Elden Ring

 PlayStation 5
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12214 Ratings

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  1. Younglord
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    Listen. The children that **** about the graphics are out of their minds. Firstly the game is gorgeous to look at and a joy to explore. From software (the developers) always focus on the story and gameplay first then graphics second. And let me tell you regardless of what the young freaks here are saying it is a great game to experience if you consider yourself a gamer or aspiringto beListen. The children that **** about the graphics are out of their minds. Firstly the game is gorgeous to look at and a joy to explore. From software (the developers) always focus on the story and gameplay first then graphics second. And let me tell you regardless of what the young freaks here are saying it is a great game to experience if you consider yourself a gamer or aspiringto be one. Either way, you should see for yourself. Go on youtube and search for gameplay and form your own opinion. For me this is an easy 10/10 all things considered. Also i solely made this to counteract the review bombing.… Expand
  2. amirtige755
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    Beautiful, fascinating, amazing and artistic game in general is excellent in all respects
  3. MacSauce94
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    I am a huge fan of all Dark Souls titles. This game gives you the best aspects of all souls games and adds everything we have wanted moving forward. Multiplayer is smooth, the fights are rewarding , but the game still doesn't hold your hand. Amazing.
  4. heroigamer
    Jul 22, 2022
    9
    Elden Ring é muito mais que um Dark Souls 4. Ele é a experiência definitiva do gênero Souls Like, trazendo todos os feedbacks da comunidade e ampliando consideravelmente tudo que já vimos antes. Não se trata de um jogo com dificuldade abusiva e estressante, apesar disso é sim desafiador. Ainda mais se levarmos em conta a quantidade extraordinária de chefes que estão no jogo. IndependenteElden Ring é muito mais que um Dark Souls 4. Ele é a experiência definitiva do gênero Souls Like, trazendo todos os feedbacks da comunidade e ampliando consideravelmente tudo que já vimos antes. Não se trata de um jogo com dificuldade abusiva e estressante, apesar disso é sim desafiador. Ainda mais se levarmos em conta a quantidade extraordinária de chefes que estão no jogo. Independente se você prefere ir de modo cooperativo ou solo, esse jogo te traz opções para que sua experiência seja satisfatória e gratificante. Elden Ring é, sem dúvidas, um jogo glorioso e traz o melhor do seu estilo, ampliando os leques do que já sabíamos sobre Souls Like.… Expand
  5. Gracenn7
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    As someone who never picked up a souls game. Who always plays games on normal or easy, this game shouldn't appeal to me at all . However from the moment I stepped into this vast world and fought my first enemy I absolutely couldn't put it down. Technical issues aside the world is beautiful , engrossing and begging for exploration. Not using any guides just figuring out the risk vs rewardAs someone who never picked up a souls game. Who always plays games on normal or easy, this game shouldn't appeal to me at all . However from the moment I stepped into this vast world and fought my first enemy I absolutely couldn't put it down. Technical issues aside the world is beautiful , engrossing and begging for exploration. Not using any guides just figuring out the risk vs reward gameplay loop of fighting that higher level boss to get just a few more souls to level up . I'm hooked and love it. Being this is my first souls game I can see why maybe some veterans of the series may feel that at this point no much has changed and this game doesn't bring enough change they expected. But for someone new to the series this is an amazing , challenging world that must be played through . This is my game of the year so far.… Expand
  6. lol12445
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There are a lot of people who hate this game and the hate is not justified.… Expand
  7. jaberq894
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    One of the best game i ever played , when ever i go I discover something , the world is very rich .
  8. Magmoo
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    The most immersive and fun game in many years. I have played for 50hrs and still feel like its an adventure im dying to pursue. Quite literally
    10/10 game of the decade
  9. John5ive
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    Listen, I understand the bad reviews if you can't play the game or it doesn't support your desired language, fine. Some of you are so focused on the graphic quality and difficulty that you assume the game is horrible and turn it off. However, after playing this game for 30 hours instead of ten minutes, I fully, 100% believe this game deserves a 10
  10. NikoNikoGames
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    Strizza l'occhio certamente a Dark Souls ma si discosta molto da esso, gioco mastodontico con un open world da gdr ma molto innovativo nel genere, Artisticamente inutile dire qualsiasi cosa, se si conosce Miyazaki si sa già a cosa si va incontro, A mio parere un Capolavoro!!
  11. Soko
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    A masterpiece! It makes me so sad that many players are review-bombing such an amazing game! People were criticizing on the day of the release without even really played enough to give it a proper evaluation (and make justice to such great game). I've read all kinds of nonsense like "it doesn't have a game difficulty setting", who said it should have one? The game offers a plenty ofA masterpiece! It makes me so sad that many players are review-bombing such an amazing game! People were criticizing on the day of the release without even really played enough to give it a proper evaluation (and make justice to such great game). I've read all kinds of nonsense like "it doesn't have a game difficulty setting", who said it should have one? The game offers a plenty of options to make your journey easy: the horse, you can summon spirits to help you, you can summon friends, so please, no lame excuses!
    The game may be still challenging(gladly!) but way more accessible than any other souls games. So of you write a review, please make sure to play it for at least 10 hours.
    Bottom line: a masterpiece! Not a game for everyone though. But what game is?    … Expand
  12. WyseOSirius
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    My response to negative review bombers:

    Mad cuz bad. Git Gud.

    You wanted something but didn't get it. Boo-Hoo. FROM delivered on everything they said would be in the game. If you expected more, that's on you.

    They don't have to hold your hair up when you puke as well. Get over it.

    12/10 would stomp out the first nine bosses easily again.
  13. Epicmonk117
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    There have been a lot of negative reviews from people for whom this is their first FromSoft title who clearly did not know what they were getting into. Do not listen to them. They did not take the time to learn the game and its many systems and just bashed it for not being just another Jiminy Cockthroat open world that holds your hand every step of the way like the stuff Ubisoft putsThere have been a lot of negative reviews from people for whom this is their first FromSoft title who clearly did not know what they were getting into. Do not listen to them. They did not take the time to learn the game and its many systems and just bashed it for not being just another Jiminy Cockthroat open world that holds your hand every step of the way like the stuff Ubisoft puts out.

    Elden Ring is the exact opposite of that. It may not be the largest open world, but it is DENSE. You cannot go more than 5 minutes without stumbling upon some old ruins, a random dungeon, a hidden secret, a roaming boss, or some other interesting encounter. It's genuinely insane how much stuff they were able to pack into the game with so few repeats. And this gets even more insane inside the big legacy dungeons, which are so sprawling and labyrinthine you could spend hours alone in each one.

    Every single weapon looks great and feels good to use, and with the ability to change their damage types, attribute scaling, and special abilities using Ashes of War, the depth of character customization has never been higher. These skills are also a lot more varied than they were in previous games, ranging from classics like stomp and spin attack to ranged elemental projectiles to duplicating certain spells to sucking in all nearby enemies with the power of gravity.

    Combat has been improved in many other ways too. Guard breaks now give use to your heavy attacks, jump attacks now have an actual input, and guard counters are some of the most satisfying attacks to land in the entire game. Additionally, the best feature from Dark Souls 2, powerstancing, has returned with a vengeance, and it is glorious.

    Spells received a similar increase in variety, with a wide array of interesting effects from a spray of chaotic firey bolts that builds a negative status effect on the user to a telekinetic flurry of thrown rocks to transforming into a tiny moon and launching yourself at an enemy. Additionally, many quick-casting spells can be cast much faster after using another action, such as rolling, attacking, or casting another similar spell, while others can be charged to deal even more damage.

    The only two legitimate problems the game has are the inclusion of Easy Anticheat and the rather poor optimization on PC. At time of writing, I don't know if they've fixed that, but I run the game at medium settings on a PC that barely meets the minimum requirements, and I can play it just fine. The game will occasionally freeze for a couple seconds, but I've never had it crash (though someone I was cooping with at one point did crash once), and occasionally large chunks of the screen will change to a solid color (usually either magenta or cyan) for a single frame, but these performance issues are rather rare and become less frequent the longer my session.

    As for Easy Anticheat, it's probably the worst anticheat on the market today. While I applaud them for attempting to solve the hacking problem, Easy is hilariously bad at what it does and basically only serves to make it more difficult for players to mod the game in fun ways like the Remastest and Nightfall mods for Dark Souls 1.

    Overall, even with its performance issues, this is still easily the best game FromSoft has put out and a shoe-in for game of the year, possibly even game of the decade. Hell, it even briefly held the title of second highest-rated game of all time on Metacritic, and still holds #11 at time of writing.    … Expand
  14. koyoko
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. do not buying hype!
    people who don't understand souls game shouldn't buy Elden Ring.

    you better do some research.. watch gameplay first, find out about what 'souls game' is, or play the previous game form fromsoftware.

    this game is the most easiest fromsoft game i've ever played, because it depend on your play-style.
    i have no issues with performance everything works very well. i beat this game at 70+ hours and decided to not start NG+ because theres so many place unexplroed, including dungeon, bosses, any kind of items, npc, etc.

    and the soundtrack is one i highly anticipated from fromsoft... firelink shrine theme, majula theme, sekiro opening theme, and now "the final battle". the main theme, and the real final battle bgm.. after 69+ hours of exploring, my journey needs to be end with fighting the last boss, radagon.

    when ragadon comes up. holy **** i'm not hit or let radagon hit me for like 2 minutes, because… it's so majestic! mindblowing! goosebumps everytime i heard and, or recall my memories from the battle. i unconsciously clapped my hands when i already beat them... i usually screaming and yelling or swearing! first experience for so many games i've played never comes to mind that i will clapped my hands upon defeating any bosses, never! but this game has done it! beautiful!

    10 out of 10. masterpiece!    … Expand
  15. OneEyedSaint
    Mar 27, 2022
    10
    Elden Ring had the most influence on my life. I thought I could never sleep again with my late wife, but this game showed me that I was only too lazy to dig her grave. Best game ever!
  16. Vipo
    Mar 6, 2022
    10
    Holy crap this is 100% the greatest fromsoft game, and easily became one of my favorite games of all time, some people say that this is just dark souls 3 rip off but trust me its more than that. Elden Ring is simply a masterpiece
  17. deezjuevos
    Mar 6, 2022
    10
    Imagine writing a 1 star review for one of the best games of our generation and maybe even our lifetimes
  18. idkausername
    Mar 6, 2022
    10
    Elden Ring is one of the best games to date from Fromsoftware. It's up there with DS3 and Sekiro. I am almost 35 hours in and loving every second of it. There is so much to explore and do that I don't even see an end in sight. 10/10
  19. Atros
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    This Game is soo beatifull, the bosses are hard but not rlly unfair. Ive spend so much time just riding around and explore the big world.
    I hope you‘ll love this game too.
  20. PcebasDark
    Mar 7, 2022
    9
    Jogo simplesmente maravilhoso, ouso dizer que é com toda certeza o meu jogo da from software favorito, estão de parabéns, infelizmente no PS5 em algumas partes tem uma ou outra queda de FPS em algumas regiões do mapa, mas nada que possa te atrapalhar na sua jornada, eis a única coisa que para mim ficou a desejar.
  21. MassiveG
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    A brilliant evolution of the Soulsborne formula. It makes sense the critic scores are higher than users' - critics are professionals who don't feel bound to give a 0 for effect. I ask someone who gives this a zero - what make you choose that over a 1/10 or 2/10 for a game that has been taken forwards from already critically acclaimed titles like DS3 and Bloodborne? For those who criticiseA brilliant evolution of the Soulsborne formula. It makes sense the critic scores are higher than users' - critics are professionals who don't feel bound to give a 0 for effect. I ask someone who gives this a zero - what make you choose that over a 1/10 or 2/10 for a game that has been taken forwards from already critically acclaimed titles like DS3 and Bloodborne? For those who criticise the emptiness and drip-fed story - these are also USPs of the successful Soulsborne series. And Shadow of the Colossus and Breath of the Wild are relatively "empty" but also brilliant. I'll listen to the experts and my own experience thank you very much.… Expand
  22. TuiUncia
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    Best game of this generation hands down, aswell as the most fun, filled, and intense open world experience.
  23. Rha_spi
    Mar 16, 2022
    10
    Basically is a dark souls but open world, also good to come near the franchise, I have a friend of mine who started the souls series with it and fall in love with the game
  24. FocusBarahona
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    Un juego genial, quien le de menos de 10, en serio que es por envidia al trabajo de Miyasaki.
  25. Joko-
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics are amazing, the weapons are phenomenal, the lore is so good, the bosses are all unique and have their own difficulty fighting, the world building is done well, the open world gives the game a whole other level of freedom. You can challenge any boss you want at any point in the game it's amazing. The ashes of war are all so cool and unique, there is just so much to do in the game. I am currently 45 hours in and haven't been bored a single one of these hours. In my opinion it's a 10/10 game and I would 100% recommend buying it, even if it's your first fromsoft game.… Expand
  26. hecthorblanco
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    Muy buen juego, lo he llegado a jugar en Xbox one S y Xbox Series X en donde se ve que en ambas consolas el juego va bastante bien y estable. Muy buen juego de mundo abierto, la historia es muy entretenida.
  27. Andriows
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    Definitivamente el mejor juego del año, jamas en mi vida habia jugado algo tan bueno, me recordo la primera vez que jugue un Dark souls
  28. eremont
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    This game is the best game (in my opinion) that has come out in recent years
  29. KWOL
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    I haven't played this game, but with the amount of people giving scores for this game that they can't justify, I'm just as qualified as anyone. We got people giving this game a 0 because it isn't in Arabic or because they didn't do enough research before buying the game. This is where I insert the Eric Andre meme of him shooting Hannibal Burress where Eric is a gamer that doesn't play RPGI haven't played this game, but with the amount of people giving scores for this game that they can't justify, I'm just as qualified as anyone. We got people giving this game a 0 because it isn't in Arabic or because they didn't do enough research before buying the game. This is where I insert the Eric Andre meme of him shooting Hannibal Burress where Eric is a gamer that doesn't play RPG open world story games and Hannibal is Elden Ring, and Eric goes "Why does this game suck?" when in reality they were never going to enjoy the game to begin with.… Expand
  30. SirBullyMaguire
    Mar 7, 2022
    8
    Wasn’t a fan of Dark Souls, but I’m having a much better time with Elden Ring
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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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