Elden Ring

 PlayStation 4
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7.2

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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. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. KrillerBomb
    Nov 15, 2022
    0
    It's literally just a walking simulator except you might have an axe sometimes.
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. Ashura12
    Sep 16, 2022
    0
    Granphic is terible in 2022 very bad story is understinable no points where to go
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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?
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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
  25. Orvak
    Mar 28, 2022
    0
    Очень понравилось, спасибо, поиграл на Youtube, пока ещё могу, безмерно благодарен
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. areda2468
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    A complete masterpiece visuals art direction gameplay music everything about this game is completely mesmerizing
  30. 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.
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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]