Elden Ring

 PlayStation 5
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12214 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2,341 out of 12214
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  1. Forestsfailyou
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Game is needlessly hard with an expectation that you have played all their other titles. Additionally story is nearly non existent with a path system that means to make little sense. You can make the game playable by hacking around their anticheat software though so it's not entirely terrible.
  2. defive
    Mar 10, 2022
    3
    Completely overhyped and overrated. Awful camera, terrible-no-good-very-bad lock system, big empty open world. Overall it's clear that FromSoft are using 'difficulty' as an excuse for the plain fact that their combat system is an antiquated clunky mess compared to more modern games like God of War and Ghost of Tsushima.
  3. Martinakara
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    Mesmo combate, animações, áudio... A desenvolvedora não saúde sua zona de conforto desde Demons Souls. Me senti jogando Dark Souls, mas em um mundo aberto sem graça.
  4. electrciganesha
    Apr 5, 2022
    0
    Elden Ring could've been the best FROM game, and one of the best games ever made, if it wasn't for some performance issues (on the PS5 there are constant frame-drops and the difference in frame rate is visible and feelable) and an extremely unbalanced end-game (there are enemies that can one-shot you, even when you're in level 190, which makes no sense) due to bugs and just a generalElden Ring could've been the best FROM game, and one of the best games ever made, if it wasn't for some performance issues (on the PS5 there are constant frame-drops and the difference in frame rate is visible and feelable) and an extremely unbalanced end-game (there are enemies that can one-shot you, even when you're in level 190, which makes no sense) due to bugs and just a general feeling that they didn't polish the balancing so well. Despite that, it is a game with a massively unbelievable scope, an absolutely fascinating world full of mysteries and a real sense of discovery (can't help but compare it to BOTW) and a MUST-play (like all the other FROM games).… Expand
  5. Revelation22v13
    Mar 5, 2022
    4
    This might be the most overrated hyped game ever! Controls are outdated, player movement is sloooooow! Graphics look great in the trailers but in game it doesn't even look next gen. It is rewarding when you defeat a boss but there's no fun in it and the story is confusing. If you want a fun game with better graphics, gameplay, and story then buy Horizon Forbidden West.
  6. Mind87
    Mar 8, 2022
    0
    I don't really understand all the 10/10 reviews if I'm honest. In my eyes the game is somewhere in the lower average.

    The open world is big, but it doesn't invite you to explore and seems uninspiring and dull. Graphically, the game is quite okay but compared to other open world games again only average and not contemporary. The gameplay can be described as follows: You fight    I don't really understand all the 10/10 reviews if I'm honest. In my eyes the game is somewhere in the lower average.

    The open world is big, but it doesn't invite you to explore and seems uninspiring and dull. Graphically, the game is quite okay but compared to other open world games again only average and not contemporary.

    The gameplay can be described as follows:
    You fight overpowered super agile enemies with ground gymnastics and stupid jumping around and get killed dozens of times.
    How anyone can like this gameplay is beyond me.

    The controls are garbage, a tutorial is completely missing, the interface is the total opposite of intuitive and you have to Google all the important information.

    I think the game is completely overrated.    … Expand
  7. Ilkayson
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    There are a lot of performance issues. Its graphics are not compatible with the next generation of consoles. The plants load later. From Software games are experiencing performance issues in general. He needs to make the necessary recruitment.
  8. isomarcus
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    dodge dodge hack, dodge dodge slash, repeat until you get to a boss then it's dodge dodge dodge dodge hack slash dodge. really was expecting a bit more regarding gameplay. also the "open world" is pretty empty. boring.
  9. Nicschi
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    Schlechte Spielmechanik, veraltete Grafikengine, kaum Spielspass. Gefällt mir nicht
  10. Novais
    Mar 6, 2022
    4
    have a good way to fight.

    But you only fight. dont have any story. You cant see your dialogs. its so simple combos.
  11. Ingleberg
    Mar 10, 2022
    3
    completely unbalanced, awful camera and targeting that make all melee combat completely godawful, is there even a story? if there was more than one actual npc every 10,000 miles to get some lore i'd have a decent idea where to go. also my map is bugged so i can't see crap on it. wonderful. worst open world ever, please fix literally all of the above or it's a dumpster fire. controls arecompletely unbalanced, awful camera and targeting that make all melee combat completely godawful, is there even a story? if there was more than one actual npc every 10,000 miles to get some lore i'd have a decent idea where to go. also my map is bugged so i can't see crap on it. wonderful. worst open world ever, please fix literally all of the above or it's a dumpster fire. controls are very curious, hard to do more than one thing at a time because the button layout is nonsensical. the UI is never explained, yeah the first hour i was like hey this is cool but then quickly it all starts to fall apart. Oh god horse combat is insane too and not in a good way.… Expand
  12. Jamesdgreen79
    Apr 13, 2022
    3
    I have played every souls game from demon souls to bloodborne and sekiro, but I have never felt like any of the other games are as cheap as this one. This one pretends to be difficult but is just cheap. What I mean by that is that while previous games reward patients and learning, elden ring rewards getting lucky eventually. You just keep on trying until eventually the stars happen toI have played every souls game from demon souls to bloodborne and sekiro, but I have never felt like any of the other games are as cheap as this one. This one pretends to be difficult but is just cheap. What I mean by that is that while previous games reward patients and learning, elden ring rewards getting lucky eventually. You just keep on trying until eventually the stars happen to randomly align and you beat a boss. Very frustrating, even when you beat a boss, you can look at it and think that the only reason you won was luck. There is no satisfaction in that. I have given it a chance, I have pushed through 80 hours, hoping that it would be the amazing game I hoped it would be. Unfortunately, it is not.… Expand
  13. HeroicAge616
    Mar 29, 2022
    2
    Bad graphics, janky gameplay, no story, probably the most overrated game since Halo 2.
  14. farsx603
    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
  15. Juicedviper
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    This game is very poorly optimized and looks terrible. The game has lots of hitching and I feel I am playing on a ps3 or xbox 360.The gameplay is fun at times but enemies feel repetitive. You fight an enemy die comeback, kill it, feel good about killing it but then its rinse and repeat. The map is extremely boring and dull. There is no story. I mean you find tidbits here and there butThis game is very poorly optimized and looks terrible. The game has lots of hitching and I feel I am playing on a ps3 or xbox 360.The gameplay is fun at times but enemies feel repetitive. You fight an enemy die comeback, kill it, feel good about killing it but then its rinse and repeat. The map is extremely boring and dull. There is no story. I mean you find tidbits here and there but figuring it out and trying to be interested was impossible I feel like they are getting a free pass on putting out a bad game in general.… Expand
  16. Samer_shadid
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    There is no Arabic language despite their promises ........................
  17. SUJH-
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    لعبة سيئة الجرافكس ليس بتلك القوه والقى القصة سيئة جداً
  18. Eldenringbad
    Mar 7, 2022
    1
    The game is fun. However it is not. The game has way too many unfun parts. So many enemies just spam ranged attacks and it sucks. The crystal cave part with the centipede guys just spam the needles and can also attack at the same time. Also Raya Lucaria academy is lame. All the enemies will spam spells at you making it not fun after a while. Also it is not clear where to go and I ended upThe game is fun. However it is not. The game has way too many unfun parts. So many enemies just spam ranged attacks and it sucks. The crystal cave part with the centipede guys just spam the needles and can also attack at the same time. Also Raya Lucaria academy is lame. All the enemies will spam spells at you making it not fun after a while. Also it is not clear where to go and I ended up spending a long time to find and item instead of progress. No but really its a good game 10/10 except im not going to give it that score.… Expand
  19. Jay8686
    Mar 14, 2022
    1
    I don't get why this game is overrated , the graphics are at best average, storyline is non existent. The environment is like a fixed set of objects that don't interact with the character,
  20. Roat1990
    Mar 16, 2022
    1
    Does not have a clear quest line or perpus. It drop you in a open world and does not tel you anything or point you to your you should go.
  21. Sirnaef
    Mar 25, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a disappointment. Very bad game. The story is not good. The gameplay was not good. I was waiting a lot from the game but the game didn't give much>… Expand
  22. PhylG
    Mar 27, 2022
    0
    Terribly balanced, exploration is barely worth doing. worst from software game by far
  23. Ryuyasuaki78
    Mar 27, 2022
    0
    Utterly unplayable. Major headache due to floaty camera and horrible performance. Didn’t have any issues with previous fromsoftware games. Can’t refund due to ps digital.
  24. Nobody1234
    Apr 3, 2022
    3
    I do not understand why those who love the game love it so much. I played the game for 20 hours and heard 30 sentences in total, how is this a perfect game? Is it the game of the year to make a map and fill it with ridiculous bosses and creatures? I've played the game for 20 hours and I don't understand what's going on in the game, there is no such nonsense game.

    There are already a few    I do not understand why those who love the game love it so much. I played the game for 20 hours and heard 30 sentences in total, how is this a perfect game? Is it the game of the year to make a map and fill it with ridiculous bosses and creatures? I've played the game for 20 hours and I don't understand what's going on in the game, there is no such nonsense game.

    There are already a few dialogues in total, and they wrote them so strangely to create mystery. For example, I see someone in the game, I think he will talk about what the game is about. He makes two stupid sentences and says go on, I can't deal with you. When I went to that round table, for the first time I said, "Okay, now they'll tell you two things". They said two ridiculous things. Someone said let me know if you see that woman, a woman hugged me and then said f.. off now. The other one has a wheel on his head, he said, "Let me teach you something" and he was teaching magic. Someone stands and looks at me and doesn't speak at all. Something like two statues is holding on to a stick selling something, what kind of environment is that? Tell me this. Is not it?

    For example, I came across something like a big cauldron while I was traveling, it was stuck on the ground and I saved it by hitting it, so this is not a normal type, is it? You have to explain this, the talking cauldron, it has hands and arms, what is it, where did it come from? No. "I'm alexander I'm traveling" that's it???

    I entered one cave, there are wolves etc. Then I went through a fog and there's a creature I can't remember the exact name of, something like the monster man of azura. I killed him and got out in 5-6 tries. Eh? What's up now? What did I understand, he is a type that looks like he has mutated from wolves, what is he looking for here, who is he? They modeled it and threw it there, two moves, it's over. Is this the perfect game?

    In short, there is no story that draws me in. If there is a story with a boss, you are ambitious to learn the continuation of that story, you try to defeat it, right? What's the story in this game? What motivates you in this game? What makes you wonder to continue? Does the next boss shoot by spinning, or does he create a sword out of nothing and shoot to understand it? For example, I think that first boss appeared in a place like a bridge. Tarnished etc. he said. Who is this? What does it do? What's the deal with this? His face is like rabies, he hits with a big stick in one hand, hits with his tail, throws out an imaginary knife, hits with an imaginary sledgehammer, hits with an imaginary sword, but what is the place of this in that story? I watched a few videos and there are too many meaningless bosses. I don't think any of them are told about their story, because as I said, I played for 20 hours and I must have heard 30 sentences or something. The cat statue is the boss, the dragon is the boss, the big horse is the little boss, etc.

    Even the item names are meaningless. There was an item named something like "white pickled rabbit" :D

    I think the man who did it thought "let this boss have a tail, hmm this one has 30 hands, what should it be, sir? Let it shoot" and shook everything out of his head. Anyway, I guess people thought they would make up a story in their head. If there is a decent story, do I have to open it and look it up on the internet etc.? Tell me the story in the game. I would like to learn the story of the game in the game, not by asking uncle google, we are playing a game, after all, we are not doing thesis research, are we?

    The game world is full. Get out of there. If we don't see the game, we will eat it. Creatures wandering around aimlessly. Go around and kill. Is this the full world? There is no sign of a living world or the like.

    I played a total of 30 hours with other characters and I always played in the mind of "people have always loved this game, what do I not understand, I should love it too". But it's a very bad game. You're stuck on a hype. The game also got 96 points??? What does 96 points mean? It means everything has to be perfect. Performance issues alone should have prevented him from getting that score. No story, no enemy AI. If we look at the graph, it sucks too. If other games had these problems, the whole game world would curse that game. But if you ask about this game, the answer is always the same "Souls games don't look for these" :D Don't look at the animation, don't look at the graphics, don't look at the story presentation, don't look at the optimization, what the hell are we looking for? Come to a boss, die 50 times to that boss, go back that way, memorize the moves of that boss and finally when you kill him, "oovaaaauuuvvv, this is the game, what a defeat, this is the pleasure of difficulty, yiaaa". The game is just that.    … Expand
  25. Sbute1234
    Apr 6, 2022
    0
    This game is an absolute masterpiece ruined by TERRIBLE balancing. It’s a shame that mini bosses are 10 times more difficult than actual story line bosses. Even then they just one hit you. Great game design, bad player experience
  26. Mrshrooms
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Holy overhyped nonsense, this game is ps2 level nonsense. The game boasts difficulty off the back of poorly designed clunky terrible mechanics. You don't need to be mechanically gifted to be good at this, you just need to be foolish enough to waste your time memorising hit patterns. The story is trash. The graphics are slop. Horrendous to see how corrupt the gaming industry has becomeHoly overhyped nonsense, this game is ps2 level nonsense. The game boasts difficulty off the back of poorly designed clunky terrible mechanics. You don't need to be mechanically gifted to be good at this, you just need to be foolish enough to waste your time memorising hit patterns. The story is trash. The graphics are slop. Horrendous to see how corrupt the gaming industry has become locking out reviews of this trash.… Expand
  27. Florian13
    Mar 19, 2022
    1
    Roll and hit, or how the developers are calling it - Elden ring, will go down in history as one of the most overrated games of all time! We live in times when people are voting being manipulated by the majority, 0 credibility!
    If you are a dark souls fan you will definitely enjoy this game because it gives you an open world map with a lot of things to discover. If you are not a souls fan    Roll and hit, or how the developers are calling it - Elden ring, will go down in history as one of the most overrated games of all time! We live in times when people are voting being manipulated by the majority, 0 credibility!
    If you are a dark souls fan you will definitely enjoy this game because it gives you an open world map with a lot of things to discover. If you are not a souls fan and you are jumping into this game it's a 70% chance you might hate it, the gameplay has an pretty standard mechanic, roll and hit.
    The graphics are not next gen by far, a mediocre 4/10, as for the story where George RR Martin came as a savior for this genra, well it's like the last season from Games of thrones - epic fail.
    Wrap all these together and you get yourself a Dark souls 4 game with an open world, where everything is gloomy, dark and depressing, and there you go, you have Elden ring.Cheers to those Souls fan who keep this trash so highly rated Judge by the fan base people will vote this crap even if it's literally a    … Expand
  28. lazerdragon
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    I wish Fromsoft would learn from Ubisoft and Rockstar how to make fun and entertaining games, sadly Elden Ring is another example of how boring Fromsoft games really are. I was exploring 5 hours and i have never felt so empty inside while playing a video game. Souls combat is also awful, i guess some people like predictable combat, but i like chaotic combat. I don't want to learn some moveI wish Fromsoft would learn from Ubisoft and Rockstar how to make fun and entertaining games, sadly Elden Ring is another example of how boring Fromsoft games really are. I was exploring 5 hours and i have never felt so empty inside while playing a video game. Souls combat is also awful, i guess some people like predictable combat, but i like chaotic combat. I don't want to learn some move sets, so i could beat this random boss. Souls combat is like chess, you only have certain moves that you have to repeat over and over, that's the whole combat. Assassin's Creed and Witcher combat is way better, you have so much more freedom to choose how, where, when you attack, etc. Very disappointed in Elden Ring, i'm not saying they have to change anything, because clearly some people like this kind of gameplay, but i have feeling that it's more like minority. Strong doubt that most gamers would prefer Souls combat over Witcher combat.… Expand
  29. Rallen4520
    Apr 22, 2022
    0
    Open world not so open, clunky combat and controls. Go from point to point hoping not to have to maneuver around the god awful cliffs, only to find out the world isn’t so open. You can’t just go anywhere, there is roadblocks from area to area with the occasional workaround to get into the area. The targeting lock is horrid, boss fight will frustrate you as you have to continue to run,Open world not so open, clunky combat and controls. Go from point to point hoping not to have to maneuver around the god awful cliffs, only to find out the world isn’t so open. You can’t just go anywhere, there is roadblocks from area to area with the occasional workaround to get into the area. The targeting lock is horrid, boss fight will frustrate you as you have to continue to run, dodge or block, most of the time will be spent spinning around trying to get a lock on just to spin forward because you can see the boss but the targeting system is designed to turn you 180 degrees if you miss the lock.

    Can’t use your map while freely roaming if an enemy has seen you, it doesn’t matter where he is, you will be forced to wait it out to use the map. Torrent is a gimped horse who turns like an 18 wheeler, however the game has instances where you have to use torrent to navigate the horrendous cliff system. The game is the easiest of the dark souls, game mechanics severely hurt this game, “git gud” means memorizing the path over and over and dealing with game controls. The bosses are scripted and ignore anything you do. The environment is a visual and nothing more, bosses ignore it. The target lock system is random and will have you targeting behind the guy about to bash your face in. Two guys running at you and a third stays back out of range and the lock on will select him, if not him it will be a random deer. Anything but the guy directly in front of you. Mechanics kill the fun. There is no coop multiplayer, it’s a pvp invite, even when using a password. Goty? Nope…this belongs in the trash.

    Metacritic reviews are junk.    … Expand
  30. fnjd
    Apr 13, 2022
    1
    Let me just start off by saying this game is beautiful, but this game should stand as a testament as to why to never trust ratings. First off, this game is not truly progressive in the sense that you have no idea where to go and any places you do try to explore are filled with hard bosses btw this is literally right from the get go. Go play a real RPG like the Witcher 3 which has a greatLet me just start off by saying this game is beautiful, but this game should stand as a testament as to why to never trust ratings. First off, this game is not truly progressive in the sense that you have no idea where to go and any places you do try to explore are filled with hard bosses btw this is literally right from the get go. Go play a real RPG like the Witcher 3 which has a great story, open-world, combat, and **** GWENT.… Expand
  31. praizeee
    Apr 20, 2022
    0
    Thank god most people don't actually like this game. I was actually worried that, if this games starts to influence other open world games, then gaming will be dead, but thankfully that wont happen.
    Removing quest log/mission log is one of the worst things you can do to your game. If this game wins GOTY, it means absolutely nothing, because Last of Us 2 also won GOTY and nobody likes that    Thank god most people don't actually like this game. I was actually worried that, if this games starts to influence other open world games, then gaming will be dead, but thankfully that wont happen.
    Removing quest log/mission log is one of the worst things you can do to your game. If this game wins GOTY, it means absolutely nothing, because Last of Us 2 also won GOTY and nobody likes that game either. Elden Ring player count on Steam has fallen under 200 000 (120 000 as i'm writing this)-all that with ONLY three months. So it's very obvious that most people bought it, because of hype, tried it and just gave up. Overall it's worse than most open world games (Skyrim, GTA V, RDR2, AC Valhalla, AC 4, GTA 4, Days Gone and list just goes on).    … Expand
  32. gamersfan
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    The graphic is outdated, open world is not super enjoyable, and lack of frame rate.
  33. youngck
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    It's a good game. But it is Not masterpiece. Be honest, reviewers. I think 80points is enough for this game.
  34. Rhinogamer1
    Apr 5, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game ranks amongst one of the best games in the Soulsborne genre, but it STILL lacks what is takes to be a truly great game; or even a 'good' game really.

    The graphics are excellent, and the combat controls are relatively responsive, as they need to be in this genre of game. However, that being said, the game falls short on MANY fronts and demonstrates a lack of developer insight into what makes an exceptional game.

    While the combat controls are very responsive, the combat in the game often devolves into enemies crowding the player, with the player fighting the in-game camera as much as they are fighting the enemies. This lack of insight, amongst other things, detracts from what could otherwise be a great game.

    Competitor 'souls-like' games (e.g. Nioh) so a better job of pacing the combat properly, and offering players some room to actually see what is going on.

    Undoubtedly the weebs will shout their lack-of-brain-cells, lemming-like, mantra of 'git gud', but those shouts of mindless of brainless drivel should be directed at the developers, not the players in an effort to get the devs to put forth that 'git gud' effort into overcoming their own barriers, get rid of some of these mindless, idiotic, pacing and crowding issues that mar what could otherwise be a 10/10 game.

    Still, all that said, it is still a very 'good' game...and would still a solid 5/10. It really is a 'average' game; but that's just it...it's ok, not 'excellent' or 'exceptional'; it still finds itself leaning on the same tired old soulsborne tropes and cliches. The sole exception to this is that it finally brings magic back into being a viable build.

    5/10 would have been as high as it could possibly go with the problems that still exist; and that have existed since the days of the soulsborne infancy.

    Unfortunately the Radahn & Fire Giant fights docked additional points because they stand in the way of the player as a 'mandatory' event; and those fights are quite possibly the most terrible fight design I have seen in any modern game. Look to the players, and how many "cheese" strategies players come up with for those two fights alone....that's your barometer for how badly you have designed a fight.

    Many other boss fights are likewise a gimmick-driven mess, and not remotely 'fun'; which is the purpose of gaming is it not? That's not to say that ALL of the boss fights are bad; I would say a solid 30-40% of them are well-designed and good; however unfortunately for only 30-40% of 'good' content, the customer should only be charged about 30-40% of the MSRP cost of the game.

    There's also some Game Design 101 flaws, for example many times you have to "reload the game world" in order for changes to take effect (e.g. you turn in a quest, and a new pathway is intended to open up; however nothing will happen until you Fast Travel somewhere, forcing the game world to reload)....I mean, seriously, c'mon From Software, that is like High School level basic game design, you guys are supposed to be pros!

    All in all, it's decent, and you definitely get your money's worth from a "time-spent" perspective, the game is MASSIVE. So that's a positive. The problem is that From Software still fails to deliver a game that is 100% fun to play. It's about 40% fun, and 60% eye-rolling bad design and annoying. Definitely see some substantial improvements for player experience, but they still have a long way to go.

    Definitely not the 10/10 experience that the weebs and fangirls are crying out.

    I would have to say the biggest downfall is the continued "lack of respect" towards a player's playtime. My time is far too valuable to waste it doing the same things over and over again. If the dev's target audience is grade schoolers or people drawing welfare stipends, okay sure; but for honest working folk, we don't have time for repetitive garbage.

    Another issue is EXCEPTIONALLY POOR quest design & quality-assurance testing. There is no 'Quest Log' to track your objectives; and if that isn't cumbersome enough, most of the quests are flat-out broken, with 'triggers' not happening reliably, NPCs not appearing where they are supposed to be, etc.

    The "summons" aspect is a really cool addition, and I really enjoy that aspect of the game. However, I do not appreciate the inconsistency of when/where you are able to summon. There is no explanation to why you can summon in some areas, and why you can't in others; the inconsistency with that game mechanic is mind-boggling from a professional studio.

    Final Elden Ring verdict, 3/10.    … Expand
  35. Lionheart84
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    this is half bake game,so much bug,stutter and frame drop,its just dark souls 3 2.0,the mechanic also boss move set are ds 3,10/10 by stupid journalist.
  36. salahmassoud428
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    Elden ring has Frame rate issues, also stuttering all the time even when I'm standing still, and I can't connect the game to my wifi, I don't know why but it doesn't work at all, even after the update, it's just like Dark souls 3 with an open world simulator
  37. Shawnlart
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Seriously... Fromsoftware needs to optimize the game properly asap. FPS for PS5 is terrible...people do PS4 version in PS5 its,,,, FXXXXX non sense.... difficulty is not balanced either... I am not saying hard difficulty is bad.. its just hard core difficulty everywhere....
  38. crispscold
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Awful optimization And alot bugs really I don't know why The critic's and reviewers didn't mention it
  39. laurent22
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    Way overrated. It's the same dark fantasy stuff that we see everywhere these days, and that has become pretty stale by now. The open world is nothing exceptional either, it looks good, but there's no fresh ideas here.
  40. kion
    Mar 11, 2022
    0
    garbage enemy AI, too many enemies, no mission list, the open world is not open enough
  41. blahblah11
    Mar 3, 2022
    1
    i am very angry at the pvp. you can ONLY be invaded if you have a summoned helper (which i never do) and can only invade if the person has a helper. what is this? you have been ruining pvp with this rule since the travesty that was dark souls 3.

    the game itself is fine if you don't care about pvp at all.....but i did
  42. Rico707
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    A game suitable for the mentally ill Bad game Repeat all this and the game world is very empty
  43. Lostintime09
    Dec 11, 2022
    0
    This game is everything wrong with modern gaming. The fact that this game won GOTY when its story and characters are so non-existent that they could've been written on a napkin over a 30 minute lunch. The fact that half the content in the game is just copy-pasted or reskinned and recolored content. The fact that it doesn't even tap into the potential of next-gen consoles and is an outdatedThis game is everything wrong with modern gaming. The fact that this game won GOTY when its story and characters are so non-existent that they could've been written on a napkin over a 30 minute lunch. The fact that half the content in the game is just copy-pasted or reskinned and recolored content. The fact that it doesn't even tap into the potential of next-gen consoles and is an outdated mess from a technical point of view. Then people wonder why the modern state of gaming seems like a such a joke and why people are so obsessed with remakes and remasters of actual classics. Keep celebrating and paying for crap and that's all you're going to get.… Expand
  44. sadjhasdjasd
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    having to give it a low score because the game is getting bombarded with such high uncredible ratings,

    Yes the game must be so good for you if you have a lot of experience for souls games but from a new players perspective, this game is terrible, its confusing and plain boring.
  45. gtxbru
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    This game looks awful and outdated, even Digital Foundry confirmed this. It’s not a triple A. From Software is an outdated studio and don’t deserve our money.
  46. cdog12
    Mar 11, 2022
    1
    I played almost 200 hours in this game. I tried to be like every other fanboi but this game is f**** garbage. Hidetaka himself said in an interview that difficulty for the sake of difficulty is horrible game design. So, what gives? Obviously Mr. H never played his own game or he'd realize that after the first 2 areas the game scales up higher than any souls game I have ever played. It'sI played almost 200 hours in this game. I tried to be like every other fanboi but this game is f**** garbage. Hidetaka himself said in an interview that difficulty for the sake of difficulty is horrible game design. So, what gives? Obviously Mr. H never played his own game or he'd realize that after the first 2 areas the game scales up higher than any souls game I have ever played. It's ridiculous how every fight past liurnia is a constant slog and I must die repeatedly to learn fights or mobs. That's not good game design. Even Sekiro was not like this untill Genichiro. This is beyond pathetic. This is game Developers just being pricks IMO. No need to make a brutal AI that predicts your patterns. That's just being mean and not fun. I am tired of trash mobs slaughtering me despite being near lvl 100, and tired of dying 500 times to a boss because there are no clear patterns other than 1 or two moves to visually see beforehand. I don't get why people like this company, and game. They have not evolved anything other than the world, which I admit is gorgeous. The world they made is truly beautiful but the game you play in it is garbage.

    Difficulty for the sake of difficulty Hidetaka, head your own words next time. However, I won't be there and waste my money. I want to enjoy challenges not masochism.    … Expand
  47. Sixgate
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    Broken game. Somehow the game de-synced my files from the cloud and overwrote them with a file that was 41 hours prior to my most recent save and I basically had to start completely over. I dropped down 80 levels and lost literally hundreds of items and equipment. I will never touch a souls game again. Complete waste of time.
  48. Nissemand
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    This game is bad. People that like this game is the same people with a humiliation kink. Waste of 60$
  49. IoniQ
    Mar 17, 2022
    0
    EXTREMELY OVERHYPED GAME. Not sure what the appeal is, the game feels extremely dated, feels like a ps2 game at best, the combat is horrible and the grind is unreal. Story is starts and develops the exact same way as previous "soul" games.
    spend your time elsewhere, Horizon, and even Ghost of tsushima are way better games.
  50. EhRaD
    Mar 20, 2022
    0
    Namco Bandai USA support is disgusting, I spent 300 USD and never received my Collector's Ed. (in Canada). Namco keeps passing on responsibility to USPS and I can't even open a claim with USPS because I'm not the sender. I discovered a lot of customers with tbe same problem and Namco is very efficient to cover the problem. While Namco literally got my money and run, I'll keep the zero score.
  51. tstc79tt
    May 10, 2022
    0
    No ENGLISH Version for many countries in ASIA in SONY Store !! Are you mad!!! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH BANDAI AND SONY
    eg. Singapore have english no chinese WTF
    Thailand no english
    HK no english

    by the way OVERALL is good just UI is so dumb could be better

    After playing on PC
  52. psylife
    Jun 10, 2022
    0
    I have to thank From software for making this game and making everybody realize and admit that this series has always been extremely overhyped. It took you guys 10 years, but you finally got there.

    Beating bosses is just a matter of memorizing patterns, while dodging endlessly. That's always been the case. There is no interesting tactics to beating a boss, it's highly repetitive,    I have to thank From software for making this game and making everybody realize and admit that this series has always been extremely overhyped. It took you guys 10 years, but you finally got there.

    Beating bosses is just a matter of memorizing patterns, while dodging endlessly. That's always been the case. There is no interesting tactics to beating a boss, it's highly repetitive, boring, and frustrating.

    Story telling is non-existent. And yes, it's always been the case with this series. It's called cutting costs.

    Performance and graphics are garbage, despite the strong and inspired art direction. That's also always been true with this series.

    RPG aspect is actually shallow, again, that's also always been true.

    Open-world is just there to reveal to many of you what this game series has always been : Cheap, mediocre, served through inspired lore and visuals.    … Expand
  53. 80sChild
    Jan 1, 2023
    0
    How this won Game Of The Year, I'll never understand. I can't write a spoiler review because, as far as I can tell there is no story to spoil. Played nearly 20 hrs thus far and nothing makes sense. You just run around and fight random overpowered enemies. You can't level up until you randomly get to a certain campfire and some girl spouts some nonsense dialogue and then you... wander outHow this won Game Of The Year, I'll never understand. I can't write a spoiler review because, as far as I can tell there is no story to spoil. Played nearly 20 hrs thus far and nothing makes sense. You just run around and fight random overpowered enemies. You can't level up until you randomly get to a certain campfire and some girl spouts some nonsense dialogue and then you... wander out to kill more enemies. Wolves appear out of a whirlwind for... reasons. ???

    You'd be hard pressed to notice a difference between Dark Souls and Elden Ring apart from a bland, empty open world; the combat is exactly the same. Same animations, same lock on system, same "health vials", same grind grind grind from 2011. Apart from some decent visuals and an open world, there's nothing substantial here. You still can't engage multiple enemies, you just have to shuffle around, hitting them one at a time. 2011 gameplay. Fun.

    Combat is still painfully slow and cumbersome. Even over-leveling by 20 levels, you can still be staggered by the same low level enemies, in the same amount of strikes. It doesn't make sense. Even in Dark Souls 1-3 and Demon Souls there was a feeling of progression as you went. Not here. I'm sure its something to make the game even more artificially difficult.

    Bosses are OP (that first one on horseback is hilariously difficult) and apparently don't have stamina to deplete. There are no mechanics to speak of and there's really no point to melee "skills", blocking or tactics as all boss fights degrade to fighting them over and over until their patterns are muscle memory. Its beyond tedious. Apparently this is what younger gamers call "fun". I don't get it.

    You can either look up a YouTube tutorial on how to properly level up or just wander aimlessly and hope you eventually find the characters that can give you an edge. There's nothing in the game to even hint at where they might be or what you should do next. Just wander aimlessly and grind, one measly skill point at a time.

    I don't get the love for FromSoft games. Sekiro and Elden ring are awful, slow, boring games with no story or direction. I finished Dark Souls and Demon Souls, enjoyed them. This modern FromSoft is horrible, they're just milking a decade old broken engine and formula.

    If you like "hard" (ie old, broken/lopsided) games or just really enjoy 2011 Dark Souls combat: this is your game.

    If you like innovative, modern and polished games with tight fast paced combat and a story to drive the experience: This game is not for you. I gave Sekiro a chance, I tried Elden ring against my better judgement. I'm done with modern FromSoft. These are AWFUL games. I want my money back. I'd rate negative if I could.    … Expand
  54. Gauvoden
    Mar 17, 2022
    3
    I’ve never been a fan of the Souls games and everyone was ranting about how accessible this game is compared to the others so I gave it a shot. Well nope. Same Souls bullsh*t with cheap deaths, overpowered bosses, and clunky feeling controls. I value my precious gaming time too much to waste it smashing my face up against brick wall after brick wall.
  55. MaicoulDjequiso
    Mar 5, 2022
    3
    People are praising a game that does not do anything diferent than Dark Souls 1 - 3. I mean if you like Dark Souls you may like this game. I played every game from fromsoftware except Demons Souls and at the time I liked each and everyone of them. Apart from Sekiro, wich is the best gameplay that I ever experienced, the Dark Souls mechanics feels really dated nowadays and make no mistake:People are praising a game that does not do anything diferent than Dark Souls 1 - 3. I mean if you like Dark Souls you may like this game. I played every game from fromsoftware except Demons Souls and at the time I liked each and everyone of them. Apart from Sekiro, wich is the best gameplay that I ever experienced, the Dark Souls mechanics feels really dated nowadays and make no mistake: Elden Ring is essencially Dark Souls in a open world. This is basicaly Dark Souls 4. IF YOU LIKE DARK SOULS AND IS NOT FATIGUIED like me, YOU SHOULD BUY IT. But if you thought that after titles like Sekiro and Bloodbourne, Fromsoftware was ready to bring yet another exciting game with diferent mechanics and more over the top Boss fights, this isn't the game for you. This should have been a 5, but performance is really poor so a 3 should suffice.… Expand
  56. Kukhtia
    Mar 12, 2022
    3
    You will love this game if you are a huge fan of the From Software games (FS further on). Like, real fan. That’s it. And if you are a fan, you don’t care about reviews.

    Otherwise you most probably will hate it, especially if you buy it because of all the hype around it or if the only game you played from FS was Dark Souls Remastered. Forget it, DS Remastered is a masterpiece in comparison    You will love this game if you are a huge fan of the From Software games (FS further on). Like, real fan. That’s it. And if you are a fan, you don’t care about reviews.

    Otherwise you most probably will hate it, especially if you buy it because of all the hype around it or if the only game you played from FS was Dark Souls Remastered. Forget it, DS Remastered is a masterpiece in comparison with Elder Ring.

    You will hate it for no clear in game story (well that’s usual for FS), underwhelming complexity with no reward, very average graphics (well it not bad for FS games, but not in comparison with other) and open world which actually doesn’t make any sense in that game. As world’s lore is maniacally “foggy”, twisted and complicated and world itself provides you with veeeery few tips and hints about what happening, there is no desire or fun to investigate it at all. It mostly consists of empty areas and deadly mobs which you will grind day by day to make a next level up, so you can do same in next area. Also, most importantly, game is lagging on PS5 even in performance mode! Graphics mode is unplayable at all, as fps drops to a slide show, maybe that will be tuned a little by patches, but for the game where half second delay is critical this is totally unacceptable. Not recommend for a regular player who used to have good story/complexity/graphics/price balance.    … Expand
  57. ACme01
    Mar 9, 2022
    1
    Let's start by saying that I played, replayed, and loved the DS games. Let's also preface this with me admitting that I saw the reviews for the game before playing it and that may have affected my expectations.

    Anyway, I wonder if most of the critics played this on console. I played it on PC and it's very far from the near-perfect experience most of them promised. The controls alone    Let's start by saying that I played, replayed, and loved the DS games. Let's also preface this with me admitting that I saw the reviews for the game before playing it and that may have affected my expectations.

    Anyway, I wonder if most of the critics played this on console. I played it on PC and it's very far from the near-perfect experience most of them promised.

    The controls alone are some of the clunkiest I've seen. G for map, E + an arrow key (and if you're on a 60% keeb, this is really annoying), etc.

    There's also the way it almost seems designed to make things difficult for you unnecessarily if you're on a KB+M. Yes, I know the usual advice: play it with a controller instead, and so on.

    But if you release something for PC, you should plan for KB+M. You shouldn't expect your players to have to invest in a controller for a single game that has already cost them $60.

    It's clear that even after all the critique levelled at them for doing the same thing in DS games, FromSoft still hasn't learned a thing about porting to PC or KB+M play. You'd be astonished how flawless your own gameplay can be only to be interrupted repeatedly by a camera seizing control or the auto-targeting locking onto a mosquito when you're trying to deliver a final blow to a boss.

    That's my main gripe, but it's not the only one. There's also the frame-skipping and input lag. I haven't died to any bosses yet, but I'm guessing it's only a matter of time before that instability hits me at a critical moment. And I'm on a 5950x with a 3090.

    Yes, I've heard the argument to just treat this as another hurdle or another level of difficulty to make the game more interesting, by the way. But while I don't mind intentional difficulty, I mind sloppy sources of annoyance. I don't play games to be irritated by someone else's oversights or laziness.

    Finally, I'm a little let down by parts of the game, I think. I like some things - some things genuinely seem new and add interesting mechanics to the gameplay FromSoft offers. But too many things seem to still be stuck in the DS world. I've seen bosses like these before. I've seen enemies like these before.

    Maybe the promise of something new and revolutionary got me expecting too much. But this was neither new nor revolutionary. I'm almost done playing through it, and I'm thinking I won't replay it... which isn't how I want to feel after playing an open-world game.    … Expand
  58. stu0508
    Mar 23, 2022
    0
    I hate this game. Anything that takes progress away from you when you die is not my kind of game, add to that i find my friends grinding to bump up their runes so they don't lose them all and can make the next level. It's just tedious for me. Ruthless for the sake of it. I didn't even notice the prologue at the start, it's just ridculous. Guides i have read online say it is a good idea toI hate this game. Anything that takes progress away from you when you die is not my kind of game, add to that i find my friends grinding to bump up their runes so they don't lose them all and can make the next level. It's just tedious for me. Ruthless for the sake of it. I didn't even notice the prologue at the start, it's just ridculous. Guides i have read online say it is a good idea to have a pen and paper to remember stuff? F right off! That's not a game, that's a job! Playing Horizon Forbideen West i can turn on how much the game helps me, how hard the enemies are, how tanky i am and that is brilliant, i can make it stupidly hard or not. I don't want some other nerds idea of a good game whether i like it or not, i want fun. This is a grindy death grind of bleak boring old gamey ness. People who like these games weird me the f out! And for the record i beawt Margit in the first day of playing it, i just hated every minute of it and sold it after that. It's not fun.… Expand
  59. Ollyoxenfree
    Apr 11, 2022
    4
    Honestly tried to like the game because I did like the atmosphere and general world. But it soon became more frustrating than enjoyable. The game is grindy, repeats bosses, glitches out in frame rate during boss encounters (looking at you tree sentinel), and there is such a lack of any story which is funny because they attached George R Martin to this. Did he not bother to finish thisHonestly tried to like the game because I did like the atmosphere and general world. But it soon became more frustrating than enjoyable. The game is grindy, repeats bosses, glitches out in frame rate during boss encounters (looking at you tree sentinel), and there is such a lack of any story which is funny because they attached George R Martin to this. Did he not bother to finish this story either ? Like what really happened here? This game is FAR from a 10/10. This souls game is hard just for the sack of being hard with little to no reward. Such trash and will NEVER give into hype again.… Expand
  60. RAGEGAMERINO
    Apr 12, 2022
    3
    i seriously just made an account so i can rant over this crap game. i‘m sorry i have to give it such a bad rating but i feel from my heart that somebody needs to lower it’s score. don’t get me wrong, i played demons, ds 3, sekiro etc. but man do i hate this game and everything it stands for. spare your fn time - don’t buy it. so here starts my rant:

    i played like 140hrs and this game is    i seriously just made an account so i can rant over this crap game. i‘m sorry i have to give it such a bad rating but i feel from my heart that somebody needs to lower it’s score. don’t get me wrong, i played demons, ds 3, sekiro etc. but man do i hate this game and everything it stands for. spare your fn time - don’t buy it. so here starts my rant:

    i played like 140hrs and this game is just not coming to an end. like in a bad way. it’s tedious. after all that time i‘m doing all the same crap like at the start, there is literally NO development in any case. it’s just fighting over and over and over and over and over and over again. which could be OK, but the highly appraised combat system is like the same sh*t like EVER. with all it’s flaws like 15 years ago. camera? super crap. hitboxes? super crap. movement? super irresponsive crap. what, theres a crappy endboss which is totally unfair cause he just spams 5 super range attacks in a row that one hit kills you over 50m? we‘ll just copy that boss later on and DOUBLE him. wow. what exceptional GAME DESIGN. now i know some virgins are gonna come up with git gut: why should i waste my fn time memorizing a tedious unfair boss by battling it 20 times? it’s just a waste of time. and the thing with difficulty is: i don’t mind difficult games. i played through returnal with six deaths, which is pretty ok i think. some say it’s the over all harder game. but you know what? it’s responsive. every button you press is immediately carried out on screen. returnal is a fn gaming heaven with hard but fair combat and the smoothest controls ever made. elden ring on the other hand is just so sluggish and lame and slow and sloppy and SO. FN. UNPRECISE. every hit i take, i‘ve 100% foreseen and pressed the damn block or roll button but the game is just so slow and badly designed… i have no words. i swear to god if my character ONCE more stumbles around like an idiot after a hit and not lifting up his shield like i tell him to, i‘ll fn break the controller in half. ITS JUST BAD GAME DESIGN. ok if the combat is bad and irresponsive, maybe roaming and exploring is cool. just two words: open world. just ride or walk 5000km to see… whatever copied ruin or magic tower or dungeon. it’s just typical open world BS. you could compress it into a nice 80hrs and it would be okish but that… which brings me to my next two points:

    the music fn sucks. it’s like 5 tracks made of annoyingly undesdinctive ambient crap music which KILLS your ears already in limgrave after a good 10 hrs. it’s so annoying i turned the music off. for the first time in my 25yrs gaming history. the atmosphere could be a plus. but whats that? everything ruined. dark. broken, bla bla bla. it’s the same fn stuff youve heard like 10 times in a row with every from soft game. i cant stand it anymore. but worse: the storytelling is STILL AS SH*TTY AS IT HAS EVER BEEN. don’t get me wrong, you don’t have to explain everything for a good story, i‘m in the filmbizz, i know that. but that crap is just so random undefined snot, i have no fn clue who i am, the people around me, the world and places and especially what i am doing. all atmosphere gets so compromised by this non-storytelling, i could not care less about ANYTHING in this game. who am i fighting right now? why? where am i? why has he a lion on his back or breaks the reality?.. plus: you have such unsatisfying choices all over this game it makes me angry. why give me the choice to change ANYTHING, when i have NO FKN clue for whom, why and what for i make the choices. spoiler free example: i could tell you you have to make a life changing decision RIGHT NOW by saying either PIDGEON or YELLOW. you have to choose. so you choose just out of random with no fn clue why and what for. thats how EVERY decision in this game feels. you just give up to care. it’s just REALLY BAD GAME DESIGN. in the end it’s just a repetitive, unresponsive, unfair, tedious, badly designed game with bad music and even worse storytelling. i‘m so done with it. it’s so boring me out i cant even comprehend. maybe it’s fun a few hours but after all this time i couldnt care less about anything that happens randomly and screams in my face: I‘M SO BADASS WITH MY BADLY DESIGNED COMBAT AND BOSSES WHICH YOU HAVE TO STUDY 50 TIMES WHILE DYING WITHOUT YOUR FAULT BECAUSE I SPAM A RANGE ATTACK WHICH YOU’D HAVE PROBABLY AVOIDED IF I DID ANYTHING YOU PRESSED IN TIME. if you want a soulslike play ds3. its shorter, more tense and pretty much the same crap, but less crappier. OR play returnal: the epidome of good game design, responsive controls, hard but fair combat and great music and superb (still cryptic) storytelling. where returnal is a bright shining star on the night sky, elden ring is an old sh*tstain on the side of a portable potty on the most disgusting construction site of the third world. 3/10 bussi baba    … Expand
  61. DweezilMoon
    Apr 12, 2022
    2
    my main complaint is that it is so dead, lifeless and somewhat dinjuncted. It is beautifull, and the map has tons of lovely crafted areas, but there is no interaction between the different areas at all. The enemies are incredibly stupid, starting with their ultra short sight , lack of peripheral awareness to the way they uterly ignore the world around them (ignoring corpses they aremy main complaint is that it is so dead, lifeless and somewhat dinjuncted. It is beautifull, and the map has tons of lovely crafted areas, but there is no interaction between the different areas at all. The enemies are incredibly stupid, starting with their ultra short sight , lack of peripheral awareness to the way they uterly ignore the world around them (ignoring corpses they are basically trodding on, suddenly missing companions, ... etc) just to return to the same short patterns. For all that matters you are fighting braindead zombies, and you do that with 2 buttons, a roll and a jump (how innovative!). I just found it pretty boring to be honest. All in all it felt like a very basic single player (don't get me started on the "multiplayer" part ... there is more littering in ER than in Cyberpunk 2077's street) action MMORPG.

    The "story" completely failed to grip me too, so that didn't help

    I reinstalled "Dark Messiah" (2004!) after playing Elden Ring, and whilst it doesn't have the vast spawning map, and it obviously looks dated (uses the Source Engine too btw;), the way the enemies notice what goes on around them, move far from their predefined patterns, run back to get reinforcement when they are wounded and even use the environment to their advantage was refreshing compared to Elden Ring. Same with the combat mechanics (which includes stuff like climbing beside jumping... can you imagine?!), and the story, whilst not Oscar worthy (you can't slap, but you can kick, so still not bad), is presented in an entertaining manner.

    I also bought a game on sale a few days ago called "Tainted Grail : Conquest". There is no real time combat, as it is basically a rogue like-TC:G (think "Slay The Spire", but with some shiny 3D graphics and really weird and gross monsters. I highly recommend it if you're looking for another kind of RPG), but the atmosphere is very similar to that of Elden Ring (it also happens in an afterlife of sort and has the same "you're supposed to die often!" approach), and even THAT world feels more lived in than ER's. The story is told well, the characters you meet in the different areas even interact with each other through you, and there is some persistence when you kill mobs ... something I also very much missed from Elden Ring.

    so ... . Elden Ring is "okay'ish" ... but definitely not worthy of any real praise in 2022.    … Expand
  62. Mouxpez
    Apr 24, 2022
    3
    Although it is beautiful and the design is great, enemies are so dumb and robotic it feels like you're playing a vintage game that's had a very expensive face lift. You can sneak up on enemies that are directly looking at you and avoid almost any foe with ease. And I'm not playing on easy mode. Forget about range weapons, these seem to be an after thought. Menus and leveling system areAlthough it is beautiful and the design is great, enemies are so dumb and robotic it feels like you're playing a vintage game that's had a very expensive face lift. You can sneak up on enemies that are directly looking at you and avoid almost any foe with ease. And I'm not playing on easy mode. Forget about range weapons, these seem to be an after thought. Menus and leveling system are pretty poor too. Still can't make sense of how to map certain items to shortcuts. Not what I'd expect for a premium title.… Expand
  63. station1984
    Apr 27, 2022
    0
    PS4 or PS5 Versions:

    If you are an expat living in Asia or have the desire to play the game in English, tough luck because you will get the game in Chinese whether you like it or not. Sony will not issue a refund. Neither Sony nor Bandai is willing to announce that an English language pack is coming for English speakers living in Asia. The entire menu is in Chinese.
  64. Kdot1
    Apr 30, 2022
    4
    This game really forces you to play co-op
    OP enemies Ashes of war bs Boring story Go kill 1,2,3.. boss
    Absolute mess It's flooded with stupid mechanics it forces you to use
    And the compat is is just not fun
    I was waiting for this game cause I adored bloodborne But what a waste of hours playing waiting for for the game to grasp me
  65. ChasingFalcon
    May 9, 2022
    4
    They should've stopped after Limgrave and than my oppinion wouldn't be so negative.
    Bad grafic for 2022, way to repetitive, way to much enemy recycling, bad balancing.
  66. Mihai2103
    May 10, 2022
    4
    I can not say that this game is the best ,game of the year .For me it's just repetitive,long,with very poor graphics and often annoying.The most you struggle to do level up ,to run after a weapon that you upgrade to be able to pass a boss otherwise you have no chance,can not select difficulty.Sometimes during some fights you can not press the buttons if you do not confirm something youI can not say that this game is the best ,game of the year .For me it's just repetitive,long,with very poor graphics and often annoying.The most you struggle to do level up ,to run after a weapon that you upgrade to be able to pass a boss otherwise you have no chance,can not select difficulty.Sometimes during some fights you can not press the buttons if you do not confirm something you have previously found, for example a weapon. The graphics are pitiful for a super "AAA"game,Demon Souls has 10 times better graphics.Those repetitive bosses, a long world, big but useless. I do not recommend, I recommend only Demon Souls to those who ask me. The last game from Software,I've played Bloodborne before. I will not repeat the mistake buying another game from Software.… Expand
  67. Smisswiss
    May 10, 2022
    2
    Tying coop with pvp is one of the most brain dead decisions to an otherwise excellent game. Some continuously argue that "it's part of the experience" or "just get good", it goes against the very fabric of the core gameplay which is play your way or play your build. PvE has always allowed for greater freedom in viable builds, while some builds are less efficient and others more, it doesn'tTying coop with pvp is one of the most brain dead decisions to an otherwise excellent game. Some continuously argue that "it's part of the experience" or "just get good", it goes against the very fabric of the core gameplay which is play your way or play your build. PvE has always allowed for greater freedom in viable builds, while some builds are less efficient and others more, it doesn't truly matter as practicially any build will work throughout the entire game. PvP on the other hand is by nature an exercise in group intelligence. in PvP people quickly filter down to what works best and what works quickest. What this translates to, is a jarring difference in how the game plays out when youre PvPing or PvEing.

    So that comes back to my original complaint, that a forced invasion when you're playing with friends, turns a rather chill or relaxed exploration game, into yet another PvP meta game. If you don't run the cheese builds, or know of every explotative environmental advantage, then tough luck, you'll have to start all over again.    … Expand
  68. onil
    Jun 16, 2022
    0
    The open world is amazing, there is so much detail to this game. But I can’t really call Elden Ring a game, because games are fun. Elden Ring is not fun. Its very simple why it is terrible.
    Elden Ring punishes you in more ways than just charging you $70, by giving you re-used Bosses, lots of dead ends, terrible game logic, zero fun, and a broken controller. Its mainly the terrible boss    The open world is amazing, there is so much detail to this game. But I can’t really call Elden Ring a game, because games are fun. Elden Ring is not fun. Its very simple why it is terrible.
    Elden Ring punishes you in more ways than just charging you $70, by giving you re-used Bosses, lots of dead ends, terrible game logic, zero fun, and a broken controller. Its mainly the terrible boss design, I get killed at full health in two hits while taking 30 minutes to recover from the last attack! And to just arrive at the boss fight, you have to deal with a plethora of nuisances that deal unreasonable amounts of damage. And by late game, you can only really level up your character and weapons by killing the bosses that kill you in less that 10 seconds. What really aggravated me and lots of other Elden Ring players was the Godskin Duo, the most annoying boss in the entire game. They are near impossible to fight without dying immediately. I know Elden Ring has one of the largest and most detailed maps, good graphics, and is a great challenge, but it all comes down to how much fun and joy you can have. There is no fun and joy in this. Zero. It is mentally draining to play. You should only buy Elden Ring if you an absurd amount of time on your hands and if you hate yourself.    … Expand
  69. Arafel-Kralizec
    Jun 6, 2022
    2
    Boring, repetitive and PS3 graphics.... You never know where is the F**ing quest, and you're all the time disturbed by other players, or their sh*ty messages ....
  70. Eyo82882
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Combat is ass, could have it better if it wasn't such a boring gameplay roll, jump attack and roll again… Expand
  71. akerior
    Nov 18, 2022
    0
    Its disappointed and very very overrated game. Gow RAGNAROK is absolutely better.
  72. Tifa123
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    This is one one the worst game i ever played in my life
    The graphic in the game looks ****
  73. Popoo
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    This game is disappoint me really bad
    The graphics in the game is awful and the story
  74. Dantemax29
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    There are a lot of bugs, glitches, but the worst thing is the FPS drop. At the same time, the quality of the graphics is a pit from 2010...
  75. excellins
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    One of the most overhyped and terrible game this generation. A complete copy and paste of Dark Souls. No innovation. Poor graphics, yet reviewers lie and are biased because its a from aoftware game.
  76. WayTooBad
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This game has so many shills that are so quick to dismiss any legitimate concerns or problems, it's hilarious. The game looks like dark souls 3, runs like turd. 3090 at 2k resolution drops frames left and right. No DLSS. It's probably not a zero but to offset those shills I'm giving this title a zero.
  77. Markytos
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    He jugado y he dedicado bastantes horas lo que he podido comprobar es que el juego mas sobrevalorado del mercado, tiempo perdido odioso para farmear, apartado técnico muy pobre, soso como el solo, se libra un poco por el tema jefes y el apartado artístico es bonito sin ser tampoco algo excepcional... Una decepción
  78. Eliotsan
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Elden Ring is the stupidest (not the worst) game i have played for a long time. It requires You to memorize a sequence of actions and button pushes to win. It does not require any agility, talent or brain. Just memory, You can take this game on blindfolded after You memorize the sequence. Each and every opponent can be defeated that way. And of course there are no "two options", there isElden Ring is the stupidest (not the worst) game i have played for a long time. It requires You to memorize a sequence of actions and button pushes to win. It does not require any agility, talent or brain. Just memory, You can take this game on blindfolded after You memorize the sequence. Each and every opponent can be defeated that way. And of course there are no "two options", there is only one option, and one way to defeat an opponent. If You do a mistake You either die, or are severly wounded and will die upon next mistake. It's like a driving license test of a game … Expand
  79. Maromba
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Desapontado com coop limitado desse game, chega parecer brincadeira os cara cria um mundo gigante pra vc anda sozinho,SOZINHO, os game são mt melhor com os parça po!… Expand
  80. Axelx12
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    All this is is a generic demon souls game grapghics are bad games glitchy and ugly
  81. darksoulr34
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    I am not a big open world fan but this is one of the best games(not just open world) I have ever played with insanely fun boss and gameplay
  82. Heisenberg421
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I would love to play it but almost 20 hours in, the stuttering and texture pop in isn't acceptable at all. I hope it's fixed soon
  83. MareMagnum
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Open world of dark souls 3 with horrible perfomance. A great step back since sekiro
  84. accursedblade
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This game has some of the most uninteresting and nerdy stuff I’ve ever seen. Why am I fighting a giant crab with zero explanation? I don’t understand how people feel inclined to progress the game if the story sucks. A game can’t have a bad story in 2022 and be called a “masterpiece”. Such a waste of potential. Plus the graphics look mid compared to Horizon Forbidden West. And theThis game has some of the most uninteresting and nerdy stuff I’ve ever seen. Why am I fighting a giant crab with zero explanation? I don’t understand how people feel inclined to progress the game if the story sucks. A game can’t have a bad story in 2022 and be called a “masterpiece”. Such a waste of potential. Plus the graphics look mid compared to Horizon Forbidden West. And the environments are so dull and bland.… Expand
  85. Jagged_Specter
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I'll be honest. Just gonna drop this bomb here cause of all the lies these "gaming" journalists put out here. This game is not a freaking masterpiece or a perfect 10/10. That's a fact!
  86. Aloush509
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    ‏ does not respect Arab players, it stated that the game will support Arabic, Now the game does not support the Arabic language
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  87. Guts331
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Because we were lied to, From Software does not respect Arab players, it stated that the game will support Arabic, and now it has been verified, the game does not support the Arabic language
  88. Lilmaze
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Not worth the time nor the money unless you're a die hard fan of the souls series. No story/dialogue/engagement. Map is comically wayy too big and tedius. Just navigating around is one exhausting drag. And as big as the map is MASSVIE portions just feel completely empty & dead... Combat is still outdated and in desperate need of a freshen up/update (it's 2022 for God's sake)! Honestly thisNot worth the time nor the money unless you're a die hard fan of the souls series. No story/dialogue/engagement. Map is comically wayy too big and tedius. Just navigating around is one exhausting drag. And as big as the map is MASSVIE portions just feel completely empty & dead... Combat is still outdated and in desperate need of a freshen up/update (it's 2022 for God's sake)! Honestly this game feels and moves like a Xbox 360/PS3 game... just without the fun.… Expand
  89. Jorge8
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    From software has been making the same game for the past 10 years. Elden ring is just the new installment on a series of overrated copy and pasted collection of files that their fans have the nerve to “call best game ever made”. Clunky and choppy animations, old art assets, repurpose hero and enemy moves. unpolished lighting. Same old enemy archetypes on new skins. Zero to none AAAFrom software has been making the same game for the past 10 years. Elden ring is just the new installment on a series of overrated copy and pasted collection of files that their fans have the nerve to “call best game ever made”. Clunky and choppy animations, old art assets, repurpose hero and enemy moves. unpolished lighting. Same old enemy archetypes on new skins. Zero to none AAA cinematic sequences, unacceptable facial animation. Rubbish storytelling. Outdated AI, bad audio filtering and occlusion. Shading and material errors. performance issues across all platforms; These are issues that haven’t evolved at all on their past souls games. In essences, the souls series are a one of a kind type of experience that I have enjoyed in the pass. But its 2022 and with games as polish as Red Dead redemption, Last of Us 2, god of war, death stranding and more coming. Its just pretty unfortunate to see gaming news outlets jumping on this 10s crazy thing as if the game is a perfect masterpiece. Fear of backlash maybe? Who knows. Hope this “toxic” quick overview of this new old boring game open some eyes out there. As gamers we should demand better. Don’t change the core of the franchise. But please From Software step up your game in all department. Renew that engine. Get some good animators. Write a coherent story. Make those hero combat animations feel more real. Realistic blood splatters. Dynamic enemy decapitations. Proper cloth and physics simulation. The list of things to bring to your game is honestly a mile long. Or well, like your fans would say. Just Gid gut.… Expand
  90. 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.
  91. Turki441
    Mar 1, 2022
    4
    Bad **** bad **** bad **** baf **** baf shot boring losting bad **** bad bad
  92. miaxsnow
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    Its not great just that I'm not having fun playing a game that in reality is a reskin of DS3 and its sad but its the truth, it got overhyped just like Cyberpunk 2077, its not bad like CP2077 but its bad at the point that this reskin of DS3... i cant stress that enough... i tell you THIS is just a Reskin with a open world doesn't feel like DS3 at all i switched from DS3 and Elden Ring farIts not great just that I'm not having fun playing a game that in reality is a reskin of DS3 and its sad but its the truth, it got overhyped just like Cyberpunk 2077, its not bad like CP2077 but its bad at the point that this reskin of DS3... i cant stress that enough... i tell you THIS is just a Reskin with a open world doesn't feel like DS3 at all i switched from DS3 and Elden Ring far to many times and i just can't play Elden Ring when DS3 is just the same and stable, but i tell you this, the open world looks nice i guess but not the next level open world game it was expect from Critics… Expand
  93. Foxtnv
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    frame drops and game freezes when we play online, the difficulty is exaggeratedly ridiculous, it makes no sense, it looks like a Dark Souls 4, the graphics look like a game from 2018.
  94. satoro
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    from software does not respect Arab players, it stated that the game will support Arabic, Now the game does not support the Arabic language
  95. Kaptann
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Don't fall for metacritic score, a lot of reviewers gave it 10's but failed to wrote in their fake reviews how buggy & broken Elden Ring is, seeing a lot of pc/console gamers complaining bout crashes, corrupt saves, frame rate issue etc, would u give it a 10 with those issues?
  96. Mubarak1992
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    And our enemy is in Arabic, and they did not add it, and the ads were only translated
  97. InfernoRew
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    Immaginavo che il non fosse il classico coop ma hanno voluto far passare una sorta di rivoluzione per un semplice copia/incolla degli altri souls, eliminato istant. Pessimo
  98. NORMOLLL
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    el juego esta muy dañado y no logra mis expectativas, es igual que un souls normal solo que mundo abierto ahora
    Misma jugabilidad, graficas aceptables, etc...
    Que decepción
  99. The7thRequiem
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    This is my first ever souls game I have ever had the will to play. I played DS, DS2, and DS3 for like an hour and stopped because I just felt like those games weren't made for me. Years later this gem drops and I have to be honest, I haven't been hooked on a game like this since Monster Hunter: World. This game is phenomenal, scary, beautiful, stressing, breathtaking, but mostThis is my first ever souls game I have ever had the will to play. I played DS, DS2, and DS3 for like an hour and stopped because I just felt like those games weren't made for me. Years later this gem drops and I have to be honest, I haven't been hooked on a game like this since Monster Hunter: World. This game is phenomenal, scary, beautiful, stressing, breathtaking, but most importantly.... FUN, which is something not a lot of games have nowadays. The world is expansive and so incredibly detailed. The weapons and armor look sick and the combat is really good, it kinda makes you want to master it since that is what the game is all about, fighting giant bosses. The target lock on camera can get a bit annoying if there are multiple enemies in an area but that's mostly a me type of thing. I have been playing for 55 hours so far and it feels like I haven't even scratched the surface of this game and I really don't want it to end. I really enjoy this game and I feel like this is perfect for newcomers like myself to jump in and lose yourself in the vast world of Elden Ring. It may look a little intimidating at first, but that is part of the challenge. That's what makes this game FUN, the challenge. That momentous feeling after killing Margit or Godrick or even the tree sentinel really gives you an indescribable sense of accomplishment, redemption and pride. Then you keep going, you're getting better, stronger, wiser, and more skilled and to me that alone really makes this game so FUN to me. This game has set a standard and I really do believe that this is my GOTY. I love you God of War: Ragnarok, but this game has really blown my mind.

    11/10 Game of the Decade    … Expand
  100. Squy78
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    Une bouse pas fini, injouable. C'est vraiment décevant de la part de ce studio.
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  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    100
    Elden Ring is simply a game that the player naturally adapts to their own style of play. Challenging at times, vicious at others, but mostly incredibly fun. The enjoyable pace makes the hours of play pass by like water, and each path opens up a few more, only to come together again after a fair amount of exploration before the next big reveal. [Issue#318]
  2. Cubed3
    Jun 2, 2023
    90
    Elden Ring serves as a testament to open world video game design. There is a true sense of accomplishment once that rock-hard enemy has been slain and, something that compels a player to relentlessly do it over and over again until they succeed is truly rewarding. The world is humongous and an epitome of how exploration should be encouraged, by intriguing players to see what is over the hill. Elden Ring is an unmissable, must-play, gaming experience with surprises galore.
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  3. T3
    Aug 11, 2022
    80
    Elden Ring's engaging combat, mythology and dynamite orchestral soundtrack goes a long way to overshadow an aggressive open world that punishes exploration from the beaten path. Fans of the Souls genre are in for a treat, while newcomers will need to persist to reap the benefits.
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