a lot of times when I get to this point, I just feel like I've wasted so much time.

    To be honest, maybe it's just because I suck at these kind of games. I tried liking it, the lore looks very interesting, the enemy design and building designs look often very cool to me, and the world design in general also looks pretty good to me.

    But it's just so frustrating dying so very often. If I make progress than it's just very slow until I eventually hit a road block like a boss, which makes it very frustrating for me to continue.

    I don't like the game at all, but I can see how others like it. As for me, I won't be finishing it anytime soon.

    This being the case I rate this game poorly, but that's probably also because this is not my type of game. I'm not good enough as a gamer to play a Souls game.    … Expand
  2. winzentween
    Mar 5, 2022
    4
    I have played this on ps4 ps5 and pc so have a good idea of the lay of the land. And if a Fromsoft game ever needed 'Patches' (sorry) it's this one haha This game should be rated higher but due to the serious technical issues on all systems it has to be a red score...for now. Let me explain.

    Im a huge fromsoft fan and trust only them for day 1 preorders. I've platinumed all their games.    I have played this on ps4 ps5 and pc so have a good idea of the lay of the land. And if a Fromsoft game ever needed 'Patches' (sorry) it's this one haha This game should be rated higher but due to the serious technical issues on all systems it has to be a red score...for now. Let me explain.

    Im a huge fromsoft fan and trust only them for day 1 preorders. I've platinumed all their games. Buy It really worries me that blupoint demon souls remaster can launch at 4k 60fps or near to it but elden ring can barely hit 30fps and often dips as low as 15 in sadly the areas where you need consistent performance. Ironically on ps4pro on a ps5 it runs at a solid 60fps but at luke 1800 using checkerboard and looks good. On ps4pro it's not so good sadly. I bought a ps5 for improved graphics but all I get is decade old issues which on pc ive left behind with a 3080 though I've Elden ring runs worse on a 3080 than on a ps5 lol So you can imagine the ps4 version is alot worse without that sad drive.

    There is a whiff of cyberpunk about the game where fans are blindly supporting and conveniently ignoring the serious technical issues which also include a few progression stopping glitches / bugs and the occasional game breaking issue.

    And post launch the patches are not addressing these issues. It still looks and runs like a...ps3 gen era game but tlou was ps3 and that ran and looked far better so...elden ring just looks ugly. Great art design but everything else is far from the beauty of sekiro or the grandeur of bloodborne.

    The open world simply fails in 2022. If it was 2010 then I'm sure it be far more impressive as it has 2010 graphics. It's not remotely as good as botw or rdr2 which are games that existed before ER development even started. The latter alone is worrying but the large empty space which witcher 3 dlc would laugh at...isnt much fun to play. Yes You can explore but you'll only find Skyrim like identical copy and paste areas. Forget the wildlife of most open world games or npcs with compelling stories.

    The George Martin element is inexplicably non existent making the game effectively a dark souls 4. The latter isn't a bad thing but it's not as good as ds3 in visuals / performance or gameplay so where does this leave us?

    The game isn't suitable for noobs or non fromsoft fans. It's a game seemingly more for fan boys, prepaid journalists and shills to scream "goty!" while they wait for gameplay saving 'Patches' (sorry ;). It's not a bad game by any means but it has bad aspects to it or lazy maybe. Bloodborne launched in a rough state so this is nothing new but it's still not acceptable.
    Wait for a sale a year from now when it's been fully patched. Eventually maybe 7-8 /10 but a 4/10 !t launch due to poor technical state :(    … Expand
  3. MeleeM
    Jan 3, 2023
    1
    This game is like a turd dipped in fine chocolate. You see it and go "Wow! Does that ever look GOOD!" Once you sink your teeth into it, you realize it's nothing more than a turd dipped in fine chocolate. Block, hit, evade, parry, attack. On and on ad nauseum. Just a rinse and repeat of every other game From Software puts out.
  4. Salmonellaa
    Nov 25, 2022
    3
    Combat is still the exact same from Demon Souls back in 2009 with the smallest of additions, the Shakespearian just sounds dumb when you listen to a game like Soul Reaver and hear old style dialogue without trying too hard, it has lore but no story and some sidequests are just terrible
  5. Loonlamb007
    Mar 16, 2022
    2
    Played Elden Ring for about 40 hours, I am at Level 74 and I will stop it now. The Magic everybody sees in the Open World, in its lore... the so called passion in every corner, i really really wish I could see that too, but I personally don't see anything of it. Which Lore? To me elden ring a generic, hard difficulty game that pretents to be more that it actually is. I don't get the HypePlayed Elden Ring for about 40 hours, I am at Level 74 and I will stop it now. The Magic everybody sees in the Open World, in its lore... the so called passion in every corner, i really really wish I could see that too, but I personally don't see anything of it. Which Lore? To me elden ring a generic, hard difficulty game that pretents to be more that it actually is. I don't get the Hype at all. Its buggy too, I had to restart several times to progress, at some parts there are obvious problems with performance, not talking about crashes. To me it is a senseless loop of grind. And to this grind there is not even a payoff. Loot is just a joke in comparison to how much time you spend into the game without any real progress. With Level 74 I feel as weak as with Level 12 - yeah, maybe I should have gone for a Mage instead of a MeleeFighter. Maybe I should waste my time for something else. So naaww... Not worth my time. Fanservice for Fanboys. That's absolutely fine to me, still I am not one of those.… Expand
  6. FrawzCh04
    Jun 5, 2023
    1
    After a full playtrough of 80+ hours and many discussions about the game, i can tell its veeeery bad. Between bugs that took too long to fix, terrible balancing even post balance specific updates, reused PLAYER animations and many reused enemies or enemy animations from all previous games, bad graphics, lag, the worst boss in the whole "soulsborne genre" Rykiard, genuinely terrible AI andAfter a full playtrough of 80+ hours and many discussions about the game, i can tell its veeeery bad. Between bugs that took too long to fix, terrible balancing even post balance specific updates, reused PLAYER animations and many reused enemies or enemy animations from all previous games, bad graphics, lag, the worst boss in the whole "soulsborne genre" Rykiard, genuinely terrible AI and failsaves for them (like the dragons disappearing thing), a map that when is open is not that good and needs to put you in closed areas to be intresting, and soooo many more specific issues and letdowns, especially after being promised a completely different game than a Dark soul and the whole marketing campaign, i can say: do not play this game. Play the older Dark souls, all of them, and play Ashen for a good open map souls experience.… Expand
  7. Woweldenring
    Mar 8, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I thought this would be a fun game. So I got it. Ended up being a brutally difficult leaving almost no room for fun. It’s almost impossible to actually find your way through things unless you played a dark souls game and know that things are just hiding against walls waiting to 1 shot you. The bosses are literally insane they can easily kill you faster than you can get one hit off with almost any weapon that isn’t small it’s just all in all a game that will make you hate it and will take much more time than it’s worth. So if you like games that give the bosses the cool move sets and the better weapons than by all means waste the 60 dollars and have fun either spending a full 30 min chipping away at a bosses health and practically just dodging the whole time or killing small enemy’s that roam to farm runes for weeks and weeks just to level up slightly (which makes almost no difference to anything except what u can use) so you can maybe kill your first boss and move on to the other 20+.… Expand
  8. Dramarama
    Nov 12, 2022
    4
    After 70 hours of playing, I realized that it was time to stop. It's impossible. The game is simply endless. You repeat the same thing over and over again. A bunch of identical enemies, an empty open world and dull battles in which only you need to beat and roll, beat and roll, beat and roll. DEATH!!! Repeat. And so time after time, time after time, time after time, time after time.After 70 hours of playing, I realized that it was time to stop. It's impossible. The game is simply endless. You repeat the same thing over and over again. A bunch of identical enemies, an empty open world and dull battles in which only you need to beat and roll, beat and roll, beat and roll. DEATH!!! Repeat. And so time after time, time after time, time after time, time after time. DEATH!!! DEATH!!! Grind, grind, grind, grind. God, that's enough. Incomprehensible plot, stupid characters, a minimum of dialogues. It's all just depressing. Although it is worth praising the optimization, the game works just fine on PS4 Slim. But everything else is dull, boring, uninteresting, depressing, empty, meaningless and endless. Disappointment.… Expand
  9. felixmoysich
    Oct 6, 2022
    0
    Most overhyped game ever. It was fun the first hours, but after about 60 hours repetitive gameplay playing it became a pain and I had to stop. For a Soulslike its mediocre and for an RPG ist's even below that. Normally I would have rated it a 5,but because all the biased 90+reviews I have to rate it a 0/10.
  10. MickeyFinn
    Dec 30, 2022
    3
    Same as many said, the first hours are 'wow'. Then one starts to see the flaws, and then flaws are all one sees. Imho it's the worst souls, even the worst soulslike ive played. I don't get how peeps can love it, there's just no fun in it. The game world is huge, too huge, there's no way to remember anything or get some sense of orientation. Leveldesign is absolutely mindfckng andSame as many said, the first hours are 'wow'. Then one starts to see the flaws, and then flaws are all one sees. Imho it's the worst souls, even the worst soulslike ive played. I don't get how peeps can love it, there's just no fun in it. The game world is huge, too huge, there's no way to remember anything or get some sense of orientation. Leveldesign is absolutely mindfckng and soporific. Hurts the eyes, the brain and the fingers for no rewards. Not to mention passing from large empty spaces to places with dozens of enemies graped together, all with moves passing blocks, dodges, and pulliing nfinite combos. Again.. no fun, a huge waste of time. And enemies popping up from nowhere, good bye coherent souls. Oh and it needs psplus to play online. Rip From Software… Expand
  11. Cosem
    Feb 6, 2023
    1
    So here it is! 11 years after a real "Masterpiece" Dark souls 1, 13 years after the foundation Demon Souls. If you like it or not, but these games were the foundation of a whole new genre and next generations of video games.

    So, years of experience in the same base of genre must bring out something really new and improved, right? The Play style - Dark Souls 3 with more anime weapon    So here it is! 11 years after a real "Masterpiece" Dark souls 1, 13 years after the foundation Demon Souls. If you like it or not, but these games were the foundation of a whole new genre and next generations of video games.

    So, years of experience in the same base of genre must bring out something really new and improved, right?

    The Play style - Dark Souls 3 with more anime weapon arts. Some Enemies and Bosses require a specific way to play.
    Weapons - There are over 300 weapons and 70 spells. How many do you need? How many of them are useful? How many do you test of the usefulness?
    Animations, enemy and player models - every previous souls game (not bosses). And that's for real. Recycling at its finest.
    Crafting - forgettable
    Story - forgettable. Very good idea, to bring to the Shakespearean cryptic story more of the same.
    The chosen one going to kill or speak or interact with great ones like Miquella, Millicent, melina, miriel and rennala, renna, ranni and gowry, godwyn, godfry and morgott, mogh.
    Remember Nito? Or Gwyn? Why do they make so much nonsense-people to forget about?
    Then again, why should I care about the Story or Plot? The intro Scene is getting worse every Souls game, more cryptic and less care to make the plot interesting.
    The open world - the Art style is more like High Fantasy. I expected to see elves and dwarves dancing around rainbows. And it didn't get better. No more Dark Fantasy than, I guess.
    The open world itself is useless. I wouldn't call it empty, but it's more empty than previous titles.
    It's boring to discover the same enemies in another color.
    It's boring to ride around without a real destination. "But there is a destination, check the map!" Sure, but why do I need to have an open world then. Why not make smaller Areas with more detail. Even the "story areas" in this game have fewer details than the predecessor

    I stop here. There are games (ubi-titles, cod, battlefield and so on) which got bashed because of the redundancy. Right so, I guess. But why not does anybody even mention it for the Souls games.

    In this game there are the same negatives since demon souls: Camera sucks, Hit boxes sucks, all the same fighting styles (hit, block, dodge, cast spell) animations, graphically PS3, bad quest lines (if you miss a quest line or a NPC at the right time, your fault) and still nothing is shown or explained properly. I do not care if you are a hardcore fan, an option to turn tips on or off is not a negative thing and will nothing take away of the way you experience the game.
    At least they worked on the very best part in every Soul's game: the platforming. Now there is a special jump button which make the char jump. And the horse. Super Mario at its best.

    So, I had no fun playing this game. It was just too big and redundant and unimportant.
    I still love playing Bloodborne somehow, even it has the same old flaws every souls game have

    But If that's the future of gaming and a masterpiece, I am out.    … Expand
  12. tsnglec
    Mar 3, 2022
    1
    game is far more of a headache than it is fun. I guess some people find grinding fun. I tried this game because I heard it had easier entry. have fun being frustrated.
  13. urek-mazino
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    shameless steal from bandai.

    Bought the game in thailand and English is not supported in the text, with no means to change the setting.

    How backward is that ? especially when it was advertised as english supported on the text.
    Extremely dissapointed. Stay away from this game in your are in asia.
  14. Whiteout
    Mar 16, 2022
    1
    I played every From title since Demon's Souls on PS3, when it was still an obscure game found in the back of some retailer's shelves.
    I loved all of them, they always were beautiful, inspired, and challenging. But fair.
    Elden Ring is by far the most beautiful; visually stunning and with one of the best maps ever created, you just can't stop exploring. But. There's a huge But. It    I played every From title since Demon's Souls on PS3, when it was still an obscure game found in the back of some retailer's shelves.
    I loved all of them, they always were beautiful, inspired, and challenging. But fair.
    Elden Ring is by far the most beautiful; visually stunning and with one of the best maps ever created, you just can't stop exploring.
    But.
    There's a huge But.
    It crossed the line which separates a challenging, yet fun, game, from a painful and frustrating experience.
    After 105 hours I'm sick of being stunlocked by everything, from floor damage to arrows, even when wearing a Scale Armor.
    I'm sick that every type of enemy, even dragons, keep jumping around like ninjas.
    I'm sick of the near-infinite enemy combos that end up with a dodge or backstep /repeat.
    I'm sick of the constant need of using an overall artificial difficulty which is nowhere near to the concept of Fun.
    Yes, Elden Ring is where From games stopped being fun.    … Expand
  15. Rei_Tardado
    Mar 13, 2022
    0
    In the beginning It was around 25 fps, but in the middle to the end It keeps around 15 fps, hard to enjoy
  16. EngPlz
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Namco-Bandai's harebrained distribution choices for this game are what earns a score of zero. For some baffling reason this company decided to only release a Korean / Japanese / Chinese / Thai language version of this game for all of South East Asia and Hong Kong too. Even on Thai PSN, there isn't an option to even buy an English language copy of this game. They really messed up, I hopeNamco-Bandai's harebrained distribution choices for this game are what earns a score of zero. For some baffling reason this company decided to only release a Korean / Japanese / Chinese / Thai language version of this game for all of South East Asia and Hong Kong too. Even on Thai PSN, there isn't an option to even buy an English language copy of this game. They really messed up, I hope they patch this.… Expand
  17. stoner311
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    Taking this game right back to Gamestop to get whatever crumbs they are willing to give me.

    Game tries too hard to make things difficult without any payoff. Even when you beat a boss or a large group of enemies you don't get anything that makes you feel like it was worth the hours you put in to defeat them. Games like WOW took hours, sometimes days to down a boss in a raid but there was    Taking this game right back to Gamestop to get whatever crumbs they are willing to give me.

    Game tries too hard to make things difficult without any payoff. Even when you beat a boss or a large group of enemies you don't get anything that makes you feel like it was worth the hours you put in to defeat them. Games like WOW took hours, sometimes days to down a boss in a raid but there was always some juicy gear that dropped and had to be rolled on. You don't get that with this game at all. I cleared an entire camp that took me around 3 hours of stealth killing, running away, trying different tactics only to get something that my class of character can't even use. I killed a mob of 5 wolves and got a few bones from two of the wolves that I used to make one arrow out of. What's the point of putting a bow an arrow in the game if you never have arrows or have to grind 10 hours to get a quiver. Just senseless difficulty. Just a genuine torture to play. Game has no true content it just bogs the player down with senseless grinding.

    The story is so silly and half baked, it feels like a teenager wrote the script. The graphics are laughable in 2022. And it's not a true open world game.    … Expand
  18. RRrpgManiax
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    I have never played any of the Souls games before, but being a connoisseur of RPGs and hearing of this supposedly legendary RPG series I felt it was time I finally bit the bullet. I figured with Martin penning the game's story it would be rather grand involving political intrigue and riveting tales of man's inner folly. Having grown up on D&D and CRPGs I expected to have a fair idea ofI have never played any of the Souls games before, but being a connoisseur of RPGs and hearing of this supposedly legendary RPG series I felt it was time I finally bit the bullet. I figured with Martin penning the game's story it would be rather grand involving political intrigue and riveting tales of man's inner folly. Having grown up on D&D and CRPGs I expected to have a fair idea of what I was getting into.

    Much to my surprise, I found a vast open world filled with nothing to do. I created my character to wander around some lifeless void. Oh, it looks rather grand the art direction is quite phenomenal though the textures muddied and the game is plagued with pop-ins as well. I am able to forgive the occasional jank for a good and true RPG. I however did not find one in this game. I'm not sure what constitutes for an RPG these days amongst the general public, but generally it's a game with roleplaying options of which this game seems to have none other than building your character's stats and skills.

    All problems are solved through this game's languid, ponderous, and clunky combat. No non-combat or social options in this supposed RPG. The exploration as as dull and lifeless as the world in which it inhabits. Some scant crafting materials to create some mediocre items with minimal stat gains. Undoubtedly the usual carrot and the stick seen in the MMO sphere influenced this trash itemization.

    The dungeons were quite interesting and a more linear experience and I killed Margit after ten or twelve tries. The game's molasses combat was made even more frustrating due to the various technical issues that plague this supposed RPG (Hint it's not an RPG it's just combat pornography) Your character's hitboxes are far too large causing the enemies to strike you frequently when you're clearly outside of their swing radius. There's also numerous frame rate drops making the game's sole feature of combat extremely difficult since the technical execution of the developers lack of talent is holding you back further than the difficulty of the game is.

    All in all this game is not an RPG, there are no roleplaying options. It's just combat pornography for the youth's violent masturbatory sadist rituals. If you have any class avoid this buggy mess like the plague it is and cast it into the fire! I for one got a full refund from my local gamestore, but I hope to save others the expense. We all know this game doesn't deserve a perfect score.

    Roleplay 0 out of 100
    Music 20 out of 100
    Story 0 out of 100
    Gameplay 0 out of 100

    Don't let reviewers beholden to the gaming industry cheat you hard working folks out of your money!    … Expand
  19. Dr3aMz
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    WINDOWS 10 only? when Dark Souls 3 worked perfectly on Windows 7? Unacceptable.
  20. 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!
  21. OliRock92
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    A big map doesn't make a better game. Uninteresting, bland and boring. Doesn't deserve any of it's perfect scores. Heck, doesn't deserve more than a 6 if you stretch it a lot. The controls are just as bad as the "story" and visuals. The character feels heavy and moves so slow. Feels clunky. Sound was also uninteresting. Nothing sticks to mind. So, a very below average game that wasA big map doesn't make a better game. Uninteresting, bland and boring. Doesn't deserve any of it's perfect scores. Heck, doesn't deserve more than a 6 if you stretch it a lot. The controls are just as bad as the "story" and visuals. The character feels heavy and moves so slow. Feels clunky. Sound was also uninteresting. Nothing sticks to mind. So, a very below average game that was overhyped by possibly one of the most toxic fanbases there are. This kind of game needs to stop being produced.… Expand
  22. DullaVG
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After completing a boss fight you can’t use co-op anymore why is that even a thing!? I would give a good review but that’s just bad… Expand
  23. Ducnghia
    Mar 6, 2022
    0
    I’m using Thailand account and got this game in Chinese, no English. This is the first time I have a terrible experience. Why no English?
  24. Memps
    Mar 6, 2022
    1
    This is just another annoying Dark Souls ... George R. R. Martin touch is nowhere to be found. Graphics are not what I would expect nowadays. The whole open world thing is just lame, maybe suitable for 2010. I won't even get into the whole UI thing cause I get the point (they wanted to move away from those typical UI Ubisoft designs) so at least that gets this game the 1 I'm scoring it with.
  25. Zabuza13
    Mar 8, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jeux ennuyeux,boss recicler,banni du pvp à cause d'un joueur qui a quitter,serveur aussi nul que dks 3,fan service immonde,optimisation pvp nul tout le monde one shot tout le monde,ost inexistante,FS intouchable comme d'hab et enfin j'ai préféré jouer à cyberpunk sur ps4 qui m'a bien fais mal au coeur que se jeux qui m'a juste fascinait au debut.
    Et me dite pas git gud ce jeu es trop facile j'ai fais tous les FS aucun n'est difficile..
    Les gens mettent 10/10 et ses nous on es de mauvaise foie    … Expand
  26. Discotek_182
    Apr 5, 2022
    4
    Es increíble que en pleno 2022 no tenga autoguardado, por lo menos pongan una opción de guardado manual, están tan obsesionados en hacer el juego difícil que se olvidan de algo tan simple de un autoguardado para evitar que pierdas la partida por accidentes o imprevistos.
  27. Bulbotrax
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    this game is a huge pile of **** made by morons. The gameplay is lame, the graphics sucks, everything is wrong in this turd
  28. Gurpgork
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    Don't waste your time or $. Elder scrolls online is everything this game tries to be and more.
  29. Lucius_13
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    This game is an overhyped dung pile From Software marketed this game as a brand new Epic RPG Adventure that's accessible for everyone! which is a bold faced Lie as the game is just a Dark Souls game branded under a new name that's it. From Software are so lazy they just copy and pasted Dark Souls 3 then added an "Open World" to it. The bosses are totally unfair to the point of beingThis game is an overhyped dung pile From Software marketed this game as a brand new Epic RPG Adventure that's accessible for everyone! which is a bold faced Lie as the game is just a Dark Souls game branded under a new name that's it. From Software are so lazy they just copy and pasted Dark Souls 3 then added an "Open World" to it. The bosses are totally unfair to the point of being impossible to beat even by Dark Souls standards, I feel this game falls under the category of misleading and false advertisement do yourself a favor and avoid this game… Expand
  30. Richy03
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Juego sobrevalorado como todos los souls, graficos de la pasada generación con un rendimiento penoso y una dificultad frustante, está bien para los niños rata que se pueden permitir intentar 200 veces matar un boss pero para los que ya tenemos una edad se hace soporifero, no hubiera costado nada poner un selector de dificultad.

    Lo que no entiendo es la prensa cascandole notazas y obviando    Juego sobrevalorado como todos los souls, graficos de la pasada generación con un rendimiento penoso y una dificultad frustante, está bien para los niños rata que se pueden permitir intentar 200 veces matar un boss pero para los que ya tenemos una edad se hace soporifero, no hubiera costado nada poner un selector de dificultad.

    Lo que no entiendo es la prensa cascandole notazas y obviando el mal rendimiento y aspecto técnico del juego    … Expand
  31. yasino21
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Not playable after the patch today.

    There have been minor performance issues on the launch day but after a small update today there are missing frames. Maybe they turned on hardcore mode but how should you fight if the boss attacks you and it skips the attack frames. You are getting one hitted without being able to see what's happening or to react. Frame skipes and stuttering makes it    Not playable after the patch today.

    There have been minor performance issues on the launch day but after a small update today there are missing frames. Maybe they turned on hardcore mode but how should you fight if the boss attacks you and it skips the attack frames. You are getting one hitted without being able to see what's happening or to react. Frame skipes and stuttering makes it unplayable .    … Expand
  32. Evials
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    I’m sorry, but a game releasing in 2022 with PS3 level graphics that constantly fluctuates from 30 - 60 FPS (even in performance mode) is unacceptable. Furthermore, even if we disregard the frame rate issues, I’m not impressed with the gameplay at all. This has easily the clunkiest combat of any souls game so far; I find the movement is often unresponsive, and the hit boxes are horriblyI’m sorry, but a game releasing in 2022 with PS3 level graphics that constantly fluctuates from 30 - 60 FPS (even in performance mode) is unacceptable. Furthermore, even if we disregard the frame rate issues, I’m not impressed with the gameplay at all. This has easily the clunkiest combat of any souls game so far; I find the movement is often unresponsive, and the hit boxes are horribly implemented. I’ll also add that if you weren’t a fan of Dark Souls, this game isn’t for you. It’s effectively Dark Souls 3, but this time it’s open world. Speaking of open world, let’s discuss that shall we? The map is pretty big, and gives you a lot of freedom and exploration possibilities, which is nice. However, there’s very little environmental variety, like at all. It’s all a very similar bleak landscape that never changes. This would be fine if the game was linear, but, for a game that encourages exploration so much, it kinda makes it feel repetitive. Perhaps a bigger issue, however, is that there simply isn’t a whole lot going on in the world. In many of the reviews for this game (particularly ign’s), they state that the game has a lot of variety in special events happening in the open world. However, I found that most of these “special” events are limited to being ambushed by enemy’s. That’s really the meat of exploring the map, is being ambushed by enemies. This is alleviated somewhat by the fact that the game has excellent enemy variety, from both a visual and mechanical standpoint. Though I don’t think that’s enough to save it from feeling repetitive (especially considering that many of the enemies are recycled from past FromSoftware games). Finally, I’ll talk about the traversal itself. The main positive here is that this is the first FromSoftware title to add a jump button, which is pretty necessary for this game. Beyond that though, it sort of goes downhill from there. There’s no climbing mechanic, no underwater exploration, no flying mechanics, etc. Are these things necessary to the game? No. But for as much as the reviews emphasized the “freedom of exploration” this game provides to you, it sort of rings hollow once you actually enter the game. So yeah, those are my thoughts as of right now. I know I am very much in the minority when I say this, but that’s how I feel. I would’ve given it a higher rating if it simply had a framerate lock option (even at 30fps!). But for me, personally, I have a hard time playing game with fluctuating framerates (especially to this degree)… Expand
  33. DariusDarius
    Feb 26, 2022
    3
    Jogo tá com quedas de frame, mas ainda sim está melhor que no ps5, comprei a mídia física do PS4 e você atualiza de graça para o ps5,no ps5 stá horrível, popin em todo local,mas no geral, gráficos ultrapassado, problemas gráficos sérios e uma performance horrivel,jamais é um jogo 10/10, Sekiro...Dark Souls 1... Bloodborne...esses sim são games 10/10, mas vejo que as notas deste game nãoJogo tá com quedas de frame, mas ainda sim está melhor que no ps5, comprei a mídia física do PS4 e você atualiza de graça para o ps5,no ps5 stá horrível, popin em todo local,mas no geral, gráficos ultrapassado, problemas gráficos sérios e uma performance horrivel,jamais é um jogo 10/10, Sekiro...Dark Souls 1... Bloodborne...esses sim são games 10/10, mas vejo que as notas deste game não condizem com a realidade… Expand
  34. Soluexeulos
    Mar 7, 2022
    3
    I've played all the FromSoftware titles and in all honesty, this title ranks bottom with Dark souls 2.

    It could have been a potentially awesome game but it was marred by lack of optimization. I can totally understand if this title was for current gen consoles only (xbox series x/ ps5) nd PC but to release this game on last gen consoles in this state leaves a bad taste in my mouth.    I've played all the FromSoftware titles and in all honesty, this title ranks bottom with Dark souls 2.

    It could have been a potentially awesome game but it was marred by lack of optimization. I can totally understand if this title was for current gen consoles only (xbox series x/ ps5) nd PC but to release this game on last gen consoles in this state leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

    This title was not optimized properly for release, that even the day1 barely does anything to address it. Yes! This is nothing new to anyone familiar with buying from FromSoftware on day 1, but when are they going to start becoming better, it very disappointing.

    Dare I say, Dark souls 1,2,3 run better than this game. Yes! This has more content but that is just an excuse. I have a brand new PS4 console launching it with Elden ring, and the performance is appalling. Frame rate issues every now and then, not to exclude enemies clipping out. Literally any location with a vast number of multiple enemies would drop the frame rate. Heck, I can't even challenge the dragons properly.

    That being said, there would those who see nothing wrong with anything From Software does be it half arsed or otherwise.    … Expand
  35. Haye
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    в целом игра не очень, баги недоработки, плохой баланс и проработка игры, так что заслуженный нолик.
  36. HRZTH
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    Stupid idea to lock the language. Unless there is a patch to enable users to change the language to English, this game deserves 0 rating
  37. 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
  38. Hauke
    Mar 9, 2022
    0
    I couldn't endure for longer than 2h, as someone who played every soulsborne game multiple times.
  39. Foxtnv
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    the game graphics look like an old game, huge drops in frames especially in online, the online freezes the game sometimes and the only solution is to close it, the game was not ready to be released it's the cyberpunk soulslike version.
  40. Centipede-sama
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Quite possibly the best FROMSOFT game to date, a shame that it has been infested with raiders to ruin it's score.
  41. Ughduty
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    If you activate multiplayer features in this game you also get the invasion system which is nothing but a feast for grievers and can‘t be deactivated. Which makes it impossible to play a relaxed coop session. If you don‘t care it might be a great game.
  42. mling1985
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    No English version available in the Hong Kong Psn store, there are English speaking people who live here!
  43. martinaw7
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    What a joke this game is. Released in the Asia region WITH NO ENGLISH. Seriously, it's all of Asia China to you? I can't even fathom how ridiculous this is. Between Sony support which is the worst in the universe, and these morons releasing a game a Chinese, I somehow end up the stupid one that gave these trash pandas my money.
  44. snealkerboll
    Mar 31, 2022
    0
    It‘s the same game like Dark Souls NOTHING is new and the Game is **** Hard I don‘t can defeat the first boss. Hidetaka Miyazaki I hate you, and I hate From Software this lame company.
  45. Realonethegoat
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    elden ring need patch now freezes on boss fight please fix it so i can beat the game
  46. Parangaritiwi
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    Failed to live up to expectations, Not a good game, don’t play it at all. LLL
  47. Ibrra
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    ما فيه لغة عربية لازم يكون فيه اللغة العربية عدد سكان تركيا ٨٠ مليون ولغتهم موجودة والوطن العربي ٣٠٠ مليون ولغتهم غير موجودة
  48. NoLameGames
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    Poorly optimized and riddled with bugs. Don't buy the hype from the same people who told you Cyberpunk was a 10/10 masterpiece. Just another generic FromSoftware game.
  49. fabriciox
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    WINDOWS 10 only? when Dark Souls 3 worked perfectly on Windows 7? Unacceptable
  50. CedyVG
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game is great! Gives you a classic rpg feel and a great world. But unfortunately they promote the game as co-op but don’t tell you if you beat a boss it locks you out of the co-op for the area of the map. Your left soloing everything, granted souls fans look for that but not everyone does it kinda makes co-op pointless if my progression stops it. And not to mention everyone’s progression is separate. Literally made me put the game down.… Expand
  51. Orvak
    Mar 28, 2022
    0
    Очень понравилось, спасибо, поиграл на Youtube, пока ещё могу, безмерно благодарен
  52. areda2468
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    A complete masterpiece visuals art direction gameplay music everything about this game is completely mesmerizing
  53. REGUISTHEFIRST
    May 4, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Even though the boss fights and the scenery are breathtaking the animations, the graphics, the performance, the overly complicated gameplay, and the purposely obtuse story for the sake of appearing mysterious are thwarting every tiny bit of enjoyment you could find find… Expand
  54. Chiperius
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    I don't want to be banned from playing even such lame games that are full of bugs and do not shine with graphics that reveal all the possibilities of the new generation. generations of hypocrisy and political games.
  55. KrillerBomb
    Nov 15, 2022
    0
    It's literally just a walking simulator except you might have an axe sometimes.
  56. magicxgate22
    Mar 29, 2022
    4
    This is one of From Software's worst games in terms of balance. I really hope they listen to the comments here and adjust the health of the bosses after Limgrave. It's artificially difficult because their health is astronomically high and you're almost forced to summon. I had a lot of fun playing against the previous bosses from Dark Souls but its become a chore to fight against the bossesThis is one of From Software's worst games in terms of balance. I really hope they listen to the comments here and adjust the health of the bosses after Limgrave. It's artificially difficult because their health is astronomically high and you're almost forced to summon. I had a lot of fun playing against the previous bosses from Dark Souls but its become a chore to fight against the bosses in Elden Ring. To make matters worse, they have the same pattern with no variety at all. It is a constant flurry of combos and you have to wait until they're done attacking which gives you a small opening. It becomes a constant battle of attrition which is not fun at all and incredibly disappointing for From Software. The only saving grace is the world building is fantastic. I feel like they spent too much time designing the environment and not playtesting the boss battles.… Expand
  57. ehsan93
    Apr 10, 2022
    0
    What is this? Why should I go a long wat again and again in order to encounter the boss? Do you think we have nothing to do besides playing this game?
  58. quake2th
    Apr 23, 2022
    4
    Usual From Software game. Nothing really new. Don't believe the hype.

    As in most From Software games, you fight mostly against bugs, that's the real challenge. By now, From Software is a victim of its own "git gud" meme. As soon as you start the game, you have an enemy which is impossible to kill and you will die 1000 times before doing any progress at all. The only thing that saved    Usual From Software game. Nothing really new. Don't believe the hype.

    As in most From Software games, you fight mostly against bugs, that's the real challenge.

    By now, From Software is a victim of its own "git gud" meme. As soon as you start the game, you have an enemy which is impossible to kill and you will die 1000 times before doing any progress at all.

    The only thing that saved Souls game was their closed interconnected environments, which here is gone. You have fast travel and horseback riding. You might as well play Skyrim or Breath Of The Wild, to vastly superior games to this one.    … Expand
  59. jamie49
    May 26, 2022
    2
    Overrated trash supposed roleplaying game with a dead open world, pathetic selection of spells for magic users, awful target lock on, uninteresting side quests, too many spells and equipment locked behind requirements that are out of the way often requiring a guide and bland dungeons that don't differentiate themselves.
  60. franktze
    Mar 30, 2022
    2
    This is not soul game! Soul games give me excited feeling but not this empty and boring... open world environment with nothing to do, it's so empty. You can cut those "empty parts" away and Elden Ring is not that big.
  61. AceAscendus
    Aug 9, 2022
    0
    By far the worst souls game ever made, the open world is extremely boring and full of copy+paste content. There is no fun way to traverse the open world. Boss fights are low quality and again a lot of them are copy+paste, I am talking about big story bosses that get shamelessly reused! It shows that FromSoftware didn't have enough time to develop this game properly. The boring empty openBy far the worst souls game ever made, the open world is extremely boring and full of copy+paste content. There is no fun way to traverse the open world. Boss fights are low quality and again a lot of them are copy+paste, I am talking about big story bosses that get shamelessly reused! It shows that FromSoftware didn't have enough time to develop this game properly. The boring empty open world is filled with wannabe pokemon summons called spirit ashe summons, you like collecting pokemons in your souls games? I don't. There is no meaningful reward, the game is too big for its own good, next time provide less quantity and more QUALITY, like previous souls games.… Expand
  62. Syfin
    Mar 13, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ужаснейший баланс. И это после шедеврального баланса dark souls 3. Разработчики вам не стыдно? Игра напроч сломана. Если раньше вы учили тайминг, в этом куске дерьма можете не учить, они вам не помогут, поможет только рандом. Больше рандома, боже, они сделали ещё больше рандома.… Expand
  63. Ashura12
    Sep 16, 2022
    0
    Granphic is terible in 2022 very bad story is understinable no points where to go
  64. loveless0kitty
    Jun 13, 2022
    0
    Decent game with good ideas executed very poorly and handled abysmally.
    Among one of the biggest mistakes by them was creating the biggest Souls game with the most build potential and weapon combinations, but limiting how many times you can respec (redistribute stats) your character. There are many more mistakes, but this is by far the one that lowers my score the most.
    EDIT: Continues    Decent game with good ideas executed very poorly and handled abysmally.
    Among one of the biggest mistakes by them was creating the biggest Souls game with the most build potential and weapon combinations, but limiting how many times you can respec (redistribute stats) your character. There are many more mistakes, but this is by far the one that lowers my score the most.
    EDIT: Continues to be handled poorly. Proper balancing doesn't exist, big exploits persist without fixes, and they continue sticking with their awful decisions instead of addressing them. Continuous zero communication with their community as well. And awful netcode. All of this has destroyed the longevity of the game, when the Souls series is known for it. Score changed to 0.    … Expand
  65. VoiceOfTruth
    Sep 4, 2022
    2
    Очередной забагованный шедевр от азиатского жулика. Все те же проблемы что и в Dark Souls 3 и прочих поделок этой команды бракоделов : пробой оружием сквозь стены/колонны, искусственно замедленные характеристики героя (боссы намного быстрее, что обрекает игрока на бессмысленный гринд рун (т.е. потерю времени)), а автовыбор цели писала самая тупая обезьяна в этой команде. Завидую играющимОчередной забагованный шедевр от азиатского жулика. Все те же проблемы что и в Dark Souls 3 и прочих поделок этой команды бракоделов : пробой оружием сквозь стены/колонны, искусственно замедленные характеристики героя (боссы намного быстрее, что обрекает игрока на бессмысленный гринд рун (т.е. потерю времени)), а автовыбор цели писала самая тупая обезьяна в этой команде. Завидую играющим на ПК - они хотя бы не платят, а качают этот шедевр бесплатно с торрентов. Вообще удивительно - ну сделали вы хардкорную игру - сделайте хотя бы выбор уровня сложности - все нормальные люди играют для удовольствия, а не для того чтобы материться от очередного босса который выносит игрока с двух быстрых ударов, пробивая колонны, не обращая внимание на поднятый игроком щит и прочие баги которыми кишит игра. Те дурачки которые гоняют в эту игру с утра до ночи качая персонажа всё равно не покупают игру, а качают её с торрентов (это либо школота которой мама купила раз в году игру и они задрачивают её до дыр, либо прыщавые жирдяи работающие курьерами/сисадминами и для них единственная отрада - играть в "хардкорные" игры, дабы в их бестолковой жизни был какой-то смысл). Поставлю два балла за хорошую работу дизайнеров. Программная же часть - дерьмо, а тех кто расставлял характеристики боссам - пинками выгнать из вашей конторы. скорее бы уже пройти этот кошмар. Застрял на боссе "Микелла, черный клинок.". Выбрасывать игру в рынок с таким количеством багов - просто грабёж.… Expand
  66. RaakesStayTrue
    Aug 14, 2022
    0
    do i even have to say anything? games like red dead redemption 2 and ghost of tsushima, who are open world masterpieces came out years before this and yet they out do this in every aspect. The graphics are not up to the mark, the story is boring, the open world is lifeless and predictable and you feel lost most of the times, gameplay isnt good enough, any aspect you can name, this gamedo i even have to say anything? games like red dead redemption 2 and ghost of tsushima, who are open world masterpieces came out years before this and yet they out do this in every aspect. The graphics are not up to the mark, the story is boring, the open world is lifeless and predictable and you feel lost most of the times, gameplay isnt good enough, any aspect you can name, this game sucks i hate to use this kind of language, but it really does suck.… Expand
  67. DanteFromMars
    Mar 29, 2023
    0
    I really wanted to like this game.It looked interesting, visually cool and a lot of people liked it.
    I am at about the middle of it (judging by the trophy number I had up until now) and it is so boring. At some point I tried to blame myself - I don't pay enough attention to the story, I am not doing the main story enough. But it gets worse and worse - for every interesting moment, there    I really wanted to like this game.It looked interesting, visually cool and a lot of people liked it.
    I am at about the middle of it (judging by the trophy number I had up until now) and it is so boring. At some point I tried to blame myself - I don't pay enough attention to the story, I am not doing the main story enough. But it gets worse and worse - for every interesting moment, there are 10 boring fetch quests of NPCs I don't care about. Or even worse - I need to interact with an NPC and then it appears at another place to be interacted with.
    The fights are plain boring - trying to understand if my character is stuck in something or the camera is clipping through the boss is the most fun in them. Otherwise it is just dodge/parry and then hit until the boss dies.
    One of the dungeons seemed cool, until I realized there are 4 more like it.
    The only thing I give credit to the creators is the size of the map, I think I am missing one of the territories and it is still enormous.
    Updated: Finished the game, all side quests and obtained all trophies just to check if there was something I was missing. Nope, probably won't remember anything in a week.
    Also if you are into graphics side of games - on PS4 there were some moments that the game looked like a PS2 one (looking at the ground from a very high place usually).    … Expand

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  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Oct 19, 2022
    90
    No matter how many studios try to replicate the formula, From Software is the only one that can deliver authentic Souls experience. [Issue#259, p.36]