Elden Ring

 PlayStation 5
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12214 Ratings

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  1. TheNotoriousDan
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Jogo está mal otimizado, as quedas de quadros frustraram muito a minha jogatina, estamos no auge da geração consoles, o mínimo que vocês tem que oferecer aos consumidores é um jogo liso, além de que de ter boa parte das mecânicas recicladas do dark souls. Tem que ser muito cadelinha da FS pra da nota 10 pra esse jogo.
  2. MareMagnum
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Open world of dark souls 3 with horrible perfomance. A great step back since sekiro
  3. Ssqash
    Mar 1, 2022
    2
    The game is not as inventive as critics say, and the graphics and performance aren’t satisfactory for an AAA game in 2022.
  4. HeroicAge616
    Mar 29, 2022
    2
    Bad graphics, janky gameplay, no story, probably the most overrated game since Halo 2.
  5. rafakmaeda
    Mar 9, 2022
    2
    The game took so long to be released, and I didn't feel rewarded for the wait… Elden Ring for me is just another game doing the bare minimum, lots of bugs, the exploration of the game is unsatisfactory and even repetitive.
  6. maucina
    Mar 6, 2022
    2
    Unresponsive controls, bad graphics, i am fine with high difficulty but first few hours should be easier so you learn the game a bit, not just super hard bosses in first hour of game
  7. tayfun1515
    Mar 8, 2022
    2
    Its just Dark soul 3 in open world. It's boring and graphichs is not good. It's far from a masterpiece.
  8. Anti201_BK
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    Very bad performance on PS5，not even stable for 60 frames in performance mode！By the way, where is the promised Dualsense？！！I bought the PS5 version instead of PC just for Dualsense, but it doesn't exist！！！This is deception！！！！Those media who give 10 points, are you blind？If you don't need your eyes， please donate them to those who need it！
  9. lawrencen
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    This game seems over rated to me. I just got punked by all the game reviewers out there. Graphics are out dated for sure. The ability to learn how to play the game early on and know what to do enough so that you feel like you are making progress does not exist. The drops after spending an hour to clear an area sucks and I am left wondering why did I spend my time doing this. I am not having fun.
  10. Sinceritad
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    how from software managed to get out of a masterpiece like Sekiro for this? this game is overrated, it is never worth 100, unfortunately we live in a world where fanaticism and money speak louder, and clearly the analyzes made by "specialists gamers " are bought, this is not possible.
    apart from the fanboys, it's the worst part of the souls games, it's ridiculous, I feel like throwing up    how from software managed to get out of a masterpiece like Sekiro for this? this game is overrated, it is never worth 100, unfortunately we live in a world where fanaticism and money speak louder, and clearly the analyzes made by "specialists gamers " are bought, this is not possible.
    apart from the fanboys, it's the worst part of the souls games, it's ridiculous, I feel like throwing up when I see youtubers calling this epic, calling this game innovative, the fans of the souls series are children in men's bodies.
    this game all bugged
    this game has horrible framerate drops
    this game has problems with texture, and pop in
    the grass appears out of nowhere in front of you
    the story is non-existent
    I will be honest without fanaticism
    Sekiro is great
    dark souls great
    bloodborne is great
    Elden ring got lost in the greed of the developers, they were blind, the success of their games left the developers blind and the blindness made them think that their audience would swallow any garbage and they are right, the fanboys will swallow any garbage and will swallow this garbage    … Expand
  11. Civkik
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    I'm sorry but this game is not fun. Constantly grinding and getting killed with no direction or end to the madness. I shouldn't have to look at guides to be able to complete a game. Been playing games for a couple decades. It sucks.
  12. 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
  13. kkpog07
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    This game is overrated. It's just a gift to fans of the Dark Soul series, not an incredibly groundbreaking game as the critic said. I still wonder if it was worth mentioning The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in the evaluation of this game.
  14. Dee025
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    This game was DRAMATICALLY overhyped. Graphics are awful and open world is so boring with random sprinkles of enemies to fill it. Story is meh and animation are clunky. Would definitely not recommend
  15. nicocacolax
    Feb 28, 2022
    2
    I am new to SOUL game, but experienced with witcher 3, red dead and GTA type of open world game. I only purchased this open world game after all these amazing critic review…

    After spending about 5hrs on the game over the course of 2 days, I’m disappointed and frustrated. I am still at the starting part of the limegrave. There are serious problem with the camera control during combat or    I am new to SOUL game, but experienced with witcher 3, red dead and GTA type of open world game. I only purchased this open world game after all these amazing critic review…

    After spending about 5hrs on the game over the course of 2 days, I’m disappointed and frustrated. I am still at the starting part of the limegrave. There are serious problem with the camera control during combat or maybe I am just not used to it. Tested confessor then astrologist class both very challenging for beginner. Honestly, I had high hope for this game, but the game play sucks. It’s boring and graphics aren’t next generation for ps5    … Expand
  16. Igor-_-97
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Péssima otimização, jogo sempre variando de 60 pra baixo, poucos lugares que se matem a 60 fps.
  17. Ali-sa
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There is no Arabic language.

    ‏Support the Arabic language! Please     … Expand
  18. cheesehead3919
    Feb 28, 2022
    2
    Anyone giving this game a 10/10 is incapable of being objective about a game made by FromSoftware. For anyone who want Dark Souls in an open world, this game is for you. However this will not appeal to a large number of people. This is touted as being "the most accessible Souls game ever" which may in fact be the case. If it is, it still has a long way to go.

    The lack of markers on the    Anyone giving this game a 10/10 is incapable of being objective about a game made by FromSoftware. For anyone who want Dark Souls in an open world, this game is for you. However this will not appeal to a large number of people. This is touted as being "the most accessible Souls game ever" which may in fact be the case. If it is, it still has a long way to go.

    The lack of markers on the map is supposed to "give you more incentive to explore the world" when in fact it just makes everything tedious. The lack of a quest log means that you have to manually keep track of any side quests, which is absolutely absurd that a game in 2022 doesn't have a quest log. I honestly can't even think of how that can be construed as a positive.

    In terms of graphics, it looks like a late PS3/early PS4 game and it has FPS issues even on PS5. The UI looks like something out of the early 2000s.

    As for the story, most of the side quests actually have a better story than the main story, which is kinda sad. You're likely either going to need a second playthrough or some googling to fully grasp the story, which is pretty bad game design. Don't take lessons from Kingdom Hearts when it comes to story.

    To summarize, if you like Dark Souls, you'll probably like this game. If you don't want to feel like the game you're playing is a chore, steer clear from this game.    … Expand
  19. Yea_No
    Feb 28, 2022
    2
    Game is not accessible at all. Would love to learn the lore and see the beautiful artwork they put into it but I’m not about to die a million times to some stupid boss that’s stupidly overpowered. Make a difficulty slider so I can actually somehow enjoy it. *sigh* back to BotW for the millionth time.
  20. Qwins
    Mar 1, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Beautiful game. But ranks low because of it being promoted to be something it is not. People should not be suckered out of there money because from software doesn't want to be honest about this game being a dark souls game to the mass public. All of thier games should be called Darksouls "insert subtitle here" instead all the advertising pushed this as a epic story by George R.R. Martin only to find no conventional story telling even exists in the game… Expand
  21. ichieftaini
    Mar 2, 2022
    2
    Some truth needs to be told here... I literally just created an account to leave this review. I don't even leave reviews for any games or products, but this game deserves one. See below:

    Those reviews seems to be financed by marketing. The game is fantastic don't get me wrong. It doesn't have a proper story, but who expects a story from these kind of games. It's more about the    Some truth needs to be told here... I literally just created an account to leave this review. I don't even leave reviews for any games or products, but this game deserves one. See below:

    Those reviews seems to be financed by marketing. The game is fantastic don't get me wrong. It doesn't have a proper story, but who expects a story from these kind of games. It's more about the exploration/fighting. I love it, and it's basically DS4 in an open world filled with interesting things.

    Now that I mentioned the best part about it, here is what's wrong with this game. The game has TECHNICAL ISSUES that no one is talking about. I lost 6 hours (10 level worth) on my PS5 yesterday because it's saving system is broken. It literally DOES NOT SAVE, it does not even give you a warning, nothing. You just don't know it. When you try to quit the game, then close it (like developers recommended), and then suddenly it crashes your ps5 and turns it off, just be sure that how many hours you have put in it that specific walk through, did not count one bit.

    It's literally a waste of time. I don't get how reviewers are overlooking this serious matter. I will never trust any critic's review on this website    … Expand
  22. EldenCringe2022
    Mar 2, 2022
    2
    Anyone saying that graphics are not bad or "there are no graphics issues on PS5 blah blah blah" is either lying or needs to play other games, than just Souls games. These graphics are worse than any AAA game from 2015/2016. This is NOT something you can make arguments for or argue about. These are simple facts and you can verify them very easily by either playing older games or justAnyone saying that graphics are not bad or "there are no graphics issues on PS5 blah blah blah" is either lying or needs to play other games, than just Souls games. These graphics are worse than any AAA game from 2015/2016. This is NOT something you can make arguments for or argue about. These are simple facts and you can verify them very easily by either playing older games or just checking Youtube videos of these games.

    Ironically outdated graphics are not the main issue with this game at all. My god, games in 2015 looked great. GTA 5 on PC that came out April 2015, looks still phenomenally good. So i have zero issues with 2015 graphics, i love 2015 graphics, but not on 2022 games, that should have 2022 graphics. Is this too complicated to understand for fanboys?

    But even then, i could play it with these graphics, if actual game itself was good. Sadly it's far, far from good. It's extremely mediocre, world is E M P T Y. There's nothing but empty areas between caves and monster locations and then you find some small ruins here or there. That's the whole map design. That's bad. That's amateur level or map designing.

    Story is there, but it's not nearly fun or interesting enough, that i would spend hours learning every boss move sets. I actually liked how bosses looked like (like their look, not how they make combos or whatever, but just how they look like). I think dragons looked way too basic, but some MAIN bosses, looked interesting enough. I almost got this anime vibe, that very first boss already feels like final boss, but actually there's countless of other bosses after him, who are ever stronger, bigger, etc.

    Sadly that wasn't enough for me, i wanted this game to be way more complex than just boss killing simulator, i wanted it to be deeper, i wanted it to be actually INTERESTING. I can tolerated difficult bosses, if game itself is interesting enough for me, to want to keep going. But this game doesn't have that. It doesn't have that "Resident Evil 4" (2005) vibe where there will be cool story moments after this epic boss fight, etc. There's none of that. If you beat the two bosses in castle, all you get is just another big swamp area full of random generic monsters for you to fight with. Too me that's so boring, so basic and so empty that i just didn't care anymore.

    In the end of the day, i will never play this game again, i didn't refund, i simply uninstalled it and went back to play some actually great games to get rid of that "empty, meaningless" feeling that Elden Ring left in me. I will never talk about this game again with anyone. I will never recommend this game to anyone and i will try to ignore that it ever existed, because it was that bland.    … Expand
  23. dmw1
    Mar 5, 2022
    2
    After listening to all the hype about Elden Ring, the legendary G.R.R.Martin was involved in the story and this game is likely to be the best RPG open world game ever, I thought I would give Elden Ring a go. I booted up the game and was instantly impressed with the character creation so was excited to get stuck in.

    Now, I have never played a FromSoftware game and I am aware that their    After listening to all the hype about Elden Ring, the legendary G.R.R.Martin was involved in the story and this game is likely to be the best RPG open world game ever, I thought I would give Elden Ring a go. I booted up the game and was instantly impressed with the character creation so was excited to get stuck in.

    Now, I have never played a FromSoftware game and I am aware that their games are very hard so I kept that in mind when I died the first few times and accepted my fate. However after hours upon hours of dying, my excitement soon faded. I was getting pretty sick of getting instantly destroyed and was not enjoying myself at all. I decided to read some guides and endless 'GiT gUd ScRuB' comments for some guidance. Souls veterans were saying that the enjoyment comes from finally defeating a tough enemy that has previously been killing you with ease. Yet when I finally managed to defeat the challenging foe, I felt more annoyed with myself that I hadn't killed it sooner and was angry that I had let a game annoy me so much. As I moved on following my victory, I was then able to relive this ordeal and experience the same emotions when I fought my next, harder, nemesis. This revolving door of death, death, small victory and death plunged me in state of anxiety and stress which made me feel legitimately nervous whilst playing this game, eagerly awaiting any enjoyment.

    To add to the stress are the other game mechanics. There is no quest log so I struggled to keep track of what I was doing, who I have spoken to or where I was meant to be going. Some souls veterans advise new players to use a diary/notebook when playing a FromSoftware game to keep track of quests... Something that could be achieved by having a quest log built into the game. Secondly, the controls often feel pretty sluggish/janky. For example in the heat of (losing yet another) battle, when trying to change my weapon from one-handed to two-handed to deal more damage or mount my steed to make a hasty getaway only to accidentally use some useless item in my pouch has proved to be fatal several times. Also in the same frantic panic, I tried to pause the game to get a bit of respite and check my inventory. As I tried to navigate to complicated pause menu, I quickly learned to my horror that this game does not pause and continues to run which inevitably proved to be fatal. When I finally managed to traverse through the poorly constructed inventory and equipment menu, I found my summons which I had unlocked earlier. I slotted them into my pouch and ventured forth, only to find out that the summons get to pick and chose when and where they can be summoned, which of course, also proved to be fatal.. yet again.

    Visually, despite being far from 60fps on the PS5, Elden Ring still looks really nice in places and discovering new areas can be exciting. However this excitement was soon replaced by the familiar anxiety and stress of being permanently close to death. Trying to take in a new view was often cut short by a new type of enemy one-shotting me from a mile away or some giant using me for a soft landing.

    I truly was excited to play this game as it has been hyped and marketed as the best RPG ever. The customisation of your character is brilliant and (although feeling empty and devoid of non-hostile NPCs/towns/markets etc) the open world does feels very explorable. BUT as I've mentioned a few times, the difficulty ruins this game for regular RPG players who are not familiar with or fans of Souls-Borne games. Personally, my free time has become limited due to life taking it's course and I play games to enjoy what spare time I have left. I do not find being held hostage in a constant state of anxiety, stress and annoyance until I pay the ransom of endless trial and error an enjoyable experience. Because of this I have since returned my copy of Elden Ring so I can spend my refunded money on something that will not waste my time.    … Expand
  24. Bogey678
    Mar 3, 2022
    2
    This game is a heuristic nightmare for beginners and was misleading in how it's marketed. It does not feel like an open world when everything resets each time you die or use fast travel. The developer has admitted that George RR Martin didn't write the story, only the mythos. The story is poorly written, some things got lost in translation perhaps. There is an illusion of choice, butThis game is a heuristic nightmare for beginners and was misleading in how it's marketed. It does not feel like an open world when everything resets each time you die or use fast travel. The developer has admitted that George RR Martin didn't write the story, only the mythos. The story is poorly written, some things got lost in translation perhaps. There is an illusion of choice, but there's really only one choice that helps, you will be limited in what you can do in game if you make the wrong choice or until you go back and make the right choice. Your best weapon is Google and others have said, you will die constantly and stare at the loading screen. Defeating a boss feels more like a relief than a sense of accomplishment. I wish there had been a trial period because I never would have spent the time and money on this title. Skill is not as important as level and gear when it comes to defeating bosses, which encourages one to kill the same bosses over and over to level up, then take on the boss with higher gear. The graphics are pretty and that's worth two stars, watch this on Twitch for the best experience.… Expand
  25. YoungGiac1990
    Mar 4, 2022
    2
    There is little to no story in this game. The world feels dead as there are hardly any friendly NPCs and every NPC exists to kill you for no reason. Hardly any A.I. Nothing new in this game. You would have thought if George R. R. Martin put his name on it, you would have seen something new and innovative. Nope, guess not.
  26. ximxc2
    Mar 5, 2022
    2
    The game is too hard for a casual player.
    It’s a shame because everything else is great, I don’t know why not giving players options… not everyone have time to grind hundreds of hours just to get good enough to beat the first boss
  27. mighty10more
    Apr 5, 2022
    2
    We are in 2022 and you still ignore the Arabic language, as if we were in 2010. This is a real insult. Feel a little ashamed and ashamed, and you want $60 without adding the Arabic language, what a real theft.
  28. wielo1234
    Mar 6, 2022
    2
    I’ve just wasted £50 unable to go beyond 1% of the game. **** feeling or being conned. It was my first and last ever game by FROM SOFTWARE. I have fallen to reviewers, not halted much by company’s PR team, talking how this title is a great entry point even for newbies. It really isn’t. Biomes look fun, graphics are OK and items do have nice soul/climate behind them. That’s why 2/10. Can’tI’ve just wasted £50 unable to go beyond 1% of the game. **** feeling or being conned. It was my first and last ever game by FROM SOFTWARE. I have fallen to reviewers, not halted much by company’s PR team, talking how this title is a great entry point even for newbies. It really isn’t. Biomes look fun, graphics are OK and items do have nice soul/climate behind them. That’s why 2/10. Can’t add points for monsters: their concepts is cool but physics and animation break immersion really bad. Everything else is still too difficult for me to enjoy. I have just spend £50 on game that’s I’m physically unable to play due to my reflexes not being enough. Feeling totally scammed. And obviously there’s no way to return it. I had few other disappointments in last 2 years and I think it’s about time I stopped buying games. Either you give me a free demo or you’re in a subscription service - just say no to buying games. Seriously, feels of **** scam here surprise even me. I guess that’s 1% of how people scammed by emails about penis enlargement must feel like.… Expand
  29. Adamski_77
    Mar 7, 2022
    2
    This is my first review ever because its the first time in 20 years of gaming i want my money back because the market and the overhyped ratings out there just doesn't fit at all. The game looks and feels really dated. The combat mechanics feels clunky like an early 2000 game.

    If you are nostalgic and a Souls fan from the beginning this game is for you. If you search for a immersive game    This is my first review ever because its the first time in 20 years of gaming i want my money back because the market and the overhyped ratings out there just doesn't fit at all. The game looks and feels really dated. The combat mechanics feels clunky like an early 2000 game.

    If you are nostalgic and a Souls fan from the beginning this game is for you. If you search for a immersive game experience with a story and modern combat mechanics dont be fooled like me and dont throw your money out of the window.

    2 Points for the Boss Design.    … Expand
  30. ggscv
    Mar 10, 2022
    2
    Probably THE most overrated game of all time, so much useless filler and bosses that just spam attacks over and over. The world is huge but shallow and empty, the story/lore is nonexistent and the whole game is spending hours learning a bosses attack patterns just to beat finally it for zero satisfaction. Stay away from this waste of time.
  31. ThaddeusMagee
    Apr 6, 2022
    2
    So you're a knight/mage/assassin/whatever character in Middle Earth - oops i mean "The Lands Between" - and you're one of many people vying for power of The One Ring - oops I mean the "Elden Ring" - because...you know...magical realms, power, knights and kings, blah blah blah, all that nonsense. You can see why people are raving about the originality here.

    Gameplay wise, think Dark    So you're a knight/mage/assassin/whatever character in Middle Earth - oops i mean "The Lands Between" - and you're one of many people vying for power of The One Ring - oops I mean the "Elden Ring" - because...you know...magical realms, power, knights and kings, blah blah blah, all that nonsense. You can see why people are raving about the originality here.

    Gameplay wise, think Dark Souls crossed with Dark Souls crossed with an empty map. You won't find side quests (not legitimate ones), side activities, a story, or anything else, but the combat does have quite a bit of depth.

    Lots of talk about the open world but honestly I've seen nothing to write home about. There's no way to engage with this world beyond fighting bosses in it (because again, this is Dark Souls). Just don't go in expecting an open world game in the style of RDR, Far Cry, Fallout, Assassins Creed, GTA, Just Cause...or pretty much any open world game you know of. This is Dark Souls.    … Expand
  32. F1_is_WWE
    Apr 13, 2022
    2
    - This is literally a reskin of Dark Souls 3. Which Dark Souls 3, by the way, was a reskin of Dark Souls. This company has been making the same game for over a decade now and they're getting away with it.

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

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

    - The bosses in this game are balanced around mimics. That is, summoning an npc to help you. If you do not summon, bosses will be so hard and unfair you'll think it is the hardest Souls game yet. It you do summon, you'll think it's the easiest. I don't like Co-op play and am disappointed it has been forced here    … Expand
  33. BlueAmbers
    Mar 18, 2022
    2
    This is by far the worst game I’ve played in 25 years. I am level 105 and put 80 hours into it. I’ve only played this long because I am stubborn and didn’t want to spend $60 on a game and not complete it.
    Playing this game is like intentionally joining a multiplayer lobby full of hackers/aimbots in a game like call of duty. It’s an extremely unfair, frustrating and often futile    This is by far the worst game I’ve played in 25 years. I am level 105 and put 80 hours into it. I’ve only played this long because I am stubborn and didn’t want to spend $60 on a game and not complete it.
    Playing this game is like intentionally joining a multiplayer lobby full of hackers/aimbots in a game like call of duty. It’s an extremely unfair, frustrating and often futile experience. Do not play this, especially if you have anger issues. Also let’s not reward Sony and the multiple corrupt game journalists who gave this a 10/10. If you’re looking into this game because of the lore, be aware that it’s a bait-and-switch scheme. The lore is incoherent, badly explained, and the very rare NPCs you can interact with do not even move.

    You should only buy this if you enjoy :
    - Getting killed by almost every enemy in the game in 1-3 hits, no matter your level/armor (not exaggerating)
    - Being forced to roll/dodge/block multiple combos from bosses before you can safely hit them a couple times, and repeat this 100 times because bosses have 30x your health.
    - Unforgiving roll/i-frame timing, with zero reward for getting it right since almost every enemy attack is part of a combo that can change randomly
    - Even more unforgiving timing for parrying, with a janky stagger to critical hit QTE which does not trigger half the time. Furthermore, it's not clear which attacks can be parried. I guess the devs expect you to die 50 times per boss to find out for yourself, seems to be their plan for pretty much everything in the game.
    - Absolutely laughable collision models which will cause you to miss enemies that you literally can’t get any closer to (for example because their foot prevents you from getting close enough to hit their stomach)
    - Dying to hits/slashes/strikes that missed you by 6+ feet (not exaggerating, i have multiple videos of that happening), or that have lingering hitboxes for 1 second or more, even on non-AoE attacks
    - Balance that’s all over the place, you’ll constantly swing between thinking you’re overleveled, crushing everything in your path, and suddenly the difficulty level will explode, leaving zero room for error (and enjoy spending 1-2 minutes running back to most bosses between each attempts)
    - Pathetic and confusing UI and ergonomics, especially when it comes to the map, menus and descriptions.

    Also, I want to point out that i tried writing a more detailed review of why I disliked the game. 3500 characters, but Metacritic kept rejecting it with a 404 error. Guess Sony padded their wallet as well.    … Expand
  34. blobbybigshuffl
    May 1, 2022
    2
    Now all the fake marketing hype has dissapeared the game reveals it's ugly colours.

    Unfortunately the gaming community seems to be controlled now by the 'Youtube commentators', they randomly choose a game to like and then we're all meant to be gushing about how in love we are with it. It has ugly graphics and ugly game mechanics. NPC's walk these pathetic linear paths 5 minutes after    Now all the fake marketing hype has dissapeared the game reveals it's ugly colours.

    Unfortunately the gaming community seems to be controlled now by the 'Youtube commentators', they randomly choose a game to like and then we're all meant to be gushing about how in love we are with it.

    It has ugly graphics and ugly game mechanics. NPC's walk these pathetic linear paths 5 minutes after you've killed them, how does that make an immersive game? It's brutally difficult forcing a massive grind, the UI is ugly and not optimised for PC at all..... It's a horrible experience and It will sink in popularity as quickly as it rose. What makes me even more angrier is people slate AC games for changing their mechanics but praise this game when the mechanics in new AC games are quite similar; leveling, gear acquistion, and boss fights... The difference is the animations for fighting and overal experience is dynamic and fluid... Elden ring is just clunky and repetitive. I hate it. It's for sadomasochists that like Gothic metal fantasy, the type of art that biker gangs put on their beer bellies above their hairy chests.    … Expand
  35. yahwe
    Mar 22, 2022
    2
    Where do I even begin...

    Open world is a joke. It's a big mostly empty map, and your reward for exploration is always - hey fight these guys and get this item!! The world is static and boring for the most part. Movement or attacking feels laggy in a game that by all appearances should reward fast instincts.there is a huge input queue with no cancellation, so you're locked into the attack    Where do I even begin...

    Open world is a joke. It's a big mostly empty map, and your reward for exploration is always - hey fight these guys and get this item!! The world is static and boring for the most part. Movement or attacking feels laggy in a game that by all appearances should reward fast instincts.there is a huge input queue with no cancellation, so you're locked into the attack you pressed 1 second ago, even if the animation hasn't started and you try to do something else instead. It's buggy, but called "hard" instead. I could go on but the other reviews cover it, so I'll just summarize:

    In general there is no joy to the game at all. The emotional arc of every sequence is "grind, grind, grind, omg I finally beat it". Good for masochists, narrow and painful for anyone else. On the plus side, marketing department clearly did a great job here.    … Expand
  36. SvG_RiiTz
    Mar 22, 2022
    2
    In my opinion there's a lot of issues with this hyped game.. I mean a LOT!.. Starting from graphics, idk I feel like the resolution is like 3yr outdated.. Camera and target acquaintance are really trash. Motion animation is very frustrating, thus no action cancel with roll. And the most important thing is that the developers force us to be working while playing.. Need too much attentionIn my opinion there's a lot of issues with this hyped game.. I mean a LOT!.. Starting from graphics, idk I feel like the resolution is like 3yr outdated.. Camera and target acquaintance are really trash. Motion animation is very frustrating, thus no action cancel with roll. And the most important thing is that the developers force us to be working while playing.. Need too much attention and we need to do a self database-like ourselves to get anything from this game ( or googling it, RIGHT.. That's really fun playing like that) . It just takes too much effort that u just miss the fun. I think the devs just thought they were making a game for prodigys and genius people...… Expand
  37. EldenRingisgood
    Mar 27, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Elden Ring is a masterpiece. Malenia is the best. Duo of the god skin is the best. dark souls 3 is elden ring. play elden ring immediately. runes are not souls, but they are. i'm not maidenless anymore!! play elden ring if you don't wanna play elden ring.… Expand
  38. RockstarisKing
    Mar 27, 2022
    2
    I honestly wish this travesty of a "game" never existed. Most people who have enjoyed open world games past 20 years know how boring and poorly made Elden Ring's open world is.
  39. Dpsi
    Mar 27, 2022
    2
    Bought on the PS5 store, and no English language support included in Hong Kong? No mention of this on the store page. Unplayable for me.
  40. rdnw
    Apr 9, 2022
    2
    I've leveled a mage to 150ish and have killed 4 demi-god bosses and am thinking at this point that I won't finish it (but I might because I hate backing out of a challenge). But I'm giving this a bad review. The graphics are good and it's generally fun to explore the world and develop your character.

    But the boss fights (even mini bosses in dungeons) are incredibly hard. You will die    I've leveled a mage to 150ish and have killed 4 demi-god bosses and am thinking at this point that I won't finish it (but I might because I hate backing out of a challenge). But I'm giving this a bad review. The graphics are good and it's generally fun to explore the world and develop your character.

    But the boss fights (even mini bosses in dungeons) are incredibly hard. You will die over and over and over again. That's just how this game is designed. Even a "good" player will die a lot until they memorize the boss moves and learn to execute every dodge/block with exact timing. This breaks my immersion and is generally frustrating and no fun. They could have made this a fun game by simply putting in a difficulty setting so that gamers who want to play a RPG game for exploration and immersion can enjoy it.

    Edit: I should mention the "story". There apparently is one but you'll be challenged to understand what it actually is. There is some sort of random NPC talk about historic events but honestly I'm in end game now and can't really tell you much about the story line. I watched a YouTube video a guy put together about the "lore" and it was far more informative than the game. So ... what did GRR Martin actually contrbute here? It can't have been much.

    A few minor complaints: no quest log. Huh. That's a first in any RPG game I have to say. No hot keys for the (MANY) spells available (that's a game breaker really). You literally have to toggle through a list to switch between spells/skills ... during fights that require split second timing or you're dead.    … Expand
  41. RandomStar
    Apr 11, 2022
    2
    Too many bugs for a released game. No request logs, and you can encounter bugs randomly in every boss fight. Some of them suddenly don’t move. Some of them stay above a cliff and never come down. If you unfortunately die at the same time as the boss, there’s a chance you don’t get the loot and can never reach this piece of map again. The game is not pure rubbish, but full of rubbish.
  42. Outegrity
    Apr 12, 2022
    2
    If you enjoy fighting the same boss enemies over and over again, two or three of the same type or in random combinations with other ones than this game is for you. Otherwise it is a recycled piece of patchwork from Dark Souls.
    Clipping issues on armor and shields are ridiculous sometimes - the bull-goat set is clipping cancer. I can't believe this is an issue in 2022.
  43. 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
  44. AllHitsTaken
    Sep 27, 2022
    2
    Meh. The world, creatures and graphics look great bit the gameplay is pretty bad. The economics are such that prices for weapons and leveling up rise so fast that you have to spend all your time repetitively defeating the same enemies, just to keep progressing. It’s not that it’s “hard”, it’s that the power of the weapons and your abilities just make it not possible to progress withoutMeh. The world, creatures and graphics look great bit the gameplay is pretty bad. The economics are such that prices for weapons and leveling up rise so fast that you have to spend all your time repetitively defeating the same enemies, just to keep progressing. It’s not that it’s “hard”, it’s that the power of the weapons and your abilities just make it not possible to progress without massive grinding. So, after 60 hours it’s just not fun. Also there are tons of items you find for which there is no discernible use. I keep accumulating them, bit nowhere in any menus or at any merchants can i use them.… Expand
  45. Robigru
    Apr 16, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Il gioco fino alla capitale è da 8/10 se non di più, successivamente un pessimo design dei boss rende tutto poco godibile e rovina quanto di buono fatto. Il gioco diventa artificiosamente difficile e non c’è nessuna challenge nel ripetere lo stesso boss.
    Sol castle, malenia e il fire giant sono SOLO alcuni degli esempi di pessimo design e meccanica di in boss, sprecare dei capolavori di artwork in delle schifezze di combattimenti del genere è assurdo. (Fire giant da patchare che non si vede assolutamente nulla e malenia pure patchatela perchè non può recuperare 1/4 di vita ogni volta che ti tocca e se ti tocca rischi comunque lo one shot)

    Altro problema solo gli one shot, che senso di combattimento c’è se anche un semplice npc ti one shotta nonostante il vigore sopra il 40/50?
    Praticamente uno deve diventare un glass cannon tutta forza e nulla resistenza dato che avere vigore al 20 o al 50 non cambia nulla.    … Expand
  46. thryst
    Apr 17, 2022
    2
    If you're not into From Software games, don't start this game. If you don't know what I mean by this, also, don't start this game. I get why people may like it. The huge amount bosses you can play and how hard it is, the fact there are no shortcuts; the game is satisfying for hardcore gamers.

    For most people who have other **** in their lives, it's tedious, unimpressive and boring.    If you're not into From Software games, don't start this game. If you don't know what I mean by this, also, don't start this game. I get why people may like it. The huge amount bosses you can play and how hard it is, the fact there are no shortcuts; the game is satisfying for hardcore gamers.

    For most people who have other **** in their lives, it's tedious, unimpressive and boring.

    The mechanics are basic. It feels like something from PS2. The graphics don't stand compared to exclusive PS games like Horizon Forbidden West, or Ghost of Tsushima. Everything else feels kind of ****    … Expand
  47. Emptygamer
    Apr 18, 2022
    2
    I’m a fan of the Souls games but this does nothing for me. I gave up and uninstalled the game after 50 hours. Dark Souls Valhalla Modern Warfare 2022 just isn’t for me I’m afraid. If the next From Software game is go in nuff to be like this then I’m out. I’ve got my other From Software titles in my collection which pretty much do the same thing.
  48. joe4560
    Apr 19, 2022
    2
    Boring combat. Button mashing and dodge roll to avoid taking hits. Thread bare story, and what there is, is so badly voice acted as to be unbearable. 10 hours in and I’m taking it to a store to trade in and get some cash back while I still can.
  49. smoooth
    Apr 20, 2022
    2
    It's pretty bad and not fun. You die all the time, because bosses are unfairly strong and this game has nothing else to offer. If this game Metascore was from 80 to 87 i wouldn't even care, but 96 is just hilarious. Game that has hardly any meaningful story. Elden Ring will never sell over 10 million copies.
  50. 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
  51. Pizarrator
    Nov 18, 2022
    2
    Funciona muy mal en PS5. Este juego hace que la consola se caliente excesivamente y suene como un avión. Es el juego del año, pero no en esta plataforma.
  52. 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 ....
  53. AlgorosX
    Jun 7, 2022
    2
    Way to easy - to much boss and enemy recycling
    Hugh world but not unique enough. Main bosses are good fights but always much to easy
  54. anotherjmc
    Jun 18, 2022
    2
    Imagine someone who doesn’t read Chinese and can play the game only in Chinese, yes, now you know how it feels. No English support in Taiwan. It is really frustrating, how can it be assumed that everyone can read the language of the country they live in? Why can’t English be added as an option??
  55. Cara_janes
    Sep 18, 2022
    2
    Honestly, the graphic are amazing but everything else is dull. It's not like elder scrolls where the story is gripping, quirky and charming. To be Frank, I found elden ring a bit boring and reparative. Yes the world it huge, but there's not huge amounts to do, no real side quests boring.
  56. WeAllEffed
    Jul 4, 2023
    2
    This is nothing but a “Push Button at Exact Moment or Die” game. This is all you’ll be doing from hour 1 to hour 100+. That’s all this game has to offer. You lizard-brain skitter through it. Difficulty is nothing special, same enemy double standards seen in every game. Damage sponge enemies vs 2-3 hits = dead. Homing attacks and projectiles with massive hit boxes vs your lame limited moveThis is nothing but a “Push Button at Exact Moment or Die” game. This is all you’ll be doing from hour 1 to hour 100+. That’s all this game has to offer. You lizard-brain skitter through it. Difficulty is nothing special, same enemy double standards seen in every game. Damage sponge enemies vs 2-3 hits = dead. Homing attacks and projectiles with massive hit boxes vs your lame limited move set. Hardcore gaming has become a joke.

    Developers and publishers would rather reskin, repackage, and crank out what was successful before then dare try to innovate. And that sums up AAA games for over a decade.    … Expand
  57. Surge17
    Nov 5, 2022
    2
    Unimpressed with visuals and gameplay. Definitely not my style of game. Bosses looked cool and are the only thing that bumps it up to a 2.
  58. Kgthecritic
    Nov 16, 2022
    2
    The game is so stupidly big and the story is meaningless and has no structure. And it has no quest log, it's a joke; so you should take notes on an actual notebook of the quests' objectives and locations.
    This is A Ridiculous game and utterly OVERRATED.
  59. Speed55555
    Nov 18, 2022
    2
    Za trudna dla początkujących graczy. Nowy gracz nie wie co ma robić i w ogóle o co tu chodzi.
  60. thedestiny99
    Nov 28, 2022
    2
    This game is complete waste of time, all you do is fight boss after boss and they are insanely difficult. And there's about thousand different bosses in this game and that's the entire game. In the meantime you just grind levels and roam around in this extremely empty open world. I guess it got so high reviews, because it has almost no story or characters, so it didn't offend anyone. TheseThis game is complete waste of time, all you do is fight boss after boss and they are insanely difficult. And there's about thousand different bosses in this game and that's the entire game. In the meantime you just grind levels and roam around in this extremely empty open world. I guess it got so high reviews, because it has almost no story or characters, so it didn't offend anyone. These are only games that will get high reviews now.… Expand
  61. DestroytheRing
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    This isn't even about video games anymore, it's deeper. It's about ART. This is literally battle between good and evil. Video Games are deepest level of modern art and in the future they will be even more. Be on the right side of history and don't let games like this, destroy something that used to be so amazing for so many years. Games evolved endlessly, until this game happened.This isn't even about video games anymore, it's deeper. It's about ART. This is literally battle between good and evil. Video Games are deepest level of modern art and in the future they will be even more. Be on the right side of history and don't let games like this, destroy something that used to be so amazing for so many years. Games evolved endlessly, until this game happened. Downgrade in every aspect possible and what do they get? Highest Metascore.

    I wouldn't be surprised, if this was literal attempt by journalists (who don't like games or gamers anyway), to destroy gaming as a medium. They choose one of the most outdated, boring and empty games and hyped it up as a "masterpiece". If this is the blueprint how future games are supposed to be (no story, no characters, no meaning, no nothing, just pointless very hard combat), if that's the future of video games, then it's literally over. And that's exactly what these journalists want. They don't want players to have meaningful stories and characters that would empower them, no. They want the opposite. They want you to get beaten by very difficult bosses 100s of times and they want you to feel bad for yourself, because you can't beat these bosses and eventually you just give up and stop gaming and THAT'S, that's what they want.    … Expand
  62. justnotfalling
    Nov 29, 2022
    2
    Lmao, butthurt over criticism this game receives, is absolute next level sht. No surprise tho, this is the first time ever, when real actual gamers tried to play "Souls" game. Because it was marketed as "easier to get into than other souls titles". Everyone knows that souls fanboys hardly ever play actually good stuff like final fantasy 7, red dead 1/2, gta games and so on. It's also firstLmao, butthurt over criticism this game receives, is absolute next level sht. No surprise tho, this is the first time ever, when real actual gamers tried to play "Souls" game. Because it was marketed as "easier to get into than other souls titles". Everyone knows that souls fanboys hardly ever play actually good stuff like final fantasy 7, red dead 1/2, gta games and so on. It's also first time ever lots of souls players experience open world setting. Not making it up even, there's so many comments on youtube about the fact that these people usually hate open world games. So now, when all the other gamers were invited to the party and they experienced how badly designed these boss simulators really are, of course they are angry. They should be. Actually good stuff almost never receives metascore 96. That's unheard of. For people who have played open world games their entire life, elden ring is one of the emptiest and most boring open world games they have ever seen. Of course they say it's sht, because it is sht. I could write entire book, why this game is absolute trash, but i don't care that much.

    2/10    … Expand
  63. GaymerRobz
    Dec 5, 2022
    2
    I fell for the hype but honestly.. the exploration of the world is fun but models look samey very quickly and character customisation in terms of the way you look is not expansive so I felt like an npc very quickly. As I popped in casually I found the game to difficult to find rewarding and winning didn’t really feel rewarding as It was just a dmg spam fest or luck.

    Oh and the multiplayer    I fell for the hype but honestly.. the exploration of the world is fun but models look samey very quickly and character customisation in terms of the way you look is not expansive so I felt like an npc very quickly. As I popped in casually I found the game to difficult to find rewarding and winning didn’t really feel rewarding as It was just a dmg spam fest or luck.

    Oh and the multiplayer is frustrating as hell, Why can you not just invite someone?    … Expand
  64. NegativeCool
    Dec 8, 2022
    2
    I don't get it. I've started multiple times and just can't seem to get into this game.. The graphics are detailed to the point of looking muddy to me. The whole experience was just confusing and uninteresting. I don't understand the hype.
  65. krissmilne
    Dec 18, 2022
    2
    While the game has an excellent combat system with a wide array of flexibility. The games lack of quest tracking system is not clever or original, but an annoying inconvenience that will force almost every single player to Google aspects of the game as they go through. Perhaps this is deliberate to maintain the relevance of the game with online content and searches. The most frustratingWhile the game has an excellent combat system with a wide array of flexibility. The games lack of quest tracking system is not clever or original, but an annoying inconvenience that will force almost every single player to Google aspects of the game as they go through. Perhaps this is deliberate to maintain the relevance of the game with online content and searches. The most frustrating part of the game is that quest lines are driven with vague minimal character dialogue that doesn't actually drive a story. This makes quest lines easily missable, and there's content and loot items that can be locked from the player if you make the wrong choice.

    As far as a game design goes, combat and difficulty, this is an excellent game, as far as large scale epic RPG is concerned, there's absolutely no story here, nothing to get connected to, nothing to be immersed in. It's a game that seems to have missed one of the most important aspects of game design.    … Expand
  66. Dimyl452
    Dec 23, 2022
    2
    I seriously cannot believe this! I’m a foreigner living in Thailand and I can’t play Elder Rings in English? Are you kidding me? In my 30+ years of gaming and hundreds of games played I’ve never ran into this issue. How absurd is this? And it’s not like the English version doesn’t exists because it does, but we’re just locked out from it! Outrageous! What kind of non sense is this?
  67. DarkSiren
    Feb 22, 2023
    2
    Didn't like it. I don't understand how this game got as much hype as it did. I've been playing open-world games for over a couple decades so I can tell you that this game isn't what it boldly makes itself out to be. Don't let the visuals fool you. The graphics are great - it's visually stunning yes but that's its only appeal. The overall gameplay is underwhelming and unimaginative and dullDidn't like it. I don't understand how this game got as much hype as it did. I've been playing open-world games for over a couple decades so I can tell you that this game isn't what it boldly makes itself out to be. Don't let the visuals fool you. The graphics are great - it's visually stunning yes but that's its only appeal. The overall gameplay is underwhelming and unimaginative and dull - the open world is bland and soulless. No distinction between NPC behavior. All NPCs you encounter seem to share the same hostile AI. The bosses are ridiculously overpowered from the start which makes combat in the game feel unbalanced. There are no quests and no clear objectives. You basically roam around aimlessly and get into frequent random fights. There seems to be a bit of bias with all the positive reviews as they most likely come from hardcore, devoted fans of the franchise. This feels more like an unpolished beta rather than a finished fleshed-out game. It would be an insult to compare this game to titles like Skyrim and the Witcher. Final verdict - The Elden ring is shallow and overrated. If you're looking for rich and engaging gameplay, I don't recommend.… Expand
  68. Davh
    May 15, 2023
    2
    Look lika a dark soul game, just with a better graphic, gameplay is the same as the old dark soul i don't like this type of recycling
  69. CuttlefishJones
    Mar 6, 2022
    1
    Never played a souls game. Watched lots of people screaming in frustration whilst they played them and thought that's not for me. Saw the promise that Elden Ring would be a more approachable game, designed for regular gamers to get into.
    Turned out that was a big fat lie. It's no more approachable than any From software experience. The world is, ironically, pretty souless and a drab sepia    Never played a souls game. Watched lots of people screaming in frustration whilst they played them and thought that's not for me. Saw the promise that Elden Ring would be a more approachable game, designed for regular gamers to get into.
    Turned out that was a big fat lie. It's no more approachable than any From software experience. The world is, ironically, pretty souless and a drab sepia colour. Every enemy is overpowered, the hit boxes, lag, and aiming are in dire need of fixing, leveling up is obtuse and painfully slow, and the general gameplay was the pinnacle sometime in the 90's. You can jump though, so that's novel. From software seem to have missed the point that games are supposed to be fun, they should really take some notes from more sophisticated games like The Witcher or Cyberpunk, Elex etc
    It's a game built to frustrate, one that punishes you if you attempt to wring any enjoyment out of the world they have built.
    If you have a masochistic streak, enjoy games that lack any sophistaction, or just harken back to the gaming era when games were hard because that was the limitation of the hardware then this is for you. Otherwise hang on to your cash, there will be much better games to spend it on soon.    … Expand
  70. KnightSolair
    Apr 24, 2022
    1
    Waste of time and nerves, nothing more to say. The worst thing its that people praise this **** like is the second coming of Jesus. Pathetic way for this people and also From Software became a company without shame.
  71. lx2112
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    A game designed to waste your time, now with a big open world to waste even more of it. The series it’s not officially from is based on the idea of a challenge via memorizing attack patterns.

    Guess what you do in between those many deaths required to memorize it? Run back to where you were. Over and over again. Even farther now that there’s a big open world to go through again... and    A game designed to waste your time, now with a big open world to waste even more of it. The series it’s not officially from is based on the idea of a challenge via memorizing attack patterns.

    Guess what you do in between those many deaths required to memorize it? Run back to where you were. Over and over again. Even farther now that there’s a big open world to go through again... and again... and again...

    This game is a test of patience, and anyone who has literally anything better to do should avoid it. Value your time. Life isn’t so long as to waste your seconds on this pile of turd.    … Expand
  72. Nardvark
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    Steam Pile of overhyped crap.. Graphics are ok.. Nothing to get excited about, Gameplay is ok, Menu / UI is god awful tutorial and understanding of the game might as well be here's a helmet get out there. and there was nothing to get me hooked or even wanting more.. ii know its a souls game.. but i spent 2 hours dead.. just because its hard / you can doesn't make it a good game.. coSteam Pile of overhyped crap.. Graphics are ok.. Nothing to get excited about, Gameplay is ok, Menu / UI is god awful tutorial and understanding of the game might as well be here's a helmet get out there. and there was nothing to get me hooked or even wanting more.. ii know its a souls game.. but i spent 2 hours dead.. just because its hard / you can doesn't make it a good game.. co written by who i would'nt know cause i never even got a chance to hear the story.. bad game. if this is a good game guess its time for me to hang up my gaming boots… Expand
  73. Stenbocken
    Mar 11, 2022
    1
    Open world RPG? Well, it is open but it is empty so very empty. No cities no dialogue no meaningful quests. There are only enormously big Godzilla's killing you in an instant. In my opinion a totally meaningless game and extremely boring game. Rather good looking graphics through.
  74. Warmaku
    Mar 6, 2022
    1
    no ultrawide support, trying to use 3rd party program like flawless widescreen gives you warning you must use a "different" exe to bypass the anti cheat, imagine using a monitor with a resolution that's widely supported by 99% of other games considered "cheating" what a joke
  75. daryl83
    Jan 27, 2023
    1
    Overrated game with so many performance issues and bugs...The fact that people are acting like this is some perfect 10/10 game is either deluded or dumb.
  76. lamisho
    Jun 13, 2023
    1
    Apparently this is a must play by "critics" ok, so you open up the game and your greeted by an empty world with no music..... aimlessly wandering around and your sitting there thinking "why am I playing this? its not exciting at all" not a lot of story , no villages with npcs to talk to, just a whole lot of depressing emptiness. Combat is also basic and not fluid compared to recentApparently this is a must play by "critics" ok, so you open up the game and your greeted by an empty world with no music..... aimlessly wandering around and your sitting there thinking "why am I playing this? its not exciting at all" not a lot of story , no villages with npcs to talk to, just a whole lot of depressing emptiness. Combat is also basic and not fluid compared to recent releases like Sekiro and Nioh 2.

    compare that with an actual open world game like Skyrim, it has an exciting intro, great music, great map design, many cities, fleshed out lore, a lot of random npc encounters outside of villages. Skyrim is just a complete game and Elden ring lacks basic elements like overworld music and story.

    I enjoy playing exciting games and Elden ring is an empty boring snoozefest.    … Expand
  77. Raddic2016
    Mar 21, 2022
    1
    **** pc port of a console game.
    Dont need seventy five characters. Nothing else needs to be said.
  78. Zwei76
    Mar 3, 2022
    1
    The same game over and over and over and over and over and over and over...
  79. donthurtm3
    Jul 25, 2023
    1
    This game is wasting money and wasting time. Worst game in my 40 years of life i've ever played. There is no explanation from the developers how to play the game. no explanation of what is going on. You spawn in the world, read some notes, empty world, you meet extremely strong npc's who kill you instantly. It is impossible to play this game. Unfortunately I bought this game on PlaystationThis game is wasting money and wasting time. Worst game in my 40 years of life i've ever played. There is no explanation from the developers how to play the game. no explanation of what is going on. You spawn in the world, read some notes, empty world, you meet extremely strong npc's who kill you instantly. It is impossible to play this game. Unfortunately I bought this game on Playstation and Sony operates the rudest customer policy out there. Sony doesn't refund customers even if you've only played for an hour. A return via Steam on PC is possible as soon as you have played it for less than 2 hours. Thank you Sony Playstation & Elder Ring for giving me such a terrible piece of sh** experience. Next time I'll think twice before buying a game from the PS store. Unfortunately, I already bought a PS5. I should have known all this before...… Expand
  80. franktze
    Feb 25, 2023
    1
    I love Demon's Souls and the other three souls games very much. But for this one, it's over-rated. The atmosphere in the open world is boring. The open world is not "open" but just filled with nothing, You don't know what to do next and just stay there.
  81. damir180
    Mar 26, 2022
    1
    In some moment this game became so stuffy I opened a window. Big same-type location, too much copy-paste bosses, useless quests I missed, storyline.. what else storyline?)) Dark Souls III you was the best ever
  82. EptaEpt
    Jun 23, 2022
    1
    The game is definitely not bad, but there are a lot of minuses. Mounted fights are forced and done very poorly. The network code is still bad. Cheaters that can almost break your PC. Extremely poor music during fights with bosses. So I really don't understand such a high rating. Well 8.5 out of 10 is ok for this game.
  83. liquidsnakecake
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    As a fan of SoulsBorne games, I am around 25hrs in and this game is basically DS set in a boring open area. The core mechanics are copy/pasted from DS, still retains the dated and laggy wonky controls and erratic camera. This might be the worst case of media overrating a game yet. I know the media is desparate to oversell the new gen, but this ain't it. If you don't live and breathe DS,As a fan of SoulsBorne games, I am around 25hrs in and this game is basically DS set in a boring open area. The core mechanics are copy/pasted from DS, still retains the dated and laggy wonky controls and erratic camera. This might be the worst case of media overrating a game yet. I know the media is desparate to oversell the new gen, but this ain't it. If you don't live and breathe DS, AVOID AT ALL COSTS, or suffer a great disappointment.… Expand
  84. mulkster77
    Apr 25, 2022
    1
    So many wasted hours invested into obtaining items and moves, then the developers later take away the usefulness if these items. They call it nerfing, but it's just anti consumer business practices.
  85. 8mrxo8
    Mar 1, 2022
    1
    It's funny that this game has only 51 reviewes but Horizon has 114! If more people reviewed it, its score wouldn't be this high! It's the same **** and there's nothing new! Even the sound effects are the same! Same boss fights, dungeons and...
    Miyazaki is totally overrated!!!
  86. Zappaza
    May 14, 2022
    1
    Не фанат таких игр, да и хватило меня не на долго в элдер. Здесь видна рука шизофреника(для япы это норм) чтоб такое безумие придумать, я не сторонник в массы вносить безумие патологии.
    Первое, что бросилось это постоянное утюжка территории, одно и то же час за часом, лично у меня нет на это столько времени. Для меня это дикость, так было в диабло больше 20 лет назад, меня тогда это    Не фанат таких игр, да и хватило меня не на долго в элдер. Здесь видна рука шизофреника(для япы это норм) чтоб такое безумие придумать, я не сторонник в массы вносить безумие патологии.
    Первое, что бросилось это постоянное утюжка территории, одно и то же час за часом, лично у меня нет на это столько времени. Для меня это дикость, так было в диабло больше 20 лет назад, меня тогда это немного напрягало. Но сейчас такая механика это громадный минус разрабам чтоб растянуть прокачку на % 50-60, да и на большее их фантазии не хватило. Игра сильно растянута искусственно, это видно с самого начала. Девиз: Под качайся дней так 20-30(а лучше 50) чтоб самое ничтожное нечто тебя не грохнуло в первого раза.
    Второе, игровая механика. Искусственно создано иллюзорная сложность, но это просто обман, манипуляция сознанием это искусство. Всё просто hero/Х урон, hero/Х хп, вот и вся сложность, не адекватное поведение мобов. Многим нравиться когда они приходят от игры в ярость или у них психоз, назовем это самобичеванием, проще мазохизм. Таких у нас есть определенный % и довольно большой(армия пополняется), что является не нормальным, диагноз ставить не буду(многие знают), но это скажет любой психиатр.
    Третье, пустой большой мир, растягивание опять игры.
    Четвертое, многие считают это куском РПГ, но это кусок иллюзии, от общения толку просто ноль. НПС что то болтают на своей волне.
    Пятое, качество графики экономное, так как ракурс взят в точку и видишь чёткость и красоту, не много в сторону минус 10 лет.
    Шестое, безумное не бытьё, не понимаю зачем я здесь. Всё сложно так, а смотришь и понимаешь нету в этом здравого смысла(логики). Скачи туда не понятно зачем.
    Много ещё чего можно добавить, но я не судья, это просто моё мнение.
    Игра должная быть в интерес, а не в моразм.    … Expand
  87. jpw78
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Wow i've never seen such a overhyped game since Cyberpunk. The graphics looked like they came straight from PS3. Runs like trash across all platforms, and gets 10/10 ?
  88. Capt_Avalanche
    Mar 15, 2022
    1
    This game is a giant leap backwards from Sekiro and other From games. The performance is absolute trash. I get frame dips every 10 seconds which results in ultra jank making it a chore to play. The open world is empty and exploring rarely is fruitful. The UI is absolute garbage. Closing the ui should be the same button as opening. The delay on your characters attacks coupled with the pinThis game is a giant leap backwards from Sekiro and other From games. The performance is absolute trash. I get frame dips every 10 seconds which results in ultra jank making it a chore to play. The open world is empty and exploring rarely is fruitful. The UI is absolute garbage. Closing the ui should be the same button as opening. The delay on your characters attacks coupled with the pin point tracking enemies have on you is frustrating. The weapon upgrade and crafting systems are an afterthought. All around aimless, heartless experience, trying to het a refund.… Expand
  89. fabriciox
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Overrated game has nothing new just the free world the rest of DKS3 xerox there is an impressive collective madness about this game
  90. Ramy230116
    May 15, 2022
    1
    I rarely post negative reviews but I feel like I need to in this instance.

    I was super excited for this game, I would say it was my most anticipated release of the year and it was the main drive in me purchasing a PS5 before playing. I’m extremely disappointed with it. There is no explanation as how to play, other than minor hints and a short tutorial and these are not enough as it’s    I rarely post negative reviews but I feel like I need to in this instance.

    I was super excited for this game, I would say it was my most anticipated release of the year and it was the main drive in me purchasing a PS5 before playing. I’m extremely disappointed with it. There is no explanation as how to play, other than minor hints and a short tutorial and these are not enough as it’s quite a complicated. I put hours into researching how to actually play the game before being able to do so, which is not really what you want from a video game where you play to have fun and essentially switch off from real life. A Skyrim type intro would have been better to assist new players in learning the world and it’s dynamics. I’ve put hours and hours into this and feel as though I have gotten nowhere and it’s pretty much got to the stage where I feel like Im forcing myself to carry on playing. I have played the Soul games on PS3/PS4 and enjoyed these (with the exception of Bloodbourne, which I really did not like). Elden Ring, for me, really did not hit the mark. The combat and controls feel clunky and slow, which is not what you expect from a brand new game. You end up getting killed constantly pretty much for this reason. With the controls, it feels like you are playing in 2002 on a PS2 and not 2022 on a PS5.

    There are bugs (as you would expect), which I normally can overlook (I played Cyberpunk 2077 at launch and still played even though it was buggy as hell) however, I can’t overlook dodges continually not registering in combat and being killed because of this. When you are killed you drop all of the runes you have grinded for (you need runes for upgrading and purchasing) and are out back to wherever the last grace site was. It’s beyond frustrating. There’s no real indication as to where to go, so you are continually walking around lost. Sure, the grace sites point to where you should be going, however, if you miss one you are pretty much on your own and they almost always point towards some boss or other which is pretty much impossible to beat and you end up getting yourself killed or you have to run away and you’re lost again. This was also marketed very much on the fact that George RR Martin was involved in the writing. The sorry is lacklustre, stupidly complicated and nothing special, nothing is explained and you feel like you have no idea what the hell is going on. It really is not something which you would expect the creator game of thrones to have written (although he was involved in writing the final GOT tv series so maybe I should have expected it to be a bit rubbish)

    The scenery is amazing and it looks just as you would expect a true fantasy game to look, however it was not enough to keep me playing.

    TLDR: Overhyped, mediocre, complicated for the sake of being complicated, no direction and overall just crap    … Expand
  91. Chrisbj
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is very Buggy. It is Not innovative at all. It does nothing different from all the other dark souls games. It's all hype and that's pretty much it. The graphics are trash buckets. It looks like a ps3 games… Expand
  92. Hungng
    Mar 2, 2022
    1
    How hard can I try to play this game ? That 's so **** stupid when we try to kill just a normal boss.
  93. VickyPollard
    Jan 6, 2023
    1
    Probably one of the worst games I've ever played. The graphics are outdated, the story (if any) is lacking, the mechanics and animations are clunky, the open world feels deserted and the enemies placed in them are random and placed randomly, voice acting is bad... The difficulty of beating the random assortment of enemies is the only reason one could have to play this game. Take that awayProbably one of the worst games I've ever played. The graphics are outdated, the story (if any) is lacking, the mechanics and animations are clunky, the open world feels deserted and the enemies placed in them are random and placed randomly, voice acting is bad... The difficulty of beating the random assortment of enemies is the only reason one could have to play this game. Take that away and it looks like a low-budget generic game that you'd grab for a few dollars at a massive discount from your local store "because why not", only to still be disappointed.… Expand
  94. ilyapsmk
    Dec 12, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Очередное соулс дрочево , разрабы копируют и вставляют всё что было раньше и продают за полную цену… Expand
  95. Yhhh
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    This game is beyond trash.

    Cognitive dissonance runs high with this one.
    If it wasn’t hard and grind, it would be getting 3/10
  96. 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.
  97. Buckeyenation03
    Mar 31, 2022
    1
    What’s to like about this garbage? Just grind and grind and grind for what? It’s not even enjoyable. Seriously.
  98. jorje_mamasitas
    Mar 15, 2022
    1
    Definetly the worst game from the soul series, as it even gets to be called a "soul series game" even though it pretends (or was marketed pretending to) be something new and different. It is not. The game is a poor mixture of Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne and Sekiro. It's absolutely generic, as it copies infinite secondary and mini-bosses from the previous games. The game is an eternal liop inDefinetly the worst game from the soul series, as it even gets to be called a "soul series game" even though it pretends (or was marketed pretending to) be something new and different. It is not. The game is a poor mixture of Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne and Sekiro. It's absolutely generic, as it copies infinite secondary and mini-bosses from the previous games. The game is an eternal liop in a poor open word, boring and repetitive, with no plot (contrary to what was sold, using the name of George R. R. Martin). After all that, graphics were far better on Demon Souls. Even still, the game struggles to load scenarios, hardly runs smooth on 60 fps using the performance mode and has a lot of issues. For example, I had one boss, wich was so generic I can't remind his name, being sanding still at his final 10% of life waiting for me to put him out of misery (wich was probably being a part of this game). Never seen such an overrated game. I only recomend it if you are in for some dark souls copied gameplay, wich may be fun. Don't expect more than that.… Expand
  99. 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
  100. Bola111190
    Apr 16, 2022
    1
    malos graficos y mala optimizacion gameplay repetitivo ..................................................................................................................................................................................................
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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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