Elden Ring

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12214 Ratings

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  1. 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.
  2. Switzerland
    Mar 29, 2022
    3
    Simply overrated. The graphics aren't all that. It's not welcoming to anyone who wasn't already in that "git good" group. Grinding out runes from YouTube advertised farms and following beaten paths only to have weapons nerfed? No. A game of the year should be good for everyone. This is meant for a select audience. Buyer beware!
  3. Vader21
    Apr 3, 2022
    3
    Elden Ring is a beautiful, engaging and challenging experience. It's biggest downfall is the co-op play. The game was advertised as a co-op environment but its very limited. The multi player is very specific to areas, bosses and challenges, not open world like other games. it takes a few steps to get together with a friend and sometimes you don't even know if you can do something togetherElden Ring is a beautiful, engaging and challenging experience. It's biggest downfall is the co-op play. The game was advertised as a co-op environment but its very limited. The multi player is very specific to areas, bosses and challenges, not open world like other games. it takes a few steps to get together with a friend and sometimes you don't even know if you can do something together until your at a spot when you need them. It's taken the fun out of the whole experience. I would recommend this game for single players only.… Expand
  4. 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.
  5. PaBe
    Apr 17, 2022
    7
    Open World Design: 10/10
    Story and storytelling: 7/10
    Quest Design: 8/10 Game Mechanics: 7/10 Combat Mechanics: 6/10 ### 1. World Design on the highest surprising level: The world and its design is beautiful and gigantic one. Every single area fits the wishes and dreams of an open world for casual gamers like me. Also the decision to design the world also vertically was 100% a    Open World Design: 10/10
    Story and storytelling: 7/10
    Quest Design: 8/10
    Game Mechanics: 7/10
    Combat Mechanics: 6/10

    ### 1. World Design on the highest surprising level:
    The world and its design is beautiful and gigantic one. Every single area fits the wishes and dreams of an open world for casual gamers like me. Also the decision to design the world also vertically was 100% a right one.
    That the world don't uses the current and available state of the art next gen graphics level like other dripple A games isn't a minus, since the world still looks beautiful, also compared to its complete size. Or compared to the moments you will definitely have alone or together with a friend when you get surprised again, again, and again - after 10 Minutes, 30 hours or even in the endgame.

    ### 2. Story that is written but not told:
    Like in every From Software game the individual story isn't really told via a recognizable common thread. Based on items and every items description and some short video clips YOU are responsible to find out more about the lore of Elden Ring.
    But you're not alone: the community will not only support you in terms of story, quests and their individual progress.
    For casual gamers like me this "story telling pattern" isn't that convenient, since I get motivation and energy from clearly visible progress, not just "skill-", attribute- or story-related.
    Of course: Since you're responsible to find out more about the story and Elden Ring's fundament is an open world, you could say "Every player will write and then tell its own Elden Ring story".
    But after 50 hours of playing the game you will more and more get the feeling that something is missing while you found your character build, needed ashes and you find out that more and more things repeat themselves (Dungeons, Enemies, Combat Mechanics).

    ### 3. Quest, after quest, after quest:
    Quests in Elden Ring are great, some of them are amazing. But - when you start a quest you need to finish the quest asap and stop playing the story line. If not, in some cases you wont be able to finish the relevant quests.
    AND: You need the support of the community and Elden Ring Wikis for 6 of 10 quests.
    Which makes it even harder to dive deeper into the game and its story, since to search and share quest relevant information you need to switch from console or pc to your smartphone or tablet.

    ### 4. Inner fight with yourself until luck kicks in
    The combat system and mechanics of Elden Ring follows one official way: “Be open, try, fail, learn, make progress, repeat”.

    When you play Elden Ring you soon find out, it’s not the way above. It’s following way:

    If you fail. Try again.

    If you fail again, level your attributes, upgrade your favorite weapons in use. Google search: "Interactive map, smithing stones"

    If you fail, try again.

    If you fail again, start farming to become the Elden God. Google search: "Best farming spot Elden Ring"

    If you fail, google search: "Best build for boss x/y" and reset your attributes.

    If you fail again, google search: "Cheese of boss x/y" and don't forget to update your bow.

    If you fail, try again.

    If you fail again, ask a community player to support you in the fight. But: Don't forget that the boss will become stronger after you sum another player.

    If you fail, start again from the top of the list.

    If you fail again, LEARN to live with it.

    If you can't, because you have a friend which already finished Elden Ring the second time and loves to here you failing: Mute him, games music, voices (not only Malenias) and try it again!

    Learn to live with the fact, that getting in a fight with an Elden Ring boss means getting spammed with individual combat patterns and if you have enough luck you maybe win that fight.
    But: Before you win the fight, you will scream, cry, earn anger, frustration, deepest hate and a lot of destroyed playstation, xbox controllers or pc keyboards. Even at the end, when you can smell victory - not only the last 4 bosses will spam you every combat pattern the individual boss has directly in your face - like you play against a world champion of the game Super Smash Bros or Street Fighter. But you play the specific game for the first time. But, world champion gamers of beatemups don't have a second phase. Elden Ring bosses have a second one - without an endurance/condition break for spamming every combat pattern in your direction. It's not about progress, not about improvement, not about skill - if you're a casual gamer like me and you're not part of the souls community. At the end its luck. After 123 hours of playing, end level 190, and after I finished the game I finally can say: Elden Ring and it's patterns from world design, NPCs, story, contents, bosses and the unfair spamming combat system is not a masterpiece. Elden Ring is a hugh step forward for all the upcoming (open world) games in the future, not only of From Software. 7.6/10    … Expand
  6. LizzixD
    Apr 15, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is wors souls game ever so unballens and unfaire and false difeculty make just a joke. Open wolrd game looks greit and amazing but do whane play lern boss fight and have stugel and have fun this is not eny of this tine say it just a relif of never kill boss ever agen. And do not recamen it sins whais of mony when only en play on time never agen!… Expand
  7. CarlitoGaming
    Apr 25, 2022
    1
    This game has no english version on the HK PS store. Sony wont refund the game.
  8. goglike
    May 5, 2022
    3
    Contrary to most reviewers, I loved the open world and spent 180 hours in this game. After that time one might think I would leave at least mixed review but unfortunately late game has displayed too many problems and I have to put negative review now.

    I played every souls game starting from demon souls. For me what was very important in every souls game is combat mechanics, that is the    Contrary to most reviewers, I loved the open world and spent 180 hours in this game. After that time one might think I would leave at least mixed review but unfortunately late game has displayed too many problems and I have to put negative review now.

    I played every souls game starting from demon souls. For me what was very important in every souls game is combat mechanics, that is the only thing that truly (gameplay-wise) separates souls game from any slasher-type game. Mechanics like where one has to commit to attack, because there is no way to cancel its animation, mechanics when weapons get stuck in the wall, different move sets of different weapons, etc. All these mechanics got basically destroyed by introducing customizable ashes of war and posture system.

    Ash of war is a skill that you attach to the weapon and can use while bearing that weapon. The problem with them is that contrary to the weapon balance these things are absolutely unbalanced. This is obviously clearly visible in the late game, as the difficulty ramps up at some point you have to either oneshot-twoshot enemy with your weapon art or commit to long battle using regular attacks. I have a faith build so couple of examples with my build would be:

    1) Blasphemous blade. Regular attacks hit for 300-500, weapon art hits for 1200+ in AOE and heals you 20% for every enemy hit. What is the point to use anything but these ashes of war in combat?

    2) Godslayer blade. This one bad boy just deals straight up to 3000+ dmg to enemy, while normal hits are in the area of 400-600. Its not aoe, so it is not always usable, but when it is - there is no point in using anything else.

    3) Any other weapon. The best ashes of war for my build would be incredible flames of the Redmane. This bad boy staggers any enemy in the game in couple of hits.

    On top of that, the HARDEST hitting spells in my arsenal such as flame take thee will hit for about 1000-1300. So these ashes of war make not only weapons, but also MOST of the spells redundant. What is the point in parrying enemy if you can just get them into posture break with flame of the redmanes? What is the point of dodging if you could use bloodhound step instead? Basically, From Software took all mechanics that made their games great and just tossed them all out of the window with unbalanced, absolutely over tuned ashes of war. What's worse, there are very few ashes of war that are actually interesting to use, most of them is just ONE BIG HUGE HIT IN AOE. For example, there are very few ashes of war that would allow you to somehow better your positioning and they are locked behind unique weapons. So if you imagine how you would wield two curved swords and jump around with ashes of war to keep distance from enemies - forget that, you are not getting it. What you could get though is a HUGE BIG HIT IN AOE, enjoy.

    Second thing I mentioned was posture break. This thing is also terribly over tuned on several types of attack. These are guard breaks and jump attacks. When you wield two heavy weapons there are no point in doing anything but jump attacks. If you wield one heavy weapon, fastest way to defeat enemy would be spam guard breaks. That's it, there is no more depth to the game.

    I really do not like the directions these games are going and as a big fan it is incredibly disappointing. Even games like Assassins Creed which are often used as an example of lazy game development now have more in-depth combat than famous souls series and this it is utterly disappointing.    … Expand
  9. Sinnednhoj
    May 4, 2022
    0
    A lot has already been said about the superb lore and gameplay, and for that, I laud the developers. But for goodness sake, when will they fix the English language issue in Asia? I spent the money to buy the game just like everyone else around the world did, so why am I stuck with a version of a game that runs in languages I don't understand? It's been 2 months, and it seems that nothingA lot has already been said about the superb lore and gameplay, and for that, I laud the developers. But for goodness sake, when will they fix the English language issue in Asia? I spent the money to buy the game just like everyone else around the world did, so why am I stuck with a version of a game that runs in languages I don't understand? It's been 2 months, and it seems that nothing is being done to fix this issue. NOT EVERYONE IN ASIA IS CHINESE, KOREAN, THAI, OR JAPANESE.… Expand
  10. j1uw
    Dec 12, 2022
    0
    Trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrash.
  11. Arie174
    Jun 23, 2022
    1
    I feel for the critics who seem to be unable to call this game for what it is, which is borderline boring. seems like everyone is afraid to say that the Emperor has no clothes.
    what a terrible game this turned out to be. 2022 game with worse graphics than a 2018 game and no "next gen" features.
    There is no story, it's all about boss fights and they try to make the game longer just by    I feel for the critics who seem to be unable to call this game for what it is, which is borderline boring. seems like everyone is afraid to say that the Emperor has no clothes.
    what a terrible game this turned out to be. 2022 game with worse graphics than a 2018 game and no "next gen" features.
    There is no story, it's all about boss fights and they try to make the game longer just by making it harder to proceed rather than creating missions and stuff.
    there is a reason the retail price of this game has fallen by almost 50% since release (in Australia).
    total waste of money    … Expand
  12. Bubsy3d21
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    Game is trash, God of War Ragnarök should have won game of the year. Elden Ring is a complete garbage game made for soyboys who like "deep" lore (the lore is shallow as hell) and is a complete pushover.
  13. comrazi12
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    Terrible. No story, no voice acting, just cheap mechanics for edgy players.
  14. Bigmanhoey
    Dec 9, 2022
    4
    Overrated to bits the game is medicore at best didn't enjoy it for a single minute
  15. TheDahaka
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    If you’re a fan of high fantasy, open world rpgs and the soulsbourne genre, then this is the game of your dreams. The world & character design is amazing. The scale of the world, the density, the verticality are incredible. There’s nothing else like it. Ignore the trolls reviews binging this game, it’s a masterpiece.
  16. legend999
    Mar 14, 2022
    10
    One of the most engaging and enthralling experiences I've ever had. I've never been much of a souls player, but I have enjoyed difficult games in the past. I've speedrun a few games in the past too, with Sekiro being my introduction to the series. Coming from relatively difficult games like Cuphead, Sekiro, Hades, and Sifu, Elden Ring did an amazing job making me struggle and feel weak atOne of the most engaging and enthralling experiences I've ever had. I've never been much of a souls player, but I have enjoyed difficult games in the past. I've speedrun a few games in the past too, with Sekiro being my introduction to the series. Coming from relatively difficult games like Cuphead, Sekiro, Hades, and Sifu, Elden Ring did an amazing job making me struggle and feel weak at first, but it does something that games like BOTW could never do for me, which is making me feel like I am getting stronger and progressing. It wasn't just my items and HP that were getting better, it was my entire character. I became so much more skilled than I could re-run all of limgrave with no issues on a new character, but being able to go back to limgrave in the end-game and one-shot some enemies gave me struggles early on was so satisfying. For me, this is a 10, because I haven't been this into and enthralled in a game since my teenage years when I played Skyrim, and it brought me as much enjoyment as I've ever had in a game.… Expand
  17. ImplosionX13
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Ignore the trolls review bombing it because of graphics, they've probably never played a fromsoftware game before. It's easily one of the most beautiful games ever made. What it lacks in fidelity it makes up for in art direction and atmosphere. As for the world it's amazing. So much stuff to explore and figure out. Might end up being the best open world/open world game of all time.Ignore the trolls review bombing it because of graphics, they've probably never played a fromsoftware game before. It's easily one of the most beautiful games ever made. What it lacks in fidelity it makes up for in art direction and atmosphere. As for the world it's amazing. So much stuff to explore and figure out. Might end up being the best open world/open world game of all time. Hopefully other developers follow fromsoftwares example and change up their stale formula of open worlds.… Expand
  18. nexxuno
    Apr 25, 2022
    5
    Empty world, no storytelling, dated graphics.

    Combat is somewhat fun and art direction is good and inspired.

    A good example of how marketing and hype are becoming more important than quality.
  19. sangine
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    A ten for compensate the retarded review bombing with 0 and 1. The gaming community is rotten.
  20. Ballsydude2004
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    This game is massive! everything I could have dreamed of in a souls-like game.
    Is a masterclass game in level design, art direction, music, and exploration in a super intriguing/mysterious world.
    I have never been so immersed before and the exploring is so rewarding, and it is great not to see all the points of interest markers all over the map from other games. On PS5 there is some pop    This game is massive! everything I could have dreamed of in a souls-like game.
    Is a masterclass game in level design, art direction, music, and exploration in a super intriguing/mysterious world.
    I have never been so immersed before and the exploring is so rewarding, and it is great not to see all the points of interest markers all over the map from other games.
    On PS5 there is some pop in and small frame stutters from time to time, but other than that the experience has been peerless.    … Expand
  21. topher280392
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Not a game for filthy casusal COD or Fifa boys. If you like any FROM SOFTWARE games then you are in luck. This may have overtaken Dark Souls 1 as my top FS game. The negative reviews are just clowns who can't play the game
  22. dbzmah
    Mar 8, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The best game I have ever played. From soft really out did themselves. It excedrd every expectation.… Expand
  23. Vile-Okami
    Mar 5, 2022
    5
    Boring and clunky. Technical issues everywhere, terrible camera and boring exploration with no real rewards. No idea what people see in these games.
  24. Witchywoman212
    Mar 25, 2022
    7
    At first I liked this game. Graphics are good, but I believe From has gone down a bad road, starting with Sekiro. The From souls games were brilliant, and a lot of fun. Difficult, but enjoyable. I laughed a lot, and had fun with the coops and invasions. But this game has taken on a Nioh feel. Everything is one shot, and there is a kill switch, when you are in danger of killing aAt first I liked this game. Graphics are good, but I believe From has gone down a bad road, starting with Sekiro. The From souls games were brilliant, and a lot of fun. Difficult, but enjoyable. I laughed a lot, and had fun with the coops and invasions. But this game has taken on a Nioh feel. Everything is one shot, and there is a kill switch, when you are in danger of killing a boss. I believe the pve is overpowered. Especially when you are trying to reach an important area to advance the game. I have had to respect my character two times to advance. This is not good game design. The Fire Giant is almost impossible. You can't finish the game without beating it. There is little help, and no mimic help. Why have a mimic when you can't use it in the most important areas of the game. The blood, and bleeding is way overpowered. Invaders can one shot you. There is very little defense against the most overused builds in the game. I got sick of fighting all the bosses with blood builds. I really wanted to give the game up. Now I played Nioh, and hated the game. I even platinumed both Nioh games. Has From gone so far to cheapen their games competing with the Nioh Team? I am not sure I am going to finish Elden Ring. They dumb down good weapons that let you complete with the overpowered and unfair bosses, but not the bosses. They need to look at the way people are struggling to get through. The NPC's that help are crap. I miss the good NPC's in DS2. One good thing, the horse. I loved it. The world is too big, and coop help is too scattered around the big world. The lines are interesting, but way to long. The Alexander Jar line is ridiculous.
    Anyway, if you decide to play, good luck! i wish From would go back to the winning ways of DS and Bloodborne.    … Expand
  25. CaptainHarlock
    Mar 21, 2022
    5
    One of the best games I ever played!!! The sense of exploration the mystery is phenomenal… I already write 200 hours and continue
  26. Mjw7502
    Mar 18, 2022
    7
    I really love this game. However the end game is so imbalanced that I started to have negative fun. The mob placement and mob damage is all over the place. Yet almost every boss at end game can be 1 shotted without summons or help. Up until then the experience was perfect though.
  27. itzaspace
    Mar 18, 2022
    6
    have fun playing it and i really recommend it, but my 6 is because the massive copy pasta of previous games and bosses. If you have played previous FS games, you will find that bosses have the same patterns, animations, models etc of souls games, there are no new mechanics. They put everything in previous souls games into a open world game, marketed as the creator of game of thrones didhave fun playing it and i really recommend it, but my 6 is because the massive copy pasta of previous games and bosses. If you have played previous FS games, you will find that bosses have the same patterns, animations, models etc of souls games, there are no new mechanics. They put everything in previous souls games into a open world game, marketed as the creator of game of thrones did the story and there you go, easy money... The game is good but is so overrated, the game still lacks of story and narrative as previous soul games, boring and recycled fights , they are just hard and that's it.… Expand
  28. PanteraHouse
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Game is an absolute masterpiece, From Software somehow managed to outdo themselves with Elden Ring. The world is MASSIVE, bosses and meaningful content hidden around every corner, huge variety of biomes and an endless amount of the most freakish monsters video games have ever seen.
  29. devilhunter665
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Either you are veteran or never played a souls game before (Its more accessible for newcomers) you need to experience this game, it's phenomenal. Just ignore the bomb reviews
  30. finedog
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    The best RPG in the gaming histry. The best Open World in the gaming histry.
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Universal acclaim - based on 86 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 86 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 86
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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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